It isn’t yet clear how serious a health threat China’s new coronavirus outbreak will be. The 17 deaths attributed to it so far pales in comparison to annual winter flu deaths. Note that as of now, the WHO has not declared this coronavirus outbreak to be a global health emergency.
Puerto Rican protesters to demand authorities’ resignation Prensa Latina
U.S. war drive
IRAQI PARLIAMENT: US Forces Given a Year to Leave Iraq
Pentagon Racks Up $35 Trillion in Accounting Changes in One Year Bloomberg
Venezuela
How Western Left Media Helped Legitimate US Regime Change in Venezuela Common Dreams
In Israel, a concentration camp survivor has lived her life as a Muslim Washington Post
Brazil’s attack on Greenwald mirrors the US case against Assange CJR
Indigenous Peoples
Brazil: Indigenous Movement to Stand Up to Bolsonaro’s “Project of Genocide” Orinoco Tribune
Labor
New Jersey Mandates Severance Pay For Workers Facing Mass Layoffs NPR
Gaming & Tech Industry Union-Organizing Efforts
OPCW investigator testifies at UN that no chemical attack took place in Douma, Syria Ben Norton
Can Boeing Survive Its MAX Problems? Moon of Alabama
Wealth always trickles up – it’s all in the maths Peter May
Ukraine’s illegal amber mining boom is scarring the earth and making criminal gangs rich ABC
Exclusive: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained – sources Reuters
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