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The convoy, composed of 22 trucks and other vehicles, set off for the northern Italian city of Bergamo early on Wednesday. The convoy, escorted by the Italian Carabinieri, has reached Florence, making a brief stop there, the Russian military says.
Further, he points out, governments can't solve the problems they have created through massive spending programs and bigger deficits. These policies make things worse: "Governments will implement large demand-side policies that are the wrong answer to a shutdown of the economy. Most businesses will suffer from the collapse in sales and subsequent working capital build, and none of that will be solved with deficit spending. You cannot mitigate a supply shock with demand policies, which increase debt and overcapacity in the already indebted and bloated sectors and do not help the sectors that are suffering an abrupt collapse in activity." And government printing of money, i.e., outright inflationism, is even more dangerous.
Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian did not say how many attackers were involved in the March 25 assault on the temple, though he said all were killed.
The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack via the online Amaq news agency, which it uses to distribute statements.
Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said that in addition to the 25 dead, eight people were wounded and 80 being held in the compound were rescued.
Comment: 'ISIS' strikes again. They're apparently determined to sabotage US-Taliban peace talks. Who might that benefit?...
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- US strikes Taliban after Afghan security personnel killed in attacks, just hours after "very good" chat with Trump
- Multiple explosions at Iraq's Camp Taji housing US & Iraqi forces
Cuomo announced New York City will soon be "piloting" a program that will see the closure of some streets to cars. The streets would then be open to pedestrian traffic.
The governor said the program is in direct response to city parks, which he admitted have become a "problem," as many individuals are not following social distancing rules, and the density of people puts them and others at greater risk of contracting the coronavirus.
"People want to walk. They want to go out and get some air. You want a less dense area, so pilot closing streets to cars, opening streets to pedestrians," Cuomo said, adding that the plan is only possible at the moment because there is far less traffic than normal.
The announcement comes a little less than a year after an investigation confirmed that power lines owned by the utility sparked the Camp Fire, which burned 153,336 acres, killed 85 people and scorched the town of Paradise.
"We cannot replace all that the fire destroyed, but our hope is that this plea agreement, along with our rebuilding efforts, will help the community move forward from this tragic incident," PG&E Chief Executive Bill Johnson said in a statement reported by Reuters.
The plea is part of a March 17 agreement with the Butte County District Attorney's office. According to the agreement, the county would drop all criminal proceedings against the utility and, in exchange, it would plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of accidentally starting a fire. It would also pay a fine of $3.5 million maximum and $500,000 in legal costs, as well as put $15 million towards water for residents who relied on the Miocene Canal destroyed in the fire.

People in rural China are being publicly shamed by talking drones for not wearing face masks or for venturing outside unnecessarily.
The Chula Vista Police Department recently doubled its fleet of drones, purchasing two of the machines from Chinese company DJI. The police department told the Financial Times that they would be outfitted with night-vision cameras.
"We have not traditionally mounted speakers to our drones, but ... if we need to cover a large area to get an announcement out, or if there were a crowd somewhere that we needed to disperse, we could do it without getting police officers involved," said Capt. Vern Sallee.
"The outbreak has changed my view of expanding the program as rapidly as I can," Sallee added.
Fox 11 reports the gun store closures are part of the coronavirus stay-at-home order while the release of the inmates is an attempt to slow the spread of the virus in county facilities.
Villanueva is the Director of Emergency Operations, which means "all FEMA requests go through him, and all National Guard requests go through him."
Daniela Trezzi had been suffering "heavy stress" amid fears she was spreading the deadly bug while treating patients at the San Gerardo Hospital in Monza in the hard-hit region of Lombardy, the Daily Mail reported.
She was working in the intensive care unit while under quarantine after being diagnosed with COVID-19, according to the UK news site.
With so much uncertainty on the horizon, there has never been a better time for a citizen to be prepared to defend themselves and their family. The market is reacting appropriately to this demand and business has boomed for the gun industry in the past week, with long lines stretching outside gun stores across the country. The Wall Street Journal reports that on March 16, background checks were up 300% compared with the same day last year, according to federal data shared with the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
However, this is becoming increasingly harder to do thanks to executive orders and court rulings that have shuttered gun stores from coast to coast.
Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that the global pandemic "does not provide grounds" for Assange's release.
The judge also cited Assange's "past conduct" which she said "shows the lengths he is prepared to go to avoid extradition proceedings," according to the AAP's reporter in court.
Comment: It's clear the US and UK are hoping that Assange's death will solve their problem for them. How sick is that?
- Julian Assange's lawyers to apply for release on bail, citing risk of Covid-19
- US wants to 'make an example' of Assange in jail, claims UN expert Nils Melzer
- Clinical psychologist on Assange: They are attempting to break him both 'physically and psychologically'
- UN Expert: Assange deliberately subjected to prolonged cruel and inhuman psychological torture
- UN envoy Melzer: Assange subjected to torture & violations of due process rights - mainstream press ignores it
- Belmarsh Prison inmates have more ethics than the entire Western empire














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