Mark Gruenberg (2020-01-27). What do presidential candidates do when they\'re stuck in the Senate? peoplesworld.org MANCHESTER, N.H.—What do Democratic presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Michael Benne,t and Amy Klobuchar do when they want to be out on the campaign trail — but instead are stuck in the U.S. Senate, serving as jurors in the impeachment trial of GOP President Donald Trump? The answer, at least with two weeks to …

Miko Peled (2020-01-27). Israel\'s Auschwitz Commemoration: A Kidnapping of Jewish history. mintpressnews.com As world leaders gathered in Jerusalem to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, Zochrot, an

Alan Macleod (2020-01-27). Genocide Scholar Warns That the Groundwork for Genocide in the US Has Been Laid. mintpressnews.com Brynn Tannehill, a defense analyst and genocide scholar, took to Twitter to warn that the necessary conditions and many of the precursor events for genocide in the US \"are in motion.\"

Saif Ansari (2020-01-27). The Vile Message Democrats Are Sending With Impeachment. truthdig.com People of color have suffered the brunt of Trump\'s abuses, so why are there no articles of impeachment that speak to their pain?

Staff (2020-01-27). Under Pressure in Impeachment Trial, Trump Steps Up Attacks on Reproductive Rights. democracynow.org Donald Trump on Friday became the first sitting president in U.S. history to attend the so-called March for Life, the annual anti-abortion rally held in Washington, D.C., that draws thousands of participants. President Trump — who once described himself as \"pro-choice in every respect\" — accused Democrats of infanticide and falsely stated that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam supports an abortion bill that would \"execute a baby after birth.\" The March for Life began in 1974 in response to the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion. Past…

RT (2020-01-27). \'Bombshell\' or nothing to see here? Dems clamor for Bolton impeachment testimony as manuscript claims Trump-Ukraine quid-pro-quo. rt.com Ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton\'s book claims Donald Trump admitted a Ukraine quid-pro-quo, prompting Democrats to declare it\'s game-over for the US president, as his supporters dismiss it as yet another nothingburger. | Democrats have renewed their demands for Bolton to testify in the Senate impeachment trial after a manuscript of the inveterate hawk\'s new tell-all book on his time in the White House asserted Trump had told Bolton the administration should keep sitting on $391 million in military aid to Ukraine until Kiev reopened an investigation of Burisma Holdings, the natural gas firm tied to for…

Staff (2020-01-27). Explosive Bolton Book Allegations Spark New Calls for Witnesses to Testify at Impeachment Trial. democracynow.org Calls are growing for the Senate to call witnesses in President Trump\'s impeachment trial, after The New York Times published details about former national security adviser John Bolton\'s forthcoming book. In the book, Bolton writes that President Trump personally told him in August that he wanted to maintain a freeze on $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine until Ukraine turned over materials related to former Vice President Joe Biden and supporters of Hillary Clinton in Ukraine. The New York Times broke the story on Sunday, one day after President Trump\'s legal team began its defense of the president. D…

John Wojcik (2020-01-27). Bolton\'s bombshell explodes main Trump defense argument in Senate. peoplesworld.org …

RT (2020-01-27). Hong Kong hospital hit by homemade bomb day after protesters set fire to coronavirus quarantine building. rt.com A small bomb prompted evacuation and temporarily disrupted work at a hospital in Hong Kong. Masked protesters had earlier firebombed a proposed quarantine area for possible coronavirus victims. | The explosive device was hidden in a bathroom stall inside the Caritas Medical Center and went off at around 2: 30am on Monday. About 20 patients were evacuated, after which a bomb squad examined the scene. The hospital\'s emergency department had to limit its work until services were fully restored later in the morning. No one was injured in the blast. | \"After the explosion, there was a lot of white smoke, and a small…

RT (2020-01-27). Czech soldiers to join France\'s counter-terror mission in Africa — govt. rt.com The Czech government on Monday approved a plan by its ministry of defense to deploy up to 60 troops as part of France\'s counter-terrorism mission in Africa. The service members will join Operation Barkhane, France\'s largest overseas military mission, AP reports. | It has been working to root out Islamic militants roaming the Sahel region. The government said Mali, Niger and Chad have all approved the Czech deployment. | However, the plan to deploy Czech forces in the mission until the end of 2022 needs parliamentary approval. The Czechs already have some 120 military personnel in Mali as a part of a European U…

RT (2020-01-27). \'Makes a lot of sense\': White House to unveil \'deal of the century\' Mid-East peace plan Tuesday as Trump receives Netanyahu. rt.com US President Donald Trump has said that the White House will unveil its long-awaited and long-delayed Middle East peace plan on Tuesday. Israel\'s PM Benjamin Netanyahu is already in DC, but no Palestinian envoy is present. | Trump made the remark as he received Netanyahu, who is in Washington for the release of the plan dubbed the \"deal of the century.\" | Trump said the plan \"makes a lot of sense\" for everybody and is \"good for\" Palestinians — but reports suggest that the plan is unlikely to offer the prospect of statehood to Palestine. Adding to the sense that the deal will offer more to Israel, is the…

RT (2020-01-27). Palestinian PM calls on world powers \'to reject\' Trump\'s peace plan for Middle East. rt.com The Palestinian prime minister on Monday urged world powers to reject Donald Trump\'s peace plan, which they said President Mahmoud Abbas had refused to discuss with his US counterpart, AFP reported. | Trump is due to unveil his proposal for Middle East peace this week in Washington, where he is scheduled to meet Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz. | Palestinian leaders, who have not been invited to the White House, have already rejected the US initiative. However, the details of Trump\'s plan, which has been in the works since 2017, are not yet public. | Palestinian PM Mohammad Shta…

RT (2020-01-27). Oman\'s top diplomat visits Iran for 2nd time in week to discuss Gulf security. rt.com Iran\'s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hosted his Omani counterpart Yusuf bin Alawi on Sunday, the second such visit in one week, for talks on security in the Gulf. | Alawi made his visit to Tehran after his trip to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, which Zarif skipped after scheduling changes to the annual event. | Zarif and Alawi discussed \"bilateral cooperation regarding the Strait of Hormuz and emphasized their governments\' will… to guarantee maritime and energy security for all,\" according to Iran\'s foreign ministry. | It was their second meeting in the Iranian capital since la…

RT (2020-01-27). Passenger plane with 130 on board slides off runway, stops in the middle of a road in western Iran (VIDEO). rt.com A packed Iranian passenger plane skidded of the runway and ended up in the middle of a city street, local media report. | Caspian Airlines Flight 6936 took off from Tehran at around 6: 44am local time and was trying to land in the city of Bandar-e Mahshahr in southwestern Khuzestan Province when it skidded off the runway on Monday, Tasnim News said. | Videos from the scene, which are circulating on social media, show the Boeing aircraft lying on its belly in the middle of the road. Passengers were calmly evacuated from the plane, while some wreckage from the fuselage could be seen on the ground. | Dramatic f…

RT (2020-01-27). \'Greatest danger for democracy\': Iranian president seeks greater inclusivity in election process after 10,000 candidates banned. rt.com Iran\'s President Hassan Rouhani has taken aim at how the Islamic Republic handles elections. After the Guardian Council barred almost two-thirds of candidates from running, Rouhani called for \"competition and participation.\" | With the parliamentary elections on the horizon, President Rouhani spoke to provincial governors about the electoral process. Rouhani criticized the way the Islamic Republic deals with elections in general, and the actions of Iran\'s Guardian Council of the Constitution specifically. | The council, which decides who can run for office, has so far barred almost 10,000 candidates, including…

Donald Donato (2020-01-27). \"Respect for Graduate Student Workers Act\" introduced in House and Senate. peoplesworld.org CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The Harvard Graduate Student Union-UAW, which is in the midst of contentious contract negotiations, puts the situation faced by its members in stark perspective: \"Harvard University, which has a $41 billion endowment, admits that many students and student workers here are food insecure. But instead of agreeing to fair compensation in a union contract, …

RT (2020-01-27). Plane crashes in Taliban-controlled area of central Afghanistan — media. rt.com A plane crashed on Monday in Afghanistan\'s central Ghazni Province, an area controlled by the Taliban, local media report, citing officials. There were no immediate reports on casualties, though later some reports estimated tolls. | The jet went down in a Taliban-controlled area in the central Ghazni Province, Ariana News said, citing the Ministry of Interior Affairs. A source told local TOLOnews that \"special forces\" would be dispatched to the site. | Footage, said to be from the site of the crash, shows a large plume of smoke rising. | ŸàŸÑÿߟäÿ© ÿ&…

RT (2020-01-27). Taliban claims plane carrying high-ranking US officers crashes in Afghanistan. rt.com Taliban militants say that a US military aircraft crashed in Ghazni, central Afghanistan, killing everyone on board. A statement quoted by Reuters has claimed that it was brought down. The US military is investigating. | UPDATE: A Taliban spokesman said that the aircraft\'s crew and everyone on board, including what he claimed were high-ranking officers, were killed on the spot. | The so-far unverified claim includes a suggestion that the officers…

RT (2020-01-27). WATCH first footage allegedly showing wreckage of US plane that crashed in Afghanistan. rt.com Remains of an aircraft which crashed in the Taliban-held part of central Afghanistan can allegedly be seen in a video circulating on social media. The symbols on the plane appear to be similar to those used by the US military. | UPDATE: In the video, several people can be seen inspecting a crash site. A roundel, identical to the ones used by some US Air Force planes, is visible on the aircraft\'s fuselage. | US Central Command spokesperson, Major…

RT (2020-01-27). USAF says \'it appears we lost a plane\' as Afghani journos uncover DOCUMENTS from crash site (PHOTOS). rt.com Journalists have made it to the scene of a plane crash in Afghanistan, snapping pictures of the wreckage and even some documents. It comes as the US Air Force\'s chief of staff all but confirmed the loss of the military plane.

RT (2020-01-27). \'No indication of enemy fire\': US forces in Afghanistan confirm loss of recon plane. rt.com The US military has acknowledged the loss of a Bombardier/Northrop Grumman E-11A plane in central Afghanistan. They added that they have not found any \"indication\" that the aircraft was downed. | The aircraft crashed in Ghazni city area on Monday. An investigation into the incident is underway and the military will provide further information when its available, a spokesman for the US force in Afghanistan, Col. Sonny Leggett has tweeted. | A U.S. Bombardier E-11A crashed today in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. While the cause of crash is under investigation, there are no indications the crash was caused by enem…

RT (2020-01-27). Taliban claims they DOWNED plane carrying high-ranking US officers in Afghanistan — Reuters. rt.com Taliban militants have claimed that a US military aircraft crashed in Ghazni, central Afghanistan, killing everyone on board. A statement quoted by Reuters has specified that it was brought down. The US military is investigating. | A Taliban spokesman has affirmed the group\'s responsibility for the crash, saying that the aircraft\'s crew and everyone on board, including what he claimed were high-ranking officers, were killed on the spot. | The so-far unverified claim includes a suggestion that the officers belonged to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). | Earlier in the day, footage of charred remains…

RT (2020-01-27). India to begin teaching teens how to build their OWN AI using DIY kits. rt.com An Indian deep-tech startup will begin teaching the country\'s teenagers how to build their own artificial intelligence systems using DIY kits, before applying what they\'ve learned to real-world problems. | Tech start-up CYRAN developed the \'BUDDHI AI DIY Kit\', with \'Buddhi\' standing for \"Build, Understand, Design, Deploy Human-like Intelligence.\" It also means \'brain\' or \'mind\' in Hindi. | The pack includes an AI handbook, DIY AI projects, lessons, exercises, presentations, and videos while making use of both proprietary software and hardware like AI actuation circuit boards powered by AI computing-engines.

RT (2020-01-27). \'People want to know the truth\': Red Army veteran speaks out on liberation of Auschwitz & distortions of history. rt.com Soviet veteran Ivan Martynushkin remembers the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. It was a \"massive celebration\" with the Red Army\'s role recognized front and center. Fifteen years on, however, something has shifted. | As time goes on, those anniversary events have become \"different in tone\" and attitudes toward Soviet veterans \"drastically changed.\" No longer revered in Europe for their role in liberating Poland, Martynushkin says \"implicit accusations\" began to creep in that the Red Army \"were aggressors\" who did not truly liberate Poland. In 2015, relations between Moscow and the rest of Europ…

Daniel Ellsberg (2020-01-27). Remembering My Hero, Howard Zinn. truthdig.com The renowned historian Howard Zinn died on January 27, 2010. On the occasion of the 10 year anniversary of his passing, we are revisiting the following piece by whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg about his close friend and \"the best human being [he\'s] ever known,\" I just learned that my friend Howard Zinn died today. Earlier this morning, I was being interviewed by the Boston Phoenix, in connection with the February release of a documentary in which he is featured prominently. The interviewer asked me who m…

Staff (2020-01-27). Is the DNC Planning to Go to War Against the Left? truthdig.com Progressives raised alarm this weekend after Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez released his picks for the 2020 Democratic National Convention committees. | The list of nominees, Sunrise Movement political director Evan Weber Kevin Gosztola, managing editor of Related Articles:

The Canary (2020-01-27). Italy\'s regional voters thwart hopes of Matteo Salvini\'s League party. thecanary.co Italian voters have thwarted right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini\'s hopes of turning an election in a key northern region into a springboard for regaining national power.Nearly complete results from Sunday\'s election for the governorship of the prosperous Emilia-Romagna region had his League party candidate winning only 43.7% of support to the 51.4% garnered by the incumbent governor Stefano Bonaccini from the centre-left Democrats.The Democrats are in Italy\'s national coalition government led by premier Giuseppe Conte. | Italy, Emilia-Romagna regional election, 61.5% counted: | Bonaccini (CSX-LEFT | S&D | G/E…

Mohamed Elmaazi (2020-01-27). French Yellow Vests hold large solidarity demo for Julian Assange at Belmarsh prison. thecanary.co Members of the French

RT (2020-01-27). OPCW cannot be influenced by outside actors, the watchdog needs to be salvaged, British general tells RT. rt.com The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) needs to salvage its reputation after whistleblowers offered credible evidence of deceitful reporting on the Douma incident, a former head of UK commandos has said. | The international chemical weapons watchdog is under increasing pressure to come clean about how it prepared its report into the April 2018 incident in the Damascus suburb. Several scientists from the watchdog blew the whistle, alleging that the findings by inspectors who went on a fact-finding mission to Syria had been distorted or ignored by the OPCW\'s management, which was more co…

RT (2020-01-27). Cool-headed Indian man survives terrifying TIGER ATTACK by playing dead (VIDEOS). rt.com Netizens the world over have been stunned by one Maharashtra man\'s unlikeliest of escapes when he came face to face with an adult male tiger that had been terrorizing his village in western India. | The unnamed man was forced into the impossible position of playing dead and not moving a muscle as the bengal tiger loomed over him – and even lay down beside him. Hair-raising eyewitness footage of the man\'s lucky escape in Binaki village has been shared online. | Here\'s the full video

RT (2020-01-27). Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in coronavirus outbreak epicenter Wuhan to supervise epidemic control efforts. rt.com Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has arrived in the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province, which is the ground zero of the 2019-nCoV novel coronavirus outbreak that has already infected more than 2,800 people and claimed 80 lives across the nation. | \"At the instruction of China\'s Chairman Xi Jinping, [Li, who is] a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and the head of the working group, created due to the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus, has arrived in Wuhan to inspect and control the effort on fighting the epidemic,\" the State Council said in…

RT (2020-01-27). \'I\'m not worried\': French coronavirus patient speaks out as death toll & global concerns continue to rise. rt.com A French national of Chinese origin, who has contracted the deadly virus and is hospitalized in Bordeaux, says he is \"not worried\" about his affliction. The total number of infections has surpassed 2,000 while 56 people have died. | France has become the first European country where cases of the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) have been confirmed. So far, three people have been diagnosed with the deadly disease — one in Bordeaux and two in Paris. | The Bordeaux patient, a 48-year-old man who has not been named, had traveled to China recently, spoke to the local media. The man said he had likely contracted the…

RT (2020-01-27). Mongolia closes border with China, shuts down ALL universities & training centers to stop coronavirus spread. rt.com China\'s northern neighbor Mongolia has decided to close border crossings and all universities across the country, in a bid to stop the rapid spread of the previously-unknown coronavirus that has killed more than 80 people. | All border crossings with China will remain closed for vehicles and pedestrians from Monday until March 2, the state-run Montsame News Agency reported, citing a government meeting. No restrictions were placed on railways and air travel. | All universities, vocational training centers and the popular Nairamdal international youth camp will also be closed during this time period. | The gover…

RT (2020-01-27). China & India to take control of one-third of global economy. rt.com The developing markets of China and India will make up 35 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP) by 2060, nearing the US and European nations\' combined share, according to the Japan Center for Economic Research. | The Tokyo-based think tank says China\'s share of the world\'s economy will be about 20 percent and India\'s nearly 16 percent, up from 17 percent and four percent in 2019, respectively. | Also on rt.com | | China is forecast to keep its current number-two position…

Anna Pha (2020-01-27). Australian fires and drought: Government cut climate change research, ignored scientists. peoplesworld.org The catastrophic nature of the bush fires in Australia these past months in all likelihood could have been prevented or been less severe if governments had listened to scientists and acted on their advice. Instead, funding was cut to the very organizations that are critical to our understanding of bush fires and climate change, and …

RT (2020-01-27). Russia detains Japanese citizen in Vladivostok on suspicion of SPYING — Foreign ministry. rt.com A Japanese citizen has been detained in Vladivostok while trying to obtain classified material about Russia\'s military capabilities, officials have confirmed. He has since left the country. | The suspected spy was arrested on Saturday while trying to obtain secrets about what military assets Moscow has in the Far East, the Russian foreign ministry said. The Japanese national, who was in Russia on a journalism-related visa, was instructed to leave the country within 72 hours. He obliged and departed on Sunday. | \"The Japanese diplomats accredited in Russia have been issued with a note of protest, stating that s…

RT (2020-01-27). Man 'in difficult financial situation' abandons young children at Moscow airport — Russian cops investigating. rt.com Russia\'s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against a man who dumped his children at the country\'s busiest airport. | According to authorities, 41-year-old Viktor Gavrilov from the Far Eastern city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur arrived on a long-haul flight from Khabarovsk to Moscow\'s Sheremetyevo before abandoning his two sons. | The man then boarded a different plane to Rostov, near the Black Sea, leaving his kids with their identifying documents and a note: \"Please help my children. Please place them in a temporary shelter, because at the moment I have a very difficult financial situation. I\'ll pick…

RT (2020-01-27). Kicked to the Kerb: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova stuns Angelique Kerber to reach Australian Open quarter-finals (VIDEO). rt.com Russian starlet Anastasian Pavlyuchenkova produced a superb performance to knock former champion Angelique Kerber out of the Australian Open and move into the quarter-finals of the tournament in Melbourne. | Pavlyuchenkova fell behind after losing a first-set tiebreak before powering back into the match and winning 6-7, 7-6, 6-2 to book her place in the last eight of the women\'s draw. | The 28-year-old\'s progression ensured she reached her third quarter-final in the last four years in Melbourne, which has been a happy hunting ground in the past. | It also guaranteed that the tournament would crown a brand new…

RT (2020-01-27). Russia has drugs to treat 'coronavirus,' but global epidemic possible by March — Moscow experts. rt.com Russia has about 30 medicines that can treat the dangerous new Chinese coronavirus, according to the country\'s former chief federal sanitary inspector, Dr Gennady Onishchenko. | \"In order to reassure everyone: There are about 30 drugs that are available today, and are being used, [which can] work against this virus. Twelve of them are ones we [also use to] treat HIV infection,\" Onishchenko, who is now an MP in the national parliament (Duma), told the radio station Echo of Moscow. | However, Alexander Sergeev, head of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), offered a bleak prediction. He believes a global epidem…

WSWS (2020-01-27). This week in history: January 27-February 2. wsws.org 25 years ago: US emergency loan to Mexico in peso crisisOn January 31, 1995, US President Bill Clinton invoked executive power to extend a $50 billion loan to Mexico amid the ongoing peso crisis. The bailout was motivated by the need to appease Wall Street investors and avert total international financial collapse. It was also an effort to deter a potential surge in immigration due to increased austerity measures and the instability of the Mexican economy.

Orion the Elder (2020-01-27). Basta Thanks Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange for Revealing Bush\'s War Crimes. indybay.org MacArthur&Fruitvale…

WSWS (2020-01-27). An interview with a \"yellow vest\" protester on the fight to free Julian Assange. wsws.org Corinne was one of around 100 protesters who came from France to take part in Saturday\'s rally in support of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange outside Belmarsh prison.

WSWS (2020-01-27). French \"Yellow Vests\" rally for Julian Assange outside London\'s Belmarsh Prison. wsws.org The protest testified to the global scope of the support for Assange, despite the relentless lies and slanders that have been directed against him by the corporate media.

WSWS (2020-01-27). Canada\'s complicity in the persecution of Julian Assange. wsws.org The Canadian political establishment has maintained a deafening and complicit silence on the persecution of Assange throughout the past nine years.

Chris Hedges (2020-01-27). The Problem With Impeachment. truthdig.com Chris Hedges is off and will return with a new column Tuesday afternoon. Below, reposted as the Senate conducts the impeachment trial of President Trump, is a Hedges column from Sept. 26, 2019. It was written in the week that Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the start of impeachment inquiries in the House, roughly three months before the lower chamber voted to impeach. | Impeaching Donald Trump would do nothing to halt the deep decay that has beset the American republic. It would not magically restore democratic institutions. It would not return us to the rule of law. It would not curb the predatory appetites of th…

Kevin Zeese (2020-01-27). The World Demands US Out of the Middle East — Will the US Listen? globalresearch.ca The world is saying no to war with Iran and US out of the Middle East. Hundreds of protests were held in the United States and around the world on Saturday with a unified voice of \"No War.\" These protests …

Kevin Gosztola (2020-01-27). To rig primary against Bernie, DNC\'s Tom Perez nominates regime-change agents, Israel lobbyists, and Wall Street consultants. thegrayzone.com With Senator Bernie Sanders surging in the polls, DNC chair Tom Perez has put forward a cartoonishly neoliberal cast of…

Kevin Gosztola (2020-01-27). DNC\'s Tom Perez nominates regime-change agents, Israel lobbyists, and Wall Street consultants to rig the game against Bernie. thegrayzone.com With Sen. Bernie Sanders surging in the polls, DNC chair Tom Perez has put forward a cartoonishly neoliberal cast of…

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2020-01-27). Yemen: Saudi Coalition Claims \'Tactical Withdrawal\" After Houthi Forces Retake Key Province. mintpressnews.com Saudi forces have called their defeat in the face of the Houthi advance a \"tactical withdrawal\" amid scathing criticism and sarcasm by activists and media pundits.

Staff (2020-01-27). Headlines for January 27, 2020. democracynow.org Impeachment Trial Resumes as Leaked Bolton Manuscript Bolsters Democrats\' Case, Coronavirus Death Toll Reaches 81 in China as Disease Spreads Around the World, Pentagon: 34 U.S. Troops Have Brain Injuries After Iranian Attack on Iraqi Airbase, Deadly Crackdown on Iraqi Protests Continue as 100,000s March Against U.S. Military Presence, Turkey Earthquake Kills 38; At Least 1,600 Hospitalized, Ugandan Activist Vanessa Nakate Slams Racist Media After Being Cropped from Photo with White Activists, Trump Attends Anti-Abortion \"March for Life\" as Admin Continues Assault on Reproductive Rights, High-Ranking Pharma Exec…

RT (2020-01-26). 2 killed as US embassy car \'rams into vehicle\' in Islamabad — reports. rt.com Two people were reported killed and four others injured after a US embassy car apparently jumped a red light and rammed into the side of another vehicle in the Pakistani capital. Local reports claim a woman and a man have died.

RT (2020-01-26). 'I can see the light': WATCH rescuers save 2yo girl & her mother after they spent 24 HOURS trapped under rubble in Turkey. rt.com An injured mother and her baby girl spent nearly a whole day buried under debris after a deadly earthquake struck several cities in eastern Turkey. | Rescuers heard the woman\'s faint voice coming from deep under the rubble on Saturday, nearly 24 hours after a multi-story apartment complex in Elazig, eastern Turkey was demolished by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake. Ayse Yildiz told the first response team that she and her two-year-old daughter Yusra were trapped and could not get out on their own. \"I can see the light. Please, be quick,\" the woman was quoted as saying as rescuers rushed to clear the debris. | Luckil…

RT (2020-01-26). At least 19 soldiers killed after attack on military camp in Mali. rt.com The Sokolo army campin central Mali came under attack early on Sunday, according to the country\'s military. The operation, which left at least 19 servicemen and five others dead, has been claimed by Al-Qaeda affiliate Nusrat al-Islam (JNIM), a group active in the Maghreb and West Africa regions. It remains unclear whether the perpetrators sustained any casualties. | The attackers reportedly took the servicemen by surprise, breaching the base\'s cordon on motorbikes then gunning down their victims. Footage released by pro-jihadist outlets shows a cache of small arms, several pickup trucks and other equipment pur…

RT (2020-01-26). \'Pakistan has far better minds than India\': Pak government minister\'s peculiar pitch to Netflix unleashes slew of criticism. rt.com Pakistan\'s minister for science and technology is under fire for a bizarre pitch to Netflix and Amazon which claimed that Pakistan has \"far better minds\" than its neighbor India. | In a tweet congratulating a Pakistani TV channel for airing a drama he enjoyed, Fawad Chaudhry called on the streaming giants to invest in the Islamic republic. | \"I yet again ask @amazon and @Netflix invest in Pak drama n film #Pakistan has far better minds than India our music is far superior, you guys wont regret\" he wrote. | Must congretulate

RT (2020-01-26). Cleansing by fire? Hong Kong protesters set QUARANTINE-slated building alight as locals reject any coronavirus patients near them. rt.com In a bizarre attack, masked protesters have thrown Molotov cocktails into the lobby of a building that the Hong Kong authorities were planning to use to quarantine people in need of testing for the deadly coronavirus. | As of Sunday, a total of eight people in Hong Kong had been diagnosed with the disease originating from the mainland China city of Wuhan, with three more patients added to the list. Hong Kong has declared a state of emergency over the outbreak and rolled out measures to prevent the spread of the infection. | One of these was meant to reserve a newly-built empty public housing building in the Fa…

RT (2020-01-26). Russian Orthodox Church\'s former spokesman collapses & dies in Moscow, aged just 51. rt.com An ex-spokesman of the Russian Orthodox Church, Vsevolod Chaplin, has died suddenly in Moscow. The ultraconservative cleric was known for his controversial statements, often made during frequent appearances in the Russian media. | Chaplin reportedly felt ill when he was sitting on a bench near the church he was serving in on Sunday. He then slumped to the ground, and by the time the ambulance arrived it was too late. According to the media reports, the arch-priest suffered an asthma attack, although the exact cause of death is still unknown. | Chaplin had just concluded mass at the well-known, central Moscow,…

RT (2020-01-26). \'Bad Farsi? Try English\': Iran\'s Zarif mocks Trump for comments based on Fox headlines & shabby translation. rt.com Tehran\'s top diplomat has suggested the US president stop sourcing news from either Fox or his hapless Farsi translators, after Trump rejected negotiating with Iran, apparently missing a crucial nuance in a Der Spiegel interview. | President Donald Trump on Sunday told his Twitter subscribers that \"Iran wants to negotiate with The United States, but wants sanctions removed.\" He tagged Fox News and One America News and issued a resounding \"No Thanks!\" To hammer home the message, the commander-in-chief posted the same words in Farsi, the official language of Iran. Trump had earlier tweeted, also in Farsi, his su…

RT (2020-01-26). A resurrection of sorts: Kim Jong-un's aunt stuns guests with a shock appearance, after being 'killed' by tabloids years ago. rt.com The once-powerful aunt of North Korea strongman Kim Jong-un, who had not been seen in public since the downfall and execution of her husband, has reappeared as a guest of honor at an official Lunar New Year\'s Day celebration. | Kim Kyong-hui, a full sister of Kim Il-sung who held significant sway in North Korean politics under her father and, later, her brother, had not been seen since 2013. In December of that year her husband, the powerful general Jang Song-thaek, met with an unexpected political and physical demise. His arrest during a politburo meeting was shown by state television; he was accused of treas…

RT (2020-01-26). Plane \'catches fire\' after takeoff from airport in northern Iran. rt.com A Tehran-bound passenger plane was forced to return to Gorgan airport in northern Iran, as one of its engines caught fire shortly after takeoff. Footage has emerged allegedly showing the frightening scene. | The aircraft made an emergency landing and the passengers have been evacuated. The plane was carrying 85 passengers, none of whom were said to have been injured in the incident, according to local media. The flight was reportedly operated by Qeshm Air. | Meanwhile, photos purportedly showing the extent of the blaze appeared on Twitter. | üî¥ ÿ¢ÿ™ÿ¥ &fras…

RT (2020-01-26). Brazil breaks oil production record. rt.com Brazil produced more than 1 billion barrels last year, the first time it has breached the 1-billion-barrel mark, Reuters reports, citing the country\'s oil regulator, ANP. | The daily average stood at 3.106 million bpd, up 7.78 percent on 2018, ANP also said. | More than half of the total oil production Brazil recorded in 2019 came from the prolific presalt zone off its coast. The contribution of the presalt zone stood at 633.98 million barrels, which was an annual improvement of 21.56 percent. | Also on rt.com | | Br…

RT (2020-01-26). India marks Republic Day with grand show of military might & cultural diversity (VIDEOS). rt.com India celebrated its 71st Republic Day with a grand parade, showcasing the nation\'s military might, history and cultural diversity, with visiting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as the guest of honor. | Before the parade kicked off down the iconic Rajpath boulevard in downtown Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid a wreath at the newly built National War Memorial for the first time instead of doing so at the Amar Jawan Jyoti memorial, dedicated to the heroes of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. | Prime Minister

Staff (2020-01-26). The Failure to Deliver Reparations. truthdig.com \"Repair: Redeeming the Promise of Abolition\" | In July 2019, on a stage cluttered with nine other Democratic presidential candidates, Marianne Williamson broke with her normal jargon of cosmos to present a plan for reparations to black Americans. After translating 40 acres and a mule into a modern-day equivalent, she proposed from $200 billion to $500 billion for reparations programs, along with some \"deep truth telling\" in America. Her reference to \"truth telling\" likely refers to this natio…

RT (2020-01-26). 'We're Man United and we'll sing what we want': Supporters vent frustration at club during team's FA Cup drubbing of Tranmere. rt.com Manchester United supporters used their FA Cup win against Tranmere Rovers to make a statement of opposition to the club\'s hierarchy on Sunday, chanting for the removal of the team\'s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward. | Ole Gunnar Solksjaer relieved the pressure hoisted upon his by his team\'s humiliating home defeat to Burnley midweek by sending six goals without reply past a shell-shocked Tranmere side. | But the game will perhaps be as memorable for the actions of United\'s supporters in the stands just as much as the players on the pitch after their support vocally campaigned for changes in the club\'s lead…

RT (2020-01-26). Chinese health chiefs warn coronavirus is growing \'stronger\', MUTATION closely monitored by scientists. rt.com The mysterious coronavirus is now spreading more rapidly and little is still known about it, China\'s senior health officials said, as Beijing grapples with shortages of hazmat suits and protective masks. | \"The virus\' transmission ability has become stronger,\" National Health Commission Minister Ma Xiaowei said at a press briefing on Sunday. | Ma said that the previously-unknown coronavirus, which has already killed 56 people in China, is spreading faster, while the outbreak is entering a \"more serious and complicated phase.\" | The official noted that the government\'s knowledge of the new virus remains limite…

RT (2020-01-26). 5 rockets land near US embassy in Baghdad\'s Green Zone (VIDEOS). rt.com Five rockets have reportedly landed in the vicinity of the US embassy in Iraq\'s capital city of Baghdad. It was not immediately clear whether the projectiles inflicted any damage or casualties. | The missiles hit Baghdad\'s heavily-fortified Green Zone, AFP said, citing security sources. One of the sources said that five \'Katyusha rockets\' had landed near the compound, while another put the number of projectiles at three. | Incoming

RT (2020-01-26). EU carbon tax more about political wrangling than tackling climate change, analysts tell RT. rt.com The new European Commission president has been trying to make fighting climate change the hallmark of her presidency. However, her proposals could further split the bloc and backfire, hurting the EU itself, analysts believe. | Since taking office in December, Ursula von der Leyen has been pushing for the Green Deal, aiming to make Europe the \"world\'s first climate-neutral continent by 2050.\" The approach includes tax on imports from non-EU countries with less-strict ecological rules. By doing this, Brussels claims it wants to prevent so-called carbon leakage, so importers from countries with \"lower ambition fo…

RT (2020-01-26). \'Major\' terrorist attack planned for India\'s Republic Day foiled after 3 militants killed in Kashmir. rt.com Indian authorities averted a major attack on Republic Day when they killed three jihadist militants during a raid in Kashmir, including a mastermind behind the 2019 Pulwama blast, the country\'s army and police chiefs said. | The militants, belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) jihadist group, were killed in a clash with security forces in the Pulwama District of the Indian-controlled part of disputed Kashmir on Saturday, ahead of the nationwide celebrations, police and army officials revealed. | Kashmir\'s Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar told reporters that one of the killed terrorists was Qari Yasir,…

RT (2020-01-26). 1st \'presumed case\' of coronavirus confirmed in Austria, number of infected in France rises to 3. rt.com A Chinese flight attendant has been hospitalized in Vienna with symptoms of flu, the city\'s authorities have confirmed. The woman has recently traveled to Wuhan — the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, and is suspected of having contracted the disease. | France remains the only European country so far where cases of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) have been confirmed. The number of infected persons there has recently increased to three, according to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control. | The total number of infections globally has surpassed 2,000. Most of them are in China,…

C.J. Atkins (2020-01-26). China\'s coronavirus response shows what\'s possible when people come before profits. peoplesworld.org SINGAPORE—The usually celebratory atmosphere of Lunar New Year was markedly more subdued across Asia this weekend as government officials in China fought to contain the outbreak of a deadly new coronavirus that has, as of this writing, infected nearly 2,000 and taken the lives of more than 50. Unprecedented efforts are being made to halt …

RT (2020-01-26). No more BATS & SNAKES for gourmands: China bans WILDLIFE trade after virus outbreak linked to agricultural producers. rt.com China\'s Agriculture Ministry has banned trade in wildlife nationwide to curb the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. Wild animals consumed for food are believed to be the source of the outbreak. | The ministry banned trade in wild animals — alive or dead — in markets, supermarkets, restaurants, and e-commerce platforms, as well as the transportation of wildlife. It also ordered a quarantine of all places where such animals are bred, it said in a joint statement with the Forestry Department. | Two seafood markets in the big industrial city of Wuhan are believed to have been the starting point of the 2…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-01-26). Split Hearings: The Assange Extradition Case Drags On. globalresearch.ca It is being increasingly larded with heavy twists and turns, a form of state oppression in slow motion, but the Julian Assange extradition case now looks like it may well move into the middle of the year, dragged out, ironically …

Orion the Elder (2020-01-26). Basta Thanks Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange for Revealing Bush\'s War Crimes. indybay.org MacArthur&Fruitvale…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-01-26). \"Fake News\": \"Hundreds\" of Iraqis Want US Troops to Leave their Country. globalresearch.ca Who is telling the truth. Compare the images. | The Mainstream Media is lying. | \"Fake News\"? | See the official tweet of the Associated Press. | Hundreds, Thousands? Millions? | It\'s what you call \"investigative reporting\"… | You see what you want to …

sputniknews (2020-01-26). Netanyahu\'s Rival Benny Gantz to Hold Private Meeting With Trump Ahead of Mideast Peace Plan Reveal. sputniknews.com The long-awaited publication of the peace plan is expected to take place amid a state of political uncertainty in the Jewish state, which has been unable to form a new government for nearly a year along with its prime minister also being indicted on corruption charges.

Curt Wechsler (2020-01-26). Trump/Pence #OutNOW: No War on Iran! No War on Women! indybay.org Bring #OUTNOW into mass protests against U.S. war on Iran — join up with the Refuse Fascism contingent for Saturday\'s Global Day of Protest. | We will STAY in the streets into the afternoon, to protest this year\'s Christian fundamentalist \"Walk for Life\" attack on women\'s abortion rights.

San Mateo Protests (2020-01-26). Raging Grannies Remember Kent State at J25 No War With Iran Rally. indybay.org Old enough to remember, members of the Raging Grannies tuned up their voices to sing a classic anti-war song from the Vietnam war era.

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-26). Trump to Slash Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security Benefits? globalresearch.ca On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, he was asked if cutting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security is on his agenda. | \"At some point they will be,\" he responded, adding: Cutting them is \"the easiest of all …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-26). \"War on Dissent\" Threatens Speech, Media and Academic Freedoms. globalresearch.ca Censorship is the new normal in America and the West, wanting the message controlled, targeting what conflicts with it for elimination, notably on major geopolitical issues. | Digital democracy is the last frontier of free and open expression. | It\'s threatened by …

The Canary (2020-01-26). Turkish earthquake rescue efforts go on as the death toll rises. thecanary.co Rescue teams in eastern Turkey continued to pull survivors from collapsed buildings on Sunday, more than a day and a half after a powerful earthquake hit the country\'s east, killing at least 35 people.The magnitude 6.8 quake injured 1,556 people and 45 people have been pulled from the rubble so far, the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said.As overnight temperatures dropped to minus five C (23F), emergency teams set up more than 9,500 tents for displaced residents and distributed some 17,000 hot meals.People gather around fires after their houses in Elazig, eastern Turkey, were destroye…

sputniknews (2020-01-26). Transition to Energy Cooperation Between Turkey and Somalia Seems Almost Inevitable – Researcher. sputniknews.com The Somali invitation to Turkey to develop oil exploration has put the prospects and risks of such an initiative on the agenda for Ankara.

Dr. Leon Tressell (2020-01-26). Prospects for China-U. S. Relations After \"Phase 1 Trade Deal\" globalresearch.ca Last week the US and China finally signed phase 1 of their long awaited trade deal. Despite Trump\'s hyperbole financial markets reacted in a rather muted way to the \'deal of the century\'. The continuing inflation in stock markets is …

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2020-01-26). The Battle for the Indian Ocean and Island States. globalresearch.ca Deputy Director Artem Kozhin at the Foreign Ministry as the new ambassador to …

Vera Sharav (2020-01-26). Auschwitz: The Role of IG Farben-Bayer. globalresearch.ca GR Editor\'s Note | January 27, 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops. Rarely mentioned by the media, the I. G Auschwitz concentration camp was a private undertaking owned by I. G. Farben — Bayer. …

Mondialisation (2020-01-26). Novo coronavírus na China: um exame dos fatos. globalresearch.ca Os meios de comunicaàßà£o ocidentais discutiram o novo vírus corona que comeàßou a se proliferar na cidade de Wuhan, na China Central, mas, além de pequenos detalhes repetitivos e do inevitável ataque à China, nà£o há muita luz sobre as …

Hans Stehling (2020-01-26). Trump\'s Threat to Dispossess Four Million Palestinians by Violent Annexation of East Jerusalem and West Bank. globalresearch.ca 50 million Christian Zionists, including US VP Mike Pence, have succeeded in persuading a gullible Donald Trump to propose the forced annexation of Palestinian East Jerusalem and the West Bank by hard-line extremist Israeli Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, …

Eric Zuesse (2020-01-26). Americans Deceived, and Kept in the Dark, by \'Our\' \'News\' Media: Harnessing Public Support for Continued US Occupation of Iraq. globalresearch.ca Iraqis are furious that the U.S. continues its military occupation — a continuation of the 2003 U.S. invasion — of their country, after the U.S. was finally ordered out by Iraq\'s Government on January 5th. U.S.-and-allied \'news\'-media constantly lie about …

Nicoletta Lanese (2020-01-26). Only One Lab in China Can Safely Handle the New Coronavirus. globalresearch.ca As an escalating viral outbreak unfolds in China, only one lab in the country meets the required biosafety standards needed to study the new disease. | The lab happens to sit in the center of Wuhan, the city where the newly …

Brett Redmayne-Titley (2020-01-26). How the US Supreme Court Forever Sold Its Gavel: Behind the Scenes Legal Machinations. globalresearch.ca \"Essentially, five Justices were unhappy with the limited nature of the case before us, so they changed the case to allow themselves to change the law.\" — Former US Supreme Court justice, John Paul Stevens | This week almost all media …

Philip A Farruggio (2020-01-26). Sheep Always Seem to Lose Their Wool: \"Our Nation Flounders in an Economic and Psychological Depression\" globalresearch.ca \"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.\" — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | September 11th is around the corner and our nation flounders in an economic and psychological depression. Are you aware that our …

Leonardo Flores (2020-01-26). A Year of Failure for Guaidó and Trump\'s \"Fake President\" globalresearch.ca It has now been one year since Juan Guaidó, then head of Venezuela\'s National Assembly, swore himself in as \"interim president\" of the country on January 23, 2019. It is worth recalling that this scheme was hatched in Washington. …

Khalid Amayreh (2020-01-26). Gaza: The Auschwitz of our Time. globalresearch.ca International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In Commemoration of the Liberation of Auschwitz, January 27, 2020 | *** | First published in August 2007 | In 1940, several months after invading Poland in September 1939, the Nazis forced about 500,000 Jews into the Warsaw Ghetto, …

sputniknews (2020-01-26). US Embassy Vehicle Involved in Traffic Crash in Islamabad, At Least 2 People Are Dead – Reports. sputniknews.com According to TheNews website, the incident occurred on Sunday at the Faisal Avenue Chawk. The driver has been arrested and an investigation into the accident is underway.

sputniknews (2020-01-26). Over 200 Amateur Fishermen Evacuated From Ice Floe Off Russia\'s Sakhalin – Video. sputniknews.com YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK (Sputnik) – The incident took place near Cape Svobodny in Mordvinov Bay. About 600 ice fishing lovers got cut off from the shore because of an ice crack. Some of them left the ice floe on their own, while the rest were brought ashore by rescuers.

sputniknews (2020-01-26). Israeli Detained in Russia for Drug Trafficking Pleads Pardon From President Putin. sputniknews.com Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously filed a plea for mercy from the Russian head of state to release the Israeli citizen. Putin, who has met with the mother of the detained woman, has stated that \"everything is going to be fine\".

sputniknews (2020-01-26). Nineteen Soldiers Killed, Five Injured in Attack on Army in Mali – Reports. sputniknews.com The deadly incident rocked the Sokolo military camp in the centre of the country, a military source told AFP.

sputniknews (2020-01-26). Mystery as Anonymous Seller Puts up for Auction JFK Assassination Docs. sputniknews.com Kennedy\'s murder in November 1963 prompted numerous conspiracy theories with people saying the government covered up crucial information. According to the most popular theories the 35th president was killed by the CIA, the mob, or on orders of the-then Cuban President Fidel Castro.

Staff (2020-01-26). Is the New James Bond Film Just More Neoliberal Hype? truthout.org Yet another James Bond sequel, No Time to Die, is scheduled for release in April 2020, and a major marketing rollout is now trying to build a frenzy of anticipation for the hugely popular and highly profitable spy thriller series. | In the context of the neoliberal world we now live in, we should consider some of the important and very relevant political messages the high-styling, mythological British superspy promotes. | The James Bond phenomenon originated in the mid-1950s when resistance to racism, homophobia, se…

Staff (2020-01-26). The Flu Poses a Far Greater Threat to Americans Than the Coronavirus From China. truthout.org There\'s a deadly virus spreading from state to state. It preys on the most vulnerable, striking the sick and the old without mercy. In just the past few months, it has claimed the lives of The virus is influenza, and it poses a far greater threat to Americans than the coronavirus from China that has made headlines around the world. | \"When we think about the relative danger of this new coronavirus and influenza,…

Staff (2020-01-26). What to Do When You Have Been Abusive. truthout.org As I sit in my bed and begin to type (beds are my favorite typing places), there is a part of me that says, \"Don\'t write this article.\" | There is a part of me that still resonates deeply with the fear and shame that surround the topics of abuse and intimate partner violence — the taboo that most communities have around talking not just about the fact that people experience rape and abuse, but that people we know and care about might be rapists and abusers. Perhaps most secret and shameful of all is the fear that we, ourselv…

Staff (2020-01-26). There\'s Nothing \"Pro-Life\" About Trump\'s Opposition to Abortion Rights. truthout.org As Senators sat listening to hours upon hours of impeachment proceedings, considering the possibility of removing the president from office, Donald Trump began campaigning for a second term. Yesterday, that meant being the first sitting president ever to attend and speak at the March for Life. Trump said it was a \"profound honor\" to be the first president to attend, and assured that \"unborn children have never had a stronger defender in the White House.\" Similar to his campaign rallies, at the end of T…