Turkmenistan Government Outlaws Any Mention of the Word ‘Coronavirus’

DESPARDES — Turkmenistan has adopted a special approach to wiping out the coronavirus — by completely banning any mention of the word, according to reports. The Central Asian nation is ordering citizens to stop saying the name of the deadly illness that’s sweeping the globe — and even empowered police to detain anyone letting itContinue reading “Turkmenistan Government Outlaws Any Mention of the Word ‘Coronavirus’”

Could the Coronavirus Be a Biological Weapon in the Not-Too-Distant Future?

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?”

Crude Further Tumbles After US Warns that 200,000 People Could Die From Coronavirus Outbreak

“We will get the fiscal space for prepayments”: Pakistani official SoDATA — Oil prices have now plummeted by about two-thirds this year, with a price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia compounding the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. European stock markets slipped again on Monday, while oil prices dropped to their lowest point in 18 years.Continue reading “Crude Further Tumbles After US Warns that 200,000 People Could Die From Coronavirus Outbreak”

Coronavirus Trending in Pakistan: “We Had Three Months of Warning We Did Not Prepare”

The Umrah returnees (from Saudi Arabia) in March are a silent source of importing coronavirus to Pakistan DESPARDES — Four (4) major coronavirus trends in Pakistan have been tracked so far as confirmed cases reach 1690 and 21 deaths. These represent accurate account, says a senior member of Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) Think Tank.Continue reading “Coronavirus Trending in Pakistan: “We Had Three Months of Warning We Did Not Prepare””

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”