U.S. Black people are being disproportionately affected by coronavirus. | Photo: AFP On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its first breakdown of COVID-19 case data by race, showing that 30% of patients whose race was known were Black. As a clearer picture emerges of COVID-19’s decidedly deadly toll on Black people, …
Vietnam has registered 251 confirmed coronavirus cases, with no deaths. | Photo: EFE Vietnam has shipped 450,000 protective suits to the United States (U.S.) to help health teams in the North American country in their struggle against the coronavirus, the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi announced Wednesday. “The first of two initial shipments of over 450,000 …
By Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist March 11, 2020 The United States has none of the systems or infrastructure that would allow it to accomplish what China has done to fight mass infection. The only thing more frightening than the COVID-19 virus spreading around the world is the knowledge that this country is woefully unprepared …
Human rights reports have been highlighting the deadly impact of sanctions on access to essential medicines and equipment. | Photo: EFE Venezuela has joined Wednesday China, Russia, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Cuba, and Nicaragua in their plea to United Nations (U.N.) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to urge the United States (U.S.) to remove its illegal economic …
Fighting COVID 19 in Cuba, China and the United States By W. T. Whitney Jr. March 19, 2020 Governments, according to Thomas Jefferson, are supposed to guarantee people’s rights to “life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” COVID 19 has out people’s lives and health in the spotlight now. What kind of tools do governments …
BY CARLOS CRUZ MOSQUERA Everywhere we turn today, we are constantly reminded of the coronavirus and its lethal effects. From travel restrictions to food insecurity, the Western world is experiencing what billions of people around the world experience daily under the capitalist economic system. Ironically, it is these downtrodden and oppressed communities that we should …
The Lockheed Martin’s THAAD missile defense system is seen during the 3rd annual Made in America product showcase at the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, July 15, 2019. | Photo: Xinhua Russia is ready to discuss restrictions of its nuclear weapons in a bilateral or multilateral format as long as others abide …
Image credit: Anticonquista BY CARLOS CRUZ MOSQUERA The unlawful assassination of Iranian military general Qassem Soleimani by the U.S. military has heightened an awareness of an impending world war in the collective Western conscious. Fortunately, for the majority of us living in the United States and Europe, our experience of war is never direct. It’s …
Iraq’s Ain Al-Assad Base after it was attacked by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards last week. Image credit: Aljezeera By BO Staff Writer The Iraqi Armed Forces has announced via its official Twitter account that the country’s Al-Balad Airbase, which is based in the Salah Al-Deen Province, has been hit by 8 Katyusha rockets which has left …