Staff (2025-01-09). Headlines for January 9, 2025. democracynow.org L.A. Wildfires Kill 5; Officials Order 130,000 Residents to Evacuate as Angelenos Brace for More Blazes, Israel Kills 70 Palestinians in Gaza; 15 Incubated Newborns Could Die Unless Hospital Receives Fuel, "Let's Call It Mexican America": Pres. Sheinbaum Fires Back After Trump's "Gulf of America" Remark, DOJ Plans to Release Findings on Trump's 2020 Election Subversion Efforts, But Not on Classified Docs, Russian Attack Kills 13 in Zaporizhzhia; Biden Admin Sends Final $500M to Ukraine, Chad Says It Fended Off Armed Attack on Presidential Residence, Lebanon Elects Joseph…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2025-01-09). UN expresses concern over situation of women in Afghanistan. plenglish.com Kabul, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in Afghanistan, Georgette Gagnon, expressed today in this capital her concern over the increasing restrictions on women and girls in the country.

_____ (2025-01-09). VPNs, training, and mental health workshops: How CPJ helped journalist safety in 2024. Lucy Westcott

The Independent (2025-01-08). High number of mpox cases reported in Kampala. independent.co.ug KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is reporting a sustained high number of mpox cases in the country that is currently ranking third on the continent after Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the latest update released by the Ministry's surveillance pillar, Busoga, South Central and South Western regions …

_____ (2025-01-08). VPNs, training, and mental health workshops: How CPJ helped journalist safety in 2024. Lucy Westcott

The Independent (2025-01-08). High number of mpox cases reported in Kampala. independent.co.ug KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is reporting a sustained high number of mpox cases in the country that is currently ranking third on the continent after Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the latest update released by the Ministry's surveillance pillar, Busoga, South Central and South Western regions …

_____ (2025-01-08). VPNs, training, and mental health workshops: How CPJ helped journalist safety in 2024. Lucy Westcott

Staff (2025-01-06). Talk World Radio: Close Guantanamo While Its Victims Are Still Alive. davidswanson.org AUDIO: Talk World Radio is recorded on Zoom. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. VIDEO: This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about Guantanamo with Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files. Worthington has worked with the United Nations and WikiLeaks, runs two websites, andyworthington.co.uk and closeguantanamo.org and also …

Staff (2025-01-06). Hablemos a lo Maduro. Esto no es una apología. cubadebate.cu En los años que Nicolás Maduro lleva obedeciendo el mandato que su pueblo le ha dado por la vía del voto directo, universal y secreto, por la dialéctica de todos los conflictos o por la interpósita persona de Hugo Chávez, extrañado amigo del alma, ha madurado a su modo una vertiente de lucha que irradia claridad y despeja caminos desde el interior mismo del socialismo bolivariano y del humanismo chavista.

Staff (2025-01-06). Presidente Díaz-Canel evoca aniversario 65 del primer ascenso de Fidel a la Comandancia General de La Plata. cubadebate.cu El primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, ascendió este lunes junto a 65 jóvenes la Comandancia General de La Plata, como parte de la ruta Con Fidel en las alturas, que protagonizan las nuevas generaciones.

Saqib Rahim (2025-01-06). The business case for saving coral reefs. grist.org Days after hurricanes Irma and Maria tore through Puerto Rico in 2017, Ernesto Diaz formed a team to survey what the Category 5 storms had done to his home. Touring coastal areas, Diaz, then an assistant secretary with the commonwealth's Department of Natural & Environmental Resources, saw rooftops poking out from floodwaters, forests stripped bare, and windows and doors floating by. As a marine scientist who knew the shoreline ecosystems intimately, he also noticed something that intrigued him: Communities near coral reefs sustained less damage. | That became the genesis of a first-of-its kind project when, i…

Staff (2025-01-06). Talk World Radio: Close Guantanamo While Its Victims Are Still Alive. davidswanson.org AUDIO: Talk World Radio is recorded on Zoom. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. VIDEO: This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about Guantanamo with Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files. Worthington has worked with the United Nations and WikiLeaks, runs two websites, andyworthington.co.uk and closeguantanamo.org and also …

Staff (2025-01-06). Hablemos a lo Maduro. Esto no es una apología. cubadebate.cu En los años que Nicolás Maduro lleva obedeciendo el mandato que su pueblo le ha dado por la vía del voto directo, universal y secreto, por la dialéctica de todos los conflictos o por la interpósita persona de Hugo Chávez, extrañado amigo del alma, ha madurado a su modo una vertiente de lucha que irradia claridad y despeja caminos desde el interior mismo del socialismo bolivariano y del humanismo chavista.

Staff (2025-01-06). Presidente Díaz-Canel evoca aniversario 65 del primer ascenso de Fidel a la Comandancia General de La Plata. cubadebate.cu El primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, ascendió este lunes junto a 65 jóvenes la Comandancia General de La Plata, como parte de la ruta Con Fidel en las alturas, que protagonizan las nuevas generaciones.

Saqib Rahim (2025-01-06). The business case for saving coral reefs. grist.org Days after hurricanes Irma and Maria tore through Puerto Rico in 2017, Ernesto Diaz formed a team to survey what the Category 5 storms had done to his home. Touring coastal areas, Diaz, then an assistant secretary with the commonwealth's Department of Natural & Environmental Resources, saw rooftops poking out from floodwaters, forests stripped bare, and windows and doors floating by. As a marine scientist who knew the shoreline ecosystems intimately, he also noticed something that intrigued him: Communities near coral reefs sustained less damage. | That became the genesis of a first-of-its kind project when, i…

Patrick Boylan (2025-01-05). Activists invite Pope to ask Biden to pardon Julian Assange. pressenza.com Assange activists flocked to Saint Peter's Square today (Sunday, January 5) holding a banner and signs inviting the Pope to ask Joe Biden, during his papal visit to the Vatican next Friday, for a presidential pardon for Julian Assange. Among the activists was former Italian Senator Vincenzo Vita, Guarantor of Article21 ( The WikiLeaks publisher and journalist was released from prison last June, but at the cost of

María Candela (2025-01-05). Evalúan funcionamiento de Operaciones en el Puerto de la Habana (+Fotos). radiohc.cu La Habana, 5 ene (RHC) El funcionamiento de las operaciones en el Puerto de la Habana fueron contactada por Yudi Mercedes Rodríguez Hernández, integrante del Secretariado del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba,en recorrido efectuado la víspera por el lugar.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2025-01-05). Mayo Clinic Minute: Update adult vaccinations for a new year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Personal health is often among the top New Year's resolutions each January. Beyond diet and exercise, Dr. John Presutti, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, says the start of a new year is a good calendar reminder to update adult vaccinations. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 05) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Whether it's the annual flu shot,…

_____ (2025-01-05). Turkey jails 7 journalists and media workers, places 1 under house arrest. evrensel.net

Stefania Maurizi, Il Fatto Quotidiano. (2025-01-04). Journalist Could Face Prison For Refusing To Give Passwords To Police. popularresistance.org It is an unprecedented case. And it risks triggering an unprecedented threat to journalism. The UK police have repeatedly tried to obtain the passwords to the phones of the British independent journalist, Richard Medhurst, the first reporter arrested in London under Section 12: his analyses and comments on Israel's bloodbath in Gaza — which Amnesty International has characterised as genocide — have been interpreted by the police as support for organisations banned from the UK, such as Hamas and Hezbollah. | The son of two UN peacekeepers, Medhurst was arrested last August at London's Heathrow Airport…

SKWAWKBOX (2025-01-04). Streeting says pensioners can afford heating because of triple lock — which is 4 months away. skwawkbox.org Pensions have not risen since Labour got into government and cut Winter Fuel Allowance, but Streeting thinks it's helping poor pensioners afford fuel As Skwawkbox covered on Friday, Heath Secretary Wes Streeting — a recipient of substantial donations from private interests — told pensioners they should wrap up warm and put the heating on during …

Di Stefania Maurizi (2025-01-04). Journalist faces prison for refusing to hand over passwords to the British fascist police. indybay.org Richard Medhurst is the first reporter arrested and under investigation under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000. The UK police have sought to obtain the passwords to his phones, including a highly secure phone with a Graphene operating system. If the UK authorities prevail, no journalist travelling to London will be safe any longer when it comes to source protection…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2025-01-04). Mayo Clinic Minute: Update adult vaccinations for a new year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Personal health is often among the top New Year's resolutions each January. Beyond diet and exercise, Dr. John Presutti, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, says the start of a new year is a good calendar reminder to update adult vaccinations. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 05) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Whether it's the annual flu shot,…

_____ (2025-01-04). Turkey jails 7 journalists and media workers, places 1 under house arrest. evrensel.net

Jake Johnson (2025-01-03). Trump Taps Longtime Corporate Lobbyist Ken Kies for Key Tax Policy Position. truthout.org President-elect Donald Trump announced late Thursday that he has chosen a longtime corporate lobbyist and Republican donor to serve as assistant secretary for tax policy at the Treasury Department as GOP lawmakers prepare to craft another massive giveaway to the rich and major companies. Ken Kies is currently managing director of the Federal Policy Group, a lobbying firm that was hired… |

Judith Deutsch (2025-01-03). Banksy's "Scar of Bethlehem": A Lament. counterpunch.org Today's news, Six Children Freeze to Death in Gaza as Rainfall Worsens Conditions for Displaced At least 52,030 Palestinians have been killed, according to Euro-Med, with 33% of the casualties being children and 21% women. And of 46,410 civilians killed, 190 of the casualties were journalists, and 2,313 were healthcare professionals, including 83 doctors. Out

_____ (2025-01-03). Turkey jails 7 journalists and media workers, places 1 under house arrest. evrensel.net