2024-03-04: News Headlines

Staff (2024-03-04). India stands out as "Poor and 'Very' Unequal Country" in the World- Says a Report. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Staff India is one of the most unequal countries in the world, according to the World Inequality Report. India stands out as a poor and very unequal country. India, labeling it as a "Poor and 'Very' Unequal Country" on a global scale. The findings of this report shed light on the economic …

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-04). Victoria's voluntary assisted dying review told of cruel delays, access inequality. greenleft.org.au

Staff (2024-03-04). India stands out as "Poor and 'Very' Unequal Country" in the World- Says a Report. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Staff India is one of the most unequal countries in the world, according to the World Inequality Report. India stands out as a poor and very unequal country. India, labeling it as a "Poor and 'Very' Unequal Country" on a global scale. The findings of this report shed light on the economic …

UN Women (2024-03-04). World: How can gender equality reduce poverty? reliefweb.int

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-04). Jewish Council of Australia urges Labor to reject racism against Palestinians fleeing Gaza. greenleft.org.au

Clare Carlile, DeSmog. (2024-03-04). Meat Industry Using 'Misinformation' To Block Dietary Change. popularresistance.org The agriculture sector has spent millions of dollars on discrediting plant-based diets, a new report has claimed. | The report, published by the consumer advocacy organisation Freedom Food Alliance on Thursday (29 February), found that multinational meat companies and lobby groups were using industry-funded research, public ad campaigns and educational materials to sway public opinion on meat and dairy. | The Disinformation Report: Harvesting Denial, Distractions & Deception suggests that the industry is sidestepping accountability for its role in greenhouse emissions.

Editor (2024-03-04). Liberation through reading in Cuba. mronline.org Literacy campaigns targeting African (Black) youth in Africa and across the diaspora have played a crucial role in fostering educational empowerment.

tvbrics (2024-03-04). South Africa to spend US$74 billion on education, sports, arts and culture over next three years. tvbrics.com This is according to National Treasury documents presented alongside Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana…

GABIK (2024-03-04). Nzimande condemns student killing. sanews.gov.za Nzimande condemns student killing | Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Professor Blade Nzimande has condemned the killing of a University of Johannesburg (UJ) student in Braamfontein, last week Thursday. | The student was killed in a crossfire while travelling from the university to their residence in the Johannesburg central business district (CBD). | Nzimande has also raised his concern about the well-being of another student, who was also shot in the same incident, and remains in a critical condition in hospital. | The Minister sent his heartfelt condolences to the family of the deceased stude…

nosihle (2024-03-04). Mpumalanga learners get bicycles. sanews.gov.za Mpumalanga learners get bicycles | Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga has handed over 455 bicycles to pupils in Mpumalanga to use for travelling to school. | Learners that benefitted from the national Shova Kalula or Ride Easy Bicycle Programme include those in Sindawonye and Kwakwari Primary, as well as Mgudlwa, Mkhephuli, Mbedlwana, Sozilani and Hlomanani Secondary Schools in the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality. | "We hope that these means will help in them to get to and from school quicker, and that it will inspire them to pursue their educational dreams," Chikunga said on Monday. | The national Shova Ka…

Alan MacLeod (2024-03-04). Goalposts and gunfire: Israel's deliberate attacks on Palestinian football and its players. mronline.org Amid an ongoing onslaught against the Gaza Strip by apartheid Israel, the Palestinian national football team was a Cinderella story at this year's AFC Asian Cup, reaching the knockout stages, eventually falling only to hosts and eventual winners hosted in Qatar.

Angela (2024-03-04). Monday 3/18: Online Teach-In: Make War Visible…And End It! indybay.org

Editor (2024-03-04). Enemy of the State. mronline.org When murder is done in our name, those who expose it are enemies of the state.

Editor (2024-03-04). 'Let them eat flakes': Highest food costs in 30 years. mronline.org Kellogg's has launched an ad campaign suggesting you "give chicken the night off."

Golden Thread Productions (2024-03-04). Friday 3/8: What Do the Women Say? 2024: Expressions of Joy – Palestinian Traditions & Culture. indybay.org Brava Theater Center | 2781 24th Street | San Francisco, CA 94110 | Or join the event online…

James Plested (2024-03-04). Rich whingers dominate Australian politics. mronline.org Australia's richest people are by far the country's biggest whingers.

Samuel Karlin, Left Voice. (2024-03-04). No More Aaron Bushnells. popularresistance.org For a week straight I've had a picture of Aaron Bushnell ingrained in my head. It's not a picture from his protest for Palestine where he self-immolated in a desperate cry to end a genocide. It's his Air Force recruitment picture which has circulated online. The picture feels like a sick joke. | It's a picture of a kid with a smile so full of life, wearing a t-shirt with the logo of an institution that exists to snuff out life on a grand scale. It's sick that this happens, that so many kids join such a vicious institution. It's sick that the military, which is currently aiding a genocide, preyed on this kid with…

Paul Craig Roberts (2024-03-04). PCR addresses An International Conference: Where is the World Headed? thealtworld.com Dear Readers: This site requires your support. There is no "pay barrier." There is no advertising, as advertising can result in loss of control over content. This site exists only if readers support it. Some support this site with monthly donations. Others respond to my quarterly requests. The site belongs to you, because no other money finances it. If readers do not support the site, there is no reason for it to exist. |

| Search for Common Ground (2024-03-04). Sudan Conflict Snapshot — December 2023 & January 2024. reliefweb.int Country: Sudan | Source: Search for Common Ground | Please refer to the attached file. | This conflict snapshot report offers insight into both offline and online conflict trends in Sudan from December 1, 2023 to January 30, 2024. It encompasses instances of violence and their repercussions on various population groups, infrastructure, essential services, as well as offline and online polarization dynamics. The data draws from 40 responses gathered by embedded observers, reflecting the perspectives of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), host communities, and service providers in regions including Gadarif,…

Staff (2024-03-04). 5 March, Online: Abolish Imperialism — Findings Of the International People's Tribunal on US Imperialism. samidoun.net As part of the NLG Week of Abolition, join the Harvard Law School Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild for a conversation with facilitators and jurists of the International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism. This event will take place Tuesday, March 5, from 12: 15-1: 20 PM Eastern (GMT-5) on Zoom and in person at Harvard Law …

tvbrics (2024-03-04). Modi: India emerges as a global hub in semiconductor manufacturing. tvbrics.com The Indian government has approved the construction of three semiconductor manufacturing and assembly plants…

ARG Medios (2024-03-04). Milei launches massive attack on press freedom and shuts down national news agency Télam. peoplesdispatch.org The news agency building woke up with its building fenced off and with its website under "reconstruction." The workers are mobilizing in response…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-03-04). Milei Launches Massive Attack on Press Freedom and Shuts Down National News Agency Télam. libya360.wordpress.com ARG Medios Télam workers at a protest. "Defending public media is defending national sovereignty". The news agency building woke up with its building fenced off and with its website under "reconstruction." The workers are mobilizing in response. On the morning of March 4, the website of the national news agency, Télam, was shut down and inaccessible…

nosihle (2024-03-04). SANRAL invests R740m to improve Eastern Cape roads. sanews.gov.za SANRAL invests R740m to improve Eastern Cape roads | The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) is set to inject R740 million for six road maintenance projects in the Kou-Kamma Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape over the next few months. | These projects include a periodic maintenance contract for the N2 National Road from Bloukrans River bridge to Storms River village intersection, valued at R80 million, and another contract from Storms River village to Wittelsbos, worth R50 million. | The scope of work will entail the construction of surface seal, localised surface repairs, crack sealing a…

bwitanek (2024-03-04). River Scrounger Media Video Coverage of the NJ Support for Palestine Struggle. fightbackbetter.com FightBackBetter.com is an organizing news platform and we aim to provide voice for those who work to create art or other artifacts to advance the message against genocide. One such art is video documentation and journalism. We also hope to build a reference and capture video, photo and written history of the protests that have occurred going forward and going back to October 7. So these collections will help us back fill — we hope to be able to create a timeline. I am betting we are going to find that NJ hardly missed a day — we say and fight for Palestine every day! | This first video set is by video…

Alan Austin (2024-03-04). Labor rebuilds Australia's international integrity decimated by the Coalition. independentaustralia.net

WSWS (2024-03-04). Australian by-election results point to deepening political crisis. wsws.org The outcome of Saturday's Dunkley by-election underscores the ongoing disintegration of support for the two main parties of rule—Labor and the Coalition—and the political establishment as a whole.

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-04). Labor under pressure from protests over Gaza genocide. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-04). Max Chandler-Mather: 'Labor is the political wing of the banking and property industry'. greenleft.org.au

krish-rad_ind (2024-03-04). Starbucks Workers Win Breakthrough Promise of Real Negotiations. labornotes.org

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-03-04). Comprehensive testing helps diagnose and manage rare genetic disorder. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Lauri's daughter, Christy, a genetic counselor at Mayo Clinic, was instrumental in getting Lauri the testing she needed for an accurate diagnosis. Multiple doctors and multiple examinations could not figure out why Lauri Sieben had spent much of her life "never feeling quite right" physically. Fortunately for Lauri, that changed after her daughter Christy began working as a genetic counselor in Mayo Clinic's Molecular Technologies Laboratory. After seeing similarities between the patient testing she was…

teleSUR, MS (2024-03-03). Israel hiere gravemente a periodista de la ONU tras atacar Gaza. telesurtv.net El fotoperiodista es un colaborador directo de la Unrwa, la agencia de la ONU para los refugiados palestinos.

teleSUR, MS (2024-03-04). Israel hiere gravemente a periodista de la ONU tras atacar Gaza. telesurtv.net El fotoperiodista es un colaborador directo de la Unrwa, la agencia de la ONU para los refugiados palestinos.

Veronica Nilsson, Equal Times. (2024-03-04). Has The Global Healthcare Workforce Crisis Finally Reached A Tipping Point? popularresistance.org There is a global healthcare workforce crisis. That healthcare workers are underpaid, overworked and physically and emotionally stressed is widely recognised in many countries. The wider crisis across many nations is well-documented by unions and international organisations. | This week, a decision was made which promises concerted action to end the crisis. Health ministers and ministries from almost 50 countries signed up to a commitment to "address health workforce shortages by concerted action to train, retain, and improve the working conditions of health and care workers".

WSWS (2024-03-04). Fired Stellantis supplemental workers protest at UAW headquarters in Detroit. wsws.org A group of Stellantis supplemental workers held a spirited protest Saturday outside UAW Solidarity House in Detroit to oppose the union's collusion in mass terminations.

Government of the Philippines (2024-03-04). Philippines: DSWD deploys psychosocial responders to assist conflict-affected children in Agusan del Norte town. reliefweb.int Country: Philippines | Source: Government of the Philippines | The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Field Office Caraga, deployed on February 29 some 17 social workers and development workers to help children cope with the emotional toll of the recent armed conflict incident along the border of Tubay town and Cabadbaran City in Agusan del Norte. | Some 332 students from Doña Telesfora Elementary School (DOTES) were provided with Psychological First Aid (PFA) sessions carried out by the DSWD team led by Retained Community-Based Services Head Michael Andohuyan. | "The psychosocial…

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-04). Social workers take unprotected industrial action for Palestine. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2024-03-04). BNSF announces 362 job cuts, continuing railroad jobs bloodbath in the US. wsws.org The company claims there is not enough work, but the reality is the railroads have cut jobs to the bone.

EDWIN (2024-03-04). Gauteng emerging farmers urged to apply for funding. sanews.gov.za Gauteng emerging farmers urged to apply for funding | Emerging farmers in the priority areas of poultry, piggery, grains, vegetables, red meat, cannabis, aquaculture, rabbit, bee farming and agri-processing have been invited to apply for funding. | This is part of the Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment's efforts to grow the agricultural sector, create jobs and alleviate poverty in the province. | The CASP which closes on Friday, is informed by the department's elevated priority focus to maintain sustainable food security in the province. | "We are making a call to the historicall…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-03-04). What's the difference between kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org March is National Kidney Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the difference between two kidney disorders — kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease. Your kidneys are situated in the back of your abdomen under your lower ribs, one on each side of your spine. One of the important jobs of the kidneys is to clean the blood. As blood moves through the body, it picks up extra fluid, chemicals and waste….

albawaba (2024-03-04). Horoscope Today, March 5, 2024-Daily Horoscope. albawaba.com ALBAWABA Welcome to the Daily Horoscope for March 5, 2024. As we navigate through the celestial movements and planetary alignments of today, we delve into the cosmic energies that influence our lives and shape our experiences. Each zodiac sign is imbued with unique qualities and characteristics, offering insights into the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. Whether you seek guidance in matters of love, career, or personal growth, the stars provide a roadmap to navigate the journey of life. Horoscope Today, March 5, 2024: Aries Today(March 21 – April 19): : | Today, Aries, you might find you…

Asma Aamir (2024-03-04). Feminist Movements In Pakistan: Challenges and Struggles. cadtm.org Asma Aamir writes about the Pakistani feminist movements history and current practices, their challenges and ways forward. This article is an edited version of her speech in the 13th International Meeting of the World March of Women, which happened in October 2023, in Ankara, Turkey.
| I would like to talk about Pakistan, a country that has not a secular State, like Turkey and others. It is officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, run by the federal and provincial governments, following (…) | – |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-03-04). What is frontotemporal dementia? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An uncommon group of disorders may cause changes in personality, behavior, language, movement Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a group of neurologic disorders associated with changes in personality, behavior, language or movement. Some FTD forms are inherited, and some are not. Typically, people develop FTD symptoms before age 60. While there is no cure for this progressive decline, FTD research has made significant strides in the past two decades, says Dr. Bradley Boeve (boh-VAY), a Mayo…

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-03-04). Humanitarian Aid Drops Into Gaza Only 'Theater'. popularresistance.org The US joined other countries in dropping aid to Gaza by air on 2 March, an effort that aid groups describe as "theater" that contributes to chaos on the ground and does little to prevent the famine Israel is imposing upon 2.3 million Palestinians. | US Central Command announced Saturday that Air Force C-130s, working with Jordan's air force, dropped containers packed with more than 38,000 meals onto the besieged enclave. | The containers were dropped by parachute over the besieged enclave's Mediterranean coastline to allow "civilian access to the critical aid," Central Command said.

WSWS (2024-03-04). From Hilde, With Love: Resistance to fascism then and now. wsws.org With its portrayal of the young anti-fascist Hilde Coppi, Andreas Dresen's new film recalls the varied forms of resistance to Hitler pursued by young people and working-class circles—so-called ordinary Germans.

albawaba (2024-03-04). Future of work is 4 days a week, new UK study shows. albawaba.com ALBAWABA — A year since 61 companies in the UK agreed to join a study to explore a 4-day work week, 89 percent of the companies decided to keep the structure after newly released study revealed that reduced working hours increase a company's total output.The study started in 2022 by the research organization Autonomy, alongside the 4-Day Week Campaign and 4-Day Week Global, prompting participating firms to complete their usual workload but with 80 percent of the available weekly work time, without any wage reductions.A year later, 89 percent of the companies decided to extend the new work model until the en…

Business Insider (2024-03-04). Indians are being tricked into fighting for Russia with promises of work in Dubai. scmp.com One victim travelled from his home in northern India in the hopes of working for a consultancy in UAE. Instead, the 31-year-old science graduate was shipped off to a military base in Russia and given weapons training.

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