2022-04-02: News Headlines

Ben Slowey (2022-04-02). Kenosha, Wisconsin, activists call for firing of cop who kneeled on 12-year-old girl's neck. liberationnews.org The footage of the incident has been made available to the public, clearly showing Guetschow violently exerting unnecessary force on a minor for more than 20 seconds.

WSWS (2022-04-02). China rejects EU calls to cut ties with Russia over Ukraine war. wsws.org Hostile official remarks after yesterday's virtual European Union-China summit point to escalating global tensions provoked by NATO's war against Russia in Ukraine.

WSWS (2022-04-02). Germany supplies tanks to Ukraine and prepares for war against Russia. wsws.org According to media reports, the German government is planning further arms deliveries to Ukraine worth some €300 million.

ecns.cn (2022-04-02). NATO urged to reflect on its role in Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn

Staff (2022-04-02). 2 April: Demonstrations in various cities to free Georges Abdallah for international action day. samidoun.net April 2: International Day for the Release of Georges Abdallah At the call of the Unitary Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah and various support committees, let's make April 2 a day of mobilization for the release of the oldest political prisoner in Europe. Saturday April 2 in Lannemezan: Rally for the release of Georges Abdallah Saturday …

_____ (2022-04-02). Denver's Program To Dispatch Mental Health Teams Instead Of Police Is So Successful It Is Expanding 5-Fold. popularresistance.org After dispatching mental health teams, instead of police officers, to certain 911 emergency calls, the city of Denver is proclaiming their pilot program a huge success—and expanding it significantly. Since June 2020, the Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) has deployed medical and behavioral health clinicians to respond to over 2,200 low risk calls reporting trespassing, intoxication, or mental health crises involving poverty, homelessness or addiction. In all that time, STAR teams have never called for police back-up due to a safety issue, according to their January report.

_____ (2022-04-02). MPS Students Launch Campaign For Fresher Food, More Options, Better Pay For Cafeteria Workers. popularresistance.org Calling attention to the lack of fresh food in their lunches at Milwaukee Public Schools, student leaders have launched a "school lunch justice" campaign outside the district's central offices.The students are part of Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES), the multiracial youth arm of Voces de La Frontera, an advocacy organization for the rights of immigrants and workers. Villanueva said YES surveyed more than 1,000 MPS students and found that the quality of school lunch was the "most pressing issue" with the school environment.

WSWS (2022-04-02). Democratic-led Congress provides meager increase to education funding in 2022 budget. wsws.org More funding was allocated to the military ($782 billion) than all other discretionary programs combined ($730 billion).

WSWS (2022-04-02). Mothering Sunday: A World War I film not at all about World War I. wsws.org The film, directed by Eva Husson from a 2016 novella by Graham Swift, takes place in the aftermath of the First World War, but the war does not play the dominant role it should. On the contrary…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-02). Mayo Clinic researchers develop new antibody test to diagnose MS. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have validated a new antibody test to diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS), a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. Nearly 1 million people in the U.S. are affected by MS, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. An antibody typically consists of two immunoglobulin heavy chains and two light chains. There are two types of light chains: kappa and lambda. The validated test measures kappa immunoglobulin free…

ecns.cn (2022-04-02). U.S. House passes bill to federally decriminalize marijuana with partisan divide. ecns.cn The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, with a partisan divide.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-02). Science Saturday: Improving diagnosis of rare congenital disorders. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When a child falls ill, two questions quickly come front and center for parents: What's the problem, and what can be done to fix it? For families whose children have certain congenital disorders, the answers to those questions can be maddeningly elusive. Laboratory tests to diagnose congenital disorders of methylation, such as Beckwith-Wiedemann, Silver-Russell, Prader-Willi, and Angelman syndromes, often come back without a definitive result. "We can have up to 25% of our results be equivocal for these conditions, and that's…

teleSUR, jaa, SH (2022-04-02). Fallece joven palestino tras represión israelí en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Algunos manifestantes fueron atendidos por asfixia resultado de la inhalación de gases lacrimógenos producto de la represión israelí.

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-04-02). Coastal California Sunflower Is Latest Endangered Species Act Success. indybay.org EUREKA, Calif., March 30, 2022 — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today changed the Endangered Species Act status of beach layia, a small sunflower that grows only in California's coastal dunes, reclassifying it from endangered to threatened. The change is due to reduced impacts from offroad vehicles, grazing, and development throughout much of the species' range.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-02). Mayo Clinic remembers former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as Secretary of State of the United States, passed away Wednesday, March 23. Secretary Albright played an important role advising Mayo Clinic in how to successfully expand its global presence. In July 2020, she addressed Mayo Clinic staff virtually, sharing lessons from her life as a trailblazing diplomat.. Below is a statement from Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., Mayo Clinic's president and CEO: We are greatly saddened by the news…

Asere Constance Ichuma (2022-04-01). Oulanyah's body returns home. plusnews.ug The body of the fallen Speaker of the 11th Parliament Jacob L'Okori Oulanyah has finally returned back to Uganda. The fallen speaker died from a highly reputable hospital in Seattle ,United States of America (USA) where he was receiving from treatment since early February after a long time illness. The body of Oulanyah arrived at …

WSWS (2022-04-02). Workers and students in Australia call for international anti-war movement. wsws.org "A lot of people oppose this war, but others get sucked into anti-Russia and anti-China hate… We need to unite Russian and Ukrainian workers, and workers everywhere, against the war."

teleSUR, SH (2022-04-02). Perú acatará falló de la Corte-IDH sobre expresidente Fujimori. telesurtv.net La Corte IDH ratificó el pedido a la Justicia peruana a no excarcelar al expresidente Alberto Fujimori.

ecns.cn (2022-04-02). Antigen test-kits widely used amid COVID-19 resurgence in China. ecns.cn Antigen kits for self-testing are being successfully used in cities like Shanghai, Jilin and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, all hit by another outbreak of COVID-19, said a medical expert at Beijing First Hospital on Friday.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-04-02). United States Colored Troops Congressional Gold Medal Act. indybay.org The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to the African Americans who served with Union forces during the Civil War, collectively, in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service during the Civil War.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-02). Consumer Health: What do you know about TB? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org World TB Day will be observed Thursday, March 24, which makes this a good time to learn about this potentially serious infectious disease. In 2020, 7,174 cases of tuberculosis, or TB, were diagnosed in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Worldwide, 10 million cases were diagnosed, according to the World Health Organization. TB is caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis that spreads from person to person through tiny droplets released…

_____ (2022-04-02). Dock Workers In Genoa Protest Transit Of Arms Through Their Port. popularresistance.org On March 31, dock workers of the Italian port of Genoa observed a 24-hour strike protesting the usage of the port for the transit of arms which are likely to be used in deadly imperialist wars going across the world. The call of the strike was given by USB Italia trade union. Activists from various left, anti-war groups including Potere al Popolo participated in the blockade held at the Ethiopia crossing at the Genoa port and an assembly of workers at Cap in via Albertazzi. During the protest, workers raised a banner which read "Not a penny, a rifle or a soldier for war" and also stated that Italian ports and air…

Dave DeCamp (2022-04-02). US to Work With Allies to Send Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com A US official told The New York Times on Friday that the Biden administration will work with allies in Europe The move marks an escalation in Western military aid to Ukraine. Until now, the US and its NATO allies have provided Ukraine with thousands of shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles but have held off on sending more advanced weapons over concerns of provoking Russia. | The US official wouldn't specify how many tanks will be sent or what countries the…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-04-02). Gold Mining Town of Negro Bar Cemetery and 2022 Armed Forces Day Celebration. indybay.org The Negro Bar Cemetery was originally associated with the Negro Bar Gold Rush Era Mining Town, which is a California State Historical Site. Across Lake Natoma, a newly developed project area set aside within the vast Folsom Lake Recreational Area managed by California State Parks to honor early pioneers of African Descent along today's American River Parkway during the California Gold Rush Era (1840-1875) is under another round of effort to distort, destroy and/or disregard authentic California History.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-02). Arizona couple donates Collaborative Research Building to Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Scottsdale, Ariz. — Thomas R. and Ruth Ann Hornaday of Paradise Valley, Arizona, have donated the Collaborative Research Building to Mayo Clinic. The 110,000-square-foot biomedical research facility, which opened on Mayo Clinic's Scottsdale campus in 2005, is valued at $64.4 million. The Collaborative Research Building houses laboratory-based research activity at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Mayo Clinic researchers, physicians and other investigators are leading the scientific discovery of the mechanisms of human disease, as well as…

WSWS (2022-04-02). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Tamil Nadu mini-clinic doctors protest sackings; Australia: Age care workers strike in North Queensland and Tasmania; New Zealand rail union holds strike ballot…

WSWS (2022-04-02). Growing outrage over victimization of Nashville nurse RaDonda Vaught. wsws.org The WSWS is organizing the working class to defend RaDonda Vaught and all health care workers against victimization for the crisis of the for-profit health system.

WSWS (2022-04-02). The "exceptional" economics of the Australian budget. wsws.org The opening sentence of the Treasury's budget analysis sets the tone for the rest of the document, by promoting the fiction that Australian capitalism is going to plough through the storms of global turbulence virtually unscathed.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-04-02). 2022 California Armed Service Day – Tribute to United States Colored Troops. indybay.org AB 1655, is on the way to an official California Juneteenth Holiday to begin sharing our authentic contribution toward saving the Union while fighting for freedom. In July of 1862, Congress passed the Militia Act of 1862. It had become an "indispensable military necessity" to call on America's African descent population to help save the Union.

Our Reporter (2022-04-02). Opinion: Chief Justice Owiny-Dollo, thank you for being a gentleman. plusnews.ug By Ronald Ndawula In primary seven at Ntinda primary school I used to fear speak English because I had come from Luwero boys school where English was not very official as at Ntinda. I met a very beautiful, eloquent and bright Alur girl Comfort and she becane very close to me because I naturally attract …

WSWS (2022-04-02). Biden administration announces end of Title 42 anti-asylum policy, issues a fast pass for Ukrainian refugees. wsws.org The lifting of Title 42 is no victory for asylum. Instead, it is to cover up the hypocrisy of the Biden administration as it allows Ukrainian refugees in, while demanding Latin American countries increase attacks on migrants making the journey north.

Our Reporter (2022-04-02). Uganda Airlines inaugurates new Board of Directors. plusnews.ug The new Board of Directors of Uganda Airlines Company Limited has been inaugurated. The seven-member team was initiated after taking the oath of allegiance at Hotel Africana in Kampala on Friday. They include; Priscilla Mirembe Serukka (Chairperson), Samson Rwahwire, Herbert Kamuntu, Patrick Ocailap, Barbara Namugambe, Abdi Karim Moding, and Ebrahim Kisoro Sadrudin. Their installation ends …

Roger D. Harris (2022-04-02). Illegally Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat Faces US Court Amid a Shifting Global Context. orinocotribune.com By Roger D. Harris — Mar 31, 2022 | Alex Saab's April 6 hearing takes place in the setting of a mercurial world situation, where events in Ukraine may have indirect bearing on his case and on the larger US economic war against Venezuela. | In a world where the US believes it makes the rules and the rest of humanity must follow its orders — what President Biden euphemistically calls the "

WSWS (2022-04-02). French Morenoites cover for New Anticapitalist Party's backing of NATO against Russia. wsws.org The arming of Ukrainian nationalist militias by NATO and the calls by Washington for the overthrow of the Russian government have unmasked the middle-class pseudo-left.

WSWS (2022-04-02). Arriva London South bus drivers' strike becomes focus of broader opposition. wsws.org If it were not for the trade unions, the cost-of-living crisis fuelled by thirty-year high inflation of 8.2 percent would already have resulted in a strike wave across all sectors of the economy.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-02). Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine once again ranks among top 10% in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's 'Best Medical School' rankings. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — U.S. News & World Report released its 2023 "Best Graduate Schools" rankings on Tuesday, March 29. Ranked in the top 10% of medical schools in the U.S. for the sixth consecutive year is Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. The school is ranked No. 14 in the 2023 Best Graduate School rankings for "Best Medical Schools" in research, and overall — part of a three-way tie with two other medical schools. "To…

Richard Horton (2022-04-02). [Comment] Offline: Resuscitating the white giants. thelancet.com The Antarctic Conger ice shelf collapsed last month. With a surface area of about 1200 square km, this ice mass succumbed to unusually warm temperatures, as much as 40 ∞C higher than the seasonal norm. Meanwhile, the Australian Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority reported a sixth mass coral bleaching event. Their scientists explained that the reef is 1 ∑5 ∞C warmer today than 150 years ago. The pace of global heating's impact on coral health is faster than predicted. Perhaps it is not surprising that these two events did not make headline news.

Anna K Blakney, Linda-Gail Bekker (2022-04-02). [Comment] DNA vaccines join the fight against COVID-19. thelancet.com As of March, 2022, just over 1 year has passed since the authorisation of first-generation vaccines against COVID-19. Since then, almost 10 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered globally.1 Although the delivery of this number of vaccines is a remarkable achievement, there is still a disparity in vaccine equity, access, and affordability between high-income and low-income countries. According to the Global Dashboard for Vaccine Equity (established by the UN Development Programme, WHO, and the University of Oxford), as of Jan 18, 2022, approximately 67 ∑6% of people in high-income countries…

John Zarocostas (2022-04-02). [World Report] Mixed response to COVID-19 intellectual property waiver. thelancet.com The global health community says the draft outcome—between the EU, the USA, India, and South Africa—falls short of expectations. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.

The Lancet (2022-04-02). [Editorial] Planetary health for the ages. thelancet.com This year's World Health Day, on April 7, has the theme "our planet, our health". It draws attention to the inextricable link between human health and environmental change, and to the limits of an ecology that cannot sustain unfettered consumption and blatant disregard for natural resources. WHO estimates that more than 13 million deaths annually are now due to avoidable environmental causes, including those related to climate change, which they call the greatest health threat to humanity.

Seamus O'Mahony (2022-04-02). [Perspectives] A fortunate man? thelancet.com In 1966, the writer John Berger and his regular collaborator the photographer Jean Mohr spent about 6 weeks living with and observing the daily work of a general practitioner called John Eskell, who practised in the village of St Briavels in Gloucestershire's Forest of Dean in the UK. Berger was already well known as a novelist and art critic, and he went on to win the Booker Prize in 1972. Mohr was a Swiss photojournalist noted for his work highlighting humanitarian issues, such as the plight of refugees.

Aarathi Prasad (2022-04-02). [Perspectives] Angela Migowa: advocating for children with rheumatic diseases. thelancet.com Angela Migowa's clinical work is challenging. Across east and central Africa, she is one of only two paediatric rheumatologists. It is a situation that Migowa, Assistant Professor and Paediatric Rheumatologist in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at Aga Khan University Medical College, East Africa (AKUMCEA) in Nairobi, Kenya, is passionate about rectifying. "In my country…potentially between 300‚Äà000 and 500‚Äà000 children have arthritis and associated conditions…it is one of the greatest challenges that many of these children are going undiagnosed." The roots…

The Lancet (2022-04-02). [Editorial] Planetary health for the ages. thelancet.com This year's World Health Day, on April 7, has the theme "our planet, our health". It draws attention to the inextricable link between human health and environmental change, and to the limits of an ecology that cannot sustain unfettered consumption and blatant disregard for natural resources. WHO estimates that more than 13 million deaths annually are now due to avoidable environmental causes, including those related to climate change, which they call the greatest health threat to humanity.

_____ (2022-04-02). Washington Knocks Down Turkey's Bayraktar Business. journal-neo.org In the US, it has long been understood that the market for services using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has a great potential for development, wide ways of use and areas of application. The UAV market is expected to reach $50 billion by 2025. According to the CAGR indicator (cumulative annual growth rate), since 2020 it …

Anonymous103 (2022-04-02). Biolab In Ukraine. Moscow Has The Emails Of Biden Jr. Panic In The White House. southfront.org August 20, 2020, USA: In this image from the Democratic National Convention video feed, Hunter Biden makes remarks introducing his Dad, former United States Vice President Joe Biden, on the last night of the convention on Thursday, August 20, 2020 (Credit Image: © Democratic National Convention V/CNP via ZUMA Wire) | Written by Piero Messina | The Russian Defense Ministry has a correspondence between Hunter Biden, the son of the President of the United States, with employees of the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Pentagon contractors. The documents would be evidence of Biden jr's role in providing fun…

Staff (2022-04-02). Venezuela Applauds UN Resolution against Coercive Measures. orinocotribune.com Venezuela has applauded the United Nations Human Rights Council's adoption of a resulution against unilateral coercive measures. | On Friday, April 1, the Human Rights Council of the United Nations adopted a resolution on "the negative impacts of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights" with a large majority. The resolution was approved by the UN human rights body with 27 votes in favor, 14 against, and 6 abstentions. | The Foreign Affairs Minister of Venezuela, Félix Plasencia, wrote on Twitter, "We applaud the adoption, by a large majority in the UN Human Rights Council, with 27 votes in f…

WSWS (2022-04-02). US corporate profits, CEO pay surged in 2021 while inflation slashed real wages. wsws.org US corporate profits rose 25 percent in 2021 and CEO pay shot up 9 percent, while workers' wage gains were eclipsed by rising prices.

teleSUR, SH (2022-04-02). Realizan vigilia en homenaje a caídos en guerra de las Malvinas. telesurtv.net Movimientos sociales marcharán hacia la embajada de Reino Unido en la capital argentina para manifestar el derecho de Argentina sobre las islas.

ecns.cn (2022-04-02). U.S. government should restrain demon of gun violence: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn

Staff (2022-04-02). China says trade with Russia should continue as normal. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 02 (MNA) — "China is not a related party on the crisis of Ukraine. We don't think our normal trade with any other country should be affected," Wang Lutong, director-general of European affairs at China's foreign ministry said Saturday.

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