‘Just take it easy, just relax’: Trump warns against HOARDING over coronavirus as VIDEOS of shoppers cleaning out stores go viral

The White House has warned citizens against hoarding daily supplies in the wake of videos showing people fighting for products like toilet paper and hand sanitizer and panic-buying daily essentials until shelves are empty.

President Donald Trump on Sunday spoke with “more than two dozen” grocery store and supply chain executives and thanked them for their work as people flock to stores to stockpile on supplies over fears surrounding the spread of coronavirus.

Delivering his daily update on the coronavirus situation, Trump suggested Americans “just take it easy, just relax,” adding that the empty shelves all over the country are the result of "people buying anywhere three to five times of what they would normally buy.”

There is no need for anyone in the country to hoard essential food supplies. Just go and buy, enjoy it, have a nice dinner, relax, because there’s plenty of it

Though the White House said it is unnecessary for Americans to hoard daily supplies, the president told the store executives that stocked shelves with needed items will help Americans feel “safe and calm.”

https://www.rt.com/usa/483196-coronavirus-hoarding-white-house/

Syrian Opposition Supporters Intercept, Assault Their Turkish Allies On M4 Highway

On March 15, Syrian opposition supporters and activists intercepted a convoy of the Turkish military that attempted to open the M4 highway in Greater Idlib.

The Turkish convoy, which consisted of several battle tanks, armored vehicles and bulldozers, was tasked with opening the M4 to facilitate a joint Russian-Turkish patrol that was supposed to take place on the highway later.

Opposition protesters blocked the highway by deploying obstacles and even climbing Turkish vehicles. This forced the convoy to withdraw. However, the protesters went on to stone the vehicles of their allies.

https://youtu.be/8YQM0nU2D0s

https://youtu.be/T6oU0aPAiso

Turkey’s failure to open the highway led to the cancellation of the pre-planned joint patrol. Russian and Turkish troops conducted a very limited patrol west of Saraqib city in southeast Idlib instead.

The reopening of the M4 highway, which links the coastal city of Lattakia with Aleppo city, is the keystone of the recent Russian Turkish agreement on Greater Idlib.

In the last few days, opposition activists and militants vowed to keep the highway blocked, threatening Russian forces and placing a bounty for killing Russian journalists.

Turkey don’t appear to have any real influence over Greater Idlib militants, which have been receiving support from it for years now. The chances that the M4 will be reopened by peaceful measures are very low. Ankara’s failure to open the M4 will likely push Damascus and its allies towards another military operation in the region.

https://southfront.org/syrian-opposition-supporters-intercept-assault-their-turkish-allies-on-m4-highway-videos/

Apple And Others Shutter Stores To Help Slow Covid-19

As the spread of Covid-19 continues to impact retail markets, Apple is taking a bold step to help stem the transmission of the global pandemic. Apple confirmed Saturday that it would be closing all of its physical retail outside of Greater China stores until Friday, March 27.

“We will be closing all of our retail stores outside of Greater China until March 27,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a letter posted to Apple’s website. “We are committed to providing exceptional service to our customers… I want to thank our extraordinary Retail teams for their dedication to enriching our customers’ lives. We are all so grateful to you.”

In the same letter, Cook confirmed that all of the company’s stores in Greater China have reopened. While the effects of coronavirus are still evident in the region, the company cited the fact that “the rate of infections has dramatically declined,” when explaining its decision to open their Chinese locations. In all, 42 locations in the country were reopened on Friday. Deep cleaning, health screenings, and temperature checks will be implemented at these locations moving forward.

“There is no mistaking the challenge of this moment,” Cook said in his letter. “The entire Apple family is indebted to the heroic first responders, doctors, nurses, researchers, public health experts and public servants globally who have given every ounce of their spirit to help the world meet this moment. We do not yet know with certainty when the greatest risk will be behind us.”

In response to Apple’s closure of its stores, numerous other companies have begun to follow suit. Verizon announced that it would be closing a number of its stores in the U.S. and expanding its work from home procedures, while another of its rivals in the telecom market, T-Mobile, announced that it would be closing all shopping mall stores until March 16. Urban Outfitters confirmed that it would be closing all of its stores worldwide until Saturday, March 28, including those of its subsidiary brands Anthropologie and Free People.

https://www.ibtimes.com/coronavirus-business-impact-apple-others-shutter-stores-help-slow-covid-19-2940451

Sweden: Priest accused of smuggling migrant in suitcase

Camilla Ulén, a priest in Gävle, Sweden, has been accused of smuggling an Afghan migrant out of a detention facility in a suitcase.

The 20-year-old migrant, who was being held pending deportation, disappeared on February 23, according to a report in Nyheter Idag. He was visited by two women shortly before his disappearance, one of whom was a priest from the Church of Sweden. The priest was carrying a large suitcase which she told authorities was to be used for a baptism.

Sweden’s Migration Board has since accused the priest of helping the migrant to escape. Its Director General, Mikael Ribbenvik, said in a statement that the incident had damaged the Board’s trust in the Church of Sweden. “We were tricked,” he said.

The news portal Samhällsnytt has alleged that Camilla Ulén, a priest in Värmdö, Stockholm, was the one carrying the suitcase. Many photos on the Facebook page of Ulén’s parish show her (below, far left) with migrants. Ulén has denied the accusation.

Samhällsnytt has also identified the migrant fugitive as Abdullahi Ibrahimi, also known as Matin Ebra.

Samhällsnytt reports that Ibrahimi had been in Sweden since 2015 and had claimed asylum on the basis of his conversion to Christianity, but that the Migration Board had doubted that his conversion was genuine.

The Church of Sweden is no stranger to radicalism when it comes to migrants. The Church has staunchly defended migrants since the current crisis began in 2015, and has clashed with Swedish police over the deportation of migrants.

Swedish churches, some of which have been ringing their bells daily for centuries, have also been quick to agree to silence them when asked by authorities, even as calls to prayer from mosques increase despite complaints from neighborhoods, as previously reported by Voice of Europe.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2020/03/sweden-priest-accused-of-smuggling-migrant-in-suitcase/

More American Blunders in the Middle East: U.S. Envoys Embrace Terrorists Yet Again

The spread of the coronavirus has meant that much of the other news about developments around the world has disappeared from the normal news cycle. The situation in Syria, which involves not only the government in Damascus but also Turkey, Russia, Iran and a remaining American force in part of the country has been proving increasingly unstable.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met face-to-face with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to come up with a de-escalation plan that would avoid any head-to-head confrontation. An agreement was reached that included a cease fire, which most observers are describing as a surrender by Erdogan that accepted all Russian-Syrian army gains in the Idlib Province, but it remains to be seen what exactly will be sustainable. There have been subsequent reports that have include claims of the downing of two Syrian aircraft and several helicopters.

The United States for its part has been sending mixed messages to appeals from the Turks for support. Donald Trump has had an on and off again relationship with Erdogan and he has more-or-less approved the Turkish presence in the border areas and continues to endorse something like regime change in Damascus. Though it seems that at least for the moment the danger of a major armed conflict between Russia and Turkey has faded, many believe that more incidents are likely and could easily escalate.

And there is a truly dangerous connection in that Turkey and the United States are, of course, members of NATO. Under Article 5 of the NATO treaty, an attack on any one member is considered to be the same as an attack on all members and all members must respond by coming to the defense of the victim of the attack. Turkey has asked the United States for Patriot missiles to defend its troops on the ground in Syria. It has also called for NATO to enforce a no-fly zone in Idlib Province, air space that is currently controlled by Russia. Omer Celik, speaking for Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, said that in his government’s view “The attack against Turkey is an attack against NATO. NATO should have been with Turkey, not starting today but from before these events.” Washington, for its part, has reportedly offered to provide Patriot batteries if the Turks do not deploy their recently purchased Russian built S-400 missiles. Trump has otherwisedeferred to the Europeans for any direct assistance and NATO has not entertained seriously anyno-fly commitment.

Under normal circumstances and in a normal world, the very idea that a member of a defensive alliance should be able to attack another country, as Turkey has done in Syria, and then demand assistance from other members of the alliance when the attacked country fights back would be a non-starter. But the problem with that kind of rational thinking is that NATO has long since ceased to be a defensive alliance. Both as an alliance and also acting through several of its member states, it has been actively involved in wars that have nothing to do with defense of Europe or of the Atlantic relationship with Washington. NATO troops are currently in Afghanistan and have also been in Iraq, Syria and Libya. Alliance members including the U.S. fought in Bosnia and Kosovo.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/more-american-blunders-middle-east-u-s-envoys-embrace-terrorists-yet-again/5706363

Don’t Trust Mainstream Media: Google CEO Confirms Coronavirus Website to go up Monday

Sundar Pichai, confirmed in a tweet on Sunday that Google has accelerated its work to help people stay safe, informed and connected, and that they are partnering with the U.S. government in developing a website dedicated to COVID-19 education, prevention, and local resources nationwide.

“We’ll be rolling out an initial version of the website late Monday, March 16, and we’ll continue to enhance and update it with more resources on an ongoing basis,” said Pichai in his statement.

https://saraacarter.com/google-ceo-confirms-coronavirus-website-to-go-up-monday/

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