Global Headlines - 28 March, 2020

## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
Tens of millions face losing jobs in escalating coronavirus crisis

Latin America Was Already Steeped in Economic Problems. Now Come the External & Internal Shocks of COVID-19

Ford Becomes Largest Fallen Angel After S&P's Cut to Junk

Gold Gains 8% and Silver 18% In Week As Fed Balance Sheet Tops $5 Trillion

Get Ready for World Money (SDRs)

## Airline death spiral ##
American Airlines flight attendant dies of coronavirus, elevating fears in the industry

World's ailing airlines appeal for aid as U.S. offers $58 billion

U.S. airlines to dash for cash grants, not loans, even with potential government stake

Singapore Airlines latest to get massive rescue amid coronavirus crisis

Cash-strapped airlines resist mounting coronavirus refund claims

Gatwick airport to shut one of its two terminals as coronavirus hits demand to fly

United Airlines warns aid isn't enough to avoid workforce cuts

The Airlines Most in Danger of Going Under During the Crisis

## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
Canada attacks 'damaging' Trump plan to deploy troops at border
U.S. cuts humanitarian aid to Yemen

US Imposes More New Sanctions Against Iran

Poll: Only 3% of Venezuelans Say Guaido Is President

Short On Pilots, Marines Debate Size Of F-35 Fleet

It's official: North Macedonia becomes NATO's 30th member

Gordon Brown calls for global government to tackle coronavirus

## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Coronavirus: Activists launch 'digital protest' to end US sanctions on Iran

Fighting erupts at Chinese bridge between Hubei, Jiangxi provinces

## Energy/resources ##

The Energy Disaster Kicking Into Full Gear: World Is Totally Unprepared For What's Ahead
Iraq Wants 30% Capex Cut From Foreign Oil Firms

## Got food? ##
U.S. egg prices hit record levels as pandemic buying boosts demand

UN warns of global food shortage caused by coronavirus measures: report

Agriculture sector warns of possible food shortages if it's not designated an essential service (Canada)

Retail flour supplies run low as consumers turn to home baking

## Environment/health ##
Acupuncture may help prevent migraines, trial shows

Donald Trump says the handshake may not survive coronavirus. Doctors hope he's right, calling it 'a potential root' for spreading germs.

Bumping elbows is better but still involves physical contact. I recommend adopting the Japanese practice of bowing. -- RF

Abandoned mines in the West pose safety, environmental hazards

Scientists discover plastic-eating microbe
• Coronavirus

U.N. says world losing coronavirus fight; cases top 500,000

COVID-19 tough on lungs, can cause difficult-to-treat pneumonia

New York hospitals treating coronavirus patients with vitamin C

Coronavirus cases reported at 13 of Amazon's U.S. warehouses

Trump says the US and China are 'working closely together' in fight against coronavirus

Singapore will jail and fine people who do not keep a 1-meter physical distance in public

France extends lockdown to April 15 as coronavirus wave swamps Paris

Why France is hiding a cheap and tested virus cure
The French government is arguably helping Big Pharma profit from the Covid-19 pandemic

Mother to baby transmission of COVID-19 cannot be ruled out, new study finds

Carmakers churn out machines, masks to help fight coronavirus

Kremlin Confirms First Coronavirus Infection in Putin's Administration

Four dead on Carnival-owned cruise ship amid new coronavirus outbreak aboard

Spain acts to prevent layoffs as rising coronavirus death toll stabilises

The Eye of the Storm

With Italy reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic and 60 million people across the nation ordered to remain indoors, a documentary photographer ventured out to record the quiet desolation of a modern plague.

## Intelligence/security/internet/cyberwar ##
Coronavirus Could Infect Privacy And Civil Liberties Forever

## Systemic breakdown/collapse/unsustainability ##

What Can Collapsologists Learn From the Coronavirus Disaster?
Why Did Hundreds Of CEOs Resign Just Before The World Started Going Absolutely Crazy?

COVID-19: We Won't Go Back to Normal, Because Normal Was the Problem

## Japan ##
Panic buying continues in Tokyo as residents asked to stay home for weekend

92 from Chicago let in at Narita airport without being asked to self-isolate

Man arrested for delaying flight by saying he has coronavirus

Mortuary services uneasy over funerals, cremations for Covid-19 victims

Plea to the public to stop hoarding as food stocks secured
Tokyo governor says people can enjoy cherry blossoms next year

## China ##
Xi calls for coordinated response to coronavirus at G-20 meeting

Foreigners Collateral Damage as China Curbs Imported Infections

China's industrial firms' profits plummeted almost 40 per cent at start of 2020

China's small businesses increasingly desperate to raise cash to stay afloat

Chinese Oil Giant Is Slashing Spending

## UK ##

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and health minister test positive for coronavirus
Food rationing 'could be on its way unless everyone stops panic buying'
Royal Navy monitoring 'unusually high levels of activity' by Russian warships in English Channel

UK police record 51% rise in modern slavery offences in a year

UK faces child poverty crisis, say charities

UK car production to hit lowest level since financial crisis

Coronavirus: UK police forces to set up random checkpoints to limit drivers' movements

Coronavirus ventilators will not be ready for months despite epidemic peak being 'weeks away', UK government admits
Gatwick to shut terminal and slash runway opening hours

More than 100 British companies halt dividend payments due to coronavirus pandemic

## US ##
Food Banks Are Experiencing Shortages Due to Coronavirus
Tesla to slash on-site staff at Nevada factory by 75% due to virus: county manager

Record Jobless Claims Are Overwhelming States' Aging Tech

'Lot of fear': Coronavirus pandemic compounds dire situation for poor Americans
President Trump signs $2T coronavirus relief bill
Fictional Reserve Lending Is the New Official Policy

US consumer sentiment falls to lowest level in more than 3 years

You Know Times are Scary When the FDIC is Producing Videos Like This

• Coronavirus

Top CDC official warns New York's coronavirus outbreak is just a preview

Coronavirus Trend: One in 10 of Those Hospitalized Die

Trump Blames GM for "Stupidly" Causing Ventilator Shortage

New Jersey officials planning for possibility of rationing ventilators

New York, New Orleans hospitals reel as U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 1,000

One ventilator, two patients: New York hospitals shift to crisis mode

'On-the-job emergency training': Hospitals may run low on staff to run ventilators for coronavirus patients

Cuomo orders schools to remain closed as N.Y. caseload soars past 44,000

U.S. mayors say they're running out of supplies to fight coronavirus

U.S. home healthcare industry warns of possible 'collapse