(2023-04-04). China warns US House Speaker not to meet Taiwan president. channelnewsasia.com China says a meeting between US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will further damage Sino-US relations.
(2023-04-04). China's intensifying nuclear-armed submarine patrols add complexity for US, allies: Analysts. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-04). As Japan ages, young Indonesians train to fill caregiver jobs. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-04). Malaysia PM Anwar says Petronas project in South China Sea in Malaysian territory. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-04). Indonesia's Harita Nickel sets IPO price at 1,250 rupiah a share. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-04). SK Hynix raises $1.7 billion convertible bond amid chip glut. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-04). Thai exports seen contracting 10% year-on-year in first quarter – shippers' group. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-04). Jimin of BTS is first South Korean solo artiste to top Billboard Hot 100 chart. channelnewsasia.com Jimin's single Like Crazy debuted at No 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 this week, bumping Miley Cyrus' Flowers out of the top spot, where it had reigned for eight weeks.
(2023-04-04). Sempat berpeluang hidup 5%, pensiunan tentara Singapura ini taklukkan kanker dan rintis bisnis penganan. channelnewsasia.com Penyintas kanker Fuad Fahmi rintis bakeri rumahan Captain Roti, menjual aneka pastri ala Prancis dengan sentuhan lokal.
(2023-04-04). Chanel takes to the stars with an interstellar themed capsule collection of watches. channelnewsasia.com At Watches & Wonders 2023, fashion house Chanel released a capsule collection inspired by the worlds of science fiction, space and time travel. Here are some highlights.
(2023-04-04). Maid gets jail for biting baby who would not sleep. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-04). Moeen happy to be Dhoni's selective spin weapon at Chennai. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-04). NZ women swap white shorts for blue over period anxieties. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-04). Trump is heading to court. Here's what to expect. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-04). EU seeks reset with China in shadow of Ukraine war. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-04). First woman, black astronaut to make 2024 flight around Moon. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-04). From the Cold War to the Ukraine war: NATO in brief. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-04). Trump, Trump, Trump: US TV turns to old habits. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-04). US tech edge eroding, AUKUS must pool resources to compete with China: Australia conference. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-04). West trying to drive a wedge between Moscow, Beijing: Russian foreign minister. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-04). Azeri president awarded "Karabakh" medal to CEO of world's deadliest drone company. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com And son-in-law of Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan, president of one nation, two state Turco-Azeristan. ==== Daily SabahApril 3, 2023 Baykar head Bayraktar meets Azerbaijan's Aliyev, awarded medal The Azerbaijani president on Monday received the head and chief technology officer (CTO) of Turkish defense company Baykar in the capital Baku. In a statement, the Azerbaijani presidency said …
(2023-04-04). Envoy summoned: Azerbaijan steps up diplomatic (for now) warfare against Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Trend News AgencyApril 3, 2023 Azerbaijani MFA sends response note to Iranian side The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has sent a response note to the Iranian side, Spokesperson for the ministry Aykhan Hajizada said…. Hajizada made the remark commenting on…Iran sen[ding] a note to the ministry to take appropriate measures to prevent anti-Iranian publications and articles …
(2023-04-03). Report on ChatGPT Model's Emissions Offers Rare Glimpse of AI's Climate Impacts. truthout.org A new report by Stanford University researchers finds that just training the model behind the popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT released emissions equivalent to those of 9 cars over the course of their lifetimes, adding another layer of scrutiny regarding the future of humanity on Earth to technocrats' promised AI revolution. According to Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Index… |
(2023-04-03). Filings Reveal Amazon Spent Over $14 Million to Bust Union in 2022 Alone. truthout.org As Amazon Labor Union's groundbreaking labor movement gained momentum — and, in some ways, faltered — in 2022, Amazon was busy shelling out millions of dollars to anti-union consultants in order to ensure that the union movement would fail, new filings show. As first reported by HuffPost, new financial disclosures filed on Friday with the Department of Labor show that Amazon spent $14.2… |
(2023-04-03). Minnesota GOP Lawmaker Decries Popular Vote, Says Democracy "Not a Good Thing" truthout.org During debate on an omnibus spending bill in the Minnesota state legislature, a Republican lawmaker said that expanding democracy in the United States is "not a good thing." The comment was made by Rep. Matt Bliss (R), who opposed elements of the bill during debate within the Minnesota State House Elections Finance and Policy Committee on Friday. The bill deals primarily with funding for state and… |
(2023-04-03). The GOP Has Preemptively Declared Trump Innocent Without Hearing Evidence. truthout.org The indictment of Donald J. Trump has been part of the ongoing national public imagination since the earliest days of the real estate mogul's candidacy in 2015. And yet, now that it's here, the territory seems somehow peculiarly dangerous, not least because of the scandalous abnegation of moral leadership from the House GOP. Trump has been leaving hostages to fortune in his wake for decades… |
(2023-04-03). Chicago Mayoral Candidate Vallas Destabilized Majority-Black Schools Across US. truthout.org Paul Vallas, the conservative Democrat facing off against former public school teacher Brandon Johnson in Chicago's April 4 mayoral runoff election, claims he "has made it his life's work to restore broken education systems." But as education researchers who have documented the destructive impact of Vallas's leadership of school systems in Chicago, Philadelphia and New Orleans, we need to set the… |
(2023-04-03). Ron DeSantis Watched My Torture at Guantánamo, Says Former Prisoner. truthout.org As Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plans to run for president in 2024, his time at Guantánamo is coming under scrutiny. Prior to entering politics, DeSantis served in the Navy as an attorney, first at the U.S. prison at the Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba and later in Iraq. Former Guantánamo prisoner Mansoor Adayfi says DeSantis personally witnessed him being force-fed and tortured… |
(2023-04-03). Musk Calls New York Times "Propaganda" as He Removes Its Twitter Verification. truthout.org Over the weekend, self-described free speech absolutist Elon Musk appeared to personally request the removal of the blue check verification for The New York Times's Twitter account as he derided the publication's reporting as "propaganda" and its social media feed as "diarrhea." On Saturday, Twitter was slated to remove blue check marks that, before Musk's takeover, indicated that a user's… |
(2023-04-03). Trans Organizers Forced to Cancel DC Protest Following Violent Far Right Threats. truthout.org Transgender organizers were forced to cancel a rally for trans liberation in Washington, D.C. this weekend due to far right threats of gun violence. The event was organized by the Trans Radical Activist Network (TRAN) and Our Rights DC, which released a statement on Thursday asserting that the protest had become a far right target in wake of the Covenant School shooting. "The safety of our trans… |
(2023-04-03). Trump Personally Rifled Through Mar-a-Lago Docs Before Subpoena — Report. truthout.org The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly obtained new evidence suggesting that former President Donald Trump sought to obstruct the return of several government documents he had improperly transferred from the White House to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. The new details of Trump's obstruction efforts were published in a Washington Post report over the weekend… |
(2023-04-03). Is a Livable Future Still Possible? Chomsky and Pollin Discuss the IPCC Report. truthout.org The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a new climate report which updates and combines the findings from all past reports in the IPCC's sixth assessment. The synthesis report urges immediate action to curb global warming and secure a livable future for all. In this exclusive interview for Truthout, Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin offer remarkable insights on what the… |
(2023-04-03). MAGA Legislators Increasingly Force Taxpayers to Support Fossil Fuel Industry. truthout.org The demise of Silicon Valley Bank last month triggered plenty of angst among solar energy developers. Before it collapsed, SVB claimed it had "financed or helped finance 62 percent of community solar projects in America," according to Washington Post business reporter Evan Halper. At first, it wasn't clear who might fill that gap. MAGA politicians took great delight in the disruption of what they… |
(2023-04-03). Majority of Voters See GOP Attacks on LGBTQ+ Rights as "Political Theater": Poll. truthout.org voters across the political spectrum believe the flood of anti-LGTBQ+ legislation nationwide — including the wave specifically aimed at the transgender community — is "excessive, political theater" designed to sow further division in the country and win partisan points. That's one of the key findings of a new poll released Monday by Data for Progress which showed that "72% of Democrats, 65% |
(2023-04-03). Warnings Mount About the Dangers of Long Freight Trains. truthout.org Just before 5 a.m., Harry Shaffer's wife called to him from across the living room, where he'd fallen asleep on the couch, exhausted from installing an aboveground pool. Did he hear that sound, that metallic screeching from up the valley? She opened the door of their double-wide trailer and walked outside as Shaffer closed his eyes. A moment later came a thunderous crack of splintering lumber. |
(2023-04-03). Victory in Brazil: "Israel Universities Festival" cancelled after mass mobilization at Unicamp university. samidoun.net 
Palestinian and Brazilian organizations achieved an important boycott victory in Brazil today, as UNICAMP University cancelled an "Israeli Universities Festival" scheduled to take place today, Monday, 3 April, after a mass mobilization occupied the building and its entrances in advance of the beginning of the scheduled event. Dozens of Palestinian community, student, women's, labour and …
(2023-04-03). üéß MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Clerks (w/ Branson Reese). levernews.com
(2023-04-03). California's Crypto Champion . levernews.com 
(2023-04-03). Former Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah Is No Doubt Rolling in His Grave As AFRICOM Carries Out Military Training Exercises in Ghana. covertactionmagazine.com Nkrumah had envisioned the creation of an all-African military force to police the continent and protect it from outside exploiters—AFRICOM is his worst nightmare. In early March, the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) hosted a two-week training exercise called Flintlock around the Ghanaian cities of Daboya, Tamale and Volta as well as in the Ivory Coast. …
(2023-04-03). Internet Archive to appeal 'chilling' federal ruling against digital books. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in Internet Archive vowed to appeal after a U.S. district court judge on Friday sided with four major publishers who sued the nonprofit for copyright infringement. | Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, Internet Archives operated a controlled digital lending system, allowing users to digitally check out scanned copies of purchased or donated books on a one-to-one basis. As the public health cr…
(2023-04-03). The Pendleton 2 saved a man's life. A judge sentenced them to 200 years for it. therealnews.com 
(2023-04-03). University of Michigan seeks court injunction to stop grad student strike. therealnews.com 
Editor's Note (4/3/23): In the first half of the episode, Alvarez mistakenly refers to the previous GEO strike as having occurred in the fall of 2022, but it took place in fall of 2020. Stark and Alvarez make the correction in the second half of the conversation. | Graduate student-workers at the University of Michigan are on strike for the second time in three years, officially hitting the picket line this week. Speaking to The Michigan Daily, Amir Fleischmann, chair of the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) Contracts Committee, said, "Grad workers are very frustrated. They're struggling to pay rent. Th…
(2023-04-03). Netanyahu's Power Grab Is Shattering the Myth of a United, Democratic Israel. mintpressnews.com The illusion of a cohesive Israel, an Israel that is a miraculous success, exists only in the minds of privileged Israeli and some diaspora Jews. Some European politicians may also believe this to be the case, having been convinced by Jews in their countries. But it was never the case.
(2023-04-03). Ex-Israeli defense chief contrasts angelic Azerbaijan to "saber-rattling" Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Trend News AgencyApril 3, 2023 President Ilham Aliyev combines traditions and modern achievements in his country — Avigdor Lieberman President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev combines traditions and modern achievements in his country, Knesset member, ex-Minister of Finance and Defense of Israel Avigdor Lieberman told "Vesti", Trend reports. "…We must pay tribute to President Ilham Aliyev, …
(2023-04-03). Georgia: European Parliament continues to stir violent coup, war pot. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaApril 3, 2023 Georgian Dream Reacts to MEP Viola von Cramon's Participation in the Rally MEP Viola von Cramon's presence at a rally near the Government Administration in support of Lazare Grigoriadis, arrested on March 29 for allegedly throwing stones and the so-called "Molotov cocktails" during the March 7-9 protest rallies, has caused discontent …
(2023-04-03). Hague: Clark, Kouchner, Walker to support KLA cutthroats. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleApril 3, 2023 Kosovo Liberation Army war crimes trial begins in The Hague Former top commanders in the Kosovo Liberation Army are facing war crimes charges at a special tribunal in The Hague this week. They stand accused of persecuting political rivals and ethnic minorities. *** Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veseli, Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep …
(2023-04-03). NATO completes largest joint European air-missile defense exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandApril 3, 2023 Largest European Integrated Air and Missile Defence exercise ends Joint Project Optic Windmill 2023 (JPOW23) — and with it the largest European Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) exercise — concluded in Vreedepeel, the Netherlands on March 29, 2023. [T]his year, 1,000 military personnel from 22 Nations participated and trained …
(2023-04-03). NATO dragoons sixth nation on Russia's northwest border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOApril 3, 2023 Finland to join NATO as Allied Foreign Ministers meet Finland will become the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday (4 April 2023), immediately preceding a two-day meeting of Allied Foreign Ministers. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Finland's imminent accession, saying: "It will be a good day for Finland's security, for Nordic security …
(2023-04-03). NATO provides F-35s first wartime preview of war with Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsMarch 31, 2023 The US Air Force sent F-35s to defend NATO. Here's what it learned America's most advanced fighter jet is in its element over Eastern Europe. As Russia launched its offensive in Ukraine in February 2022, NATO's eastern flank became an ideal proving ground for the F-35 Lightning II…. Members of the …
(2023-04-03). Poland, Slovakia deliver first MiG warplanes to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 3, 2023 Poland supplied first MiG-29 jets to Ukraine: official A senior aide to the Polish president has said that Poland has already transferred the first batch of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine to help Kyiv fight the Russian invasion. Marcin Przydacz made the statement in a radio interview on Monday… *** He …
(2023-04-03). Presentation: 55 years after end of WWII, NATO reintroduced war on European soil. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ≈Ωivadin Jovanoviƒá,Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals For the Sake of the FutureSpeech at the Round Table "NATO Aggression — 24 years on"Held on March 23, 2023 in the House of the Serbian Armed Forces Ladies and Gentlemen, It has been almost a quarter of a century since NATO's aggression against Serbia and Montenegro …
(2023-04-03). U.S.-appointed pro-coup/war Georgian opposition chief invokes gender equality. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com
(2023-04-03). Ukrainian NCOs trained at U.S. military base in Germany. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces AfricaApril 3, 2023 Ukrainian NCOs, CMSAF, visit and study in the KMC Noncommissioned officers from Ukraine's Air Force and National Guard, along with the Ukrainian Armed Forces Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force, visited and studied in the Kaiserslautern Military Community for three weeks in March …
(2023-04-03). Abortion is Our Right, and We Won't Be Silenced. aclu.org 
If you thought anti-abortion extremists were going to stop at banning abortion, punishing pregnant people, and allowing bounty hunters to sue abortion providers, you'd be wrong. Politicians across the country have proposed bills taking aim at our right to discuss abortion care, to express the benefits of being able to determine if and when to become pregnant, and even to create art about reproductive health care. They're continuing their attacks on our reproductive freedom by going after our right to free speech and our access to life-saving information. This isn't just about taking away people's decisio…
(2023-04-03). Extremist Crypto and Finance: Q1 2023 Briefing. splcenter.org Despite volatility in cryptocurrency's exchange rates, far-right extremists and hate groups continue to turn to digital currencies to raise funds. In the first quarter of this year, several high-profile extremists accepted donations and made business transactions using cryptocurrency.
(2023-04-03). Texas A&M Corps Let Cadet Skip Training for Extremist Event. splcenter.org Texas A&M University's Corps of Cadets allowed a cadet to skip training to provide logistic support for the white nationalist National Policy Institute (NPI) in November 2017, according to emails Hatewatch obtained.
(2023-04-02). States Try to Hide Their Execution Methods as Drugmakers Hinder Lethal Injection. truthout.org In 2011, Jeffrey Motts was executed in South Carolina. More than a decade later, the state hasn't carried out another execution because officials have struggled to obtain the drugs needed for lethal injection. Now, to resume executions, lawmakers are debating a bill that would further shroud the state's lethal injection protocols from public scrutiny by shielding the identities of the drug… |
(2023-04-02). Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson Announces 2024 White House Bid. truthout.org Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Sunday that he will run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, casting himself as a "different" kind of Republican than Donald Trump and his most fervent GOP allies. But Hutchinson's record as governor of Arkansas — a post he held from 2015 to 2023 — indicates that his policy positions on abortion rights, immigration, federal spending… |
(2023-04-02). Amid New Banking Crisis, It's Time to Change the Rules of the Game. truthout.org On CNN March 14, Roger Altman, a former deputy Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, said that American banks were on the verge of being nationalized: The deposit base of the financial system has not actually been nationalized, but Congress is considering modifications to the FDIC insurance limit. Meanwhile, one state that does not face those problems is North Dakota… |
(2023-04-02). Restrict Act Critics Call the Far-Reaching "TikTok Ban" Bill a "Patriot Act 2.0" truthout.org First off, let's be clear on one thing: The supposed "TikTok ban" bill — aka the bipartisan Restrict Act (S.686) — does not actually ban TikTok. The word "TikTok" does not appear once in the bill's 55 pages. But critics of the Restrict Act on the left and right are now sounding the alarm in rare alignment — calling the measure a Patriot Act 2.0 which opens the door to unprecedented digital… |
(2023-04-02). "Woman, Life, Freedom": Syrian Women Are Rising Up Against Patriarchy. truthout.org "Woman, life, freedom" — the iconic slogan of Iran's women's revolution — has traveled far and wide. First chanted by Kurdish women on March 8, 2006, on the streets of Turkey, it came out of the Kurdish freedom movement's longstanding feminist commitment. The rallying cry then spilled over across the border into Syria to accompany the Kurdish women's heroic fight against ISIS (also known as Daesh). |
(2023-04-02). Chemical Plant That Poisoned Philly's Water Forced My School to Evacuate in 2007. truthout.org The same chemical complex that forced my elementary school to evacuate has now poisoned my water. I found this out the hard way. Lying in bed, the news is blaring in the background as my mom fervently tries staying up to date with the Philadelphia Water Department's announcements after the tap water advisory. The 8,000-12,000 gallons of latex emulsion that leaked from a burst pipe at a Trinseo… |
(2023-04-02). Vancouver demonstration demands boycott of "Israeli" wines, freedom for Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net 
Marking Palestinian Land Day, the Canada Palestine Association and BDS Vancouver organized a demonstration in Vancouver urging the boycott of "Israeli" wines and demanding that the BC Liquor Stores (owned by the government of British Columbia) stop selling these wines. The demonstration is part of an ongoing 15-year campaign led by CPA demanding a boycott …
(2023-04-02). Charleroi action demands release of Georges Abdallah and Walid Daqqah. samidoun.net 
On 17 February, 1942, Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party (BPP), historical figure of the Black Panthers, was born. For the preface to his autobiography, Revolutionary Suicide , published by Premiers Matins Novembre in rench, Ahmad Sa'adat, general secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), evoked three of …
(2023-04-02). Brussels marks Land Day with film screening and event on Palestinian resistance. samidoun.net 
Marking Palestinian Land Day, Samidoun Brussels organized a screening of "Arna's Children" and discussion on Friday, 31 March, which brought together around 70 people in the DK community and cultural center in Brussels, Belgium. Following the screening, Samidoun Brussels activists led a discussion about the Palestinian resistance today and the importance of amplifying the call …
(2023-04-02). We Just Won Something Huge. levernews.com We have incredible news to share: Thanks to your support, we just won the 2023 Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media.The award is especially significant because it is named after the closest thing we have to a patron saint: I.F. "Izzy" Stone, the pioneering investigative journalist who exposed racial discrimination, McCarthyism, and government deception related to the Vietnam War in his influential newsletter I.F. Stone's Weekly.As the judges noted, "No news outlet is as thorough and relentless as The Lever in exposing the corrupting influence of corporate power on government and both major…
(2023-04-02). Ukraine 2014: The Tipping Point of Terror. covertactionmagazine.com Part I of a CAM investigation into the origins of the Ukraine War: U.S. and NATO involvement in the February 2014 Coup and Maidan Massacre, and their historical antecedents As I write, the world is on the edge of nuclear and humanitarian crises after a year of the Ukraine "proxy" war with Russia. No single …
(2023-04-02). "Getting bloodier and more brutal. World War III is really possible": Hungarian head of state. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92March 31, 2023 "This is getting even bloodier and more brutal. World War III is really possible" Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that war in Ukraine is "worrying and dangerous"; It is no exaggeration claiming there's a real danger of a world war. Orbán added that "more and more decisions are being made about …