(2021-04-28). Jeremy Scahill Discusses Biden's "War Against Whistleblowers" truthout.org 
We continue our conversation with The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill, who just published a groundbreaking new project on Joe Biden's decades-long foreign policy record. Scahill says that during his years in the U.S. Senate, Biden "almost never meets a war he doesn't support," becoming one of the most hawkish figures in Washington in the 1990s and 2000s. Scahill also discusses Biden's "war against whistleblowers," from Daniel Ellsberg to Edward Snowden. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not b…
(2021-04-28). Jeremy Scahill on Biden's "War Against Whistleblowers," from Daniel Ellsberg to Edward Snowden. democracynow.org 
We continue our conversation with The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill, who just published a groundbreaking new project on Joe Biden's decades-long foreign policy record. Scahill says that during his years in the U.S. Senate, Biden "almost never meets a war he doesn't support," becoming one of the most hawkish figures in Washington in the 1990s and 2000s. Scahill also discusses Biden's "war against whistleblowers," from Daniel Ellsberg to Edward Snowden.
(2021-04-28). The Russia/China Space Weaponization Treaty. counterpunch.org 
"Let's be clear: Deploying weapons in space crosses a threshold that cannot be walked back," stated retired U.S. Army Colonel John Fairlamb in a piece in the The Hill, the Washington, D.C. news website. Fairlamb knows the weaponization of space issue. His background includes being International Affairs Specialist for the Army Space and Missile Defense
(2021-04-28). Waiting for Catastrophes While Living Under the Specter of Pandemic and War. thenation.com Waiting for Catastrophes While Living Under the Specter of Pandemic and War…
(2021-04-28). Trade unions, Podemos and CaixaBank collaborate to cut 8,000 jobs. wsws.org Spain's largest domestic retail bank, CaixaBank, is working closely with the trade unions, CCOO and UGT, and the Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government to axe 8,291 jobs. This would be the largest ever staff reduction in the Spanish banking sector.
(2021-04-28). Biden's Climate Plan: It's Too Late for Gradualism. counterpunch.org 
The climate emergency demands a radical and rapid decarbonization of the economy with numerical goals and timetables to transform all productive sectors, not only power production (27% of carbon emissions), but also transportation (28%), manufacturing (22%), buildings (12%), and agriculture (10%). That emergency transformation can only be met by an ecosocialist approach using public enterprise and planning.
(2021-04-28). Biden's Climate Plan: It's Too Late for Gradualism. zcomm.org We need economic democracy to carry through the transition. We need ecosocialist solutions now…
(2021-04-28). Comments on David North and Joseph Kishore's Letter. indybay.org Peter Ross explains why he believes the Socialist Equality Party slandered Shuvu Batta.
(2021-04-28). Putin pledges medical aid to India in phone call with Modi. ecns.cn Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday held a phone conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pledging to offer emergency medical assistance to pandemic-battered India.
(2021-04-28). China expected to see 8.1% GDP growth in 2021. ecns.cn As the ongoing pandemic-related restrictions in many regions of the world will continually fuel demand for consumer goods, China's merchandise exports are expected to outperform imports in 2021.
(2021-04-28). How The Federal Reserve Is Increasing Wealth Inequality. popularresistance.org Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the Federal Reserve has gotten plenty of kudos for moves that have helped stabilize the economy, kept house prices from tanking and supported the stock market. But those successes have obscured another effect: the inadvertent impact the Fed's ultra-low interest rates and bond-buying sprees are having on economic inequality. | Longstanding inequality in the U.S. has been exacerbated by the Fed's role in touching off a multi-trillion-dollar boom in stock markets — and stock ownership is heavily skewed toward the wealthiest Americans. | In contrast, soaring stock prices…
(2021-04-28). Capitalism prepares to fight wars, not the pandemic. wsws.org Last year, as more than 3 million people lost their lives amid a raging pandemic, governments around the world spent nearly $2 trillion on weapons and preparations for war.
(2021-04-28). Hundreds protest against lack of coronavirus protection measures in Bosnia and Herzegovina. wsws.org Under the slogan "Fight for Life," several hundred people demonstrated Saturday in the capital city of Sarajevo against the‚ÄÜ Bosnian government's murderous pandemic policy.
(2021-04-28). Nearly a third of UK children in poverty even before pandemic. wsws.org At least 4.3 million children (31 percent of all UK children) are in poverty—up from 3.6 million in 2010-11.
(2021-04-28). COVID in India. counterpunch.org 
In March last year I was in New Delhi for a conference at one of the several universities there— it was my last trip anywhere since the pandemic took hold in increasing parts of the world that spring. Delhi's notorious pollution relented, and there were blue skies during my week there. But the pandemic was
(2021-04-28). Capitalism prepares to fight wars, not the pandemic. wsws.org Last year, as more than three million people lost their lives amid a raging pandemic, governments around the world spent nearly $2 trillion on weapons and preparations for war.
(2021-04-28). COVID in India. counterpunch.org India did relatively well at the start of the pandemic, prompting the Hindu nationalist government of Narendra Modi to claim at the beginning of March that the country was in Covid-19's "endgame". Today, however, the Covid situation in India, and Delhi in particular, is absolutely dire. State governments in Delhi and Mumbai are now scrambling to reconstruct the temporary Covid facilities they had decommissioned earlier, in the belief that the pandemic had been brought under control.
(2021-04-28). For Small Farms Surviving The Pandemic, Co-ops Are A Lifeline. popularresistance.org Ian Colburn, Zoey Fink, and Casey Holland all operate small, diversified farms in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area. The farmers already had plants in the ground in March when they realized restaurants and farmers' markets—two of their biggest sales channels—would likely shut down due to the pandemic. | Colburn of Solarpunk Farm worried his acreage was too small to support a robust Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program and that he hadn't planned for the kind of crop diversity that model demanded. Fink works part-time at Farm Shark Farm with her husband. They already had a CSA but didn't think t…
(2021-04-28). Athletes to receive daily COVID-19 tests during Tokyo Games. ecns.cn Athletes and all those in close contact with them will be tested every day during the Tokyo Olympic Games, organizers announced here on Wednesday.
(2021-04-28). India accounts for 38 pct of global COVID-19 case growth last week: WHO. ecns.cn As the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide has been on the increase for the ninth consecutive week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that India alone accounted for 38 percent of all infections.
(2021-04-28). Chinese mainland reports 20 new COVID-19 cases, all imported. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 20 new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Thursday.
(2021-04-28). China strengthens solidarity with its neighbors in fight against COVID-19. ecns.cn Foreign ministers from China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh held a meeting on coping with COVID-19 on Tuesday via video link.
(2021-04-28). Decision on China jabs due soon. ecns.cn The World Health Organization will soon decide whether to give emergency approval for China's two main COVID-19 vaccines, WHO Assistant Director-General Mariangela Batista Galvao Simao has said.
(2021-04-28). BioNTech CEO 'confident' vaccine will work against COVID variant found in India. ecns.cn BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin on Wednesday expressed his confidence in the effectiveness of the vaccine jointly developed by his company and the U.S. pharmaceutical firm Pfizer against the new coronavirus variant first found in India.
(2021-04-28). U.S. CDC study shows mRNA COVID-19 vaccines reduce hospitalizations among older adults. ecns.cn The two mRNA COVID-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use in the United States, developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, protect against COVID-19-related hospitalization among adults 65 years and older.
(2021-04-28). Apollo astronaut Michael Collins dies at 90. ecns.cn American astronaut Michael Collins, one of the three members of the successful Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969, died Wednesday at 90.
(2021-04-28). China vows to promote Sino-German relations to higher level. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday that China stands ready to work with Germany to keep the overall direction of bilateral relations featuring dialogue and cooperation and promote Sino-German relationship to a higher level.
(2021-04-28). Heavy floods forecast in major river basins. ecns.cn China is expected to experience heavy flooding in some of its major river basins during flood season as this year's climate conditions are worse than normal, the China Meteorological Administration said.
(2021-04-28). Biden to address U.S. Congress on eve of his 100th day in office. ecns.cn U.S. President Joe Biden is ready to make his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday night, on the eve of his 100th day in office.
(2021-04-28). World's largest consumer electronics show set to return to Las Vegas next year. ecns.cn The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world's most influential and largest annual technology event, will return to U.S. city of Las Vegas in 2022, the organizers announced Wednesday.
(2021-04-28). Chinese envoy calls for political settlement of Syria crisis. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called for efforts to promote the political settlement of the Syria crisis and alleviate the suffering of Syrian people.
(2021-04-28). China to launch space station core module. ecns.cn China plans to launch the core module of its space station at around 11: 00 a.m. Thursday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
(2021-04-28). Chinese actress investigated for tax, pay violations. ecns.cn China's taxation and broadcasting watchdogs said Wednesday that they are investigating allegations against Chinese actress Zheng Shuang concerning tax evasion, sky-high remuneration and contract fraud.
(2021-04-28). Survey finds yuan's global rise unstoppable. ecns.cn The renminbi strengthened its position as a global settlement currency last year, with a growing number of overseas financial institutions willing to increase their Chinese currency denominated assets, a new survey found.
(2021-04-28). Biden to unveil 1.8-trln-USD spending plan on childcare, education. ecns.cn U.S. President Joe Biden is set to unveil a 1.8-trillion-U.S.-dollar spending plan focusing on childcare and education later Wednesday, just a few weeks after proposing a 2-trillion-dollar infrastructure plan.
(2021-04-28). Project aims to improve safety of reservoir dams. ecns.cn The central government plans to carry out risk assessment and reinforcement projects on its reservoirs to increase flood protection.
(2021-04-28). 2 killed, 16 injured in south China kindergarten stabbing. ecns.cn Two people were killed and 16 others injured in a knife-stabbing incident in Beiliu City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Wednesday afternoon, local authorities said.
(2021-04-28). China's anti-graft chief stresses promoting high-quality disciplinary inspection. ecns.cn China's top anti-graft official Wednesday stressed promoting high-quality disciplinary inspection with full coverage.
(2021-04-28). China, EU ties poised for growth. ecns.cn But the EU should also improve the investment environment for foreign investors by easing curbs and providing national treatment to investors from other countries, said a survey report published by the institute.
(2021-04-28). Sri Lanka, China vow to enhance pragmatic cooperation in all sectors. ecns.cn Sri Lanka and China vowed here Wednesday to enhance pragmatic cooperation in all sectors between the two countries including the military.
(2021-04-28). World police: Washington seeks to imprison foreign businesspeople for violating illegal US sanctions. thegrayzone.com In violation of international law, the US is seeking to extradite and imprison foreign businesspeople for circumventing its unilateral sanctions. Washington's targets include Venezuelan national Alex Saab, North Korean Mun Chol Myong, and Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. The United States uses economic sanctions as a weapon against states which choose a development path independent of US global domination. Sanctions can take the form of blocking a nation's financial and trade transactions, not allowing financial institutions to process them. The …
(2021-04-28). Lessons from the Haymarket Affair. realprogressives.org 
May Day is celebrated internationally as a worker's holiday. The origin of this celebration came through the fight for the 8-hour workday. One of the greatest battles in this struggle was seen in the violent oppression of striking workers at the Haymarket Square in Chicago in 1886. A brief look at the history of the Haymarket Affair helps illustrate the class struggle that continues today. | May 1, 1886 was the start of a general strike with the demand of reduction of the workday from 10 hours to 8 hours. The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions declared in 1884 that "…eight hours shall constitute…
(2021-04-28). Modi Led Hindutva Pandemic In India — OpEd. eurasiareview.com Indians struggle to find place and time to bury their dead due to the devastating effects of the second wave of COVID 19 in India. The crematoriums in the capital cities are overflowing with dead bodies. People are dying without oxygen and basic medical support. The cities like Delhi and Mumbai are struggling to cope with the rising number of infections and COVID-19 led deaths. The deaths and destitutions are products of a defunct BJP government led by Mr Narendra Modi. | The door-to-door Polio vaccination led to the complete elimination of wild polioviruses (WPVs) and India has become a Polio free country in…
(2021-04-28). Jeremy Scahill: Joe Biden's Foreign Policy Record Shows Evolution of U.S. Empire Since Vietnam War. democracynow.org 
An investigation into President Joe Biden's foreign policy record reveals "the history of the evolution of the American empire, from the Vietnam War to the present," says Jeremy Scahill, award-winning journalist and co-founder of The Intercept, which recently published a project titled "Empire Politician" that examines Biden's stances on war and militarism. Scahill says Joe Biden is the first president in decades to come to the White House after spending significant time in Congress, but it's not clear whether that will push him toward greater restraint in matters of war and peace. "Biden has spent his entire lif…
(2021-04-28). "Empire Politician": Joe Biden's Half-Century Record on Foreign Policy, War, Militarism & the CIA. democracynow.org 
As President Joe Biden nears his 100th day in the White House, we look at his foreign policy record, both as president and over the past five decades. A new project created by Jeremy Scahill, award-winning journalist and senior correspondent at The Intercept, examines Biden's stances on war, militarism and the CIA going back to the early 1970s, when he was first elected as a senator in Delaware. We air a video discussing the project, titled "Empire Politician," featuring Scahill.
(2021-04-28). 'We Need Medicare for All': Video Shows People Worldwide Appalled by High US Healthcare Costs. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2021-04-28_at_19.25.26.png …
(2021-04-28). Workers and youth in Britain on why they are attending the International Online May Day Rally. wsws.org Workers and young people in Britain spoke to the World Socialist Web S ite about why they are attending the International Online May Day Rally being held by the International Committee of the Fourth International on Saturday May 1.
(2021-04-28). Workers and youth in Britain on why they are attending the International Online May Day Rally. wsws.org Workers and young people in Britain spoke to the World Socialist Web Site about why they are attending the International Online May Day Rally being held by the International Committee of the Fourth International on Saturday May 1.
(2021-04-28). COVID Public Health Policies Are Killing the Elderly, Deliberately. globalresearch.ca The pandemic has exposed underlying, inhumane, Eugenics-driven public health policies. The …
(2021-04-28). Why delivery workers across the planet are rising up against exploitation. peoplesdispatch.org Even before the crisis of the pandemic, food delivery companies have seen their profits skyrocket while their so-called "self-employed" workers suffer rights violations and were banned from unionizing.
(2021-04-28). Cross-Canada Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee demands immediate end to all in-person learning. wsws.org The pandemic's third wave is the direct product of the ruling class' open economy/open schools policy, which prioritizes profits over working people's health and lives.
(2021-04-28). Colombia on Strike against the Far-Right and Neoliberalism. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa Banner reading "The narco-paramilitary state will fall" hung from a bridge in Bogotá on the morning of April 28. Photo: Congreso de los Pueblos Organizations reject Duque's neoliberal tax reform which seeks to make Colombia's working class pay for the fiscal deficit incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic Colombian citizens, members of trade…
(2021-04-28). Working-Class Mothers and the COVID-19 Shecession. cepr.net Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, women have disproportionately borne the brunt of the pandemic's economic devastation. Literature on gender-related economic divergence during the public health emergency has been mostly concerned with disparities between men and women. Studies looking at parents specifically, including those parsing the pandemic's effects on working …
(2021-04-28). Amid Widespread Disease, Death, and Poverty, the Major Powers Increased Their Military Spending in 2020. counterpunch.org Last year was a terrible time for vast numbers of people around the globe, who experienced not only a terrible disease pandemic, accompanied by widespread sickness and death, but severe economic hardship. Even so, the disasters of 2020 were not shocking enough to jolt the world's most powerful nations out of their traditional preoccupation with
(2021-04-28). Colombia on strike against the far-right and neoliberalism. peoplesdispatch.org Colombian citizens, members of trade unions, social movements and opposition political parties are participating in a national strike in cities and towns across the country today, on April 28. The protest actions have been called in rejection of the Sustainable Solidarity bill, a new tax reform bill presented to the Congress by the far-right government of president Iván Duque to finance the economic crisis or compensate for the fiscal deficit incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | The marches, demanding the withdrawal of the reform, will begin at 9: 00 local time in the main cities of the country. In the capital…
(2021-04-28). Workers Memorial Day: Nobody knows how many workers COVID-19 has killed. peoplesworld.org 
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (PAI)—Just before Halloween last year, 23 workers at the Midwest Warehouse and Distribution system plant in the Chicago suburb of Naperville got sick. Days before, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, they were close together in the company lunchroom. On Oct. 26, they started feeling symptoms and told supervisors. Midwest had anti-coronavirus …
(2021-04-28). Cambodia expects China, RCEP to help boost economic recovery. ecns.cn Amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic, Cambodia's economy in 2020 registered its slowest growth since 1994. However, the country's growth is projected to rebound 3.5 percent this year, thanks to its newly-signed bilateral free trade agreement with China and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
(2021-04-28). What Comes After Commodity Super Cycle And Pandemic? Policies To Tackle Poverty And Inequality In Latin America — Analysis. eurasiareview.com Latin America entered the pandemic as one of the most unequal regions in the world. And like much of the rest of the world, it will come out of the pandemic poorer and more unequal. Early estimates suggest that
(2021-04-28). Pandemic cannot become a 'media extinction event': UN Secretary-General. news.un.org The financial decline of many public interest media organizations worldwide has been among the dangerous side-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday in remarks to a UN-backed event to boost support for the sector.
(2021-04-28). Police Convictions Are Not the Goal. Abolitionists Have Bigger Dreams. truthout.org 
After a year of upheaval and pandemic, and the unlikely conviction of a police officer, Minneapolis organizers Jonathan Stegall and D.A. Bullock talk with Truthout's Kelly Hayes about what they have built and learned in the last year, what Derek Chauvin's conviction does not accomplish, and what they hope people will do now as the struggle against policing continues. | TRANSCRIPT: | Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final form. | Kelly H…
(2021-04-28). Covid-19 Means Good Times for the Pentagon. strategic-culture.org Or How to Vaccinate the Military-Industrial Complex | By Mandy SMITHBERGER | In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Washington has initiated its largest spending binge in history. In the process, you might assume that the unparalleled spread of the disease would have led to a little rethinking when it came to all the
(2021-04-28). Sri Lanka: All Necessary Steps Taken To Curb Spread Of Pandemic, Says Minister. eurasiareview.com Sri Lanka's Cabinet Spokesperson and Minister of Media Keheliya Rambukwella said that all the necessary steps have been taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and that the government is focusing on increasing the number of ICU beds in the future. | Addressing the Cabinet decision media briefing held Tuesday at the Department of Government Information, Minister Rambukwella highlighted that, as several countries are facing an oxygen crisis due to the spike of Covid-19 cases, the Sri Lankan government is taking all the necessary measures and precautions to prevent such a scenario in the country and con…
(2021-04-28). US Mental Illness Surge Could Revolutionize Therapy. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Pandemic containment measures that triggered a rise in the demand for mental health care also forced innovations in treatment that could have the United States better prepared for the next pandemic, therapists told Sputnik.
(2021-04-28). The Main Obstacle in the Fight Against COVID: Inequality. zcomm.org The Western nations' propensity to protect Big Pharma's exorbitant profits impedes any cooperative global solution to this pandemic…
(2021-04-27). China pledges to deepen anti-pandemic cooperation with South Asian countries. ecns.cn Foreign ministers of China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh on Tuesday agreed to deepen cooperation as South Asian countries are facing a new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2021-04-28). Renewed Clashes in Colombo-Venezuelan Border Region Leave Several Dead. venezuelanalysis.com President Nicolás Maduro ordered the largest military operation in decades aimed at defending Venezuela's territorial sovereignty this past March.
(2021-04-28). Reporting from Around the World, Reese Erlich Was a Beacon of Independent Journalism. indybay.org He challenged "the basic assumptions of empire"
(2021-04-28). U.S.-funded Uyghur separatists trained as gun-toting foot soldiers: media. ecns.cn Behind a carefully constructed image as a peaceful movement, a Washington D.C.-based anti-China Uyghur separatist group operated a militia-style gun club that trains with ex-U.S. special forces, an independent news website, The Grayzone, has reported.
(2021-04-28). The limitations of Biden's climate change plan. workers.org 
Climate change march Sept. 2014, New York City While on the campaign trail, Joe Biden reiterated that under his presidency, the U.S. would once again become a leader within the global community. During his few months as president, he announced the U.S. will rejoin the Paris Accord and also rejoined . . . |
(2021-04-28). Rally in Huntsville, Alabama vows to continue struggle against police terror. liberationnews.org 
The rally focused on recognizing the successes of the fight for Black liberation in the last year, while continuing the struggle.
(2021-04-28). The CIA used to infiltrate the media. Now the CIA is the media. mronline.org 
Back in the good old days, when things were more innocent and simple, the psychopathic Central Intelligence Agency had to covertly infiltrate the news media to manipulate the information Americans were consuming about their nation and the world. | April 28, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-28). The imperialist origins of Saudi Arabia. mronline.org 
Why is Saudi Arabia, a Sunni absolute monarchy, enthusiastically supported by the West, considered a global promoter of 'democracy'? This question is rarely asked. | April 28, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-28). Goebbels está vivo en Nicaragua: Conspiración implacable de Estados Unidos contra Nicaragua inventando falsas narrativas e instaurando el terror. globalizacion.ca 
"Una mentira que se dice una vez sigue siendo una mentira, pero una mentira que se dice mil veces se convierte en verdad". Joseph Goebbels, ministro de propaganda de Hitler, 1933-1945 °El presidente Ortega es un dictador! °El presidente Ortega…
(2021-04-28). Stay in the streets — Abolish the police! workers.org 
Editors notes: We — along with anti-racist activists everywhere — applaud the guilty verdicts April 20 against the racist, white, killer cop Derek Chauvin, who wantonly lynched George Floyd May 25, 2020. The racially mixed jury declared Chauvin guilty of second-degree manslaughter, second-degree unintentional murder and third-degree murder (exhibiting a . . . |
(2021-04-28). The Composer Who Fought Uranium Mining on the Orkneys. counterpunch.org 
On a midsummer day on Saturday, June 21, 1980, in a Victorian Hotel on the Orkney Islands, resident composer Peter Maxwell Davies and actress Eleanor Bron performed the composer's newest piece — The Yellow Cake Revue. It was part of the Islands' annual St. Magnus Festival, founded by Maxwell Davies, poet George Mackay Brown and
(2021-04-28). U.S. role behind the defeat of Ecuador's Leftist presidential candidate. mronline.org 
The U.S. role in the defeat of leftist Andrés Arauz in Ecuador's presidential contest on April 11 was not overt because it did not need to be, according to a high-ranking Latin American diplomat. | April 28, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-28). US Role Behind the Defeat of Ecuador's Leftist Presidential Candidate. counterpunch.org 
The US role in the defeat of leftist Andrés Arauz in Ecuador's presidential contest on April 11 was not overt because it did not need to be, according to a high-ranking Latin American diplomat. We met with the diplomat and others on an official election observation delegation with CODEPINK. Names of some sources remain anonymous
(2021-04-28). Miami-Dade activists demand justice for Stephanie Voikin, killed by police in eviction. liberationnews.org 
Voikin was a survivor of domestic violence squatting in an apartment two counties away from her previous address, where her abuser may have been staying.
(2021-04-28). The Composer Who Fought Uranium Mining on the Orkneys. counterpunch.org 
Composer Peter Maxwell Davies celebrated Orkney's defeat of uranium mining with his piece, "The Yellow Cake Revue." (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) On a midsummer day on Saturday, June 21, 1980, in a Victorian Hotel on the Orkney Islands, resident composer Peter Maxwell Davies and actress Eleanor Bron performed the composer's newest piece — The Yellow Cake
(2021-04-28). No Justification for the Existence of Charter Schools. dissidentvoice.org 
Non-profit and for-profit charter schools are privatized, marketized, corporatized education arrangements that appeared 30 years ago in the U.S. They are legal in 45 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and Guam. About 3.3 million youth are currently enrolled in roughly 7,400 charter schools. Charter schools openly embrace "free market" ideology and siphon billions of public …
(2021-04-28). Parenting in a time of anti-Asian hate. mronline.org 
The author, an expert in early childhood development, shares her struggles in talking to her own child about racism. | April 28, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-28). Solzhenitsyn: Everyone's Pain in the Neck. dissidentvoice.org 
When you are too close to something, someone, you are not the best analyst. Your feelings get in the way. You reveal more about who you are than who or what you love/hate. But you can see better from afar. That sums up Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who, despite accurately predicting the collapse of the Soviet Union, …
(2021-04-28). Your Honor: Justice in a time of collapse. dissidentvoice.org 
Cranston at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival in 2018 Your Honor is an American mini-series starring Bryan Cranston *This article contains spoilers* A well-meaning New Orleans judge, Michael Desiato, finds himself in a frightening situation when he discovers that his son, Adam, was in a hit and run accident with a son of the …
(2021-04-28). "Reading Capital with Comrades" podcast: a fresh, accessible, interactive, and revolutionary reading of Marx's great work. liberationnews.org 
The podcast delves into both the content and context, diving in to Marx's asides and references, providing listeners with the relevant background to understand Marx's perspective.
(2021-04-28). Houston activists honor Mumia on his birthday. workers.org 
Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal gathered in Houston on his birthday, April 24, to demand his immediate release and the release of all political prisoners. "Mumia is a freedom fighter. He is a Panther. He is a captive of the state, because they want to kill him. It is up to . . . |
(2021-04-28). May Day preview: PRO Act to take center stage. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON (PAI)—From coast to coast, demands for passage of the PRO Act, the most pro-worker labor law overhaul in 86 years, will take center stage at May Day marches, teach-ins, and events, preceded by other pro-PRO Act actions that began on April 26. The AFL-CIO reports more than 700 events are planned, and that count …
(2021-04-28). Say her name! Ma'Khia Bryant! workers.org 
Ohio State University students protest police murder of Ma'Khia Bryant, demand university break ties with Columbus Police Department People in Columbus have been in the streets nearly every day since the police murder of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant April 22. She was shot four times by Columbus Police Department Officer Nicholas . . . |
(2021-04-28). How Broadband Access Advances Systemic Equality. aclu.org 
If you're reading this article, you're probably not one of the
(2021-04-28). Rodney Reed supporters gearing up for hearing. workers.org 
Houston The Reed family, neighbors, supporters and activists from Houston and Austin gathered April 17 in the historic Kerr Community Center and Park in Bastrop, Texas, for their monthly event for Rodney Reed. Reed had been set for execution in November 2019, but was granted a stay by Texas' highest . . . |
(2021-04-28). Que Biden Convierta el Acta PRO en ley por orden ejecutiva. workers.org El 8 de abril fue el "Día Nacional de Acción por la Ley PRO". La AFL-CIO se movilizó para bombardear a los senadores estadounidenses con llamadas telefónicas exigiendo que aprobaran la Ley de Protección del Derecho de Organización, (PRO, siglas en inglés). Esta legislación, aprobada por la Cámara de Representantes . . . |
(2021-04-28). "The Present" — A Painful Short Film Tells the Whole Story of What It Means to be Palestinian. mintpressnews.com 
In "The Present," as throughout all of Palestine, soldiers, police officers, secret police, or Shabak agents, have the power — indeed they are instructed — to harass, humiliate, and take the lives of Palestinians in the most arbitrary fashion.
(2021-04-28). Today, defense of the revolution rests with the media. mronline.org 
Víctor Dreke, legendary commander of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, called for those defending the Revolution today to recognize that the battlefield of the 21st century is the media. | April 28, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-28). Birthday events in Philadelphia say: Let Mumia OUT. workers.org 
An international coalition of groups supporting Mumia Abu-Jamal held events April 23-25 to commemorate his 67th birthday (April 24) and call for his freedom. Mumia has been unjustly incarcerated for nearly 40 years. His health has deteriorated due to the harsh conditions he has endured under an unjust carceral system. . . . |
(2021-04-28). The Politics of Free Speech in Muslim Countries. counterpunch.org 
Political speech, the most significant part of free speech, is anything but robust in most Muslim countries. Criticism of the government lies at heart of the political speech. Ordinary citizens and journalists must be free to criticize public officials, expose corruption in the government, contest policies, even if "those in control of government think that
(2021-04-28). Biden to unveil proposals for radical reform of the economy. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON — On his 99th day in office, President Joe Biden will use his first joint address to Congress to push for a $1.8 trillion program aimed at children, families, and the nation's schools that, if it becomes law, will radically alter the role of government in the U.S. The federal government, more than at …
(2021-04-28). The MH17 Trial: The Dangers of Presuming the Fairness of a Geopolitically-Driven Enterprise. mintpressnews.com 
Inspection of the MH17 saga teaches us, in the first instance, never simply to presume that an enterprise that appears to have the status of an officially supported and endorsed international legal proceeding must on that account be above reproach.
(2021-04-28). Davis community calls out killer cops and white supremacy at candlelight vigil. liberationnews.org 
On April 23, more than 100 people in Davis, California, gathered to mourn the continued lives lost to police violence.
(2021-04-28). Car caravans around the US demand end to the blockade on Cuba. liberationnews.org 
The last Sunday of each month since early this year has seen growing actions here in support of Cuba.
(2021-04-28). Chad's president's death upsets imperialists. workers.org 
Idriss Déby, president of Chad, died April 19 in the Tibesti mountains, weapons in hand, as Chad troops fought an armed convoy of his regime's opponents from the Front for Change and Concord in Chad, which had entered the country from Libya. Déby's loss was a major blow to French . . . |
(2021-04-28). Puerto Rico: °Fuera LUMA! workers.org 
El llamado a la acción sobre Puerto Rico se manifestó el 13 de abril en Union Square de la ciudad de Nueva York para decir °Fuera LUMA! Exigimos la cancelación de este contrato del gobierno colonial de $1.5 mil millones con LUMA. Esta es una empresa creada para privatizar la . . . |
(2021-04-28). Biden's Climate Plan: It's Too Late for Gradualism. counterpunch.org President Biden gave us his climate plan on March 31. It was buried inside his American Jobs Plan. The 12,000-word Fact Sheet about it released by the White House hardly acknowledges the climate emergency. The plan is presented as a jobs through infrastructure program. The climate emergency demands a radical and rapid decarbonization of the
(2021-04-28). Carbon Capture doesn't Exist and Planting Trees won't Solve Climate Emergency: Time to bite the Bullet and stop Burning Coal and Oil. juancole.com 
By James Dyke, Robert Watson and Wolfgang Knorr | — Sometimes realisation comes in a blinding flash. Blurred outlines snap into shape and suddenly it all makes sense. Underneath such revelations is typically a much slower-dawning process. Doubts at the back of the mind grow. The sense of confusion that things cannot be made to …
(2021-04-28). Protecting publicly-owned federal lands essential for reaching net zero emissions. peoplesworld.org 
Editor's Note: The following article was originally written before the April 22 Earth Day summit of global leaders, at which new emissions targets were set, including a commitment from the Biden administration for a 50% reduction of the U.S. 2005 level by 2030. Biden and the Democratic-controlled Congress are making climate policy central to governing …
(2021-04-28). In light of more police killings, Black voices must not be silenced. workers.org 
On April 17, three days before white police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter, Rep. Maxine Waters — a longtime California Democrat whose district includes South Central Los Angeles — spoke at a rally in Brooklyn Center, Minn. This is . . . |
(2021-04-28). Bottom-up Politics: Grassroots Activism Behind Pro-Palestine Shift in the US. dissidentvoice.org 
At a recent virtual J Street Conference, US Senators, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren broke yet another political taboo when they expressed willingness to leverage US military aid as a way to pressure Israel to respect Palestinian human rights. Sanders believes that the US "must be willing to bring real pressure to bear, including restricting …
(2021-04-28). German judge under police surveillance after ruling compulsory mask-wearing in schools unconstitutional. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
On 8 April 2021, the Weimar District Family Court ruled in Amtsgericht Weimar, Beschluss vom 08.04.2021, Az.: 9 F 148/21) that two Weimar schools were prohibited with immediate effect from requiring pupils to wear mouth-nose coverings of any kind (especially qualified masks such as FFP2 masks), to comply with AHA minimum distances and/or to take …
(2021-04-28). German judge investigated by police after ruling compulsory mask-wearing in schools unconstitutional. ukhumanrightsblog.com On 8 April 2021, the Weimar District Family Court ruled in Amtsgericht Weimar, Beschluss vom 08.04.2021, Az.: 9 F 148/21) that two Weimar schools were prohibited with immediate effect from requiring pupils to wear mouth-nose coverings of any kind (especially qualified masks such as FFP2 masks), to comply with AHA minimum distances and/or to take …
(2021-04-28). The End of the War in Afghanistan Is In Sight. thenation.com 
Despite the pressure of the American military high command, Biden has announced the beginning of the end.
(2021-04-28). The Cold War Has Already Turned Hot — on the Internet. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com) — America has a serious infrastructure problem. Maybe when I say that what comes to mind are all the potholes on your street. Or the dismal state of public transportation in your city. Or crumbling bridges all over the country. But that's so twentieth century of you. America's most urgent infrastructure vulnerability is …
(2021-04-28). Boris Johnson's flat refurb now being officially investigated. thecanary.co 
The Electoral Commission is investigating Boris Johnson's refurbishment of his Downing Street flat. It comes as the row over the PM's redecoration deepens. | The Downing Street refurb: | On Wednesday 28 April, Johnson's troubles over the renovations continued. The commission said it was beginning a "formal investigation" to see if any rules had been broken. As Press Association reported, questions have been mounting for Johnson since former aide Dominic Cummings accused him of wanting donors to "secretly pay" for the renovations to his No 11 residence in a "possibly illegal" move. | Downing Street has ref…
(2021-04-28). Commission Finds Anti-Black Police Violence Constitutes Crimes Against Humanity. truthout.org 
On April 27, the
(2021-04-28). Prescription Drugs in U.S. Are Quadruple What They Cost Elsewhere, Report Finds. truthout.org 
A new report done by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that drug prices in the U.S. on average are about 2 to 4 times higher than they are in Australia, Canada and France. | The
(2021-04-28). Climate Crisis Has Shifted the Earth's Axis, Study Shows. truthout.org 
This story originally appeared in The massive melting of glaciers as a result of global heating has caused marked shifts in the Earth's axis of rotation since the 1990s, research has shown. It demonstrates the profound impact humans are having on…
(2021-04-28). The Global Deep State: A New World Order Brought to You by COVID-19. dissidentvoice.org 
A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. ‚Äï Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle, October 1962 For good or bad, COVID-19 has changed the way we navigate the world. It is also redrawing the boundaries of our world (and our freedoms) and altering the playing field faster than …
(2021-04-28). W's Chickens Coming Home to Roost, yet the Media Cocks Aren't Crowing. dissidentvoice.org 
Censorship comes in many forms. One of [them] is a colossal moral indifference to official crimes at the highest levels of our government. — Ralph Nader, April 17, 2021, Ralph Nader Radio Hour Disclaimer: This is not a traditional mainstream or even left-stream book review. However, Steven C. Markoff's book does play as the impetus and …
(2021-04-28). The Heat: COVID-19 crisis in India. america.cgtn.com 
Heartbreak in India, as the second wave of COVID-19 devastates the country. Oxygen supplies are running out, and hospitals are overwhelmed with patients. How the international community is stepping up to help.
(2021-04-28). Italia a las órdenes de Estados Unidos ‚Äécontra Rusia. globalizacion.ca 
Todos los países miembros de la OTAN fueron conminados a presentarse de inmediato ‚Äéante el Consejo del Atlántico Norte y a firmar una declaración contra Rusia. Y todos ‚Äécorrieron a cumplir la orden. | Sin embargo, cuando el presidente estadounidense Joe…
(2021-04-27). The Confounding Fathers. thenation.com 
Republicans want to be graded on a curve.
(2021-04-28). Saudi Crown Prince Calls On Houthis To Join Peace Talks In Exchange For Financial Support. southfront.org 
Screen grab from MBS interview that was aired by the Saudi state TV. | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman praised the "Arabian" and "Yemeni" qualities of the Houthis (Ansar Allah) in a recent interview. | The interview was aired on the Saudi state TV on April 28 to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Crown Prince's strategic development plan "Saudi Vision 2030". | In the interview, Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, criticizes the Houthis' alliance with Iran and their rebellion against the legitimate authorities in Y…
(2021-04-28). Sanctions, War Preparations And An Endless Supply Of Weapons For Kiev. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On April 21st a new act entered US Senate that will be voted on soon, titled Ukraine Security Partnership Act. | It passed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee without a hitch and aims to increase and improve U.S. military support to Ukraine, and sends a message that the United States will continue to support the people of Ukraine, their ability to defend themselves, and the country's democratic transition."Today, as Russia masses more than 100,000 troops on the Ukrainian border, mor…
(2021-04-28). ISIS Terrorists Burned Iraqi Military Post On Border With Saudi Arabia (Photos). southfront.org 
Illustrative image | Late on April 27, ISIS terrorists raided a post of the Iraqi military in the southern countryside of the western province of al-Anbar. | ISIS terrorists stormed…
(2021-04-28). Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On April 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | 1. UAF in Avdiivka shelled the village of Spartak with three rockets | 2. UAF in Avdiivka shelled the village of Krutaya Balka with grenade launchers | 3. UAF in Krasnogorovka shelled the village of Staromikhailovka with grenade launchers | 4. UAF in Talakovka and Vodyanoe shelled Kominternovo with 120-mm artillery and grenade launchers | 5. DPR forces in Donetsk targeted UAF positions in Opytne with an ATGM | 6. DPR forces in Donetsk targeted UAF positio…
(2021-04-28). Russia's "Harsh Response" To US: You Are Not My Friend Anymore. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On April 27th, in response to all the sanctions, harsh rhetoric, diplomatic expulsions and threats, Russia's Channel 1 released a list of "unfriendly countries". | Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced over the weekend that the U.S. would be on the list following a presidential decree on April 23rd. | Also named were: Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Czech Republic, Estonia, United Kingdom and Georgia. Another screen grab from Channel 1, circulating on soci…
(2021-04-28). Underlying Causes Of Biden's Recognition Of Armenian Genocide. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | Written by Daniel Deiss and J. Hawk exclusively for SouthFront. | The Armenian Diaspora in the United States has fought for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide for a long time. Finally, on April 24, 2021, President Joe Biden used the term "genocide" for the first time not only in a speech referring to the actions against the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire—such references have taken place in earlier decades, but not since Turkey's accession to NATO—but also in a presidential pr…
(2021-04-28). Military Situation In Iraq On April 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On April 27, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Basrah area | On April 27, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Naseriyah area | On April 27, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Diwaniyah area | On April 27, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Fallujah area | On April 27, clashes between Turkish Army and the PKK…
(2021-04-28). Two Vehicles Destroyed In Guided Missile Attack In Turkish-Occupied Afrin In Northern Syria. southfront.org 
Screen grab from the April 26 ATGM attack video. | On April 28, an attack with anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) targeted the Turkish-occupied area of Afrin in northern Syria. | According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and several other sources, two vehicles were targeted with ATGMs in the town of Bosoufane in southern Afrin. The town is a hub for drug and arms smugglers. | Both vehicles were Hyundai Santa Fe SUVs. This model is preferred by militant commanders. So far, there have been no reports of…
(2021-04-28). Daraa's Former Rebels Sent Reinforcements To Counter ISIS In Central Syria. southfront.org 
File image, Via SANA | Daraa's former rebels have sent reinforcements to Syria's central region to support the Syrian Arab Army ongoing operations against ISIS. | On April 23, a large convoy of the 8th Brigade, a unit of the army's 5th Corps that is dedicated for former rebels in Daraa, arrived in the outskirts of the town of al-Sukhnah in eastern Homs. The convoy consisted of more than 70 military vehicles and carried 300 fighters. | According to the Horan Free League, 8th Brigade fighters established positions in al-Sukh…
(2021-04-28). Afghanistan, The US Plan For A New Catastrophe. southfront.org 
Source: New Eastern Outlook | Written by Manlio Dinucci; Originally appeared at General Scott Miller, US and allied forces commander in Afghanistan, announced on April 25 the beginning of foreign troops withdrawal that should be completed by September 11, according to President Biden's decision. Is the US ending the war waged for almost twenty years? In order to understand this communication, it is first of all necess…
(2021-04-28). U.S. New Antiballistic Missile To Be Ready By The Time Its Already Obsolete. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The United States is scrambling to develop its Next-Generation Interceptor as quickly as possible. Estimations put the program's cost at $18 billion. | The Next-Generation interceptor specifically refers to a weapon to counter intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM). | The development itself is expected to cost $13 billion, and then sustainment and procurement would be "a bit" over $2 billion. | The Pentagon announced in August 2…
(2021-04-28). In Photos: Nigerian Army Sustained Heavy Losses In Fierce Attack By ISIS Cells. southfront.org 
A T-55 battle tank. Click to see full-size image. | The Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) sustained heavy losses as a result of a fierce attack by ISIS terrorists in the northeastern state of Borno. | The attack, which took place on April 25, saw ISIS terrorists storming a large base of the NAF near the town of Mainok. Sources in Borno alleged that the terrorists disguised as NAF troops had entered the base. | According to ISIS news agency Amaq, 14 Nigerian service members were killed and several others were wo…
(2021-04-27). Two Spanish Journalists, An Irish National Abducted In Burkina Faso (Photos). southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Two Spanish journalists and an Irish national were abducted in eastern Burkina Faso on April 26. They disappeared alongside a Burkinabe soldier after an attack on an anti-poaching military unit in a national park in the east of the country, near the border with Benin. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. | Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed that two Spaniards were killed, naming the victims. Both were described as seasoned war journalists. They reportedly had histori…
(2021-04-28). SouthFront Existence Depends On You. southfront.org 
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(2021-04-28). Business As Usual: Ukrainian Nationalists Hold Rally Commemorating SS "Galicia" Division. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On April 28th, nationalists plan to hold a march of embroidered shirts in Kiev in honor of the SS Galicia division, formed in Lvov in 1943. | The event, which begins at 18: 00 at Arsenalnaya Square, Kiev and was announced on Facebook by "Golosiyivska Kryivka"."Put on your most beautiful embroidered shirt and come to meet with your family, walk together in a solemn procession in the center of Kiev and remember the First Ukrainian Volunteer Division!", the organizers wrote. | On the vid…
(2021-04-28). Syrian Army, Al-Fateh Al-Mubeen Snipers Exchange Fire On Greater Idlib Frontlines. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | On April 27, snipers from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the al-Fateh al-Mubeen Operations Room exchanged fire in the northwestern region of Greater Idlib. | A sniper of the SAA shot and killed a militant of al-Fateh al-Mubeen, that is led by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), near the town of Maaret Elnaasan. The town is located right on the administrative border between Idlib and Aleppo. | Al-Fateh al-Mubeen snipers responded soon after by targeting two Syrian soldiers in the town of Dadik…
(2021-04-28). Military Situation In Syria On April 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On April 28, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 31 times: 19 — in Idlib province, 10 — in Latakia province, 2 — in Hama province | On April 27, clashes between the SDF and Turkish-backed forces were reported in the Um al-Jolud area | On April 27, ISIS claimed responsibility for the assassination of a SDF member in the al-Sawr area | On April 27, ISIS claimed responsibility for the assassination of a SDF m…
(2021-04-28). Russian Aircraft Detected On Rare Flight From Israel To Syria's Hmeimim. southfront.org 
An old military vehicle can be seen positioned near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights. IMAGE: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS | On April 27, a plane of the Ministry of Defense of Russia landed in Hmeimim Air Base on the Syrian coast after having taken off from Ben Gurion Airport in Israel's Tel Aviv. | The plane was a Tu-134 with the registration "RA-65992," which has previously been detected for the transport of Russia's senior defense and intelligence officials. | Aviation observers tracked the unusual f…
(2021-04-28). Military Situation In Yemen On April 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 183 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On April 27, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 17 airstrikes on the Sarwah area | On April 27, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Khab and Shaaf area | On April 27, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Hazm area | On April 28, Ansar Allah attacked King Khalid Airbase wit…
(2021-04-28). Israel is an Apartheid State seeking Systemic Domination of Palestinians: Human Rights Watch. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Human Rights Watch has issued a 214-page report concluding that between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean there are 6.8 million Jews and 6.8 million Palestinians, and that the Israeli state systematically privileges the Jews, wherever they are, and disprivileges the Palestinians, an the basis of race. HRW, like other …
(2021-04-28). Israel is an Apartheid State seeking Systemic Domination of Palestinians: Human Rights Watch. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Human Rights Watch has issued a 214-page report concluding that between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean there are 6.8 million Jews and 6.8 million Palestinians, and that the Israeli state systematically privileges the Jews, wherever they are, and disprivileges the Palestinians, on the basis of race. HRW, like other …
(2021-04-28). Israel is Seeking Systemic Domination of Palestinians. zcomm.org Human Rights Watch has issued a report concluding that the Israeli state systematically privileges the Jews, wherever they are, and disprivileges the Palestinians, on the basis of race…
(2021-04-28). It's Time To End The Embargo Against Cuba — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Jacob G. Hornberger* | Now that Cuban president Raul Castro has resigned the presidency of Cuba, will the U.S. government lift its six-decades-long economic embargo against Cuba? | Don't count it. Squeezing the life out of the Cuban people as a way to get regime change has become such a normalized way of life for the United States that it is unlikely that this cruel and brutal policy will be ended anytime soon. | Back in the day, the embargo was justified as part of the Cold War against "godless communism" and, specifically, the international communist conspiracy that was supposedly based in Moscow, Russia,…
(2021-04-28). US Role Behind The Defeat Of Ecuador's Leftist Presidential Candidate. popularresistance.org The US role in the defeat of leftist Andrés Arauz in Ecuador's presidential contest on April 11 was not overt because it did not need to be, according to a high-ranking Latin American diplomat. We met with the diplomat and others on an official election observation delegation with CODEPINK. Names of some sources remain anonymous due to a hostile political environment towards progressives. | This setback for the Citizens Revolution movement, founded by Rafael Correa, will have profound implications for Ecuador and beyond, fortifying the US-allied reactionary bloc in Latin America. | Former President Correa left of…
(2021-04-28). US Role Behind the Defeat of Ecuador's Leftist Presidential Candidate. counterpunch.org The US role in the defeat of leftist Andrés Arauz in Ecuador's presidential contest on April 11 was not overt because it did not need to be, according to a high-ranking Latin American diplomat. We met with the diplomat and others on an official election observation delegation with CODEPINK. Names of some sources remain anonymous
(2021-04-28). Pelosi backs commission to cover up Republican complicity in January 6 coup attempt. indybay.org The proposed commission, editorially endorsed by the New York Times, would have equal representation for the Republican Party, whose congressional representatives largely backed the effort by Trump to overturn the 2020 election and establish a presidential dictatorship.
(2021-04-28). Tory government slammed by committee for short-sighted and clueless climate inaction. thecanary.co The Public Accounts Committee has slammed the Conservative government over its climate inaction in a Hillier said government departmen…
(2021-04-28). Renewed clashes displace thousands in Myanmar, UN reports. news.un.org Fresh clashes between Myanmar security forces and regional armed groups have displaced thousands across the country, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday.
(2021-04-28). Massachusetts nurses reject offer from Tenet Healthcare as US strike movement grows. wsws.org Striking St. Vincent Hospital nurses have rejected a proposal put forward by their bargaining committee and hospital management that called for a "committee" to review insufficient staffing levels every quarter and addressed none of the concerns that provoked the strike.
(2021-04-28). Headlines for April 28, 2021. democracynow.org FBI Opens Probe into Police Killing of Andrew Brown as Autopsy Confirms He Was Shot in Back of Head, Video of Police Killing of Mario Gonzalez Prompts Comparison to George Floyd, Call for Probe, India Tops 200,000 COVID Deaths as Hospitals, Cremation Sites Are Overwhelmed, Turkey Orders Coronavirus Lockdown; Brazil Rejects Russia's Sputnik V Vaccine, CDC Says Vaccinated People Can Go Unmasked in Most Outdoor Settings, Seattle City Council Calls on Biden to Support IP Waiver for COVID Vaccine Patents, Biden Proposes Crackdown on Tax Evaders, Changes to Capital Gains Tax to Fund American Families Plan, Protesters K…
(2021-04-28). ACLU Urges Biden to Shut Down Detention Facilities 'Used to Abuse and Traumatize Immigrants'. commondreams.org "It's time to end our nation's newest system of mass incarceration of Black and Brown people," says the ACLU's Naureen Shah. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/aclu-biden-close-ice-detention.jpg …
(2021-04-28). Contributions to Swing District by AOC Add Obstacle for Challengers. zcomm.org The contributions also signal a retreat from the theory of change upon which Ocasio-Cortez originally ran…
(2021-04-28). Why Israel is alarmed. thealtworld.com Iran and its allies have had enough of Israeli attacks and provocations | It was no small matter for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to convene a meeting of Israel's top military and security chiefs along with its defense and foreign ministers on Saturday, 24 hours after a Syrian missile landed near the Dimona nuclear complex. | The media were told the emergency conference was a response to the recent spate of missile firings from the Gaza Strip. Its supposed aim was to deliver a warning to Hamas that Israel would invade or carpet-bomb the territory if violations of the de-escalation agreements persist. | But t…
(2021-04-28). Appleton, WI: Community rallies for climate justice to honor Earth Day. fightbacknews.org Appleton, WI – On April 24, a coalition of seven local environmental and social justice groups assembled with more than 100 members of local communities to make demands for a livable future. The event was led by Sunrise Appleton, a youth-led movement that works to advocate the adoption of Green New Deal policies, reducing carbon emissions by building new sustainable sources of energy and infrastructure, and putting a stop to climate change. | The energy of the crowd was one of fervent anti-capitalism. At one point a speaking representative from Sunrise stated, "We are no longer asking, we are demanding" as they s…
(2021-04-28). Vienna Shadow Play Hangs over Iran Nuke Deal. globalresearch.ca Few people, apart from specialists, may have heard of the JCPOA …
(2021-04-28). Cracks in QUAD as US Violates Indian Sovereignty? asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2021-04-28). South Front: Azerbaijan to Become a Gateway for New Turkish-Israel Cooperation. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com South Front: Azerbaijan to Become a Gate for New Turkish-Israel Cooperation Background: Azerbaijan And The Caspian: NATO's War For The World's Heartland Pentagon Chief In Azerbaijan: Afghan War Arc Stretches To Caspian And Caucasus Excerpt: Azerbaijan has recently won in a military conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Its victory was assured by numerous factors, including military support from Turkey, …
(2021-04-28). Microchip Can Detect COVID Before You're Sick. globalresearch.ca Pentagon scientists and Profusa have developed a tiny biosensor that can …
(2021-04-28). As UK governments reopen schools: educators and students speak about life with Long COVID. wsws.org "There was a decision to let this spread and see how we go with it. The government should be blamed for social murder."
(2021-04-28). Spanish Doctors Say High-Dose Vitamin D Cuts Risk of Death from COVID-19 by 60 Percent. globalresearch.ca A team of researchers from Hospital del Mar in Barcelona, Spain, …
(2021-04-28). COVID-19 crisis in India: A complete systemic collapse. peoplesdispatch.org Reports are coming from different states all over the country of oxygen running out in hospitals, no hospital beds, no medicines, and bodies piling up as families wait for their turn outside crematoriums.
(2021-04-28). Bizarre Phenomenon: Unvaccinated Getting Sick Being Around the COVID Vaxxed. globalresearch.ca In a bizarre turn of events, the COVID vaxxed are apparently …
(2021-04-28). COVID-19 catastrophe overshadows Peru election. wsws.org With its health care system in a state of collapse, Peru trails only Brazil in terms of Latin American countries with the highest per-capita death rates.
(2021-04-28). One week after fatal accident killed crane operator Terry Garr, millwright dies of COVID-19 at Sterling Stamping Plant. wsws.org The death from COVID-19 of Mark Bruce came after a record surge in new cases at the plant in March, which coincided with record-breaking numbers of infections throughout the state of Michigan.
(2021-04-28). Skies of Lebanon, Writing with Fire, Captains of Zaatari and more: Desperate conditions, striking images, weak conclusions. wsws.org Increasingly, desperate conditions plague masses of people worldwide, dramatically worsened by the COVID-19 disaster. Popular suffering is reaching unbearable levels.
(2021-04-28). UK Hiring COVID Marshals to Patrol Streets Until 2023 Despite Lockdown Restrictions Supposedly Ending in June. globalresearch.ca Government councils in the UK are hiring COVID Marshals to patrol …
(2021-04-28). U.S. California to provide India supplies to combat COVID-19 outbreak. ecns.cn Some medical supplies would be flown out from California Governor's Office of Emergency Services to India as soon as Tuesday in order to help the country to combat a devastating and fast-spreading surge of COVID-19.
(2021-04-28). Hong Kong legislature approves gov't annual budget. ecns.cn Hong Kong's legislature on Wednesday passed the 2021-22 budget proposed by the government that features about 120 billion Hong Kong dollars (15.46 billion U.S. dollars) of counter-cyclical measures aimed at reviving the economy amid COVID-19.
(2021-04-28). Russia to send medical aid to India amid COVID-19 surge. ecns.cn The Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that the country has decided to send a large consignment of medical assistance to India, which is hit hard by a drastic increase in COVID-19 infections.
(2021-04-28). Chinese mainland reports 12 new COVID-19 cases, all imported. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 12 new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Wednesday.
(2021-04-28). Thailand's total COVID-19 caseload tops 60,000. ecns.cn Thailand on Wednesday reported 2,012 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total tally to top 60,000, with 15 additional fatalities reported, according to the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
(2021-04-28). New Delhi banquet hall transformed into COVID-19 Isolation Ward. ecns.cn A banquet hall temporarily converted to a COVID-19 ward for coronavirus patients. India has recorded the highest single-day spike in coronavirus infection. The report recorded 352,991 new COVID-19 cases and 2,812 people deaths in the last 24 hours amid an oxygen crisis.
(2021-04-28). India's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 200,000-mark. ecns.cn India's death toll due to COVID-19 surpassed the 200,000-mark, reaching 201,187 on Wednesday, said federal health ministry.
(2021-04-28). Hong Kong reports 7 new COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn Hong Kong's daily infections of COVID-19 remained single-digit growth on Wednesday, adding to signs that the virus spread has been largely curbed.
(2021-04-28). Imperial's Covid-19 Response Team: support for India during second wave. imperial.ac.uk The Imperial College Covid-19 Response Team is providing projections of the coronavirus outbreak in India and helping health services with planning.
(2021-04-28). COVID-19 cases rise for ninth consecutive week, variants continue spreading. news.un.org COVID-19 infections have increased for the ninth consecutive week globally while variants continue their spread, the UN health agency has confirmed.
(2021-04-28). The Fight to Ban Chemical Warfare Helped Us Battle Covid-19. thenation.com The Fight to Ban Chemical Warfare Helped Us Battle Covid-19…
(2021-04-28). A New World Order Brought To You By COVID-19 — OpEd. eurasiareview.com A powerful international cabal, let's call it the Global Deep State, is just as real as the corporatized, militarized, industrialized American Deep State: | By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead | For good or bad, COVID-19 has changed the way we navigate the world. | It is also redrawing the boundaries of our world (and our freedoms) and altering the playing field faster than we can keep up. | Owing in large part to the U.S. government's deep-seated and, in many cases, top-secret alliances with foreign nations and global corporations, it has become increasingly obvious that we have entered into a ne…
(2021-04-28). Over 235 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across China. ecns.cn Nearly 235.98 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Tuesday, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
(2021-04-28). White House to Share Its Emergent BioSolutions, Unusable AstraZeneca Vaccine with Other Nations. globalresearch.ca There is war within Big Pharma. | Amply documented: all mRNA covid …
(2021-04-28). How Biden Can Act Now to Address the Covid-19 Surge in India. thenation.com How Biden Can Act Now to Address the Covid-19 Surge in India…
(2021-04-28). How Biden Can Act Now to Ensure Covid-19 Vaccine as a Public Good. thenation.com How Biden Can Act Now to Ensure Covid-19 Vaccine as a Public Good…
(2021-04-28). AstraZeneca faces legal action over vaccine supply. ecns.cn Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca says it regrets the decision of the European Commission to take it to court over its delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to European Union member states, and has promised to defend itself.
(2021-04-28). Anthrax Vaccine Manufacturer to Produce COVID-19 Vaccines for Major Companies. globalresearch.ca DOD created
(2021-04-28). Leading US hospitals team up to promote COVID-19 vaccination. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org CLEVELAND, Ohio, and ROCHESTER, Minn. — A coalition of 60 top hospitals and health care institutions have joined forces in a nationwide campaign to encourage adults to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Led by Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic, the campaign "Get the Vaccine to Save Lives" is designed to reassure the public that vaccines are …
(2021-04-28). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Should pregnant women be vaccinated for COVID-19? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: ?I am a teacher at a middle school that is teaching students in person. I have been vigilant about following safety guidelines, but now that I am pregnant, I worry even more about contracting COVID-19 and the risk to my baby. Our state is opening up COVID-19 vaccines to educators, and I am …
(2021-04-28). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Mayo Clinic Laboratories delivers during COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Medical Laboratory Professionals Week: April 18 – 24, 2021, is the perfect time to recognize the remarkable work of clinical laboratory professionals, especially during COVID-19 and as Mayo Clinic Laboratories celebrates its 50th anniversary. ________________________________________ Mayo Clinic Laboratories has performed over 3 million COVID-19 tests. "In December 2019, there was a disease, and three months …
(2021-04-28). Last-Minute COVID Aid: Trump Era 'Warmth' Toward India Missing in Biden-Harris Admin, Author Says. sputniknews.com The Biden administration's hesitance to lend a hand to India, which has been severely hit by the second wave of COVID-19, was noticeable for all Indians, says journalist and author Suvam Pal. It is especially mind-boggling given Vice President Kamala Harris' praise for her Indian roots during the 2020 election campaign, according to the author.
(2021-04-28). Australia's COVID-19 vaccine shambles a symptom of neoliberalism. greenleft.org.au The vaccine rollout in Australia, argues Markela Panegyres, has been held back by the lack of publicly-owned vaccine infrastructure and it's own vaccine nationalism.
(2021-04-28). Australia's COVID-19 vaccine shambles a symptom of neoliberalism. greenleft.org.au The vaccine rollout in Australia, argues Markela Panegyres, has been held back by the lack of publicly-owned vaccine infrastructure and the government's own vaccine nationalism.
(2021-04-27). Serbian president receives 2nd dose of Sinopharm vaccine. ecns.cn Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday received the second dose of the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine here in southeastern Serbia and expressed gratitude to China and the Chinese people for "enormous support and help."
(2021-04-27). Philippines bars travelers from India amid COVID-19 cases soar. ecns.cn The Philippines will impose travel restrictions from India starting on Thursday, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Tuesday, adding the ban will remain in place until May 14.
(2021-04-27). Chinese mainland reports 12 new COVID-19 cases, all imported. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 12 new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Wednesday.
(2021-04-27). New Delhi banquet hall transformed into COVID-19 Isolation Ward. ecns.cn A banquet hall temporarily converted to a COVID-19 ward for coronavirus patients. India has recorded the highest single-day spike in coronavirus infection. The report recorded 352,991 new COVID-19 cases and 2,812 people deaths in the last 24 hours amid an oxygen crisis.
(2021-04-27). U.S. California to provide India supplies to combat COVID-19 outbreak. ecns.cn Some medical supplies would be flown out from California Governor's Office of Emergency Services to India as soon as Tuesday in order to help the country to combat a devastating and fast-spreading surge of COVID-19.
(2021-04-28). A Cold War Mindset. zcomm.org Focusing on injustices in just a few 'bad' nations is a dangerous game…
(2021-04-28). A Better Solution to DACA. indybay.org DACA is temporary relief for immigrant childhood arrivals to the United States, this articles calls for permanent solutions for DACA recipients.
(2021-04-28). Mike Pezzullo and Giving War a Chance. dissidentvoice.org Those madly titillated by conflict have become bolder of late in the corridors of the isolated Australian capital. In such spaces, insanity can be nurtured with a sickening attention to detail, much of it fictitious. One of the most powerful bureaucrats of the Australian Public Service has made a contribution to a war dance he …
(2021-04-28). Afghanistan's Green Future? — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By John Feffer* | Everyone has a different Doomsday scenario for Afghanistan once U.S. and NATO troops withdraw by September 11. | The Taliban will take over and reimpose their repressive social agenda. Al-Qaeda will multiply rapidly and again become a global threat. Rival warlords will split apart the country. Another wave of Afghan refugees will overwhelm Europe. | And then there's the scenario in which China basically takes over the country, or at least the most sought-after parts of the country: the resources that lie beneath Afghan soil. | "Afghanistan is one of the richest mining regions in the world, ho…
(2021-04-28). Taliban Invites Afghan Officials to Direct Talks. news.antiwar.com The Taliban continues to refuse to attend an Istanbul summit on peace talks, part of protesting against the US scrapping the May 1 pullout date. That doesn't mean that the Taliban aren't willing to continue the peace process, however. | Officials say that the Taliban have been Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the negotiation team, confirmed also getting a Taliban letter. His office…
(2021-04-28). Grassroots activism is behind a pro-Palestine shift in the US. zcomm.org It is important to acknowledge the role played by individuals in the undeniable shift within the American political discourse on Palestine and Israel…
(2021-04-28). Is Grassroots American Activism Shifting Public Opinion toward the Palestinians? juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor) — At a recent J Street Conference online, US Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren broke yet another political taboo when they expressed willingness to leverage US military aid as a way of putting pressure on Israel to respect Palestinian human rights. Sanders believes that the US "must be willing to …
(2021-04-28). US Supreme Court makes it easier to sentence minors to life in prison. wsws.org A 6-3 decision by the conservative majority gives judges more power to sentence juveniles to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
(2021-04-28). Supreme Court: Let's Make It Easier for Judges to Send Teenagers to Die in Prison. commondreams.org "[Supreme Court case] Jones will result in countless more young people being condemned to die in prison no matter how rehabilitated they may become." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/prison_6.jpg …
(2021-04-28). Mass legal action against Google would 'open the floodgates', Supreme Court told. thecanary.co A billion-pound legal action against Google over claims it secretly tracked millions of iPhone users' internet activity would "open the floodgates" to mass data protection claims if it's allowed to go ahead, the Supreme Court has heard. | Open the floodgates: | Former Which? director Richard Lloyd, supported by campaign group Google You Owe Us, wants to bring a "representative action" against the US-based tech giant on behalf of around 4.4 million people in England and Wales. | He claims Google "illegally misused the data of millions of iPhone users" through the "clandestine tracking and collation" of inf…
(2021-04-28). Vegan And Other Nonviolence News. indybay.org Smithfield pollution, chicken rights, Supreme Court and other news…
(2021-04-28). Special Economic Zones: Venezuela's Strategy for Breaking the US Encirclement. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan government is fine-tuning the legal framework to strengthen the special economic zones (SEZs) already existing in its territory and to open space for foreign direct investment in a production scheme favorable to the Bolivarian nation. | Although the experiences of foreign investment have left little to Venezuela, the national Executive observes the recent changes in the global financial order in which the BRICS are gaining space and considers this an opportunity for the industrial development of the country. | There are eight SEZs in Venezuela that will be redefined with the new legal framework. Th…
(2021-04-28). Commander Ceballos: Venezuela Continues to Strengthen Military Presence in Apure. orinocotribune.com The Strategic Operational Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB), Admiral Remigio Ceballos, highlighted this Tuesday, April 27, that the Venezuelan Army (FANB) will continue to increase the deployment of forces in Apure state to expel Colombian narco-paramilitary groups, drug traffickers and terrorists, to whom they have dealt heavy blows. Ceballos confirmed that the FANB will continue combat operations until they are all expelled from Venezuelan territory. | Through his Twitter account @CeballosIchaso, Admiral Remigio Ceballos wrote that the security of the nation, and the defense of all Vene…
(2021-04-28). Venezuela Boosts Gasoline Production Again. orinocotribune.com Caracas (Sputnik) — Amid the siege suffered by the oil industry, the Venezuelan government has recovered both gasoline production in the country and the capacities of its main refineries, an expert in public policies for energy, David Paravisini, told Sputnik. | "Last year at this date all the gasoline was imported, and a year later all the gasoline consumed in the country is produced here," said Paravisini, professor of public energy policies at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela, in conversation with Sputnik. "The refineries were scrap in 2020. Today, the El Palito refinery [in Carabobo, in the cent…
(2021-04-28). Amid Widespread Disease, Death, and Poverty, the Major Powers Increased Their Military Spending in 2020. commondreams.org "Someday, people will ask whether increasing preparations for war by these nations—mostly designed to destroy one another—was the best these governments could do as their populations sank into widespread disease, death, and poverty." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/airforce-1.jpg …
(2021-04-28). Republicans Nationwide are Thwarting Democracy. counterpunch.org Republicans, inspired by Donald Trump's repeated lies of a "rigged" and fraudulent presidential election, boldly are passing and proposing laws that would rig elections in their favor, tarnishing democracy. In another vein, they have gone so far in Florida and Oklahoma as to pass legislation openly aimed at leftist demonstrators that would grant immunity from
(2021-04-28). Big Pharma Lobby Blitz Against Vaccine Patent Waivers Denounced. zcomm.org "Millions continue to die because pharma monopolies have created vaccine scarcity in the global south," said one public health campaigner…
(2021-04-28). UK Government Drops Bid to Shield Soldiers from War Crimes Prosecutions Committed in Iraq and Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca The UK government has abandoned attempts to shield members of its …
(2021-04-28). People's Action Statement on President Biden's American Families Plan. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 240.206.1145 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action Campaigns Director Sondra Youdelman today released the following statement in response to President Biden's American Families Plan: "We are heartened to see President Biden's commitment to working class families. There is enormous potential to jumpstart our economy by redistributing the wealth in our country to make sure …
(2021-04-28). New York Times' New Onslaught Against Venezuela—Propaganda or Journalism? orinocotribune.com On Monday, April 26, US newspaper and propaganda outlet Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced this alleged report as part of a campaign aimed at portraying Venezuela as a land in chaos, where there is no authority "in large areas of the country." | The top Venezuelan diplomat pointed to the piece as "another smear campaign again…
(2021-04-28). The Destructive Human Health and Environmental Impacts of Glyphosate Based Herbicide. globalresearch.ca On 9 April 2021, retired physician and health and environmental campaigner …
(2021-04-28). Lab—grown Embryos and Human—monkey Hybrids: Medical Marvels or Ethical Missteps? globalresearch.ca In Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel "
(2021-04-28). How to stop Republicans from stealing elections. nationofchange.org The stakes could not be higher. Simply put, it's democracy or authoritarianism.
(2021-04-28). Montreal Dockers Strike: Defy Back-To-Work Legislation. popularresistance.org Since the end of the seven-month truce on March 21, the bosses have been in attack mode. On April 12, the Maritime Employers Association (MEA) decided to suspend the job security plan. The dockers organized in CUPE 375 retaliated with an overtime and weekend strike. | Then, on April 23, another slap in the face: the MEA changed work schedules to increase hours worked and implement "shift schedules" that make it harder to balance work and family—which is one of the main issues in the negotiations! | This tactic of changing schedules is a contemptuous frontal attack. This was also implemented in the fall of 2…
(2021-04-28). Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas announces "domestic violence review" at Department following January 6 fascist coup attempt. wsws.org Reflecting the ongoing threat of fascistic violence from within the state, the announcement comes just days before President Biden's first speech before a joint session of Congress.
(2021-04-28). Welsh Communists demand power in the community. challenge-magazine.org Welsh Communists have issued a statement calling for new powers for the Welsh Parliament to deliver real change in communities, education, housing, health and social care. The Communist Party is running its biggest electoral campaign this year since the 1980's across Britain, with candidates in every Welsh regional list seat. | Cleaner, safer, connected communities | We need to make sure that people can travel for work within or near their local community, comfortably and affordably. That will reduce combat carbon emissions and help our communities to survive and thrive. | The need to end the routine whereby l…
(2021-04-28). Chile — Piñera camina solo. globalizacion.ca Luego de declararle la guerra al pueblo en octubre de 2019 Piñera quebró cualquier posibilidad de seguir jugando en los márgenes de la democracia, tal y como se venía desarrollado en los últimos 30 años. En cualquier sociedad occidental del…
(2021-04-28). La migración, un grave problema para Joe Biden. globalizacion.ca La cuestión migratoria en Estados Unidos está fuera de control y polariza audiencias. Es un problema estructural, multicausal, de difícil resolución. Hoy se ubica en su centro la situación de los menores que viajan solos desde Centroamérica. Al mes pasado…
(2021-04-28). Perú: las elecciones pasan, la crisis no. globalizacion.ca Para el próximo domingo 6 de junio está prevista la segunda vuelta electoral en el Perú. La sorpresa de la primera vuelta, el candidato Pedro Castillo enfrentará a la animadora habitual de los balotajes, de apellido tristemente célebre: Fujimori. Keiko…
(2021-04-28). US Troop Build Up Threatens Resource War In The Arctic. popularresistance.org While plenty of headlines are being dedicated to the U.S. military's withdrawal from Afghanistan, an increase of U.S. forces in another area has gone under the radar. This area is the Arctic. | Back in March, the U.S. Army announced its strategy for "Regaining Arctic Dominance," signaling that the region long devastated by climate change may soon also be devastated by great power competition and U.S. imperialism. | This focus on the Arctic comes as a result of the climate crisis. The Arctic is melting three times faster than the rest of the world, but rather than treating this as the existential threat that it is…
(2021-04-28). US navy admits it fired on Iranian vessels in the Persian Gulf. peoplesdispatch.org The US navy on Tuesday, April 27, admitted that it fired on Iranian vessels in the Persian Gulf region. The American navy's fifth fleet claimed in a statement that shots were fired at the Iranian vessels when they came close to its patrol ships USS Firebolt and USCGC Baranoff "unnecessarily and with unknown intent" around 8 pm local time on Monday. | According to the
(2021-04-28). Drug Laws and the Killing of Andrew Brown, Jr. counterpunch.org Not even a day after the Derek Chauvin guilty verdicts came down, another Black man—Andrew Brown Jr.—was executed in cold blood by police. And once again—as has been the case in too many of these fatal encounters—suspected drug involvement was what gave law enforcement the excuse to completely disregard the value of human life. Like
(2021-04-28). Goebbels is Alive in Nicaragua: Relentless US Conspiracy Against Nicaragua by Using Fake Narratives and Instituting Terror. orinocotribune.com By S. Brian Willson — Apr 26, 2021 | "A lie told once remains a lie, but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth." Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's Propaganda Minister, 1933-1945 | President Ortega is a dictator! President Ortega is a dictator! President Ortega is a dictator! Say it over and over, and it becomes accepted truth with absolutely no evidence whatsoever. Welcome to…
(2021-04-28). Standing with Women Water Protectors. scheerpost.com From left Tara Houska, Jane Fonda and Winona LaDuke speak at a press conference in Menahga, Minnesota. [Courtesy of Barbara Williams] By Barbara Williams / AlterNet The word "Minnesota" derives from one of two Dakota words, either Mni Sóta meaning clear blue water or Mnissota meaning cloudy water. Just one letter can change the entire meaning. Just one oil spill could ruin the entire ecosystem. |
(2021-04-28). Our 'Dear Friend' Deby Is Dead. popularresistance.org The tributes to the late President Idriss Deby just poured in last week — especially from Western leaders. And boy were the condolences nauseating — at least to anyone vaguely familiar with Chad and its longtime strongman, or those even faintly fond of decency. The worst of it came — unsurprisingly and unapologetically — from the country's former (officially) and persistent (de facto) colonial masters in Paris. Coming right on the heels of Deby's — still hazy on its exact details — death on the battlefield against a rebel rebellion, President Emmanuel Macron's office released a…
(2021-04-28). Palestinian elections scheduled to take place next month might be postponed. peoplesdispatch.org The first Palestinian general elections in 15 years are at risk of being postponed as Israel is unlikely to permit residents of occupied East Jerusalem to cast their ballots…
(2021-04-28). Screen Shot 2021-04-28 at 9.29.03 AM.png. progressive.org White nationalists and anti-trans feminists use the same conspiracies to target trans and Jewish folks.
(2021-04-28). Political upheaval in Samoa produces electoral stalemate. wsws.org Neither the HRPP nor its newly formed rival, FAST, contested the election with a program that would in any way address the deepening social, economic and health emergency.
(2021-04-28). Enemies of Science. counterpunch.org There's been a lot of discussion recently about the threat that enemies of science represent to contemporary American culture. That concern, is well founded. In fact, it is better founded than I believe most people suspect. Until recently, most victims of the anti-science contagion were religious fundamentalists, or those on the far right of the political
(2021-04-28). Oppose the firing of Mitchell High School educators in Colorado! wsws.org Over 100 educators and staff members were notified in January that school administrators were laying them all off at the end of the school year and forcing any staff who wish to remain to re-apply for their own jobs.
(2021-04-28). Race, Poverty, Farming And A Natural Gas Pipeline. popularresistance.org Five years ago, the mayor of Hopkins Park, a Black, rural community in Kankakee County, Illinois, argued for building an immigration detention center there to boost the economy. The people who lived there said: No, thanks. | Mayor Mark Hodge now has another idea for new development in his town and the surrounding, historic farming community of Pembroke Township, south of Chicago. He's backing a proposal for a pipeline, built by the utility Nicor, that would run through the area and, he hopes, bring with it natural gas and a boost to taxes and the local economy. And again, some residents are not pleased. | "People…
(2021-04-28). Word for Word, This Is What Douglas Rico Said About Ambush and Armed Groups in Cota 905. orinocotribune.com This Monday, April 26, the national director of the Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC in Spanish), Commissioner Douglas Rico, offered important details concerning the events that took place last Thursday, when officials of the aforementioned organization were ambushed by armed groups located in the Cota 905 and El Cementerio sectors. | Below is a summary of the key comments that Commissioner Rico issued during a program that was also broadcast live on Instagram: | -"On Thursday [April 22], a CICPC commission was, undoubtedly, ambushed by a group of criminals who inhabit the sectors of 905…
(2021-04-28). U.S. Still Servicing Saudi Warplanes That Are Bombing Yemen. theantimedia.com The admission comes over two months since Biden said he was ending support for "offensive" Saudi operations in Yemen.
(2021-04-28). The China-Africa Relationship in the 21st Century. globalresearch.ca "US corporate media have called China a 'new colonizer' in Africa …
(2021-04-28). Brasil merece una disculpa. globalizacion.ca Brasil está inmerso en una catástrofe humanitaria. El país, que hace poco más de cinco años fue un ejemplo de lucha contra la pobreza, de lucha contra las desigualdades, de democracia distributiva del ingreso, en poco tiempo se convirtió en…
(2021-04-28). NYU seeks to break graduate student strike as many Columbia graduate students vote "no" on sell-out contract. wsws.org NYU president Andrew Hamilton, who takes home about $2 million every year, sent an email to the parents of striking graduate students as well as undergraduates on Monday in a blatant attempt to break the strike.
(2021-04-28). Fox Valley, WI: Back-to-back weekend protests sparked by multiple police shootings. fightbacknews.org Appleton, WI – Over a dozen people gathered on April 18 and April 25 to continue voicing their outrage over the murders of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo who were gunned down by police this month. Body camera footage from both incidents quickly went viral, triggering protests around the country. Both incidents prompted local organizers and residents to hold a rally with signs, chants and music demanding action. | The group marched to the Appleton Police Station and held a moment of silence for all victims of police violence. The event organizer, Cole Bennet, wants to continue to rally saying, "We need to let peopl…
(2021-04-28). The Imperialist Origins of Saudi Arabia. orinocotribune.com By Yanis Iqbal — Apr 22, 2021 | Why is Saudi Arabia, a Sunni absolute monarchy, enthusiastically supported by the West, considered a global promoter of "democracy"? This question is rarely asked. The apparent mismatch between liberal democracy and religious fundamentalism is hastily airbrushed when the matter is about oil trade and arms deals. This attitude is not an expression of mere hypocrisy on the part of the West; it is deeply rooted in a historical process whereby Saudi Arabia was propped up by major powers as an outpost of imperialist interests and a bulwark against revolutionary ideologies. | Creati…
(2021-04-28). Marine microplastics are now invading the atmosphere, study finds. nationofchange.org But there is something else lurking in the air we depend upon: tiny pieces of plastic.
(2021-04-28). Minneapolis: Unity march demands justice for Adam Toledo. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On April 24, protesters took the streets for the second time here to demand justice for Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old Mexican-American boy who was shot to death by a Chicago Police Department officer while he had his hands up. The video footage of the murder was recently released, sparking a wave of protests in Chicago and around the country. | The Minneapolis protest was led by a banner reading "Black and Brown United," followed by militant and disciplined contingents from Los Brown Berets – Minnesota, Original Black Panther Party, New Black Panther Nation, New Black Panther Party, Camp Migiizi,…
(2021-04-28). Secret US court approved surveillance program despite continuing FBI constitutional violations. wsws.org A FISA court ruling from November 2020 approved for a second year warrantless surveillance procedures while admitting that the FBI has repeatedly refused to follow them.
(2021-04-28). America's Ruinous Pursuit of Mission Impossible in Afghanistan. counterpunch.org On May 1st, the date Donald Trump signed onto for the withdrawal of the remaining 3,500 American troops from Afghanistan, the war there, already 19 years old, was still officially a teenager. Think of September 11, 2021 — the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and the date Joe Biden has chosen for the same
(2021-04-28). Who's to blame for the lawbreaking and habitat destruction in US fisheries. nationofchange.org We disrespect the Earth's oceans at our own peril.
(2021-04-28). Delay in Afghan peace process and the human cost of protracted conflict. peoplesdispatch.org The stalemate in the intra-Afghan peace talks has resulted in unabated violence between insurgents and government forces. In the latest round of violence, at least 19 individuals across eight provinces of Afghanistan lost their lives…
(2021-04-28). Jacksonville rallies after Chauvin guilty verdict. fightbacknews.org Jacksonville FL – On April 21, the Jacksonville Community Action Committee (JCAC) organized a rally, uniting with the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression call for protests to respond to the Chauvin trial and to demand justice for the countless number of victims of police crimes in Jacksonville and throughout the country. | Jacksonville is one of the many cities that have been plagued with countless murders at the hand of law enforcement. | The day after the guilty verdict, over a 100 people gathered in front of the Duval County Courthouse to demand justice for victims of police crimes. Chri…
(2021-04-28). Anarquistas eran los de antes. globalizacion.ca La reconocí a bordo del ferry que une los puertos lacustres de Guaqui (Bolivia) y Desaguadero (Perú), sobre el Titicaca. Iba envuelta en velos, junto a un féretro. Me acerqué mirando con distracción al lago, y a su lado musité: …
(2021-04-28). Venezuelan National Assembly Presents Final List of 103 Candidates Eligible for CNE's Board. orinocotribune.com Deputy "We are a collegiate body made up of 11 deputies and 10 members of civil society, from all sectors," he explained. In addition, the president of…
(2021-04-28). Ecuador: from the dream of the Montecristi Constitution to the "Panama of the Andes"? peoplesdispatch.org Irene León speaks about factors behind the recent loss of progressive forces in Ecuador and what to expect with Guillermo Lasso in office…
(2021-04-28). Watch: IYSSE (Australia) meeting opposes US war drive against China. wsws.org One young worker commented: "The meeting made me understand more about the need for internationalism, and for workers to cooperate against the drive to war."
(2021-04-28). Ukraine's Fascist Nightmare and the Growing Risk of a Repeat of World War II. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Apr 22, 2021 | I warn about World War II repeating itself not because I expect Washington's currently escalating anti-Russian proxy war in Ukraine to turn into a nuclear confrontation any time soon; as Moscow-based international affairs analyst Mark Sleboda recently
(2021-04-28). Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers. nationofchange.org With concerted efforts and investments, they could be expanded to achieve a pace and scale that will help address climate change.
(2021-04-28). 'Evo is Our President': Voices from Rural Peru. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Benigno Vengoa (left) and Carlos Cusihuaman (right) in Villa Tunari. April 24, 2021. Photo: Kawsachun News Kawsachun News spoke to Benigno Vengoa and Carlos Cusihuaman, who visited Bolivia as part of a delegation from Peru to participate as observers of the meeting of the RUNASUR technical commission in Villa Tunari, Cochabamba on April…
(2021-04-28). The CIA Has Been Taking Over For Decades. popularresistance.org December 22, 1963 — exactly one month after President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated, former President Harry S. Truman published an op-ed in the Washington Post that most people, especially our perfumed ruling elite, wanted to ignore. | Truman, who signed the CIA into existence just after World War II, wrote, "I think it has become necessary to take another look at the purpose and operations of our Central Intelligence Agency—the CIA. […] For some time I have been disturbed by the way the CIA has been diverted from its original assignment. It has become an operational and at times a policy-ma…
(2021-04-28). La hipocresía democrática de un traidor. globalizacion.ca Confieso que en las muy pocas ocasiones en que utilicé ese vocablo "traidor" para referirme a Mario Vargas Llosa siempre me invadió una ligera, aunque molesta, sensación de incomodidad. Estaba en presencia de un personaje veleidoso y narcisista como pocos….
(2021-04-28). El pasaporte vacunal es discriminatorio. globalizacion.ca Desde el principio de la pandemia han existido intentos por establecer criterios que permitieran la progresiva incorporación de parte de la población a la normalidad. La hipótesis es razonable: con aquellas personas en las que sea poco probable desarrollar daños…
(2021-04-28). Peru: A War Strategy to Prevent the Coming of the New. libya360.wordpress.com Ariana àÅlvarez Orellana Pedro Castillo and Perú Libre have the upper hand in the second round of the Peruvian elections, not only because of the wide lead given by the polls, but also because their rival, Keiko Fujimori, her political and image advisors, as well as her occasional allies from the political right, are carrying…
(2021-04-28). Padrino López: The Violence They Intend to Sow in Venezuela Has its Spokesperson in the US. orinocotribune.com The Minister of the armed forces, the Popular Power for Defense, Vladimir Padrino López reacted, via Twitter, to the public confession made by, fugitive from justice Iván Simonovis, highlighting that the violent acts that they are trying to provoke in our country, so as to generate chaos, are all part of a deliberate strategy with an official spokesperson found in Washington. | Padrino López wrote: "The violence that is intended to sow 'chaos' in Venezuela has its plan and its official spokesperson in Washington. He is none other than the comandante de café [coffee-house Commander], the special super commissioner…
(2021-04-28). Activists demand the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal. peoplesdispatch.org On 24th April, the 67th birthday of the longtime political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, hundreds of people hit the streets of the United States demanding his release. Demonstrations were held through the weekend in Oakland and Philadelphia.
(2021-04-28). The Russians Aren't Coming. globalresearch.ca The New York Times
(2021-04-28). China says 'independence forces' the root cause for strained cross-strait ties. ecns.cn The root causes for the destabilized relations between the Chinese mainland and the Taiwan region are attempts by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority and "independence forces" seeking so-called "Taiwan Independence".
(2021-04-28). West's allegations over human rights in China's Xinjiang hypocritical: Brazilian scholar. ecns.cn The West's well-orchestrated allegations of "forced labor" and "genocide" in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are glaringly hypocritical and clearly aim to obscure an ulterior motive, a Brazilian scholar has said.
(2021-04-28). Japan approves RCEP agreement. ecns.cn Japan's parliament on Wednesday approved the world's largest free trade deal, signed by 15 Asia-Pacific countries including China and the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)..
(2021-04-28). Iranian top negotiator says nuclear talks on right track with challenges ahead. ecns.cn Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday that the process of talks aimed at reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is "on the right track," yet there are still important challenges to address, Iranian media reported.
(2021-04-28). 'Pink' supermoon lights up night sky across the world. ecns.cn The full moon, known as the "Super Pink Moon," appeared over the night sky across the world.
(2021-04-28). West's allegations over human rights in China's Xinjiang hypocritical: Brazilian scholar. ecns.cn The West's well-orchestrated allegations of "forced labor" and "genocide" in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are glaringly hypocritical and clearly aim to obscure an ulterior motive, a Brazilian scholar has said.
(2021-04-28). Chinese envoy underscores sequence of U.S., Iran returning to nuke deal. ecns.cn The sequence in which the United States and Iran return to compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is first and foremost a matter of "sense of justice".
(2021-04-28). National development offers great opportunities to Hong Kong's young people: HK youths. ecns.cn The national development offers great opportunities and a broad room for the young people in Hong Kong to stretch their wings, representatives of Hong Kong youth.
(2021-04-28). Advection fog appears in Qingdao. ecns.cn The wonder of advection fog appears in Fushan Bay in Qingdao, Shandong Province, April 27, 2021.
(2021-04-28). Chinese photographer wins top world food award. ecns.cn China's reputation as an international leader in the world of photography has grown even bigger after Li Huaifeng was crowned overall winner of the prestigious Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year competition for 2021 in London on Tuesday night.
(2021-04-28). AI robot incarnates talented ancient poetess. ecns.cn A newly developed educational robot was incarnated as Li Qingzhao, an ancient Chinese poetess and essayist, at the 4th Digital China Summit held in Fuzhou, Fujian Province.
(2021-04-28). Brazil's former president Temer says China ties of 'fundamental importance'. ecns.cn The relationship between Brazil and China is of "fundamental importance" for the South American country, and all-round cooperation between the two countries is progressing steadily with vast potentials, former Brazilian President Michel Temer has said.
(2021-04-28). Europe moves cautiously to lift coronavirus restrictions. ecns.cn Europeans are longing for outdoor gatherings and sunshine as the weather turns warm. This week, in some parts of Europe, people once again crowded streets and parks as governments started to gradually lift coronavirus restrictions.
(2021-04-28). Alarm over Fukushima water mounts. ecns.cn A decision by Japan to dump contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea is generating growing anger in Southeast Asia.
(2021-04-28). 46 Taiwan residents sentenced for telecom fraud in Beijing court. ecns.cn A Beijing court handed down sentences to 46 Taiwan residents who were extradited from Spain for involvement in telecom fraud, Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said at a news conference on Wednesday.
(2021-04-28). Nang Cultural Industrial Park opens to public after renovation. ecns.cn The Nang Cultural Industrial Park (Phase I) in Urumqi reopened after renovation. The renovation enriched the touring content of the Nang Culture Museum in the park and enhanced functions such as visitor experience.
(2021-04-28). PetroChina takes steps to ensure gas supply. ecns.cn China National Petroleum Corp, the country's largest oil and gas producer by annual output, said the company will have more than 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas injected in its gas storage tanks by 2021 to ensure sufficient supply.
(2021-04-28). China emerges as global trade titan: UN agency. ecns.cn China has what could be one of the most unprecedented stories of economic development in recent history, UN agency UNCTAD said on Tuesday.
(2021-04-28). WTO chief says targeting China in trade reforms "will not work" ecns.cn China will be more willing to participate in global trade reforms if it does not feel being targeted by other countries, said the World Trade Organization(WTO) chief.
(2021-04-28). China urges full disclosure on Japan's nuclear wastewater dumping. ecns.cn China has urged timely and comprehensive disclosure of relevant information, before Japan takes action to dump nuclear wastewater into the ocean, to dispel stakeholders and the international community's concerns.
(2021-04-28). New Zhengzhou Museum to open on April 30. ecns.cn Covering a area of 147,000 square meters, the 62-meter-high new museum will officially open on April 30.
(2021-04-28). National identity key to 'uniting into national development'. ecns.cn Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said Wednesday that without a proper sense of national identity and national education among the public, many favorable policies for Hong Kong to integrate into the mainland will render useless and ineffective.
(2021-04-28). 9 Chinese companies named among Time's 100 most influential. ecns.cn Nine Chinese companies, including Alibaba, Tencent and Huawei, were included on the list of Time 100 Most Influential Companies according to the magazine's website.
(2021-04-28). Regions register rapid economic rebound in Q1. ecns.cn China's economic recovery is on a solid track across the nation as almost all regions have registered double-digit economic growth on a yearly basis in the first quarter of the year, officials and experts said.
(2021-04-28). Drones stage light show to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC. ecns.cn Drones stage a light show in Chongqing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, April 27, 2021.
(2021-04-28). Russia fines Apple over 12 mln USD for monopoly. ecns.cn Russia's anti-monopoly watchdog said Tuesday it had imposed a turnover-based fine worth over 12 million U.S. dollars on Apple Inc. for its abuse of dominant position on the mobile apps market.
(2021-04-28). Digital donors new 'protectors' of Mogao Grottoes. ecns.cn Crowdfunding is playing a greater role in protecting the Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site in northwest China's Gansu Province.
(2021-04-28). China, 40 plus countries launch Group of Friends on Safety and Security of UN Peacekeepers. ecns.cn The Group of Friends on the Safety and Security of United Nations Peacekeepers was launched here on Tuesday, under the joint initiative of China, Brazil, Indonesia and Rwanda.
(2021-04-28). 6.4-magnitude quake hits northeast India's Assam, no immediate reports of casualties. ecns.cn A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit India's northeastern state of Assam at 07: 51 a.m. local time Wednesday, according to India's National Center for Seismology (NCS).
(2021-04-28). UN envoy calls for securing civilian infrastructure. ecns.cn China's permanent representative to the United Nations on Tuesday called on the international community to support conditions that promote civilian infrastructure.
(2021-04-28). U.S. Fed to maintain ultra-loose policy as economic recovery far from complete. ecns.cn The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to maintain its ultra-loose monetary policy as the economic recovery remains far from complete, analysts said.
(2021-04-28). China Brand Day events to kick off in May to boost consumption. ecns.cn The 2021 China Brand Day events will be held from May 10 to 12 as the country seeks to boost domestic brands and spur consumption.
(2021-04-28). China helps start UN peacekeeper support group. ecns.cn A group to support United Nations peacekeepers was launched on Tuesday under the initiative of China, Brazil, Indonesia and Rwanda.
(2021-04-28). US Central Command Chief: US Maintains a NATO Article 5 Commitment to Turkey. news.antiwar.com General Kenneth McKenzie, chief of U.S. Central Command, applauded the scheduled meeting of President Joe Biden and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treatment Organization summit to be held in Brussels on June 14. In a virtual discussion with the American Enterprise Institute think tank, the commander praised Turkey …
(2021-04-28). US Warship Shadows Chinese Aircraft Carrier Strike Group. news.antiwar.com Satellite images According to a report from Newsweek, the Chinese carrier Liaoning five other People's Liberation Army (PLA) vessels were returning to the East China Sea from a deployment in the South China Sea. The image appears to show a US Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, a type of US Navy vessel that is frequently sailing in the region. | The satellite images s…
(2021-04-28). Russian FM: US-Russia Relations Worse Than During Cold War. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday, Lavrov said that Moscow was prepared to normalize ties with Washington but warned that if the US would not participate in a respectful dialogue, "we would live in conditions of a 'Cold War' or worse." | "During the Cold War, the tensions were flying high and risky crisis situations often emerged, but there was also a mutual respect," he said. "It seems to me there is…
(2021-04-28). Navy SEALs Shifting Focus Away From Counterterrorism to Face Russia and China. news.antiwar.com The US Navy SEALs are undergoing a major overhaul. The special operations forces are following the rest of the US military and shifting focus away from counterterrorism in the Middle East to face China and Russia. As part of the transition, the SEALs are reducing the number of platoons it has by 30 percent so …
(2021-04-28). Important issue in reviving JCPOA is sense of justice: China. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — Chinese Envoy to the Vienna-based International Organizations said that the first and important issue in revival of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is 'sense of justice'.
(2021-04-28). There will be no "JCPOA Plus" in Vienna talks, Ulyanov says. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov says he is optimistic about reaching an agreement on reviving Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) before May 21st.
(2021-04-28). Iran backs ceasefire in Yemen: Foreign Minister. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Islamic Republic of Iran supports restoration of ceasefire in Yemen.
(2021-04-28). Russia's Black Sea fleet launches naval combat exercises. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — Russia's Black Sea fleet launched naval combat exercises on Tuesday as a US coastguard vessel headed to the region.
(2021-04-28). ISIL terrorism defeated thanks to Martyr Soleimani's courage. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hailed the role of Martyred Lieutenant General Ghasem Soleimani in establishing stability and security in the region.
(2021-04-28). Planning underway to achieve $30bn trade between Iran, Turkey. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – Stating that necessary conditions are provided for setting up a permanent fair in Turkey, Chairman of Iran-Turkey Joint Chamber of Commerce said that it is planned to achieve $30 billion worth of trade between Iran and Turkey.
(2021-04-28). Gen. Salami hails Quds Force's role in empowering nations. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — Major General Hossein Salami, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) hailed the role Martyr Ghasem Soleimani played in empowering Islamic countries.
(2021-04-28). Zarif discusses bilateral ties, region with Omani deputy PM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed bilateral relations and regional developments with the deputy prime minister of Oman in a meeting in Muscat on Wednesday afternoon.
(2021-04-28). Vaezi terms Turkey as Iran's best economic partner in region. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — Among the 15 neighboring countries, Iran has the best economic relations with Turkey, said the Iranian President's Chief of Staff in the 28th edition of the Joint Economic Cooperation meeting.
(2021-04-28). Knifeman attacks kindergarten in China. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — As reported on Wed., 16 Kids and two teachers have been injured after a knifeman attacked a kindergarten in China.
(2021-04-28). Iran not tolerating Zionists' presence in region. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — The Islamic Republic of Iran does not tolerate the military or even civilian presence of the Zionist regime in the region in any way, the president of the Supreme National Defense University stressed.
(2021-04-28). Zarif discusses ties, regional developments with Omani FM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met with his Omani counterpart in Muscat Wed. to discuss bilateral relations and the developments in the region.
(2021-04-28). Gen. Soleimani Gov's advisor in regional, diplomatic affairs. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — General Soleimani was the best advisor for the Iranian government in the field of foreign policy, President Rouhani said, referring to the General's role in Iran's foreign policy at regional and international level.
(2021-04-28). Iraq interested in Tehran-Riyadh relations: Ex-envoy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — Former Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Iraq said that Iraq is interested in relationship between Islamic Republic of Iran and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
(2021-04-28). US Agents Raid New York Home, Office Of Rudy Giuliani. eurasiareview.com U.S. federal agents seized electronic devices in daybreak raids Wednesday at the New York home and office of Rudy Giuliani, a former New York mayor who became former President Donald Trump's personal attorney, as investigators probe Giuliani's activities in Ukraine linked to Trump's 2020 reelection campaign. | Robert Costello, Giuliani's lawyer, confirmed that agents had executed a search warrant for the two Giuliani locations, but condemned the raids. | "What they did today was legal thuggery," Costello told The New York Times. "Why would you do this to anyone, let alone someone who was the associate attorney…
(2021-04-28). South Africa Celebrates Freedom Day. eurasiareview.com South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa says government has made great progress towards realising the rights of people and advancing human dignity. | "Today we have a country where all enjoy human rights and freedoms," the President said. | Speaking at this year's Freedom Day celebration in Botshabelo in the Free State, President Ramaphosa said the country has a Constitution that is a shield and a protection for all. | "And yet, even as we have lived in a democratic country for the past 27 years, we know that across many parts of South Africa, the promise of 1994 has not yet been fulfilled. Millions of South…
(2021-04-28). The State Of China's Climate In 2020: Warmer And Wetter Again. eurasiareview.com The National Climate Center (NCC) of China has just completed a report that gives an authoritative assessment of China's climate in 2020. It provides a summary of China's climate as well as the major weather and climate events that took place throughout the year. This is the third consecutive year that the NCC has published an annual national climate statement in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters (AOSL). | "Against the background of global warming, extreme weather and climate events occur more frequently and have wide influence on society and economies. Last year, floods, droughts, typhoons, low-temperat…
(2021-04-28). Virtual Reality Could Help Improve Balance In Older People. eurasiareview.com Researchers at the University of Bath investigating how virtual reality (VR) can help improve balance believe this technology could be a valuable tool in the prevention of falls. | As people grow older, losing balance and falling becomes more common, which increases the risk of injury and affects the person's independence. | Falls are the leading cause of non-fatal injuries in over 65-yearolds and account for over 4 million bed days per year in England alone, at an estimated cost of £2 billion. | Humans use three ways of keeping their balance: vision, proprioceptive (physical feedback from muscles and jo…
(2021-04-28). Sleepwalking Into Nuclear War? — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Jonathan Power* | Last week on Tuesday (April 20), US Strategic Command, the part of the military responsible for nuclear weaponry and its use, posted an official Tweet that read, "We must account for the possibility of conflict leading to conditions which could very rapidly drive an adversary to consider nuclear use as their least bad option". | This came just as Russia was pulling back its large deployment of troops on Ukraine's border which, in turn, was triggered in part by President Joseph Biden's decision to ship for the first time sophisticated weapons to Ukraine. | The crisis has now passed but the…
(2021-04-28). Khamenei's Iran Elections Impasse — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Adena Nima | Less than two months to Iran's presidential elections and the regime has yet to officially announce its candidates for the
(2021-04-28). Business School Research Is Broken: Here's How To Fix It. eurasiareview.com Researchers from Erasmus School of Economics, IESE Business School, and New York University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines what business schools do wrong when conducting academic research and what changes they can make so that research contributes to improving society. | The study, forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing, is titled "Faculty Research Incentives and Business School Health: A New Perspective from and for Marketing" and is authored by Stefan Stremersch, Russell Winer, and Nuno Camacho. | In February 2020, an article in the Financial Times stated that business schoo…
(2021-04-28). Will Total Confront Another Islamic State-Linked Insurgency In Uganda? — Analysis. eurasiareview.com After retreating from ISIS-Mozambique, the French company is tapping oil in Uganda, in the backyard of ISIS-DRC. | By Peter Fabricius* | On 24 March, Islamist insurgents attacked the northern Mozambican coastal town of Palma, killing dozens of people and looting and destroying buildings. The incident forced French energy giant Total to abandon its multibillion-dollar liquid natural gas processing plant at nearby Afungi. | Theoretically, Total will return if Mozambique's security forces can guarantee a sufficient radius of stability around Afungi — one that would certainly include Palma. But there are omi…
(2021-04-28). Robert Reich: How To Stop Republicans From Stealing Elections — OpEd. eurasiareview.com Republican-controlled state legislatures
(2021-04-28). State Funeral For Leader Of Chad Embraced By Western Nations. eurasiareview.com By Lisa Vives | European and American military leaders lost a key African ally in their fight against insurgent movements across Africa. Foreign forces face an uncertain future with the recent death of the President of the African nation of Chad. | Idriss Deby Itno died on April 20 during a firefight with militants of the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) who had crossed into Chad from Libya. His death coincided with his reelection victory for a sixth term that would have made him one of the longest-serving leaders in the world. | Deby, 68, a French-trained officer and pilot, was hailed by his Wester…
(2021-04-28). Myanmar: Four Taungup Twsp Men Acquitted After Lengthy Terrorism Trial. eurasiareview.com Nearly a year after being arrested and charged under the Counter-Terrorism Law, four men including the chair of the Taungup Township Development Affairs Committee in Arakan State were acquitted on Monday, according to their lawyer. | The Taungup Township Court
(2021-04-28). New EU Climate Target Could Phase Out Coal Power In Europe As Early As 2030. eurasiareview.com Tightening the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS) in line with the EU Green Deal would dramatically speed up the decarbonization of Europe's power sector – and likely cause a demise of the coal industry. In a new study a team of researchers from Potsdam, Germany has quantified the substantial shifts Europe's electricity system is about to undergo when the newly decided EU climate target gets implemented. Higher carbon prices, the authors show, are not only an inevitable step to cut emissions – they will also lead much faster to an inexpensive electricity system powered by renewable energies. | "Once the EU t…
(2021-04-28). Scientists Don Spacesuits To Explore Hawaiian Lava Tubes As If They Were On Mars. eurasiareview.com Imagine trying to pick up a pebble or scrape microbes off a cave wall in a bulky spacesuit with puffy gloves on, under a time constraint because you don't want to run out of oxygen. That's what the analog astronauts do daily at the HI-SEAS moonbase habitat in Hawaii as they prepare for future missions to the moon and Mars, says Michaela Musilova of the International MoonBase Alliance (IMA) and director of HI-SEAS, the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation. | Musilova will present the latest on her team's research on Hawaiian lava tubes, and the challenges of trying to do research in spacesuits, this w…
(2021-04-28). Fr Alfonso Elengikal: Building A Better World — Book Review. eurasiareview.com The new age technology and culture has caused a serious rupture in traditional values. As a result, we are witnessing a growing culture of alienation in school children. It has led to serious juvenile crimes and aberrant behavior among teenagers. A missionary writer has been able to curate a recipe that should hopefully serve as an antidote against such tendencies. | Fr Alfonso Elengikal has written a set of four self help books all of which are basically aimed at awakening the hidden potential of the juveniles and also channeling their energies for more constructive purposes .This is the time when the mind an…
(2021-04-28). Persuading Consumers To Go Green. eurasiareview.com Shopping habits and escalating consumption of many consumers are inflicting a heavy environmental toll, and while the majority of customers seem hesitant to act "green" on their own, companies are increasingly expected to implement effective eco-friendly tactics. But efforts to increase towel reuse at hotels, paperless adoption in the banking industry or "ugly" food consumption at grocery stores have been challenging. | As a result, millions of tons of cosmetically imperfect produce are wasted every year in the United States while about one billion trees worth of paper are thrown away. Electricity consumption…
(2021-04-28). Philippines: Bishop Makes Angry House Call. eurasiareview.com By Joseph Peter Calleja | A Catholic bishop in the Local officials want…
(2021-04-28). David Morgan: Get Real, Be Real And Buy Real — Interview. eurasiareview.com The past year has been a remarkably interesting time for precious metals and especially for silver. The metal had spent many years in the shadow of its "big brother", but it made an impressive, roaring comeback that grabbed headlines and mainstream interest. | As can be expected, this attracted a lot of new investors to silver and many first-time buyers. For those of us who understand the importance of physical precious metals this was a positive development, however, we also think it is essential for all investors to know what and why their buying. To get a clear picture on the status and the outlook of the s…
(2021-04-28). President Biden's Climate Pledge: Aspirations Versus Policies — OpEd. eurasiareview.com With regard to climate policy, the main problem with President Biden's declaration is that he has suggested no actua…
(2021-04-28). Hidden Air Pollutants On Rise In Cities In India And UK. eurasiareview.com Levels of air pollutants in cities in India are on the rise, according to scientists using observations from instruments on satellites that scan the global skies every day. | Researchers used a long record of data gathered by space-based instruments to estimate trends in a range of air pollutants for 2005 to 2018, timed to coincide with well-established air quality policies in the UK and rapid development in India. | The study was led by the University of Birmingham and UCL and included an international team of contributors from Belgium, India, Jamaica and the UK. The researchers published their findings in th…
(2021-04-28). Welcome Pledge on Biden's 100 Days in Office Signed by Advocates, Attorneys, and Artists Like Ang√©lique Kidjo and George Takei. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-04-28). Anti-Hunger Advocates Praise Biden's American Families Plan. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-04-28). API Sued (Again) for Deceiving Public About Climate Change. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-04-28). Groups File Third Intervention Defending Pause on Federal Oil, Gas Leasing. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-04-28). 200+ Civil Society Organizations Demand Fundamental Transformation of WTO. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-04-28). An Ugly Picture as State-Level GOP Attempt to Strangle Dissent Nationwide. commondreams.org "Even as they resist a full-scale investigation of the extremists involved and the events leading up to January 6," writes Common Dreams' Michael Winship, "Republicans are using that right-wing riot as a Trojan horse to go after Black Lives Matter and other protesting activists from the left." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/potomac_crowd_0.jpg …
(2021-04-28). Patriotic Millionaires Celebrate American Families Plan's Proposed Tax Hikes on The Rich. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-04-28). UN Treaty Could Force Mining Companies to Behave Responsibly. commondreams.org UN Treaty Could Force Mining Companies to Behave Responsibly | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/perumine.jpg …
(2021-04-28). Working-Class Mothers Carried the Weight of Shecession. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-04-28). Largest Federal Employee Union Calls for Increased Workplace Protections for Government Workers in Honor of Workers' Memorial Day. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-04-28). Imperial to launch new Global Development Hub. imperial.ac.uk New Hub will galvanise expertise as Imperial researchers continue to forge vital international partnerships…
(2021-04-28). Revived peace process, lasting calm, and a new constitution needed in Syria. news.un.org In addition to the challenges that all Syrians have faced during a 10-year conflict, women have experienced sexual and gender-based violence, early and forced marriage and trafficking, the country's UN envoy told the Security Council on Wednesday.
(2021-04-28). 370,000 children displaced in Central African Republic; highest level since 2014. news.un.org Child displacement in the Central African Republic (CAR) has now reached its highest level since 2014, according to the latest estimates from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), warning of the mounting risks children face.
(2021-04-28). Filipino investigative journalist to receive UN press freedom prize. news.un.org The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Tuesday named investigative journalist and media executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines as the recipient of its 2021 press freedom award.
(2021-04-28). Republicans Are Risking a Major Realignment. thenation.com Republicans Are Risking a Major Realignment…
(2021-04-28). Blake Bailey's Life as a Man. thenation.com Blake Bailey's Life as a Man…
(2021-04-28). At the St. Louis City Jail, Inmates Have Been Pushed to the Brink. thenation.com At the St. Louis City Jail, Inmates Have Been Pushed to the Brink…
(2021-04-28). Millions of children in England live in areas with illegal air pollution. thecanary.co Millions of children and young people live in areas of England where air pollution law has been breached, according to figures from the Labour Party. | More than 19,000 schools, colleges and nurseries are in local authority areas with illegal levels of air pollution, and more than 7.8 million people aged 18 or under live in those parts of the country, according to estimates. | The Labour Party is calling for a new Clean Air Act to establish the legal right to clean air, bring World Health Organisation (WHO) targets into UK law with duties on ministers to enforce them, and grant new powers to councils to take urge…
(2021-04-28). PMQs carnage as Boris Johnson repeatedly loses it. thecanary.co Boris Johnson looked like a man under pressure at Prime Minister's Questions ( Tory corruption: | Tory corruption is left, right, and centre at present. As The Canary previously
(2021-04-28). Police officers charged for allegedly sharing 'selfies' of double killing scene. thecanary.co Two police officers have been charged with misconduct over allegations that they shared photographs of the scene of a double murder. It's previously been alleged "Inappropriate": | PC Deniz Jaffer, 47, and PC Jamie Lewis, 32, of the Metropolitan Police have been charged after an investigation into pictures which were taken and circulated of sisters Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46. The sisters were stabbed to death at Fryent Country Park in Wembley, North-West London, in the early…
(2021-04-28). Human Rights Watch: Israel Is an Apartheid State. thenation.com Human Rights Watch: Israel Is an Apartheid State…
(2021-04-28). Abusive Israeli Policies Constitute Crimes Of Apartheid, Persecution, Says HRW. eurasiareview.com Israeli authorities are committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Tuesday. The finding is based on an overarching Israeli government policy to maintain the domination by Jewish Israelis over Palestinians and grave abuses committed against Palestinians living in the occupied territory, including East Jerusalem. | The 213-page report, "
(2021-04-28). The Art of the Memoir With Japanese Breakfast. thenation.com The Art of the Memoir With Japanese Breakfast…
(2021-04-28). China urges Japan to revoke wastewater dump decision and apologize. ecns.cn China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Wednesday called on the Japanese government to revoke its decision to dump nuclear polluted water into the ocean and apologize, in response to a question regarding a tweet he posted on Monday.
(2021-04-28). Yayoi Kusama's exhibition opens at New York Botanical Gardens. ecns.cn Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama selected works are on display in both outdoors and indoors settings at the New York Botanical Gardens.
(2021-04-28). Wednesday 5/19: Talkin' Trash – Myths and Realities of Recycling and Materials Management. indybay.org Zoom webinar…
(2021-04-28). Welcome to a `systemic risk'. indybay.org In fact, the US has just passed one of the most progressive laws in its history. It departs from the economic strategies of the past few decades, which have favored capital income — of both 'innovators' and rentiers — and increasingly left the working class behind.
(2021-04-28). Saturday 5/1: Abolish The Police. indybay.org Oscar Grant Plaza…
(2021-04-28). Mumia Supporters March on OPD and Alameda County Court House. indybay.org For the second time in five days, supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal marched to demand his freedom.
(2021-04-28). Friday 4/30: Stop Oil Exports/Support for Diane Wilson. indybay.org We'll meet in the plaza in front of 450 Golden Gate, where the offices of the Army Corps of Engineers are located.
(2021-04-28). Groundbreaking Police Demilitarization Ordinance. indybay.org Berkeley approves oversight and transparency measure for all militarized equipment used by police…
(2021-04-28). Friday 9/24: Animal Liberation Conference 2021. indybay.org Various locations across the Bay Area – venues TBA.
(2021-04-28). Monday 5/24: EV 201: Finding the EV for Your Lifestyle. indybay.org Virtual Event. Registration required.
(2021-04-28). Police & Prison Abolition — YDSA Reading Group. dsausa.org Join YDSA members from across the country for a series of discussions about police & prison abolition and how it relates to our vision and strategy for winning socialism. RSVP here…
(2021-04-28). Vienna Shadow Play Hangs Over Iran Nuke Deal. strategic-culture.org Few people, apart from specialists, may have heard of the JCPOA Joint Commission. That's the group in charge of a Sisyphean task: the attempt to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal through a series of negotiations in Vienna. | The Iranian negotiating team was back in Vienna yesterday, led by Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi. Shadowplay starts with the fact the Iranians negotiate with the other members of the P+1 — Russia, China, France, UK and Germany — but not directly with the US. | That's quite something: after all, it was the Trump administration that blew up the JCPOA. There is an A…
(2021-04-28). America Has a Problem With Poorly Trained Police Officers, Not 'Systemic Racism'. strategic-culture.org America can expect a future of artificially induced racial tensions as a number of good cops are forced to take the blame for a "systemic racism" | In what just might be the most misguided attempt at 'utopian' living ever conceived, progressive Democrats continue to demand the defunding and disbanding of police forces in cities around the country. Yet, like a doctor that has made the wrong diagnosis on a patient, such a radical idea will not bring peace and security to America's ailing neighborhoods. In fact, it will make them virtually unlivable. | The United States desperately needs a national debate on the roo…
(2021-04-28). European Parliament ratifies EU-UK trade deal. ecns.cn The European Parliament on Wednesday ratified the agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) in a 660-5 vote.
(2021-04-28). Lavrov Calls Out Perfidious Albion in EU Diplomat Spat. strategic-culture.org The British establishment likes to boast that they "punch above their weight" in terms of influence beyond their territorial size. It's not hard to see how they manage such a feat. It's called duplicity, intrigue, lies, and dividing and ruling. | Britain is fomenting a diplomatic crisis between the European Union and Russia, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Evidence and precedent indicate Lavrov has his sight well-trained. | The British establishment's notorious ability for machination and intrigue — hence the ancient moniker Perfidious Albion — can be seen as stirring the escalati…
(2021-04-28). Communications in the Internet Age. orinocotribune.com By Luis Britto García — Apr 24, 2021 | Every technological advance gives rise to a utopian dream and a dystopian nightmare. The invention of the internet around 1990 generated enthusiastic expectations. Its very beginning was utopian. Its creator, Tim Berners-Lee, refused to register the patents that would have made him a billionaire in order to make the internet available to humanity. | A device initially taken over by the military industrial complex as an underground network safe from nuclear attack, it soon became an instrument supposedly available to all for the free exchange of messages and knowledge. I…
(2021-04-28). The Senator Nobody Voted For Has A Curious Plan For Biden's America — OpEd. eurasiareview.com With Vice President Kamala Harris in the "Biden-Harris" Administration, California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Alex Padilla to replace Harris in the Senate. Both politicians have back stories that people across the nation and around the world should know. | Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was a city councilman in Los Angeles from 1999—2006, and a state senator from 2006—2014. The following year Padilla became California's Secretary of State, and after the 2016 election, Padilla refused to cooperate with a federal probe of voter fraud, a longstanding practice in California. | As a State Department inve…
(2021-04-28). U.S. Army Used Virtual Town Hall to Convert — and Coerce — Vaccine Skeptics. globalresearch.ca Earlier this month, the U.S. Army hosted a Facebook live town …
(2021-04-28). Top IG Metall official takes over as human resources chief at Volkswagen subsidiary. wsws.org Osterloh is not an isolated case. The transfer into management of leading IG Metall and works council officials, who have earned their merits by attacking the workforce, is integral to the German business model.
(2021-04-28). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Head and neck cancers are becoming increasingly common. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org There are many causes of head and neck cancers, and treatment is complicated. And one of the fastest growing demographic of cancers in the U.S. is human papillomavirus (HPV) in younger people, says Dr. Daniel Ma, a Mayo Clinic radiation oncologist. "This is a treatable disease," says Dr. Ma. "It's a disease that's very responsive …
(2021-04-28). Mayo study finds colon cancer driven by hereditary gene mutations in 1 in 6 patients. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. –?A new Mayo Clinic study bolsters evidence that colorectal cancer is often imprinted in family genes and passed on from one generation to the next. In the study, published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, researchers within the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine found 1 in 6 patients with colorectal cancer had an …
(2021-04-28). Remembering Walter Mondale, dedicated public servant and former Mayo Clinic trustee. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Walter Mondale, former vice president, known for his many years of public service to the country and the state of Minnesota, died on Monday, April 19, at his home in Minneapolis. He was 93. Mr. Mondale was a member of the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees from 1989 to 1994 and from 1997 to 2001. …
(2021-04-28). Mayo researchers, collaborators identify 'instigator' gene associated with Alzheimer's disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In a new paper published in Nature Communications, Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators report the protein-coding gene SERPINA5 may worsen tau protein tangles, which are characteristic of Alzheimer's disease, and advance disease. By combining clinical expertise, brain tissue samples, pathology expertise and artificial intelligence, the team clarified and validated the relevance of …
(2021-04-28). US Tries to Avoid Miscalculations When Coming Across IRGC Vessels at Sea, Pentagon Says. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States tries to avoid miscalculations with Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy vessels when they come in close proximity at sea, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby told reporters.
(2021-04-28). Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Hits Assam in India, EMSC Says. sputniknews.com According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC), the earthquake's epicenter was located at a depth of 40 km, while the United States Geological Survey (USGS) registered the focus of the tremor at a depth of around 29 km.
(2021-04-28). Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Ratings in UK Plunge to Lowest Ever After Prince Philip's Funeral. sputniknews.com Once Britain's favourite prince, the Duke of Sussex's popularity has been in decline in his home country since leaving his senior royal post last year to start a new life across the pond with wife Meghan. Unlike her husband, she's never been Britain's most beloved royal.
(2021-04-28). Hunter Biden Invited to Speak on 'Media Polarisation' at Tulane University. sputniknews.com Hunter Biden has been promoting his new book "Beautiful Things" this month, where he touches on a number of personal issues, including his struggle with alcohol and drug addiction and the collapse of his marriage.
(2021-04-28). Russia Expels Diplomats From Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. sputniknews.com The tit-for-tat response follows last week's decision by the three Baltic republics to expel several Russian diplomats from their respective embassies "in solidarity" with the Czech Republic amid the spat between Moscow and Prague over Russia's alleged involvement in ammunition depot explosions in 2014. Moscow has vocally denied the allegations.
(2021-04-28). Don't Go 'Too Hard on Dom': No.10 Officials 'Fear Being Dragged' Into Boris Johnson Leak Scandal. sputniknews.com Boris Johnson's once most trusted aide and key Brexit architect Dominic Cummings has been named by British media the "prime suspect" behind the leaked conversations embroiling the UK prime minister in a lobbying scandal. Cummings has denied being behind the leak: in an explosive blog post he accused his former boss of "unethical" conduct.
(2021-04-28). 16 Kids, 2 Teachers Reportedly Injured as Knifeman Attacks Kindergarten in Beiliu, China. sputniknews.com Chinese media say the suspect has been arrested, while the injured have been taken to hospital.
(2021-04-28). Moscow Believes War in Donbas Against Ukraine Can, Should Be Avoided, Russian Foreign Minister Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A war in Donbas against Ukraine can and should be avoided, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Sputnik.
(2021-04-28). Mark Zuckerberg Comes Clean on His 2020 'Sunscreen Surfing' Photo. sputniknews.com Saying that he considers the incident in question "pretty funny," Zuckerberg remarked that he's also "glad people can laugh about it."
(2021-04-28). Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Passes Away at the Age of 90. sputniknews.com Collins joined NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on their journey to the Moon in July 1969, and flew around Earth's natural satellite as his crewmates landed on its surface.
(2021-04-28). Russia Has Basis for Analogue of SWIFT, FM Lavrov Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia has a basis for creating an analogue of the SWIFT payment system, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
(2021-04-28). Gollum or Doc Brown? Netizens Share Ideas on ex-British PM Tony Blair's New Hairstyle. sputniknews.com The former prime minister's dashing "lockdown hair" quickly rose to the top of Twitter's trending topics, with users comparing him to other personalities and characters such as LOTR's Gollum, Doc Emmet Brown from the Back to the Future movie franchise and 70s rock band members.
(2021-04-28). Drunk Woman Says 'F**k the Police' on Live Stream, Then Plows Car Into NYPD Officer. sputniknews.com The police said Beauvais hit Tsakos head-on, with the impact tossing the officer into the air and onto a patch of grass along the expressway.
(2021-04-28). UK Activist Group Accuses Justin Bieber of Cultural Appropriation for His New 'Black' Hairstyle. sputniknews.com On Sunday, the 27-year-old Canadian singer debuted his new locs hairstyle on Instagram, which was followed by a close-up on Monday. The photos sparked outrage on social media, much as they did in 2016 when he was photographed with cornrows.
(2021-04-28). US Reportedly Plans to Spend Nearly $18 Bln on Missile Interceptor for Use Against North Korea, Iran. sputniknews.com The United States resumed its work on a missile defence shield in the early 2000s after withdrawing from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia. Moscow responded by financing the creation of its hypersonic missile programme, meant to guarantee Russia's ability to respond to any potential large-scale aggression.
(2021-04-28). Nigerian President Urges US to Relocate AFRICOM HQ From Germany to Africa. sputniknews.com US Africa Command (AFRICOM) was founded under the US Department of Defense in 2007, and ultimately based in Germany due to concerns about Washington's military presence on Africa. While former US President Donald Trump ordered AFRICOM to move locations, the Pentagon's press secretary recently dashed those hopes.
(2021-04-28). Saudi Crown Prince: Kingdom at 90% Agreement With Biden Administration Policies. sputniknews.com Saudi Arabia has remained one of the US' largest trading partners in the Middle East, with business ties linked to the founding of the oil-rich kingdom in 1932. US-Saudi ties saw a boost under former US President Donald Trump, who saw his presidency rise alongside the 2017 ascendancy of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.
(2021-04-28). Federal Investigators Reportedly Execute Search Warrant at Rudy Giuliani's Apartment. sputniknews.com The search warrant is part of a broader investigation into whether Giuliani violated lobbying laws while serving as President Donald Trump's lawyer.
(2021-04-28). Dogecoin Spikes After Another Tweet by Elon Musk. sputniknews.com The cryptocurrency's popularity has been given another boost thanks to tech billionaire Elon Musk's social media habit.
(2021-04-28). DOJ Rescinds Trump-Era Policy Denying Grant Money to Sanctuary Cities. commondreams.org The U.S. Justice Department has revoked a Trump-era policy conditioning certain law enforcement grants upon cooperation with immigration authorities. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/abolish_ice_1.jpg …
(2021-04-28). 'A Slap in the Face': Postal Union Slams DeJoy Plan to Close Mail Processing Facilities. commondreams.org The American Postal Workers Union condemned DeJoy's plan to consolidate and close mail processing plants as a "misguided strategy that not only disrupts the lives of postal workers but will further delay mail." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/dejoy_mail_plant_closures.jpg …
(2021-04-28). Biden Proposes Hiking Taxes on Richest Americans to Fund Universal Pre-K, Paid Leave, and More. commondreams.org "Taxes have become almost optional for the super-rich. President Biden's plan is a welcome first step in reversing wealth hoarding and tax avoidance." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/biden_american_families_plan.jpg …
