2020-03-27: Social Media Postees

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[Perspectives] Leadership bid
Aarathi Prasad | thelancet.com | 2020-03-28
The Perfect Candidate, director Haifaa Al-Mansour's second film based in Saudi Arabia, opens with a scene of an old man on a stretcher, bloodied and groaning after a collision with a truck brings him to the only emergency room in the area. Once the under-resourced clinic staff have heaved him through the only route into the building–a mud-clogged and flooded road–he opens his eyes to what for him is an even greater horror: the face of the only doctor qualified to treat him. Through her niqab, a pair of determined eyes examine him, as Dr Maryam expertly turns the patient's body to palpate his spine.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30637-1/fulltext?rss=yes

What Trump is Doing in the Middle East While You are Distracted by COVID-19
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-27
And still the virus shrouds Donald Trump's mischief in the Middle East. First it was his sly retreat from Iraq; now it's his cosy military exercises with the United Arab Emirates

G20 Emergency Meeting Convenes on Coronavirus Health and Economic Impacts
Kate Zeller | indybay.org | 2020-03-27
Saudi Arabia chaired an emergency virtual G20 meeting for Presidents and Prime Minsters as the coronavirus wreaks havoc on the global economy.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/26/18831844.php

Virtual G20 Summit Ends With Vague Promises, Sparks Critics
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-26
The group of 20 (G20) comprising the 20 most prosperous and large economies held Thursday a virtual summit chaired by Saudi Arabia, at the end of which the member nations expressed their confidence that the world "will overcome" the global coronavirus pandemic. | RELATED: | US Surpasses China in Number of COVID-19 Cases | G20 leaders, whose countries account for more than 80 percent in the world's GDP, issued a statement following the two hours video meeting saying they will present "a united…
telesurenglish.net/news/Virtual-g20-Summit-Ends-With-Vague-Promises-Sparks-Critics-20200326-0015.html

Has Saudi Arabia Shot Itself in the Foot With Its Oil Price War?
Darius Shahtahmasebi | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-26
The impact of coronavirus has destroyed the demand for oil and neither Saudi Arabia, Russia or the United States will escape the resulting price war unscathed.
mintpressnews.com/saudi-arabia-shot-foot-oil-price-war-coronavirus/266079/

UN chief calls for ceasefire as Yemen braces for possible COVID-19 outbreak
news.un.org | 2020-03-25
Echoing his 23 March appeal to warring parties across the globe for an immediate ceasefire, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on those fighting in Yemen to end hostilities and ramp up efforts to counter a potential outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Turkey Prosecutor Indicts Saudi Suspects for Khashoggi Killing
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-25
Istanbul prosecutors said Wednesday they had prepared an indictment against 20 suspects over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, including a close aide to Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and a former deputy head of general intelligence. | RELATED: | Saudi Arabia Sentences 5 to Death Over Jamal Khashoggi's Murder | The indictment accuses former deputy head of Saudi Arabia's general intelligence Ahmed al-Asiri and former royal court adviser Saud al-Qahtani…
telesurenglish.net/news/Turkey-Prosecutor-Indicts-20-Saudi-Suspects-for-Khashoggi-Killing-20200325-0020.html