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Development

New collaboration between Othernews and DEVNET International

by Roberto Savio Roberto Savio, President of Othernews Dear Othernews Readers, Othernews has entered into an agreement with Devnet International. Devnet was founded in 1984 as a project of cooperation among developing countries, financed by the United Nations Development Plan…

Health

Trump comments prompt doctors, and Lysol, to warn against injecting disinfectants

By Allyson Chiu, Katie Shepherd and Brittany Shammas -The Washington Post After a presentation Thursday that touched on the disinfectants that can kill the novel coronavirus on surfaces and in the air, President Trump pondered whether those chemicals could be used to fight the…

authoritarianism

RSF complains to UN about coronavirus press freedom violations

By Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has written to two United Nations special rapporteurs asking them to formally condemn governments that have violated the right to information in connection with the coronavirus epidemic, thereby putting public…

Civil rights

“PREVENTING AN INTERNET CRASH: CONSERVING PRECIOUS BANDWIDTH!“

By Hazel Henderson* – Ethical Markets Media Now everyone and every organization on the planet is going virtual, we can observe some simple rules and etiquette in all our online communications, so as to preserve our internet and ensure priority access for our children trying…

Health

How China Learned About SARS-CoV-2 in the Weeks Before the Global Pandemic

By Vijay Prashad, Weiyan Zhu and Du Xiaojun (*) – Independent Media Institute  In the early weeks when the virus emerged in Wuhan, the Chinese government neither suppressed evidence nor did their warning systems fail. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a…

Digital Age

Bill Gates’s Charity Paradox

By Tim Schwab* – The Nation Bill Gates Gives to the Rich (Including Himself). His renowned charitable activities seem to serve mainly private interests, namely his own. A Nation investigation illustrates the moral hazards surrounding the Gates Foundation’s $50 billion…

Climate Change

Human rights and Greta on Hungarian state media watch list

By Lili Bayer – POLITICO Activists condemn ‘censorship’ revealed in leaked emails. Hungarian journalists working for state media were told they need permission before they even start writing about sensitive topics such as Greta Thunberg Hungarian state media bosses told staff…