(2021-02-01). Emmy Butlin and Maxine Walker of the UK Committee to Defend Julian Assange oppose Facebook censorship of the Socialist Equality Party/IYSSE. wsws.org The WSWS has been sent letters from Emmy Butlin and Maxine Walker, of the Committee to Defend Julian Assange (JADC) in opposition to the censorship of the World Socialist Web Site and Socialist Equality Parties by Facebook.
(2021-02-01). White House Briefings for Children: Jen Psaki Circles Back. dissidentvoice.org The Biden administration's first White House press secretary is keen that things will be done differently under her guidance. The jaw dropping, sniping essions between the press and government that were characteristic of the Trump administration were going to cease. "When the President asked me to serve in this role," Jen Psaki outlined in her …
(2021-02-01). Shooting Down Deficit Hawks. realprogressives.org 
Deficit hawks, like dive-bombing kamikazes, are out now again, circling the battleship of our collective efforts to save ourselves. Can we pay ourselves to produce, distribute, and administer the Covid vaccine to every American in six months? No! say the dive-bombing Kamikazes—we cannot collect enough taxes to pay for that. It would require the government to borrow hundreds of billions more, increasing our "deficit" and the national "debt." Can we pay ourselves to design and build a low-carbon infrastructure that will help put a cap on global warming? No and No! say the circling deficit hawks—and h…
(2021-02-01). After Enduring "Complete Hell" During Pandemic, Food Workers Face Obstacles Getting Covid-19 Vaccinations. commondreams.org There are still unanswered questions about how and whether the vaccines will actually get to a workforce that ranks among the most vulnerable to the coronavirus. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/farmworkers2.jpg …
(2021-02-01). Commerzbank cuts 10,000 jobs in Germany, with union support. wsws.org The trade union Verdi supports the jobs massacre at Commerzbank, which will destroy 10,000 posts and close half its branches.
(2021-02-01). Triple shock of US sanctions, oil price collapse and the pandemic decimates Iranian living standards. wsws.org The "hardline" faction around the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is attacking the faction around President Hassan Rouhani who negotiated the nuclear agreement with the Obama administration, amid indications that the Biden administration intends to continue enforcing the "maximum pressure" campaign of draconian sanctions and military provocations against Iran.
(2021-02-01). Strikes mount in Turkey against austerity and herd immunity policies. wsws.org The Turkish government's murderous response to the pandemic and the collapse of social conditions for millions are increasingly driving workers into struggle.
(2021-02-01). Strange costumes of Capitol rioters echo the early days of the KKK — before the white sheets. salon.com Fringe groups have long understood that capturing the public's attention is the best way to spread their views…
(2021-02-01). Why Phoenix may be uninhabitable by the end of this century. salon.com Factors like climate change and the destruction of urban foliage are causing cities like Phoenix to overheat…
(2021-02-01). Barcelona moves into No. 2 La Liga spot with 2-1 win over Athletic Club. laprensalatina.com Barcelona, Jan 31 (efe-epa).- A goal by Lionel Messi in the first half and another by Antoine Griezmann after the break enabled Barcelona to chalk up a win over Athletic Club at Camp Nou on Sunday, with the visitors' lone tally coming on an own goal by Jordi Alba. The match was played before empty …
(2021-02-01). Navalny supporters keep the pressure on Putin in new wave of protests. laprensalatina.com By Celine Aemisegger Moscow, Jan 31 (efe-epa).- Supporters of Alexei Navalny on Sunday kept the pressure on President Vladimir Putin by turning out for large protests all across Russia to demand the release from jail of the opposition leader and to express their indignation with the country's economic and social situation, and they did so …
(2021-02-01). Atletico de Madrid downs Cadiz 4-2 in road win. laprensalatina.com Cadiz, Spain, Jan 31 (efe-epa).- Atletico de Madrid on Sunday notched a well-deserved 4-2 road win over Cadiz with two goals by Luis Suarez and one each from Saul àëiguez and Koke Resurreccion to strengthen its lead atop the Spanish First Division soccer table with its eighth straight La Liga win, now sitting pretty with …
(2021-02-01). Inauguration of projects at Mehrabad Airport. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Feb. 01 (MNA) — The ceremony to inaugurate a number of projects at Mehrabad Airport projects was held on Sunday morning in the presence of Iranian Road Minister Mohammad Eslami at Mehrabad Airport.
(2021-02-01). Philippines: Mark the 50th anniversary of the Diliman Commune. fightbacknews.org Fight Back New Service is circulating the following February 1 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | Today we mark the 50th anniversary of the Diliman Commune, a 9-day uprising of the students of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. The Diliman Commune was part of the widespread strikes and protest actions against oil price increases, imperialist control of the economy and police brutality under the Marcos regime. | The student uprising was part of the continuum of the surging national democratic mass movement of students and workers from the previous decade. It broke out…
(2021-02-01). The 2020 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Destroying Civil Society, Engineered Economic Depression, Global Coup d'État and the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca We are at the crossroads of one of the most serious crises in modern history. We are living history, yet our understanding of the flow of events since January 2020 has been blurred. Worldwide, people have been misled both by their governments and the media.
(2021-02-01). Eighty years since John Huston's The Maltese Falcon. wsws.org John Huston (1906-1987) was a major American filmmaker. His body of work from the early 1940s to the early 1950s is especially notable.
(2021-02-01). Spanish fascists vote to save Podemos party's bank and corporate bailouts. wsws.org The vote exposes that the EU bailout policy, as well as the health and financial policies of the Podemos-social democrat government, enjoys the full support of the fascists.
(2021-02-01). 15,000 students involved in rent strikes in 55 UK universities. wsws.org Facing mass opposition, universities and private student accommodation providers have offered a patchwork of rebates and single payments of varying sizes.
(2021-02-01). Leading German columnist Heribert Prantl denounces coronavirus lockdown measures. wsws.org Prantl's current invocation of basic rights has degenerated into mendacious hollow phrases that serve to protect the privileges of a rich minority and are directed against the democratic rights of the working class.
(2021-01-31). Biden's Hawkish Foreign Policy Could Derail Moves to Fight Austerity. truthout.org 
In his first days in office, President Joe Biden has signaled a willingness to disavow austerity policies and expand public benefits, sparking cautious optimism about whether his administration could succeed in minimizing damage done by the coronavirus pandemic. | But Biden is at risk of repeating similar mistakes made by President Lyndon B. Johnson, who promised more relief to the poor than he could deliver because of his decision to escalate conflict in Vietnam. | In 1964, Johnson won the presidenti…
(2021-01-31). Gamestop—And the Game That Never Stops! zcomm.org We should be less concerned about day traders getting burned, and more about the tens of millions of Americans families going hungry, jobless, being evicted from their rents, and dying in the hundreds of thousands due to a failed health care system and gross government mismanagement…
(2021-01-31). 'We Should All Be Water Protectors': Ilhan Omar Visits #StopLine3 Organizers Day After Activists Block Enbridge Worksites. commondreams.org "We owe it to future generations, to the Indigenous communities we've signed treaties with, and to every living being on this planet to stop building fossil fuel infrastructure." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/line_3_jan2021.jpg …
(2021-01-31). Ecuador: A Court Admits Claim Against Pollution in the Amazon. telesurenglish.net The Sucumbios Supreme Court accepted an appeal filed by nine indigenous girls who demanded the elimination of over 400 gas flares linked to crude oil production in the Ecuadorean Amazon. | RELATED: | The plaintiffs demanded actions by the State to eliminate the oil industry burners in the Amazon, including the non-authorization of new installations of this kind. | Noting the State's negligence "by not providing or promoting the use of envi…
(2021-01-31). Wednesday 2/10: Protect Sacred Water: Digital Rally to #StopLine3 w/ Indigenous Frontline Water Protectors. indybay.org Virtual protest…
(2021-01-31). On The Green New Deal, Nationalization, & Class Politics. counterpunch.org 
Humanity has precious time to drastically and uniformly act to reduce carbon emissions and eliminate carbon-intensive economic activity before ecological collapse materializes. However, the struggle presented is not that simple. The challenge also requires providing economic relief for workers and recognizing contradictions in the prevailing economic model that created the climate crisis when undertaking a
(2021-01-31). Doughnut Economics Boots Capitalism Out. counterpunch.org 
The rapid rise of Covid-19 has spawned a renaissance in socio-economic thinking about the best way to face the future, as mayors of cities throughout the world search for answers in the face of declining revenues while society demands more urgent help. Eureka! Amsterdam, the Venice of the North, discovers doughnut economics. With a click
(2021-01-31). Dog Factory Farms in the United States? Consumers Can End It. truthout.org 
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(2021-01-31). Young boy referred to Prevent after talking about Fortnite game. middleeasteye.net 
Young boy referred to Prevent after talking about Fortnite game | More than 2,000 children under nine were referred to Prevent in three years | Sun, 01/31/2021 – 17: 10 | A child was reported to Prevent for a conversation about the game Fortnite (AFP) | More than 600 children under the age of six were reported to the British government's controversial Prevent programme over a three-year period, including a fou…
(2021-01-31). Israel to give few Covid-19 vaccines to Palestinians amid 'apartheid' accusations. middleeasteye.net 
Israel to give few Covid-19 vaccines to Palestinians amid 'apartheid' accusations | Israel's defence ministry says it agreed to transfer 5,000 vaccines to Palestinian medical workers | Sun, 01/31/2021 – 11: 46 | A Maccabi Health vaccination centre worker administers the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine in the Givatayim mall parking lot, Tel Aviv, on 26 January 2021 (AFP) | Israel said on S…
(2021-01-31). Israeli soldiers kill young Palestinian near West Bank settlement. middleeasteye.net 
Israeli soldiers kill young Palestinian near West Bank settlement | Man shot dead after allegedly attempting to use 'a stick with three knives' to attack officers near a West Bank settlement | Sun, 01/31/2021 – 10: 18 | The Israeli settlement of Efrata, on the southern outskirts of Bethlehem, with a sign on the Rd60 highway indicating the route to the settlement block of Gush Etzion, in the occupied West Bank,…
(2021-01-31). Grocery workers demand hazard pay in Washington state. liberationnews.org 
On Jan 25, the Seattle City Council voted in 8 to 0 in favor of an ordinance requiring grocery companies with more than 500 employees worldwide and grocery stores larger than 10,000 square feet pay their employees $4 an hour on top of the pay they currently.
(2021-01-31). All Hands on Deck: Biden plans to fight climate change in a way no U.S. president has done before. juancole.com 
By Bill Ritter Jr. | — Joe Biden is preparing to deal with climate change in a way no U.S. president has done before — by mobilizing his entire administration to take on the challenge from every angle in a strategic, integrated way. The strategy is evident in the people Biden has chosen for his …
(2021-01-31). Latinx Farmworkers Are Purchasing Failing Farms From White Owners. truthout.org 
The next generation of farmers in the United States might not be whom we expect. If the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the importance of farmworkers in our food system, the story left out a rising class of farmworkers who now own their craft with the help of incubator programs across the country. Latinx farm owners stand at the intersection of racial justice and food justice and offer new hope in the future of sustainable farming in the U.S. | Latinx farmers bring a wealth of historic knowledge to our food…
(2021-01-31). Tacoma activists clean encampments, dump trash at city manager's doorstep. liberationnews.org 
The message: Provide services like trash pickup and housing to our houseless community. Pay for it by firing her and killer cops!
(2021-01-31). Famosos elogian a la pionera Cicely Tyson. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cicely Tyson fue una actriz negra que abrió puertas para que otras mujeres de color pasaran por ellas. Tyson seleccionaba estratégicamente papeles poderosos con la intención de elevar la forma en la que son percibidos los actores negros. Con gracia y dignidad, protagonizó películas como "Sounder" y producciones de TV como …
(2021-01-31). The PCR Test does not Identify the Virus: Covid "False Positives" Used to Justify the Lockdown and Closure of the National Economy. globalresearch.ca We are led to believe that the corona epidemic has entered into a Second Wave, and that the virus is spreading relentlessly. That's a lie. | The PCR test used to estimate covid positive cases is flawed. There is no second …
(2021-01-31). Monday 2/1: Interfaith Vigil for Domestic Workers' Rights & Lives Lost During COVID w/ NDWA. indybay.org Online event…
(2021-01-31). The People Of Ecuador Are Fighting To Recover Their Popular Sovereignty. popularresistance.org On 7 February, the citizens of Ecuador will express their constitutional right to popular sovereignty, electing a new president and National Assembly to carry the country out of its most severe crisis in a generation. Between violent crackdowns on IMF protests in 2019 to persistent threats to cancel next month's election, Ecuador's democracy is on the brink. The vigilance of the world will be critical to preserve it — and help restore democracy to a region in the midst of an authoritarian backslide. | Ecuador has been hit harder by the Covid-19 pandemic than almost any country in the world. The country has…
(2021-01-31). Eradicating the inequality virus calls for more than just slogans. peoplesdispatch.org The Oxfam inequality report highlights that the impact of COVID-19 has been different across different sections of society. Government policies across the world have enabled the rich and powerful to increase their wealth during the pandemic…
(2021-01-31). We Must End Big Pharma Monopoly on COVID Vaccine Supply & Price. zcomm.org An interview on sharing technology so more companies in more countries can produce the vaccines…
(2021-01-31). '100 Seconds To Midnight'. popularresistance.org One hundred seconds to midnight. That's how close humanity is to the apocalypse, and it's as close as the world has ever been, according to Wednesday's annual announcement from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a group that has been running its "Doomsday Clock" since the early years of the nuclear age in 1947. | Although the scientists cite the Covid-19 pandemic, which has killed 1.7 million people around the world and has "revealed just how unprepared and unwilling countries and the international system are to handle global emergencies properly," they acknowledge that the coronavirus does not pose an existe…
(2021-01-31). All countries should pursue a Covid-19 elimination strategy. zcomm.org Countries trying to eliminate the virus have been far more successful and economically better off than those that have tried to suppress it…
(2021-01-31). Easing Lockdown Has To Be Done "Very Cautiously", UK Expert. telesurenglish.net Susan Hopkins, chief of COVID strategy at Public Health England, said lessons have to be learned from the past. | "We have learned, as we did on the first occasion, we have to relax things really quite slowly, so that if cases start to increase we can clamp down quite fast," she told the BBC.
(2021-01-31). Israeli Scientists make Strides toward Recyclable Perovskite Solar Panels. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Solar panels have plummeted 80% in price during the past decade, but they are still relatively expensive and depend on mined silicon. They are also a big waste challenge, since they aren't recyclable and they have toxic chemicals in them. Silicon panels last up to 30 years, but gradually lose …
(2021-01-31). On Contact: Radical As Reality Itself. popularresistance.org On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Michael Smith about civil rights attorney Michael Ratner's recently published memoir, "Moving the Bar — My Life as A Radical Lawyer". Smith was a close friend and collaborator of Ratner's for over three decades. | Michael Ratner was one of the most important civil rights attorneys in our era. He spent his life fighting on behalf of those who state and empire sought to crush, from the leaders of the prison uprising at Attica to Muslim prisoners held in Guantanamo, to Julian Assange.
(2021-01-31). Pandemic leads to massive concentration in the marketplace. indybay.org "We need a much more democratic system, we need to democratize all bits of the state — we need collective power theface.com/culture/the-corona-crash-grace-blakeley-interview-coronavirus-economy-uk?token=44…
(2021-01-31). Fossil Fuel Companies Fuel American Fascism. scheerpost.com Roo Reynolds / CC BY-NC 2.0] By Basav Sen | OtherWords The year 2020 will be remembered in history for a deadly pandemic and a deep economic crisis that touched almost every country on earth. Hopes for a brighter 2021 were one of the few things most people could agree on. But just six days into the new year, these hopes were rudely shattered by images of far-right white supremacists… |
(2021-01-31). Nine arrested in San Jose, California anti-eviction protest. indybay.org In the heart of Silicon Valley, there are 25-30 eviction hearings a week despite the ongoing pandemic and an extended federal moratorium on evictions.
(2021-01-31). Billionaire Wealth, U.S. Job Losses and Pandemic Profiteers. zcomm.org Check back for our regular updates on U.S. unemployment and billionaire wealth during the pandemic emergency…
(2021-01-31). Delegation from Yemen separatists flies to Russia. yenisafak.com A high-level delegation from the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Yemen flew to Moscow on Sunday for talks with Russian officials.The delegation, led by STC chairman Aidarus al-Zoubaidi, will hold talks with government officials and members of the Russian parliament on a host of files, the STC said in a statement, without elaborating.The STC, which is backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said the visit comes upon an invitation from the Russian government.Formed in 2017, the STC controls large areas of southern Yemen, including the temporary capital Aden and Socotra province.However, the Yeme…
(2021-01-31). #BidenLied tops Twitter trends as president's loyalists try to hijack hashtag to switch conversation from disappointment to Trump. rt.com 
Joe Biden has been slammed from both left and right for not fulfilling at least one campaign promise, getting #BidenLied trending, triggering his supporters to try and hijack the hashtag to distract from the criticism. | After decades in politics, Biden being accused of lying to the public by critics is nothing new, but his first days as president have even some supporters questioning his honesty. | As numerous liberals called out Biden for his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus plan offering $1400 direct payments to Americans when he actually promised $2000 "immediately" after taking office (though he's attempte…
(2021-01-31). 'He doesn't care': 10 Republicans praise Biden's call for 'unity', want to work 'in good faith' on new Covid-19 relief bill. rt.com 
Republican senators, including Mitt Romney and Susan Collins, sent a letter to Joe Biden on Sunday, requesting a meeting to discuss Covid-19 economic relief — but the attempt at bipartisanship is being eviscerated on social media. | The Republicans' specific plan will be unveiled on Monday, but they say it aligns with the president's "stated priorities" and could win "bipartisan support." | Biden's Covid-19 relief package is worth $1.9 trillion, a cost some critics have argued is too high. The plan also includes $1,400 stimulus checks for individuals. | Specifics for the Republican plan were not given in…
(2021-01-31). Democrats, You PROMISED Survival Checks NOW! realprogressives.org 
On January 5 there was a special election held in Georgia where the two running Democrats ultimately won. How were they able to pull it off? No, the election was not stolen by Russia, China, Venezuela, or little green men. It was won because the Democrats promised the American people relief in the form of immediate distribution of $2000 survival checks! | These words were verbatim, by then Senate candidate Jon Ossoff, during an interview just days before the election,"We will be able to pass $2,000 dollar stimulus checks for the people next week when we win these races in Georgia and get economic relief direct…
(2021-01-31). #BidenLied: Netizens Blame POTUS for Deception Over $2,000 Stimulus Checks. sputniknews.com Despite continued debate over the coronavirus relief package in the US, the only thing that the former Republican president, Donald Trump, and the incumbent Democrat, Joe Biden, appear to agree on was that the $600 one-time stimulus payments are not enough.
(2021-01-31). Ilhan Omar Calls on Biden to Follow End of Keystone With End of Enbridge Line 3. truthout.org 
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota traveled to the northern part of her state on Saturday to "We owe it to future generations, to the Indigenous communities we've signed treaties with, and to every living being on this pla…
(2021-01-31). 'You got conned': Regretful Democrat volunteers cope with disappointment after Biden turns out to have misled about $2,000 checks. rt.com 
Americans who voted for President Biden in the November US presidential election expressed their regret at having volunteered for the Democrats, after the administration revealed it would not be giving out $2,000 relief checks. | The Democratic Party announced on Saturday that Americans would receive $1,400 coronavirus relief checks instead of the $2,000 promised by the party and Biden during their presidential campaign. | "I worked my ass off and knocked on well over 1000 doors promising ppl for $2000 checks. Where are they? You promised them. I hate lying to ppl," complained one self-proclaimed socialist on…
(2021-01-31). Massachusetts congressman tests positive for Covid-19 after getting 2 shots of Pfizer vaccine. rt.com 
Representative Stephen F. Lynch of Massachusetts has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said. The lawmaker received his second shot of the Pfizer vaccine before Joe Biden's inauguration. | The 65-year-old tested positive on Friday, his office said. A staff member in his Boston office tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week, spokesperson Molly Rose Tarpey added. | Lynch "had received the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine and subsequently received a negative Covid-19 test prior to attending President Biden's Inauguration," on January 20, the statement added, without specifying the date. Lynch has no…
(2021-01-31). String of car bombs kills 20 people in Turkish-held north Syria. middleeasteye.net 
String of car bombs kills 20 people in Turkish-held north Syria | The attacks left at least 14 civilians dead, including four children, and scores wounded | Sun, 01/31/2021 – 14: 18 | Rescue workers extinguish a fire caused by an explosion in the town of Azaz, in rebel-controlled northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo province, on 31 January 2021 (AFP) | Three car bombs killed at least 20 people…
(2021-01-31). Cellebrite: Israel's Good Cyber Cop Is Big Tech's Backdoor to Breaching Your Privacy. strategic-culture.org 
Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite has been quietly providing law enforcement agencies with the tools to retrieve data from any device for years, but they want you to know they're on the right side of the law. | By Raul DIEGO | Privacy and security have long-been one of the top selling points for iOS devices in the interminable marketing fracas between Apple and its competitors, with fancy additions to their suite of protection features like fingerprint scanning and facial recognition. Android devices, by contrast, always seemed to lag behind in the personal encryption space, but have caught up fairly r…
(2021-01-31). Leaders in Coronavirus Vaccination. strategic-culture.org 
Vaccination against COVID-19 has already become the largest vaccination campaign in history. As of January 25, 2021, more than‚ÄØ65.7 million‚ÄØdoses‚ÄØin‚ÄØ56‚ÄØcountries have been administered. Which countries are leading in terms of vaccination?
(2021-01-31). Congress Has a Constitutional Path to Bar Trump From Office If the Trial Fails. truthout.org 
Until recently, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was an obscure part of the U.S. Constitution. | The amendment is better known for its first section, which It prohibits current or former military officers, along with many current and…
(2021-01-31). Nation's 'largest vaccination site' in LA briefly shut down amid protest against Covid-19 immunization campaign (VIDEOS). rt.com 
Access to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, called the nation's largest mass vaccination site, was halted for an hour after a small group of protesters showed up to decry the immunization drive. | The entrance to the stadium, which has been serving as a mass vaccination site since mid-January, was sealed at around 2pm local time after a sparse crowd of protesters staged a rally near the gate. | Footage on social media
(2021-01-31). Anti-Trump Lincoln Project turns on 'predator' co-founder after he's accused of harassing 21 men, offering jobs for sex. rt.com 
Longtime GOP operative and co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project John Weaver has been accused of sending unsolicited, sexually charged messages to over 20 men, including one who was only 14 when he first made contact. | Weaver had previously acknowledged sending inappropriate messages to men after multiple accusers came forward in recent weeks. The Republican, who has worked with John McCain, John Kasich, and numerous other conservatives, admitted to sending some of the messages and came out as gay in a statement, despite having a wife and two children. | "The truth is that I'm gay," he said. "And that…
(2021-01-31). Robinhood execs' contributions to House Financial Services panel leaders under scrutiny as hearing over GameStop saga announced. rt.com 
Robinhood's co-founders channeled the maximum amount allowed to the campaigns of the House Financial Services Committee heads last year, it has been revealed. The panel is set to investigate the GameStop craze. | Federal records dug up by the media in light of the continuing massacre of hedge funds by retail investors using trading apps like Robinhood and Webull show that Robinhood CEO Vlad
(2021-01-31). NY charity Robin Hood receives undue flak from people angry at Robinhood trading app, finds 'silver lining' in new supporters. rt.com 
Wes Moore has spent some time patiently explaining online how the charity he heads has nothing to do with a certain stock trading app now hated by many. But there is a happy ending to this case of mistaken identity. | The Robin Hood Foundation has a proud history of fighting poverty in New York City for more than three decades. Recently, however, it found itself on the receiving end of public ire for no good reason at all. The name of the legendary folk hero who robbed the rich and gave to the poor has had some really bad publicity this week. | The anger was actually directed at Robinhood app, which landed in…
(2021-01-31). 'There will be no full withdrawal': Troops to remain in Afghanistan past Trump-set deadline — report. rt.com 
According to a new report citing senior North American Treaty Organization (NATO) commanders, coalition forces will not be leaving Afghanistan by May, a deadline Donald Trump hoped to meet as president. | "There will be no full withdrawal by allies by April-end," one NATO official told Reuters. | According to the source, "conditions have not been met" to justify a full-scale withdrawal, and the new administration will likely present "tweaks in policy." | "With the new US administration, there will be tweaks in the policy, the sense of hasty withdrawal which was prevalent will be addressed and we could see a mu…
(2021-01-31). Spain, Portugal restore border checks as Covid cases soar. laprensalatina.com Madrid, Jan 31 (efe-epa).- Spain and Portugal have temporarily restored checks along their shared border until at least 10 February as authorities in Lisbon scramble to bring surging Covid-19 cases under control. The new measures, introduced Sunday after Portugal voted to extend its state of emergency, only allow people to cross the border for work …
(2021-01-31). Mexican president sick with Covid, Mexico sick of disinformation. laprensalatina.com By Pedro Pablo Cortes Mexico City, Jan 31 (efe-epa).- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador spent the past week sick with Covid-19, his health status being kept largely secret by the government in the country with the world's third-largest death toll from the disease. "The government has not handled the information about the president's health …
(2021-01-31). Thousands break Israel's Covid rules to attend ultra-Orthodox rabbi's funeral. laprensalatina.com Jerusalem, Jan 31 (efe-epa).- Thousands of people broke Israel's coronavirus rules on mass gatherings Sunday to attend the funeral of an ultra-Orthodox rabbi who died overnight of Covid-19. The funeral for Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, who died aged 99, took place in western Jerusalem. Thousands of young ultra-Orthodox mourners, many without protective facemasks, gathered around …
(2021-01-31). Ireland Could Have 'Picked up the Batphone to Biden' to Force EU to U-Turn in COVID Jab Row With UK. sputniknews.com The European Union, which has been far outpaced by the UK in its race to inoculate its population, threatened to invoke Northern Ireland Brexit emergency powers to control the flow of COVID-19 vaccines into Britain on Friday, but was forced to backtrack on part of the announcement after an immediate backlash from London, Dublin and Belfast.
(2021-01-31). 'Focus on Collaboration': Britain Ready to Assist EU Amid Bloc's COVID Jab Shortfalls. sputniknews.com The UK and the European Union have been locked in a dispute over the distribution of a vaccine manufactured by the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca and Oxford University, as Britain has been ramping up its sweeping inoculation programme, while the EU bloc deals with shortages and setbacks in its anti-COVID roll-out.
(2021-01-31). Pandemic claims 35 lives in Libya. yenisafak.com The coronavirus pandemic claimed 35 lives in Libya and caused one fatality in Bahrain on Sunday.Libya's National Center for Disease Control said in a statement that the COVID-19 sickened 981 people over the past 24 hours, while 1,349 patients recovered.The country's count now rose to 118,631 cases, including 1,877 deaths, and 98,706 recoveries.In Bahrain, the Health Ministry said the Gulf state's death tally rose to 373 after one patient had died from the virus, while 655 new infections were registered.The country's nationwide count now stood at 102,626 cases and 98,160 recoveries.Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic…
(2021-01-31). Julian Assange Deserves A Nobel Peace Prize. popularresistance.org Julian Assange has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. We think he deserves to win. There is an incredibly long list of actions that Julian has taken toward a more peaceful world. As Julian has said, "If wars can be started by lies, peace can be started by truth." | More than one individual can nominate Assange; he's already been nominated this year by people including former Peace Prize winner Mairead Maguire and French politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Maguire and four other Peace Prize winners wrote a letter to then-President Trump recounting Assange's contributions toward peace.
(2021-01-31). India expected to increase public spending in post-pandemic budget. laprensalatina.com New Delhi, Jan 31 (efe-epa).- Economists and experts expect the Union Budget of India, set to be presented by the government on Monday, to include greater public spending with a special emphasis on the health sector in order to rescue the country's economy. In its annual economic survey released on Friday, the Indian finance ministry …
(2021-01-31). UN Sex Crimes: Guterres' Draconian Cover-Ups Might Be Soon Over. strategic-culture.org The UN's answer to cover them up and punish journalists might be coming to an end as there are signs that member states have had enough. Will the British government lead a new cause? | It's practically impossible these days to google the word 'UN' without being hit with the wave of articles about its sexual harassment cases, which in recent years under Antonio Guterres, appears to have mushroomed into something of a pandemic. Even faithful supporters of the UN will ask themselves how can a global organisation which serenades itself on the world stage as an arbiter of human rights, be the worst offender? When does…
(2021-01-31). Two civilians killed, 14 others injured in Afghanistan Faryab. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) — A spokesman for Faryab Police Command in Afghanistan said that two civilians were killed and 14 others were wounded in a Taliban mortar attack in this province.
(2021-01-31). Afghan forces kill 36 Taliban in 'preemptive attacks'. yenisafak.com At least 36 Taliban insurgents have been killed and five others injured in air and ground offensives by Afghan forces, officials said on Sunday.According to the Afghan National Army, the Taliban were planning attacks in the restive Kandahar province, prompting security forces to target them through air raids and ground offensives on Saturday evening.It claimed in a statement that insurgents from various parts of the province had gathered in Joy-e-Lahore, Dasht-e-Bolan, and Kohak areas of Arghandaab district to stage assaults on government forces.While the Taliban are yet to comment, Mohammad Akbar Nagahani, a Kan…
(2021-01-31). Iran's Zarif meets Taliban, calls for inclusive gov't. yenisafak.com Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Sunday called for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan, during talks with a visiting Taliban delegation in Tehran.Speaking during the meeting, Zarif said the formation of an all-inclusive government in Afghanistan must see the participation of all ethnic and political groups in the war-ravaged country."Political decisions cannot be made in a vacuum, and the formation of an all-inclusive government must take place in a participatory process and by taking into account fundamental structures, institutions and laws, such as the Constitution (of Afghanistan),"
(2021-01-31). Should governments use cash incentives to nudge people to get vaccinated? yenisafak.com In the healthcare sector, money incentives to steer the public into making better choices have grown more and more popular. Insurers and companies have been dishing out dollars to nudge people to take their meds, give up bad habits, and hit the gym.But if such incentives are championed in normal times, might the same strategy be sound for promoting the use of vaccines against coronavirus, the largest healthcare crisis of the modern era?For some time now, a majority of US companies have offered financial incentives to employees who take part in programs beneficial to their health, or alternately penalize those wh…
(2021-01-31). A return to the two-state politics without a historical reckoning spells loss for Palestinians. juancole.com (Middle East Monitor ) — US President Joe Biden announced the restoring of diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Authority and the resumption of humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people, in a bid to bring the country back to international consensus after the Trump administration pursued a different form of diplomatic relations which culminated in the …
(2021-01-31). Baràßa to take legal action against paper that published costly Messi contract. laprensalatina.com Barcelona, Spain, Jan 31 (efe-epa).- FC Barcelona on Sunday said it would take legal action against a Spanish newspaper that obtained and published a copy of Lionel Messi's contract. The leaked contract showed that Baràßa had agreed to pay the Argentine superstar 555,237,619 euros ($673,919,105) over four seasons if he met all the conditions of …
(2021-01-31). India's Ruling Party Called Out for Sharing 'Doctored' Video on Benefits of New Farm Laws. sputniknews.com The "doctored" video shared by Sambit Patra, a spokesperson of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), gives the impression that an opposition leader backs Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new farm laws, which have triggered massive protests across the country. Twitter has flagged the video as a result.
(2021-01-31). 'We Have Got to Act Now': As GOP Introduces Weak Relief Bill, Sanders Says Dems Already Have Enough Votes to Pass Stronger Package. commondreams.org "We made promises to the American people. We're going to keep those promises." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bernie_relief.png …
(2021-01-31). Thousands detained in Russia amid fresh pro-Navalny protests. laprensalatina.com (Update 1: Adds detail) Moscow, Jan 31 (efe-epa).- Russian police detained thousands of protesters across the country on Sunday amid demonstrations in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was detained after he returned to Russia earlier this month from Germany, where he had been recovering from a poisoning. OVD-Info, which specializes in tracking police …
(2021-01-31). Hundreds detained in Russia ahead of fresh pro-Navalny protests. laprensalatina.com Moscow, Jan 31 (efe-epa).- Russian police detained hundreds of protesters across the country on Sunday ahead of demonstrations in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was detained after he returned to Russia earlier this month from Germany, where he had been recovering from a poisoning. OVD-Info, which specializes in tracking police detentions in Russia, …
(2021-01-31). Azpilicueta, Alonso provide Tuchel first Chelsea win. laprensalatina.com Sports Desk, Jan 31 (efe-epa).- Goals from Spaniards César Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso handed Chelsea its first win since Thomas Tuchel took over as head coach of the London club. Captain Azpilicueta opened the scoring against Burnley in the 40th minute, collecting an assist from English winger Callum Hudson-Odoi. Alonso scored a skillful goal in …
(2021-01-31). Keir Starmer's done it again. He's just out-Toried the Tories. thecanary.co Keir Starmer never seems to miss a chance to ape the Conservative Party. And Sunday 31 January was no exception to this. | Flag-waving once again: | The Labour leader has written an
(2021-01-31). IMF and big business for universal vaccination: Better red than dead. peoplesdispatch.org The me-first policy on vaccine sharing will bring losses of $203 billion to $5 trillion to rich countries, while the returns are the highest if they support global universal vaccination…
(2021-01-31). Political Persecution? How US Dems Are Cracking Down on Trump & His Conservative Supporters. sputniknews.com Having taken control over the White House, the House of Representatives and even the Senate in the aftermath of the 2020 election, Democratic politicians appear to still be after private citizen Donald Trump and conservative social media users. A US lawyer known by his nom de plume Techno Fog on Twitter has shed light on Dems' apparent strategy.
(2021-01-31). Iranian Official Quashes Rumour That Israeli F-35s Set Off Air Raid Sirens in Tehran. sputniknews.com Air raid sirens were heard wailing in Tehran on Friday night, spooking local residents and prompting the spread of a number of theories online about what could have caused the incident. The last time sirens were activated was during the Iran-Iraq War, which saw Iraqi forces lobbing missiles, some armed with chemical munitions, into Iranian cities.
(2021-01-31). Heavy Police Presence as Shooting Reported at Wisconsin's Appleton Fox River Mall. sputniknews.com Residents of the city of Appleton, Wisconsin, on Sunday reported that they heard gunfire at the local mall. News outlets report that people are sheltering inside and that police officers have cordoned off the building.
(2021-01-31). Iran Slams Macron's Proposal to Revise Nuke Deal, Says Agreement, Parties Not Up for Renegotiation. sputniknews.com This week, the French president proposed including Riyadh in the nuclear deal, suggesting that negotiators had made a mistake by not including regional powers in the nuclear talks, and warning that time was running out to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Tehran maintains it has no ambitions in that direction.
(2021-01-31). Indian PM Modi Breaks Silence on Republic Day Farmer Violence: Shocked at 'Insult' to National Flag. sputniknews.com The very claim that the Indian tricolour was "insulted" for being removed from a flagpole at New Delhi's Red Fort and replaced with a Sikh religious flag has been disputed by Indian fact-checkers.
(2021-01-31). Some 600 Firebombs, 16 Grenades Used During Tripoli Riots – Lebanese Interior Ministry. sputniknews.com BEIRUT (Sputnik) – Protesters in Tripoli, Lebonon, have used 16 grenades and 600 petrol bombs against police this week, the Lebanese Interior Ministry stated Sunday.
(2021-01-31). Islamic Revolution disrupted world's bipolar system. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) — Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) said that Islamic Revolution disrupted the structure of bipolar system in the world.
(2021-01-31). French police attack protesters in Paris on new security law. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) — French police clashed with demonstrators in Paris who were chanting slogan to show their protest to the country's new security law. French police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters.
(2021-01-31). VP inaugurates Chlorine company in Khuzestan. en.mehrnews.com SHUSHTAR, Jan. 31 (MNA) — Iranian First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri inaugurated a Chlorine company in Shushtar County, southwestern Khuzestan Province.
(2021-01-31). Italian Cefalù Film Fest to host 3 Iranian short films. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) — Three Iranian short films "The Blackout", "My Father" and "Mostafa" will participate in the Italian Cefalù Film Festival.
(2021-01-31). Iran-Iraq relations to be further developed. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) — Adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution for International Affairs said that relations between Iran and Iraq will be further developed.
(2021-01-31). Lawmakers to renew allegiance with ideals of Imam Khomeini. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) — Concurrent with glorious victory anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Ten-Day Dawn ceremonies, a number of lawmakers will renew their allegiance with the late founder of Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini (RA) on Monday.
(2021-01-31). Enemy's threats turned into chances for Revelution's progress. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) — IRGC Chief Commander Major General Hossein Salami said the threats of the enemies have been turned into opportunities for the progress of the Islamic Revolution.
(2021-01-31). Explosion hits Mogadishu airport checkpoint. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) — Media outlets reported a terrible explosion hitting a checkpoint of Mogadishu airport in the Somalian capital on Sunday.
(2021-01-31). Iran to rebuild Al-Biruni tomb in Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Feb. 01 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage ordered for necessary coordination with Afghanistan for the reconstruction of the tomb of Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni, an Iranian scientist and mathematician, in Ghazni, Afghanistan.
(2021-01-31). Iran reports to IAEA on Strategic Action Plan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) — Iran's permanent ambassador to the International Organizations in Vienna said that the reasons for adopting the "Strategic Action Plan" has been reported to the IAEA and member states.
(2021-01-31). US military convoy targeted in Babil province. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) — Iraqi sources reported that a US logistics convoy has been targeted in Babil province on Sunday.
(2021-01-31). Not to back off any sanctions, cast new deal as a treaty. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) — The Heritage Foundation is an American conservative think tank in Washington, DC which has a significant influence on US public policymaking.
(2021-01-31). Foreign troops to stay in Afghanistan longer than expected. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) — International troops reportedly plan to stay in Afghanistan beyond the May deadline.
(2021-01-31). Lessons From Wall Street: Notes from the Edge of the Narrative Matrix. strategic-culture.org You can't expose how rigged the system really is without pushing against its power structures according to its own rules. When the entire system pushes back and boots you out in front of everyone, more people are made more aware that it is rigged. This can only be a good thing.
(2021-01-31). Biden Day One: Nothing Changed, Nothing Ever Will. strategic-culture.org The Liberal Sleepwalkers are not dealing with the passive, stupid thuggish, unthinking herd that they believe half the American people to be. | The Doom of the Biden Administration and within the next eight years of the entire supposedly great and mighty Democratic Party has been written in deeds on the very first full day of Joe Biden's presidency. | There were absolutely no surprises whatsoever in it. Biden did what he said he was going to do. He nominated exactly the people he said he was going to nominate. The US Liberal Mainstream Media with their usual Courage and Character slavishly applauded with unanimou…
(2021-01-31). VIDEO: In first week as president, Joe Biden tosses women, unions and the American people under the globalist bus. strategic-culture.org Biden has come out strong with a massive number of executive orders after years of the Democrats criticising Trump for doing so. Did Biden make the right moves coming into office? Or maybe Trump's gruff populism wasn't so bad?
(2021-01-31). The Fight for $15 Vows Bigger Things to Come. zcomm.org Leaders are setting their sights on a national collective bargaining agreement…
(2021-01-31). The Left is Positioned to Win More Under Biden Than Any President in Decades. zcomm.org The progressive grassroots is much stronger than it was 12 years ago when Obama took office. If it stays focused, it can make real progress in advancing its agenda…
(2021-01-31). Everything You Always Wanted to Know about QAnon But Were Too Weirded Out to Ask. zcomm.org Interview on QAnon's origins and evolution…
(2021-01-31). Sanders Hits Back as Billionaire Investor Whines About Potential Tax Hikes Amid GameStop Fiasco. zcomm.org "Oh look, another billionaire is mad that he might have to pay more taxes while children in America go hungry and veterans sleep on the street."
(2021-01-31). What Is the National Labor Relations Board and How Does It Affect Unions? zcomm.org Though the NLRB keeps a lower profile than many other government agencies, it holds a great deal of power over the country's workers and labor movement…
(2021-01-31). Policing And Punishment In Minneapolis' 'SafeZone'. popularresistance.org The criminal "justice" apparatus faces increasing criticism for emphasizing punishment, violent abuse and incarceration of criminals rather than rehabilitation. However, few observers recognize the active role community "justice" programs and businesses play in this displacement. The public/private SafeZone initiative launched in downtown Minneapolis in 2004 serves as an instructive example of how programs lauded as reforms can still impose punitive "law and order" tactics onto targeted populations. | "A month ago I was driving down Nicollet going to pick up my girl, somebody shot at me, twice!" Demetri (whose re…
(2021-01-31). Students Continue To Pressure Northwestern University To Abolish The Police. popularresistance.org After several months of continuous pressure on Northwestern administration to abolish University Police and divest from policing and other militarized entities, NUCNC is continuing their work into the new quarter. | Since their campaign of more than 30 days of consecutive actions, the group has not held any mass protests or demonstrations, but they continue to pressure the University and practice mutual aid — a core tenet of prison-industrial complex abolition. | "Prisons are the biggest social service we have," NUCNC member Eliza Gonring said. "So poor people, homeless people, Black people are just getting…
(2021-01-31). Chicago Teachers' Struggle At A Crossroads. popularresistance.org The drive to reopen Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the third largest school district in the country, has become a pitched battle between educators and the state apparatus, the latter backed up by the corporate media and the unions. The fight by Chicago educators to prevent the reopening of schools is the focal point of the class struggle in the United States, with every other major district in the country looking to Chicago to set a precedent. | In this context, it is of the utmost importance for teachers and other educators to organize independently of the unions and join the Chicago Educators Rank-and-File Safet…
(2021-01-31). 'Real Theory Is In What You Do And How You Do It'. popularresistance.org When I first put forward "wages for housework" in March 1972, I was unsure of the implications. I knew that wages for housework was qualitatively different from wages for housewives, which I had been considering; it spoke about the work and didn't identify necessarily with women, which I thought—and others did too—was crucial. | I had recently studied volume one of Capital in a reading group—without a teacher. l realized that women reproduce labor power, the basic capitalist commodity, unwaged. That was a new idea then. | A year later, I went on a lecture tour of North America with Mariarosa Dal…
(2021-01-31). Death Threats Against Public Officials Reflect Trump's Autocratic Legacy. Reversing GOP's Authoritarian Turn Difficult But Essential. commondreams.org The heightened risk of widespread political violence symbolizes the depth of deterioration of democracy in the U.S. What happens next with the Republican Party, and its financial backers and supporters, will remake or break America's democracy. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/jan_6.jpg …
(2021-01-31). Democrats' Internal Conflict Over the Filibuster Is Just Getting Started. commondreams.org Joe Manchin doesn't necessarily have an interest in the institutional health of the Democratic Party, but the party's leaders have a vital interest in passing sweeping reforms that gratify its base and mitigate its structural disadvantages. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/schumer_manchin.jpg …
(2021-01-31). A Closer Look at the AI Hype Machine: Who Really Benefits? commondreams.org In a second "Gilded Age" where the power of billionaires and elites over our lives is now being widely questioned, what do we do about their ability to radically and undemocratically alter the landscape of our daily lives using the almighty algorithm? | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/robot_dystopia.jpg …
(2021-01-31). The far-right attempts to seize opening from the 1619 Project. indybay.org The authors of the 1619 Project and the 1776 Report have more in common than they may care to admit. Both replace class struggle in history with forms of nationalist mythmaking—right-wing black nationalism in the former, and far-right "America First" nationalism in the latter. Both falsify America's revolutionary history in service of the present-day political needs of factions of the ruling class—the 1619 Project for the Democratic Party and its satellites; the 1776 Report for Trump and the Republicans. Neither the 1619 Project nor the 1776 Report can tell much of the actual history of the United Sta…
(2021-01-31). Hopes of fresh momentum in fight against leprosy, but stigmatization persists. news.un.org Progress is being made in the fight against leprosy, but millions are still affected by the disease, and many sufferers have to contend with social exclusion. On World Leprosy Day, marked annually on 31 January, experts are calling for an end to ongoing discrimination and stigmatization.
(2021-01-31). FROM THE FIELD: Celebrating the power of centuries-old farming techniques. news.un.org Sustainability is not new: communities have been living in harmony with their surroundings for hundreds, if not thousands of years. As the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration begins, the UN is celebrating some of the most remarkable agricultural systems found around the world.
(2021-01-31). Children among dead following bomb attacks in northern Syria. news.un.org Several people, including four children, are reported dead, with many more injured, following a weekend of deadly bomb attacks in towns in northern rural Aleppo, Syria.
(2021-01-31). Fair Finance: The women entrepreneurs lifting communities out of poverty. news.un.org Helping women start and grow businesses in the world's poorest countries is a path to lifting them and their families out of poverty, the high-profile businesswoman, and new UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Goodwill Ambassador Sonia Gardner, has told UN News, in the second of our two part series this weekend, on the role the financial sector can play in reducing inequality.
(2021-01-31). Israeli forces kill Palestinian in occupied West Bank. yenisafak.com Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian in an alleged stabbing attack in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to the Israeli army.A military statement said a Palestinian armed with three knives connected to a stick allegedly attempted to stab soldiers at Gush Etzion Junction south of Bethlehem.The army said the attacker was neutralized. No injuries were reported among Israeli soldiers.The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that a Palestinian was martyred by Israeli fire south of Bethlehem.Local residents said the Palestinian was injured and left bleeding to death.On Tuesday, Israeli forces shot dea…
(2021-01-31). Ten people killed in terror attacks in N.Syria. yenisafak.com A bomb mounted on a vehicle was detonated in Azaz town.Four people were killed and 20 others wounded in the attack.Shortly after, another explosion in a checkpoint five kilometers (3.1 miles) east of al-Bab town killed six and wounded four people.It is feared that the number of casualties may increase.* Writing by Dilan Pamuk in Ankara…
(2021-01-31). The Robinhood/GameStop "Scandal" cepr.net As I understand it, there are many folks out there who think that we saw some major sleaze by the Wall Street big boys, screwing the little guy, when Robinhood stopped taking buy orders on GameStop, as the stock was soaring to record highs. They resumed taking buy order after a pause of a day …
(2021-01-31). Late Capitalism and Its Runaway Inequality Problem. dissidentvoice.org One of the great unexamined questions of our times is why there is so much suffering, despair, misery and rage in the midst of unimaginable wealth. Naturally, pundits and politicians wish to avoid this question because an open public discussion of the widening wealth gap can impart critical insights into the nature and logic of …
(2021-01-31). MMT and the Green Party: A GPWA Member Perspective. realprogressives.org Please join me in this exploration into the complicated relationship between Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and the Green Party of the United States (GPUS), from my perspective as a member of the Green Party of Washington State. We will be investigating the contrasts between MMT and the current GPUS monetary reform platform position of "Greening the Dollar"; why MMT should be embraced in the GP platform in its place; and the importance for the framework of MMT to be understood by Green Party members. | To begin, it is of the utmost importance to understand that MMT is not an economic policy to be "implemented."
(2021-01-31). Cuba To Apply Mandatory Quarantine for International Travels. telesurenglish.net Cuba's National Epidemiology director Francisco Duran announced that institutional isolation would be applied to all international travelers starting February 6 in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country. | RELATED: | The isolation of Cuban residents will be carried out in authorized centers by the Health Ministry. Fees will not be charged for transportation to the centers and bac…
(2021-01-31). Filipino activist groups prepare for judicial hearings on draconian anti-terror law. peoplesdispatch.org On Friday, activist groups held a 'send-off' event for the legal team which has faced threats from a military official. The event was held at the University of the Philippines – Diliman which has borne the brunt of red-tagging by the Duterte government…
(2021-01-31). Is Materialism Destroying Society? Philosophical Materialism vs Destructive Materialism. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | The Material World and the Formation of Human Society | The foundation …
(2021-01-31). VVPD Targets Mutual Aid Event, Arrests and Assaults Activists. indybay.org Vacaville Police Department targeted a local mutual aid event, and made a targeted arrest of the same Black woman they have targeted for months. Four arrests were made, leading to several injured. Three short videos are attached that depict these violent arrests.
(2021-01-31). A New U.S. Foreign Policy. dissidentvoice.org President Biden has inherited a terribly flawed US foreign policy. For the past few decades, the pro-corporate US foreign policy has been a catastrophic failure, especially in the Middle East. Our criminal military interventions there have resulted in the devastation of much of that area, impoverished millions, created millions of refugees, and injured or killed …
(2021-01-31). 27 National, State And Municipal Priorities. indybay.org Each has his or her own list of priorities. Here is one such…
(2021-01-31). Huge Blast Targets Hotel in Mogadishu. telesurenglish.net Casualties are feared as a huge bomb exploded at a popular hotel located along the main airport road in Mogadishu on Sunday, witnesses and police confirmed. | The police near the scene said suspected al-Shabab fighters breached the Afrik Hotel's barrier and stormed the facility's grounds, prompting a fierce gunfight. | "Our forces are exchanging fire with the attackers, we are trying to subdue them," the officer who did not want to be named told Xinhua on the phone. | Witnesses said they heard several blasts near the hotel. | They said the blast, which happened some minutes past 5 p.m., caused massive damage t…
(2021-01-31). Sunday 2/7: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom & conversation with producer, Constanza Romero. indybay.org Join Zoom Meeting | zoom.us/j/2200241232?pwd=aCt1dWI0OGxUdUxjeUJ5K0xSY09uUT09 | Meeting ID: 220 024 1232 | Passcode: 328697 | One tap mobile | +16699006833,,2200241232#,,,,*328697# US (San Jose) | +12532158782,,2200241232#,,,,*328697# US (Tacoma) | Dial by your location | +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) | +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) | +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) | +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) | +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) | +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) | Meeting ID: 220 024 1232 | Passcode: 328697 | Find your local number: zoom.us/u/aewRgNxSvl…
(2021-01-31). The Politics of an Assassination: Who Killed Gandhi and Why? globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | January 30th 2020. Commemoration of the assassination o Mahatama Gandhi. 73 years …
(2021-01-31). Preventing Future Election Violence: Peacebuilding to avoid becoming a failed state. juancole.com By Kerri Kennedy | — ( Otherwords.org ) — I have spent my entire career working to end election-related conflicts, mostly overseas. Unfortunately, this experience is now increasingly relevant at home. Ahead of the Capitol insurrection, the U.S. met several criteria that increased the likelihood of election violence: pay-to-pay politics, weak electoral management bodies, ongoing …
(2021-01-31). So how exactly can we fix this economic mess? indybay.org "It's the conditions that generate pessimism, which are also the conditions that are likely to generate the resistance, which is a source of optimism," says Blakeley.
(2021-01-31). Italian workers and students stage countrywide protests. peoplesdispatch.org Trade unionists and students took part in a general strike demanding safety and rights at their workplaces and educational institutions. The protesting workers also sought an end to layoffs and dismissals and guaranteed wages for the unemployed…
(2021-01-31). Research shows humans began consuming milk even before evolving to digest it. peoplesdispatch.org A study that appeared in the scientific journal Nature shows that people in today's Kenya and Sudan were consuming milk products at least 6000 years ago…
(2021-01-30). Snipers, Landmines, Death: Life On Yemen's Frontline. popularresistance.org Almost every building is damaged. Dogs bark at anyone walking down the empty streets, and in the distance the sound of children playing in alleyways is interrupted by occasional gunfire. | Carpets are hung between buildings – not to dry, but to protect passersby from snipers. | These are the frontlines of Taiz, a war-wracked city in southern Yemen where terror follows its long-suffering residents. | Most Yemenis have fled the homes that now lie between the pro-government forces and Houthi fighters. But some remain – either refusing to abandon their houses and live in displacement, or simply lacking any alternativ…
(2021-01-30). As World Demands Peace and Aid for Yemen, Biden Told to 'End Every Aspect of This War'. indybay.org Over 385 groups from across the globe are calling for an immediate halt to the U.S.-backed Saudi coalition's relentless attack—an armed conflict that is only intensifying the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe. | Photo: In San Francisco, speakers addressed a rally on January 25 in front of the Federal Building. Terry Scussel, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.
(2021-01-30). Large "No War on Yemen" Car Caravan and Rallies in San Francisco. indybay.org Joining in a worldwide week of action, on January 25 activists in San Francisco demonstrated for an immediate halt to the U.S.-backed Saudi coalition's attack on Yemen. | Photos: Terry Scussel, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.
(2021-01-30). The U.S. Economy Excels at One Thing: Producing Massive Inequality. zcomm.org Deepening U.S. inequality flows directly from this capitalist organization of production—its class system…
(2021-01-30). Victimized Teacher Speaks Out Against Deadly School Reopening. popularresistance.org Chicago Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) ordered 5,800 teachers to return for in-person instruction at the beginning of January. Teachers who refused to return to in-person learning as the deadly COVID-19 virus raged through Chicago were labeled by the district as "absent without leave." Their pay was docked, and their computer access locked. | The World Socialist Web Site recently interviewed Jake, one of nearly 150 locked-out educators. Jake was a physical education (PE) teacher at a CPS elementary school for five and a half years until recently. He quit the profession after bein…
(2021-01-30). Facebook CEO Zuckerberg says company will "depoliticize" its News Feed. wsws.org Facebook is working on plans to permanently reduce "the amount of political content in News Feed" as part of an ongoing effort to purge socialist and left-wing organizations from its platform.
(2021-01-30). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
(2021-01-30). Stopping Keystone Pipeline Is First Step Toward Environmental Justice. zcomm.org Indigenous groups and environmental activists are also calling on President Biden to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline and Enbridge Line 3…
(2021-01-30). New Surge of COVID Is Spreading "Like Wildfire" in Illinois Prisons. truthout.org 
With COVID-19 raging throughout the United States, there is a growing sense of desperation among people in prison. Pablo Mendoza, who recently got out of prison, said that those inside "are tired of the lockdown." They spend 23.5 hours a day in their cells. They have not had visits from their loved ones for almost a year. | Those who have caught COVID and are believed to be immune get out for yard time. Others are "weighing options," according to Mendoza: "Stay safe, or get the virus so they can get som…
(2021-01-30). Congress Took on Vital Health Issues in Last Month's Massive Spending Bill. truthout.org 
This story also ran on Late last month, before President Joe Biden took office and proposed his pandemic relief plan, Congress passed a nearly 5,600-page legislative…
(2021-01-30). Islamophobia and Amnesia: Why are Major White Supremacist attacks on Mosques quickly Forgotten? juancole.com 
By Jasmin Zine | — On Jan. 29, 2017, six Muslim men were shot dead in a Québec City mosque. An armed white nationalist terrorist went on a shooting rampage in the Islamic Cultural Centre in Sainte-Foy, Québec, just after evening prayers. It remains the worst mass murder in a house of worship in Canada's …
(2021-01-30). Kosovo to establish diplomatic relations with Israel on 1 February. middleeasteye.net 
Kosovo to establish diplomatic relations with Israel on 1 February | Move may pave way to becoming first Muslim-majority country to open an embassy in Jerusalem | Sat, 01/30/2021 – 10: 55 | Kosovo's Minister of Foreign Relations Meliza Haradinaj Stubla described the move as "historic" (Screengrab) | Kosovo and Israel will formally establish diplomatic relations via a virtual ceremony on Mo…
(2021-01-30). Top 10 things to know about the New York State eviction and foreclosure moratorium. liberationnews.org 
On December 28, 2020, New York Governor Cuomo signed an eviction and foreclosure moratorium into law, in response to the pressure from large coalitions of tenants, demanding the State use its authority to prevent widespread evictions.
(2021-01-30). In Turnaround, New Onshore Wind jumps 50% in Germany adding 1.4 Gigs; Sector generates 20% of country's Electricity. juancole.com 
By Kerstine Appunn Benjamin Wehrmann | — ( Clean Energy Wire ) — Onshore wind power — the cornerstone of Germany's decarbonisation plans — has suffered from chronically low additional installations in the past years. The industry seems to have achieved a turnaround in 2020, connecting almost 50 percent more turbines to the grid than …
(2021-01-30). Creating conditions for 'lasting peace': Joint Russian-Turkish peace monitoring center starts work in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh. rt.com 
A joint monitoring center has been opened by Russia and Turkey in the Nagorno-Karabakh region disputed by Armenia and Azerbaijan. It is tasked with recording all truce violations and contacting both sides if necessary. | The center has been established in the eastern part of the disputed Karabakh region, control over which as been handed over to Baku under the terms of the Moscow-brokered armistice signed in November 2020. Both Russia and Turkey would send 60 soldiers each to serve at the center. | The opening ceremony was attended by the Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov as well Russian and Turkish d…
(2021-01-30). French police bust giant 'orgy' inside warehouse, fine 90+ people for breaking Covid-19 curfew — media. rt.com 
Police have reportedly raided a wild party inside a remote warehouse near Paris, issuing dozens of fines for violating Covid-19 restrictions. The event was described by the media as an "orgy." | According to the France Info radio station, the residents of the town of Collegien, near Paris, had begun suspecting that something was about to go down when they spotted cars driving to a warehouse at the edge of the A4 motorway on Friday evening. They alerted the police, who arrived at the site around 9pm. | The outlet cited police sources describing the event as "clearly an orgy." The officers reportedly fined 11 pe…
(2021-01-30). The Situation is Hopeless, Just Hopeless. dissidentvoice.org 
Soon people will be coming here to make documentaries about how we've been forgotten, about how nothing has been done. — survivor of the Brumadinho dam collapse Some call them 'mountains of doom.' Dotting the landscape of once-green Wales to this day are the stygian slag heaps resulting from centuries-old collieries, mammoth piles of debris …
(2021-01-30). Algeria begins Covid-19 campaign with Russian vaccine. middleeasteye.net 
Algeria begins Covid-19 campaign with Russian vaccine | Algeria says it is trying to get enough vaccines to cover the whole country | Sat, 01/30/2021 – 22: 18 | An Algerian health worker holds up a vial of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine (AFP) | Algeria launched its coronavirus vaccination campaign on Saturday with the newly arrived first shipment of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. | The campaign…
(2021-01-30). After 15-year wait, Palestinian elections face new obstacles following law amendments. middleeasteye.net 
After 15-year wait, Palestinian elections face new obstacles following law amendments | Doubt cast on objective behind recent presidential decrees that might threaten first elections since 2006 | Sat, 01/30/2021 – 11: 22 | Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh (C, front row) and representatives of Palestinian factions gather at the Palestinian embassy in Beirut on 3 September 2020 for video conference talks with Pa…
(2021-01-30). 'Not a trivial offense': Austrian police discover dozens of foreign revelers flouting lockdown to get to top ski resort. rt.com 
Austria's police have found almost 100 people from Europe and beyond, who found a way to circumvent the nation's strict Covid-19 lockdown and relax at one of its top ski resorts despite a ban on foreign tourist activities. | A Friday police raid in the town of St. Anton am Arlberg — one of Austria's most popular alpine ski resorts — has ended up with law enforcement officers discovering 96 foreign ski lovers in breach of the existing Covid-19 lockdown regulations. Now, the festive revelers could face a fine of up to €2,180 ($2,650) in addition to getting PCR tests and staying in quarantine for s…
(2021-01-30). Colombia's JEP warns that this January is most violent since 2016. peoplesdispatch.org 
As of January 29, 2021, 17 social leaders and 5 ex-combatants of the FARC have been assassinated in Colombia. Additionally, over 21 people have been killed in 8 massacres registered this month…
(2021-01-30). Scottish alternative pop musician Sophie dies at 34 following an 'accident' in Greece. rt.com 
Music news publications announced the artist's early Saturday morning death in Athens, where she had been living, following an unspecified "sudden accident." | "At this time respect and privacy for the family is our priority. We would also ask for respect for her fanbase, and to treat the private nature of this news with sensitivity," Sophie's UK record label, Tr…
(2021-01-30). Israeli Archeologists find 7th Century Mosque and Evidence of Tolerance in Early Islam at Tiberias. juancole.com 
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Israeli archeologists have made two extremely important finds recently that have implications for our image of early Islam. Katia Cytryn-Silverman, an Israeli archeologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has concluded that the remains of a mosque in Tiberias, on the western shores of the Sea of Galilee, is seventh …
(2021-01-30). Little-Known Federal Volunteer Unit Remains Underutilized for Mass Vaccinations. truthout.org 
In theory, Alice Weisz retired in 2016. But in practice, the retired endocrinologist in Virginia Beach has had a busy year. Last January, as Covid-19 reached the U.S., Weisz volunteered to help the local health department field phone calls. By late spring, she was sliding swabs up people's nostrils at drive-through Covid-19 testing sites. | In the fall, Weisz administered flu shots. And earlier this month, she found herself in the vacant ambulance bay of a Virginia Beach emergency medical…
(2021-01-30). Pipeline through Memphis part of long history of Black exploitation. liberationnews.org 
Just as previous generations fought back against plantation owners and the racist ruling class of Memphis, Black youth and families are once again getting organized to fight environmental racism.
(2021-01-30). The Heat: Leaders address climate and COVID-19 at Davos. america.cgtn.com 
Climate change, COVID-19 and the impact on the global economy topped this week's agenda at the World Economic Forum. We'll bring you the highlights…
(2021-01-30). Ontario's long-term care sector is in a Grave Humanitarian Crisis. mronline.org 
We are a group of physicians, researchers, and advocates who have come together to express our grave concern for the safety and well-being of Ontarians who reside and work in long-term care (LTC) homes. We call upon the Ontario government to immediately end the violations of peoples' human rights and control the spread of COVID-19 …
(2021-01-30). George Floyd "narrated his death," says attorney at International Inquiry. mronline.org 
George Floyd, who was publicly tortured and lynched by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, narrated his own death, legendary civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump told the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent in the United States at its January 25 hearing.
(2021-01-30). Liquid nitrogen leak kills six poultry workers in Gainesville, Georgia. liberationnews.org 
An hour drive north of Atlanta, Gainesville is home to the poultry packing capital of the U.S.
(2021-01-30). UAE to grant citizenship to select professional expats in rare Gulf policy. middleeasteye.net 
UAE to grant citizenship to select professional expats in rare Gulf policy | Government says change aims at 'appreciating the talents and competencies' in UAE and 'attracting more bright minds' | Sat, 01/30/2021 – 09: 34 | The UAE is home to at least 9.9 million people, with the vast majority being expatriate workers and only 1.4 million Emirati citizens (Reuters) | The United Arab Emirate…
(2021-01-30). Brazilian Workers Party, pseudo-lefts use COVID-19 vaccination disputes to cover up herd immunity policy. wsws.org Brazil's vaccination debacle has fueled ruling class divisions regarding the attitude towards US imperialism and China as all factions rally behind a herd immunity policy.
(2021-01-30). Austrian left demands free availability of mandatory FFP2 masks. peoplesdispatch.org In the wake of a fresh spike in COVID-19 infections, the Austrian government made it mandatory for people to wear medical-grade FFP2 masks in public transport, hospitals, shops and other establishments from January 25…
(2021-01-30). FROM THE FIELD: COVID crisis creates new wave of self-reliance for Tonga. news.un.org Although Tonga, an archipelago in the South Pacific, has so far avoided COVID-19 cases, the pandemic has hit the economy hard along with the entire region, and helped Tongans become more resilient and less reliant on expensive food imports.
(2021-01-30). Two dead after 26-year-old mother jumps off Tennessee overpass holding infant. wsws.org Tonisha Lashay Barker, who leapt to her death from a Tennessee overpass holding her infant son on January 4, had recently been laid off from her job at a state-run COVID-19 testing site.
(2021-01-30). New Zealand: COVID-19 cases highlight risk of new outbreak. wsws.org Three cases of the highly-contagious South African variant of COVID-19 point to serious shortcomings in New Zealand's managed isolation and quarantine system for returned travellers.
(2021-01-30). Doctors puzzled as to why coronavirus is affecting some women's menstrual cycles. salon.com "I got nervous because I thought I was actually miscarrying," one COVID-positive woman said…
(2021-01-30). Shut down schools and businesses to stop the spread of new COVID-19 strains! wsws.org The more than 102 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus pandemic worldwide have provided ample opportunity for the virus to mutate and become even more dangerous.
(2021-01-30). The COVID-19 Pandemic Can't Be Managed—It Has to Be Eradicated. zcomm.org Americans are unlikely to return to the pre-pandemic normal that Chinese residents now enjoy simply because we are not trying to eliminate the virus like China did…
(2021-01-30). NPA calls to reopen French universities as COVID-19 deaths mount. wsws.org As deaths mount, the petty-bourgeois New Anti-capitalist Party is aligning itself on the murderous "herd immunity" policy of President Emmanuel Macron.
(2021-01-30). Canadian Government Cancels Flights to Mexico and the Caribbean. telesurenglish.net Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday at a press conference that major Canadian airlines AirCanada, WestJet, Sunwing and Air Transat will cancel travel to destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico until Friday, April 30. | RELATED: | According to the president, the government increased restrictions and testing of Covid-19, while Canadian airlines have agreed to cancel all flights to sunbelt destinations. | Trudeau al…
(2021-01-30). Remembering the Islamophobic Attack on Qu√©bec City Mosque: Why Have So Many Canadians Forgotten? commondreams.org The willful denial of anti-Muslim racism secures and maintains this national amnesia surrounding the 2017 Qu√©bec mosque massacre. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/quebec_mosque.jpg …
(2021-01-30). US and Colombian govts supported botched invasion of Venezuela: Bombshell testimony from coup-plotter. thegrayzone.com A key coup-plotter in the May 2020 botched invasion of Venezuela said she met with FBI and DEA officials. She admitted Colombia's intelligence services were aiding them and "knew everything," adding that President Iván Duque and far-right political kingpin àÅlvaro Uribe helped. A witness at the heart of the botched invasion of Venezuela in May 2020 has stated that the US and Colombian governments were involved in the regime-change operation. Coup-plotter Yacsy àÅlvarez said she met with officials from the …
(2021-01-30). Ranks of workers receiving unemployment insurance grows in January. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – The broadest measure of unemployment insurance, which includes the regular state unemployment insurance or UI, the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance or PUA, the federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation or PEUC, as well as the state Extended Benefits or EB rose in the first week of January by 2.3 million people to a total of 18.3 million people. While down from its peak in April, it is still nine times as high as it was a year ago before the recession began, according to the weekly report by the U.S. Department of Labor released on Thursday, January 28. | Part of the bounce in une…
(2021-01-30). Negotiations stall in Chicago amid nationwide campaign to open schools. wsws.org Every effort is being made by the political and media establishment to vilify Chicago educators and wear down their opposition, to pave the way for profit-driven school reopenings at the most dangerous stage of the pandemic.
(2021-01-30). A letter from a frontline nurse at Royal Bournemouth Hospital "We are in a perilous situation" wsws.org "We saw this coming from the first wave of the pandemic and colleagues sounded the alarm by speaking out. But these warnings have fallen on deaf ears."
(2021-01-30). London's Wigmore Hall leads the way in live-streaming music during the pandemic. wsws.org For more the six months, live chamber music has attracted a growing international audience.
(2021-01-30). Health workers, students and teachers rise up for their rights in Greece. peoplesdispatch.org Health workers demanded fresh investment in the sector to combat the pandemic while students and teachers opposed the deployment of security forces on university campuses…
(2021-01-30). Tuesday 2/9: Pandemic & Civil Unrest Impact on Bay Area Black Churches w/ "The Black Church" Sneak Peek. indybay.org Online event…
(2021-01-30). Lethal crackdown on protests as Lebanon's economy collapses amid pandemic surge. wsws.org The lockdown was implemented without any economic support under conditions where at least 55 percent of the population are living in poverty and 25 percent in extreme poverty following the country's economic and financial collapse and the pandemic restrictions.
(2021-01-30). Kevin McCarthy's United Irresponsible States of America. progressive.org Kevin McCarthy's United Irresponsible States of America – a sure sign that the Republican Party still hasn't learned its lesson after a violent insurrection and losing the White House.
(2021-01-30). 'I Ain't Marching Anymore'. zcomm.org Chris Lombardi's new book chronicles 260 years of war resistance and conscientious objection…
(2021-01-30). Biden Administration Halts Arms Deals Over Yemen… What's Really Going On? strategic-culture.org The bigger concern of Biden and Blinken seems to be damage limitation to America's bloody image, and also doing a big favor for Israel. | Antony Blinken, the newly-appointed US top diplomat, has announced a pause in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates out of apparent concern over American weapons being used in prosecuting the horrendous war in Yemen. | Blinken was confirmed by the Senate for…
(2021-01-30). Amnesty slams Houthi ban on Yemeni women. yenisafak.com Amnesty International has condemned a Houthi decision banning Yemeni women from working in restaurants, calling it "shameful and discriminatory".In a thread on its Twitter account, the human rights organization said it stands with all Yemeni women "in their fight for their rights"."Institutionalizing discrimination increases oppression on women and impedes the foundation for sustainable and gender-equitable recovery and reconstruction in Yemen," it said.Amnesty stressed that UN efforts to achieve a "peaceful reconciliation" in Yemen are impossible "without safeguarding and protecting women's rights".There was no…
(2021-01-30). Rebels invite UN envoys to assess famine in Yemen. yenisafak.com Yemen's Houthi group on Saturday invited envoys of the UN Security Council members to visit the war-torn country to assess the exacerbating humanitarian situation."We call on representatives of the Security Council member-states to visit Yemen to see the catastrophic situation, which has been termed as the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe," Mohammed al-Houthi, a member of the group's Supreme Political Council, said on Twitter.He called on the Council members to "play their humanitarian role to address the famine and the blockade imposed on Yemen".The Houthis blame the Saudi-led coalition for the humanitaria…
(2021-01-30). Houthis hail Italy's block of arms sales to Saudi, UAE. yenisafak.com Yemen's Houthi rebels have welcomed an Italian decision to suspend the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)."Italy's announcement of halting arms sales to the countries that are engaged in an aggression on Yemen is a positive move," rebel spokesman Mohamed Abdel-Salam said on Twitter.He said the move would "contribute to protecting [Yemeni] civilians and support the peace process".On Friday, Italy's Foreign Ministry announced blocking exports of arms to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, following warnings by activists and lawmakers about the use of weapons in violation of human rights in Yemen…
(2021-01-30). 'Torturing the English language': Biden accused of twisting the truth with promise his Covid-19 stimulus plan 'finishes the job'. rt.com 
President Joe Biden is getting criticism from both the left and the right for claiming his American Rescue Plan will help Americans struggling during the pandemic by offering a $2,000 stimulus — an amount also pushed for by Trump. | "$600 is simply not enough when you have to choose between paying your rent and putting food on the table," Biden tweeted on Saturday, referring to the $600 stimulus payment passed in the final weeks of Trump's presidency. | Biden went on to claim his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which he has urged Congress to pass sooner rather than later, "finishes the job of getting…
(2021-01-30). Marquette University staff protest firings. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – Marquette University staff members and their supporters picketed outside the administration building on January 27 in the biting cold. Marquette University recently announced the firing of nearly 40 longtime staff members, while the university is set to bring in nearly $10 million in federal COVID stimulus money, which was ostensibly passed to help prevent layoffs like this one. | Protest organizers called out the administration, accusing them of lying in order to justify the terminations as COVID-related. Organizers say Marquette administrators have not provided any evidence that job cuts were fi…
(2021-01-30). The failings of our unemployment insurance system are there by design. mronline.org 
Our unemployment insurance system has failed the country at a moment of great need. With tens of millions of workers struggling just to pay rent and buy food, Congress was forced to pass two emergency spending bills, providing one-time stimulus payments, special weekly unemployment insurance payments, and temporary unemployment benefits to those not covered by …
(2021-01-30). How Jacobin and the Democratic Socialists of America aided the Teamsters' betrayal of the Hunts Point market strike. wsws.org As millions of workers have been radicalized by the pandemic, the DSA assumes the critical role of providing the efforts of the Democrats and the trade unions to suppress the class struggle—if necessary by brute force—with a "left" cover.
(2021-01-30). 48 Years After Landmark Ruling, Advocates Push to #ReimagineRoe and Build Abortion Justice. indybay.org Nearly a half-century after the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that access to safe, legal abortion is a constitutional right, advocates are now pushing the Biden administration and Congress to urgently and aggressively pursue a bold reproductive justice agenda. | Photo: On the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, members of the Raging Grannies mark the day in Menlo Park, California. Photo by Jim Colton, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.
(2021-01-30). Covid-19: Iran says locally produced vaccine effective against UK variant. middleeasteye.net 
Covid-19: Iran says locally produced vaccine effective against UK variant | Meanwhile, Tehran sets new rules requiring travellers from Europe to self-quarantine for two weeks after testing negative upon arrival | Sat, 01/30/2021 – 13: 45 | A health worker in Iran prepares an injection during the first trial phase of a locally made vaccine for the Covid-19 coronavirus disease in Tehran on 29 December 2020 (AFP)…
(2021-01-30). Pentagon halts plan to give Covid-19 vaccination to Gitmo detainees after wave of outrage from conservatives. rt.com 
Following a recent report that the Biden administration planned on vaccinating detainees at Guantanamo Bay before millions of Americans caused outrage, the Pentagon has announced the plan has been "paused." | "No Guantanamo detainees have been vaccinated," Defense Department Press Secretary John Kirby tweeted on Saturday. "We're pausing the plan to move forward, as we review force protection protocols. We remain committed to our obligations to keep our troops safe." | No Guantanamo detainees have been vaccinated. We're pausing the plan to move forward, as we review force protection protocols. We remain committ…
(2021-01-30). Freshman Democrats Plan Resolution Calling for Marjorie Taylor Greene to Resign. truthout.org 
While GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia faced widespread criticism even before entering Congress this year for supporting conspiracy theories and expressing racist views, in light of Reps. Nikema Wil…
(2021-01-30). Texts Reveal Trump Campaign Adviser Helped Plan Rally Leading to Capitol Breach. truthout.org 
"Get the budget and vendors breakdown to me and Justin," Caroline Wren wrote to Cindy Chafian, a self-described "constitutional conservative," in a Dec. 28 text message obtained by ProPublica. | Wren was no ordinary event planner. She served as a deputy to Donald Trump Jr.'s girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, at Trump Victory, a joint presidential fundraising committee during the 2020 campaign. The Justin mentioned in her text was Justin Caporale, a former top aide to first lady Melania Trump…
(2021-01-30). Reddit users in US, Canada plagued by outages in service amidst GameStop stock frenzy. rt.com 
Users in both the US and Canada reported outages on Reddit for a short period on Saturday, with the company admitting there have been "higher error rates" this week amidst newfound attention on the r/WallStreetBets subreddit. | Outage monitor downdetector.com reported the outage complaints from users. Outages for the site have been reported "We did have some issues with higher error rates this week…It meant slower load times for some users but we were never hard down," a spokesperson for Reddit told…
(2021-01-30). US imposes federal mask mandate on all forms of public transportation from February 1. rt.com 
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ordered Americans to wear masks on all forms of public transport, including airplanes, trains, and buses. They also must remain masked up in airports and bus terminals. | Starting from February 1, people in the US must wear masks on planes, trains, subways, buses, taxis, ships, and ferries. They must do the same in transportation hubs, including airports, train stations, and bus terminals. | Transportation companies and personnel were instructed to deny service to maskless passengers and to otherwise enforce the new rules. | The CDC said that surgical…
(2021-01-30). 11 US Army troops hospitalized after drinking ANTIFREEZE during field exercise, mistaking it for booze. rt.com 
Eleven active duty US soldiers are in the hospital after consuming a liquid they believed to be alcohol, but which turned out to be antifreeze, leaving two troops "seriously ill" and requiring intensive care. | The soldiers imbibed the toxic chemical on Thursday while on a 10-day field exercise at Fort Bliss's McGregor Range Complex in Texas, the Army said, adding that they drank the substance thinking it was an "alcoholic beverage." They soon reported feeling sick and were taken to the hospital for treatment. | "All injured personnel remain at William Beaumont Army Medical Center. Two Soldiers remain seriousl…
(2021-01-30). 'Loud & unmasked': Democratic rep moves office citing 'safety' concerns after accusing GOP upstart Taylor Greene of 'berating' her. rt.com 
Democratic Rep. Cori Bush said she was forced to move her office for her own safety after Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene allegedly "berated" her on Capitol Hill, a charge the GOP upstart has emphatically denied. | Bush (Missouri) said in a Friday Twitter post that Taylor Greene and her staff "berated" her "in a hallway" in the Capitol earlier this month, adding "I'm moving my office away from hers for my team's safety." | A maskless Marjorie Taylor Greene & her staff berated me in a hallway. She targeted me & others on social media. | I'm moving my office away from hers for my team's safety. | I've…
(2021-01-30). Fan revolt: Marseille football supporters STORM training ground before French club's match with Stade Rennais (VIDEO). rt.com 
Disgruntled Marseille fans have stormed the club's training ground to protest at the club's directors, French outlet RMC reported on Saturday, with social media clips appearing to show pyrotechnics being let off at the scene. | Between 150 and 200 supporters tried to break into the club's training ground, the Robert Louis Dreyfus center, with RMC Sport's Twitter account showing fans forcing their way into the facility. | Other footage shared on social media also showed some of the group throwing flares and lighting firecrackers. | Training centre vandalised by Marseille fans who penetrated it earlier this afte…
(2021-01-30). 'You must do more': Chelsea captain pleads with social media giants for protection after English FA condemns yet more racist abuse. rt.com 
Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta has urged Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to "do more" against trolls who have sent racist abuse to youngster Reece James, adding that he cannot fathom how bullies "have such hate in their heart". | The worsening crisis of online abuse against footballers took another grim turn on Saturday when Chelsea defender James revealed messages calling him a "monkey", "trash" and telling the England prospect he had "dirty black skin". | Shortly afterwards, West Midlands Police announced that they had arrested a 49-year-old man near Birmingham on suspicion of sending racial abuse to Roma…
(2021-01-30). 'I need it to make money': Golf babe Spiranac hits back at critics telling her to cover up and admits her 'job is on social media'. rt.com 
Social media sensation Paige Spiranac has admitted that being online "crushes her confidence" at times, replying to messages that have accused her of being a cynical show-off with her routinely racy selfies across her platforms. | Self-described "Insta golf girl" Spiranac told her audience on Instagram, where she has almost three million followers, to "raise your hand if social media gets you down sometimes." | The 27-year-old contends with a torrent of responses online, many of which are from admirers of her glamorous photos and videos in tight and scantily-clad outfits. | "It's hard seeing people being more…
(2021-01-30). 'It really blows': Female UFC star Pennington backed by Amanda Nunes's wife Nina Ansaroff after doping ban for 'thyroid treatment'. rt.com 
Two-weight UFC champion Amanda Nunes's wife, Nina Ansaroff, has offered support to Raquel Pennington after Nunes's former victim copped a six-month ban from bosses for confessing to taking two prohibited substances from a doctor. | In a lengthy social media explanation to her hundreds of thousands of followers earlier this week, American bantamweight Pennington claimed she did not realize that she should have checked with the UFC's testing program after being given "several medications" by her physician. | The 32-year-old emphasized there had been "nothing that forced me" to declare the potential breach to the…
(2021-01-30). Tough sledding: Russian European champion lugers endure disqualification for using their HANDS at World Championship event (VIDEO). rt.com 
Russian sliders Vsevolod Kashkin and Konstantin Korshunov have suffered a bizarre disqualification at the Luge World Championships in Konigssee, Germany after being punished for using their hands to help cross the finish line. | Kashkin and Korshunov, who are the European champions, were in action in the doubles event, which features two sliders on one sled as they race down the run at speeds approaching 80 miles per hour. | The masterful duo's fortunes in the first race of the day hit trouble as they crashed at high speed during the run. The pair managed to recover and get back onto their sled to continue, bu…
(2021-01-30). Beauty queen cheerleader sues uni over drunk football fans who 'treated her as a sex object' by 'groping her breasts and buttocks'. rt.com 
A cheerleader and beauty pageant contestant has reportedly filed a lawsuit against a university in the US, claiming that dancers at football games were "presented as sex objects" to "titillate" men who made advances towards them. | 2019 Miss Nebraska entrant Hayden Richardson is said to have launched a 58-page federal suit against Northwestern University, where she said she had been groped by sozzled fans and alumni during university events and alleged that female cheerleaders had been told by the team's head coach to "mingle" with powerful figures. | After sending in videos of her stunts, Richardson was accep…
(2021-01-30). US shows off nuclear-capable B-52 bombers on Iran's doorstep week after Biden's inauguration (VIDEO). rt.com 
The US Air Force has published footage of its B-52 Stratofortress nuclear-capable bombers flying over the Persian Gulf in what was described as a mission showcasing America's "global reach capability." | The mission that saw B-52s flying non-stop from the Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana was conducted on Wednesday, just a week after President Joe Biden's inauguration. During their flyover of the Gulf, the American bombers were accompanied by US Navy and US Marines' fighters as well as Saudi Air Force jets. | A video released by the US Army Central Command on Saturday shows at least two bombers in the s…
(2021-01-30). 'I don't think about the belt — I think about bonuses': Rafael Fiziev plans to entertain on his way to the top of the UFC. rt.com 
Rising UFC lightweight star Rafael Fiziev has said that he's not yet focusing on a run at the lightweight title, instead admitting that his immediate goal is to accumulate as many bonuses as possible. | Speaking to US website "My focus in UFC is to take bonuses, hunt…
(2021-01-30). Hitting the ceiling: Logan Paul's flopped fight with Floyd Mayweather could demonstrate finite fan tolerance for boxing mismatches. rt.com 
Despite Logan Paul's protestations, rumors abound that his much-trumpeted mismatch with boxing great Floyd Mayweather has fallen foul of a lack of interest. Could that herald more quality control when novelty fights are scheduled? | Logan Paul came out swinging when reports widely suggested that his meeting with Floyd Mayweather had been scrapped at three weeks' notice because of low take-up from fans. | If you believe the YouTube maverick – and his contention that the fight has attracted ample interest and will go ahead at some unspecified point is clearly feasible, given his proven ability to shift tickets -…
(2021-01-30). 'You really believed this?' Anderson Cooper asks after former QAnon follower apologizes for thinking CNN host 'ate babies'. rt.com 
An alleged former believer in the QAnon conspiracy theory apologized on CNN to host Anderson Cooper for believing that he "ate babies" as part of a Satanic ritual. | In a preview of the interview, Jitarth Jadeja claimed to believe many of the conspiracy theories pushed in the QAnon movement until June 2019, including that Anderson "ate babies." | Asked by Cooper whether he previously thought that "high-level Democrats and celebrities were worshipping Satan" and "drinking the blood of children," Jadeja responded, "Anderson, I thought you did that, and I would like to apologize for that right now." | "I apologiz…
(2021-01-30). 'I didn't miss the game at all': Tennis ace Nick Kyrgios happy to return at Australian Open — but admits no love lost for rivals. rt.com 
Australian ace Nick Kyrgios says he's refreshed and ready to go ahead of next month's Australian Open, but has also revealed that he didn't really miss the game — or his rivals – during the sport's COVID-19 enforced hiatus. | Speaking at a warm-up event ahead of the first tennis Grand Slam of 2021 in Melbourne, Kyrgios revealed that, unlike many of his rivals, he didn't suffer any withdrawal symptoms after being forced off the court due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. | "I'm not going to lie. I didn't miss the game that much," Kyrgios said on Saturday. | "I'm a competitor. I compete with everything…
(2021-01-30). Publix grocery chain faces boycotts after report claims heiress funded Trump Capitol rally with Alex Jones. rt.com 
Grocery store chain Publix has found itself the subject of controversy after a new report revealed that the heiress to the firm put thousands into the Donald Trump rally that preceded the US Capitol riot on January 6. | InfoWars founder Alex Jones reportedly arranged for Julie Fancelli, daughter of Publix founder George W. Jenkins, to donate $300,000 to Trump's campaign, with a large portion of those funds going into his controversial rally on January 6. Jones was one of multiple conservative figures who attended and helped organize the rally. | The $300,000 was part of nearly $1 million donated by Fancelli to…
(2021-01-30). 'Tuchel must pick his battles at Chelsea. England will be a shock for him': Ex-keeper Bosnich to RT Sport (VIDEO). rt.com 
Former Chelsea keeper Mark Bosnich believes new boss Thomas Tuchel, famed for fractious relationship with club hierarchy, must "pick his battles" at the London club, and the untried German will be "shocked" by English football. | Tuchel, 47, became the 13th different full-time manager during Roman Abramovich's reign as owner when he replaced Frank Lampard, but the German brings with him ques…
(2021-01-30). Billionaire & Mets owner Steve Cohen off Twitter after he helped GameStop-ravaged protege, branded Redditor investors 'jockeys'. rt.com 
Businessman Steve Cohen appears to have deleted his Twitter account amid uproar over the GameStop short squeeze debacle. The Mets owner's hedge fund drew suspicion after bailing out fellow financiers hit hard by small investors. | Steven Cohen's Point72 Asset Management helped his former protege, Gabriel Plotkin, after the latter's hedge fund Melvin Capital lost billions by betting against video game retailer GameStop. The rug was pulled from under Plotkin by a bunch of small dollar investors coming from a Reddit community called WallStreetBets. | This placed Cohen on the radar of people angry in the aftermath…
(2021-01-30). 'Despicable act': India condemns BEHEADING of Gandhi statue in California (PHOTOS). rt.com 
Indian authorities expressed outrage as the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Davis, California, gifted by the government of India in 2016, has been torn down and vandalized by unknown assailants. | "The Government of India strongly condemns this malicious and despicable act against a universally respected icon of peace and justice," India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a Unknown persons vandalised statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Centr…
(2021-01-30). US Navy berates 'destabilizing' Chinese activity as pro-NATO Atlantic Council publishes blueprint for Cold War with Beijing. rt.com 
The US accused China of ramping up tensions in the South China Sea amid new drills. The statement came shortly after a notorious pro-NATO lobby group published an anonymously-authored proposal for long-term conflict with Beijing. | PACOM (United States Indo-Pacific Command) announced on Friday evening that the Chinese military flights over the past week "at no time" posed any threat to US Navy ships, sailors, or aircraft, according to a statement cited by Reuters. | An official speaking on condition of anonymity said the Chinese warplanes never came within 250 nautical miles (463 km) of the USS Theodore Roosev…
(2021-01-30). Should have got Poch: Ex-Premier League star Merson says Chelsea missed a trick by not replacing axed boss Lampard with Pochettino. rt.com 
Chelsea and Russian owner Roman Abramovich may have made a major mistake in passing up the chance to snap up a proven Premier League manager in Mauricio Pochettino, according to football pundit and Arsenal legend Paul Merson. | Writing in his column in the Daily Star, Merson cast doubt on Chelsea's decision to bring in former PSG boss Thomas Tuchel, who will likely need a longer bedding in period than a figure such as Pochettino, who knows the league and its players well from his long and successful time as Tottenham Hotspur manager. | "Pochettino is a proven Premier League manager," Merson wrote. | "(He) know…
(2021-01-30). What is a continuing nuisance? ukhumanrightsblog.com 
Harrison Jalla and others v. (1) Shell International Trading and Shipping Company (2) Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited [2021[ EWCA Civ 63 — read judgment A traditional phrase in the common law, such as "continuing nuisance", may mean a number of things in different contexts, as we will see clearly from this oil …
(2021-01-30). Israel to provide Palestinian Authority with 5,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine. laprensalatina.com Jerusalem, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- Israel is to provide the Palestinian National Authority with 5,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine. The jabs are designated for the healthcare workers, an Israeli official source told Efe on Saturday. Some of which could be sent to the Gaza Strip. Israel is expected to start delivering the Pfizer-BioNTecH vaccine early …
(2021-01-30). Vietnam approves AstraZeneca vaccine amid fresh Covid-19 outbreak. laprensalatina.com Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- Vietnam on Saturday announced that it had approved the Covid-19 vaccine developed by British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca, the first to be authorized in the country. It comes amid a sudden new outbreak of the virus, with 34 new cases reported Saturday. AstraZeneca has pledged to supply 30 million …
(2021-01-30). An ever-growing memorial: Peru's health worker death toll nears 300. laprensalatina.com Lima, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- A row of almost 300 portraits of healthcare professionals who have died from Covid-19 lines the sidewalk outside the Medical College of Peru in the capital Lima. The memorial was launched in June 2020 with around 45 portraits to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the campaign against …
(2021-01-30). Bolivian artists tackle topic of panedmic. laprensalatina.com La Paz, Jan 30 (EFE).- An exhibition in Bolivia is offering a close look back on the Covid-19 pandemic so far through the medium of contemporary art. The exhibit, Mutaciones y Afecciones #Cuerpos Pandémicos, is hosted at the Spanish Cultural Center in La Paz and showcases eight Bolivian artists who offer a creative look at …
(2021-01-30). 'Greatest Crisis Since World War II': EU Struggles With COVID Vaccine Roll-Out Amid Shortages. sputniknews.com Earlier, the European Union slapped restrictions on exports of COVID-19 inoculations outside the bloc amid an escalating vaccine trade war with Great Britain, as Brussels found itself under fire over the slow pace of delivery to the 27 member-states, while post-Brexit UK was making impressive immunisation strides.
(2021-01-30). 'Mafia-Like EU 'Cocked up Big Time' Over 'Trumpian' Move to Block COVID Jabs From Entering UK. sputniknews.com Earlier, Brussels introduced export controls on COVID-19 vaccines, affecting countries like the UK, US, Canada, and Australia, while temporarily overriding Brexit deal terms enabling goods to flow across the Northern Irish border, only to swiftly backtrack on what was branded by Northern Ireland as an "incredible act of hostility."
(2021-01-30). [World Report] Health experts slam Bolsonaro's vaccine comments. thelancet.com Brazil has begun COVID-19 vaccinations, but health experts are having to boost confidence following the president's remarks. Joe Parkin Daniels reports.
(2021-01-30). Iran authorizes use of Russian COVID-19 vaccine. yenisafak.com Iranian envoy to Moscow Kazem Jalali said Saturday that the second consignment of the Russian vaccine will reach Iran by the end of February.In the second phase, the vaccine will be jointly produced by the two countries, Jalali said, while emphasizing its safety and efficacy.The confirmation first came during Foreign Minister Javad Zarif's visit to Moscow this week, where he said the vaccine has been registered in Iran after approval from the country's health authorities.Produced by Russian Health Ministry's Gamaleya Center, Sputnik V has so far been approved for use in 14 countries even though discussions at the…
(2021-01-30). [Editorial] Health and care workers are owed a better future. thelancet.com It has been a traumatic and testing year for the health and care workforce globally. In recognition of their contribution and struggles during the pandemic response, WHO has designated 2021 as the International Year of Health and Care Workers. This campaign highlights the need for investment in health workforce readiness, education, and learning to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, to maintain health services, and to prepare for vaccine roll-outs. A call for action on behalf of the health-care workforce is welcome.
(2021-01-30). New York Governor Cuomo Shifts Blame For Nursing Home Scandal to Trump Administration. sputniknews.com Last year, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo faced criticism for his order for nursing homes to accept COVID-19 patients while the facilities were under-equipped. He's now under fire again after a report by the NY Attorney General revealed that the state health department under-counted the number of deaths from COVID-19 in nursing homes by 50 percent.
(2021-01-30). Iran COVID-19 update: 82 deaths, 6,317 cases in 24 hours. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 6,317 COVID-19 infections and 82 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours.
(2021-01-30). [Comment] SARS-CoV-2 serosurveys in low-income and middle-income countries. thelancet.com Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) serosurveys provide crucial information on previous SARS-CoV-2 infections in communities.1 These surveys are particularly useful in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), where limited testing capacity inhibits the ability to monitor COVID-19 burden through routine care and contact tracing.2…
(2021-01-30). [Comment] Offline: The case for No-COVID. thelancet.com As many countries continue to struggle with a third wave of COVID-19—Hong Kong is suffering its fourth wave and is contemplating a fifth and sixth—all governments and public health authorities will need to remain open to new ideas for controlling the pandemic. This past week, Ilona Kickbusch, founding director of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, shared a proposal being widely discussed in Germany. The approach devised by a group of clinicians and academics, which in addition to Kickbusch includes Melanie Brinkmann, Michael Hallek, M…
(2021-01-30). 'About half' of virus cases in Lisbon due to UK variant. yenisafak.com Hospitals in Portugal's capital Lisbon continued overflowing with patients on Friday, with nearly half of the COVID-19 infections in the worst-hit region thought to be caused by the coronavirus variant first detected in the UK.The highly contagious variant is responsible for more than 32% of cases nationwide and almost 50% of all cases confirmed in Lisbon, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Twitter late Thursday.Citing the same figures, Health Minister Marta Temido said the data may not paint a full picture as it is coming from just one laboratory.Portugal has been under lockdown for two weeks and ha…
(2021-01-30). Algeria starts COVID-19 vaccination campaign. yenisafak.com Algeria has started its vaccination campaign against the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, according to local media.State-run television aired images of a health worker being vaccinated in the southern Blida province, an epicenter of the COVID-19 virus."Blida was chosen in a symbol move at the start of the vaccination campaign since the province was the first epicenter of the pandemic last March," Health Minister Abderrahmane Benbouzid told a press conference.Jamal Fourar, the head of the anti-virus national committee, said the months-long vaccination campaign aims to vaccinate around 80% of the country's 44 mill…
(2021-01-30). US stocks down 2% with new COVID-19 variant risks. yenisafak.com US stocks closed lower Friday to end the last trading day of January as new variants of the novel coronavirus increased perceived risks of investors for global economic recovery.The Dow Jones fell 620 points, or 2%, to 29,982, while the SP 500 declined 73, or 1.9%, to end at 3,714.The indexes posted their worst weekly plummet since October as they closed below their 50-day moving average for the first time since November.The Nasdaq fell 266 points, or 2%, to end at 13,070 with Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft sliding by 2% each. The tech-heavy index finished the week down 3.5% but was up 1.4% in January.The VIX v…
(2021-01-30). Americans Don't Need "Unity" in the Abstract. theanalysis.news Katrina vanden Heuvel joins Paul Jay to discuss Biden's attempts at bipartisanship and the need for progressives, inside the Democratic Party and the movement outside, to mount massive pressure for real reform.
(2021-01-30). Taiwan's economy grows 3% in 2020 thanks to virus response. laprensalatina.com Shanghai, China, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- The economy of Taiwan was one of the few in the world to end the first year of the coronavirus pandemic in positive numbers, growing by 2.98 percent over 2020. This official estimate, published Friday night by the General Directorate of Budget, Accounting and Statistics of the Taiwanese government, marks …
(2021-01-30). A year of coronavirus in India, the second worst affected country. laprensalatina.com By Mikaela Viqueira New Delhi, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- Exactly a year ago from Saturday, India confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus after a student of the University of Wuhan tested positive. Now, more than 10.7 million cases later, the country has finally received a glimmer of hope of putting behind a pandemic which …
(2021-01-30). The Vaccines, The Plunder, and the Arrival of the Great Reset. globalresearch.ca "Rebuilding trust and increasing global cooperation are crucial to fostering innovative and bold solutions to stem the pandemic and drive a robust recovery." | — Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum [1] | "I don't consider the …
(2021-01-30). [Perspectives] Caring intensively: a GP's pandemic journal. thelancet.com "What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?" asks Dorothea Brooke, heroine of one of the greatest Victorian novels, George Eliot's Middlemarch. Her question is simultaneously mundane and profound. It conjures all those discreet and humble acts—a hug, an offer of shelter, a door held open to allow a grandparent to pass—that when knitted together help people feel cared for and make society humane. One senses that, like Dorothea Brooke, author and Edinburgh general practitioner (GP) Gavin Francis would struggle to see the point of a life lived without caring for others.
(2021-01-30). At least 8 Afghan security personnel killed in Taliban attack. laprensalatina.com Kabul, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- At least eight members of the Afghan security forces were killed on Saturday in a Taliban truck bombing against a checkpost in the conflict-ridden eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said. "In this incident, unfortunately eight members of the public civil order forces were martyred" in the attack, which took place in …
(2021-01-30). At least 12 Afghan security personnel dead in Taliban attack. yenisafak.com At least 12 security personnel were killed in a suicide attack claimed by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday.A Humvee packed with explosives rammed into a checkpoint at a government office in Nangarhar province's Sherzad district, the governor's office said in a statement.Another attack was prevented as security forces intercepted an explosives-laden truck in the area, it added.At least 12 security personnel have died and four more are injured, Ajmal Umar, deputy chairman of the provincial council, told Anadolu Agency.Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the insurgents targeted "a…
(2021-01-30). Taliban reject US charges of violating peace accord. yenisafak.com The Taliban in Afghanistan rejected on Friday accusations by the US Pentagon that it has been violating their peace accord and continued to kill Afghan security forces and civilians.The group's spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahed, said in a statement that the Taliban is fully committed to all clauses of the Doha agreement with the US, and has implemented its part in the accord."Implementation of the Doha agreement is the only solution to the ongoing conflict. We also urge the US to fully adhere to the Doha agreement," he said.The Taliban has also urged US President Joe Biden to continue the ongoing peace process initia…
(2021-01-30). EU Continues Its Smoke Screen Stunts Towards the UK and Its Own Vaccine Chaos. strategic-culture.org With the deaths rising in countries like Italy many are wondering if the EU will run out of time to claw back the credibility that the European Commission and Ursula von der Leyen badly needs. | Was it the great Groucho Marx who once said, when asked about whether he was a member of a club, "I wouldn't want to join a club which would accept me as a member"? | Is this perhaps the dilemma now for many member states of the European Union who are beginning to wake up to some harsh realities about the project? Italy, for sure, will be counting its dead and wondering why or how the EU managed to take so long to get aro…
(2021-01-30). Judges allow US to resume expulsion of unaccompanied minors at border. laprensalatina.com Los Angeles, US, Jan 29 (efe-epa).- United States officials may resume the expulsion of unaccompanied migrant children entering the country through the southern border without processing them under the usual protocols, a panel of judges in Washington DC ruled Friday. DC Circuit Court Judges Gregory Katsas, Neomi Rao and Justin Walker — all appointees of …
(2021-01-30). Bosnia urges EU to help resolve migrant crisis. yenisafak.com Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday urged the European Union to be more involved in finding a solution to the migrant crisis in its territory."The whole country should fight against the migrant crisis. Our borders should be strengthened as soon as possible and the entry of immigrants should be prevented. The EU needs to participate more strongly in resolving the migrant crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina," said Foreign Minister Bisera Turkovic.Turkovic's remarks came after meeting her Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo.Meanwhile, Dendias said that as an EU member, Greece supports Bosnia an…
(2021-01-30). Pelosi Greenlights Dem Rep Bush Office Move in Congress After Squabble With GOP Rep Greene. sputniknews.com Division is said to be a major problem for US citizens in recent times, particularly when it comes to polarization between the two main political parties in America – Democratic and Republican, which appeared to further escalate after the deadly 6 January Capitol attack by Trump supporters.
(2021-01-30). 'Like Throwing a Match Into a Tinderbox': Gabbard Slams Pelosi's 'Enemy Within the House' Remark. sputniknews.com Earlier, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi labelled legislators bringing weapons into Congress for their own protection as "the enemy within", as several GOP Representatives revealed that they were armed and prepared to protect themselves during the Capitol Hill riots.
(2021-01-30). Big Tech's Gravest Sin? Working With the Security State. strategic-culture.org Though they claim to champion privacy, companies like Google and Amazon are making a fortune contracting with the government. | By Ivan ELAND | The "de-platforming" of Donald Trump by Twitter, Facebook, and Google-owned YouTube—that is, Big Tech—recently garnered big headlines. Trump's change in status has raised cries among some conservatives of "censorship." Yet a more libertarian view holds that these are private companies that have a right to control their own content, just as private broadcast and print media do. The word "censorship" has been traditionally and more appropriately applied to go…
(2021-01-30). Maz Jobrani doesn't miss Trump jokes: He wasn't just bad for America, he was bad for comedy. salon.com The stand-up appeared on "Salon Talks" to discuss his special shot in Dubai, Islamophobia, and censorship in comedy…
(2021-01-30). "Planet Earth" at 40: The perfect debut single that boldly launched Duran Duran. salon.com How the band transformed the song over time, including a tribute to Bowie, while hurtling headlong into the future…
(2021-01-30). "Wild Indian" filmmaker on repression and how "traumatized people tend to perpetuate trauma" salon.com Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. spoke Salon about how the Ojibwe culture does — and does not — inform his chilling film…
(2021-01-30). Meera Sodha's salted miso brownies are the ideal balance of salty and sweet. salon.com If you opt for dairy-free dark chocolate, this recipe is totally vegan…
(2021-01-30). Lincoln Project demands Rudy Giuliani retract "textbook act of defamation": "Refuse at your peril" salon.com Giuliani falsely blamed the group for the Capitol insurrection during an appearance on Steve Bannon's podcast…
(2021-01-30). South Carolina Republicans censure Rep. Tom Rice for voting to impeach Donald Trump. salon.com Rice was one of only 10 Republicans in the House of Representatives who crossed party lines to impeach Trump…
(2021-01-30). The ultimate comfort bake: How to make perfect quick breads at home, according to a pastry chef. salon.com Plus, four one-bowl recipes for easy, breezy clean up and smart substitutions to please any crowd…
(2021-01-30). How to make crisp (but not too crisp!) crostini. salon.com Just top with whatever is in your fridge and — ta-da! — dinner is done…
(2021-01-30). 5 ways to fix "Bridgerton" next season to transform this guilty pleasure into guilt-free escapism. salon.com Shondaland's progressive spin to period trappings has created troubling inconsistencies that need some tweaking…
(2021-01-30). Save public housing in Glebe. greenleft.org.au More than 100 people protested against the New South Wales government's plan to bulldoze 112 public housing dwellings in Glebe, reports Peter Boyle.
(2021-01-30). Fighting for the future of the internet. greenleft.org.au As more of our lives are mediated through the internet, private companies cannot be allowed to dictate the terms on which we relate to each other, argue Tim Scriven and Aleks Wansbrough.
(2021-01-30). New Report From Rep. Katie Porter Reveals How Big Pharma Pursues 'Killer Profits' at the Expense of Americans' Health. commondreams.org "It's time we reevaluate the standards for approving these mergers. It's time we pass legislation to lower drug prices. And it's time we rethink the structure of leadership at big pharmaceutical companies." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/katie_porter_1_0_0.jpg …
(2021-01-30). 'There Must Be Consequences for Her Actions': Demands for Marjorie Taylor Greene's Removal Grow. commondreams.org "Marjorie Taylor Greene is a seditious, hateful, QAnon-supporting, racist, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic congresswoman and she deserves to be expelled from the House." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/mtg_0.jpg …
(2021-01-30). Brits in Spain, a month on from Brexit. laprensalatina.com Alicante, Spain, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- From apathy to anger, it is a familiar emotional journey for many in Spain's British expatriate community since Brexit became official a month ago. With an estimated 262,000 registered residents, Brits comprise the fourth-largest foreign community in Spain, the majority based in the warm Mediterranean coast, the Balearics or the …
(2021-01-30). Koeman: Baràßa not in a position to win lots of things. laprensalatina.com Barcelona, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- Ronald Koeman on Saturday acknowledged that Barcelona was not in a position to win "lots of things" at the moment. The Baràßa head coach was speaking at a press conference a day ahead of the club's league match against Athletic Bilbao. The Catalan side is sat in third place, 10 points …
(2021-01-30). China's first Hualong-1 nuclear reactor begins commercial operation. laprensalatina.com Shanghai, China, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- China's first nuclear power unit using a third-generation reactor named Hualong-1 began commercial operations Saturday at the Fuqing power plant, state media reported. Fuqing's No. 5 unit in Fujian province is now generating electricity for commercial use after a week's trial, and will pave "the way for mass production and …
(2021-01-30). Honda, Mazda cut production due to semiconductor shortage. laprensalatina.com Tokyo, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- Japanese vehicle manufacturer Honda Motor Company is to temporarily suspend production of one of its plants in the country due to the shortage of semiconductors, which has also forced its competitor Mazda Motor Corporation to take similar measures. Honda announced Saturday the closure for five days from the beginning of February …
(2021-01-30). Jay Pfahl, the 'orchidolic' who discovered two new species in 2020. laprensalatina.com Key West (USA), Jan 30 (efe-epa).- To many familiar with his work, Jay Pfahl is not merely an orchidologist but an "orchidolic" — the specialist cultivates some 4,000 orchids at his home in Key West, Florida. In 2020, he discovered two new species of the flower while scouring the countryside outside the Colombian capital Bogotá, …
(2021-01-30). Xiaomi sues US government over blacklist inclusion. laprensalatina.com Shanghai, China, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- Chinese technology firm Xiaomi has filed a lawsuit against the United States' defense and treasury departments over its inclusion on a blacklist of companies with alleged links to the Chinese military. In the move confirmed by Chinese state media Saturday, Xiaomi joins other Chinese technology companies such as ByteDance and …
(2021-01-30). French police arrest 35 at protests against proposed security law. laprensalatina.com Paris, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- Thirty-five people were arrested Saturday amid sporadic clashes between police and some 33,000 people who took to the streets of this capital and other French cities to protest against a proposed new security law, authorities said. All but seven of the arrests took place in Paris, where the number of protesters …
(2021-01-30). EU performs U-turn on vaccine controls at Irish-UK border. laprensalatina.com Brussels, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- The European Union has backed down on its plan to subject vaccine exports to checks on the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The European Commission on Friday implemented a mechanism to track the export of vaccines manufactured on EU soil amid a contract dispute with Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical …
(2021-01-30). Myanmar's military to 'respect constitution' amid coup fears. laprensalatina.com Yangon, Myanmar, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- Myanmar's armed forces on Saturday said they would respect the country's constitution amid mounting concerns the military might attempt a coup. "Since the Tatmadaw (armed forces) is the armed association, it must obey the constitution. Our soldiers must obey and respect the constitution," the military establishment said in a statement. …
(2021-01-30). Bangladesh transfers further 3,000 Rohingya refugees to remote island. laprensalatina.com Dhaka, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- Bangladeshi authorities on Saturday completed the transfer of over 3,000 Rohingyas refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal in the third phase of relocation from congested camps in Cox's Bazar in the country's southeast. Mohammad Shamsuddoha, Bangladesh's refugees, relief and repatriation commissioner, told Efe that all refugees scheduled …
(2021-01-30). Protesting Indian farmers begin hunger strike amid fury against Modi. thecanary.co Indian farmers and their leaders, spearheading more than two months of protests against new agriculture laws, have started a one-day hunger strike. They're directing their fury at prime minister Narendra Modi and his government. | Strike: | Farmer leaders said the hunger strike will reaffirm the peaceful nature of the protests. It coincides with the death anniversary of independence leader Mahatma Gandhi. | Samyukta Kisan Morcha of United Farmers' Front is one of hundreds of protest leaders taking part in the strike. The United Farmers' Front is a coalition of farmers' unions. Morcha said: The way the gove…
(2021-01-30). Plans for a new coal mine undermine the UK's commitment to net zero climate targets. thecanary.co Approved plans for a new coal mine in Cumbria will produce more emissions than any of the others currently open in the UK, a climate group has warned. | What priorities?: | The Climate Change Committee (CCC) made the claim in a letter to Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick. It came after Jenrick decided not to call in the plans for an inquiry earlier this month. The new mine, near Whitehaven, will be used to extract coking coal for steel production. It was granted planning permission by Cumbria County Council in October 2020. | CCC chair lord Deben said in a letter to Jenrick that the decision not to cal…
(2021-01-30). Trade war erupts over vaccine supplies between Europe and UK. wsws.org As 100,000 die every three weeks across the continent, the EU and UK are escalating conflict over supply of the life-saving AstraZeneca vaccine.
(2021-01-30). [Articles] Estimating the health impact of vaccination against ten pathogens in 98 low-income and middle-income countries from 2000 to 2030: a modelling study. thelancet.com Increases in vaccine coverage and the introduction of new vaccines into LMICs have had a major impact in reducing mortality. These public health gains are predicted to increase in coming decades if progress in increasing coverage is sustained.
(2021-01-30). [Comment] Vaccines work: a reason for celebration and renewed commitment. thelancet.com With policy makers around the world considering how to allocate limited health budgets and individuals considering whether to accept vaccinations for themselves and their children, understanding the impact of vaccination has never been more important to inform those decisions. A modelling study by Xiang Li and colleagues in The Lancet reports that vaccination against ten common vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) reduced deaths by nearly half in low-income and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2019.
(2021-01-30). The Big Short-Squeeze: US Hedge Funds Lose $70 Billion in January Betting Stocks Will Fall. sputniknews.com GameStop's stock has jumped nearly 400% in the last business week, with a 70% gain on Friday alone, despite numerous attempts by brokerage firms to limit traders' ability to buy stock in the struggling video game vendor. Paradoxically, this has caused several institutional investors to lose billions for betting against its success.
(2021-01-30). FBI Finds Bomb-Making Manuals Inside Home of US Capitol Rioter – Court Documents. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The FBI found instructions on how to make homemade bombs in the home of a New York man, Dominic Pezzola, who participated in the deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol, court documents revealed.
(2021-01-30). Hedge Fund Boss, NY Mets Owner Steve Cohen Quits Twitter Amid GameStop Stock Chaos. sputniknews.com Amid the rollercoaster trading earlier in the week, Steve Cohen found himself locked in a Twitter debate with celebrity day trader Dave Portnoy, founder of the sports and pop culture blog Barstool Sports, over the restrictions on trading apps such as Robinhood that were hurting the novice investors behind the ballooning of GameStop's stock value.
(2021-01-30). Turkish Plane Headed to Tehran Turns to Baku Amid Reports of Sirens Heard in Iranian Capital. sputniknews.com On Friday, reports emerged that planes were turning away from the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with reasons remaining unclear. Later, it was revealed that planes could again land in Riyadh.
(2021-01-30). By Giving Citizenship to BNO Passport Holders the UK Wants to Be in Sync With the US, Analyst Says. sputniknews.com Earlier this week, China announced that starting 31 January it will no longer recognise the passports of British national overseas citizens. This came shortly after the UK launched its scheme to grant citizenship to up to 3 million of Hong Kong's residents, citing concerns over Beijing's introduction of a National Security Law.
(2021-01-30). 'Massive Corruption and Cover-up': Republicans Urge 'Callous' Cuomo to Resign Over Nursing Home Row. sputniknews.com New York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday dismissed allegations in the NY Attorney General's report alleging that his administration had 'manipulated' the tally of coronavirus-related deaths in local nursing homes, denouncing them as a "political attack" that began with former US President Donald Trump's administration.
(2021-01-30). Mobile Services Suspended for 2 Days at Farmers' Protest Sites Near Delhi as Tensions Soar. sputniknews.com Protesting farmers, mainly from the states of Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh have been demanding three controversial farm laws be repealed since November.
(2021-01-30). Police Hunting for Details About Iranians Arriving in New Delhi Day After Blast Near Israel Embassy. sputniknews.com On Friday evening, a low-intensity blast took place just several metres away from the Israeli embassy on the pavement in New Delhi. According to the Delhi Police, nobody was injured in the incident but windscreens of at least three cars were damaged.
(2021-01-30). 'This is a Trailer': Note Found Near Israeli Embassy Blast Site Reportedly Mentions Soleimani. sputniknews.com A little-known terrorist group, Jaish-Ul-Hind, claimed responsibility for Friday's improvised explosive device attack near the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi. At least one Daesh (ISIS)* cell has also reportedly claimed responsibility, and Indian officials are probing possible al-Qaeda involvement. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
(2021-01-30). 'Pro-Khalistan' Canadian MP Urges Trudeau to Condemn 'Violence' Against Indian Farmers. sputniknews.com Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana states, have been protesting at Delhi's borders – Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur since 26 November for revocation of new farms laws, passed in Indian parliament last September. The government has alleged Khalistan supporters have joined the protests.
(2021-01-30). Protesting Indian Farmers Observe Day-Long Fast to Mark Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's Death. sputniknews.com Thousands of farmers from the north Indian agricultural states oppose three laws; the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020.
(2021-01-30). Jaish-ul-Hind Terror Group Allegedly Claims Responsibility for Blast Near Israeli Embassy in Delhi. sputniknews.com On Friday evening, a low-intensity blast took place a few metres away from the Israeli embassy in the Indian capital. According to Delhi Police, nobody was injured in the incident but the windscreens of several vehicles parked nearby were damaged. The blast occurred on the final day of India's 72nd Republic Day celebrations.
(2021-01-30). 'Untreated Schizophrenia': Twitter Explodes Over Rep. Greene's 'Jewish Laser Beam' Conspiracy Theory. sputniknews.com Republican Congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia's 14th congressional district, previously came under fire for espousing Qanon conspiracy theories, that the administration of former President Donald Trump was involved in fighting an elite group of Satan-worshippers and child abusers.
(2021-01-30). Three US museums to host Iranian film 'Careless Crime'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — Iranian film, 'Careless Crime' directed by Shahram Mokri will go on screen in film festivals hosted by three American museums.
(2021-01-30). 'The Feast of the Goat' to go on screen at French filmfest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — Iranian short 'The Feast of the Goat' has made it into the competition program of the Meme Pas Peur Film Festival in France.
(2021-01-30). Bitter experience of war must not be repeated in Caucasus. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister said that the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic will be very vital for the future of the peaceful Caucasus, underlining that the bitter experience of war must not be repeated in the region.
(2021-01-30). Big haul of illicit drugs seized in SE Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — Commander of the Border Guards of Iran Police announced the success of the border guards of Sistan and Baluchestan province in confiscating a big haul of illicit drugs in southeastern borders of the country.
(2021-01-30). Officials in Chabahar to inaugurate Indian equipment on Sun. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — High-ranking Iranian and Indian officials are to inaugurate the received Indian strategic equipment in Chabahar Port on Sunday.
(2021-01-30). Persepolis 2-1 Machine Sazi: IPL. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — In a match held on Saturday at Azadi Stadium, Persepolis defeated Machine Sazi 2-1 in the Thirteenth week of the Iran Professional League.
(2021-01-30). US, Russia in 'serious' talks over JCPOA: envoy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — US Ambassador to Moscow John Sullivan told TV Rain in an interview that Washington was carefully considering the issue of returning to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
(2021-01-30). Chinese bombers simulates attack on US Navy aircraft carrier. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — Following Washington's move to send a navy fleet to the South China Sea, the Chinese bombers simulated an attack on the US Navy aircraft carrier.
(2021-01-30). Tehran not considering any place for Riyadh in JCPOA: MP. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — Stating that the JCPOA participants are known, the Spokesperson for the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said that Tehran does not consider any place for Riyadh in JCPOA talks.
(2021-01-30). Bomb blast rocks Afrin in northern Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — Media sources reported that a car bomb exploded in the city of Afrin, on the northern outskirts of Aleppo province on Saturday.
(2021-01-30). Choghakhor Wetland during winter. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — Choghakhor Wetland in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province is hosting migratory birds during the winter. Choghakhor is considered as one of the most important habitats for the endemic Zagros pupfish, aka Aphanius vladykovi.
(2021-01-30). Iran happy with liberation of Karabakh occupied territories. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — Iranian FM Zarif said his country is satisfied with the liberation of the occupied territories of Karabakh.
(2021-01-30). Iran's export vol. of agri. products up 22% in nine months. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — Iran exported 6.1 million tons of agricultural products in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (from March 21 to Dec. 20), showing a 22 and 20 percent growth in terms of volume and value respectively.
(2021-01-30). FM Zaif's visit to Azerbaijan has strategic importance: Envoy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — Iranian Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan said that visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to the Republic of Azerbaijan is of strategic importance.
(2021-01-30). Leader to receive eulogists on Hazrat Zahra birth anniv. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei will receive religious eulogists and panegyrists on Wednesday through an online video conference.
(2021-01-30). Banking restrictions to apply to all, not just foreigners. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — The Coordinating Council of Banks said in a statement announced that the blocked accounts will be activated as soon as they receive the so-called Shahab code.
(2021-01-30). Iran at forefront of fight against drug-trafficking. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — Iran's permanent ambassador to the International Organizations in Vienna said that the Islamic Republic is at the forefront of the fight against drug-trafficking in the international arena.
(2021-01-30). Iran recent nuclear moves 'not a violation of JCPOA'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — Iranian Ambassador to Spain Hassan Ghashghavi said that the recent move taken by the Islamic Republic of Iran in the nuclear field is its inalienable right not a violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
(2021-01-30). Tehran urges Macron to practice self-control. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — The spokesperson of the Iranian foreign ministry urged President Macron to have self-control and avoid taking hasty and ill-considered stances.
(2021-01-30). Iran, India confer on regional, intl. affairs. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — An official with the Indian foreign ministry met and held talks with Iranian Deputy FM Abbas Araghchi about regional and international issues.
(2021-01-30). Find the Best Iranian Realtors in Toronto. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — Are you looking for a real estate investment in Toronto? Fine! Toronto is one of the best places to do that.
(2021-01-30). Hashd al-Sha'abi arrests an ISIL leader in N Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — News sources reported that Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) forces, known as Hashd al-Sha'abi, managed to arrest a leader of ISIL terrorist organization in northern Iraq.
(2021-01-30). 16th intl. mining industries exhibition opens in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) — The 16th edition of Iran's International Exhibition of Mine, Mining, Construction Machinery and Related Industries (Iran ConMin) opened in Tehran on Saturday.
(2021-01-30). Supporting Democracy Abroad If It Gives The 'Right' Results. zcomm.org The double standards of the mainstream US and British media in relation to foreign interference in elections has been particularly obvious since 2016…
(2021-01-30). Broken world, broken people — we need a path to a better future. zcomm.org We have to give people that are rightfully angry a home, but one that is healing and progressive and that not only aims for real democracy, mutual aid, belonging, respect, dignity, tolerance, humility and egalitarianism in the future, but as everyday practice…
(2021-01-30). Review — Santiago Rising. zcomm.org Review of Santiago Rising, a new film which portrays the recent eruption of protest against inequality in Chile…
(2021-01-30). Nukes are Illegal. Now What? zcomm.org Let's not forget: We are standing at the edge of global change. I believe what's visible in this fleeting moment is our own evolution…
(2021-01-30). Fears Grow that Efforts to Combat US Domestic Terrorism Can Hurt Minorities. zcomm.org Civil rights advocates worry that moves to fight far-right extremism will be used against communities of color and leftwing activists…
(2021-01-30). How The Wet'suwet'en Solidarity Actions Changed Their Lives. popularresistance.org It was the first week of Kolin Sutherland-Wilson's final semester at the University of Victoria. But he wasn't there. Instead, on a chilly January morning in 2020, he sat alone on the front steps of the British Columbia legislature, dressed warmly and holding signs that called on provincial leaders to stand with the Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs opposing the Coastal GasLink project in their traditional territory. | For a week, he spent all day on the steps. MLAs and staff who passed by barely glanced at him. | But soon friends, classmates and community members joined him. The growing group took on bigger actions…
(2021-01-30). ACLU Pressing Biden To Stick To His Promise Of Decarceration. popularresistance.org The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is launching a six-figure ad buy featuring both digital and print spots calling for President Biden to adhere to his campaign promise of decreasing the number of incarcerated persons in the country. | Specifically, the ACLU wants Biden to grant clemency to thousands of people who meet certain criteria, something that he could do through executive powers. | "We use criteria that reflect an evolution in our thinking around criminal justice," Cynthia Roseberry, deputy director of the ACLU's justice division, told The Hill. | "For example, calling for those who are now incarc…
(2021-01-30). How A US-Backed Coup In Serbia Inspired The DC Insurrection. popularresistance.org As the Capitol insurrection on January 6 descended into a frenzy of mob violence, a far-right paramilitary group known as the Oath Keepers marched through the sea of rioters and protesters, up the east steps of the Capitol building and into the rotunda. Video from that day shows the Oath Keepers marching in a military formation known as "Ranger File", described by the Associated Press as 'standard operating procedure for a combat team that is "stacking up" to breach a building — instantly recognizable to any U.S. soldier or Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.' | On November 10, 2020, nearly two month…
(2021-01-30). UN Independent Expert: 'This Is How The Human Rights Industry Works'. popularresistance.org Indeed, a "human rights industry" exists, and many officials of the UN's Office of the High Commissioner [for Human Rights], diplomats, activists from non-governmental organisations, human rights teachers, and, of course, also many "independent experts" and rapporteurs are more or less opportunistic. | These people consider themselves "better" than others, but do not necessarily feel solidarity with the victims of human rights violations. Some of my bosses were models of integrity and professionalism, such as Professor Theo van Boven, Professor Kurt Herndl, Judge Jakob Muller, or High Commissioners Bertrand Ramch…
(2021-01-30). We Should All Be Outraged. popularresistance.org Someday the world will be free of the coronavirus. Then, we will glance backward at these years of misery inflicted by virions with spike proteins that have struck down millions of people and held social life in its grip. Much will be debated about the origins of the virus and the rapidity of its spread around the world, a transmission that shows how closely interconnected we have become due to modern transportation technology. There is no going backward from the processes that will continue to shrink the globe, bringing us closer and closer together, bringing other viruses and diseases greater and greater host p…
(2021-01-30). The Trade Union Movement Must Organise Minimum Wage Workers. popularresistance.org The twenty-first century has seen the Trade Union Movement in Trinidad and Tobago consistently under attack, severely criticized and victimized by the ruling economic and political elites. | The thousands of sugar workers were the first group of organised workers this century to suffer mass retrenchment. This, of course, has had the effect of severely weakening a once powerful union. | The Unions in petroleum and petrochemical industries have seen a steady decline in their workforce Thousands of direct and indirect Petrotrin workers have been thrown on the breadline as have hundreds of workers at Arcelor Mittal a…
(2021-01-30). 'French Revolution In Finance'. popularresistance.org The New York Stock Exchange suffered a poor day on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sinking by more than 600 points. However, for a select few companies, stock values have gone through the roof. | It was thanks, in large part, to a group of amateur stock traders with a vendetta against veteran corporate insider short-sellers betting on a company's failure, with the video game store GameStop taking center stage. Before the drama was over, the company's value had jumped by more than 1,700%, an investment firm had lost billions, and some small-time investors who gambled it all were able to afford som…
(2021-01-30). GameStop Saga Reveals a Society Dominated by Wall Street and Crying Out for Change. commondreams.org How can anyone now argue—with a straight face—that our financial markets serve to efficiently move capital to innovating enterprises that make significant contributions to our social well-being? | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/wall_st_madness.jpg …
(2021-01-30). Truth Remains Under Siege As Long As Economists Promote Discredited Policies That Hurt People and Gave Rise to Trumpism. commondreams.org In the natural sciences, strictly observed protocols ensure that empirically unsupported theories are rejected in light of evidence. The authority of an economic hypothesis, however, is bolstered by a peer-review process that—far from being scientific—is a value-laden power struggle. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/reagan_thatcher_0.jpg …
(2021-01-30). GOP Talking Heads Try to Score Political Points by Stoking Resentment About Accusations of Racism. commondreams.org Biden condemned white supremacy, so why are some Republicans disingenuously describing it as an attack on the entire GOP? I would like to assume that most Americans in both parties oppose hate groups and violence. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/rand_paul_0.jpg …
(2021-01-30). Despite new Biden administration, US-China friction could remain high. yenisafak.com Chinese-US relations during the Donald Trump years went from bad to worse, but experts believe friction could climb even higher under new President Joe Biden.Besides an ongoing trade war, conflict of interests continue over a range of issues including human rights abuses against China's minority Uighurs, the status of Taiwan, national security legislation in Hong Kong, and military expansion in the South China Sea.Mushahid Hussain Sayed, a Pakistani senator for the capital Islamabad, said there would be no drastic change in the US perception of China as a competitor, but that the new president would like to engag…
(2021-01-30). Gandhian Strategy: Combination of Truth, Sacrifice, Non-Violence and Solidarity. globalresearch.ca First published on November 14, 2017. | In Commemoration: The 73d anniversary of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on January 30th, 1948 | *** | The Gandhian strategy is the combination of truth, sacrifice, nonviolence, selfless service and cooperation. According to Gandhi one …
(2021-01-30). Philippine Stalinists line up behind right-wing Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny. wsws.org The CPP supports Navalny because it is backing sections of the ruling class most closely aligned with US imperialism, represented by Vice-President Leni Robredo and her Liberal Party.
(2021-01-30). Fair Finance: How can the global inequality gap be narrowed? news.un.org Reducing inequality is one of the UN's flagship goals, but the gulf between rich and poor worldwide, remains persistently high. In the first of a special two-part series on the financial sector this weekend, Hiro Mizuno, the newly-appointed UN Special Envoy on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments, explains how the industry can help to create a fairer, more equitable world.
(2021-01-30). [Obituary] Adetokunbo Oluwole Lucas. thelancet.com Leading expert in global health. He was born in Lagos, Nigeria, on Nov 25, 1931, and died in Ibadan, Nigeria, on Dec 25, 2020, aged 89 years.
(2021-01-30). [Seminar] Multiple myeloma. thelancet.com Multiple myeloma is the second most common haematological malignancy in high-income countries, and typically starts as asymptomatic precursor conditions—either monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance or smouldering multiple myeloma—in which initiating genetic abnormalities, such as hyperdiploidy and translocations involving the immunoglobulin heavy chain, are already present. The introduction of immunomodulatory drugs, proteasome inhibitors, and CD38-targeting antibodies has extended survival, but ultimately the majority of patients will die from their disease, and some from treatment-relat…
(2021-01-30). [Correspondence] Managing NSTEMI in older patients. thelancet.com With the results of the SENIOR-NSTEMI study, Amit Kaura and colleagues1 conclude that invasive management reduced 3-year mortality by 36% and hospital admissions for heart failure by 33%. These are illustrative results, but some aspects need further discussion.
(2021-01-30). [Clinical Picture] Widespread soft tissue calcification in systemic sclerosis, polymyositis, and polyarthritis. thelancet.com A 55-year-old woman was admitted to our department with gradual onset of pain in her hands, hips, and knees, which had progressively limited her mobility over the past 6 years. She also reported feeling tired and feverish.
(2021-01-30). [Correspondence] Mavacamten for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. thelancet.com We read with enthusiasm the results of the EXPLORER-HCM trial reported by Iacopo Olivotto and colleagues.1 These findings bring both hope and uncertainty to patients and will open debates on management in our heart teams.
(2021-01-30). [World Report] Honduras changes constitution to ban abortion. thelancet.com Abortion is already illegal in Honduras, but the constitutional change makes any future reform almost impossible. Amy Booth reports.
(2021-01-30). [Correspondence] Frozen shoulder. thelancet.com Amar Rangan and colleagues1 presented their findings from a multicentre, pragmatic, three-arm, superiority randomised controlled trial designed to compare early structured physiotherapy of frozen shoulder with manipulation under anaesthesia and arthroscopic capsular release.1 All options were found to be clinically equivalent; however, there was a higher risk of complications with arthroscopic capsular release than with manipulation under anaesthesia. Manipulation was the most cost-effective option.
(2021-01-30). [Correspondence] Managing NSTEMI in older patients — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Francesco Versaci and colleagues and Alberto Cordero and colleagues for their comments about our SENIOR-NSTEMI study.1 Versaci and colleagues raise concerns about residual confounding relating to the extent and severity of coronary artery disease, which might have influenced management strategy decisions and patient prognosis. Information regarding the burden of coronary artery disease is usually not known when the clinical decision to manage patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction invasively or non-invasively is made.
(2021-01-30). [Correspondence] Mavacamten for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Eduard Quintana and colleagues for their Correspondence. The EXPLORER-HCM trial1 is the largest prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled study ever done in patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Far from being "unambitious", the study included a vast array of endpoints ranging from objective measurements of performance to gradient reduction and key aspects of quality of life. The primary endpoint was developed following discussions with the US Food and Drug Administration, and was defined as either a 1 ∑5 mL/kg per min or greater increase in peak oxygen consumption (p…
(2021-01-30). [Perspectives] Afraid together. thelancet.com "I think the neighbours have it." My mum was always conscious of her health. Nevertheless, the anxiety in her voice was jarring. Although we were talking by telephone, I could picture what she looked like. Her usual smile would flatten, transforming her face into an ashen mask. "I am scared. If I get it, I have no one. I am alone."
(2021-01-30). [Comment] High burden of postoperative cancer mortality in LMICs. thelancet.com Low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) have a large burden of cancer mortality compared with high-income countries, with as many as 70% of global cancer deaths in these regions and a paucity of data to drive cancer policies.1,2 Several factors contribute to this burden, ranging from late presentation of disease to poor access to diagnosis and treatment.2 Access to surgical interventions is reduced in LMICs, and the risk of complications of surgery is high in these regions.3—5 When surgical interventions are available, knowledge about how to avoid complications can be scant.
(2021-01-30). [Perspectives] Fransisca Handy Agung: improving adolescent health in Indonesia. thelancet.com Fransisca Handy Agung thinks she was "too serious" as an adolescent growing up in Indonesia. "I was just thinking about how to get to medical school. I wasn't exposed to other parts of life", she recalls. "Adolescents need to have more experiences and exposures that provide them with all the life skills they need", she says. Nonetheless, Agung's early drive and focus are now benefiting her country's younger citizens. Agung is a lecturer in child and adolescent health at the Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia, a paediatrician at Siloam Hospital, Karawaci, Banten, and the founder of the Indone…
(2021-01-30). [Correspondence] Frozen shoulder — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Georgios Mamarelis and Dimitrios Moris for their interest in the UK FROST trial data1. As we reported,1 hydrodilatation was being used in only a few centres when we designed the UK FROST trial, which meant that it was not feasible to include hydrodilatation as a trial intervention. Although we acknowledge that hydrodilatation seems to be used more widely nowadays, the evidence to support its use remains scarce. There is also uncertainty as to what constitutes hydrodilatation because there is considerable variation in how it is delivered.
(2021-01-30). [Seminar] Biliary tract cancer. thelancet.com Biliary tract cancers, including intrahepatic, perihilar, and distal cholangiocarcinoma as well as gallbladder cancer, are low-incidence malignancies in most high-income countries, but represent a major health problem in endemic areas; moreover, the incidence of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is rising globally. Surgery is the cornerstone of cure; the optimal approach depends on the anatomical site of the primary tumour and the best outcomes are achieved through management by specialist multidisciplinary teams.
(2021-01-30). [World Report] Biden unwinds Trump health-care policies. thelancet.com A Democrat in the White House and a Democratic Congress could bring big changes to US health policy, but challenges remain. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.
(2021-01-30). Turkey ratifies agreements with 7 countries. yenisafak.com The Turkish government ratified agreements with seven countries in areas of education, sports, and health, according to information issued in the Official Gazette on Saturday.A visa cooperation deal with Azerbaijan, signed on Feb. 25 last year, was among the approved agreements.It aims to facilitate short-term travel between the two countries and gives citizens a 30-day visa validity period from the date of entry.Turkey's extradition agreement with Kosovo inked on May 31, 2011 was also ratified.The agreement aims to "develop international cooperation in the field of criminal law" and "further ends of justice and…
(2021-01-30). Turkey, Russia begin monitoring Karabakh truce. yenisafak.com A joint Turkish and Russian center to monitor a cease-fire deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia has become operational in Upper Karabakh on Saturday.Established in the Merzilli village of the Aghdam region, the center will monitor the implementation of the Russian-brokered agreement which was reached in November after six weeks of intense fighting.Following the Nov. 10 truce, Turkey and Russia signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a joint center to monitor the peace deal on Azerbaijani territories liberated from Armenia's occupation.Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov, Turkey's Deputy Minister of N…
(2021-01-30). China launches new warship for Pakistan. yenisafak.com China launched a second advanced warship built for Pakistan on Saturday.A launch ceremony for the Type-054 Class Frigate was held at Hudong Zhonghua (HZ) Shipyard in Shanghai with senior Chinese and Pakistani naval officials in attendance, said a statement from Pakistan Navy.Fitted with latest "surface, subsurface, and anti-air weapons," the Type-054 frigates will be one of the most technologically advanced surface platforms in Pakistan's naval fleet, it said.The ships have a "range of electronic warfare, air and surface surveillance, and acoustic sensors integrated through a state-of-the-art Combat Management Sy…
(2021-01-30). At least 3 killed, 2 surrender in Kashmir encounters. yenisafak.com Three militants were killed and another injured in an encounter in the southern district of Pulwama, according to police in Indian-administered Kashmir.The local police said on Saturday that in another incident two militants allegedly associated with the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit had surrendered to senior officers after an exchange of fire late Friday in the Lelhar village of the Batapora area in the same district.The two separate shootings were the first in Indian-administered Kashmir this year.Earlier, three militants were killed in a brief shootout on Friday evening in the Mandoora village of the Tral area. The…
(2021-01-30). Rohingya relocation: Bangladesh moves 4th group. yenisafak.com Amid constant opposition and concerns by international communities and rights defenders on safety grounds, Bangladesh on Saturday relocated the fourth batch of Rohingya refugees to a remote island in its southern sea, according to official sources.A total of 1,463 members of the persecuted community began the journey to the Bhasan Char island from the country's main port city Chattogram by naval ships."All concrete houses are fully prepared to house the new arrivals. Actually, we are ready to resettle all 100,000 Rohingya at the cluster houses on the island as per the government's initiatives," Commodore Abdullah…
(2021-01-30). Palestinian family recalls humiliation by Israeli forces. yenisafak.com Members of a Palestinian family revealed shocking details of assault and humiliation by Israeli occupation forces following a raid on their home in the town of Issawiya in occupied East Jerusalem.During the assault which happened at dawn on Thursday, Israeli forces "used electric shocks against the Dari family" as well as "beating, kicking, slapping and cursing", according to testimonies given by family members to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center.The family said Israeli forces stormed their house and brutally assaulted two of their sons, 13-year-old minor Mahad Dari and his 18-year-old brother Muhammad Dari, be…
(2021-01-30). Six Syrian civilians dead, 25 hurt in Afrin terror attack. yenisafak.com Some 25 more people were wounded when a vehicle packed with explosives blew up at an industrial site in Afrin district, the sources said.No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet, but it was likely carried out by the YPG/PKK terror group.Afrin was largely cleared of YPG/PKK terrorists in 2018 through Turkey's anti-terror offensive Operation Olive Branch, but the terror group still has sleeper cells.YPG/PKK terrorists continue to carry out attacks but do not claim responsibility when they end up harming civilians, according to local security sources.The terror group, attacking from Syria's adjacent Ta…
(2021-01-30). Lebanon: Protests break barrier of fear in Tripoli. yenisafak.com Lebanon's Mediterranean city of Tripoli has witnessed days of protests with reports of clashes with security forces after a coronavirus lockdown was imposed in the country.The most violent clash occurred on Thursday night when the city center and the governorate building were torched by angry protesters.The clashes resulted in the death of a 30-year-old demonstrator, Omar Taiba, who was shot in the back, according to health authorities."What is happening in the city is a result of the economic and social conditions caused by the Lebanese state, especially the total lockdown decision due to the coronavirus pandemi…
(2021-01-30). Turkey rescues 48 asylum seekers in Aegean. yenisafak.com The Turkish Coast Guard on Saturday rescued at least 48 asylum seekers whose boats were pushed by Greek coastal authorities into Turkish waters in the Aegean Sea, according to security sources.A coast guard team was dispatched to an area off Cesme in the western Izmir province after they learned a group of asylum seekers was stranded on a dinghy, said a source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.A total of 19 asylum seekers were brought ashore, the source added.Separately, coast guards rescued 29 asylum seekers on a dinghy in the Dikili district after they asked for help.They w…
(2021-01-30). Follow measures not to risk 3rd peak in Turkey: Expert. yenisafak.com Dr. Afsin Emre Kayipmaz, a member of Turkey's Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board, said people should continue to follow measures especially during the winter months and noted there has been an increase in coronavirus infections in Turkey in the past four days.Kayipmaz told Anadolu Agency that lockdown measures in the last couple of months are a major factor in reducing cases and deaths.He said the vaccination process for social immunization in Turkey had already started but it was only performed on a part of the society and urged the country to continue to follow measures for a while until the immunity rate wo…
(2021-01-30). Turkey 'neutralizes' three YPG/PKK terrorists in N.Syria. yenisafak.com Turkish security forces "neutralized" three YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syria, in a protected area near Turkey's southern border, the National Defense Ministry announced Saturday.The terrorists were trying to infiltrate the area of Turkey's cross-border anti-terror operations — Peace Spring and Euphrates Shield — to disrupt peace and security in the region, the ministry said on Twitter.Turkish authorities use the word "neutralized" to imply the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.Since 2016, Turkey has launched a trio of successful anti-terror operations in northern Syria to prevent…
(2021-01-30). Open toileting plagues cities in Zimbabwe. yenisafak.com With flies hovering all over the vicinity of the crowded slums of Epworth, an urban settlement approximately 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) east of the Zimbabwean capital Harare, laden plastic paper bags lie scattered on streets and sidewalks, with small children rummaging through garbage and vendors going about their normal business oblivious to the wafting stench of human waste.For 45-year-old Tambudzai Munondo, one of the residents in the slums of Epworth, strangely, they have become used to co-exist with human waste, saying they cannot do anything about it."Most of these homes you see here have no toilets and it'
(2021-01-30). Turkish president meets Guinea-Bissau, Senegal leaders. yenisafak.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday met with his counterparts from Guinea-Bissau and Senegal in Istanbul.Erdogan's meeting with Guinea Bissau's President Umaro Sissco Embalo and Senegal's President Macky Sall started at 2.00 p.m. [1100GMT].The meeting, which was closed to the press, lasted an hour and a half.
(2021-01-30). Monday 2/1: 2021 National Freedom Day – California State Capitol – US Civil War Grove. indybay.org California State Capitol | South Lawn | US Civil War Grove…
(2021-01-30). Tuesday 2/2: Gun Violence Survivors Week: Memorializing the Victims of Gun Violence in America. indybay.org Online event…
(2021-01-30). "Humans Love Violence": Gandhi and the World Economic Forum. globalresearch.ca First published on January 28, 2020 | This incisive article focusses on Mohandas Gandhi's call for non-violence, while underscoring today's instruments of violence —including economic violence— exerted with impunity by the upper echelons of the financial establishment. | Robert J. Burrowes…
(2021-01-30). The Corona Crisis. Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel? globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | What matters most at this point in time is not the …
(2021-01-30). Canada To Help Cuba Develop and Export Its Biofertilizer NEREA Æ. telesurenglish.net The discussions between the Canadian and Cuban counterparts centered around a natural Cuban fertilizer, NEREA Æ, which the Caribbean island has been developing for the past 20 years. | Company director Mark Perlman represented IZC, while the negotiations are the result of months of planning and meetings to conclude three major agreements. | RELATED: | Furthermore, the Candian and Cuban negotiatiors formalized the w…
(2021-01-30). Thursday 2/4: National Gun Violence Survivors Week Summit for Youth Activists. indybay.org Online event…
(2021-01-30). Tuesday 2/2: "The Black Church" Sneak Peek and History of Bay Area Black Churches & Gentrification. indybay.org Online event…
(2021-01-30). Air pollution is linked to permanent vision loss, study finds. nationofchange.org University College London researchers hypothesized that air pollution might heighten the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration.
(2021-01-30). Shadow ministry reshuffle underscores Australian Labor Party crisis. wsws.org The moves against Albanese reveal concerns in ruling circles that Labor has failed to recover any ground since its May 2019 federal election debacle.
(2021-01-30). Illinois house fire kills mother and her four children. wsws.org Investigators have said the likely cause of the fire was a space heater, a common source of many home fires and deaths, primarily used by poor working families.
(2021-01-30). Why corporate power over American politics was laid bare after the Capitol Hill insurrection. nationofchange.org Don't be fooled that corporations' motives are moral.
(2021-01-30). CTU forces Mayor Lightfoot to back down as Chicago Public Schools continue remote learning. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Students in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) stayed home and learned remotely again on Thursday, January 28. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) continued to demand that any return to in-person learning be done in a safe way. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot had ordered all teachers back to the classroom on Wednesday the 27th but was forced to backtrack and tell parents to keep their kids home again Thursday. | CPS has been demanding that 80% of school staff return in person and has refused to allow accommodations for staff who live in households with people who are in high-risk categories according to the Cen…
(2021-01-30). Neo-Nazis gather on Australia Day weekend for cross-burning. wsws.org Fascist networks are increasingly emboldened amid a deepening social and economic crisis and the promotion of far-right forces by sections of the political establishment.
(2021-01-30). 48 Causes Of Alzheimer's.. 1st Being Homocysteine In Animal & Fish Flesh. indybay.org Vegan and fruitarian diets are the best protection against Alzheimer's or dementia.
(2021-01-30). Former Atlantic City Mayor sentenced to federal prison. nationofchange.org "The mistake that I made is not something that I am proud of. It is something that I'm very ashamed of…I want to apologize to this court for being in front of you when I knew better."
(2021-01-30). IG Metall agrees to 3,500 job cuts at MAN Truck & Bus in Germany and Austria. wsws.org The union supports company plans to destroy 3,500 jobs so it can make an 8 percent profit, which is the strategic aim of the shareholders.
(2021-01-30). Fears of US Interference in Ecuadorean Elections. telesurenglish.net On February 7, presidential and legislative elections (137 assembly members) will be held in Ecuador, and the candidate best positioned to win is Andres Arauz, candidate for the coalition Union for Hope (UNES). Arauz, who represents correísmo, is the heir of a citizen revolution which the current government has tried to annihilate and outlaw electorally.
(2021-01-30). Saturday 3/20: Festival de Cine en Defensa de la Vida. indybay.org Festival de Cine online: Construyendo Movimientos en Defensa de la Vida…
(2021-01-30). Huge Fire Affects Hospital in Chilean Capital. telesurenglish.net According to authorities, the fire started after 07: 00 local time and about thirty firefighters were immediately mobilized to the scene. | Different versions indicate that the flames were concentrated in the northern area of the hospital, on the side of the children's diagnostic and emergency center, while the National Emergency Office indicated that the fire affected the fourth floor of the building, where the boilers are located. | RELATED: | Heal…
(2021-01-30). At least 3,000 civilians were killed in 2020, says Afghan human rights commission. peoplesdispatch.org According to the 2020 annual report of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), over 5,000 civilians were injured. Among those killed in various attacks were 2,958 children and 847 women…
(2021-01-30). "Independent" union betrays strike in Matamoros, México as it joins ruling party. wsws.org While it seeks to make an example out of the Matamoros workers through mass firings, the ruling class is promoting the "independent" unions and lawyer Susana Prieto as the public face of the these struggles to channel opposition behind Morena.
(2021-01-30). Parents of Sandy Hook victims: Naming of Marjorie Taylor Greene to education panel an attack on all 'whose loved ones were murdered in mass shootings'. nationofchange.org "Giving Representative Greene the platform to spread dangerous dogma only rewards and normalizes this abhorrent behavior, places already vulnerable groups in danger, and further traumatizes survivors."
(2021-01-30). Massive protests by farmers in India. fightbacknews.org On January 26, farmers from across India continued their protests against the anti-farmer laws. That day, Republic Day, marked the 71st anniversary of when India's constitution came into effect and is a major state occasion. Two months ago to the day, Indian farmers held the largest protest in human history. Since then, these farmers have protested continuously. | The farmers in India oppose the three bills that would have long-term detrimental effects. Instead of building more APMC mandis (rural markets) that would promote better cooperation between the farmers and government institutions, improve procurem…
(2021-01-30). Monday 2/1: Call to Action: 100-Day Moral Monday Plan of Action w/ Poor People's Campaign. indybay.org Online via livestream…
(2021-01-30). Osceola County, Florida sheriff's deputy brutally assaults high school student. wsws.org An eleven-second video posted to Twitter showing a sheriff's deputy picking up and slamming 16-year-old Taylor Bracey to the ground went viral this week, sparking widespread outrage.
(2021-01-30). Modi launches mass repression against two-month-long farmer agitation. wsws.org India's BJP government has seized upon the "violence" and "anarchy" that erupted in Delhi during last Tuesday's protest against its pro-agri-business laws to launch a long-prepared campaign to suppress the farmers' agitation through state intimidation and violence.
(2021-01-30). Joe Biden Is the Embodiment of Our Fading Empire. scheerpost.com Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0] By Alfred McCoy / TomDispatch After four years of Donald Trump's fitful tenure, America is awakening from a long, troubled sleep to discover, like the fictional character Rip Van Winkle, that the world it once knew has changed beyond all recognition. In that classic American tale by Washington Irving published in 1819, an amiable but shiftless farmer strolls out of… |
(2021-01-30). Pennsylvania educators oppose statewide reopening of K-8 schools. wsws.org Toothless state recommendations over school reopenings are being swept away under Pennsylvania's Democratic Governor Tom Wolf, as districts are told to return K-8 students to face-to-face learning in line with the Biden plan.