May 26 Red Daily Newswire

With news from Canada, Australia, Ecuador and elsewhere.

International left news from May 25.

Australia:

Rio Tinto blasts 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site to expand iron ore mine

Brazil:

Brazil Records World's Highest Daily COVID-19 Death Toll

Canada:

Pundits’ Cottage Obsession Shows Their Disconnect From Canadians

Trudeau says he'll seek 10 days of paid sick leave for all workers

NDP claims victory in advance of battle

Premier Doug Ford government gives $500M loan to Ontario Lottery and Gaming

Asian-Canadian boy attacked, blamed for ‘spreading’ coronavirus, says Saskatoon father

Capitalist Coronavirus Crisis:

People are being and will be sacrificed to reopen the economy. These sacrifices are not falling at all equally. It is understandable that people desperately want a return to normalcy, but who will pay the price?

Hydroxychloroquine: WHO suspends clinical trial of drug touted by Trump as 'coronavirus cure' over safety fears

Global report: 'disaster' looms for millions of children as WHO warns of second peak

Colombia:

Another Social Leader Killed in Colombia During COVID-19 Curfew

Ecuador:

Ecuador: Protests Against New Neoliberal Measures Amid Lockdown

Ideas:

Bethune’s Socialized Medicine and the Public Health Crisis Today

Israel / Palestine:

West Bank Annexation Set for July: Netanyahu to Likud MPs

South Africa:

Strike action looming in South Africa as government downgrades lockdown

Spain:

Spain’s guaranteed minimum income scheme set to assist 850,000 families

United States:

New study says Massachusetts coronavirus rates are much higher than reported and could rise steeply

Venezuela:

Venezuela: Iranian Tankers Start Fueling El Palito Refinery