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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is looking toward the West for support, and at his country’s request NATO will be holding a meeting on the situation.

President Donald Trump says the US is about to sign agreements with the Taliban and the government of Afghanistan that could provide a way for withdrawal of troops from that country after almost 20 years of war. Read Full Article at RT.com

Translated from German RT: British opposition leader and Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn had to be prevented at all costs. For this purpose, the media and lobbyists practiced a real anti-Semitism campaign. The Jewish Chronicle now admitted that certain allegations were “untrue”. Jeremy Corbyn is an anti-Semite, the Labor Party has been infused with anti-Semitic ideas since

Americans are ditching Corona beer in droves over concerns about the coronavirus epidemic, according to a pair of surveys, with as many as 38 percent of beer-drinkers supposedly forgoing the beverage in misguided germaphobia. Read Full Article at RT.com

One year on from Katelyn Ohashi's viral floor routine, Nia Dennis has taken the baton and wowed the internet with an outstanding routine of her own, inspired by pop sensation Beyonce. Read Full Article at RT.com

At the epicenter of Europe's worst outbreak of coronavirus to date, daily lives have taken on an eerie, aimless calm. It's at night that the worry takes over.

The rapid spread of the coronavirus increased fears of a pandemic on Friday, with six countries reporting their first cases and the World Health Organization (WHO) raising its global spread and impact risk alert to "very high".

America's offer to help Iran in dealing with coronavirus is "ridiculous," Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Friday, according to the Mehr news agency.

Bombardment of the Libyan capital Tripoli intensified on Friday, residents said, forcing the evacuation of some patients from a hospital near the capital's only functioning airport and prompting condemnation by the United Nations.

Brokerage giant Charles Schwab Corp has asked employees who recently traveled to China or South Korea to remain at home for the next two weeks.

Amazon.com Inc said all employees should defer non-essential travel including within the United States, in a significant escalation by the world's largest online retailer to guard against the spread of the coronavirus among its ranks.

The risk of a global spread and impact of the coronavirus is now "very high", the highest level of alarm, but containment is still possible, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

Refugees in Turkey headed toward European frontiers on Friday after an official declared that borders had been thrown open, a response to the escalating war in Syria where 33 Turkish soldiers were killed by Russian-backed Syrian government troops.

Illinois has "successfully contained" the new coronavirus to two confirmed cases, with both patients recovering fully and returning home, Governor J.B. Pritzker said on Friday.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said slowing the spread of the coronavirus was now his government's top priority, shortly after news on Friday that the first British person had died of the disease after contracting it on a cruise ship moored in Japan.

Vatican officials acknowledged on Friday that bishops in about 10 countries still have no guidelines for dealing with sexual abuse cases, as it unveiled a new "task force" to help them and others.

An Italian man who has been confirmed as Nigeria's first coronavirus case after arriving from Milan was in the country for almost two full days, traveling through Lagos and visiting another state before being isolated.

Is the virus being overhyped or are we underprepared?

French police evacuated the Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris on Friday after a major fire broke out on a street next to the station.

'They said I'm fine,' the coughing man reassured Fox hosts.

'I enjoy everyday that I'm alive... every day is a gift from God.'

Iran's health ministry spokesman in a tweet on Friday rejected a report by BBC Persian that at least 210 people have died from coronavirus in the country.

Hundreds of migrants in Turkey started arriving on the borders with Greece and Bulgaria on Friday after a senior Turkish official said Ankara would no longer abide by a 2016 EU deal and stop refugees from reaching Europe.

American physicists believe that they have discovered a strange state of matter entirely new to science – and they did it all completely by accident. Read Full Article at RT.com

German airline group Lufthansa said it will cut the number of short- and medium-haul flights in response to the accelerated spread of the coronavirus.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed one more case of the coronavirus among citizens evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, bringing the tally among evacuees to 44.

Democratic Rep. John Garamendi had some harsh words for Donald Trump Jr. after the president’s son said Dems “seemingly hope� the coronavirus comes to the US and “kills millions.� Read Full Article at RT.com

A top U.S. health official told lawmakers on Friday to expect many more coronavirus cases in the United States, a source said, as the Trump administration faced mounting criticism for its response to the crisis.

U.S. President Donald Trump, in a call with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, backed de-escalation of violence in northwestern Syria and called on the Syrian government, Russia and Iran to halt their offences, the White House said.

U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for an immediate ceasefire in northwest Syria "before the situation gets entirely out of control."

The Russian national gymnastics team has been dealt a blow after team bosses decided not to risk making the trip to Milwaukee, USA for a World Cup event due to coronavirus fears. Read Full Article at RT.com

Owen Shroyer caught up with fellow patriots to at CPAC 2020.

Jurgen Klopp's record-breaking Liverpool side could be denied what would be their first top-flight league win in three decades if the coronavirus outbreak leads to large-scale game cancelations, according to a UK media report. Read Full Article at RT.com

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has criticized Iran's healthcare infrastructure while offering empty gestures of help, adding insult to injury after years of devastating sanctions have deprived the nation of lifesaving supplies. Read Full Article at RT.com

Reporter describes witnessing several illegals scaling border wall from Mexico into U.S. in broad daylight.

A major fire occurred outside the iconic Gare de Lyon station in Paris. Reports say it was started by a crowd protesting against a concert by a Congolese star nearby, who tried to prevent firefighters from putting out the blaze. Read Full Article at RT.com

Says 17 people died in her hospital in one day alone.

As the world's biggest country, bordering 16 states, Russia is something of a sitting duck for COVID-19. With eight of those now reporting infections, its reappearance inside Russian borders is perhaps only a matter of time. Read Full Article at RT.com

An unsettling TikTok video, showing a drag queen dancing provocatively for a young child while adults cheer and laugh, has sparked outrage online, with many wondering how exactly the odd situation materialized. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ideally, with all pieces of land and everything on them privately owned, there would be a huge variety of entrance requirements, he says

Conservative attendees wary of specter of communism on the horizon.

A discussion on gun rights, gay rights, immigration and more.

Rasheda Ali, daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, says that she is unconcerned with comparisons between her father and Irish MMA star Conor McGregor, who she says changed his sport in the same way that her father changed his. Read Full Article at RT.com

Country music star Garth Brooks took heat from his conservative fans after seemingly endorsing Bernie Sanders for president… when he was actually just wearing a sports jersey of an NFL Hall of Famer with the same name. Read Full Article at RT.com

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by Andrew Korybko for Veterans Today ..with One World, Russia [ Editor’s Note: VT welcomes Andrew with his first publication today. We do not add much new writing talent these days as ever in creasing volume of material just speeds up the process of pushing good work off the front page. So we juggle the

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The restrictions were paced on the largest US military base abroad after an American soldier tested positive for coronavirus raging in South Korea, which became the second-hardest hit by the outbreak after mainland China. Read Full Article at RT.com

Trump has the pulpit he can use daily to command the airwaves and inform, lead, unite and direct the nation during what could be a months-long crisis

Transgender athletes are often criticized, demonized and labeled as cheats when they are doing little more than simply competing within the rules. The issue isn't the athletes, it's the rules. Read Full Article at RT.com

The media is initiating panic about the Coronavirus in 2020 the same way the media attempted to manufacture panic about an upcoming U.S. recession in 2019. Everything about Coronavirus is hyped with purpose. The CDC official who lit the fuse … Continue reading →

When PIX is implemented, a number of Brazilan banks could take a hit. Point-of-sale machines and payment processing firms could become scarce

IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday in a phone conversation with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi said that the bonds of Iran and China will be...

MNA – The outbreak of coronavirus in Iran canceled Friday prayers ceremonies in various cities across the country. According to the statement made by the policy making committee of holding...

Reuters – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States has offered to help with the coronavirus response in Iran, where the outbreak has killed 34...

AP – A fire erupted in a residential building in the Iranian city of Qom before dawn on Friday, killing at least five people, including a 2-year-old, and injuring 38,...

Malta is keen to preserve its reputation as a blockchain hub after clarifying that leading crypto exchange Binance is not regulated by the island country

MNA – The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak, officially known as COVID-19, in Iran has risen to 34 with 338 confirmed cases. Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour broke the...

IRNA – Representative of the World Health Organization in Iran Christoph Hamelmann in a message announced that the 5th shipment of coronavirus test kits arrived in Iran on Friday. “We...

Computer scientist Ronald Rivest has said that blockchain is not the right technology for voting, although it can find proper application in a number of other areas.

Many major cryptocurrencies are holding their 200-day moving averages, which suggests a larger move in the next few days

Complete security depends on cryptographic key management: here’s what you need to know

ICE’s Cryptocurrency Intelligence Program aims to identify unlicensed money transmitters operating on peer-to-peer and darknet markets

Bitcoin experts elaborate on whether self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright’s claims that Bitcoin can be seized to accommodate court orders are true.

Hours after experiencing a major DDoS attack, Bitfinex announces repayment of another $100 million of the loan facility to Tether

Blockchain firm AVA labs announced the acquisition of a platform meant to allow its user to manage private financial assets

Crypto exchanges in Latin America attract money launderers due to “extremely lax� AML and KYC regulations, a new report says

Akon has chosen the Stellar blockchain network for his new cryptocurrency, which is due to launch in early 2020

The compromised reputation of the crypto industry is the main obstacle for the banking sector’s integration into the space

Traditional markets are in meltdown but long-term Bitcoin price forecasts remain intact as the halving nears

Tether states that the market manipulation accusations are “reckless and false�

Victoria comes from 30 points behind to score a 46-point win over the All Stars in the AFL's bushfire relief game at Docklands Stadium.

Ukrainian government’s recent manifesto led many experts to believe that the industry is all set to boom in the near future

The Litecoin Foundation hopes to drive LTC adoption in Asia through the new partnership with MeconCash

As of today, users are automatically redirected from Line’s Singapore exchange BitBox to the new BitFront platform

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is applying R3’s Corda to facilitate intercompany settlements

Bitfinex and OKEx were hit by DDoS almost simultaneously

Top HR firm Randstad has adopted a smart contracts blockchain platform to streamline its workflow

A Philippine crypto regulator is accused of misappropriating funds and funneling them into his family members’ electoral campaigns

The Fed may bring short-term rate under 1% this year, traders are betting as coronavirus continues its spread

The removal of soap dispensers from public toilets has stoked concerns that local councils are washing their hands of a simple and effective way to help to halt the spread of coronavirus.

Australia's corporate regulator lays more charges against businessman Clive Palmer, accusing him of misusing his position as a company director seven years ago.

Reuters – The United States on Thursday granted a license to allow for certain humanitarian trade transactions with Iran’s sanctioned central bank, a move it said was in step with...

Reuters – The United Arab Emirates has suspended passenger ferry services with Iran until further notice over coronavirus fears, the state news agency WAM said on Thursday. The UAE has...

Press TV – An Iranian Health Ministry official says despite the surging number of coronavirus cases across the country, more patients have recovered and been released from the hospital during...

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) finds Chinese swimmer Sun Yang guilty of refusing to cooperate with sample collectors, banning the Olympic gold medallist for eight years.

IRNA – Shahab Hosseini, the actor of Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning movies “A Separation� and “The Salesman� has received French Legion of Honour. The honorary award was bestowed upon Hosseini by...

New technologies will be prioritised in a bid to reduce Australia's greenhouse emissions, the Energy Minister says, but environmentalists say the move is simply delaying real action.

A working group is established to help create a National Horse Traceability Register, fulfilling one of 18 recommendations handed down by last year's Senate inquiry and aimed at "protecting horses from neglect and cruelty while improving rider safety and national biosecurity".

A drug 50 times stronger than heroin is detected in NSW and health experts are warning they believe it has tainted batches of other illicit drugs ahead of Sydney's Mardi Gras.

Jason Burton has been in and out of Western Australia's prison system for 15 years and says he's never seen conditions so bad, with staff under pressure and a rise in violence among inmates.

The outspoken head of a Hong Kong publishing group, Jimmy Lai, is held by police over his participation in a protest march in August that was part of a months-long pro-democracy movement.

The park's tourism manager said up to a third of the cave was covered with vegetable oil, with paintings estimated at tens of thousands of years old still visible but obscured.

Subjects under discussion at the House committee hearing include blockchain’s impact on small businesses

As his accomplice stole cigarettes and cash, a 16-year-old boy killed Pakistani national Zeeshan Akbar in an attack so graphic the footage will not be released.

A Senate inquiry backs a controversial bill to ban cash payments of $10,000 and impose two-year jail sentences on people using cash for purchases above that limit, meaning it will soon become law.

Eleanor Patterson almost gave away high jump two years ago, but she now finds herself as the national record holder with the Tokyo Olympics on the horizon.

The store's owner says the shirt is a joke, but domestic violence advocates have branded it a "hate crime message" in the wake of the death of a mother and three children.

The New Zealand and Australian prime ministers publicly clash in Sydney over the deportation of Kiwi criminals, with Jacinda Ardern calling for Australia to "stop exporting" people who grew up here.

Tasmania will have a basketball team by 2021 under a new deal between the State Government and National Basketball League owner Larry Kestelman.