Thursday, April 30, 2020

GPA Project Headlines April 14-April 30, 2020



GLOBAL

Belarus’ president doubts that lockdown measures could be efficient against Covid
PhD Epidemiologist: Social Distancing and Lockdown Worst Way to Deal with Airborne Respiratory Virus
Israeli professor offers alternate coronavirus prediction
Russian Scientists Reveal The Cause Of COVID-19 Complications, Work On Vaccine

After the coronavirus: could the US collapse within the next year or two?
The Models, the Tests and Now the Consequences
The Agribusiness Model Is Failing
The Remarkable Doctor A. Fauci
Experts sound alarm for food shortage in US
Trump will order US meat processing plants to stay open amid coronavirus fears
America: Send Food, We’re Starving!
The Geopolitical Consequences of COVID-19: Over the Cliff

CDC Lifts Shutdown Order on Army Biolabs at Fort Detrick
Coronavirus Has Accelerated Decline of U.S. Global Hegemony
Will the US be Sued over COVID-19? Or what have Pentagon’s Biolabs been Up To?
Who is winning the China-US race to run the world amid the Covid-19 pandemic?
Bill Gates’ Plan to use Microneedles to Deliver COVID19 Vaccine and Embed Vaccination Status into the Skin
COVID-19 vaccine development may turn into an ideological race, say experts
Intelligence Agencies Mobilized in the Fight against Covid-19
Pentagon would be producing biological weapons in the Amazon Rainforest

??? WHO envoy says COVID-19 drugs tested now prove ineffective

The virus is here to stay: Harvard study

Coronavirus outbreak in France did not come directly from China, gene-tracing scientists say
New research estimates COVID-19 "silently" spreading in U.S. "far earlier" than Americans knew
Coronavirus came to New York from Europe, not China, and Trump’s travel ban was too late to stop it, says Governor Andrew Cuomo

How the Chinese Authorities and the World Health Organization Handled the Coronavirus
Researchers crack COVID-19 genome signature
US expected to approve use of remdesivir after trials show it helped coronavirus patients
Chinese COVID-19 vaccine set for human trials in Australia
Gilead says leaked Covid-19 trial data of remdesivir inconclusive

Cold War of Trump/Navarro vs China
Why the US can’t win new cold war it started
Covid-19 is the Perfect Catalyst for Trump's War Against China
Order at the Gates: Globalization, Techphobia, and The World Order
Trump says China wants him to lose 2020 re-election race to Biden
Commentary: U.S. shifting blame to China leads nowhere
These Are The Geostrategic Factors That Will Determine Whether China Wins World War C
China says it’s not interested in meddling in US election after Donald Trump said Beijing wants him to lose
Coronavirus: US politicians are telling ‘barefaced lies’, China says, after Donald Trump repeats call for Covid-19 damages
Covid-19 has blown apart the myth of Silicon Valley innovation
US unable to create coalition to demand compensation for pandemic from China — analyst

Chinese Investors Interested in Russian Biomedical Start-Ups
BRICS and the Rivalry Pandemic. Online Presentation of the Valdai Club Report
Coronavirus escalates a pharmaceutical arms race
Sino-India Ties Will Emerge Stronger, Scale New Heights After COVID-19 Pandemic
BRICS Countries Discuss Coronavirus Response, Vaccine
Russian, Chinese Military Medics Discuss Fight Against COVID-19
Russia Pledges Collaboration with Africa to Fight Coronavirus


FINANCIAL

China trials digital payments, prints less cash
Starbucks and McDonald’s Could Trial China’s Central Bank Digital Currency

The unbearable lightness of China
China to Pilot Distribute CBDC to State Employees
China's Tencent Launches Blockchain Accelator for the Public, Social Media Claims
China's Central Party School Wants a 'Sovereign Blockchain'
China Forms National Blockchain Committee with Huawei, Tencent, Ant Financial
Bank of China Seeks CME Group Probe in Negative Oil Prices
China has a massive 5G network but without the coronavirus conspiracy theories
US regulator moves closer to halt operations of three state-controlled Chinese telecoms companies

Millions of Americans locked out of unemployment system, survey finds
The Covid-19 Crisis Is Setting The Stage For A New Global Electronic Monetary System
Decade of US growth ends as Fed warns of more virus hardship ahead
Boeing to cut workforce by 10% and reduce 787 production due to pandemic
US Federal Reserve warns virus 'poses considerable risks'

Cuba’s First Bitcoin Exchange Launches Despite Restrictions
Coronavirus: pilots ‘devastated’ as British Airways set to slash up to 12,000 jobs
On the Brink: Contemporary Transformation of China’s Economic Growth Model
Deutsche Bank Reports Loss of €43 Million in Q1 2020
Big banks profit amid pandemic
India Plans to Resume Trade Dialogue with China Once Covid Situation Stabilizes
NDB Board of Governors Holds Fifth Annual Meeting in Virtual Format
HSBC Hurt by COVID-19, Q1 PBT Falls by 48% YoY



ENERGY

U.S. Again Trying to Control Greenland to Dominate Arctic
Is Trump Looking for Greener Pastures in Greenland?

Oil prices fictionally low: Analyst
An Historically Unprecedented Oil Crisis?
Trump warned Saudis to cut oil production or lose US military support: Reuters
Trump trying to provoke conflict in Middle East to prop up US oil industry: Analyst
As Oil Prices Rebound, Are Other Energy Commodities in Danger?
US Oil Futures Fall Below Zero Again, Can We Expect More?
Broker Suspends Oil Futures as Prices Went Negative
Oil price rally belies hard Covid-19 realities
The World’s Largest Oil Fund Scrambles To Survive, Reshuffles Holdings Again
Earnings Season Will Be A Bloodbath For Oil Producers

Russia's Gazprom Eyes Capacity Increase on China Gas Export Link
China Refines More Oil Than The U.S. For The First Time Ever
China’s Import of Russian Oil Up by Double Digits
Russia's Sibur Plans LPG Exports to China as Epidemic Subsides There
Lukoil can work comfortably in Russia at an oil price of $ 9-11 per barrel — Alekperov
Oil Wars: A Zero-Sum Game. Online discussion
BRICS Has no Intention to Create Its Version of OPEC
BRICS: Toward a New Climate Agenda

BRI-Led Regionalization Rolls On As Gwadar Port Opens Afghan Trade To The World



OTHER DEVELOPMENTS

US deployment of low-yield nuclear warheads dangerous, causes destabilization — diplomat

US hypocrisy is beyond redemption
White House is Sending “Royal” Gifts to Belarus
US Sends 70 Arms-Loaded Trucks to Northeastern Syria
Pentagon Asks to Keep Future Spending Secret
Why the US withdrew its bombers from Guam
Pentagon puts F-35 on supersonic short-leash
Washington Violates International Space Law
Army Enlists Nine Inch Nails Member for New Coronavirus-Themed Recruiting Video

Cybercrime rates in Moscow triple in April, police says
The Czech Republic's Russian Assassin Scandal Reeks Of The Skripal Conspiracy
Artificial origin of novel coronavirus cannot be ruled out — Russian expert

Major Yemeni Op Clears Most of Province, Kills over 1,200 Saudi-Led Mercs
‘Iran will target US bases with missiles if it faces security threat: Senior official
US no longer party to JCPOA: EU on Washington’s anti-Iran bid
Senior Analyst: Trump’s PG Threat against Iran Based on Pentagon’s Wrong Assessments
Iran’s Zarif, Russia’s Lavrov dismiss as ‘impractical’ Pompeo’s anti-Iran UN bid
US should help own coronavirus-hit forces instead of threatening Iran: IRGC commander
Iran Civil Defense Chief Suspicious of US Level 4 Labs in Region

Syria’s UN Envoy: Turkey Deployed US-Made HAWK Missiles to Idlib
Fuel truck bomb kills 40 in Turkish-controlled northwestern Syria city

China's lunar rover travels about 448 meters on moon's far side

China needs to prepare for risks from Russia’s grain export ban
Western media continues to spread fake news about North Korea
Kim Jong-un is ‘alive and well’ and staying in Wonsan, says top South Korean official
Chinese military lashes out at American warship’s ‘intrusion’ in South China Sea
Chinese navy puts two new nuclear submarines into service