The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) entered into force on March 26, 1975. It currently has 182 states-parties. Ten states have neither signed nor ratified the BWC, including Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Israel, Kiribati, Micronesia, Namibia, South Sudan and Tuvalu. THALIF DEEN (IPS) – The devastating spread of the deadly coronavirus across every continent– with theContinue reading “Could the Coronavirus Be a Biological Weapon in the Not-Too-Distant Future?”
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INSIGHT: Will Warm Temp in Mideast, Asia Eliminate Coronavirus?
DESPARDES — Scientists from the Global Virus Network at the University of Maryland in the US, along with Iranian scientists, used latest climate models to see how the prevalence of COVID-19 depends on the weather. Their study shows that Coronavirus spreads over 30 degrees Celsius and 50 degree north latitude on the world map (anContinue reading “INSIGHT: Will Warm Temp in Mideast, Asia Eliminate Coronavirus?”
INSIGHT: Coronavirus is Making China Model Look Better and Better
SoDATA — 2020 is the moment when Washington’s global authority could truly begin to buckle, says an opinion piece in Bloomberg as it compares Beijing’s handling of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan and by the Trump administration. Sans narratives and counternarratives by the two competing global powers, the author braves to title his articleContinue reading “INSIGHT: Coronavirus is Making China Model Look Better and Better”
These Countries Miraculously Are Still Coronavirus Free
DESPARDES — The world is in the grips of an insidious pandemic that’s wreaking havoc everywhere. Globally, more than 550,000 people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and more than 24,500 have died. Infections have been reported by 176 countries. But, miraculously, some have apparently managed to buck this trend, and remained free ofContinue reading “These Countries Miraculously Are Still Coronavirus Free”
Russia Invokes ‘Fake News’ Law ‘to Censor Reports About Coronavirus Pandemic’
DESPARDES — Russian media outlets faced penalties Friday after federal regulators invoked the nation’s newly enacted law against “fake news” to “censor reports about the coronavirus pandemic”, reports Washington Times. Roskomnadzor, the Russian government’s communications watchdog, said it asked a number of media outlets to remove “inaccurate, socially significant information” about the outbreak. Both theContinue reading “Russia Invokes ‘Fake News’ Law ‘to Censor Reports About Coronavirus Pandemic’”
The Coronavirus Could Reshape Global Order; ‘Washington is Failing the Test’
The ultimate success of China’s pursuit will depend as much on what happens in Washington as on what happens in Beijing DESPARDES — The novel coronavirus pandemic has become a truly global event and its geopolitical implications may in the long term prove just as consequential as matters of health and safety are now —especiallyContinue reading “The Coronavirus Could Reshape Global Order; ‘Washington is Failing the Test’”
OPINION: China Locked in Hybrid War With US
Fallout from Covid-19 outbreak puts Beijing and Washington on a collision course PEPE ESCOBAR — Among the myriad, earth-shattering geopolitical effects of coronavirus, one is already graphically evident. China has re-positioned itself. For the first time since the start of Deng Xiaoping’s reforms in 1978, Beijing openly regards the US as a threat, as statedContinue reading “OPINION: China Locked in Hybrid War With US”
‘It Feels More Like 9/11 Not 2008’, Says Goldman Sachs Leaked Note On Coronavirus
SoDATA — On March 16, Forbes reported on a private Goldman Sachs Coronavirus meeting “that’s setting the Internet on fire”. The meeting held a week earlier (on Thursday) was meant to reassure Sachs’ nervous merchant banking clients on the crisis. The report says someone on the call took notes then leaked them. Key point toContinue reading “‘It Feels More Like 9/11 Not 2008’, Says Goldman Sachs Leaked Note On Coronavirus”
INSIGHT: China Takes a Hit, #Coronavirus Mention in Media 20 Times More Than SARS
At the end of the day, China has taken a hit. Last week Forbes reported that Coronavirus could be the end of China as a global manufacturing hub. SoDATA (South Data) — The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic with more than 127,749 confirmed cases and 4,717 deaths in 114Continue reading “INSIGHT: China Takes a Hit, #Coronavirus Mention in Media 20 Times More Than SARS”