(2024-03-01). Girl Scouts Threatened for Supporting Palestinian Children. dissidentvoice.org 
Guess who threatened them? The Girl Scouts of the United States. Stories abound of retaliation against those who express concern over Israeli ethnic cleansing — from censoring news reports to reprimanding faculty, mass arrests, and suppressing students' right to protest. A well-orchestrated campaign against Palestine's right to exist is spreading like Covid across the US. …
(2024-03-01). Imperialist hypocrisy marks Assange persecution. workers.org 
The contrast of Western treatment and coverage of the cases of Julian Assange and Alexei Navalny typifies imperialist hypocrisy. There is a double standard in the way Washington officials and the corporate media discuss "free speech" and "freedom of the press," or justify who they endorse and who they disparage. . . . |
(2024-03-02). Perspectives] Ngozi Erondu: pursuing justice, equity, and dignity in global health. thelancet.com Infectious disease epidemiologist Ngozi Erondu was born in St Louis, MO, USA, to Nigerian parents—her father a dentist and her mother a teacher "from a lineage of educators". A dual citizen, she says "growing up in an immigrant family, most of my formative years were always spent around the Nigerian community. It wasn't until I left the US and worked abroad that I started identifying as American." After living in London, UK, for nearly a decade and working in disease epidemiology and surveillance across Asia and Africa, she is now based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where she is Technical Director at…
(2024-03-01). UK brags about direct involvement in attacking Russian Navy ships. infobrics.org The UK's General Staff, headed by Admiral Tony Radakin, directly took part in planning and executing attacks on the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Radakin also seems to have been involved in other covert operations in Ukraine, all aimed at diminishing Russian capabilities. Worse yet, it seems that other NATO assets have also been involved, presumably various ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) platforms, meaning that London certainly wasn't alone in this "noble endeavor". In other words, this isn't a simple arming of the Kiev regime forces, but a direct participation in hostilities. For all intents and pur…
(2024-03-01). American Samoa: Western Pacific countries at risk of measles outbreaks due to immunization and surveillance gaps. reliefweb.int Countries: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia (France), Guam, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Nauru, New Caledonia (France), Niue (New Zealand), Northern Mariana Islands (The United States of America), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Wallis and Futuna (France) | Source: World Health Organization | MANILA — Measles cases went up 72% from 2022 to 2023 in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region, an increase caused by gaps in vaccina…
(2024-03-01). Govt bans two factions of Muslim Conference Jammu and Kashmir. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Desk The government declared the Muslim Conference Jammu & Kashmir (Sumji faction) and Muslim Conference Jammu & Kashmir (Bhat faction) as Unlawful Associations on Wednesday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah took to social media to inform about the development. The banned factions are believed to be associated with the Muslim Conference, a …
(2024-03-01). March 9 Discussion and Film: 1943-1945: 650,000 Italian Military Internees Soldiers Captured Who Refused to Fight Alongside Nazis. pressenza.com A CHAT ACROSS THE OCEAN | Saturday, March 9, 2024 1: 00 ~ 3: 00 pm (NY Time) and on presented by | A.N.E.I. National Association of Former-Internees — Italy | Welcome Greeting Anna Maria Sambuco — President — ANEI | A DocuFilm Presentation ‚òûALL OUR NOs&sbquo…
(2024-03-01). Has Donald Trump already cleared the way to the White House? pressenza.com The US Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday that it will decide whether "former President Donald Trump was granted presidential immunity" after being prosecuted for trying to reverse the results of the 2020 elections. Such a decision would be a victory and an oxygen ball for a Trump cornered by the judicial crusade, as it involves the stay of pending trials against him and the suspension of the decision of an Illinois judge to disqualify him for the primaries in that State, pending the ruling of the Supreme Court. | Given that three of the Supreme Court's new judges were appointed by Trump, it seems likely that the…
(2024-03-01). Philippine Company Earns Lead Safe Paint Æ Certification. pressenza.com 
Government, Industry, and Civil Society Leaders Give a Thumbs Up to Newly Certified Lead-Safe Paints: | 1 March 2024, Quezon City, Philippines. Architectural, marine, automotive, traffic, textile, and industrial paints produced by a 100% Filipino-owned paint company were declared Lead Safe Paint Æ (LSP Æ) following a third-party certification that verifies paints contain less than 90 parts per million (ppm) total lead, the most stringent regulatory limit for lead content in paints the world over. | "Following a thorough verification process, SCS is pleased to announce that Triton, Rosco, Prim…
(2024-03-01). Newly Published Global Report Features BAN Toxics' Successful Women Empowerment Initiatives in the Small-Scale Mining Sector. pressenza.com "Despite women holding up half the sky, they remain invisible in the mining sector. As we celebrate Women's Month, it is crucial to recognize the value and significance of women miners and workers in small-scale gold mining, an already marginalized sector," environmental NGO BAN Toxics said as the Philippine case made its way into a newly released global report. | The recent report by the World Bank on the status of the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector highlights a case study conducted by BAN Toxics, focusing on its women empowerment initiatives within the Compassionate Gold program. | The report tit…
(2024-03-01). The White-West vs The Black-West. pressenza.com Amidst the turbulence of the 2024 US Presidential elections, a distinct figure emerges: Cornel West, a candidate whose campaign is anchored in human moral values, positioning him as the foremost Humanist contender. He stands apart from the political establishment, eschewing the conventional Republican vs Democrat dichotomy. | A decade or two ago, one might have contested Mr. West's critique of what he terms the "US Empire," but today, such a stance is increasingly difficult to ignore. With the US engaged in conflicts across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, while simultaneously provoking tensions with China and…
(2024-03-01). 125 Millions Americans Could Breathe Unhealthy Air Regularly by Mid-Century, Report Finds. pressenza.com A new report from the nonprofit First Street Foundation finds that many Americans are exposed to unhealthy levels of pollution regularly and predicts the number of people exposed to unhealthy air could rise further by the middle of the century. | The report, "Atrocious Air," highlights how climate change is impacting air quality currently, and how it could continue to worsen in the future. According to the risk assessment, about 83 million people in the U.S. are currently exposed to air quality deemed unhealthy by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Air Quality Index (AQI). | The AQI ranges from 0 to…
(2024-03-02). The Alternative w/ Nick Romeo. mronline.org 
Scott Ferguson and Billy Saas speak with New Yorker writer Nick Romeo about his exciting new book, The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy, released in January 2024 with Public Affairs. Romeo's The Alternative rebukes Margaret Thatcher's infamous axiom that "there is no alternative" to neoliberal capitalism. In doing so, the book inventories the most promising experiments in radical economic democracy underway across the world today.
(2024-03-01). NY Times found no 7 October rape victims, reporter admits. electronicintifada.net Scandal grows around newspaper's fraudulent "investigation."
(2024-03-01). Tearing down Gaza's iron wall. electronicintifada.net On 7 October, the wall lost its purpose of containing us.
(2024-03-01). Living rough in Rafah. electronicintifada.net Families are taking shelter in unsuitable conditions.
(2024-03-01). BBC distances itself from 7 October "mass rape" claims. electronicintifada.net Panorama climbdown follows The Electronic Intifada's reporting.
(2024-03-01). US elections and the lesser evil of genocide, with Steven Salaita. electronicintifada.net Can "Genocide Joe" convince Arab Americans to vote for him?
(2024-03-02). Warning: Gates-Funded Factory Breeds 30 Million Mosquitoes a Week for Release in 11 Countries. globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-02). Obituary] Saleemul Huq. thelancet.com Scientist and expert on climate change and sustainable development. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, on Oct 2, 1952, he died of a heart attack on Oct 28, 2023, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, aged 71 years.
(2024-03-02). Correspondence] Monoclonal RhD prophylaxis: high time to evaluate efficacy. thelancet.com Rhesus disease, a form of haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN), occurs when the immune system of a pregnant woman responds to red blood cells of her unborn child. This response can happen when a pregnant woman and her fetus have different blood types. If left untreated, HDFN can result in severe anaemia, jaundice, and even severe brain damage (ie, kernicterus) and death.
(2024-03-02). Correspondence] Remote haemodynamic monitoring in patients with heart failure — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Kazuo Komamra and Mitsunori Iwase, and John KikoàØne and colleagues for their interest in our Article. We are happy to clarify the trial safety endpoints of the device implantation that specifically refer to device-related or system-related complications (DSRCs). The safety endpoints of the three trials (CHAMPION, GUIDE-HF, and MONITOR-HF) are similar and use the same device and implantation technique.1—3 DSRCs were defined as an adverse event that was definitely or possibly related to the wireless pressure sensor or external electronics and was either treated with invasive means, resulted i…
(2024-03-02). Perspectives] Progress for women in science, and yet. thelancet.com Kate Zernike's excellent book, The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins and the Fight for Women in Science, is a journey back in time and a reality check for the present. In the book Zernike builds on the front-page story she wrote for The Boston Globe in March, 1999, reporting that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, MA, USA, had acknowledged long-standing sex discrimination. This admission from a world-leading research institution devoted to scientific excellence reverberated throughout the global science community.
(2024-03-02). Correspondence] Remote haemodynamic monitoring in patients with heart failure. thelancet.com In the MONITOR-HF trial, Jasper J Brugts and colleagues1 report that quality of life and heart failure hospitalisation rate improved in patients with New York Heart Association class III heart failure (71% with reduced ejection fraction) haemodynamically monitored with the CardioMEMS (CardioMEMS; Abbott, Abbott Park, IL, USA) system as compared with standard of care. However, key differences in patients' management between the groups limit the conclusions that can be drawn about the value of the device in this study.
(2024-03-02). World Report] Renewed calls to scale-up cervical cancer screening. thelancet.com Less than 5% of women in low-income and middle-income countries are ever screened for cervical cancer, hampering elimination goals. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.
(2024-03-02). The Weaponization of Mosquitos: WHO and Gates Inc Announce Plans to Flood Africa with Ultra Dangerous Malaria "Vaccines" globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-02). Correspondence] Remote haemodynamic monitoring in patients with heart failure. thelancet.com We would like to ask the investigators of the remote haemodynamic monitoring of pulmonary artery pressures in patients with chronic heart failure (MONITOR-HF) trial1 to provide additional safety data to help clinicians assess the safety of the pulmonary artery pressure haemodynamic monitoring system (CardioMEMS; Abbott, Abbott Park, IL, USA). The haemodynamic-guided management of heart failure (GUIDE-HF) trial reported serious adverse events in 282 (57%) of 497 patients in the treatment group and 268 (53%) of 503 patients in the control group.
(2024-03-02). World Report] UN emergency funding "a drop in the ocean" thelancet.com Amid chronic underfunding, US$100 million has been released to help countries including Sudan and DR Congo. Sharmila Devi reports.
(2024-03-02). Correspondence] Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and mortality. thelancet.com Ambulatory blood pressure measurements have shown a stronger correlation with target organ damage and cardiovascular events as compared with clinical cuff measurements. Natalie Staplin and colleagues1 conducted a substantial population-based cohort study, which conclusively showed that ambulatory blood pressure, particularly night-time blood pressure, provides more informative data on the risk of cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality than clinic blood pressure. Although these results are promising, there are additional aspects to be addressed.
(2024-03-02). Comment] Thank you to The Lancet's reviewers in 2023. thelancet.com Peer review is an undervalued academic task that deserves greater recognition by institutions, funding bodies, and publishers. The insightful and constructive comments of the many hundreds of reviewers who assessed manuscripts for The Lancet in 2023 are an essential component of our work. The reviewers' diligence and selfless commitment to improving the papers we publish are crucial to The Lancet's mission to publish the best science for better lives.
(2024-03-02). Comment] Thank you to The Lancet statistical and peer reviewers in 2023. thelancet.com Nathlee Abbai…
(2024-03-02). Editorial] The Pandemic Treaty: shameful and unjust. thelancet.com The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), which is tasked under WHO with drawing up an international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response, will sit for the 9th and final time from March 18—29. In the 2 years since it first met, hundreds of hours and unknown costs have been spent, but the political impetus has died. The convention is now at a critical juncture: the final text for countries to ratify is due to be presented at the World Health Assembly in May. With only limited days of negotiation left and a long way to go to secure a meaningful agreement, it is now or never for a…
(2024-03-02). World Report] Priorities for the new ECDC Director. thelancet.com Experts say new head Pamela Rendi-Wagner should focus on pandemic preparedness and other infectious diseases. Udani Samarasekera reports.
(2024-03-02). At Biden's behest, Canada's Labour Minister convenes meeting with US ambassador and top union leaders. wsws.org The February gathering should be taken as a warning by workers across North America that the unions are colluding with the highest levels of the state to suppress the class struggle and support the transition to a "war economy."
(2024-03-02). IMF, White House applaud Milei's "shock therapy" as Argentina's poverty rate nears 60 percent. wsws.org Global finance capital has chosen Argentina as a key battleground and testing site to spearhead a dramatic escalation of the war against the working class internationally.
(2024-03-02). Interview with Dr. David Brenner of Columbia University on far-UVC 222-nm and the COVID pandemic. wsws.org Far-UVC techology can protect the population from SARS-CoV-2 and many other airborne pathogens.
(2024-03-02). "Delivering for America" restructuring program at US Postal Service shifting into high gear in 2024, according to report by Postmaster General. wsws.org Louis DeJoy bragged that USPS reduced seasonal hires during last year's holidays by 75 percent, while downplaying massive delays caused by the shrinking of…
(2024-03-01). Genocidal Policies Towards Gaza and Other West Asian States Have Increased Solidarity Efforts with the Palestinian People. globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-01). Pan-Africanism and Palestine Solidarity, Then and Now. globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-01). Southern Lebanon Stands With Resistance Despite Israeli Terrorism. popularresistance.org The principles of the people of southern Lebanon remain unchanged since the 90s when it comes to the Resistance, as they stand in the face of Israeli terrorism and declare their unwavering support for the Resistance. | Numerous villages in southern Lebanon mourned in early February more than a dozen civilian martyrs who were killed by the Israeli occupation. There was also a large number of casualties, including 14 people who were injured in two Israeli airstrikes that targeted the Ghazieh area (south of Sidon). | Three days earlier, the towns of Nabatiyeh and al-Sawaneh buried 10 martyrs in a magnificent process…
(2024-03-01). Goalposts and Gunfire: Israel's Deliberate Attacks on Palestinian Football and Its Players. mintpressnews.com 
Palestine's football team is a tale of resilience amid deliberate Israeli attacks. MintPress investigates the global push to suspend Israel from international sports, exposing the harsh realities faced by Palestinian players advocating for justice on and off the field.
(2024-03-01). Moroccan child wins US President Cybersecurity Cup. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – Rayan Ait Taher, a 12-year-old boy from Morocco, showcased his amazing skills by winning none other than the US President's Cup for Cybersecurity. Making history as not just the first African and Moroccan winner, but also the youngest participant to achieve this honor.Rayan's remarkable achievement has garnered attention worldwide, from both those interested in the competition and those who aren't. Competing in the respected American President's Competition organized by the Cybersecurity Foundation (CISA), Rayan impressed the judges with his outstanding performance, scoring an impressive 3245 points. S…
(2024-03-01). Kacey Musgraves announce tour dates, drops 'Too Good To Be True'. albawaba.com
(2024-03-01). Stephen Baldwin asks for prayers for daughter Hailey and Justin Bieber. albawaba.com
(2024-03-01). Taylor Swift bakes homemade pop-tarts for Kansas City Chiefs Travis Kelce. albawaba.com Taylor Swift is not only a pop superstar, but also a talented baker.The "Karma" singer, who is dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, impressed his teammates by making them homemade Pop-Tarts during the football season, according to the team's coach Andy Reid.Taylor Allison Swift made homemade Pop Tarts for the Chiefs Offensive Line….. | Like, Andy said, "It's over." | üòÇüòÇüòÇ…
(2024-03-01). Video of Amal Hijazi removing her hijab goes viral. albawaba.com
(2024-03-01). Horoscope Today -Saturday, March 2, 2024-Daily Horoscope. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA Welcome to your daily horoscope for Saturday, March 2, 2024. As the weekend begins, the cosmos offers us insights into the energies at play and the potential opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. Whether you're an avid follower of astrology or simply curious about what the stars have in store, your horoscope serves as a guide to navigate the day with awareness and intention. : Embrace the Cosmic Tapestry: Your Daily Horoscope – February 29: Aries Today(March 21 – April 19): : Today, Aries, you might feel a surge of energy and motivation to tackle t…
(2024-03-01). Fire claims 45 lives in Dhaka's commercial building. albawaba.com
(2024-03-01). Indigenous Human Rights Hearing In DC Scrutinizes Uranium Industry. popularresistance.org Washington, D.C. — Members of the Navajo Nation, Ute Nation and Oglala Lakota Nation will testify on Wednesday during a thematic hearing on the impacts of uranium exploitation on the human rights of Indigenous peoples in the United States. The hearing is being held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and will "allow Native communities who have lived for generations with the waste from historic uranium mining and milling to hold U.S. government officials to account in a public forum," according to a press release.
(2024-03-01). Italian ceramics workshop to benefit Cuban families. plenglish.com Matanzas, Cuba, Mar 30 (Prensa Latina) The HUB PARTICULAR project, sponsored by the Italian International Cooperation Agency (AICS), will inaugurate a ceramics workshop for the benefit of 30 vulnerable people in the Cuban province of Matanzas on March 7.
(2024-03-01). Speaking a Counter Narrative? dissidentvoice.org 
(2024-03-01). Biden and Trump Both Push Anti-Migrant Policies in US-Mexico Border Visits. truthout.org Joe Biden and Donald Trump both visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas on Thursday, where the two leading presidential candidates each pitched anti-immigration measures to further militarize the border and restrict asylum. Meanwhile, a federal judge blocked a new Texas law set to go into effect that would give police the power to arrest migrants they suspect of entering the U.S. |
(2024-03-01). Haiti might hold general elections in August 2025. plenglish.com Port-Au-Prince, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) Haiti might hold general elections in August 2025, a vital step to reestablish the order and constitutionality that this Caribbean country lacks at present.
(2024-03-01). "Dragging Germany Deeper Into The Conflict": Is The Bundeswehr Acting Behind Chancellor Scholz's Back: Sending Taurus Missiles to Ukraine? globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-01). Scholz's Slip of the Tongue Spilled the Beans on Ukraine's Worst-Kept Secret. globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-01). Friday 3/1: Oakland: Film Screening and Power Hour. indybay.org RSVP for Oakland address…
(2024-03-01). Monday 3/4: Virtual Community Hour: The Missing Peace. indybay.org
(2024-03-01). Thursday 2/29: Webinar: Mobilizing for Gaza through Crowdfunding and Mutual Aid. indybay.org
(2024-03-01). Wednesday 3/6: Webinar: Youth of Balata Refugee Camp. indybay.org
(2024-03-01). Saturday 3/23: Virtual event: In Water & Light: Poetry Vigils for Palestine. indybay.org
(2024-03-01). Sunday 3/17: Virtual Q&A Discussion of 3 Short Films about structural water apartheid in Holy Land. indybay.org
(2024-03-01). Saturday 3/2: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Jews Step Forward" indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…
(2024-03-01). Saturday 3/2: Sacramento: Ceasefire Now Rally and March. indybay.org Crocker Park | 211 O St | Sacramento, CA…
(2024-03-01). Brazil Chairs G20 and Vows to Address Poverty, Hunger and Climate Change as Finance Minist. indybay.org The Brazilian Presidency of the G20 hosts finance ministers for their first G20 meeting this year.
(2024-03-01). POEM: In a nutshell. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-03-01). UK: Rights groups call on Home Office to investigate 'haphazard' collection of Prevent data. middleeasteye.net 
UK: Rights groups call on Home Office to investigate 'haphazard' collection of Prevent data | A freedom of information request found police recorded data for race and religion for Prevent referrals in a minority of cases | | Police have admitted to collecting only partial data on the race and…
(2024-03-01). American Media Keep Citing "Zaka" — Though Its October 7 Atrocity Stories Are Discredited. indybay.org Given its prominence, Zaka has been scrutinized by the Israeli press but not the U.S. media. A blockbuster Haaretz report found after October 7, senior military leaders sidelined Israel Defense Forces soldiers specializing in recovering bodies and preserving evidence and sent in untrained Zaka volunteers instead. Zaka reportedly turned massacre sites into a "war room for donations," used corpses as fundraising props, "spread accounts of atrocities that never happened," and botched forensics that are central to Israel's claim that Hamas carried out a premeditated campaign of mass rape.
(2024-03-01). The Heat: Israel-Hamas Conflict. america.cgtn.com 
More than 100 people were killed and hundreds more have been injured in Gaza while trying to get food from aid trucks. According to the United Nations, more than half a million people are at risk of famine. | To discuss the ongoing conflict, joining us: |
(2024-03-01). Demolition of People's Park Has Been an Expensive Boondoggle, Costs Rising. indybay.org According to their own accounting, the University of California has spent roughly 11-million dollars to turn People's Park into a dirt lot. In addition, the expected cost of their development proposal has increased by a third, now expected to cost 400-million.
(2024-03-01). Conscious and Unconscionable: The Starving of Gaza. dissidentvoice.org The starvation regime continues unabated as Israel continues its campaign in the Gaza Strip. One of the six provisional measures ordered by the International Court Justice entailed taking "immediate and effective measures" to protect the Palestinian populace in the Gaza Strip from risk of genocide by ensuring the supply of humanitarian assistance and basic services. …
(2024-03-01). Smart cities: A better life or Big Brother. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-03-01). Sunday 3/3: Ceasefire Postcards to Congress Pop-Up. indybay.org Heyma Yemeni Coffee at 1122 University Ave in Berkeley…
(2024-03-01). Legal Petition Aims to Plug Thousands of Old Offshore Oil Wells. indybay.org GAO Report Reveals Alarming Decommissioning Gaps in Gulf of Mexico, Pacific…
(2024-03-01). U.S. Geological Survey Will Restore Annual Counts of About 400 Farm Pesticides. indybay.org Pesticides Applied to Seeds to Remain Uncounted…
(2024-03-01). Israelism, Antisemitism, and U.S. Military Spending. counterpunch.org "Israelism" is a new word coined to describe "one-sided propaganda about Palestinians that American Jews and others have been indoctrinated with regarding the Israeli occupation, apartheid, and other dehumanizing policies."[1]Representatives Elisa Stefanik and Virginia Foxx, as well as other MAGA Republicans, recently utilized Israelism to accuse the presidents of Harvard, M.I.T., and the University of
(2024-03-01). We Can Break the Cycle of Poverty, Mental Illness and Prison. inequality.org During my time in prison, I lived in hell. I witnessed horrific abuse, suffered from a critical lack of mental health care, and was treated as less than human. Guards even taunted inmates that we couldn't change the system because our right to vote would be stripped away when we got out. Well, they were …
(2024-03-01). Kentucky Bill Charges Parents With "Neglect" if Trans Kids Use "Wrong" Restrooms. truthout.org A proposed change to existing Kentucky law seeks to charge parents of transgender children with neglect and potentially remove children from their homes if they do not use restrooms that correspond to the sex listed on their birth certificates. The language of the bill itself doesn't mention transgender children at all, but rather references the state code that currently exists regarding… |
(2024-03-01). An Open Letter to the Women of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-01). The United States and Israel as International Outliers, Outlaws, and Losers. counterpunch.org 
(2024-03-01). BERKELEY LEAP YEAR Save the Park. indybay.org We toured with the Brass Liberatin Orchestra and sussed capitalism and oligarchy…
(2024-03-01). Sunday 3/17: St. Patrick's Day Rise Up Singing Veg. Potluck. indybay.org Whiskey Hill Farms | 371 Calabasas Road, Watsonville 95076…
(2024-03-01). Biden Walks Back Prediction That a Gaza Ceasefire Will Be Reached By Monday. news.antiwar.com President Biden on Thursday walked back a prediction he made earlier this week that a ceasefire in Gaza could be reached by Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Hamas's demands "delusional," signaling a hostage deal is not close. "Hope springs eternal," Biden told reporters when asked if he still thought a ceasefire by …
(2024-03-01). Macron Doubles Down on Remarks About NATO Sending Troops to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday stood behind his comments about NATO not ruling out sending troops to Ukraine despite the uproar it caused and the warning it drew from Russia. "These are sufficiently serious issues; every one of the words that I say on this issue is weighed, thought through, and measured," Macron told …
(2024-03-01). Conscious and Unconscionable: The Starving of Gaza. globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-01). The End of Gaza. Israel's Genocide Is Proceeding According to Plan. globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-01). Number of China-Europe freight trains exceeds 85,000. ecns.cn The cumulative number of China-Europe freight trains has exceeded 85,000, and it has opened a new bridge for economic and trade cooperation for Eurasian continent, Mao Ning, spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry, said on Thursday.
(2024-03-01). Fujian Jinhua 'not guilty' in Micron case. ecns.cn Chinese semiconductor manufacturer Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co has been found not guilty of the alleged stealing of trade secrets from U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology Inc, bringing to an end a five-year-long legal battle.
(2024-03-01). Hainan takes lead in green auto sector. ecns.cn With an extensive network of electric vehicle charging facilities and deployment of new battery technology, Hainan, a tropical island province in South China, could take the lead and provide a blueprint for the nation to go all-electric, according to a recent report.
(2024-03-01). France says no to U.S. on the seizure of Russian assets. ecns.cn French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has contested the United States' stance on monetizing frozen Russian assets, revealing divisions among G7 countries over the issue.
(2024-03-01). Shanghai cooperation zone to bolster links between domestic, global players. ecns.cn China's initiative to establish a global business cooperation zone in Shanghai will enhance international business communication, strengthening connections between domestic and global markets, government officials said on Thursday.
(2024-03-01). Law takes graft fight to private companies. ecns.cn Chinese prosecutors and judges have pledged to strengthen the fight against corruption in private firms in line with a newly revised law, so that the legitimate rights and interests of entrepreneurs can be strongly protected.
(2024-03-01). Meeting brightens China-U.S. biz ties. ecns.cn China will firmly promote high-standard opening-up to the outside world and hopes that the member companies of the American Chamber of Commerce will continue to invest in the China market, a senior Chinese government official said.
(2024-03-01). West accused of dragging Russia into arms race. ecns.cn Western countries attempted to draw Russia into an arms race while seeking to weaken it from within, but unsuccessfully, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his more than two-hour-long state-of-the-nation address on Thursday.
(2024-03-01). UK urged to refrain from meddling in HK affairs. ecns.cn China slammed the United Kingdom's groundless attacks on Thursday regarding Hong Kong legislation aimed at tackling national security crimes, urging London to stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs.
(2024-03-01). Procuratorates advance public interest litigation. ecns.cn Procuratorates in China have expanded their role in public interest litigation to safeguard the rights of specific groups, such as the elderly, disabled, women and minors.
(2024-03-01). Cosmic ray discovery, AI weather forecasting among year's Top 10. ecns.cn Precise weather forecasting through the use of large-scale artificial intelligence models and the unveiling of the mechanism driving aging in the human genome were among the Top 10 Scientific Advances in China last year.
(2024-03-01). China's factory activity contracts in Feb. ecns.cn China's factory activity contracted for a fifth consecutive month in February, while non-manufacturing activities expanded at a faster pace, an official survey showed on Friday.
(2024-03-01). Self-driving robotaxi crosses Yangtze River in Wuhan. ecns.cn A self-driving vehicle developed by Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc has crossed two bridges over the Yangtze River in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, making the city China's first to carry out commercial autonomous ride-hailing services spanning across the river.
(2024-03-01). Ministry of Education unveils statistics on schools. ecns.cn China had 498,300 schools of all levels nationwide in 2023, a 3.9 percent decline compared to the previous year. A total of 291 million students were enrolled, seeing a 0.52 percent decrease from the previous year.
(2024-03-01). China, Thailand enter 'visa-free' era from March 1. ecns.cn China and Thailand permanently exempted visa requirements for each other's citizens on March 1, right after a temporary visa waiver for Chinese visitors that commenced last September expired on Feb. 29. The new deal is expected to facilitate tourism and economic recovery in both countries.
(2024-03-01). Horse-face skirt sails overseas as unique Chinese cultural symbol. ecns.cn The horse-face skirt, or mamianqun in Chinese, is receiving renewed attention on the fashion stage.
(2024-03-01). U.S. asked to stop smearing China on data security. ecns.cn China's Foreign Ministry urged the U.S. to stop slandering and smearing China on data security, and maintain an open, fair and non-discriminatory business environment.
(2024-03-01). All suggestions given to State Council in 2023 addressed: official. ecns.cn All the suggestions and proposals given to the State Council during the two sessions last year were handled, Xing Huina, a spokesperson for the Information Office of the State Council, said on Thursday.
(2024-03-01). China, Thailand visa-exemption agreement takes effect. ecns.cn The mutual visa-exemption agreement between China and Thailand officially took effect on Friday, with bookings for two-way traveling orders surging on the same day as more Thai visitors are expected to visit China.
(2024-03-01). Youzhou ancient town lit up at night. ecns.cn Youzhou ancient town is lit up at night, creating a dream-like scenery in Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing , Feb. 29, 2024.
(2024-03-01). 3,000-year-old Yaoheyuan cultural relics wow visitors. ecns.cn A total of 488 pieces of cultural relics including porcelain wares, stone wares, jade wares, bronze wares will be exhibited from Feb. 7 to May 30.
(2024-03-01). Hengqin starts new customs operation in S China. ecns.cn The island of Hengqin started a new customs operation on Friday, which allows most goods to be moved there tax-free from the neighboring Macao Special Administrative Region.
(2024-03-01). China sends high-orbit internet services satellite into space. ecns.cn A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a high-orbit internet services satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 29, 2024.
(2024-03-01). Songhua River decorated with crystal-clear rime. ecns.cn The crystal-clear rime appears on trees along the banks of the Songhua River in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 29, 2024.
(2024-03-01). Molly Show: Two Sessions Q&A | What are the 'two sessions'? ecns.cn A key event on China's political calendar, known as the "two sessions", will take place soon in Beijing. What are the two sessions? Check out in Molly Show.
(2024-03-01). Immigrants Are Not Hurting U.S.-Born Workers — Six Facts To Set the Record Straight. indybay.org Immigration is contributing to strong economic growth—with future immigration forecast to boost real gross domestic product by 2% over the next 10 years—as well as increasing government revenue. Immigrants are also complementing U.S.-born workers by contributing to overall population and workforce growth.
(2024-03-01). Chris Hedges: Aaron Bushnell's Divine Violence. scheerpost.com
(2024-03-01). War on Gaza: Images suggest Israel ran over Palestinian detainee with armoured vehicle. middleeasteye.net 
War on Gaza: Images suggest Israel ran over Palestinian detainee with armoured vehicle | Rights group says witnesses describe seeing the victim being interrogated by Israeli troops before his death | | Israeli military tanks are loaded onto a carrier truck after returning from the Gaza Stri…
(2024-03-01). Journalism on Trial: Assange Appeals His Extradition to the U.S. counterpunch.org 
The British high court did not make it easy for the press to cover Julian Assange's anti-extradition hearings in late February. For those of you who may have forgotten, Assange just appealed his extradition to the United States, where he faces brutal punishment for practicing journalism. But the British high court doesn't want you to
(2024-03-01). Why Did Gates and the Pentagon Release "Gene Edited" (GMO) Mosquitoes in Florida Keys? globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-01). Lula, Israel's Genocide, and Racism on Brazilian Corporate Media. counterpunch.org 
"Brazilian diplomatic tradition relies on solving problems. The 'incident' with Israel takes the opposite direction and affects not only the image of our country but also the course of subjects that actually matter for the population in an electoral year." With these words, the host of Brazil's most renowned talk show, Roda Viva, closed last Monday's
(2024-03-01). Has Donald Trump Already Cleared the Way to the White House? Will the Supreme Court Delay the Decision on Trump's Immunity Case? globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-01). Last Month's (February) Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca 
Felicity Arbuthnot, December 31, 2023 | F. William Engdahl, Fe…
(2024-03-01). Selected Articles: Scholz's Slip of the Tongue Spilled the Beans on Ukraine's Worst-Kept Secret. globalresearch.ca 
By The worst-kept secret of this proxy war is that it's already a hot NATO-Russian war but an undeclared and limited one …
(2024-03-01). 'We Can't Discontinue Our Funding' To UNRWA: Norway's Envoy To Geneva. indybay.org Norway's ambassador to the UN in Geneva on Thursday stressed that states "cannot discontinue" their funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees or UNRWA under the current circumstances.
(2024-03-01). The 22nd International Committee of the Red Cross Essay Competition for East African Universities. icrc.org
(2024-03-01). Vietnam reports trade surplus in January-February. plenglish.com In January and February 2024, Vietnam's exports of goods and products exceeded 59.34 billion dollars, while imports totaled 51.47 billion dollars. | According to industry sources, 11 items reported an export turnover of over one billion dollars, accounting for 75.1 percent of the total. | The United States was Vietnam's largest export market during that period, with an estimated turnover of 17.4 billion dollars, followed by China with 8.1 billion dollars, and Japan with 4.0 billion dollars. | The bulk of Vietnam's imports came from China at 20.9 billion dollars.
(2024-03-01). IKBY Ba≈ükanƒ± Barzani'yi kabul eden Cumhurba≈ükanƒ± Erdoƒüan'dan Kalkƒ±nma Yolu Projesi vurgusu: Türkiye'nin desteƒüi tam. img.piri.net Cumhurba≈ükanƒ± Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan, Kalkƒ±nma Yolu Projesi'nin Irak ve Türkiye ba≈üta olmak àºzere bà∂lge àºlkeleri iàßin à∂nemli olduƒüunu, Türkiye'nin projeye tam desteƒüinin sàºreceƒüini ifade etti.Cumhurba≈ükanlƒ±ƒüƒ± ƒ∞leti≈üim Ba≈ükanlƒ±ƒüƒ±ndan Cumhurba≈ükanƒ± Erdoƒüan'ƒ±n, Antalya Diplomasi Forumu iàßin Türkiye'd…
(2024-03-01). Türkiye'den terà∂r devletine tepki: ƒ∞srail katliama son vermek zorunda. img.piri.net 
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(2024-03-01). New funding for Imperial project to make custom-made 3D printed breathing masks. imperial.ac.uk
(2024-03-01). French research minister commends growing UK-France science collaborations. imperial.ac.uk France's Minister of Higher Education and Research Sylvie Retailleau visited Imperial to signal the growing scientific ties between the UK and France.
(2024-03-01). Deputy Prime Minister sets out government plans for AI at Imperial. imperial.ac.uk The Deputy Prime Minister, Oliver Dowden MP, visited Imperial today to deliver a major speech on the use of AI in public services.
(2024-03-01). Plant root sensors and flu research: News from Imperial. imperial.ac.uk Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
(2024-03-01). Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE discusses opportunities for engineering in policymaking. imperial.ac.uk Imperial Policy Forum welcomed Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE, CEO of the Royal Academy of Engineering to Imperial College.
(2024-03-01). In Contempt #38: Victor Puertas is Free, Repression Hits Atlanta, Protesters Rally in Solidarity with Strike Call in Alabama. itsgoingdown.org 
photo: Ash Agony, Support Here In this column, we present our monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. Packed in as always are updates, fundraisers, and birthdays. There's a lot happening, so let's dive right in! Political Prisoner News Chicano anarchist political prisoner and Certain Days collective…
(2024-03-01). US Blocks Security Council Statement Blaming IDF for Killing Gazans Seeking Aid. truthout.org The United States on Thursday unilaterally blocked a United Nations Security Council statement that would have expressed "deep concern" over the Israeli military's killing of Gazans seeking food aid earlier in the day, an attack that drew global condemnation. According to Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. ambassador, the U.S. was alone among the Security Council's 15 members in opposing the… |
(2024-03-01). Money and Weaponized Mosquitos: Dengue Fever Surges by 400% in Brazil After Bill Gates-Backed Gene-Edited Mosquitos Released. globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-01). Santa Ana, California, to vote on expanding voter access to noncitizens in 2024 elections. liberationnews.org In November last year, Santa Ana City Council passed a resolution to include a non-citizens voting measure in the 2024 elections, which will determine whether noncitizens in Santa Ana will have the right to vote in municipal elections. If passed, this measure will be a new precedent in the expansion of voting rights for a group that has been historically prevented from voting.
(2024-03-01). Secret cable: CIA orchestrated Haiti's 2004 coup. thegrayzone.com A classified diplomatic cable obtained by The Grayzone reveals the role of a veteran CIA officer in violently overthrowing Haiti's popular President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004. A spectacular jailbreak in GonaàØves, Haiti in August 2002 saw a bulldozer smash through the local prison walls, allowing armed supporters of Amiot "Cubain" Métayer, a gang leader jailed weeks earlier for harassing Haitian political figures, to overrun the facility. Métayer escaped, as did 158 other prisoners. Among them were perpetrators of the April …
(2024-03-01). The Last Child of My Lai. counterpunch.org 
(2024-03-01). America Is Israel, Israel Is America, and the Military-Industrial Corporate Fascism Is What It Is. globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-01). USUKA: The hidden history of AUKUS. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-03-01). Time To Plant An Acorn. counterpunch.org 
The Old Oak is a new film by Ken Loach, who has now directed some 57 films. The title refers to a standard issue pub (originally, The Victorian, renamed for the film), in County Durham, northeast England. Oak is not only symbolic of strength and endurance, but the pub represents the one place residents of an old mining
(2024-03-01). CIA In Ukraine: An Ex-CIA Agent's View. popularresistance.org The New York Times on February 25 published an explosive story of what purports to be the history of the CIA in Ukraine from the Maidan coup of 2014 to the present. The story, "The Spy War: How the CIA Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin," is one of initial bilateral distrust, but a mutual fear and hatred of Russia, that progresses to a relationship so intimate that Ukraine is now one of the CIA's closest intelligence partners in the world. | At the same time, the Times' publication of the piece, which reporters claimed relied on more than 200 interviews in Ukraine, the US, and "several European countries," raises…
(2024-03-01). After Fukushima Meltdowns: 13 Years of Accidents, Quakes, Insults. counterpunch.org 
The catastrophic earthquake, tsunami, and three reactor meltdowns that struck northeast Japan at Fukushima in March 2011 began a pollution disaster that keeps growing and surprising. From recent contamination of edible plants, and frequent earthquakes threatening new reactor fails, from accidents endangering workers, and non-enforcement of regulations, to lawsuits against Japan's pollution of the Pacific,
(2024-03-01). Dare to Say. counterpunch.org I am completely half afraid to think. — Flann O'Brien Right now, walking about, conversing in your everyday life as an "Everyday American" you feel a hesitancy in which you dare to speak, dare to opinionate. There is a danger. Not the danger faced if you put flowers on Navalny's memorial in St. Petersburg but
(2024-03-01). How To Resist The Deliberate Medical Neglect Of Our Political Prisoners. popularresistance.org Dr Joy James asked a crucial question on a Guerilla University podcast which she co-hosted with Kalonji Changa on February 13th, 2024: " How does one organize a resistance against the medical assassination of our elders behind bars?" | As abolitionists, we believe that there is no resistance without testimony and in this case without first person singular testimony about the reality of the hidden and daily torture of death by incarceration that Mumia Abu-Jamal calls slow death row. | The common denominator that links all our political prisoners is slow death row.
(2024-03-01). After Ukraine, US readies 'transnational kill chain' for Taiwan proxy war. geopoliticaleconomy.com The US approved the dangerous sale of the Link 16 communications system to Taiwan. This is the final link of the multilateral coalition kill chain against China. If completed, it signals a commitment to kinetic war.
(2024-03-01). Testimony In JOH Trial Shows How US And Canada Ignored Warnings. popularresistance.org In 2013, the Honduras Solidarity Network (HSN) and over 170 electoral observers warned the U.S. and Canadian governments about the narco-violence and drug interests we witnessed during the 2013 general elections in the municipality of El Paraíso, Copan in Honduras. Last week in Juan Orlando Hernández's trial in New York, more details about the violent electoral fraud in El Paraíso were outlined by Alexander Ardón, the government's collaborating witness, confessed drug trafficker, and the former mayor of El Paraíso.
(2024-03-01). Filthy, Rotten System Refusers: Aaron, Rachel and Silas. counterpunch.org "Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system." — Dorothy Day Throughout history there has always been a small number of individuals, a group of people united through time, unable to accept injustice—simply unable, as if they have a violent allergic reaction when presented with horrors being visited upon others. Most of
(2024-03-01). Can White People Change? Isn't This Still An Important Question? counterpunch.org "Society builds a trapdoor of self-reference that, without any effort on the part of people in the dominant caste, unwittingly forces on them a narcissistic isolation from those assigned to lower categories. It replicates the structure of a narcissistic family system…" — Isabelle Wilkinson, Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents "Jimmy [Baldwin] would insist that we
(2024-03-01). US Vetoes UN Resolution Condemning Israel for Flour Massacre. news.antiwar.com The US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel for a massacre of civilians surrounding an aid convoy in Gaza, a motion supported by all other member states. The Israel Defense Forces has acknowledged its soldiers fired on the crowd. On Thursday, hundreds of Palestinians were killed and injured by Israeli soldiers as they …
(2024-03-01). Despite Zionists Shutdown of School, BA Labor Conf for Palestine with Hundreds Goes On. indybay.org Despite the action of East Bay Zionists to shutdown a school where an education conference on Palestine and labor was being held, the participants moved the conference to the front of the school and parking lot and went ahead with the meeting.
(2024-03-01). NY TImes Plays CIA Messenger — Turn Off the Lights, the Party is Over. sonar21.com 
Ukraine Intel Chief Budanov | I apologize on not writing about the NY Times article by
(2024-03-01). Historical Precedents for U.S. Support of Mass Murder and Ethnic Cleansing. counterpunch.org President Joe Biden appears exceptional when it comes to the degree of personal loyalty he gives to an ethically questionable ideal (the Zionist ideal of a Jewish state), despite its inhumane consequences (the disregard for Palestinian lives). We might assume the possibility that, now confronted with an Israeli policy of mass murder in the Gaza
(2024-03-01). Einstein's Postwar Campaign to Save the World from Nuclear Destruction. dissidentvoice.org 
Although the popular new Netflix film, Einstein and the Bomb, purports to tell the story of the great physicist's relationship to nuclear weapons, it ignores his vital role in rallying the world against nuclear catastrophe. Aghast at the use of nuclear weapons in August 1945 to obliterate the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Einstein threw …
(2024-03-01). Argentine President to inaugurate ordinary Congress sessions. plenglish.com This has generated great expectations, as they will be pronounced in a complex socioeconomic scenario, marked by a strong adjustment plan, a 118 percent devaluation of the Argentine peso, the elimination of subsidies, works, and social programs, and disputes with several governors over cuts to provinces. | Furthermore, the event will take place after the rejection of a package of laws presented by Milei and after several strikes and rallies of organizations and unions, some of which were repressed by the Police. | According to the Télam news agency, Milei is expected to an overview of his first two months in off…
(2024-03-01). President of Bolivia to speak at CELAC Summit. plenglish.com La Paz, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, will speak at the 8th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
(2024-03-01). President of Brazil attends CELAC summit. plenglish.com Brasilia, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will participate in the 8th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Kingstown, capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
(2024-03-01). War on Gaza: Israel targets police and aid agencies to 'create chaos'. middleeasteye.net 
War on Gaza: Israel targets police and aid agencies to 'create chaos' | After blocking aid and obstructing the UN, Israel is now contacting families in Gaza to manage distribution of goods | | Palestinians carry bags of flour they grabbed from an aid truck near an Israeli checkpoint, as…
(2024-03-01). US Refuses To Assure UK Judges Assange Won't Be Executed If Extradited. popularresistance.org On February 20 and 21, as nearly 1,000 supporters of Julian Assange gathered outside the London courthouse, a two-judge panel of the High Court of Justice presided over a "permission hearing." Assange's lawyers asked the judges to allow them to appeal the home secretary's extradition order and raise issues that the district court judge had rejected without full consideration. | The High Court panel, Dame Victoria Sharp and Justice Jeremy Johnson, were concerned that the U.S. government could execute Assange if he is extradited to the United States, a penalty outlawed in the U.K.
(2024-03-01). CARTOONS: Trump tries to pull another swifty. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-03-01). Women's History Month in a Post-Roe World. counterpunch.org 
It's 2024, but it feels like we're back in 1991 this Women's History Month. Back then, President George H.W. Bush was following in the footsteps of his predecessor Ronald Reagan by continuing to appoint conservative judges to the federal bench, and Roe v. Wade was expected to fall. Radical anti-abortion activism had gained prominence and strength. Popular
(2024-03-01). I Wrote What? Google's AI-Powered Libel Machine. globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-01). We Can Break the Cycle of Prison, Poverty and Mental Illness. counterpunch.org 
During my time in prison, I lived in hell. I witnessed horrific abuse, suffered from a critical lack of mental health care, and was treated as less than human. Guards even taunted inmates that we couldn't change the system because our right to vote would be stripped away when we got out. Well, they were
(2024-03-01). George Galloway strikes blow 'for Gaza' in Rochdale by-election. middleeasteye.net 
George Galloway strikes blow 'for Gaza' in Rochdale by-election | Former Labour MP, expelled from the party over opposition to Iraq war, says Keir Starmer will pay a high price over refusal to back a ceasefire | | George Galloway won in Rochdale with almost 40 percent of the vote (Workers Party of B…
(2024-03-01). Palestine Action US Activists Hit With Felony Charges Over Elbit Protest. popularresistance.org Three activists have been indicted for participating in a protest at Elbit Systems of America in Merrimack, New Hampshire last November. Elbit is Israel's largest private arms supplier. | Sophie Ross, Bridget Shergalis, and Calla Walsh are facing charges of riot, conspiracy to commit criminal mischief, burglary, and conspiracy to commit falsifying physical evidence for climbing onto the company's roof and defacing the building with paint. Each charge is a Class B felony and could carry a three-and-a-half to seven-year prison sentence. | A fourth woman, Paige Belanger, was arrested in January over her involvement…
(2024-03-01). Madmen Arsonists Strike Again. dissidentvoice.org Statement from Veterans For Peace about Aaron Bushnell protesting to the death Aaron Bushnell just couldn't take any more. He couldn't bear to see any more people eviscerated and incinerated by American bombs dropped by Israelis on innocent Palestinians. So, in his Air Force uniform, he walked determinedly to the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. …
(2024-03-01). Outrage Erupts in Oregon as Democrats Move to Recriminalize Drugs. truthout.org For Gloria Ochoa-Sandoval, a racial justice organizer with Unite Oregon, it all started with Fox News arriving in downtown Portland. The right-wing media obsessed over Portland for months after President Trump railed against the city during the summer of 2020 and deployed the National Guard against some of the nation's most intense racial justice protests. In a barrage of negative media… |
(2024-03-01). Restoring a Polluted Wetland by Planting Native Trees. counterpunch.org 
Come with me on more volunteering adventures at
(2024-03-01). Dr Haya's fight to save Gaza's pregnant women and babies. newarab.com 
Before October 7 2023, Dr Haya Hijazi was a well-known and much-loved gynaecologist and obstetrician to whom women from all over Gaza came for help and treatment in getting pregnant. | In her spare time, she was an online educator; she shared advice for getting pregnant on her Today Dr Hay…
(2024-03-01). Dune 2 review: Flawed 'Space Muslims v Crusades' masterpiece. newarab.com 
"It has been (accepted) by all Muslims in every epoch, that at the end of time, a man from the family (of the Prophet) will without fail make his appearance, one who will strengthen Islam and make justice triumph," wrote In the Tunisian-born sociologist, philosopher, and historian's exhaustive 14th-century…
(2024-03-01). Figuig and the fight against water privatisation in Morocco. newarab.com 
After months of protests, the residents of the oasis of Figuig have carried their struggle against water privatisation to other cities. | On February 22, they held a
(2024-03-01). Italy sent Israel arms during Gaza war contrary to denials. newarab.com 
Between October and November 2023, Italy exported to Israel "weapons and ammunition" worth ‚Ǩ817,536 ($885,964): ‚Ǩ233,025 in October and ‚Ǩ584,511 in November. The Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) certified this through its data on foreign trade, which was most recently updated in mid-February 2024. | Although modest if compared with other contexts, these figures contradict the Italian government led by right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, which has repeatedly stated that it has "suspended" and "blocked" the export of weapons to Tel Av…
(2024-03-01). BDS urges boycott Moroccan couscous Dari over 'Israeli ties'. newarab.com 
"As Moroccans committed to boycott, we reject Dari marketing its products to Israeli customers who claim attachment to Moroccan culture because they support actions against Palestinians and violate their basic rights," said BDS Maroc in a statement. | Las…
(2024-03-01). Colombia halts Israel arms purchases after Gaza massacre. newarab.com 
Israel is one of the main providers of weapons to the South American country's security forces, which are engaged in a decades-long conflict with leftist guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries and drug cartels. | Petro made his announcement on Thu…
(2024-03-01). Dave Myers remembered for representing Egyptian cuisine. newarab.com 
Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers is being remembered for his love of The chef, alongside Si King, would visit countries across the world, including Arab countries. | For a BBC Two series,
(2024-03-01). Eurovision vetoes Israel politicised song entry for 2nd time. newarab.com 
The second 'Dance Forever' by 20-year-old Russian-Israeli singer Eden Golan, which is mostly in English with some Hebrew words, reportedly refers to Hamas's attack on the Another submission by Israel,…
(2024-03-01). Gaza aid: What is happening and why are there delays?>. newarab.com 
(2024-03-01). Gaza: Famine 'almost inevitable', health system 'on knees'. newarab.com 
The UN and other humanitarian actors have not yet declared a state of However, "once a famine is declared, it is too late for too many people", said Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN humanitarian agency OCHA. | "We have to look at what more and more voice…
(2024-03-01). George Galloway wins Rochdale by-election 'for Gaza'. newarab.com 
Political maverick and prominent The former Labour politician won a landslide vote in the local by-election after centring his campaign on Gaza and appealing to
(2024-03-01). 'Halal food cart harasser' Stuart Seldowitz is Zaka advisor. newarab.com 
(2024-03-01). How do humanitarian agencies define hunger in Gaza?>. newarab.com 
More than half a million people are believed to be living in Almost all households are skipping meals and some families are going without food for consecutive days. | Carl Skau, the deputy executive director of the World Food Program, said this week that Gaza is "the worst leve…
(2024-03-01). Iran votes in elections as conservatives slated to dominate. newarab.com 
Supreme leader
(2024-03-01). Israeli army killed most civilians in Gaza massacre: report. newarab.com 
Initial investigations by The organisation's research teams monitored the massacre from the very start and recorded Israeli tanks opening heavy fire on Palestinian civilians in the west and south of Gaza City, where 112 civilians were killed at Al-Rashid Street and 760 were injur…
(2024-03-01). Israeli far-right 'break into Gaza' to build settlement. newarab.com 
(2024-03-01). At least one killed in Turkish airstrike on Iraqi Kurdistan. newarab.com 
At least one
(2024-03-01). Mehdi Hasan launches Zeteo site after 'MSNBC Gaza removal'. newarab.com 
British broadcaster According to the site's launch essay, Zeteo will be a "new online platform for the kind of tough interviews and deep-dive monologues that I [Hasan] have become known for in recent years, but it will also be a home to new podcasts, newsletters, and social videos". | "In this dystopian age of 'alternative facts,' 'fake news,…
(2024-03-01). MENA Sports Wrap: Mbappe meets Qatar emir amid 'Madrid talk'. newarab.com 
(2024-03-01). PA receives frozen $114 million from Israel, Norway says. newarab.com 
The Norway on 18 February said it had agreed to assist in the
(2024-03-01). Palestinian-American Justin Amash announces US Senate bid. newarab.com 
Justin Amash, a former US Representative from western Michigan whose parents are Palestinian and Syrian immigrants, has The 43-year-old former congressman, who represented Grand Rapids from 2011 to 2021, shared his news on X, formerly Twitter, one month after
(2024-03-01). Pentagon walks back Lloyd Austin's Gaza casualty figures. newarab.com 
(2024-03-01). US blocks Algeria condemnation of Gaza aid massacre at UN. newarab.com 
The US was the only country out of 15 to not back Algeria's statement on the massacre in Al-Rashid Street. | The Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, on Thursday, pleaded for the Security Cou…
(2024-03-01). US lawmakers push for Gaza ceasefire after aid massacre. newarab.com 
(2024-03-01). Will the aid massacre derail Israel-Hamas Ramadan truce?>. newarab.com 
The horror of There have been weeks of speculation about whether a
(2024-03-01). Sunday 3/24: "Sons Of Chinatown: A Memoir Rooted In China And America" Book Release Reading. indybay.org Oakland Asian Cultural Center…
(2024-03-01). Hezbollah Rockets Rain Down on Israeli Air Control Base. orinocotribune.com The rocket barrage was fired in response to Israel's first attack on the ancient city of Baalbek since the start of the war | Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah's Military Media Center released a statement saying: "The Islamic Resistance fighters targeted, at 8: 00 am on Tuesday, the Meron air control base on Mount al-Jarmaq with a large m…
(2024-03-01). Bahrain Grand Prix: Twenty years of dissent and sportswashing. middleeasteye.net 
Bahrain Grand Prix: Twenty years of dissent and sportswashing | The Bahrain Grand Prix is 20 years old this weekend, but away from the celebrations on the track, activists tell a dark story of power and repression | | Alpine's French driver Pierre Gasly drives during the third day of the…
(2024-03-01). The End of Gaza. dissidentvoice.org I feel like I'm watching the film Don't Look Up. We all know that the comet is headed straight toward us, but our society paralyzes itself with self-interest, corruption and politics until the avoidable inevitable happens. Israel's genocide is proceeding according to plan, and it looks like we won't have to wait long for its …
(2024-03-01). It's All Over Now, Biden Blue: It's the Whole Damn System. counterpunch.org 
Want people to vote for Genocide Joe? Then get in the streets to stop it. Otherwise you are complicit in genocide and Trump fascism. -Arun Gupta, February 26, 2024 Voting for Genocide Joe is not an effective strategy to stop the Wannabe Dictator. -Ashley Smith, February 27, 2024 Joe Biden is a blood-soaked mass murderer
(2024-03-01). Fuel issue in Cuba, adjustments cannot be postponed. plenglish.com Havana (Prensa Latina) Updating retail fuel prices in Cuba is part of a government program to find out a solution to structural distortions and boost up domestic economy, said Finance and Prices Minister Vladimir Regueiro.
(2024-03-01). US Slammed For Providing Israel With 'License To Kill' Palestinians. popularresistance.org According to three different agencies of the UN, over half a million Palestinians are on the verge of famine if heavy interruption of humanitarian aid persists and a ceasefire does not take effect in Gaza soon. The fear was echoed by several countries who also held the US equally responsible for such a catastrophe. | The World Food Program (WFP), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) representatives briefed the UN Security Council on the situation in Gaza at a special meeting called by Guyana, Switzerland, Algeria, and Slovenia on Tuesday, Feb…
(2024-03-01). Palestine & the Commons: Or, Marx & the Musha'a. counterpunch.org 
Palestine's planetary significance is threefold: first, there is its geography at the conjunction of three continents, Asia, Africa, and Europe, and the waters among them. Second, there are the extractions from the soil of Palestine, as well as from under it (grains, minerals, oil and gas). And third, there is Palestine's significance concerning Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Three big religions, three big continents, and original economies of cultivating the earth, mining the earth, and drilling the earth, making modes of production from the "fertile crescent" to the petroleum present with its terrible planet…
(2024-03-01). Wednesday 3/6: Warheads to Windmills: Preventing Climate Catastrophe & Nuclear War! Tea & talk w/ Timmon. indybay.org BFUU Hall, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists | 1924 Cedar St., a block east of MLK Jr Wy at Bonita Ave. | midway between north Berkeley & downtown Berkeley BART stations.
(2024-03-01). Gazans are Starving, Don't Cut Aid Now. counterpunch.org 
Earlier this year, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel's actions in Gaza plausibly constitute genocide. The world's most influential judicial body ordered Israel to stop killing civilians and to admit more humanitarian aid. Unfortunately, Israel was having none of it. Israel's killings have continued, with over 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza now dead and tens of thousands
(2024-03-01). The Pentagon's "Ides of March 2024": Best Month to Go to War? globalresearch.ca or the Romans, the month of March (Martius) marked "the time to start new military campaigns." As in the heyday of the Roman Empire, the Pentagon has a mandate to plan and implement a precise "timeline" of military operations.
(2024-03-01). Let Them Eat Ice Cream. counterpunch.org 
On Monday evening, February 26, 2024, and in line with his age-related puerile behavior, Joe Biden was interviewed in an ice cream parlor. With a cone crowned with a copious three-scoop serving in his left hand and a smirk on his face, he fabricated an announcement about an impending ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Monday
(2024-03-01). Of Capitalism, Exclusion, and Misery in the Name of Freedom. orinocotribune.com By Raúl Antonio Capote — Feb 17, 2024 | The well-known American political scientist Francis Fukuyama, in a round table in which he participated at the Center for Public Studies of Chile, on November 13, 1992, stated that he believed that "authentic Leninists" no longer existed. | He explained that he was convinced of that until he gave a talk to an audience of 300 communist militants. "When I told them 'surely, you will not be willing to abolish freedom of expression, freedom of religion, private property and other individual rights,'" said Fukuyama, "they answered 'yes, we are willing.'" | It is worth askin…
(2024-03-01). George Galloway: The Rochdale MP and his Middle East history. middleeasteye.net 
George Galloway: The Rochdale MP and his Middle East history | The decades-long career of outspoken politician has been shaped by events in the region | | President Saddam Hussein (R) meeting with British Labour MP George Galloway on 8 August 2002 in Baghdad, Iraq (AFP/INA) | George Gallowa…
(2024-03-01). Carbon removal is a very expensive product that no one needs. expose-news.com Nearly 800 companies around the world are exploring a wide variety of methods for drawing planet-warming greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere and storing it away or putting it to use. A …
(2024-03-01). Accelerating Ocean Heat Breaks All-Time Records. dissidentvoice.org North Atlantic Ocean temperature is on a red-hot streak. New research finds ocean temperatures… "have now smashed previous heat records for at least seven years in a row." (Lijing Cheng, et al, "New Record Ocean Temperatures and Related Climate Indicators in 2023", Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, January 2024.) Certainly, it's nothing to mess around with …
(2024-03-01). Accelerating Ocean Heat Breaks All-Time Records. counterpunch.org 
North Atlantic Ocean temperature is on a red-hot streak. New research finds ocean temperatures… "have now smashed previous heat records for at least seven years in a row." (Source: Lijing Cheng, et al, New Record Ocean Temperatures and Related Climate Indicators in 2023, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, January 2024) Certainly, it's nothing to mess around
(2024-03-01). Forensic Investigation Reveals Israel Lied To ICJ & The "Flour Massacre" Exposes Starvation Campaign. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (2/29/24). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth
(2024-03-01). Can Brazil Convince the World To Tax Billionaire Wealth? inequality.org
(2024-03-01). "Just Being Racist": Biden & Trump Push Anti-Immigrant Policies in Dueling Border Visits. democracynow.org 
Joe Biden and Donald Trump both visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas on Thursday, where the two leading presidential candidates each pitched anti-immigration measures to further militarize the border and restrict asylum. Meanwhile, a federal judge blocked a new Texas law set to go into effect that would give police the power to arrest migrants they suspect of entering the U.S. without authorization.‚Ä®For more, we speak with Marisa Limón Garza, executive director of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, one of the groups challenging this Texas law. "Clearly, Texas has become a battlegrou…
(2024-03-01). Headlines for March 1, 2024. democracynow.org Israeli Attacks Continue Unabated After Gaza Food Aid Massacre, 4 More Children Starve to Death, Defense Sec. Austin Refuses to Draw Line in Sand for Israel After Food Aid Massacre in Gaza, Washington's Largest Union Backs Democratic Vote for "Uncommitted" Ahead of Primary, Lebanese PM Says Gaza Ceasefire Would End Conflict on Its Border with Israel, New Jersey Community Members Warn Against Synagogue's Plan to Host Israeli Real Estate Event, Texas Judge Halts Draconian Immigration Law as Biden and Trump Make Dueling Trips to Border, Human Rights Panel Holds First U.S. Hearing on Climate C…
(2024-03-01). The Intercept: New York Times Exposé Lacks Evidence to Claim Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence Oct. 7. democracynow.org 
We speak with Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim of The Intercept about their exposé of a major New York Times piece into alleged mass rapes committed by Hamas militants on October 7 that raises serious questions about the accuracy of the story. The Times article was headlined "'Screams Without Words': How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7," and its release in late December helped the Israeli government to justify the ongoing war on Gaza and to paint pro-Palestine supporters abroad as not caring about sexual violence. One of the reporters of the Times piece, Israeli freelancer Anat Schwartz…
(2024-03-01). Coffee & Chavistas: Misión Verdad Editor Diego Sequera Discusses Barbados Agreement, Essequibo, and Communist Party of Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( Diego Sequera is a Venezuelan journalist, author, political analyst, and researcher. He graduated in Arts from the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) and was part of the Docume…
(2024-03-01). Palestine: At Least 112 Killed and 760 Injured While Waiting for Food in Massacre by Israeli Occupation. orinocotribune.com At least 112 people waiting for food aid have been murdered and over 760 have been injured after being targeted and shot by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip this Thursday, February 29, as reported by the Ministry of Health in Gaza. | According to Al Jazeera, citizens had gathered on Al-Rashid Street in Gaza, to wait for aid trucks with flour, but were targeted by the Israeli occupation army. After opening fire, Israeli tanks advanced and ran over many of the bodies and wounded. "It is a massacre," the outlet stated, "adding to the famine that threatens citizens in Gaza." | The media verified images sho…
(2024-03-01). 29 February, Vancouver: Palestine Resists! October 7, Gaza and the Liberation of Palestinian Prisoners. samidoun.net 
VANCOUVER — PALESTINE RESISTS! October 7, Gaza and the Liberation of Palestinian Political Prisoners A Teach-In for Palestine Join Samidoun Vancouver for a teach-in for Palestine on Palestinian resistance, the Palestinian prisoners, and the struggle against the genocide in Gaza. Speakers will include Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat, Samidoun members and others. Thurs, Feb. 29 at …
(2024-03-01). Israelis Want Netanyahu Out, but No Freedom for Palestinians. Netanyahu Wants to Exterminate All Resistance. globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-01). Saturday 3/2: Fighting the Recall of Pamela Price. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue | Berkeley, CA 94705…
(2024-03-01). Presidente cubano arriba a San Vicente y las Granadinas. telesurtv.net El mandatario cubano indicó que su nación continúa "apostando por avanzar juntos hacia la integración de nuestros países".
(2024-03-01). Aumentan a 30.228 los palestinos asesinados por Israel en Gaza. telesurtv.net La ofensiva israelí mató a 193 civiles y dejó 920 heridos en las últimas 24 horas.
(2024-03-01). Presidente colombiano destaca necesidad de la paz. telesurtv.net Gustavo Petro indicó el carácter bélico del sistema capitalista y su insostenibilidad en perjuicio del medioambiente y la vida.
(2024-03-01). Veteranos de EE.UU. queman sus uniformes en honor a Aaron Bushnell. telesurtv.net El acto realizado al frente del Wyatt Federal Building fue organizado por el grupo About Face: Veterans Against the War.
(2024-03-01). Al menos 66 detenidos en protesta de agricultores en Francia. telesurtv.net La ministra delegada de Agricultura, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, calificó de "ilegal" la manifestación.
(2024-03-01). Colombia registra tasa de desocupación más baja desde 2019. telesurtv.net Según los datos expuestos por el mandatario, la cifra de desempleados fue del 12.7 por ciento, por debajo del 13.1 por ciento de 2019.
(2024-03-01). Conoce cinco obras del músico Leo Brouwer. telesurtv.net El músico Leo Brouwer recibió el Premio Nacional de Música en 1998 y el Premio Nacional de Cine en 2009.
(2024-03-01). Inauguran Villa Olímpica para París 2024. telesurtv.net La sede en las instalaciones estará en las inmediaciones del Estadio Saint-Denis, que albergará las pruebas de atletismo de los Juegos Olímpicos.
(2024-03-01). Minuto a minuto del asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Suman casi cinco meses de ataques constantes de las fuerzas sionistas contra el pueblo palestino en Gaza y Cisjordania, en medio de la parálisis de la ONU y el apoyo occidental al genocidio.
(2024-03-01). Cumbre de la Celac: la paz es antiimperialista y antihegemonía. telesurtv.net Con un amplio respaldo a la paz regional, inicia VIII Cumbre de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños en San Vicente y las Granadinas.
(2024-03-01). Presidenta de Honduras: resolver las diferencias mediante el diálogo. telesurtv.net Durante la VIII Cumbre de la Celac, destacó que a pesar de todas las dificultades la región mantuvo su costumbre histórica de continuar libre de conflictos bélicos.
(2024-03-01). Presidente de Venezuela arriba a San Vicente para participar en Cumbre de la Celac. telesurtv.net Durante la VIII Cumbre del bloque, los líderes de la región profundizarán en temas como la integración política, social, económica y cultural para consolidar los lazos de cooperación.
(2024-03-01). Canciller mexicana participará en VIII Cumbre de la Celac. telesurtv.net Bárcena participará, en representación del presidente López Obrador en la VIII Cumbre de jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Celac.
(2024-03-01). Comienzan las elecciones parlamentarias en Irán. telesurtv.net Los 60.000 colegios electorales abrieron sus puertas a partir de las 08: 00 hora local, para recibir el voto de los más de 61 millones de ciudadanos.
(2024-03-01). Ecuatorianos con insuficiencia renal exigen atención sanitaria. telesurtv.net Denunciaron que proveedores de servicios de salud y clínicas de diálisis están impagos desde hace más de un año.
(2024-03-01). Unión Tranviaria Automotor convoca a paro general en Argentina. telesurtv.net El gremio informó que "tras dos meses de audiencia en la Secretaría de Trabajo de la Nación, no ha acercado ofrecimiento salarial alguno".
(2024-03-01). Venezuela y Vietnam fortalecen lazos de cooperación. telesurtv.net Las partes ratificaron la fraternidad y solidaridad existente entre los dos países desde hace más de 34 años, cuando establecieron relaciones diplomáticas.
(2024-03-01). Al menos 46 fallecidos en un incendio en Bangladés. telesurtv.net El siniestro fue reportado alrededor de las 21: 45 hora local del jueves, según el oficial de bomberos Anwar Hossain.
(2024-03-01). Xiomara Castro llega a San Vicente y las Granadinas para cumbre Celac. telesurtv.net Este año, Castro también asumirá la presidencia pro tempore del Sistema de Integración Centroamericana (SICA), la cual tendrá una duración de seis meses.
(2024-03-01). Canciller ruso llega a Türkiye para Foro de Diplomacia de Antalya. telesurtv.net El Foro de Antalya, que se lleva a cabo del 1 al 3 de marzo, reúne a jefes de Estado, ministros, diplomáticos, líderes empresariales y académicos de diversos países.
(2024-03-01). Naciones condenan masacre israelí en la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Países como Siria, Venezuela, Cuba y Colombia han condenado el ataque contra 104 civiles palestinos en la Franja de Gaza.
(2024-03-01). Presidente boliviano llega a San Vicente y las Granadinas. telesurtv.net En su cuenta de X, el mandatario confirmó su llegada a la nación caribeña.
(2024-03-01). Primer ministro de Haití realiza vista oficial a Kenia. telesurtv.net La presencia del premier haitiano en Kenia tiene como fin, "entre otras cosas, fijar los términos y condiciones para el despliegue de la Misión Multinacional de Apoyo a la Seguridad (MSS)".
(2024-03-01). Cinco caminos para llegar a la cero discriminación. telesurtv.net Discriminar a otros por creernos superiores, desde posiciones de poder, es negar que cada quien tiene un lugar en una totalidad que debería fortalecernos en vez de alejarnos.
(2024-03-01). Venezuela denuncia vandalismo de EEUU contra avión de Emtrasur. telesurtv.net Venezuela "expresa su más enérgica protesta" por la violación de las normas del Derecho Internacional por parte de EE.UU. y Argentina.
(2024-03-01). International Coalition To Stop Genocide In Palestine Denounces Starvation As Genocide. popularresistance.org The International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine (ICGSP) encourages social movements worldwide to take urgent action to stop the intentional starvation of people in the Gaza Strip and to participate in upcoming global days of action in March aimed at raising awareness of and pressuring governments to stop the famine. | In January of this year, the World Court ordered the state of Israel to cease all activities consistent with genocide. This includes actions that would threaten the well-being of Palestinians, such as the withholding of basic necessities: food, water, medicines and fuel, to name a few.
(2024-03-01). Eastern Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Area In Mexico Drops Precipitously. indybay.org MEXICO CITY, February 7, 2024 — The annual census of monarch numbers at the overwintering sites in central Mexico was released today by World Wildlife Fund-Mexico and partners. It revealed that in just one year, the presence of monarch butterflies in their Mexico wintering grounds dropped by more than half, from 2.2 hectares to 0.9 hectares.
(2024-03-01). Then There Was The Time Tom Cotton Bemoaned "Extremism" counterpunch.org 
On February 25, Aaron Bushnell live-streamed the following statement: "I am an active duty member of the United States Air Force. And I will no longer be complicit to genocide. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest. But compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of
(2024-03-01). A New Start for the World Social Forum. counterpunch.org 
On the surface, things look very good. Trees are covering more and more areas. In pictures from above, the Himalayan valleys are green, two-thirds forest. But 90 per cent are conifers. Below them there is hardly any vegetation, biodiversity is being lost, the soil is becoming more and more sterile, dry, unusable and unable to
(2024-03-01). Brazil's unemployment rate falls to 7.6 per cent. tvbrics.com 
This led to an increase in the real incomes of workers…
(2024-03-01). Ethiopia's Ministry of Finance appreciates the African Development Bank's contribution in supporting reforms and projects in the country. tvbrics.com 
The two sides agreed on continuous dialogue on sustainable development projects…
(2024-03-01). An Expert Council on Russia's Participation in BRICS sets up at Russian University. tvbrics.com 
It will be engaged in expert-analytical and scientific activities on the issues of cooperation in the association…
(2024-03-01). India launches hydrogen-fuelled vessel. tvbrics.com 
It is a part of India's strategy to develop green energy and alternative fuels…
(2024-03-01). Iran and Russia discuss ways of co-operation in health sector. tvbrics.com 
The value of Iranian pharmaceutical exports to Russia last year was about US$7,5 million…
(2024-03-01). Non-oil trade between India and the UAE grows by 16 per cent since 2022. tvbrics.com 
This was after the signing of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement…
(2024-03-01). Russian scientists develop innovative device for diagnosing heart rhythm disorders. tvbrics.com 
Holter monitor will become more convenient and functiona…
(2024-03-01). Xi Jinping emphasises the need for high-quality new energy development in China. tvbrics.com 
The Chinese leader said it at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee…
(2024-03-01). Camp Nenookaasi Burns Down, Finds New Home. unicornriot.ninja 
(2024-03-01). Wednesday 3/6: Close Guantanamo. indybay.org UN Plaza | San Francisco Civic Center…
(2024-03-01). Will books be burned again in Germany? wsws.org Because some Berlinale laureates and jurors had the courage to call things by their right names instead of being mouthpieces of the powers that be, they are treated like criminals.
(2024-03-01). Supreme Court hears arguments on state laws restricting social media platforms from suppressing content. wsws.org Republican-controlled state governments in Florida and Texas adopted the laws after Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube blocked President Trump for inciting the January 6, 2021 attack on Congress.
(2024-03-01). Teamsters announce sellout agreement with Anheuser-Busch, blocking strike action. wsws.org The deal was reached in a matter of hours just a day before the contract for 5,000 brewery workers expired.
(2024-03-01). After denouncing Gaza genocide, Lula embraces "Genocide Joe's" emissary in Brasilia. wsws.org While rhetorically comparing the genocide of the Palestinians to Hitler's extermination of the Jews, Lula covers up the fundamental forces behind the slaughter in Gaza.
(2024-03-01). British Columbia's NDP follows hard-right Ford government in denying basic rights to gig workers. wsws.org Bill 48, presented by the NDP at a press conference last November, will ensure that workers on ride-hailing and food delivery apps continue to earn well below the minimum wage, have no benefits, and are denied most rights available to workers employed in other sectors.
(2024-03-01). Anatomy of a Fall: "Forcing the game" wsws.org The members of the affluent middle class are inevitably driven into battle against one other, along gender, racial and many other lines.
(2024-03-01). Israel massacres Palestinians seeking flour: A war crime made in Washington. wsws.org Thursday's massacre of 112 starving Palestinians by the fascistic Netanyahu regime is part of a systematic campaign to kill as many Gazans as possible and drive the rest from their land.
(2024-03-01). George Galloway wins Rochdale by-election landslide in de facto referendum on Gaza. wsws.org Politics in Britain is being upended by the imperialist-backed genocide in Gaza and the radicalisation of millions of people, particularly young workers and students. An anti-imperialist, anti-war opposition to the Labour and Tory parties is building and seeking a political solution.
(2024-03-01). How the Verdi union wants to prevent an indefinite all-out transport strike in Germany. wsws.org The so-called "concerted strikes" being organised by service sector union Verdi are in reality fragmenting the industrial action. What is necessary is the building of independent rank-and-file action committees that take the struggle into their own hands.
(2024-03-01). Texas executes prisoner despite doubts of his guilt, Idaho calls off lethal injection after failure to insert IV line. wsws.org The death sentence of Ivan Cantu was carried out in Texas despite compelling evidence of his innocence, while in Idaho, the planned lethal injection of Thomas Creech was called off after the prison team tasked with killing him failed to insert an IV line to deliver the deadly chemicals.
(2024-03-01). Australian workers and youth speak on social crisis, hostility toward political establishment ahead of Dunkley by-election. wsws.org A WSWS reporting team spoke with residents from working-class suburbs in the Dunkley electorate, providing an insight into the social and political crisis across Australia.
(2024-03-01). Record-breaking Texas wildfires scorch more than 1 million acres in Panhandle region. wsws.org The raging flames, fueled by high winds and unseasonably hot and dry weather, scorched through substantial stretches of small towns and farming communities with surprising speed.
(2024-03-01). Biden appeals to Trump to support anti-immigrant bill: "Join me" wsws.org After months of campaigning for president on the basis that Trump represented a mortal threat to democracy, in Brownsville, Texas on Thursday, Biden pleaded with the aspiring dictator to "join" him in supporting fascistic anti-immigrant legislation that greatly expands the border police and grants the president authority to "shut down" ports of entry.
(2024-03-01). Indian port workers refuse to handle arms shipments to Israel. wsws.org The announcement is a sign of the depth of opposition among Indian workers to Israel's massacring of tens of thousands of defenceless Palestinians with US-supplied weapons and Washington's full-throated political support.
(2024-03-01). Worker, father of 3, killed on the job at Stellantis plant in Italy. wsws.org A machine maintenance worker was killed on the job at the Stellantis STLAB plant in Pratola Serra, Italy.
(2024-03-01). Another pro-Zionist doxxing outrage aimed at New York City educators. wsws.org The far-right outfit Accuracy in Media sent a truck with the image of Math teacher Mohammad Jehad Ahmad to his school.
(2024-03-01). Communication Workers Union agrees mass job cuts at Royal Mail processing centres. wsws.org The latest joint statement by the CWU and Royal mail is full of slippery formulations meant to disguise job destruction and present an "improved situation" for displaced mail centre workers.
(2024-03-01). Widespread wage theft persists as latest US Postal Service rural route evaluation begins. wsws.org Workers were patronizingly told by management and the rural carriers' union to be patient during the initial implementation of RRECS. But after two subsequent route evaluations and massive numbers of grievances filed by workers, experiences confirm that the purpose of RRECS was to slash wages all along.
(2024-03-01). Australia: The truth behind the Labor government's claims of real wage growth. wsws.org The 0.1 percentage point difference between wage growth and inflation is negligible—less than $2 a week for most workers—and does nothing to reverse years of real wage cuts.
(2024-03-01). Demonstrations in Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Mannheim and Nuremberg demand an immediate halt to the genocide in Gaza. wsws.org The protests are directed against the German government, its weapons' deliveries to Israel and the lying propaganda that those opposing the genocide in Gaza are "antisemitic."
(2024-03-01). NPS 2022 Annual Overall Rating Report of Aramark at Yosemite. indybay.org In 2022 Aramark at Yosemite, aka Yosemite Hospitality, received a Marginal score on the NPS's Annual Overall Rating(AOR) Report. The 2023 AOR has not been released yet.
(2024-03-01). The Cuban people will join March 2 global day of action to demand an end to Israel's genocidal war on Gaza. peoplesdispatch.org Cuba is a longtime supporter of the Palestinian people and their struggle for liberation and has consistently condemned Israel's war on Gaza…
(2024-02-29). Indígenas en Paraguay reclaman al Estado tierras usurpadas. telesurtv.net Exigen la totalidad de los títulos de 335 hectáreas que el Gobierno cedió a esta comunidad en 1944 por su ayuda al Ejército paraguayo durante la guerra del Chaco contra Bolivia.
(2024-02-29). Israel asesina en plena calle a 104 palestinos mientras esperaban camiones con comida. telesurtv.net Decenas de heridos fueron trasladados al hospital Al-Shifa, y se observó que estas cifras superaban la capacidad del personal médico.
(2024-02-29). Venezuela: 20 años de declaración antiimperialista de Chávez. telesurtv.net En conmemoración de este día histórico para el país, la Marcha Nacional de la Furia Bolivariana partirá de distintos estados de Venezuela para dirigirse a la ciudad de Caracas.
(2024-02-29). Corte Suprema española abre proceso contra expresidente catalán. telesurtv.net Los magistrados coinciden en que es "necesario y pertinente que sean llamados al procedimiento, a fin de ser oídos como investigados, con todos los derechos y garantías previstas en nuestro ordenamiento jurídico".
(2024-02-29). Policía Federal realiza nueva fase de Operación Lesa Pátria en Brasil. telesurtv.net Las acciones se desarrollan en Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais, Tocantins, Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Espírito Santo y el Distrito Federal.
(2024-02-29). Anuncian elecciones para Haití antes de agosto de 2025. telesurtv.net Apuntó que "creemos que este es un paso importante en la dirección correcta", continuó Phillip Davis, quien habló de la necesidad de una evaluación de la maquinaria electoral.
(2024-02-29). Inicia veda electoral ante comicios municipales en El Salvador. telesurtv.net "Inicia el periodo de silencio electoral", indicó el juez del Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE), Guillermo Wellman.
(2024-02-29). Presidente de Siria resalta trascendencia de relaciones con Rusia. telesurtv.net Al-Assad recordó que Occidente es hostil con Rusia históricamente porque esa nación euroasiática fue transformándose de débil en fuerte.
(2024-02-29). Reportan aumento de actividad en volcán Popocatépetl de México. telesurtv.net Al menos 22 vuelos fueron suspendidos en el aeropuerto internacional de la Ciudad de México.
(2024-02-29). Venezolano Keydomar Vallenilla gana oro en Preolímpico de halterofilia. telesurtv.net El venezolano levantó los 170 kilogramos en el primer intento, asegurando el terminar líder en el arranque.
(2024-02-29). Genocidio israelí sobre Gaza deja más de 30.000 asesinados. telesurtv.net "El número de mártires supera los 30.000", denunció el ministerio de sanidad en un comunicado.
(2024-02-29). Presidente de Venezuela califica como un éxito acuerdo para calendario electoral 2024. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado calificó el pacto como el más incluyente firmado hasta la fecha en el país.
(2024-02-29). Presidente Maduro: Hoy es el día en que Hugo Chávez declaró el carácter antiimperialista de la Revolución Bolivariana. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado celebró la gran movilización del pueblo revolucionario para conmemorar el 20 aniversario de la declaratoria antiimperialista.
(2024-02-29). Ordenan retirar a Trump de boleta de las primarias de Illinois. telesurtv.net En diciembre de 2023, Colorado excluyó a Trump de las primarias debido a su participación en el asalto al Capitolio…
(2024-02-29). Nicaragua y Rusia firman acuerdos en materia de seguridad. telesurtv.net Durante la visita del secretario del Consejo de Seguridad de Rusia, Nikolái Pátrushev, a Nicaragua, se alcanzaron acuerdos para el período 2024-2026.
(2024-02-29). Venezuela condena exploración canadiense en territorio Esequibo. telesurtv.net "Canadá no tiene arte ni parte en los asuntos referentes a la Guayana Esequiba, el Gobierno guyanés debe exigir de inmediato el retiro de este pronunciamiento", dijo el canciller.
(2024-02-29). Primer ministro de Haití realiza vista oficial a Kenia. telesurtv.net La presencia del premier haitiano en Kenia tiene como fin, "entre otras cosas, fijar los términos y condiciones para el despliegue de la Misión Multinacional de Apoyo a la Seguridad (MSS)".
(2024-02-29). Mantienen seis provincias dominicanas en alerta verde por lluvias. telesurtv.net Las provincias situadas en el nivel de alerta verde son: Puerto Plata, Espaillat, Samaná, Hermanas Mirabal, María Trinidad Sánchez y Monseñor Nouel.
(2024-02-29). FAO lanza web sobre la inseguridad alimentaria en Gaza. telesurtv.net Al menos seis niños murieron durante la última jornada por deshidratación y desnutrición en el norte de Gaza.
(2024-02-29). Presidente ruso presenta balance ante Asamblea Federal. telesurtv.net El mandatario destacó el esfuerzo de los trabajadores de la producción, quienes llevan a cabo jornadas de tres turnos.
(2024-02-29). Educadores argentinos convocan a un nuevo paro nacional. telesurtv.net Los convocantes son los gremios docentes integrados en la Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT).
(2024-02-29). Absuelven a coronel por asesinato de campesinos en Guatemala. telesurtv.net También fue absuelto el sargento Manuel Lima Vásquez y a otros siete militares les fueron modificados los delitos.
(2024-03-01). 4 Ways the ACLU Continues to Fight for Gender Equality. aclu.org 
In 1987, 15 years after the Women's Rights Project was established at the ACLU, March was officially designated as Women's History Month in the United States. This time is for the celebration of the women whose contributions and achievements have shaped our society. Such a celebration may feel painful at this moment, when we are facing the fall of Roe v. Wade, the Black maternal mortality crisis, as well as ongoing, systemic barriers including the gender wage gap, family policing, lack of affordable housing, and sexual harassment. Yet it is precisely at times like these we need reminders why we still fight [md…
(2024-03-01). President Biden's Order to Ban Private Prisons Faces a Persistent Internal Challenge: The U.S. Marshals Service. aclu.org 
At the onset of President Biden's term, in January 2021, he issued an
(2024-03-01). Volunteer Spotlight: World BEYOND War Senegal Chapter Coordinator Marion Transetti. worldbeyondwar.org 
Each month, we share the stories of World BEYOND War volunteers and interns around the world. Want to volunteer or intern with World BEYOND War? Email . | : | Location: : | Dakar, Senegal | How did you get involved with anti-war activism?: | For me, there was no triggering event or particular injustice that activated my activism, because I had the immense privilege of being raised by two passionate activists. | My mother was a hands-on woman and I grew up following her to meetings for this or that cause, to rallies for th…
(2024-03-01). "US interference in Türkiye's trade with Russia is putting our economy in a bottleneck!" uwidata.com 
The AK Party government does not stand up for exporters, industrialists, banks, tourism, fruit and vegetable producers who face threats and pressure from the US authorities. Türkiye will not carry a government that bows down to threats against our relations with Russia, China and Iran, our most important partners in economy and security. No power …
(2024-03-01). A monument of resistance, forgotten by Türkiye in Chongqing! uwidata.com 
It has long been said, "If only these walls had a language, they could tell us what is going on". In reality, walls and buildings have a language. Buildings are witnesses of history. Since time immemorial, I have been interested in the traces of buildings in humanity's struggle for progress. Last week, during my visit …
(2024-03-01). Estado español: Miles de personas denuncian en la calle el genocidio contra Palestina. workers.org 
La Red Solidaria contra la Ocupación de Palestina convocaba al 25 de febrero por segunda vez de forma conjunta y simultánea en más de cien municipios. La masacre de la población palestina sigue pese a las advertencias a Israel. Estado español, 25 de enero. La Red Solidaria contra la Ocupación . . . |
(2024-03-01). The martyrdom of Aaron Bushnell, and the 'airlifting' of aid. thealtworld.com Arab regimes can't claim they've done their duty by dropping some sandwiches | Two events captured public attention this week: The self-immolation of a young US serviceman at the front gate of Israel's embassy in Washington in protest at his country's collusion with its genocidal war on Gaza; and the theatrical despatch of six US-made C-130 military cargo planes — three from Jordan and one each from the UAE. Egypt, and France — to drop some supplies into the Strip. | The first incident, the martyrdom of Aaron Bushnell, went viral on social media, attracting hundreds of millions of viewers and arousing…
(2024-03-01). Dubai: Emaar to develop $21B residential project. albawaba.com ALBAWABA — Dubai based real estate developer Emaar, known for their Burj Khalifa, is investing 96 billion dirhams ($21 billion) in Dubai's flourishing residential market, as reported by Bloomberg, by developing two new premium neighborhoods.According to a statement, Emaar Properties PJSC has begun selling in The Heights Country Club, an approximately 7.5 million square meters property with a 55-billion-dirham market value. Grand Club Resort, a 41-billion-dirham project with a health center and over 5.5 million square meters of space, is also offering residences up for sales next to their pre-launched "The O…
(2024-03-01). Dubai Gold Market Prices in March 2024. albawaba.com 
OUNCE = 7,519.83 | 24 Carat = 248.00 | 22 Carat = 229.75 | 21 Carat = 222.25 | 18 Carat = 190.50 | Dubai, often referred to as the City of Gold, holds a position in the gold market drawing in investors and enthusiasts with its vibrant gold markets and competitive pricing. As we step into March 2024, all eyes are on Dubai's gold market. Investors and buyers are always monitoring the ups and downs of gold prices. This article explores the factors influencing Dubai Gold Market Prices in March 2024 offering perspectives for those navigating the precious metals landscape in the UAE. | Overview: Dubai Gold Market P…
(2024-03-01). How Many Billionaires in the World 2024: Names. albawaba.com 
In the changing world of wealth and business ownership, the richest people globally act as a gauge for economic shifts and worldwide prosperity. As we enter 2024, the esteemed group of billionaires continues to set standards and transform various sectors. The top 10 richest individuals in the world for 2024 embody success and pioneering spirit. Let us explore how many billionaires in the world 2024, the backgrounds of these figures in wealth, and discover what drives them to reach financial heights. | Revealing How Many Billionaires in the World 2024: 10 Wealthiest Individuals Worldwide | : 1. Bernard Arna…
(2024-03-01). Richest Kid in the World 2024: Princess Charlotte. albawaba.com 
In a world where money and prosperity dominate the news, the richest kids in the world 2024 is such an interesting topic to look for! As of 2024, this prestigious title is held by Princess Charlotte; the royal who has won people's hearts globally. With a net worth of $5 billion, Princess Charlottes riches go beyond her royal background, positioning her as a significant figure in conversations about wealth and inheritance. Let us examine the factors that have contributed in having Princess Charlotte the richest kid in the world 2024. | Revealing the Richest Kid in the World 2024: Princess Charlotte with Net Wo…
(2024-03-01). UAE Hikes Prices for Petrol and Diesel – March 2024. albawaba.com 
Tanking up your car for this month will cost you a bit more, as the UAE Fuel Price Committee has announced UAE Petrol and Diesel Prices for March 2024. | The new prices and rates will apply from the first of March. | Check the below rates for UAE Petrol and Diesel Prices: | – Super 98 Petrol: | Will cost Dh3.03 a liter, compared to Dh2.88 in February. | – Special 95 Petrol: | Will cost Dh2.92 per liter, compared to Dh2.76 last month. | – E-Plus 91 Petrol: | Will cost Dh2.85 a liter, compared to Dh2.69 a liter in February. | – Diesel:…
(2024-03-01). Understanding Petrol Price in UAE 2024. albawaba.com In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where cars are a part of everyday life, monitoring gasoline prices is essential for both individuals and businesses. With petrol costs fluctuating due to many reasons, having a grasp of the factors driving these changes can empower drivers to make choices about fuel usage and financial planning. This article explores the complexities of petrol price in UAE, providing insights and suggestions for motorists to effectively handle the ups and downs. | Information for Drivers: Understanding Petrol Price in UAE | : Gasoline rates in the UAE are impacted by elements including oil…
(2024-03-01). Deadly shooting near Eli settlement claims two Israeli lives. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Israeli Army Radio reported that two Israelis were killed in a shooting incident near the Eli settlement, located south of Nablus. Responding to the incident, the Israeli army closed roads and pursued additional suspects involved in the attack. Additionally, a Palestinian assailant was fatally shot by security forces after opening fire at a gas station within the Eli settlement. Authorities identified the perpetrator of the shooting as a resident of the Qalandiya refugee camp, located north of Ramallah.ÿπÿßÿ¨ŸÑ | ÿߟÑÿ¨Ÿä&…
(2024-03-01). Fire claims 45 lives in Dhaka's commercial building. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- A devastating fire engulfed a commercial building housing the Kacchi Bhai restaurant on Bailey Road in the capital city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, resulting in the tragic deaths of 45 people. The blaze, which broke out in the early hours of the morning, claimed the lives of at least 45 individuals, according to reports from AFP shared on social media. According to a statement from the Bangladeshi Minister of Interior, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is actively monitoring the fire incident at a six-story commercial building on Bailey Road in Dhaka last night.#Dhaka (2024-03-01). Gaza massacre death toll rises to 112 as Israeli forces target aid trucks. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- The death toll from the tragic Nabulsi roundabout massacre in Gaza has climbed to 112 martyrs, with the Gaza Ministry of Health updating the casualties from the Israeli attacks on civilians gathering near aid trucks at the Al Rasheed roundabout to 112 fatalities and 760 injuries. In response to the outcry, the Israeli army has initiated an investigation into the devastating assault on aid convoys, which claimed the lives of hundreds of Palestinians. Early reports from Gaza authorities revealed that at least 70 people were killed, and over 250 others were injured in a separate massacre at the Al Rasheed…
(2024-03-01). International outcry over Israeli massacre in Gaza. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Colombian President, Gustavo Petro, strongly condemned Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's actions, likening the killing of over 100 Palestinians seeking food to genocide and drawing parallels to the Holocaust. He called for global recognition of the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Meanwhile, the US State Department expressed deep concern over the miserable conditions in Gaza, emphasizing the urgent need for a temporary ceasefire to alleviate Palestinian suffering. The department also called for an investigation into the events and demanded the opening of a crossing into northern Gaza to ensure the delivery of…
(2024-03-01). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 147: No ceasefire in sight despite international condemnation of Israel's 'flour massacre'. mondoweiss.net 
U.S. blocks a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel for its massacre against Palestinians attempting to receive humanitarian aid in Gaza, saying that the incident "still needs to be investigated."
(2024-03-01). In Sri Lanka women are the principal victims of the IMF and of microfinance. cadtm.org
(2024-03-01). Conscious and unconscionable: The starving of Gaza. greenleft.org.au 
The starvation regime continues unabated as Israel continues its campaign in the Gaza Strip, writes Binoy Kampmark.
(2024-03-01). When The Imperial Media Report On An Israeli Massacre. caitlinjohnstone.com.au So that's what happens when the imperial media report on an Israeli massacre, in case you were curious and haven't been paying attention since October 7 or the decades which preceded it.
(2024-03-01). Millions Plan to Take Part in Global March Calling for Israeli Ceasefire in Gaza. truthout.org On Saturday, millions of protesters around the world will take part in demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, calling for a permanent Israeli ceasefire. The march is also in response to Israel likely launching a "full-scale invasion of Rafah," considered to be the last major sheltering place for displaced residents in Gaza, which is set to happen around March 9, just one day prior… |
(2024-03-01). Release Rasmane Zinaba. cadtm.org
(2024-03-01). Victor Pickard on the Crisis of Journalism. fair.org
(2024-03-01). African academic sector preps for 40th AEAA conference. sanews.gov.za African academic sector preps for 40th AEAA conference | Umalusi CEO Dr Mafu Rakometsi says the EXCO of the Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA) is satisfied with the progress made in preparation of the hosting of the 40th AEAA Annual Conference in August. | The CEO was delivering remarks on Friday at a media briefing on the state of readiness for the hosting of the conference. | "Earlier today, Umalusi presented a report to the EXCO [executive committee] of the AEAA detailing progress made to date and the tasks that still need to be undertaken for the successful hosting of the 40th AEAA Annu…
(2024-03-01). Gauteng officially launches school of arts. sanews.gov.za Gauteng officially launches school of arts | Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has officially launched Khutlo-Tharo Performing and Creative Arts School of Specialisation in Sebokeng on Thursday, with a focus on Research and Innovation. | The Schools of Specialisation Programme continues to be a pioneering initiative by the Gauteng Department of Education, with Khutlo-Thato marking the 35th School of Specialisation to be launched in Gauteng. | "As we reflect on the journey thus far, it is clear that the Schools of Specialisation Programme has become an integral part of Gauteng's educational legacy. Through co…
(2024-03-01). President mourns passing of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. sanews.gov.za President mourns passing of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney | President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed his sadness at the passing of Brian Mulroney, the former Prime Minister of Canada and Esteemed Member of the National Order of the Companions of OR Tambo. | Mulroney, who served as Prime Minister from 1984 to 1993, passed away at the age of 84. | On behalf of government and the nation, President Ramaphosa offered his deep condolences to the government and people of Canada, especially Mulroney's family on the passing of a leader who holds a special place in South Africa's history. | On Freedom Day 20…
(2024-03-01). Britain Wants to Ban Boycotts of Israel. Does That Mean They're Working? scheerpost.com 
(2024-03-01). Chris Hedges: Aaron Bushnell's Divine Violence. scheerpost.com
(2024-03-01). Malnourishment Could Lead to Even More Deaths Among Children in Gaza. scheerpost.com 
(2024-03-01). The Immiseration of the American Worker Is a Bipartisan Political Scam. scheerpost.com 
Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Google Play/ Amazon / YouTube / Rumble On this episode of Scheer Intelligence, host Robert Scheer and Les Leopold discuss Leopold's new book, Wall Street's War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It that describes how both political parties created the economic suffering that Trump feeds …
(2024-03-01). Arms Embargo on Israel Now!: Canadians Ramp Up Pressure on Trudeau and Joly. socialistproject.ca 
As the Community members began blocking access to major weapons company facilities in Kitchener-Waterloo and Victoria at dawn this morning, following blockades in Toronto, Peterboroug…
(2024-03-01). Government doing all it can to improve lives. sanews.gov.za Government doing all it can to improve lives | Government is doing all it can to pursue a more just, inclusive and fundamentally transformed society, says Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Thembi Nkadimeng. | "Key to achieving this is ethical leadership in all spheres of government and in our context, in local government… [it] is at the epicentre of delivery of human rights," Nkadimeng said on Friday. | Addressing the Summit on Ethical Leadership in Local Government currently underway in Johannesburg, Nkadimeng said ethical leadership embodies integrity, accountability and a commi…
(2024-03-01). Unprecedented Figures Highlight Israeli Shock: Army Urgently Requires 7,000 More Troops. english.almanar.com.lb 
Israeli media reported on Friday that the occupation military is compiling data to illustrate the severe manpower issue represented by the intensifying personnel shortages in the wake of nearly 150 days of combat. As first reported on Friday morning on Ynet and "Yedioth Ahronoth", the Israeli military urgently requires an additional 7,000 soldiers, with half …
(2024-03-01). Video | Southern Lebanese Pursue Celebrations Despite Israeli Aggression. english.almanar.com.lb 
In the face of relentless Zionist aggression, the resilient people of southern Lebanon demonstrate an unwavering commitment to their homeland, pursuing their significant activities with unparalleled steadfastness. One such occasion is the birth anniversary of the promised Savior, Imam Mahdi (may God hasten his reappearance). Al-Manar Website offers exclusive interviews with individuals from the southern town …
(2024-03-01). Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers in the vicinity of Ramim barracks with missile weapons: statement. english.almanar.com.lb 
(2024-03-01). Day 147: Gaza Steadfastly Confront Massacres, 15 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Khan Younis. english.almanar.com.lb 
The Israeli enemy continued on Friday its aggression on Gaza for the 147th consecutive day, leaving more martyrs or injuries. According to the latest toll, more than 30 thousand martyrs and over 20,325 injuries have been left by the Israeli aggression since October 7, 2023. A Zionist bombardment at Al-Breij camp in Central Gaza early …
(2024-03-01). Hezbollah Strikes Israeli Occupation Sites near Lebanon Border. english.almanar.com.lb 
In support of the Palestinian people and resistance in Gaza and in light of the Israeli aggression on the various South Lebanon villages, the Islamic Resistance continued striking the Zionist occupation sites near Lebanon border. Hezbollah military media issued consecutive statements to illustrate the attacks and their outcomes. The first statement mentioned that the Islamic …
(2024-03-01). Islamic Resistance fighters target a Zionist force in the vicinity of Al-Manara occupation site with missile weapons, killing or injuring all its members: statement. english.almanar.com.lb 
(2024-03-01). Hezbollah attacks an Israeli military force preparing to deploy in Ma'ayan Baruch settlement with a combat drone. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-03-01). Al-Qassam Spokesman Announces Death of 7 More Israeli Detainees in War on Gaza, Says Total over 70. english.almanar.com.lb 
Hamas military spox, Abu Obeidah, announced Friday the death of seven Israeli detainees in Gaza, disclosing the names of three of them as Haiim Biri, Uram Mitzger, and Amiram Yisrael Kober. Abu Obeidah indicated that the names of the rest of detainees killed by the Zionist aggression on the Strip would be disclosed later on, …
(2024-03-01). Israeli News Website Walla reported 570 houses in the North were hit by Hezbollah fire in February. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-03-01). Hezbollah strikes Ruwaisat Al-Alam site in Lebanon's occupied Shebaa Farms with rocketry weapons, hitting it directly: statement. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-03-01). Domination of the United States on the World Bank. cadtm.org
(2024-03-01). Part 3] Questions/Answers on China : Is China doing what the World Bank, IMF and US are doing? cadtm.org
(2024-03-01). Part 4] Questions and answers on China : Could China lend differently? cadtm.org
(2024-03-01). DWS kick-starts National Water Month. sanews.gov.za DWS kick-starts National Water Month | The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will be embarking on advocacy programmes as part of National Water Month. | Today, the department kick-starts National Water Month, which is conceptualised along the annual commemoration of World Water Day. | World Water Day is spearheaded by the United Nations (UN) and is observed on 22 March. | The UN uses World Water Day to focus attention on the global water crisis and raise awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water, with the aim of aspiring nations to commit to long-term action. | This is to ensu…
(2024-03-01). SA, Netherlands recommit to cooperation in water and sanitation sector. sanews.gov.za SA, Netherlands recommit to cooperation in water and sanitation sector | The governments of South Africa and the Netherlands have undertaken to explore more cooperation opportunities in the water and sanitation sector in order to strength the existing relations between the two States. | The two countries made the undertaking when Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu joined by Director-General, Dr Sean Phillips, met with the Ambassador of the Netherlands to South Africa, Joanne Doornewaard, in Pretoria this week. | Mchunu and Doornewaard held their first meeting since the Ambassador was posted to South Afric…
(2024-03-01). Defiant protests mark two years since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-01). Greens pitch for more councillors on Brisbane City Council. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-01). Jewish Council of Australia urges Labor to reject racism against Palestinians fleeing Gaza. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-01). Labor under pressure from protests over Gaza genocide. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-01). Max Chandler-Mather: 'Labor is the political wing of the banking and property industry'. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-01). Protest calls on UQ to cut ties with Boeing. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-01). Social workers take unprotected industrial action for Palestine. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-01). Tanya Plibersek MP urged to take a stand for Palestine. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-01). Tasmanian Palestine Advocacy Network campaigns for ceasefire, LGBTIQ rights. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-01). African Union declares solidarity with Palestine, Cuba. workers.org 
The author, a former member of the Secretariat of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), writes of African events for Avante!, the newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party. Translation: John Catalinotto. African countries have reaffirmed their solidarity with occupied Palestine, the victim of vicious . . . |
(2024-03-01). World Protests: A Study of Key Protest Issues in the 21st Century. cadtm.org
(2024-03-01). Japan holds UN Security Council in March. plenglish.com United Nations, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) Japan is holding the United Nations Security Council this month, while the multilateral body remains in the spotlight due to the absence of a resolution for the ceasefire in Gaza.
(2024-03-01). Russian security confirms existence of US bases in Ukraine. plenglish.com Bortnikov told the national television that there are many secret bases set up by Washington and other Western nations in Ukraine. | The New York Times informed on February 25 that the United States, with the support of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), has deployed 12 secret facilities on Ukrainian territory near Russia over the last eight years. | According to the US newspaper, Ukraine has become for CIA a significant spying center against the authorities of Moscow.
(2024-03-01). Tàºrk Telekom CEO'su àñnal: Türkiye teknoloji ihracatƒ±nda sà∂z sahibi olma hedefine biz liderlik ediyoruz. img.piri.net ƒ∞spanya'nƒ±n Barselona kentinde dàºzenlenen ve dàºn sona eren Mobil Dàºnya Kongresi'nin (MWC'24) kapanƒ±≈üƒ±nda deƒüerlendirmelerde bulunan àñnal, fuar kapsamƒ±nda yaptƒ±klarƒ± àßalƒ±≈ümalar ve ≈üirketin gelecek vizyonuna ili≈ükin bilgiler verdi. | Her yƒ±l olduƒüu gibi bu sene de MWC'24'te àßok sayƒ±da i≈übirliƒüine imza atƒ±p yenilikàßi àºràºn ve à&…
(2024-03-01). Azerbaycan Türkiye ili≈ükilerinde yeni dà∂nemin hedefleri. img.piri.net Azerbaycan Cumhurba≈ükanƒ± ƒ∞lham Aliyev 7 ≈ûubat seàßimlerini kazandƒ±ktan sonra 19 ≈ûubat tarihinde ilk yurt dƒ±≈üƒ± ziyaretini geleneƒüe sadƒ±k kalarak Türkiye'ye yaptƒ±. Ziyaret sƒ±rasƒ±nda yaptƒ±ƒüƒ± aà߃±klamada "ƒ∞ki karde≈ü àºlkenin ili≈ükilerini ecdatlarƒ±mƒ±zƒ±n anlayƒ±≈üƒ±n…
(2024-03-01). In Contempt #38: Victor Puertas is Free, Repression Hits Atlanta, Protesters Rally in Solidarity with Strike Call in Alabama. itsgoingdown.org 
photo: Ash Agony, Support Here In this column, we present our monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. Packed in as always are updates, fundraisers, and birthdays. There's a lot happening, so let's dive right in! Political Prisoner News Chicano anarchist political prisoner and Certain Days collective…
(2024-03-01). BRICS: Egypt Officially Dumps US Dollar for Trade. infobrics.org Egypt was one of five nations to accept an invitation to join the alliance at its 2023 summit. Subsequently, it has already firmly embraced its shift to local currency trade thus far, which is another sign of the unfolding BRICS de-dollarization plan…
(2024-03-01). BRICS and the Global South Cooperation. infobrics.org Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992 'the tectonic plates of geopolitics have been shifting' and with current geopolitical tensions, including the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the Israeli-Hamas war, new alliances and potential rivalry among world powers seeking for influence in Africa and other regions of the world, 'we may see the world becoming more multipolar'
(2024-03-01). Moscow, Ankara to Discuss Türkiye's BRICS Membership. infobrics.org Russia's chairmanship in BRICS in 2024 may become a good reason for discussing the issue of Turkey possibly joining the organization by Moscow and Ankara…
(2024-03-01). Kazakhstan's mining sector corruption affecting Russia's interests. infobrics.org Western liberals set their eyes on Kazakhstan.
(2024-03-01). Baltic states threatening athletes due to anti-Russian paranoia. infobrics.org NATO countries show to be absolutely against any type of peaceful relations with Russia.
(2024-03-01). New York Time's exposé details expansion of CIA secret war in Ukraine over decade ago. infobrics.org Many people have written on the important topic of NATO enlargement, which is all about the militarization of Europe and the encirclement of Russia. It is about time to talk about CIA enlargement – which in turn is all about assassinations, clandestine and covert actions and paramilitary activity.
(2024-03-01). Genocidal USA Blocks UNSC Statement Condemning Israel for 'Flour Massacre'. libya360.wordpress.com The Cradle On top of non-stop military assistance for Israel's genocide campaign in Gaza, the US has continued to provide political cover for Tel Aviv. The US, on 29 February, vetoed a UN Security Council (UNSC) statement that would have condemned Israel for the mass murder of over 100 Palestinian civilians who were awaiting the delivery of humanitarian aid…
(2024-03-01). Israeli Kibbutz Leader Confirms Movement's Role in Establishing and Maintaining Apartheid. libya360.wordpress.com Jonathan Ofir A PHOTO OF KIBBUTZ ZIKIM WHICH IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE GAZA STRIP. THE KIBBUTZ WAS FOUNDED IN 1949, BY MEMBERS OF THE HASHOMER HATZAIR MOVEMENT ON THE LANDS OF THE PALESTINIANS VILLAGE OF HIRBIYA. THE HOUSE IN THE FOREGROUND IS KNOWN AS THE "ALAMI HOUSE" NAMED AFTER THE PALESTINIAN FAMILY THAT…
(2024-03-01). Secret Cable: CIA Orchestrated Haiti's 2004 Coup. libya360.wordpress.com Jeb Sprague and Kit Klarenberg A classified diplomatic cable obtained by The Grayzone reveals the role of a veteran CIA officer in violently overthrowing Haiti's popular President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004. A spectacular jailbreak in GonaàØves, Haiti in August 2002 saw a bulldozer smash through the local prison walls, allowing armed supporters of Amiot "Cubain" Métayer, a gang…
(2024-03-01). Two Years of the Russian Military Operation in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Dmitri Kovalevich Russian Soldiers in Avdiivka And ten years since the coup in Kiev that started it all… Russia's military intervention into Ukraine on February 24, 2022, is a direct consequence of the illegal and violent coup in Kiev in February 2014 and the far-right, war-making regime that the coup-installed. The end of February 2024…
(2024-03-01). US Elections and the Lesser Evil of Genocide, with Steven Salaita. libya360.wordpress.com Tamara Nassar "It's beyond doubt that the world has raised its voice. The world has condemned what the Zionist entity is doing, and not a single politician in a position of authority has lifted a finger to stop it," educator, writer and essayist Steven Salaita says. Salaita, who now lives in Cairo, Egypt, spoke with…
(2024-03-01). The World Social Forum: The counterweight to the World Economic Forum. cadtm.org
(2024-03-01). Task Force That Includes Iraq War Architects Unveils Post-War Plan for Gaza. truthout.org Several key architects of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq 21 years ago are presenting a plan for rebuilding and "de-radicalizing" the surviving population of Gaza, while ensuring that Israel retains "freedom of action" to continue operations against Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The plan, which was published as a report Thursday by the hard-line neo-conservative Jewish Institute for National… |
(2024-03-01). 'Dune: Part Two' Counters the Western Savior Myth. progressive.org Chalamet's Paul Atreides comes across as another colonial agent rather than a Chosen One, writes Joe George.
(2024-03-01). Kibbutz leader confirms movement's role in establishing and maintaining Israeli apartheid. mondoweiss.net 
The kibbutz has long been celebrated by liberals as an example of Israel's socialist pedigree, but movement head Nir Meir says the "first mission" of kibbutzim was "to conquer the land," and today it stands ready to "maintain outposts" by Gaza.
(2024-03-01). Judge Holds Former Fox News Correspondent In Contempt For Protecting Source. thedissenter.org 
Support independent journalism on press freedom, whistleblowers, and government secrecy. A United States judge held former Fox News correspondent Catherine Herridge in civil contempt for refusing to reveal the identity of a confidential source, who allegedly committed a Privacy Act violation against Chinese American scientist Yanping Chen. | The court imposed a fine of $800 per day until Herridge complies with the order but stayed the decision to give Herridge an opportunity to appeal. | Last August, Judge Christo…
(2024-03-01). LIVE: US Military Burning Uniforms For Gaza! + Lowkey Joins The Show. rumble.com
(2024-03-01). Biden Says Crazy Offensive Thing! youtu.be
(2024-03-01). Netanyahu Breaks Off Hostage Talks With Hamas. news.antiwar.com Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Qatari and Egyptian officials that Israeli officials will not engage in another round of talks until Hamas provides a full list of living Israeli hostages in Gaza. The news is a blow to President Joe Biden, who predicted a deal would be done as soon as next week. On Friday, …
(2024-03-01). On March 2, the world will march to stop Israel's genocidal assault on Rafah. mondoweiss.net 
Israel is threatening to carry out a full-scale invasion of Rafah, a tiny section of Gaza where 1.5 million Palestinians are now packed, on March 10. Ahead of the deadline, a global day of protest will happen this weekend.
(2024-03-01). On March 2, the world will march to stop Israel's genocidal assault on Rafah. peoplesdispatch.org Israel is threatening to carry out a full-scale invasion of Rafah, a tiny section of Gaza where 1.5 million Palestinians are now packed, on March 10. Ahead of the deadline, a global day of protest is scheduled for March 2.
(2024-03-01). Russian Foreign Minister arrives in Türkiye for Diplomatic Forum. plenglish.com/feed/ Moscow, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergei Lavrov, arrived in Türkiye, where he will participate in the Antalya Diplomatic Forum, as reported by the spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
(2024-03-01). South African Foreign Minister to attend Diplomacy Forum in Türkiye. plenglish.com/feed/ Pretoria, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa (DIRCO), Naledi Pandor, will participate in the Third Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF), in the Republic of Türkiye.
(2024-03-01). Arab League accuses Israel of committing crimes against humanity. plenglish.com Cairo, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) The Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, accused Israel of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip, which has remained under fire for 147 days already.
(2024-03-01). Cuba to ratify commitment in strengthening CELAC. plenglish.com Havana, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will ratify its commitment to regional integration and the strengthening of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), at the eighth summit of the mechanism in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
(2024-03-01). UN rapporteur accuses Israel of starving Gazans. plenglish.com Ramallah, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) The UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, accused Israel of starving to death the population of the Gaza Strip.
(2024-03-01). China resumes shuttle diplomacy as Ukraine war drums get louder. peoplesdispatch.org A recent statement by French President Emmanuel Macron has led to questions on whether the ground is being prepared for a soft landing for the idea of western military deployment in Ukraine in some form…
(2024-03-01). Tesla, Trader Joe's take aim at labor's limited protections. workers.org 
Passed in 1935, the National Labor Relations Act, also known as the Wagner Act, enshrined in law the right of workers to engage in collective action — "protected concerted activity" — against their bosses. First and foremost, this meant workers had the right to unionize. The Act's passage did not . . . |
(2024-03-01). Grupo Gran Caribe reabre hotel Deauville, en La Habana (+Foto). radiohc.cu La privilegiada esquina que en La Habana forman las céntricas calles Galiano y Malecón vuelve a distinguirse con las luces y renovada belleza del hotel Deauville, que este 28 de febrero reabrió sus puertas tras un proceso de reparación y mejora por el Grupo Gran Caribe.
(2024-03-01). Cuba contra cualquier forma de discriminación. radiohc.cu Marzo se inicia con una importante jornada mundial para concientizar sobre el hecho de que todos los seres humanos deben gozar de los mismos derechos, sin importar su raza, género, preferencia sexual, creencias religiosas y limitaciones cognitivas.
(2024-03-01). Historiador cubano Ernesto Limia culmina ciclo de coloquios en Italia (+Fotos). radiohc.cu Roma, 1 mar (RHC) El historiador y ensayista cubano, Ernesto Limia, culmina este viernes con una conferencia en la Universidad la Sapienza, de esta capital, un ciclo de coloquios en ocho ciudades de Italia, donde presentó su libro De Patria y Cultura en Revolución.
(2024-03-01). Pantallas lumínicas en Panamá denuncian bloqueo EEUU a Cuba (+Foto). radiohc.cu Ciudad de Panamá, 1 mar (RHC) Una iniciativa de la embajada de Cuba en Panamá trae la proyección de breves vídeos en su fachada (mapping) que denuncian el bloqueo a la isla de Estados Unidos, hostil política con más de 60 años.
(2024-03-01). Modi's India is more unequal than ever. cadtm.org
(2024-03-01). Breaking the Barriers. progressive.org An interview with Tom Harkin, former Senator from Iowa.
(2024-03-01). Strategic Objectives of Russian Security Council Chief's Latin America Tour. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Feb 28, 2024 | The secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Nikolai Patrushev, met with Nicaraguan government officials as well as several officials of Cuba, Venezuela, and Bolivia, in Managua, capital of Nicaragua, on Tuesday, February 27, to discuss security cooperation. On the same day, he visited Cuba where he was received by President Miguel Díaz-Canel and his predecessor Raúl Casto. They two Cuban leaders discussed with Patrushev topics of Cuba-Russia bilateral relations and cooperation as well as issues of international and European security. From Cuba Patrushev…
(2024-03-01). Biden memos show Palestine advocacy is working. mondoweiss.net 
Two recent presidential orders show the Biden administration is feeling the heat from months of protests against his support for Israel's genocide in Gaza.
(2024-03-01). New Eskom chief executive assumes duties. sanews.gov.za New Eskom chief executive assumes duties | Dan Marokane officially assumes his role as Eskom Group Chief Executive today. | In a statement on Friday, the Eskom Board expressed confidence in Marokane's abilities, as well as in the leadership and staff of Eskom, emphasising their collective commitment to turning the organisation around. | "We expect Morokane and his leadership team to accomplish at least two critical tasks. Firstly, they must address the current business challenges. Load shedding must become a thing of the past. Secondly, they need to reposition and restructure Eskom to enable growth and sustainabi…
(2024-03-01). President suspends Deputy Minister Peters. sanews.gov.za President suspends Deputy Minister Peters | President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed Deputy Minister of Small Business Development, Dipuo Peters, of his decision to suspend her. | In a statement on Friday, the Presidency said the Deputy Minister has been informed of her suspension in writing. | The decision follows a sanction adopted by Parliament's Joint Committee on Ethics and Members Interests against the Deputy Minister. | The Committee found that Peters had breached the Code of Ethical Conduct in her former portfolio as Minister of Transport. | Consequently, Peters was sanctioned and suspended for one term.
(2024-03-01). 'Never the same again': What Palestine has changed within us. newarab.com 
A few days ago, I saw a protest sign that said "Palestine has become the lens through which I see the world" and I was struck by how true that statement was. | It echoed my feelings over the last few months. The way I see influencers and celebrities, companies and brands — even my friends, family and colleagues — has been irreversibly changed by the ongoing genocide in Gaza. | I can no longer remain close to those who have nothing to say about the calculated and indiscriminate ethnic cleansing of the people whose plight fills our social media feeds, hearts and minds. | "Whether it is our faith, our…
(2024-03-01). Aaron Bushnell death sees wave of US pro-Palestine support. newarab.com 
(2024-03-01). Archbishop of Canterbury 'sorry' for Palestinian pastor snub. newarab.com 
The Anglican Church's Munther said he was told by Welby's aides, the principal head of the Church of England, that he would not meet the pastor if he shared a platform with former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. | The Palestinian cleric went on to meet the former Labour Party leader during a publicity tour to the UK, where…
(2024-03-01). Australian Muslim groups reject govt iftar invites over Gaza. newarab.com 
(2024-03-01). Gaza: Al-Rashid Street aid massacre draws global outrage. newarab.com 
A Gaza aid queue France's foreign ministry said "the fire by Israeli soldiers against civilians trying to access food is unjustifiable", while French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his "strongest condemnation" of the killings. |
(2024-03-01). Gaza doctor takes 'Day After' fundraising to South Africa. newarab.com 
A Palestinian doctor who Under the theme, #PalestineLeads Tour, A story of Palestinian Faith and Resilience, Dr. Basel Abuwarda aims to raise funds to buy food and medicine to assist his countr…
(2024-03-01). Iran launches imaging satellite from Russia. newarab.com 
The launch of "Pars-I" with the Russian Soyuz-2.1b launcher was broadcast live by state television in Iran. | The satellite was launched "from Russia's Vostochny launch base", some 8,000 k…
(2024-03-01). Ras al-Hekma: Egypt secures $5 billion in UAE 'downpayment'. newarab.com 
Egypt has secured the first $5 billion tranche in the Ras al-Hekma property development President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had confirmed on Wednesday that a portion of the funds from the $35 billion agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the Ras Al-Hekma project has been deposited into Egypt's central bank. | The pact aims to develop the coastal peninsula of Ras Al-Hekma. | To bolst…
(2024-03-01). Syrian rights groups condemn Hiba Haj Aref's murder. newarab.com 
Syrian human rights groups have called for an investigation into the suspected murder of Hiba Suhaib Haj Aref, a Syrian activist who was found hanged at her house in Bza'a city, Hiba Suhaib Haj Aref, referred to by many as "Hiba Haj", had received multiple death threats in the preceding weeks, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) reported. According to SNHR, the police has launched an investigation into her death, but the network regretted that local authorities did not investigate the…
(2024-03-01). Two Israelis shot dead in occupied West Bank attack. newarab.com 
A gunman opened fire at a gas station in the "We performed medical tests, but… in a short time we had to determine their death," the emergency response service Magen David Adom said of the shooting near the Eli settlement in the Palestinian territory. | "A shor…
(2024-03-01). US drones keep watch over Iraqi skies despite ceasefire. newarab.com 
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(2024-03-01). With Prevent, Tories go after digital rights and Palestine. newarab.com 
It's been a demoralising week in the UK as According to former home secretary
(2024-03-01). A Mayo Clinic expert explains aphasia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Aphasia is a condition that can affect a person's ability to communicate. To better understand the condition, the Mayo Clinic News Network reached out to Dr. Hugo Botha, a neurologist at Mayo Clinic, to explain. What is aphasia? Aphasia is a broad term that refers to a problem with language. So, for example, patients with aphasia may have trouble understanding what other people are saying, understanding what they read, or may have trouble putting their…
(2024-03-01). What is frontotemporal dementia? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An uncommon group of disorders may cause changes in personality, behavior, language, movement Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a group of neurologic disorders associated with changes in personality, behavior, language or movement. Some FTD forms are inherited, and some are not. Typically, people develop FTD symptoms before age 60. While there is no cure for this progressive decline, FTD research has made significant strides in the past two decades, says Dr. Bradley Boeve (boh-VAY), a Mayo…
(2024-03-01). Types of encephalitis: A Mayo Clinic expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Editor's note: February 22 is World Encephalitis Day. Encephalitis is a disease referring to the inflammation or swelling of the brain. Broadly, it can happen because of infections, including viral infections, or the immune system acting up. That's why Dr. Sarosh Irani, a Mayo Clinic neurologist and researcher, says it's essential to recognize World Encephalitis Day. "A number of physicians, and certainly the public, are not aware of encephalitis as an entity. Yet, it is a medical emergency,…
(2024-03-01). Closing the clinical trials disparity gap. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Getting sufficient representation of racial and ethnic minority populations in clinical trials remains a pervasive challenge, despite concerted efforts by researchers and mandates set by funding sources and regulatory agencies. A lack of diversity in research results in continued disparities and poorer health outcomes in underrepresented communities. An article in the January edition of Mayo Clinic Proceedings proposes a wide range of strategies to help researchers improve community engagement with underrepresented racial and ethnic populations and…
(2024-03-01). Mayo Clinic Minute: Health disparities in gynecologic cancers. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Each year, thousands of women are diagnosed with gynecologic cancers in the U.S. While cervical, ovarian and uterine cancer affects all races, Black women are often diagnosed at later stages and are more likely to die from these diseases. Dr. Kristina Butler, a Mayo Clinic gynecologic oncologist, discusses health disparities and prevention. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/qnJg1eEtcN0 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 05) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo…
(2024-03-01). Try a cholesterol-lowering diet for heart health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org MANKATO, Minn. — With those New Year's resolutions six weeks behind us, some people may have reverted to less healthy ways of eating. Heart Month is a great time to remind yourself why a healthy diet is important for more than just your waistline. "What you eat and drink affects your cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and if you have high cholesterol or triglyceride levels, your healthcare team may recommend following a cholesterol-lowering diet," says Ripu…
(2024-03-01). Mayo Clinic Minute: Can extra salt hurt your kidneys? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Sodium is a mineral that your body needs to function well. When you combine sodium with the mineral, chloride, the two make table salt. Sodium is added to many processed foods, including packaged and frozen meals. Many recipes call for salt in the ingredients, and many people add table salt to their food for flavor. But according to Dr. Ivan Porter II, a Mayo Clinic nephrologist, adding too much salt to your diet is not…
(2024-03-01). Mayo Clinic Minute: Know the warning signs of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's often silent but can be a deadly killer. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetic condition that occurs in 1 in 500 people. Dr. Said Alsidawi, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says the problem is that many people don't even know they have it because they have no symptoms. And in 20% of cases, the first presentation is sudden cardiac death. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/M6RrnuAc_1M Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 07) is in the downloads at the…
(2024-03-01). Dengue fever: A Mayo Clinic expert explains the mosquito-borne infection. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Recent outbreaks of dengue fever in Brazil have prompted public health officials to launch an immunization campaign targeting children ages 10 to 11. Dengue fever is a potentially life-threatening viral infection transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes. "Four different subtypes of the virus can cause infections in humans," says Dr. Stacey Rizza, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases specialist. "Wherever you have a significant number of mosquitoes and warm hot environments is where you see dengue transmission." Watch: Dr. Stacey…
(2024-03-01). Stressed about your child's screen time? Here's what a Mayo Clinic expert recommends. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For decades, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has been studying the effects screens and media have on children. It's natural for parents and caregivers to be concerned about how much screen time their children are getting, especially when digital screens are everywhere, even at school. Dr. Nusheen Ameenuddin, a Mayo Clinic pediatrician and member of the AAP, shares some recommendations to make it simple for families to manage their technology use. Watch: Dr. Nusheen…
(2024-03-01). Two KPJ Healthcare hospitals in Malaysia join Mayo Clinic Care Network. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, and ROCHESTER, Minn. — KPJ Healthcare Berhad (KPJ Healthcare or the "Group") and Mayo Clinic have announced that two KPJ specialist hospitals, KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital (KPJ DSH) and Damansara Specialist Hospital 2 (DSH2), are the newest members of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. These hospitals are the first members from Malaysia to join the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a group of carefully vetted healthcare organizations with special access to Mayo Clinic's…
(2024-03-01). Can you prevent cancer with lifestyle changes? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In the U.S., 4 out of 10 cancer cases are associated with preventable risk factors. That's according to the latest Cancer Progress Report from the American Association for Cancer Research. February is National Cancer Prevention Month, and Dr. Jon Ebbert, medical director of the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center, says it's never too late to make lifestyle changes that can decrease your risk of cancer. Watch: Prevent cancer with lifestyle changes youtu.be/__d7F9sEcaQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 27) is…
(2024-03-01). Casting once again: Patient recovers from thoracic outlet syndrome and rediscovers thrill of being on the water. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When Justin Pomeroy, 23, struggled after a weight training session, he wasn't sure if he was simply fatigued or experiencing a medical crisis. While lifting weights, one of his shoulders popped, followed by radiating pain. Despite being fit for his active job as a Florida-based U.S. Coast Guard crewman, he continued to feel debilitating weakness, even when making the slightest of movements. His condition worsened over the next few days to the point that he…
(2024-03-01). Newborns diagnosed with syphilis at alarming rates. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that looks at sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has some concerning news, especially when it comes to syphilis. While cases of other STIs, like chlamydia and gonorrhea, have decreased or seen modest increases, syphilis has jumped 80% in the four years from 2018 to 2022. Dr. Stacey Rizza, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases specialist, says syphilis is a bacterial infection that is primarily transmitted through sexual contact. But she says…
(2024-03-01). Jim Robo, former chairman and CEO of NextEra Energy, to join Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jim Robo, a private investor and former chairman and CEO of NextEra Energy, Inc. and NextEra Energy Partners, LP, was elected to the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees at its quarterly meeting on February 16. Jim Robo "We are pleased to welcome Mr. Robo to the board," says Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., Mayo Clinic president and CEO. "He has an exceptional track record of driving transformation and excellence and will offer valuable strategic…
(2024-03-01). How specialized blood cells could transform treatments for inflammatory disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic researchers are studying whether specialized T cells taken from blood could harness the body's immune system to treat or someday cure complex inflammatory diseases. Researchers are probing whether a subset of T cells known as regulatory T cells, or Tregs, have the power to suppress out-of-control immune responses. If so, they want to know if this could offer a new therapeutic option for chronic inflammation that does not respond to standard treatment. William…
(2024-03-01). Cardiac amyloidosis 101: Why early diagnosis and targeted treatment matter. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Amyloidosis occurs when the body produces abnormal proteins that bind together to form a substance called amyloid. Amyloids can deposit in any tissue or organ, including the heart, kidneys, liver and nerves. When it occurs in the heart, it's called cardiac amyloidosis. Dr. Martha Grogan, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist and director of the Cardiac Amyloid Clinic at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, explains what cardiac amyloidosis is, why knowing the type of amyloid is key…
(2024-03-01). Spotlight on early detection of 3 heart diseases using ECG-AI. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Too often, the first sign of cardiovascular disease may be a major event like a heart attack, stroke or cardiac arrest. Now, researchers and clinicians at Mayo Clinic are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to flag heart problems earlier, boosting the abilities of a diagnostic test that has been around for over a century — the electrocardiogram (ECG). Early detection of heart disease can make a significant difference in a patient's…
(2024-03-01). Know your numbers: What is your heart rate? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Know your numbers: What is your heart rate? Your heart rate, or pulse, is the number of times your heart beats per minute. Your resting heart rate is when the heart is pumping the lowest amount of blood you need because you're not exercising. If you're sitting or lying down ‚Äï and you're calm, relaxed and aren't sick ‚Äï your heart rate is typically between 60 and 100 beats per minute. Other factors that can…
(2024-03-01). Take heart murmurs seriously. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Eau Claire, Wis. — Detecting a heart murmur on your own can be tricky. A murmur is an extra heart sound that can be heard by a stethoscope. Sometimes, a murmur sounds like a humming sound, which can be faint or loud. It might be temporary or persistent. Heart murmurs may be present at birth or develop later in life during pregnancy, phases of rapid growth like adolescence, or from a fever or anemia. "The murmur may…
(2024-03-01). 128 Mpumalanga schools introduce coding, robotics. sanews.gov.za 128 Mpumalanga schools introduce coding, robotics | The Mpumalanga provincial government has introduced coding and robotics in 128 schools, as part of its pilot programme. | "That pilot is progressing well and 128 schools, from Grade R to 3 and Grade 7, are currently doing coding and robotics," Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane said on Friday when delivering the State of the Province Address (SOPA). | Since 2022, in its quest to improve learner performance, the provincial government is providing all Grade 12 learners and teachers in Quantile 1 to 3 schools with tablets and laptops respectively. | These…
(2024-03-01). Mpumalanga Premier reflects on 30 years of freedom. sanews.gov.za Mpumalanga Premier reflects on 30 years of freedom | Despite the challenges faced by the country, government has made an undeniable mark in changing the lives of people for the better in the 30 years of freedom, says Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane. | Delivering the State of the Province Address (SOPA) on Friday, Mtshweni-Tsipane reflected on the gains that government has made since the dawn of democracy. | "When we were elected to office in 1994, our population was a mere 3.3million people. Today, Mpumalanga is home to 5.1 million people. | "The gross domestic product (GDP), that is the value of goo…
(2024-03-01). IRS Pursues 125,000 Non-Filing Cases in Crackdown on Wealthy Tax Evaders. truthout.org The Internal Revenue Service announced on Thursday that it was going after high-income earners who had dodged taxes by failing to file tax returns since 2017. The agency said it would begin mailing compliance letters this week in more than 125,000 cases in which people making over $400,000 a year had refused to file. The enforcement action was made possible by increased IRS funding in the… |
(2024-03-01). De plácemes Leo Brouwer, abrazado a Cuba y a su guitarra. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) Como si naciera para ella, el prestigioso músico cubano Leo Brouwer se abraza a su guitarra para sacar de esta las más exquisitas armonías, y Cuba lo aplaude, lo honra, más hoy cuando celebra sus 85 cumpleaños.
(2024-03-01). Nuevo Resort solo para adultos en Cayo Cruz. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) Blue Diamond Resorts Cuba anuncia la inauguración de Sanctuary White Sands, programada para hoy, una adición innovadora a su exclusiva cartera de propiedades todo incluido para adultos…
(2024-03-01). Asiste Lula a cumbre de Celac en San Vicente y las Granadinas. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) El presidente brasileño, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, participará hoy en Kingstown, capital del país insular caribeño San Vicente y las Granadinas, en la VIII Cumbre de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac).
(2024-03-01). San Vicente y las Granadinas abre sus puertas a cumbre de Celac. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) San Vicente y las Granadinas sella hoy un año al frente de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac) con la octava cumbre del bloque y la premisa de dejar como legado un mecanismo más integrador.
(2024-03-01). Parlamento àÅrabe condenó nueva masacre en Gaza. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) El Parlamento àÅrabe se sumó hoy a la ola de condenas regionales contra la masacre ocurrida en la ciudad de Gaza, donde más de 800 palestinos murieron o fueron heridos por disparos del Ejército israelí.
(2024-03-01). Analiza primer ministro desafíos de la dinámica demográfica en Cuba. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) El primer ministro de Cuba, Manuel Marrero, evaluó los desafíos de la dinámica demográfica en la isla, que mantuvo en el 2023 la tendencia a envejecer y al decrecimiento natural.
(2024-03-01). Garantizada la leche en polvo para marzo. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) La llegada de un barco proveniente de Brasil, con 375 toneladas de leche en polvo, garantiza la distribución para los niños de entre cero y seis años, en los próximos días, informó a la prensa Alberto López Díaz, ministro de la Industria Alimentaria.
(2024-03-01). Guardacostas de EE.UU. retornan a Cuba 19 migrantes irregulares. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) El Servicio de Guardacostas de Estados Unidos devolvió a Cuba 19 migrantes irregulares, que habían participado en una salida ilegal del país, informó el Ministerio del Interior.
(2024-03-01). Cuba ratificará compromiso con fortalecimiento de la Celac. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) Cuba ratificará su compromiso hoy con la integración regional y el fortalecimiento de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac), en la octava cumbre del mecanismo de concertación en San Vicente y las Granadinas.
(2024-03-01). Cierra con éxito el 24 Festival del Habano de Cuba. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) El 24 Festival del Habano cierra sus puertas hoy, calificado de exitoso por sus dos mil 900 asistentes de 108 naciones.
(2024-03-01). 'A Storm Is Coming for The Guilty" Warns Neil Oliver. expose-news.com "You don't get to shape the world … to the advantage of a tiny minority, to the detriment of the hundreds of millions," says Neil Oliver on his YouTube channel. He adds that millions …
(2024-03-01). The Contagion Myth: Failure to Demonstrate Transmission of "Viral" Diseases. expose-news.com "Suffice it to say, that in the ordinary sense of the word, there is no proof, such as would be admitted in any scientific inquiry, that there is any such thing as 'contagion.'" Florence Nightingale. | It is ironic that the seven NHS Nightingale Hospitals for treating COVID-19 'contagious disease' patients were named after the worlds most famous nurse who didn't believe in contagion. Clearly, our would be overlords have a sense of humour. Albeit a sick and twisted sense of humour.
(2024-03-01). The Obamas are "RUNNING" the USA, according to Military Historian. expose-news.com "The Obamas are RUNNING the country," says military historian Victor Davis Hanson, who reminds us that Barack Obama said he wanted to serve a third term "in my basement in my sweats." And …
(2024-03-01). "Millions march for Palestine": International day of action called for March 2. peoplesdispatch.org An international coalition which includes the Palestinian Youth Movement, the International Peoples' Assembly, Progressive International, ALBA Movimientos and more has called for protests one week before Israel's scheduled invasion of Rafah…
(2024-03-01). Palestinian factions gather in Moscow to devise a united response to Israeli war. peoplesdispatch.org Israel and US have used the differences between Hamas and Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) as a pretext to postpone talks for the liberation of Palestine and prolonge the occupation…
(2024-03-01). Global Uprising: How Israel's War is Exposing the Cracks In US Empire. thealtworld.com Over 140 days into the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza, the death toll has surpassed 30,000 Palestinians, and over 70,000 have been injured. In addition to constant Israeli bombardment, Gaza is experiencing widespread famine, its hospitals are besieged, and threats of an Israeli ground invasion in Rafah loom near. | Layan Sima Fuleihan, the Education Director at The People's Forum, an editor at 1804 Books, and an organizer with the Shut It Down For Palestine coalition, discusses the growing internal divisions among Israel and its Western backers, due to heightened political pressure from movements in the United State…
(2024-03-01). Presidente del Inder se reúne con directivos de la Unesco. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (JIT).- El presidente del Inder, Osvaldo Vento Montiller, intercambió en la ciudad rusa de Kazán con directivos de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (Unesco).
(2024-03-01). Onel Hernández se perderá posiblemente el resto de la temporada. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (JIT).- El estelar Onel Hernández se perderá el amistoso entre las selecciones de fútbol de Cuba y Nicaragua a causa de una lesión sufrida en el pie derecho.
(2024-03-01). Yusneylis Guzmán alcanza boleto a París en preolímpico de luchas. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (ACN) La gladiadora cubana Yusneylis Guzmán ganó un boleto a París-2024, en el Clasificatorio Olímpico de Luchas de América, con sede en Acapulco, México.
(2024-03-01). Canadiense Mitton se lleva primer oro de Glasgow-2024. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC).- La canadiense Sarah Mitton se llevó el primer título del Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo Indoor, que arrancó este viernes en Glasgow, Escocia.
(2024-03-01). Penny Mordaunt disparages and threatens Andrew Bridgen in parliament. expose-news.com Yesterday, Andrew Bridgen MP requested a debate on crimes against humanity and what the appropriate punishment for those who perpetuate, collude and cover up for these atrocities should be. In response, Penny …
(2024-03-01). President Maduro Receives Russian Security Council Chief in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, held a meeting with the secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Nikolai Patrushev, at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela. | On Tuesday, February 27, President Maduro formally welcomed His Excellency General of the Russian Army Nikolai Patrushev and the delegation accompanying him on his official visit to Venezuela, as part of his Latin America tour. | They discussed cooperation between Russia and Venezuela and the importance of consolidating agreements in different strategic areas. | During this visit, Patrushev is also scheduled to meet with t…
(2024-03-01). President Maduro: The US Committed a Crime By Destroying Venezuelan Plane. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, condemned the "dismemberment of the Conviasa airplane that was hijacked. They removed the flag, they erased the name of Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi, the name of Emtrasur, and then chopped it into pieces." | The Venezuelan minister for Transportation and president of Conviasa, Ramón Celestino Velásquez Araguayán, stated that the United States has violated all international regulations and aviation agreements by hijacking the Venezuelan cargo plane and destroying it. "What they want is to demoralize the Venezuelan people, but there is every sign that we will recover," the…
(2024-03-01). Progressives Demand That Biden Stop "Greenlighting the Massacre of Palestinians" truthout.org Progressive lawmakers are demanding that President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, saying it is "clear" that Israel is violating orders by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to avoid going further into its massacre with its famine campaign, the lawmakers said. On Thursday, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) held a press conference with fellow progressives and sent a letter to… |
(2024-03-01). Sanders Slams Pentagon After Report Finds Agency Lacks Basic Fraud Avoidance. truthout.org Despite being given half of the entire federal government's discretionary spending each year, the Department of Defense doesn't take even the most basic steps to avoid and investigate fraud, a new bombshell report finds. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found in a report commissioned by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) that the Pentagon — the only federal agency that's never passed an… |
(2024-03-01). Headlines for March 1, 2024. democracynow.org Israeli Attacks Continue Unabated After Gaza Food Aid Massacre, 4 More Children Starve to Death, Defense Dec. Austin Refuses to Draw Line in Sand for Israel After Food Aid Massacre in Gaza, Washington's Largest Union Backs Democratic Vote for "Uncommitted" Ahead of Primary, Lebanese PM Says Gaza Ceasefire Would End Conflict on Its Border with Israel, New Jersey Community Members Warn Against Synagogue's Plan to Host Israeli Real Estate Event, Texas Judge Halts Draconian Immigration Law as Biden and Trump Make Dueling Trips to Border, Human Rights Panel Holds First U.S. Hearing on Climate C…
(2024-03-01). Anti-Muslim hate crimes remain unabated in 2024. muslimmirror.com By Syed Ali Mujtaba It is not even two months in 2024; there are numbers of anti — Muslim hate crimes reported from different parts of the country. The Centre for Study of Society and Secularism Mumbai has come out with a report on the communal situation in India, since January 2024. The center has …
(2024-03-01). Ex-UP Governor Aziz Qureshi dies at 83. muslimmirror.com Bhopal : Former Uttar Pradesh Governor and senior Congress leader Aziz Qureshi passed away at a hospital here on Friday after a prolonged illness, a family member said. Qureshi was 83, his nephew Sufian Ali, who looked after him, said. "He was not keeping well for some time and breathed his last at a private …
(2024-03-01). Iran elections: Polling underway, Supreme leader casts vote. muslimmirror.com Tehran : Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei cast his vote on Friday morning in the first minutes of voting. Ayatollah Khamenei cast his vote this morning in the first minutes of the start of voting for the Iranian parliamentary and the Assembly of Experts elections. Today, 61,172,298 individuals are qualified …
(2024-03-01). Kashmiri journalist, Asif Sultan rearrested 2 days after release from 5-yr detention. muslimmirror.com Srinagar : Two days after Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan was released from a five-year detention, he has been rearrested here in another case, officials said on Friday, March 1. "Sultan was rearrested late Thursday night," the officials said. He was first arrested in an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act case in September 2018 when he was …
(2024-03-01). 'Love Jihad' propaganda of Godi Media- Justice prevailed at last. muslimmirror.com By Syed Ilyas Basha Some media channels in the country about Four years ago had unleashed rubbish talk about Muslim youth eloping with Hindu girls, converted to their religion Islam and marrying. Huge debates were conducted by their anchors blowing such incidents out of proportion and declaring it part of plot aiming to increase population …
(2024-03-01). NBDSA takes action against news channels for promoting hatred and communal disharmony. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Staff National Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has recently taken decisive action against several news channels for allegedly breaching the prescribed Code of Ethics and Broadcasting Standards. The regulatory body, responsible for overseeing the content aired on television and digital platforms, has initiated measures to address concerns related to the dissemination …
(2024-03-01). SC to hear Gyanvapi committee's plea against HC order. muslimmirror.com New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal of the Gyanvapi management committee against an Allahabad High Court order which held that lawsuits for "restoration" of a temple where the mosque stands in Varanasi are maintainable. "We will tag this with the main case," a bench comprising Chief Justice D …
(2024-03-01). 'Sunehri Bagh Masjid demolition matter referred to heritage committee': Police to HC. muslimmirror.com New Delhi : The Delhi Traffic Police on Wednesday (February 28) told the Delhi high court that the matter concerning the demolition of the 150-year-old Sunehri Bagh mosque has been referred to the heritage conservation committee (HCC) of the urban development ministry.The New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) in December had issued a public notice for …
(2024-03-01). Zakat: A vision of the "Big Society" muslimmirror.com By Moin Qazi The idea that helping others is part of a meaningful life has been around for several years. For Muslims, charity is a central aspect of faith and practice. The tradition of humanitarian stewardship and egalitarian values are at the foundation of Islamic beliefs. Governed by a worldview in which all things come …
(2024-03-01). Gaza: 193 Palestinians killed, 920 injured by Israeli bombing last 24 hours. muslimnews.co.uk Gaza City, (OCHA, Al Jazeera, Wafa): Between the afternoon of 29 February and 12: 30 on 1 March, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, 193 Palestinians were killed, and 920 Palestinians were injured by indiscriminate bombings by Israeli forces in Gaza. . Between 7 October 2023 and 12: 30 on 1 March 2024, at …
(2024-03-01). Israel's choice for Palestinians: starve or be killed. peoplesdispatch.org Israeli forces massacred at least 112 people and injured more than 750 when they opened fire on starving Palestinians in the south west of Gaza City on February 29. The "Flour Massacre", as it is now being called, took place in the early hours of Thursday morning, when people had gathered at the Harun al-Rashid …
(2024-03-01). On March 2, the world will march to stop Israel's genocidal assault on Rafah. peoplesdispatch.org For the past five months, in every part of the globe, millions of people have participated in protest actions. They have been part of one of the largest social movements in living memory, in support of the Palestinian people and against the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza. Now, Israel is threatening to carry out the worst …
(2024-03-01). Palestinian factions gather in Moscow to devise a united response to Israeli war. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinian political groups have gathered in Moscow to discuss the possibilities of greater unity and the formation of a united government to work for the formation of an independent state and to resist the ongoing war in Gaza. The meeting is being attended by all major groups in Palestine such as the constituents of the …
(2024-03-01). Secret cable: CIA orchestrated Haiti's 2004 coup. thegrayzone.com A classified diplomatic cable obtained by The Grayzone reveals the role of a veteran CIA officer in violently overthrowing Haiti's popular President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004. A spectacular jailbreak in GonaàØves, Haiti in August 2002 saw a bulldozer smash through the local prison walls, allowing armed supporters of Amiot "Cubain" Métayer, a gang leader jailed …
(2024-03-01). How private equity conquered America. therealnews.com 
Private equity firms are buying up the US economy and stripping it for parts. From healthcare to education, utilities, and more, massive firms like Blackstone and the Carlyle Group have acquired vast holdings across critical industries essential to the health and well-being of everyday people. Instead of seeking to make these ventures more profitable, private …
(2024-03-01). Banks Are Cashing In On The Drug Cartel & Terrorism "Business" trofire.com Deke and his colleagues set out to uncover the deceit and bring the white collar criminals to justice. With the help of Michael's friend, war veteran and whistleblower, Joel Hartbeck, the Deketomis team quickly discovers that they may have tackled more than they bargained for. A dangerous right wing paramilitary group might be involved in …
(2024-03-01). Andrew Feinstein launches new 'mass movement of the left' to challenge Labour. thecanary.co Andrew Feinstein, former ANC MP under Nelson Mandela and leading critic of the global arms trade, will use a momentous speech this weekend to endorse the launch of a new political alliance, billed as the foundation of the first organised mass movement of the left outside of the Labour Party. It's called 'Collective'. Feinstein 'Collective': …
(2024-03-01). LIVE: NYC Joins Millions Marching for Palestine. youtube.com 
BreakThrough News is streaming LIVE on Saturday, March 2nd at 12: 30 pm ET / 9: 30 am PT on the ground in New York as millions around the world take the streets to call for an end to the genocide in Palestine.
(2024-03-01). Global Uprising: How Israel's War is Exposing the Cracks In US Empire. youtube.com 
Over 140 days into the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza, the death toll has surpassed 30,000 Palestinians, and over 70,000 have been injured. In addition to constant Israeli bombardment, Gaza is experiencing widespread famine, its hospitals are besieged, and threats of an Israeli ground invasion in Rafah loom near. Layan Sima Fuleihan, the Education Director at …
(2024-03-01). Black, white and red all over — The Grayzone live. youtube.com 
Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate will cover the fallout from Israel's horrific flour massacre in northern Gaza, the continuing scandal over the New York Times' October 7 reporting, and much more.
(2024-03-01). Israel's choice for Palestinians: starve or be killed. peoplesdispatch.org Israeli forces killed at least 112 Palestinians after opening fire on a crowd awaiting a food aid truck in northern Gaza on February 29. The massacre took place as one quarter of Gaza's population is at imminent risk of famine while Israel continues to blockade aid to the besieged strip.
(2024-03-01). Policía Federal realiza nueva fase de Operación Lesa Pátria en Brasil. telesurtv.net Las acciones se desarrollan en Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais, Tocantins, Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Espírito Santo y el Distrito Federal.
(2024-03-01). Inicia veda electoral ante comicios municipales en El Salvador. telesurtv.net "Inicia el periodo de silencio electoral", indicó el juez del Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE), Guillermo Wellman.
(2024-03-01). Presidente Maduro: Hoy es el día en que Hugo Chávez declaró el carácter antiimperialista de la Revolución Bolivariana. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado celebró la gran movilización del pueblo revolucionario para conmemorar el 20 aniversario de la declaratoria antiimperialista.
(2024-03-01). Mantienen seis provincias dominicanas en alerta verde por lluvias. telesurtv.net Las provincias situadas en el nivel de alerta verde son: Puerto Plata, Espaillat, Samaná, Hermanas Mirabal, María Trinidad Sánchez y Monseñor Nouel.
(2024-03-01). Educadores argentinos convocan a un nuevo paro nacional. telesurtv.net Los convocantes son los gremios docentes integrados en la Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT).
(2024-03-01). France Will Not Send Troops to Fight in Ukraine: FM Sejourne. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephanie Sejourne announced that France will not be sending troops to Ukraine to carry out military operations. | RELATED: | "French people will not die for Ukraine. We will not send troops for combat. The framework has been set, which is to prevent Russia from achieving victory without engaging in war with it," he clarified. | Previously, he noted that the presence of French so…
(2024-03-01). Iranians Elect Legislators and Expert Assembly Members. telesurenglish.net On Friday, voting for Iran's 12th parliament and sixth Assembly of Experts began at 8: 00 a.m. local time Friday at about 60,000 polling stations across the country. | RELATED: | More than 15,000 candidates are competing for 290 seats in the Iranian parliament, while 144 candidates are vying for positions at the eight-year-term Assembly of Experts. | This 88-member institution oversees the activities of Iran's supreme…
(2024-03-01). Polish Government and Farmers Fail to Reach Agreements. telesurenglish.net On Thursday afternoon, the meeting between Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Agriculture Minister Czeslaw Siekierski, and protesting farmers ended without an agreement. | RELATED: | After the meeting, Tusk said that all participants wanted to protect Polish agriculture, the Polish market and the European market from the consequences of the ill-advised decision to fully liberalize trade with Ukraine. | "We believed that we were on the same side.
(2024-03-01). President Maduro Arrives in St. Vicent for CELAC Summit. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Saint Vincent & the Grenadines to participate in the 8th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). | RELATED: | Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Ambassador Gareth Bynoe, Deputy Prime Minister Montgomery Daniel, and Deputy Foreign Affairs Ministry Sandy Peters received the Bolivarian leader at the Argyle International Airport. | Also present a…
(2024-03-01). Turkish Diplomacy Forum to Discuss Crises in Ukraine and Gaza. telesurenglish.net From Friday, Türkiye hosts a three-day forum on global diplomacy with the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Gaza crisis and climate change among the topics on the agenda. | RELATED: | The Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF), now in its third edition, will bring together over 20 heads of state and government, as well as 90 ministers and other prominent figures, to discuss how to address the challenges facing the world…
(2024-03-01). US Veterans Burn Uniforms in Tribute to Aaron Bushnell. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday evening, United States Army veterans held a symbolic act in memory of Aaron Bushnell, who immolated himself on February 25 in protest against the genocide carried out by the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza. | RELATED: | During a vigil held in Oregon, a dozen U.S. veterans burned their military uniforms while shouting slogans in favor of the liberation of the Palestinian people. | "This symbolic gesture was i…
(2024-03-01). Unauthorized Disclosure: Yanis Varoufakis. thedissenter.org On this week's "Unauthorized Disclosure," Kevin Gosztola interviews Greek economist and author Yanis Varoufakis about his Yanis argues that "Big Tech has replaced capitalism's twin pillars—markets and profit—with its platforms and [cloud] rents. With every click and scroll, we labor like serfs t…
(2024-03-01). Ten takeaways: The palm oil scheme leaving Indonesian villagers submerged in debt. cadtm.org
(2024-03-01). Israel Continues its 142 Day-Long Genocide on Gaza. thenarwhal.ca On 26 January 2024, the ICJ determined the plausibility that Israel is carrying out genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
(2024-03-01). Canadian Government Indirectly Funds Organization Which Helped Topple Aristide: Documents. orinocotribune.com By Travis Ross — Feb 27, 2024 |
(2024-03-01). Western Support for Genocide in Gaza Undermines Human Rights Everywhere. truthout.org For over four months, the TVs in our homes have been broadcasting reel after reel of suffering, torture and humiliation experienced by Palestinians. It's difficult to find the words to describe what's unfolding in Gaza as Israel's violence becomes more acute, sadistic and brutal. Objective language aimed at appealing to our morality may distance us from the visceral suffering that can motivate… |
(2024-03-01). Will books be burned again soon in Germany? wsws.org Because some Berlinale laureates and jurors had the courage to call things by their right names instead of being mouthpieces of the powers that be, they are treated like criminals.
(2024-03-01). Trying to understand the genocidal drift of Israeli society! cadtm.org
(2024-02-29). Don't Wait to Stop Another Genocide. progressive.org As the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, I refuse to look away from the U.S.-backed genocide unfolding in front of us, writes Esty Dinur.
(2024-02-29). Presidente cubano arriba a San Vicente y las Granadinas. telesurtv.net El mandatario cubano indicó que su nación continúa "apostando por avanzar juntos hacia la integración de nuestros países".
(2024-02-29). Ecuatorianos con insuficiencia renal exigen atención sanitaria. telesurtv.net Denunciaron que proveedores de servicios de salud y clínicas de diálisis están impagos desde hace más de un año.
(2024-02-29). Unión Tranviaria Automotor convoca a paro general en Argentina. telesurtv.net El gremio informó que "tras dos meses de audiencia en la Secretaría de Trabajo de la Nación, no ha acercado ofrecimiento salarial alguno".
(2024-03-01). Coalition formed to pass NYC Council ceasefire resolution. cpusa.org 
Members of the New York State Communist Party and the New York Young Communist League joined a press conference and vigil at City Hall Park in NYC with the NYC 4 Ceasefire coalition on Wednesday, Feb. 28, demanding the NYC Council pass a pro-ceasefire resolution. | Jawanza Williams of VOCAL NY opened up the press conference. "We have gathered here today to show city-wide support for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and end to the genocide in Palestine," he said. More than one hundred people joined the press conference. | Activists and leaders from Adalah Justice Project, Jews For Racial and Economic Justi…
(2024-03-01). Colombia halts Israel arms sales after Gaza aid queue deaths. newarab.com Israel is one of the main providers of weapons to the South American country's security forces, which are engaged in a decades-long conflict with leftist guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries and drug cartels. | Petro made his announcement on Thu…
(2024-03-01). Indígenas en Paraguay reclaman al Estado tierras usurpadas. telesurtv.net Exigen la totalidad de los títulos de 335 hectáreas que el Gobierno cedió a esta comunidad en 1944 por su ayuda al Ejército paraguayo durante la guerra del Chaco contra Bolivia.
(2024-03-01). Israel asesina en plena calle a 104 palestinos mientras esperaban camiones con comida. telesurtv.net Decenas de heridos fueron trasladados al hospital Al-Shifa, y se observó que estas cifras superaban la capacidad del personal médico.
(2024-03-01). Venezuela: 20 años de declaración antiimperialista de Chávez. telesurtv.net En conmemoración de este día histórico para el país, la Marcha Nacional de la Furia Bolivariana partirá de distintos estados de Venezuela para dirigirse a la ciudad de Caracas.
(2024-03-01). Corte Suprema española abre proceso contra expresidente catalán. telesurtv.net Los magistrados coinciden en que es "necesario y pertinente que sean llamados al procedimiento, a fin de ser oídos como investigados, con todos los derechos y garantías previstas en nuestro ordenamiento jurídico".
(2024-03-01). Anuncian elecciones para Haití antes de agosto de 2025. telesurtv.net Apuntó que "creemos que este es un paso importante en la dirección correcta", continuó Phillip Davis, quien habló de la necesidad de una evaluación de la maquinaria electoral.
(2024-03-01). Genocidio israelí sobre Gaza deja más de 30.000 asesinados. telesurtv.net "El número de mártires supera los 30.000", denunció el ministerio de sanidad en un comunicado.
(2024-03-01). Ordenan retirar a Trump de boleta de las primarias de Illinois. telesurtv.net En diciembre de 2023, Colorado excluyó a Trump de las primarias debido a su participación en el asalto al Capitolio…
(2024-03-01). Nicaragua y Rusia firman acuerdos en materia de seguridad. telesurtv.net Durante la visita del secretario del Consejo de Seguridad de Rusia, Nikolái Pátrushev, a Nicaragua, se alcanzaron acuerdos para el período 2024-2026.
(2024-03-01). Naciones condenan masacre israelí en la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Países como Siria, Venezuela, Cuba y Colombia han condenado el ataque contra 104 civiles palestinos en la Franja de Gaza.
(2024-03-01). FAO lanza web sobre la inseguridad alimentaria en Gaza. telesurtv.net Al menos seis niños murieron durante la última jornada por deshidratación y desnutrición en el norte de Gaza.
(2024-03-01). Presidente ruso presenta balance ante Asamblea Federal. telesurtv.net El mandatario destacó el esfuerzo de los trabajadores de la producción, quienes llevan a cabo jornadas de tres turnos.
(2024-03-01). Absuelven a coronel por asesinato de campesinos en Guatemala. telesurtv.net También fue absuelto el sargento Manuel Lima Vásquez y a otros siete militares les fueron modificados los delitos.
(2024-02-29). Colombia: Global Biodiversity Summit to Be Hosted in October. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Colombia's Minister of Environment Susana Muhamad announced that the Latin American country will host the 16th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16) from Oct 21 to Nov 1. | RELATED: | The announcement was made on the sidelines of the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) underway in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. "This is an opportunity for Colom…
(2024-02-29). Cuban President arrives to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. telesurenglish.net Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermúdez arrived today in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the framework of the VIII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). | RELATED: | The president was received this afternoon at Argyle airport by Deputy Prime Minister Daniel Montgomery. | The President is expected to speak tomorrow at the regional meeting, which also marks 10 years since t…
(2024-02-29). Cubana de Aviacion Restarts Flights Between Havana and Caracas. telesurenglish.net The Cuban airline announced the restart of its flights between Havana and Caracas. From February 25, 2024, passengers will be able to travel between these two Latin American capitals. | RELATED: | The schedules of these flights will be at 7: 45 in the morning from Havana, Cuba time, to reach Caracas at 11 am, Venezuela time. | The return flight from Caracas is scheduled for 1 pm Venezuelan time and will arrive at 4: 15 pm Cuban time. | Flight…
(2024-02-29). DR: 15,717 Prisoners Await Trial. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, official sources informed that jurists and university professors ask judges and prosecutors to stop abusive and excessive use of preventive detention as the main coercive measure. | RELATED: | In the New Prison Model by 2020 there were 5,567 pre-trial detainees, while in the Traditional Model there were a total of 10,761. | By 2021 there were a total of 6,174 pre-trial detainees in the New Model, while in…
(2024-02-29). Gaza Strip: More than 70 Killed in Israeli Strike. telesurenglish.net Another 20 dead bodies and 160 injured were sent to Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip, and more than 90 wounded transferred to Al-Awda Medical Center in Jabalia. | The death toll from Israel's war on Gaza has surpassed 30,000 Palestinians since the war began five months ago. Feb. 29, 2024.
(2024-02-29). Greece Gripped by Strikes on 1st Anniversary of Train Crash. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Greece was hit by a 24-hour nationwide strike, paralyzing public services including transport and hospitals. The trade union-led strikes were called to protest low salaries amid high living costs. | RELATED: | In central Athens, around 20,000 protestors marched to mark the first anniversary of the country's deadliest-ever train crash, which happened in the valley of Tempi. Several masked young people threw…
(2024-02-29). Gustavo Petro Suspends Arms Purchase From Israel. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro suspended the purchase of arms from Israel following the bombing of civilians waiting for food in the Gaza Strip. | RELATED: | In his X account, the president affirmed, "The world must block [Benjamin] Netanyahu. Colombia suspends all arms purchases from Israel". | Additionally, the president described the incident as genocide and compared it to the Holocaust. | Petro has…
(2024-02-29). Havana to Host a Massive Protest Against the Gaza Genocide. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, March 2, the International Assembly of Peoples called on Cubans to gather at Havana's Jose Marti Anti-Imperialist Tribune to join global mobilizations against the genocide perpetrated by Israeli occupation forces in Gaza. | RELATED: | "In all provinces, we will also take to the streets in solidarity with the sisterly people of Palestine," Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said, condemning the holocaust Is…
(2024-02-29). Hugo Chavez's Anti-Imperialist Speech Resonates After 2 Decades. telesurenglish.net Since early Thursday morning, thousands of citizens began to move from different Venezuelan departments to Caracas, the capital city that will receive the Bolivarian Fury March, an event that remembers the late president Hugo Chavez's rebellious and anti-imperialist vocation. | RELATED: | On Feb. 29, 2004, at a time when the United States was issuing threats against the Venezuelan nation, Chavez rejected the statements of President Ge…
(2024-02-29). Indigenous People Ask Canada to Investigate Solaris Resources. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Shuar Arutam, an Indigenous people living in the Ecuadorian Amazon, filed a complaint against the Solaris Resources company before the British Columbia Securities Commission. | RELATED: | The complainants specify that the company has not provided information to shareholders regarding Warintza, a copper-gold mining project that overlaps with the Shuar Arutam territory. | This legal action comes just days bef…
(2024-02-29). Israeli Forces Kill 104 Palestinians Waiting for Aid in Gaza. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians waiting for aid on a coastal road west of Gaza City, killing 104 people and wounding more than 760. | RELATED: | The attack occurred on Al Rashid Street, where many of the wounded were in critical condition, said Ashraf al-Qudra, a spokesman for the Gaza Health Ministry. | He said the dead and injured, many with serious injuries, were taken to Al-Sh…
(2024-02-29). Jamaica to Host Caricom Meeting on Haiti Crisis. telesurenglish.net According to CMC, the matter will be included in the Georgetown Final Declaration and the bloc will call on all parties involved to make the necessary concessions to unblock the impasse in the French-speaking nation. | The situation in Haiti was discussed at the 46th Caricom Heads of Government Conference, held from Sunday to Wednesday in Guyana. Feb. 29, 2024.
(2024-02-29). Kenya and Ethiopia to Enhance Bilateral Ties. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Kenya and Ethiopia signed seven memoranda of understanding (MoUs) aimed at boosting bilateral cooperation in areas of mutual interest. | RELATED: | The MoUs, which were inked in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, after bilateral talks between President William Ruto of Kenya and visiting Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, include cooperation in cultural development, tourism and wildlife, the blue economy,…
(2024-02-29). Latin American Cinema in First Decade of the 20th Century. telesurenglish.net Cinema in Latin America resembles its peoples, representing, at least potentially, a very propitious space for the development of audiovisual industries worthy of enriching the identity processes and imaginaries of each people. | RELATED: | However, it is often neglected by the authorities in charge of its promotion and by governments that do not encourage strategies aimed at a growing, albeit still unsatisfactory, integration of regional cinema. | Th…
(2024-02-29). Luis Arce Begins the Agenda of International Meetings. telesurenglish.net This Thursday Bolivian President Luis Arce began an international tour to attend the VIII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the VII Summit of the Forum of Gas Exporting Countries (FPEG) in the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. | RELATED: | David Choquehuanca, vice president of Bolivia, will hold the interim presidency until the return of Ar…
(2024-02-29). President Maduro Congratulates Electoral Calendar Agreement. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, President Nicolas Maduro hailed as a success the national consensus reached among the Venezuelan political sectors regarding the proposed schedule for the 2024 presidential elections. | RELATED: | The document was signed by 155 representatives of political organizations covering 97 percent of the organizations registered with the National Electoral Council (CNE). Among them were over 40 representatives from opposition pol…
(2024-02-29). Prime Minister of Haiti Visits Kenya to Detail International Aid. telesurenglish.net Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry met with Kenyan President William Ruto today to discuss details of the deployment of the UN-authorized international mission in Haiti. | RELATED: | The mission in Haiti will be led by the African country with the aim of confronting gangs operating in the Caribbean country and returning public safety. | The President of Kenya said in X "Kenya partners with the people of Haiti for our common heritage. We…
(2024-02-29). Regional Leaders Arrive in St. Vincent for CELAC Summit. telesurenglish.net Leaders and diplomats from across the region have begun arriving Thursday in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to attend the VIII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). | RELATED: | CELAC is once again bringing together leaders and other government leaders from its 33 countries. Its chairman, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, chairs tomorrow's meeting at the soon-to-open Sandals Resort at Buc…
(2024-02-29). Russia to Develop Measures Against Sweden's NATO Membership. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Foreign Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Russia will closely monitor Sweden's actions following the country's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). | RELATED: | "We will closely monitor what Sweden will do within the aggressive military bloc, how it will implement its membership in practice… and develop our response policy based on this," she said, adding that…
(2024-02-29). Russia Will Soon Become the World's 4th Largest Economy: Putin. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, President Vladimir Putin presented his annual report to the Assembly of the Russian Federation, where he highlighted that his country has managed to maintain a thriving economy despite Western sanctions related to the Ukrainian special military operation. | RELATED: | In his address to both legislative chambers, he highlighted the role of Russian workers, who have demonstrated their ability to tackle the mo…
(2024-02-29). Trump to Be Removed From Illinois Primary Ballot: Judge Porter. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, a judge ruled that former President Donald Trump should be removed from the March 19 Illinois Republican primary ballot due to his role in the riot that took place at the Capitol, in Washington DC, on January 6, 2021. | RELATED: | Cook County Judge Tracie Porter made the ruling based on the case law surrounding the Colorado Supreme Court's 4-3 decision in December to remove Trump from that state's ballot based o…
(2024-02-29). United States Dismantles Stolen Plane to Venezuela. telesurenglish.net The United States (US) government scrapped the Venezuelan plane seized from the Cargo del Sur Transport Company (Emtrasur), a subsidiary of the state-owned Conviasa. | RELATED: | The plane had been retained since June 2022 by the Argentine government. The main reason for its seizure was its membership of Iranian corporation, Mahan Air, to which the US had imposed sanctions for alleged financing of terrorist groups. | Si…
(2024-02-29). Venezuela Rejects Canadian Exploration in Essequibo. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil condemned the Canadian oil exploration activities in the Essequibo, emphasizing that they involve taking sides in an unresolved territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana. | RELATED: | "Canada, a constant aggressor against Venezuela, always seeking to provoke and harm our homeland, is now illegally getting involved in a territorial controversy that does not conce…
(2024-02-29). Venezuelan President Highlights Anti-imperialist Nature of the Bolivarian Revolution. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro hailed the anti-imperialist character of the Bolivarian Revolution proclaimed by Commander Hugo Chavez 20 years ago. | RELATED: | "The anti-imperialist character of the Bolivarian Revolution is still in force in the thought and action of the men and women who defend the homeland," Maduro said in a message released through the social network X on the occasion of the…
(2024-02-28). Jorge Sanjines Receives Decoration of the Condor of the Andes. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Luis Arce, presented the National Decoration of the Order of the Condor of the Andes, in the grade of Knight, to the filmmaker Jorge Sanjines. | RELATED: | Jorge Sanjines is considered the best film director in Bolivia, among his productions are "Ukamau", "La Nación Clandestina", "El coraje del pueblo", among others. | The master declared about the recognition, "I a…
palestinechronicle.com (2024-03-01). On Hypocrisy and Genocide – How Gaza Has Exposed the West Like Never Before
As dozens of envoys from around the world testified before the International Court of Justice from February 19 to 26 … the US State Department", Richard Visek bizarrely urged the ICJ to ignore international law altogether.
(2024-03-01). "We Left Everything Behind." Addressing Displacement and Rebuilding Livelihoods in Ukraine. reliefweb.int
(2024-03-01). Joe Biden says 'alarming' Gaza aid deaths complicate Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks. scmp.com US president says a Gaza ceasefire was unlikely to begin by Monday as he originally sought after scores of Palestinians were killed on Thursday in an incident at a food aid point in Gaza.
(2024-03-01). US Congress approves stopgap bill to avert government shutdown. scmp.com Short-term measure keeps federal agencies operating through March 8, and another set through March 22.
(2024-03-01). Ex-Canada PM Brian Mulroney, father of North American free trade, dead at 84. scmp.com Brian Mulroney made his political mark in the 1980s with the signing of a groundbreaking free trade agreement with the United States that later expanded to include Mexico.
(2024-03-01). Hearses refuse to take Alexei Navalny's body after threats, team says. scmp.com Allies of the late Russian opposition leader say they will find a way to move his body from the morgue to his funeral.
(2024-03-01). Gunfire paralyses Haiti as powerful gang leader seeks to capture police chief, ministers. scmp.com Gunmen shot at the main airport and other targets, in what Jimmy Cherizier, known as 'Barbecue', says is a move to prevent the return of PM Ariel Henry.
(2024-03-01). Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens should never have been hired by police, inquiry finds. scmp.com Wayne Couzens had a history of viewing violent porn and alleged sex offences dating back years before he murdered the London woman in a case that shocked the UK.
(2024-03-01). Stop the see-saw: how to address conflict in the PNG Highlands. reliefweb.int Country: Papua New Guinea | Source: Australian National University | by Sinclair Dinnen and Miranda Forsyth | A question commonly asked about the inter-group conflict currently occurring in the PNG Highlands is whether or not it represents the continuation of longstanding patterns of violence or is something quite different. The answer, of course, is that it is both. While there are continuities — for instance, violence as a culturally accepted form of conflict resolution — there are also stark differences. | It's instructive to compare today's situation with a "snapshot" of inter-group violence in…
(2024-03-01). A full breakdown of the Rochdale by-election results. leftfootforward.org George Galloway has returned to Parliament after winning the Rochdale by election. The by election was triggered when veteran Labour MP Tony Lloyd died in-post at the age of 73 in January. | Galloway overturned Labour's 9,668 majority to win the by-election in the previously Labour safe seat with a majority of 5,697, securing 12,335 votes overall. | The Labour Party has slammed Galloway for only being interested in 'stoking fear and division' after his victory saying that it deeply regretted being unable to field a candidate in the by-election. | An independent candidate, David Tully, finished second on 6,638…
(2024-03-01). How Labour has reacted to George Galloway's by-election win in Rochdale. leftfootforward.org Galloway overturned Labour's 9,668 majority to win the by-election in the previously Labour safe seat with a majority of 5,697, securing 12,335 votes overall.
(2024-03-01). Safeguarding in practice: anticipating, minimising and mitigating risk in teenage pregnancy research in urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. reliefweb.int Country: Kenya | Source: British Medical Journal | Lilian Otiso, Rosie Steege, Inviolata Njoroge, Linet Okoth, Phil Tubb, Elizabeth Nyothach, Penelope A Phillips-Howard, Sally Theobald, Miriam Taegtmeyer | Abstract | Safeguarding challenges in global health research include sexual abuse and exploitation, physical and psychological abuse, financial exploitation and neglect. Intersecting individual identities (such as gender and age) shape vulnerability to risk. Adolescents, who are widely included in sexual and reproductive health research, may be particularly vulnerable. Sensitive topics like teenage pregnancy…
(2024-03-01). Pax Christi and Allies Keeping Booker's Office Pinned on Wednesday's — Booker's Not Home — #StopArmingIsrael. fightbackbetter.com paxchristinj Yesterday, we went to @senbooker 's office again, but all the doors were locked. We tried calling, but no…
(2024-03-01). GI Revolt is Coming — Shed No US GI Blood to Proffer Genocide Against Palestinian Babies! fightbackbetter.com
(2024-03-01). MAPSO Freedom School Hosts a Conversation About Palestinian and Black Solidarity with Nyle Fort, Wed. March 6, 6p. fightbackbetter.com mapsofreedomschool Nyle Fort in the house on Wednedsay, March 6 at 6pm! A Conversation about Black & Palestinian Solidarity. Sign…
(2024-03-01). North Jersey Com Should Not Have Reported Unsubstantiated Smear. fightbackbetter.com The recent "They said that attempts to cancel the event by other groups amounted to antisemitism." | However — no supportive information was offered by North Jersey to substantiate this false smear. That means the news site helped to amplify and propa…
(2024-03-01). Why is Zionism Dictating School Projects of Public School Students of Color in Philadelphia? fightbackbetter.com
(2024-03-01). oPt: Humanitarian Disaster in Gaza: Aid Organizations Demand an Immediate Ceasefire. reliefweb.int 
Country: occupied Palestinian territory | Sources: CARE International, Handicap International – Humanity & Inclusion, International Rescue Committee, Norwegian Red Cross, Oxfam, Save the Children, Welthungerhilfe | Please refer to the attached file. | 8 humanitarian organizations sign a declaration to the German federal government | Berlin, 20 February 2024. In view of the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Gaza and the planned Israeli offensive on Rafah, 8 humanitarian organizations call on the German federal government to work unconditionally and comprehensively to protect civilians and provide humanitarian…
(2024-03-01). Major products for manned lunar exploration enter preliminary development stage. ecns.cn In 2024, China's manned space program will coordinate two major tasks of space station application and development, and manned lunar exploration, authorities revealed on Thursday.
(2024-03-01). Belarus prime minister wants industrial park construction in Pinsk expedited. eng.belta.by "I have firmly demanded to accelerate the approval of all the design documents and permissions so that at least the first few premises of the park would be commissioned this year. I have no doubt that this territory will enjoy a very strong demand," the prime minister stressed.
(2024-03-01). Belarusian Industry Ministry implements 26 import-substituting projects in 2023. eng.belta.by "In 2023, the organizations of the Industry Ministry implemented 26 | import-substituting projects with a total amount of funding of Br2.47 | billion. Last year Br194.46 million was allocated to this group of…
(2024-03-01). Belarusian, Russian power grid operators ready to work together to address complicated accidents. eng.belta.by In the course of the exercise the operators practiced how to prevent disruptions of normal work of Russia's and Belarus' power grids from growing larger and how to neutralize them.
(2024-03-01). Belorusneft opens silica sand plant in Brest Oblast. eng.belta.by Belorusneft needs this kind of sand for hydrofracturing operations in the course of extracting hard-to-recover oil. Propping agents and sand, which were previously imported, are used as consumables in this kind of work. Belorusneft specialists have been able to come up with a domestic alternative.
(2024-03-01). Fixed-capital investments of Belarusian Industry Ministry enterprises over Br2.7bn in 2020-2023. eng.belta.by Dmitry Rukshin said: "In 2020-2023 Industry Ministry organizations raised over Br2.7 billion in fixed-capital investments. Last year's fixed-capital investments exceeded the total volume of investments in 2021-2022 and went beyond Br1.1 billion."
(2024-03-01). Plans to create multi-brand Belarusian machinery centers outside CIS. eng.belta.by Following the instructions of the head of state and government, the concept of unified multi-brand sales and service centers for Belarusian equipment in the regions of Russia was adopted in 2023.
(2024-03-01). PM: Belarusian government is exploring ways to increase domestic pork production. eng.belta.by On the instruction of the president, the government is exploring ways to | increase domestic pork production, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman | Golovchenko said at a meeting in Pinsk.
(2024-03-01). Strong demand for municipal, road machines in Belarus, abroad. eng.belta.by Roman Golovchenko stressed the importance of the fact that Belarusian manufacturing enterprises had previously been preserved despite calls to the contrary. It is probable that foreign manufacturers would have occupied this market niche otherwise.
(2024-03-01). Work underway to arrange elections of delegates to Belarusian People's Congress. eng.belta.by "Today we will determine quotas for civil society structures and local councils who will nominate their delegates. We need to approve a schedule for preparing and holding such elections as well as the budget," said Igor Karpenko.
(2024-03-01). Belarus' CEC publishes final election results. eng.belta.by CEC Chairman Igor Karpenko said: "A single voting day took place in the Republic of Belarus on 25 February to elect members of the eighth-convocation House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus and members of the 29th convocation of municipal councils of deputies."
(2024-03-01). New Belarusian Parliament to convene for first session on 22 March. eng.belta.by The first session of the newly elected House of Representatives has been scheduled for 22 March. The decision was made at a meeting of the Belarusian Central Election Commission on 1 March.
(2024-03-01). Russian diplomat blasts Pentagon for statements about Russia-NATO direct clash. eng.belta.by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's remarks about a direct military | conflict between Russia and NATO in case of Ukraine's defeat are insane, | spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova…
(2024-03-01). 15 Russian citizens elected to municipal councils of deputies in Belarus. eng.belta.by Igor Karpenko said: "Fifteen people have become members of local councils of deputies. Eleven people were elected to district councils of deputies and four to rural councils."
(2024-03-01). Ambassador: China sees broad prospects for cooperation with Belarus. eng.belta.by "Being the world's second-largest economy, China has significant assets, industrial chains, technology, management experience and market advantages," the diplomat said. "Belarus has abundant natural resources and strong industrial and agricultural capabilities."
(2024-03-01). Belarus reduces number of workplaces with hazardous conditions by 7.8% over three years. eng.belta.by "As for healthy and safe working conditions, we have reached great | results here. The number of workplaces with hazardous working conditions | is reducing. Over the three years of the five-year plan, and the | country envisages five-year development cycles, the number of such | workplaces has decreased by 7.8%. About 60,000 workplaces have reached a | healthy level. This is a significant achievement," Irina Kostevich…
(2024-03-01). Belarus sends inquiry to Poland over reports of death of Belarusian woman sexually assaulted in Warsaw. eng.belta.by "The Belarusian foreign missions have not received any letters or official information on this matter. We have sent relevant requests to the law enforcement agencies of Poland," the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
(2024-03-01). Belarusian army's 72nd training center personnel practice mortar fire. eng.belta.by The military personnel had to hit immobile targets from sheltered fire positions. They fired high-explosive fragmentation bombs.
(2024-03-01). Belarusian war veterans to be honored with jubilee medal on 9 May. eng.belta.by On 29 February, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree | No. 75 on the establishment of the medal "80 Years of Liberation of | Belarus from Nazi invaders". The document also approves the regulations | on the anniversary medal, its description and a sample certificate to…
(2024-03-01). Elections of Belarusian People's Congress delegates scheduled for 1-10 April. eng.belta.by 290 delegates are to be elected from local councils of deputies, 400 – from civil society.
(2024-03-01). Lenkova: Flight into space is truly big step for Belarus. eng.belta.by "This is why we back up the prime crew in order to replace it if necessary. We are mentally ready for this, and this is what we are here for," Anastasia Lenkova said.
(2024-03-01). Novitsky: There is no place for politics in space. eng.belta.by Visiting Expedition 21 to the International Space Station, which is scheduled to launch on 21 March, includes representatives of Belarus, Russia and the United States.
(2024-03-01). Over 14,000 Ukrainian citizens enter Belarus since 1 January 2024. eng.belta.by Of them, 9,823 people came in transit through Poland, 4,076 through Lithuania, 100 through Latvia and 6 through Ukraine.
(2024-03-01). Vasilevskaya: I would like to take photos of Belarus from space. eng.belta.by The Belarusian was also asked how she sees her future after returning from the ISS: "I would like to work for the benefit of Belarus. I think that after the flight I will have something to share with my people."
(2024-03-01). Vasilevskaya on upcoming space flight: 'It's great honor for me'. eng.belta.by "It is a great honor for me to become a member of the prime crew," Marina Vasilevskaya said. She thanked Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who initiated a project to organize a space flight for a citizen of sovereign Belarus.
(2024-03-01). Belarus take gold at CISM World Military Archery Championship. eng.belta.by Competing in the 2024 CISM World Military Archery Championship were teams from 12 countries.
(2024-03-01). Israeli strike on ahouse in Rafah leaves casualties. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-03-01). Al-Quds Brigades and Al-Mujahedeen Brigades stage joint operation in which an Israeli drone was downed southeast of Gaza city. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-03-01). Hezbollah's Islamic Resistance says downed Israeli drone over Wadi Al-Iziyyeh in south Lebanon. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-03-01). Cameroon: Cameroun Bulletin des Prix, février 2024. reliefweb.int 
Country: Cameroon | Source: Famine Early Warning System Network | Please refer to the attached file. | Le ReÃÅseau de systeÃÄmes d'alerte preÃÅcoce contre la famine (FEWS NET) surveille les tendances des prix des aliments de base dans les pays vulneÃÅrables aÃÄ l'inseÃÅcuriteÃÅ alimentaire. Pour chaque pays et chaque reÃÅgion couvert par FEWS NET, le Bulletin des prix fournit un ensemble de graphiques indiquant les prix mensuels de l'anneÃÅe commerciale en cours pour certains centres urbains, e…
(2024-03-01). DR Congo: République démocratique du Congo Bulletin des Prix, février 2024. reliefweb.int 
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo | Source: Famine Early Warning System Network | Please refer to the attached file. | Le Réseau de systèmes d'alerte précoce contre la famine (FEWS NET) surveille les tendances des prix des aliments de base dans les pays vulnérables à l'insécurité alimentaire. Pour chaque pays et chaque région couvert par FEWS NET, le Bulletin des prix fournit un ensemble de graphiques indiquant les prix mensuels de l'année commerciale en cours pour certains centres urbains, et permettant à l'utilisateur de comparer les tendances actuelles à la fois aux moyennes quinquennales, qui in…
(2024-03-01). Haiti: HaàØti Bulletin des Prix, février 2024. reliefweb.int 
Country: Haiti | Source: Famine Early Warning System Network | Please refer to the attached file. | Le ReÃÅseau de systeÃÄmes d'alerte preÃÅcoce contre la famine (FEWS NET) surveille les tendances des prix des aliments de base dans les pays vulneÃÅrables aÃÄ l'inseÃÅcuriteÃÅ alimentaire. Pour chaque pays et chaque reÃÅgion couvert par FEWS NET, le Bulletin des prix fournit un ensemble de graphiques indiquant les prix mensuels de l'anneÃÅe commerciale en cours pour certains centres urbains, et p…
(2024-03-01). Madagascar Bulletin des Prix, février 2024. reliefweb.int 
Country: Madagascar | Source: Famine Early Warning System Network | Please refer to the attached file. | Le Réseau de Systèmes d'Alerte Précoce Contre la Famine surveille les tendances des prix des aliments de base dans les pays vulnérables à l'insécurité alimentaire. Pour chaque FEWS NET pays et la région, le Bulletin des prix fournit un ensemble de tableaux indiquant les prix mensuels à la campagne en cours dans certains centres urbains et en permettant aux utilisateurs de comparer les tendances actuelles à la fois les prix de cinq ans en moyenne, une indication des tendances saisonnières, et les prix l'a…
(2024-03-01). Mali Bulletin des Prix, février 2024. reliefweb.int 
Country: Mali | Source: Famine Early Warning System Network | Please refer to the attached file. | Le ReÃÅseau de systeÃÄmes d'alerte preÃÅcoce contre la famine (FEWS NET) surveille les tendances des prix des aliments de base dans les pays vulneÃÅrables aÃÄ l'inseÃÅcuriteÃÅ alimentaire. Pour chaque pays et chaque reÃÅgion couvert par FEWS NET, le Bulletin des prix fournit un ensemble de graphiques indiquant les prix mensuels de l'anneÃÅe commerciale en cours pour certains centres urbains, et pe…
(2024-03-01). DWS kickstarts National Water Month. sanews.gov.za DWS kickstarts National Water Month | The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will be embarking on advocacy programmes as part of National Water Month. | Today, the department kick-starts National Water Month, which is conceptualised along the annual commemoration of World Water Day. | World Water Day is spearheaded by the United Nations (UN) and is observed on 22 March. | The UN uses World Water Day to focus attention on the global water crisis and raise awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water, with the aim of aspiring nations to commit to long-term action. | This is to ensur…
(2024-03-01). Sri Lanka: National Disaster Relief Services Centre (NDRSC): Disaster wise Peak Situation Report (2024-01-01 to 2024-02-29). reliefweb.int 
Country: Sri Lanka | Source: Government of Sri Lanka | Please refer to the attached file.
(2024-03-01). Philippines: DSWD allots Php1.4 B budget for projects vs El Niño this year. reliefweb.int Country: Philippines | Source: Government of the Philippines | The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has earmarked more than Php1.4 billion budget for 2024 that will fund its projects geared towards easing the effects of the El Niño phenomenon, an agency official said during the DSWD Thursday Media Forum at the Central Office's New Press Center in Quezon City. | Special Assistant to the Secretary (SAS) for Special Projects Maria Isabel Lanada told reporters the allocated budget will be used to fund the DSWD's initiatives dubbed as Local Adaptation to Water Access (Project Lawa) and Breaking I…
(2024-03-01). US House Republicans add Pacific nations deals to bill 'countering Communist China'. scmp.com A federal budget impasse has hindered funding for the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau as Beijing deepens ties in the strategically vital region.
(2024-03-01). Mexico Election Race Heats Up As Two Women Vie For Presidency. latintimes.com Campaigning officially begins Friday for elections likely to produce Mexico's first woman president — a watershed for a nation with a long tradition of macho culture.
(2024-03-01). Morgan Stanley Reportedly Mulling Spot Bitcoin ETFs For Brokerage Platform. latintimes.com Morgan Stanley, which became the first major U.S. bank to offer clients access to Bitcoin funds, is now reportedly considering spot Bitcoin ETFs to be added to its brokerage platform.
(2024-03-01). 'Pity Us': Deadly Scenes As Desperate Gazans Rush Aid Trucks. latintimes.com Thousands of Palestinians flocked to an aid distribution point early Thursday, desperate for food amid Gaza's looming famine, only to be met with lethal chaos including live fire by Israeli troops.
(2024-03-01). S. Korean President Urges Unification Efforts After Pyongyang Threats. latintimes.com Ties between the two Koreas have been in a deep freeze as Pyongyang accelerates its weapons development programmes and Seoul ramps up military cooperation with Washington and Tokyo.
(2024-03-01). Safety Lapses Blamed For Bangladesh Fire As Toll Rises To 45. latintimes.com Thursday night's fire began at a popular biryani restaurant at the bottom of a seven-floor commercial property in the capital's upscale Bailey Road neighborhood.
(2024-03-01). Texas Battling Largest Wildfire In Its History. latintimes.com Texas emergency crews were struggling Thursday to contain the largest wildfire in the US state's history, with the blaze leaving at least one person dead and scorching a million acres as it raged out of control.
(2024-03-01). Trump Appeals Disqualification In Illinois Primary Ballot. latintimes.com The ruling, issued by Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter, a Democrat, asserted that Trump's involvement in the January 6, 2021, insurrection rendered him ineligible for office under the 14th Amendment.
(2024-03-01). Kazakhstan: "We see real outcomes." MapAction impact in Central Asia in partnership with CESDRR. reliefweb.int Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan | Source: MapAction | MapAction has delivered 15 workshops to disaster managers in Central Asia in the last five years in partnership with the Center for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction (CESDRR). Widespread use of GIS and humanitarian information management tools means local disaster managers are evermore prepared for present and future hazards. | When a fire broke out in a "large" warehouse last year in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest urban center, Dusyembaev Bagdat, the officer on duty at the time in the Department of Emerg…
(2024-03-01). Cambodia: Weekly Dry Season Situation Report in the Lower Mekong River Basin – 20 — 26 February 2024. reliefweb.int 
Countries: Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Thailand, Viet Nam | Source: Mekong River Commission | Please refer to the attached file. | Key Messages | Key messages for this weekly report are presented below. | Rainfall monitoring and forecast | In the period of 20 — 26 February 2024, there was no significant rainfall recorded at the key stations along the Mekong River. | The Lower Mekong Basin will be influenced by a low-pressure system from 27 — 28 February and 4 — 5 March while the high-pressure system push from China will extend to the upper part from 1 — 3 March.
(2024-03-01). oPt: Gaza : la présidente de MSF réagit au carnage du 29 février. reliefweb.int Country: occupied Palestinian territory | Source: Médecins Sans Frontières | Déclaration d'Isabelle Defourny, présidente de MSF France. | ´ Nous avons appris avec horreur le carnage qui s'est produit aujourd'hui lors d'une distribution de nourriture dans la ville de Gaza, où plus de 100 personnes seraient mortes et environ 750 personnes auraient également été blessées à la suite de tirs de l'armée israélienne, selon les autorités locales. Le personnel MSF n'était pas présent sur le lieu de la distribution, et nous sommes actuellement dans l'impossibilité de contacter notre personnel médical qui se trouv…
(2024-03-01). Figuig and the fight against water privatisation in Morocco. newarab.com On February 22, they held a Despite a lack of response from local authorities, they are continuing to voice their refusal to…
(2024-03-01). Flowers for Shabjdeed, voice to Palestine's blossoming youth. newarab.com 
These are my flowers for Shabjdeed, for singing of the "flower youth" before anyone else did. When everyone, Palestinian or not — artists and cultural institutions and content creators and media outlets — is competing today for a piece of a small cake on the Mediterranean, Shabjdeed is mostly quiet. | Is an artist's duty, sometimes, to do less? | It's important to start from the top, from when Shabjdeed first came to rise in the West Bank in 2018, where an experimental hip-hop scene has been in the making since the early 2000s. A very distinct sound. | "Ward, which translates to flowers in English,…
(2024-03-01). In Tokyo, Japanese youngsters stand for Palestine. newarab.com 
(2024-03-01). Unable to survive in Egypt, refugees return to Sudan. newarab.com 
Ten months after war erupted in Sudan sending hundreds of thousands fleeing, many of those who sought refuge in neighbouring Egypt face a grim choice between homelessness and returning home at their peril. | Single mother Rehab has been in Egypt for seven months, fighting to build a life for her children. | "People came to Egypt thinking life will be better here" | "I have a daughter who was born here, and I can't work to provide for her," said the 28-year-old. Gathered in a small church in eastern Cairo, dozens of women like Rehab said their families — cramped into overcrowded apartments — have be…
(2024-03-01). Baath Party HQ in Suweida attacked after death of protester. newarab.com 
Unidentified assailants targeted the headquarters of Syria's ruling Baath Party in Suweida through a series of attacks with rocket-propelled grenades and bursts of gunfire, according to a One of the strongest attacks targeted Regiment 44, belonging to the regime's army, located between Suweida and the town of Qanawat, with a large explosion being seen and heard by witnesses on the ground. | The group also targeted security headquarters, intelligence centers and another army sit, hours after the kill…
(2024-03-01). Charlotte Tilbury denies Gaza dispute with Bella Hadid. newarab.com 
Beauty company Charlotte Tilbury insists The company said the professional relationship ended its relationship with the Dutch-Palestinian model as she is launching her own line of beauty products, and has nothing to do with her political views. | There had been unfounded speculation on social media that Charlotte Tilbury could have been unhappy with the mode…
(2024-03-01). Evacuated Moroccan villagers swim to Ceuta, fleeing poverty. newarab.com 
Dozens of Moroccan migrants On Monday, 26 February, approximately 100 migrants succeeded in breaching the border waves barrier separating Bilionch from Ceuta after enduring more than thirty-six hours of swimming. | "A majority (40) of the newcomers ar…
(2024-03-01). Israel plans to turn West Bank outpost into major settlement. newarab.com 
An order signed on Tuesday by Israeli army chief Major General Yehuda Fox will allow an illegal outpost in the West Bank to The outpost, which currently bears the name of Mitzpeh Yehuda and covers 50 dunams of land, will become a city named Mishmar Yehuda. | Through the order, the area allocated by the Israeli army to the settlement has been multiplied by 8 to reach 417 dunams (104 acres). | Israeli authorities and settler groups have already discussed plans to build 3,600 hous…
(2024-03-01). Over 100 massacred in Israeli attack on Gaza food queue. newarab.com 
More than 100 Palestinian civilians were killed and over 700 injured as they queued for At least 112 Palestinians have been confirmed killed and 760 injured in the attack so far, according to the latest update from Gaza's minis…
(2024-03-01). Queen Rania makes impassioned plea for Gaza ceasefire. newarab.com 
Jordan's Queen Rania highlighted the role of social media in publicising the horrific effects of Israel's
(2024-03-01). Ronaldo suspended over gesture in Al-Nassr game. newarab.com 
Saudi Arabia's football governing body on Thursday suspended The Saudi Arabian Football Federation said the
(2024-03-01). Saudi Arabia kills 5 Yemenis in new capital punishment wave. newarab.com 
An interior ministry statement, carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, said the group had been convicted of the murder of a fellow Yemeni and of "forming a gang fo…
(2024-03-01). UK Labour councillor resigns amid Gaza ceasefire rebellion. newarab.com 
(2024-03-01). India port workers' anti-colonial solidarity strike for Gaza. newarab.com 
On 18 February, news broke that port workers in India have been boycotting Israel by The workers are led by the
(2024-03-01). China bolsters defence of overseas EV sales against US, EU counterpunches. scmp.com Beijing this week expressed 'strong dissatisfaction' toward an ongoing European Union investigation into China's exports of electric vehicles (EVs) and related products.
(2024-03-01). More than a billion people worldwide are obese, WHO study finds. scmp.com Obesity is so prevalent it has become more common than being underweight in most nations.
(2024-03-01). Joe Biden and Donald Trump trade blame at US border in duelling election-year visits. scmp.com Trump described an influx of immigrants as a 'Biden invasion', while the US president criticised Republican lawmakers for rejecting a bipartisan border deal.
(2024-03-01). Breaking: Galloway wins landslide in Rochdale. skwawkbox.org 
'Labour' candidate Azhar Ali and family said to have already left count some time ago George Galloway has romped home in the Rochdale by-election, with 12,335 votes and winning by such a margin that Skwawkbox understands that 'Labour' candidate Azhar Ali — suspended and disowned by Labour in what is regarded by many as a …
(2024-03-01). Ex-UP Governor Aziz Qureshi dies at 83. muslimmirror.com Bhopal : Former Uttar Pradesh Governor and senior Congress leader Aziz Qureshi passed away at a hospital here on Friday after a prolonged illness, a family member said. Qureshi was 83, his nephew Sufian Ali, who looked after him, said. "He was not keeping well for some time and breathed his last at a private …
(2024-03-01). Gaza wound will not be erased from memory of world's free people: Iran FM spokesman. muslimmirror.com Tehran : Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that The wound of Gaza will not be erased from the memory of the free people of the world, and the shame of supporting and silence towards mass killing and genocide will not be erased from the foreheads of the false claimants of human rights. "More …
(2024-03-01). Iran elections: Polling underway, Supreme leader casts vote. muslimmirror.com Tehran : Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei cast his vote on Friday morning in the first minutes of voting. Ayatollah Khamenei cast his vote this morning in the first minutes of the start of voting for the Iranian parliamentary and the Assembly of Experts elections. Today, 61,172,298 individuals are qualified …
(2024-03-01). SC to hear Gyanvapi committee's plea against HC order. muslimmirror.com New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal of the Gyanvapi management committee against an Allahabad High Court order which held that lawsuits for "restoration" of a temple where the mosque stands in Varanasi are maintainable. "We will tag this with the main case," a bench comprising Chief Justice D …
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(2024-03-01). WFP Libya Market Monitoring Report (January 2024). reliefweb.int 
Country: Libya | Source: World Food Programme | Please refer to the attached file. | HIGHLIGHTS | In January 2024, the prices of most key commodities have decreased/remained the same over the monitoring period, with the exception of chicken and rice, which have increased in price compared to the previous month. | The cost of food (measured by the Minimum Food Expenditure Basket) was 767.44 LYD in January 2024 (3.26 LYD less than the previous month). | The cost of the Full Minimum Expenditure Basket (food and non-food items) reached LYD 861.55 in January 2024 (3.51 LYD) less than the previous month. | In Jan…
(2024-03-01). World: One in eight people are now living with obesity [EN/AR/ZH]. reliefweb.int 
Country: World | Source: World Health Organization | Please refer to the attached files. | New study released by the Lancet shows that, The study also shows that even though the rates of undernutrition have dropped, it is still a public health challenge…
(2024-03-01). World: Una de cada 8 personas tiene obesidad. reliefweb.int Country: World | Source: World Health Organization | De acuerdo con los datos de un estudio publicado en The Lancet, Otro dato que se proporciona en el estudio es que, a pe…
(2024-03-01). World: Une personne sur huit est obèse aujourd'hui. reliefweb.int Country: World | Source: World Health Organization | Une nouvelle étude publiée par The Lancet montre que En outre, l'étude révèle que, même si les taux sont en baisse, la dénutrition représente toujours un problème de santé publiqu…
(2024-03-01). Biden appeals to Trump to support anti-immigrant bill: "Join me" wsws.org After months of campaigning for president on the basis that Trump represented a mortal threat to democracy, in Brownsville, Texas on Friday, Biden pleaded with the aspiring dictator to "join" him in supporting fascistic anti-immigrant legislation that greatly expands the border police and grants the president authority to "shut down" ports of entry.
ALBAWABA — In its recent annual report, Electronic Arts, game developer and publisher, has revealed their workforce as 13,400 employees by the end of March 2023, a 670 less talents compared to previous reports, as reported by 
ALBAWABA – American commentator and author Candace Owens recently took to her official X (formerly Twitter) account and slammed the porn industry for weakening men through understanding their physiological factors and more. The individual in question said in a post on X: "Pornography is an intentional weapon of mass destruction. It was designed to weaken men with an understanding of their physiological responses. It is also designed to drive men further into perversion. Time to look into the history and profiteering of pornography."Candace Owens slams the porn industry, are Jews behind it?: This angered a…
Havana, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuban gourmet coffees Cohiba Atmosphere and Montecristo Deleggend are participating in the 24th Habano Festival as products genuinely designed to pair with Cuba, the director of Commercial Intelligence of Cubacafé, Martha García, said.
Havana, Feb 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel reiterated the call to the people of the island to participate in the world mobilization in support of Palestine on March 2.
We Americans have been at war now since October 7th, 2001. That was when our military first launched air strikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan in response to al-Qaeda's September 11th terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. That's 22 years and counting. The "war on terror" that began then would forever change what it meant to be 
Mobile World Congress is underway in Barcelona, Spain showcasing innovative products. What's on display at the world's biggest tech event? | Joining the discussion: | 
By The USA, Russia and China own systems, which are, among others, capable of producing strong electric currents in the ionosphere by transmitting …
Damascus, Feb 29 (Prensa Latina) The Red Crescent Society of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sent 202 tons of aid on Thursday to support the health sector in Syria.
It has been said that: "When fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in the flag and waving the cross." And, this is happening in America right now! For example: At the Conservative Political Action Convention's (CPAC) recent annual meeting, in a panel discussion, extremist, right wing conspiracy theorist, Jack Posobiec, openly proclaimed: "I 
NATO's shocking 'Humour in online information warfare' working paper reveals a sinister strategy, encouraging cyberbullying and doxxing as tools of war, unraveling the disturbing reality of meme-driven manipulation in online spaces.
In the past year, tens of thousands of asylum seekers have arrived in New York City, mainly from South and Central America, along with a significant number from Africa. Officials acknowledge the strain on city resources, particularly concerning the limited access to basic services for African asylum seekers. CGTN's William Denselow reports from New York.
Violence on Mexico's highways is escalating, prompting concerns from the country's truckers who are advocating for increased protection. CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock shows how trucking unions are appealing to the government for assistance.
Harare, Feb 29 (Prensa Latina) The 42nd meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development called for a transition towards inclusive, low-carbon, and efficient green economies.
By Fyodor Lukyanov — Feb 26, 2024 | Russia's military campaign in Ukraine is now two years old. The statement that everything will be decided on the battlefield has become axiomatic, but the assessment of the results has changed. A year and a half ago, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, spoke with optimism. But now he communicates with fear. | Let us risk assuming that a very important moment is at hand, not only in the military sense, but above all in the political sense. | From the outset, the motivation for Russia's military operation in Ukraine has combined two issues, different in nature but linke…
Today is Charles Darwin's 215th birthday. On the Origin of Species was published in 1859, when Darwin was 50 years old. After a period of extraordinary scientific creativity in his late 20s, after returning to London from the five-year circumnavigation of the HMS Beagle, a period that included his working out of the theory of evolution via natural selection, Darwin did not publish on the subject of evolution for the next 19 years. Why?There are a lot of reasons. As part of …
Picture of the "Northeast China Group of the Commission for Investigating the Crime of Bacteriological Warfare Committed by the American Imperialists," taken at Shenyang, April 1, 1952. From 1952 pamphlet, "Exhibition on Bacteriological War Crimes Committed by the Government of the United States," pg. 13, published by The Chinese People's Committee for World Peace (author's private collection) IntroductionThis is an updated version of the original post. The update is necessary, …
GDP data for China, the U.S., and the other G7 countries for the year 2023 has now been published. This makes possible an accurate assessment of China's, the U.S., and major economies performance—both in terms of China's domestic goals and international comparisons. There are two key reasons this is important.First for China's domestic reasons: to achieve a balanced estimate of China's socialist economic situation and therefore the tasks it faces.Secon …
Should one claim that, unless they have studied the Science of Logic, these scientists don't know what they are doing? Doubtless, they know what they are doing but, philosophically speaking, they often do not know what they know and beyond a certain point this limitation cannot but have a regrettable influence on their work(Sève 2008: 91)IntroductionThe last century saw two prevailing trends between dialectics and science. On one side, Western Marxism, which was define …
To say that I was awed is an understatement.Standing in front of Picasso's 11.5 ft. x 25.5 ft. celebrated painting Guernica is one of the most sobering encounters I've had the displeasure of experiencing. Displeasure because the massive composition's theme is revoltingly gruesome. Since that dastardly first-of-its-kind-waging-of-wars, nations have not learned to abide by and practice peaceful and harmonious existence.World War 2 was followed by war …
One of the most profound awakenings for Westerners since the launch of the Palestinian resistance operation Al-Aqsa Storm has been their understanding of how influential the Zionist lobby is.This lobby, which works in line with the US State Department when it can and independently and subversively when it cannot, tends to influence major arenas of societal interest.On the surface level, one can simply follow the money and understand the phenomenon: the Israeli lobby pouring million …
I never did another story that gave me more professional satisfaction… I only take credit for having correctly interpreted what I saw and heard, for having realized that the extraordinary young man who opened his heart to me in whispers, for three hours, would be the one around whom the hopes and passions of Cuba would be concentrated, for a tide of victory.Herbert Matthews interviewing Fidel in the Sierras.This is how Herbert Matthews, the distinguished American journalist …
Professor Ilan Pappe spoke at IHRC's annual Genocide Memorial Day in London, UK on 21st January 2024, on the need to understand that the genocide of Palestinians we are currently witnessing, as brutal as it is, is also the demise of the so-called Jewish state. We need to be ready to imagine a new world beyond it.——The idea that Zionism is settler colonialism is not new. Palestinian scholars in the 1960s working in Beirut in the PLO Research Centre had already underst …
The dawn of the twentieth century saw the rise of modern, planned national economies around the world. In many of these cases, planned economies often were coupled with state ownership of production. China, especially due to becoming a Marxist-Leninist state in 1949, is no exception to this trend. It is commonly misconceived by both leftists and rightists that the People's Republic of China has ceased to plan its economy; that the government has relinquished its obligations of maint …
Marxist revolutionaries strive to analyze the surrounding bourgeois, capitalist world with the goal of fundamentally changing it. But the hegemony of bourgeois metaphysical modes of thinking in capitalist societies—modes that always end up assuring us that the essential institutions of bourgeois society are not susceptible to change and are as permanent as the law of gravity—can sometimes derail this goal.Karl Marx (1818-83), like Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) befo …
On February 9, 2024, Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his army would advance into Rafah, the last remaining city in Gaza not occupied by the Israelis. Most of the 2.3 million Palestinians who live in Gaza had fled to its southern border with Egypt after being told by the Israelis on October 13, 2023, that the north had to be abandoned and that the south would be a "safe zone." As the Palestinians from the north, particularly from G …
This article is a reply to a reader's question, which can be read HERE. In Anti-Dühring, Friedrich Engels writes the following on definitions: "From a scientific standpoint all definitions are of little value. In order to gain an exhaustive knowledge of what life is, we should have to go through all the forms in which it appears, from the lowest to the highest. But for ordinary usage such definitions are very convenient and in places cannot well be dispensed with; moreover …
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"Black folks have always been about Palestine". That was the response of travel writer Imani Bashir on X, in response to a tweet by "Barely four years after George Floyd's murder, many young Black activists have landed upon Gaza as their next social justice journey. But this deepening alignment — this 'movement-mooching' — reveals something far more d…
Gaza Writes Back is a collection of 23 short stories edited by This collection, published in 2014, is the first of its kind as it features young Gazan writers sharing fiction written entirely in English — removing the need for translation and, by extension, the possibility of what they want to say being lost to English readers around the world who are unfamiliar with the Gazan experience. | Gaza Writes Ba…
Russia responded that one of its "priorities" was to protect the thin sliver of land, which has been…
A California inmate has donated hours' worth of his salary to The donation, worth $17.74, corresponds to what the inmate, who goes by the chosen name of "Hamza", earned for 136 hours working as a porter and janitor in prison. His hourly wage was 13 cents, according to the paycheck posted by Mashouf. | Mashouf said he had met Hamza in 2009 through a friend in Los Angeles' Muslim community who…
The military wing of the Palestinian group Hamas's armed wing the The group claimed in a statement on its Te…
Hamas's political chief He said that Israeli militarily failures cannot be accomplished by "political" means and that Hamas is being open in talk…
An Irish- Iraq, where different militias, especially L…
Gaza's health ministry said Thursday more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since While mediators say a Mean…
This comes after a A report by Israel's Channel 12 on Wednesday said the security cabinet will be the primary decision-maker regarding Al-Aqsa Mosque policy during Ramadan. | This move potentially sidelines far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who has 
The mayors of The early results also showed that ultra-Orthodox parties won nearly half the vote in Jerusalem city council contests, primarily due to low turnout among other blocs. | Is…
Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham spoke out on Tuesday about his encounter with death threats following his highly-publicised speech in Saturday's Abraham and Palestinian filmmaker Basel Adra addressed the audience following their Best Documentary Film category win that brought them for the Panorama Audience Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, most commonly known as the Berlinale. | Upon receiving the award for 'No Other Land', the duo highlighted the…
Palestinian photojournalist In a post shared to social media platforms X and Instagram, Azaiza shared pictures of himself in a suit receiving the TRT's World Citizen Award for his documenting of the brutal realities for life in Gaza. | Ho…
Arab and Muslim advocacy leaders and groups are praising the high turnout of "uncommitted" On Tuesday, more than 100,000 Michiganders, or more than 13 per cent, chose " 
Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki said Wednesday he believes Maliki told a press conference that a "technocratic" government was needed, without the Islamist group which is fighting a bitter "The time no…
The investments "to the mutual benefit of both countries" will target key sectors ranging from energy transition, semiconductor, aerospace, artificial intelligence, digital, health, hospita…
The Emirati head of Interpol Several Syria analysts and activists shared the photo of Raisi and the notorious Syrian figure, whose regime has disappeared around 135,000 political prisoners. | "[R…
The The cuts will mainly be in alread…
It's clear that the Metropolitan Police have some serious institutional problems. One of the most recent, the The…
Cruella Braverman wrote about Islamists bullying the country into submission last week. What Braverman failed to grasp — similarly, Liz Truss spreading her own conspiracy theories on a platform across the pond praising among other things far-right activist Tommy Robinson — was the steely quality of the tolerance of others. Quite right, too, if you 
Israel hoped that Gazans would rush in their hundreds of thousands to the Sinai Desert. They did not. Then began speaking of "voluntary migration." Still, Palestinians stayed. Now, they've agreed to invade Rafah, a last-ditch effort to orchestrate another Nakba.
Head of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with First Vice President of Zimbabwe Constantino Chiwenga…
The event also included competitions between ice hockey teams from China and Russia, as well as car races on ice…
The visit by a delegation from Saudi Arabia, was aimed at strengthening agricultural trade between the two countries…
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!: | Marking International Women's Day (March 8), this year's "Women & War" virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity. Each week, we'll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films. Scroll down to learn more about each film and our special guests, and to purchase tickets! | How It Works: : | 1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussion…
Pasteur Institute of Iran has taken up the task of developing the world's first vaccine against the disease…
The country's Cabinet of Ministers has reviewed a report on preparations…
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The Inter-American Development Bank will provide financing for the programme…
En los últimos meses, Rusia ha intensificado significativamente los contactos con los países de América del Sur y Central. Con algunos de los Estados de la región, está unida por lazos de amistad de larga data que se originaron desde la época de la Unión Soviética. | Pero en los últimos tiempos, después de romper las relaciones con el Occidente colectivo y comprender que no es posible volver al viejo formato de las relaciones con la Unión Europea (UE), los Estados Unidos y otros países, Moscú decidió reorientar los vectores de sus relaciones exteriores y además de Asia y àÅfrica, América Latina también se h…
The West's fiction of "human rights" has been weaponized by neoliberals to rationalize naked imperialist interventions. But if human rights are to have any relevance for the oppressed, they must be "de-colonized" and given meaning by the oppressed themselves: a People(s)-Centered Human Rights (PCHR).
ALBAWABA – Syrian star Bassem Yakhour is known for his outstanding and extraordinary performance in any kind of character he is playing. In Ramadan 2024, the Syrian actor is awaited in two different roles.Bassem Yakhour's Ramadan 2024 series: Al Arbaji season 2 (ÿߟÑÿπÿ±ÿ®ÿ¨Ÿä 2) – Ramadan 2024: Fans can't wait to continue season 2 of the famous Syrian series "Al Arbaji," in which Bassem Yakhour is playing a main role. In Al Arbaji, the Syrian star played the role of Abdo Al Arbaji, who is revenging people who hurt his family. Th…
ALBAWABA – Many users across social media platforms are concerned over a member of the British royal family Kate Middleton after allegedly missing for quite a while. Concerned individuals will be happy to know that according to reports, Royal Family representatives confirmed that the Princess of Whales is currently still recovering from her recent abdominal surgery. Rumors about Kate started again after her husband Prince William withdrew from from an engagement on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024.The rumors in question began on Jan. 16, 2024, after Kate went missing which resulted in local and international concern over t…
ALBAWABA – A recent study showed that the whale population of North Pacific humpback whales has dropped by 20 percent in less than ten years, raising concerns. Scientists believe that the decline is related to marine heat waves.Conservation efforts and the end of commercial whaling in 1976 led to a steady increase in humpback whale numbers in the North Pacific until 2012. However, over the past decade, researchers noticed a decrease in the whale population, according to the Royal Society Open Science journal.ShutterstockA team of 75 scientists utilized a vast photo-identification database to monitor the North Pac…
NICK MATTHEWS looks at the great Bolshevik leader's intense three-week period of furious study in the British Library in 1908 and the timeless classic on Marxism and philosophy it produced: Materialism and Empirio-Criticism.
Mattarella: 'Batons against young people are an expression of failure.' The president issues a sharp warning to the police and interior minister. The government: 'Law enforcement is not to be touched.'
‚ô´ Giuseppe Verdi, VaÃÄ pensiero (Nabucco) The Fates of Gaza and Julian Assange Are Sealed Together, by Jonathan Cook How British Intelligence Framed Julian Assange As Russian Agent, by Kit Klarenberg Western Leaders, So Smug a Year Ago, Are Feeling Anxiety and Panic, by Eric Arnow A call to rediscovering Humanity from Ian McGilchrist, the Sage of the Isle of Skye, by Ashley Howes The Real Economy Doesn't Need Growth — Canadians for a Sustainable Society On Aaron Bushnell, Methinks The Israel Apologist Doth Protest Too Much, by Caitlin Johnstone Israel, Ukraine Fighting 'Same B…
Canada has ignored repeated warnings from UN experts and the World Court on the risk of Israel committing genocide in Gaza, and Canada's response to developments have even worsened the crisis. In particular, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly resisted calls for a ceasefire, refused to condemn Israel's violence against Palestinians and ignored the World Courts finding of a "plausible" genocide in Gaza. | Minist…
According to the United Nations World Food Program, 80% of the people of the world threatened with famine — dying because of a severe lack of food or water — are Palestinians living in Gaza. Al Jazeera reports that "Half a million people in Gaza face starvation, and all 2.3 . . . | 
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Green Left journalists Isaac Nellist and Aneesa Bhamjee go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.
I have received a couple of requests on travel tips regarding Russia. So here goes. I was invited and had a letter of invitation. So that made getting the visa a breeze, though a little pricey ($451). If you're going as a tourist I recommend you go through a travel agency. They can smooth out all of the hassles. | Getting to Russia is a challenger. There are no longer direct flights from the US or Europe (not sure about South America). You have two basic options from the U.S. — Turkish Air via Istanbul or Qatar Air via Doha. Long flights. From Turkey you have a four hour flight to Moscow. Doha is five…
Israeli tanks and warplanes reportedly targeted civilians waiting for aid, killing at least 77 and wounding hundreds. Meanwhile, international aid groups say airdrops of aid are so "negligible" that they "perpetuate the overall blockade strategy."
Press conference calling for a ceasefire with Congressional Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush and UAW President Shawn Fain, Dec. 14, 2023. A number of major U.S. unions have united around the call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Seven of them, along with over 200 local and regional labor bodies, . . . | 
Ottawa has often criticized measures that would limit the ability of Canadian companies to profit from Mexico's resource wealth.
From February 22 to 24, 4,000 people from more than 20 countries gathered in Foz do Iguaàßu for the Conference on the Integration of Latin American and Caribbean Peoples…
Palestine liberation fighter Leila Khaled has described Israel's occupation of Palestine as the "peak of terrorism". This is why Zionist organisations want to stop her from speaking, writes Peter Boyle.
Nex Benedict On Feb. 8, Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old Choctaw nonbinary student living on the Cherokee Reservation in Owasso, Oklahoma, died after an attack the day before by three presumably cisgender girls who had been harassing them and their friend. Benedict, who used they/them pronouns, allegedly poured water on the . . . | 
Greece's All Workers Militant Front (PAME) has said the Greek national strike on Wednesday 28 February was the "biggest strike in recent years, with rivers of workers flooding Athens". Greek strike: everybody out As the Guardian reported: Tens of thousands of people… joined protests in Greece, with strike action bringing the country to a standstill, …
On Monday 4 March, there will be a national day of action against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). It comes as the government is once again targeting chronically ill and disabled people under the guise of 'reforms' — potentially cutting people's benefits to the tune of £390 a month. The action is organised …
Download the PDF. China: Palestine has right to armed struggle The sacrifice of Aaron Bushnell Students walk out for Palestine Gaza: Hunger as a weapon Imperialist hypocrisy marks Assange persecution Download the PDF. More PDF back-issues here. | 
ALBAWABA – The story of an Arish University student has gone viral on social media with people saying that the girl committed suicide after being blackmailed, meanwhile, local newspapers reported that she died of poisoning. Activists online widely shared the Arish student's story and said that the student was abused after someone took private photos of her without her knowledge. Human rights advocates released a campaign online calling for harsh punishment against those who are involved in leading the Arish student to commit suicide by taking private photos of the Egyptian girl and abusing her to share them onlin…
A few months ago, NJMS students came together to write the names of the martyrs of Gaza. On Friday, February…
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Lenin and bolshevik leaders on the Red square. Source: Wikimedia Commons. | Lenin and the Revolution: nothing is closed | The contemporary view of Lenin and the October revolution is predominated by their historical images as provoking the impression that they are nothing more than pieces of history with no relation to the present time or our future. Whe…
A coalition of civil society groups on Wednesday accused the Our World Is Not for Sale (OWINFS), representing more than a dozen civil society groups, said it has complained to the WTO following a series of incidents at the body's 13th ministerial confe…
More than 20 European diplomatic missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah issued a joint statement on Tuesday against Israeli The statement reiterates a public statement by the EU on 15 February 
Hamas says leaked Gaza truce proposal doesn't meet its demands | Palestinian group says remarks by Joe Biden suggesting a truce agreement was imminent were premature, as it reviews proposals for 40-day pause | | Palestinians walk past buildings destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Beit Lahia, nor…
The European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, admitted that the "era of Western dominance has indeed definitively ended". He warned that the EU must not divide the world into "the West against the Rest", as "many in the 'Global South' accuse us of 'double standards'".
‚ô´ Air — Johann Sebastian Bach Comes Thermidor: Are you ready for it? by James Howard Kunstler The Rapidly Emerging Rule of Tyranny in the West, by Paul Craig Roberts Fake terrorism and the genocide agenda, by Paul Cudenec Letter from CPAC: Journey into A New Kind of Dissidence, by Naomi Wolf Joan Roelofs ponders life: a web of hope and humanity in a world on fire, from Jeff Brown War Is Bad for You — And the Economy, by William Hartung U.S. Seeks to Cap Middle East Violence; In This, Iran Is (a Kind of) 'Ally,' by Alastair Crooke Aaron Bushnell Burned Himself Alive To Make You Turn…
On February 25th, 25 year-old Aaron Bushnell, an active duty member of the US Air Force, set himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC, in an act of protest against the continued US support of the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people by the state of Israel…. 
Over the past two weeks, thousands of pro-Palestinian activists in Jordan have gathered at the Sheikh Hussain Bridge to protest the transportation of Israel-bound goods along the Marching under the slogan "The land bridge is treason", activists have formed In response, thousands of pro-Palestinian supporters…
A member of the US military set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington on Sunday afternoon in protest of the Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old active duty airman, was pronounced dead later Sunday after being rushed to hospital. | Authorities extinguished the fire, and Israeli embassy spokeswoman, Tal Naim, said no staff were hurt. | In uniform, Bushnell live-streamed the incident on the social media platform Twitch, introducing himself as he approached the gates of the emba…
Ride-hailing apps may no longer be a safe option for female riders in Egypt, whose capital has once been Last week, a shocking incident sent shockwaves across the North African country when a 24-year-old woman 
According to Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA chief, the last 
Germany has been divided after artists at the At the awards ceremony concluding the Berlinale on Saturday, saw Palestinian Basel Adra criticise Israel's war on Gaza in his acceptance speech after his film 'No Other Land' won the top documentary prize. | "It is very hard for me to celebrate whe…
In a statement, Hezbollah said it downed the Hermes 450 Israeli drone with a surface-to-air mi…
Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke with CBS about the brewing offensive on Rafah, as the 
On Tuesday, many Michigan Democrats will go to the polls to vote against the man they worked hard to bring to office. | In 2020, when Nearly four years on, as the next presidential election approaches, that sense of relief has, in many cases, turned into a sense of betrayal. The…
The daughter of former prime minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif was elected chief minister in her family's long-time power base of Punjab province, after Pakistan held 
The Prime Minister of the Shtayyeh's government will function as a caretaker government until a technocratic government is formed, sources told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. | "President Mahmoud Abbas accepted Shtayyeh's resignation," sources added. | Shtayyeh announced in a statement at the start of a cabinet session held in the city of Ramallah that he had submitted the resignation…
As the holy Muslim month of Ramadan quickly approaches, meats and basic According to official government data, inflation rates in Iraq have risen by 4.5%, with a noticeable increase in price levels officially in the last month of 2023. Many Iraqi traders have exploited…
Egypt is reportedly planning to make a renewed push to offer prime Red Sea coastal land in Ras al-Ghamila (also Ras al-Gamila, Ras al-Jamila) in the Straits of Tiran in South Sinai for foreign investment, in the wake of a $35 billion deal with the UAE for the development of Egypt is reportedly targeting local and Gulf investors from Saudi Arabia and Qatar for the lucrative acquisition as part of its attempt to inject much needed foreign currency liquidity to address its financial and…
Aerial and satellite footage showed more than 2,000 The footage was recorded on 22 February, the channel said. | It showed aid convoys lined up on the 
The UK's The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said in a letter addressed to Conservative chair, Richard Holden, following "a week of inflammatory statements and Islamophobia from senior figures in the party". | The secretary general of the MCB, Zara Mohamm…
The Russian political party "United Russia" held the first "For the Freedom of Nations" International Forum of Supporters of the Struggle Against Modern Practices of Neocolonialism on 16-17 February 2024 in Moscow. It brought together over 400 participants from more than 55 countries of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe and the CIS, representing the global majority. | From Türkiye the Vatan Party attended the forum. Vatan Party Deputy Chairman Ethem Sancak and the party's representative in Russia, Mehmet Perinàßek, who is also a United World International author, held speeches at the…
Excuse me as I ponder eternity — briefly. Like it or not, this is the essence of . . . uh, aging. As I wrote a year ago: ". . . once you actually hit it — that three letter word, 'old' — watch out: 'An aged man (as William Butler Yeats pointed out, as 
The International Monetary Fund upgraded its outlook for global economy for 2024, pointing to the better-than-expected performance of China and the United States last year. Meanwhile, Japan, the United Kingdom and Germany are dealing with recession. | Joining the discussion: | Klaus Larres is a fellow at the…
The gradual recovery observed in Venezuela's economy can be seen in the increase in agricultural production, which has recorded 14 consecutive quarters of growth despite the blockade and unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States. | Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro explained this last Wednesday, February 21, during a work day dedicated to national production. He highlighted that this progress towards a productive and independent economy has been carried out through Venezuela's own efforts amid the difficulties caused by illegal US sanctions. | During the activity, President Maduro presented economic…
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With its public hearings on the sixth day, the International Court of Justice concluded its public proceedings in regard to the legal consequences of Israel's policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territories including Jerusalem. The proceedings had been demanded End of 2022 by a resolution from the UN General Assembly. The court was called …
By Can àáakƒ±r For the first time in Germany, a new political organization was launched with the Turks pioneering: Democratic Alliance for Diversity and Awakening (Demokratischen Allianz fàºr Vielfalt und Aufbruch — DAVA). DAVA sparked a debate in Germany, and some German media targeted DAVA with various allegations. We interviewed Fatih Zingal, one of the …
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The following statements appeared on Resistance News Network on Feb. 26, 2024. Credit: @ms3_99 Hamas We, in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), express our heartfelt condolences and our full solidarity with the family and friends of the U.S. pilot Aaron Bushnell, whose name has been immortalized as a defender of . . . | 
A new study by Alan MacLeod uncovers media bias, revealing how the deaths of American journalist Gonzalo Lira and Russian political leader Alexey Navalny were disproportionately covered, exposing the influence of political filters and narrative priorities. | A new MintPress News study of media coverage of the deaths of American journalist and commentator Gonzalo Lira and Russian political leader Alexey Navalny has found that the establishment U.S. press overwhelmingly ignored the former and focussed on the latter. The New York Times, Washington Post, ABC News, Fox News and CNN collectively ran 731 segments on Nav…
Handling finances responsibly for college students is an important step in having a strong financial groundwork. Selecting the best credit card can serve as a tool on this path providing convenience, security, and opportunities to establish credit history. This article will guide you into the best college student credit cards of 2024. There cards are designed for college students and will showcase some choices that empower students to make informed decisions and work towards financial independence. | Financial Freedom: The Best College Student Credit Cards for College Students Who Want to Manage Money:…
ALBAWABA — Israel is reportedly planning to raise $60 billion in debt, freeze hiring for government jobs as well as implement tax surges in order to support its defenses, according to Financial Times, as the economy suffers deeply amid its war on Gaza 
Working at Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) taught me that America imprisons a higher percentage of its citizens than any other country in the world and that a substantial percentage of those arrests are just for non-violent violations of puritanical drug laws. Easy outrage. At that time, LEAP was represented by once fierce anti-drug warriors 
If only we could say that Peter Dutton, Australia's federal opposition leader and curator of bigoted leanings, was unusual in assuming that granting humanitarian visas to Palestinians might be problematic. But both he, and his skew-eyed spokesman on home affairs, James Patterson, have concluded that votes are in the offing. Refugees may be accepted from 
American Ideology Thomas Jefferson studied and embraced Enlightenment philosophy, the ideas of the Age of Reason. And they inspired him when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator [nature's God] with certain unalienable Rights, that among 
The tiny but incredibly privileged 0.1% really are a breed apart, even from their not-quite-so-rich neighbours.
Britain's nuclear arsenal has failed two tests in a row. Why must we still pay for these extortionate weapons of mass destruction?>
Alexander the Great razed Gaza to the ground in the 3rd century BC. He was in a towering rage because Gaza, unlike most of the other cities he passed through on his way to Egypt, had been defiant, and had closed its gates. The King was further incensed by the skill of Gazan raiding parties: they sped out of the city gates on their light Arabian 
By Last October 27, I suggested subjects the mainstream media needed to cover relating to the saturation bombing of Gaza and its …
Houston When speaking about prisons and the death penalty, many activists and leaders have said, "It's better to be guilty and rich than to be innocent and poor." Today in Texas, Ivan Cantu, a 50-year-old Latinx man, is the personification of this saying. Ivan Cantu. Credit: Death Penalty Information Center . . . | 
An eager audience was treated to the award-winning documentary Palestine Under Siege by filmmakers Jill Hickson and John Reynolds in Gadigal/Sydney, reports Jepke Goudsmit.
Philadelphia Over 150 youth from Philadelphia high schools walked out of classes on Feb. 23 to demonstrate for Palestine. Marching from a number of different high schools, they converged on City Hall where several students spoke out or recited poems reflecting the horror and anger at the genocide the U.S. . . . | 
The factual situation is that China's economy, as it heads into 2024, has far outgrown all other major comparable economies.
Mat Ward looks back at February's political news and the best new music that related to it.
Following a recent screening of the new documentary, Palestine Under Siege, hosted in Gadigal/Sydney by supporters of Green Left, local Jewish activist Michelle Berkon presented the following response to the film.
A proposed ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is reported to include a temporary 40-day truce, the release of 40 Israeli captives in return for 400 Palestinian prisoners, and the entry of humanitarian aid and mobile shelters into Gaza.
Amid a spiraling humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory, representatives from 
Iraq's finance minister, Tayif Sami, announced on Monday that her ministry will promptly This decision follows last week's directive from Iraq's top court, which ordered the Iraqi federal government to 'nationalise' salaries of the northern region's public payroll. | Sami today affirmed that the salaries of the public sector employees in Iraq and the northern…
Strained by its ongoing The Israeli government is set to take on nearly $60 billion in debt in 2024, temporarily stop hiring for public sector jobs, and increase taxes to almost double its defence spending after more than four months of war in Gaza, the Financial Times has reported. | Military expenditure is set to increase 85 percent compared to pre-war spending, meaning an addition…
The two ministers voices confidence that the countries, which have no formal relations, can "make history together", Barkat's spokesperson said. | The photographed meeting with Saudi Comm…
Several Palestinian analysts believe that the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority is preparing itself to take over the administration of the besieged war-torn coastal enclave the day after Speaking to The New Arab, the Palestinian analysts argue that "Israel is on the verge of ending its fierce war on the Gaza Strip (…), but it is looking for an alternative to Hamas to manage Gaza." | "The…
Qatar's Emir The leader of Qatar, a key mediator between Hamas and Israel, is expected to discuss 
In cities across the US on Monday evening, vigils were held to honour the life of a US service member, Aaron Bushnell, who died after lighting himself on fire the previous day in front of the Israeli embassy in On Sunday, 
It's 2024 and people are still buying into anti-addict, anti-houseless politics in the age of the opioid epidemic and record poverty in Philadelphia. Council member Quetcy Lozada, whose heart seems to be extraordinarily hardened against drug addicts and problematic users, is using her political position to attack harm reduction-based organizations . . . | 
Long ago, I came to believe that being a Jew, even a secular one like me, entailed certain responsibilities. A people who had suffered so much yet survived were obligated, if not honored, to serve as witnesses and supporters of other oppressed people and to live in the public interest, to model ethical lives. Albert 
A core feature of U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's 10-year plan, "Delivering for America," is an initiative to restructure the nation's postal network by consolidating processing and distribution operations in regional centers, mostly in urban areas. In 2023, two years into the 10-year plan, USPS reported that the agency had committed $7.6 billion out of 
Subscribe now The Western media showed its extreme bias by whitewashing the fatal protest of US airman Aaron Bushnell, who set himself on fire outside Israel's embassy in Washington, DC while shouting "Free Palestine!" and "I will no longer be complicit in genocide!". Scientific studies have found that roughly 60% of people in the United …
Just Stop Oil supporters William Ward, Deborah Wilde, and Simon Milner-Edwards appeared at City of London Magistrates Court on Monday 26 February for disrupting the Wimbledon tennis championships last year — and a judge preposterously found them guilty. Just Stop Oil: guilty of making a mess with jigsaws Judge Jonas found them guilty of the …
"Slavery is associated … with the emergence of several of the most profoundly cherished ideals and beliefs in the Western tradition." — Orlando Patterson | The subjugation and forced enslavement of Black bodies seized from the continent of Africa had been fundamental to the expansion and growth of the Atlantic domain since the early sixteenth century. In fact, African enslavement had been a mainstay throughout the Spanish Atlantic world for more than a generation prior to English colonization in the Americas. Seeing the Spanish not only as rivals for land, wealth, and resources, the English (not having…
On Saturday morning, on Buffalo's East Side, police shot and killed a Black man — yet again. Edward 'Eddie' Holmes was a brother, father, and grandad. He was a chef, skater, biker, mechanic, and loved cars and cowboy hats. (Quote: Black Love Resists in the Rust) The version presented by . . . | 
For months Palestinian prisoners have shared testimonies of torture at the hands of Israeli military and prison authorities. New reports shed more light on the abuse, particularly sexual violence, carried out inside Israeli detention centers.
Hezbollah fired early on Tuesday a huge salvo of missiles, targeting the Meron Israeli air control base, in retaliation for the Israeli aggression on Bekaa a day earlier. In a statement, Hezbollah's Military Media Center announced that "the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted, at 8: 00 AM on Tuesday, the Meron air control base on Mount Al-Jarmaq …
ALBAWABA — After teasing their new Galaxy Ring earlier in their Unpacked event, Samsung has finally removed the tarp from their highly anticipated entry to a new smart wearable category during Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona, with a load of health and sleep tracking capabilities.While detailed information about the Galaxy Ring's specs has not been revealed, Samsung's mobile digital health chief Hon Pak spoke in a keynote about what to expect from the device, it will be connected with the Samsung Health app to track sleep patterns, blood oxygen levels, and heart rate alerts as the user sleeps, allowi…
ALBAWABA – For Palestinian Christian Jack Giacaman and his family-owned souvenir shop in Bethlehem, times are hard. Tourists and their purchases that normally bolstered Giacaman's business and Bethlehem's local economy have disappeared since the Israel-Hamas war began on Oct. 7. Giacaman said, "We used to get at least 200 visitors a day before the war. Now we get zero."To supplement this lost income Giacaman said he's prioritizing online sales, but his shop, My Christmas House, is still struggling. "We're trying to keep workers as much as we can, but it's not easy," he said.Between Israel's wartime ban on Palesti…
ALBAWABA – In a shocking turn of events, a man from Missouri found himself in a shocking situation when his elaborate plan to scam an insurance company went awry, resulting in a life-altering outcome.The 60-year-old paralyzed man, driven by the desire for financial gain, came up with a scheme to pay someone to amputate his legs to receive a large insurance payout. However, his plan backfired as he ended up losing his legs without achieving his intended goal.Initially, the man claimed that his legs were attacked by a wild boar, but his fabricated story began to unravel under the scrutiny of the Howell County Sheri…
ALBAWABA – Controversial social media influencer and critic Salwan Momika took to his official X (formerly Twitter) account and said that Western countries and citizens made a "grave mistake when they opened their doors to Muslims". According to 
ALBAWABA – Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg was heavily slammed after posting his photos on Facebook while enjoying a McDonald's meal in Japan.Pro-Palestinian activists and human rights advocates rebuked the American billionaire after his photos from inside McDonald's Japan, considering that the American multinational fast food chain is facing a tough boycott campaign following support to Israel.Mark Zuckerberg posted three pictures from McDonald's Japan and captioned them: "Japanese McDonald's: 10/10. Give these guys a Michelin star."Despite the heavy backlash that Zuckerberg got from pro-Palestinians, some praised th…
DEARBORN, Mich.—The air was heavy outside the Ford Rouge Complex, but not like a humid summer day. It was a February night. The air was heavy with whatever the smokestacks were belching at the plant. It was the kind of air that's hard to breathe because of what it's doing to all of the senses, …
A US Air Force soldier is in critical condition after he set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in…
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ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK!! | Second event: Edward Said Memorial Lecture with Dr. Samah Jabr (by the English Department) | Tomorrow!! Tuesday 02/27, 4: 30pm, McCosh 10 | What is the role of cultural identity in preserving wellbeing and navigating the wounds of history? This lecture explores the profound historical trauma ingrained in the Palestinian experience and its global repercussions. Grounded in the wisdom of Edward Said, the lecture delves into the psychological dimensions of displacement, dispossession, and cultural distortion. It analyzes the lasting impact of trauma on representation and psychical wellbeing…
On Tuesday, 2/27, a wine tasting event and fundraiser is scheduled, supporting illegal Zionist wine and agricultural businesses built on stolen Palestinian land. Over 500 attendees, including Zionists and their supporters, are expected. | This event aims to raise funds for illegal Zionist settlements in Palestine, directing proceeds to various charities linked to the country's wine and agricultural industry allegedly established on contested Palestinian land. | Notably, Shiloh is among the illegal settlements built on land belonging to families in Qaryut and Turmusayya villages near Ramallah, and it was funded in…
Throughout the region, we are often told, there is fear and trembling at the might of the Israeli army, trained and supplied with advanced weaponry by the U.S. and aided by its mastery of technology. Furthering its superiority is the equally feared Israeli intelligence service, The Mossad. Early triumphs in capturing part of the Sinai …
UK: Conservative MP sparks backlash after 'no-go area' claims about London and Birmingham | Paul Scully references popular conspiracy theory that certain areas of UK are off-limits to non-Muslims | | A customer wearing PPE (personal protective equipment) of a face mask as a precautionary measure…
From 29 February to 2 March, there will be an "Moscow's goal is to help the various Palestinian forces agree to unite their ranks politically," 
Not content with killing nearly Equipped with speakers, Israeli drones broadcast propaganda against Palestinian factions. Aircraft drop leaflets demanding Palestinians flee their homes. Women…
Amidst the spectacle of the Super Bowl, where touchdowns and halftime extravaganzas captivate audiences, this year's event saw a notable intrusion of pro-Israel propaganda that did not go unnoticed. | Sponsored by both the State of Israel and Robert Kraft, a series of advertisements sought to sway public opinion amidst the football frenzy, putting the spotlight on pro-Israel messaging in public places and events such as the Super Bowl. | The 
The A high-level Egyptian military official told The New Arab that "Egyptian aircrafts have been dropping tons of urgent aid supplies, mainly food and medicine, into towns in Khan Younis, Gaza's largest city in the south, as well as central Gaza." | "The process of dropping aid, undertaken cooperatively with the UAE and Jord…
After two years of ambiguity, France has finally taken a step towards a pro-Morocco stance regarding the disputed territory of Western Sahara, further risking an already delicate relationship with Algeria, the Polisario Front's primary ally. | On Monday, 26 February, Foreign French Minister Stéphane Séjourné embarked on Paris' first official visit to Rabat after a series of diplomatic crises. | In his meeting with his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, Séjourné was expected to tackle one key issue: the territory of Western Sahara. | "The issue of the Sahara is the most prominent point in my visit to Morocco…
Hamas has Bushnell, a US airman, set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington as a protest against the war in Gaza. | Hamas expressed solidarity with the pilot's family in a 
Israelis began voting Tuesday in twice postponed municipal elections that could offer a gauge of the public mood nearly five months into Soldiers had already cast their ballots over the past week at special polling stations set up in army encampments in Polls opened at 7am (0500 GMT) and were due to close at 10pm (2000 GMT). | More than seven million people are eligible to…
Peers from both versions of the Tory party come together to see off Green peer's attempt to maintain distinction between medically qualified NHS doctors and 'associates' The Tories and Labour combined in the House of Lords on Monday night to crush Green peer Natalie Bennett's attempt to kill off the government's bill to blur the …
Egypt: US blacklists Canada's Sandvine for technology targeting activists | Sandvine's devices have been used in blocking human rights websites in Egypt and injecting spyware into the phone of an opposition politician | | Egyptian politician Ahmed al-Tantawi at his office in Cairo…
The stories we do and don't tell about ourselves and these times in which we're living shape the direction of our lives and our cultures. Stories have the power to alter how we interact and relate. Those who study cultural anthropology and the origins of humanity are finding that cultural stories—the things people collectively believe about ourselves 
Abel Meeropol cited this photograph of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, August 7, 1930, as inspiring his poem. Meeropol published the poem under the title "Bitter Fruit" in January 1937 in The New York Teacher, a union magazine of the New York teachers union. Though Meeropol had asked others (notably Earl Robinson) …
The media are pushing the economy is terrible story pretty much 24-7. They refuse to let the strong labor market and rapid real wage growth get in their way. They seem to want everyone to think things are really bad, in spite of a 24-month stretch of below 4.0 percent unemployment and a sharp reduction 
‚ô´ Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) — The Beatles Margaret Anna Alice: Hard Lessons (Video) + What Is the Alchemy of Moral Courage? War and Genocide Create Jobs! A Growth Industry for the US, by Bill Astore Layers & Levels Chapter Six: Materialism Revisited, by Ashley Howes The U.S. Has Made Taiwan a Trigger for War. Can China Disarm It? by Finian Cunningham Sunday evening musings (and a laugh and a song), by el gato malo China's Double Attack On Israel, US At ICJ: 'Palestine Has Right To Armed Resistance' (Video Transcript) Biden is 'pristine' on Israel, says megadonor Haim Saban, by…
Arsenic has long been considered "the king of poisons." Films such as "Arsenic and Old Lace" by Frank Capra and "The Name of the Rose" by Jean-Jacques Annaud illustrate the deadly effect that a high dose has on people. But when someone experiences arsenic poisoning, it's usually not the direct result of a diabolical plot 
UNRWA says that the famine in northern Gaza can be avoided if more food convoys are allowed in, but Israel continues to hold up over 2000 aid trucks. Meanwhile, Netanyahu reaffirms plans to invade Rafah, where 1.5 million Gazans have sought shelter.
Algerian President The vast mosque, which can hold 120,000 worshippers, first opened for prayers in October 2020, but Tebboune was suffering from Covid-19 and did not attend. | Known locally as the Djamaa El-Djazair (the mosque of 
A court in Police said the suspects are Lebanese nationals aged 19 and 21. | According to police, the refugees said during questioning that they departed from the…
Egypt has begun setting up a new refugee camp for displaced Palestinians in The Egyptian Red Crescent has been coordinating with the Palestinian Red Crescent to launch the camp expected to accommodate 4000 people, equipping it with electricity, bathrooms, and other necessities, the Egyptian Satellite TV channel Al Q…
Iraq's authorities have captured two members of the A statement by the Iraqi National Intelligence Service didn't say where the two men were captured and released a video showing them blindfolded and handcuffed while aboard a small plane. The two men later appeared in a video in yellow uniforms spe…
Israeli authorities are refusing to issue new visas to international aid workers operating in According to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, This began in January, with the P…
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A blast from a landmine left by the "Thirteen civilians, including women… were killed when a landmine left by the IS group exploded while they were searching for truffles" in the desert in Raqqa province, said the Syria Observatory for Human Rights. | The Syrian desert is renowned for producing some of the best quality…
Libya's Petroleum Facilities Guards (PFG) threatened on Sunday to close all oil and gas facilities in the country's western region after the end of a 10-day deadline to authorities to meet their demands, including a 67% salary rise. | Members of PFG, a military group tasked with protecting oil facilities, made the threat in video…
This live blog on day 142 of Israel's war on Gaza has concluded. Make sure to follow us for the latest news on The United States said Sunday that multinational talks in Paris came to an "understanding" on a possible deal for Ham…
Footage of police beating Student marches were blocked by police in the Tuscan cities of Florence and Pisa, with images of officers vigorously using their truncheons on school-age protesters in Pisa triggering outrage on social media and from politicians. | The videos showed the studen…
QatarEnergy chief Saad al-Kaabi announced on Sunday a new expansion of its liquefied With this added boost, the overall expansion of the North Field from 77 mtpa currently to 142 mtpa by 2030 represents an increase of 85% in production, Kaabi said at a press conference in Doha. | Qatar is among the world's top exporters of LNG, competition for which has ramped up sin…
A Tunisian court has slapped a six-month prison term on opposition figure Jawhar Ben Mbarek, detained since February 2023, over remarks criticising the Ben Mbarek, co-founder of the National Salvation Front opposition alliance who is on hunger strike to protest his detention, was tried over his rebuke of legislative elections in 2022 which he had called a "ridiculous coup d'etat". | Held over "conspiracy against state security", Ben Mbarek remains behind bars…
Kyiv is searching for ways to strengthen its defences against Oleksandr Kamyshin said during a televised conference in Kyiv that 100 state and 400 private…
Streaming television channels these days are increasingly inserting advertising into their paid subscriber content. Thus, I recently found myself sitting through several commercials that struck me as emblematic of how out-of-touch corporate marketers are with the economic struggles of ordinary Americans. A company offering cash advances to low-wage workers makes light of people's financial difficulties. 
A new report on Gaza's escalating health crisis projects that due to the extent of destruction wrought upon the region's infrastructure since October, thousands of Palestinians will continue to die from disease, malnutrition, dehydration and starvation, regardless of whether Israel continues to pursue its military assault. "In case of an escalation, we'd see around 85,000 deaths," warns Zeina Jamaluddine, a nutritionist and epidemiologist who is one of the lead authors of "Crisis in Gaza: Scenario-Based Health Impact Projections" from the London School of Hygiene and John…
A famine is unfolding in Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have resorted to consuming animal feed amid soaring prices and dwindling supplies of food. The United Nations has already begun reporting deaths from starvation and malnutrition, while aid agencies have been forced to pause deliveries. "Israel is not allowing food into the northern part of Gaza so people would regret not having left," says Palestinian writer Mosab Abu Toha, who fled Gaza for Cairo in November and has been attempting since then to secure safe passage for his extended family members, including his siste…
Riddle: When is a frozen embryo actually a can of worms? Answer: When the Alabama Supreme Court issues its ruling in LePage v. Mobile Infirmary Clinic, Inc., allowing the parents of several such embryos, created through in-vitro fertilization, to proceed with a wrongful death lawsuit after those embryos were accidentally destroyed. You've probably heard at 
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Country: Indonesia | Source: ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance | Please refer to the attached file. | Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia | Event Date : Sun, 18 Feb 2024 | AHADID : AHA-FL-2024-000275-IDN | GLIDE Number : | Impact Update Date : Sun, 18 Feb 2024 16: 00: 00 | AFFECTED AREA/S | Sintang | DESCRIPTION | Triggered by high intensity rain…
Country: Indonesia | Source: ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance | Please refer to the attached file. | Jawa Barat, Indonesia | Event Date : Thu, 22 Feb 2024 | AHADID : AHA-TO-2024-000274-IDN | GLIDE Number : | Impact Update Date : Thu, 22 Feb 2024 16: 30: 00 | AFFECTED AREA/S | Bandung | DESCRIPTION | Triggered by high intensity rain accompanied by strong winds…
Country: Indonesia | Source: ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance | Please refer to the attached file. | Jawa Timur, Indonesia | Event Date : Wed, 21 Feb 2024 | AHADID : AHA-TO-2024-000273-IDN | GLIDE Number : | Impact Update Date : Sat, 24 Feb 2024 19: 19: 48 | AFFECTED AREA/S | Pamekasan | DESCRIPTION | Triggered by high intensity rain accompanied by strong winds which resulted in several houses in the district to collapse and hit by fallen trees.
Amid Israel's ongoing military assault on Gaza, Brazilian president Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva declared on February 18 that Israel was carrying out "a genocide". This drew condemnation from Israel and its far-right allies in Brazil, but also support from the left, reports Federico Fuentes.
Country: Philippines | Source: Government of the Philippines | Please refer to the attached file. | I. Situation Overview | On 23 February 2024 at around 8: 30 AM, an armed conflict transpired in Brgy. Campagao, Bilar, Bohol between the troops of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and alleged members of the Communist Terrorists Group (CTG) that resulted in the displacement of families and persons in the area. | Source: DSWD Field Office (FO) VII | II. Status of Affected Areas and Population | A total of 250 families or 770 persons are affected in Brgy. Campagao, Bilar, Bohol (see Annex A).
Country: Philippines | Source: Government of the Philippines | Please refer to the attached file. | I. Situation Overview | On 04 July 2023, climate monitoring and analyses indicated that the unusual warming of sea surface temperatures along the equatorial Pacific that was established in March 2023 further developed into a weak El Niño, and showed signs of strengthening in the following months. On 03 August 2023, warmer than average sea surface temperature anomalies across most of the central and eastern equatorial Pacific signified that a weak El Niño was present. On 05 September 2023, an increased positiv…
Country: Philippines | Source: Government of the Philippines | Please refer to the attached file. | I. Situation Overview | On 29 January 2024, the Municipalities of Compostela, Monkayo, and New Bataan in Davao de Oro along with the Municipalities of Bunawan and Rosario in Agusan del Sur reported initial effects of the trough of a Low Pressure Area (LPA). | On 01 February 2024, incidents of flooding caused by sustained heavy rains from the Trough of the LPA were reported in the Province of North Cotabato in Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) and in the Province of Maguindanao del Sur in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Reg…
Country: Philippines | Source: Government of the Philippines | Please refer to the attached file. | I. Situation Overview | On 07 December 2023 at around 7PM, an encounter between the local armed groups transpired in Brgy. Malingao, Midsayap, North Cotabato, resulting to the displacement of families and individuals in the area. | Source: DSWD Field Office (FO) XII | II. Status of Affected Areas and Population | A total of 1,228 families or 6,140 persons were affected in Brgy. Malingao, Midsayap, North Cotabato (see Annex A).
Country: Philippines | Source: Government of the Philippines | Please refer to the attached file. | I. Situation Overview | On 11 September 2023, partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms were experienced in Mandaue City, Cebu and caused flash floods and landslides in the area. | Source: DSWD Field Office (FO) VII | II. Status of Affected Areas and Population | A total of 93 families or 314 persons were affected in two (2) barangays in Mandaue City, Cebu (see Annex A).
Country: occupied Palestinian territory | Source: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom | Please refer to the attached file. | Critically addressing the genocide in Gaza, WILPF's Disarmament programme, Laura Varella | Genocide in Gaza is undeniably occurring, there is l…
ALBAWABA Welcome to your daily horoscope for February 27, 2024. Today's celestial alignments offer insights and guidance that can help navigate the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. Whether you're an Aries seeking to harness your energy, a Cancer focused on self-care, or a Sagittarius ready for adventure, the stars have a message for you.Daily Horoscope, February 27, 2024: Aries Today, February 27, 2024: | Today, Aries, you might feel a surge of energy and enthusiasm. It's a great time to tackle tasks that require physical effort or leadership skills. However, be mindful not to overexten…
ALBAWABA – American News outlet, The New York Times is under fire among pro-Palestine activists amid publishing an article about the devastating Aaron Bushnell incident that took place in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC The man in question set himself on fire after allegedly "Not being complacent with the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza".With many users on X (formerly Twitter) taking to the platform to voice their concern and devastation with the matter, several of them are slamming The New York Times for how they handled the Aaron Bushnell situation: The New York Times slammed amid Aaron Bus…
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In 2021, after a year-long protest, India's farmers brought about the repeal of three farm laws that were intended to 'liberalize' the agriculture sector. Now, in 2024, farmers are again protesting. The underlying issues and the facilitation of the neoliberal corporatization of farming that sparked the previous protest remain and have not been resolved.
Hezbollah shot down an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a surface-to-air missile on Monday as Zionist circles consider the incident as dangerous development. In a statement, Hezbollah's Military Media announced it had downed a medium-size Israeli Hermes 450 over the Iqlim Al-Tuffah area, near Nabatieh in south Lebanon. "In support of our steadfast Palestinian …
A member of the United States military set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, in an apparent protest against the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Aaron Bushnell, 25, was taken to the hospital with critical injuries, according to the US capital's fire department. Emergency responders arrived at the scene just before 1pm …
Hezbollah officials have issued strong warnings, asserting that all strategic sites within the Israeli-occupied territories are within the range of the resistance's missiles and drones. This comes amid escalating tensions, with Hezbollah reaffirming its readiness for combat and vowing to respond fiercely to any Israeli aggression. MP Mohamed Raad, head of the Loyalty to the Resistance …
As Iran's parliamentary elections approach, campaigns for candidates have commenced, promising a competitive electoral process. With campaigns running until February 29, a record number of around 15,200 candidates have been approved to compete for the 290 seats in Parliament. Scheduled for March 1, these elections will also determine new members of the Assembly of Experts, …
Hezbollah downed on Monday an Israeli drone Hermes 450, the third largest unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), over south Lebanon's Iqlim Al-Tuffah area. The resistance group's Military Media Center issued a video that illustrates info on the Israeli target. Known in Hebrew and by the Israeli occupation as the 'Zik', the Hermes 450 is a medium-sized multi-payload UAV …
The Zionist war jets targeted on Monday Addous plain in Bouday and Hawsh Tal Safiya town in the vicinity of Baalbek City in southern Lebanon. The Israeli airstrikes left three injuries in the residential area they targeted. Meanwhile, a Zionist drone attack targeted a car in Al-Majadel town, Tyre District, South Lebanon. The Israeli war …
The powerful new documentary Palestine Under Siege was screened across the country at sessions organised by Green Left, Socialist Alliance and Dare to Struggle Film Festival.
Arab states are formulating a plan for The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (Kan) said the US was holding talks with Arab states, which it did not name, regarding the day after the war, in parallel with Washington informed Israe…
Pressure had been growing on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's 
Nationwide disruption to social media platform X passed the one-week mark in The platform, formerly known as Twitter, was downed last Saturday after a 
Aaron Bushnell, an active duty member of the US Air Force, set himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC on Sunday, February 25 to protest Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza and his country's support to the war. | Bushnell live streamed his "extreme act of protest" on Twitch and stated, "I am an active duty member of the US Air Force and I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it is not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decide…
Tens of thousands joined protests condemning Australia's support for Israel's genocidal assault, which includes supplying arms and military intelligence.
By Muslim Mirror Staff The recent decision by the Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) to close down the Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) serves as a stark illustration of the BJP government's alleged efforts to hinder the educational pursuits of marginalized Muslim students. This move also highlights the apparent contradiction within the BJP's rhetoric of …
ALBAWABA – American actor Pedro Pascal took home with him the SAG Award for his best performance by a male actor in HBO's The Last of Us series starring one of the best teammates of 2023 Bella Ramsey and himself! The Last of Us series is based on the award-winning game by Naughty Dog which goes by the same name and because of its popularity among gamers, received a sequel and countless remakes across Playstation consoles.According to 
David Glantz and Jonathan House did mankind a service when they delved into Soviet Army archives and produced a must read about World War Two — 
Online retailer Amazon said Friday it had paid $1.9 million to more than 700 contracted workers in In October, Amnesty International accused Amazon of a range of abuses against workers in the oil-rich Gulf kingdom, prompting the US-based multinational to launch an investigation. | "We found instances where contracted workers were requi…
"The Democrats are blackmailing us. It's like if you don't vote for Biden, Trump will come. So what has Biden done for us? I coined a new name for Biden: Joe Geriatric Genocide Biden. The guy is not even good enough to be a genocide guy. He…
Mahmoud Fattouh was rushed to the ICU but did not survive. Healthcare officials in Gaza said that signs of weakness and paleness were apparent in newborns because their mothers were malnourished and unable to produce enough milk to feed them, warning that the absence of proper aid would lead to more deaths in Gaz…
Overnight Alongside strikes on Deir el-Balah, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israel carried out The strikes come after…
Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have struck a landmark investment partnership to develop the Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly heralded the project as "one of the biggest deals of its kind." | Addressing the…
The Syria's foreign ministry submitted the "urgent" memorandum to its Lebanese counterpart earlier this week. The memo is expected to be directed to Lebanon's Ministry of Defence and then to the Lebanese army. An appropriate response will then be sent back to Syria, sources say. | A Syrian military and security delegation is reportedly scheduled to…
A This is the second prison sentence against Marzouki, who resides in 
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Anti-Muslim hate incidents in the UK more than tripled following the outbreak of the Tell MAMA That was the largest recorded number of cases in a four-month period, said a statement from the organisation, which was set up to monitor and rep…
"We will win," he said at a ceremony at Kyiv's Gostomel airport, which was targeted by 
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By Latheef Farook A ten year old boy who lost his hand to Israeli bombing cried asking his mother" I do not have a hand now and how would I play ? What could the the starving mother who lost her husband and the three children to Israel bombing could say.?Wiping her tears she could …
‚ô´ Alessandro Marcello — Adagio Big Picture Conflict: Pepe Escobar & Global Times Observations, by Karl Sanchez Did the USA Lose the Cold War? by Bill Astore Rethinking Ukraine: Putin and the Mystery of National Identity, by Craig Murray MoA: Trump Wants NATO To Be The Same Racket That It Has Always Been Musk: "I Hope Public Is Waking Up"- Border Invasion Sparks Migrant Crime Crisis In Major Cities, by Tyler Durden Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, moral leader of all civilized humanity The World Must Force Peace on Israel, by Gideon Levy This is What Will Happen to Israel in Case of All-Out War…
By Daphne Barroetad Buffalo, New York This talk was given at a Workers World Party branch discussion in Buffalo, New York, on Feb. 13. The "border crisis" is a human ethics crisis in the greater class war. Over the past two weeks, a grouping of Christo-fascists who call themselves the . . . | 
A full report is coming but for now a keynote speaker from when the marchers took to the streets from…
Philadelphia When the billionaires who own the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team made their announcement on July 21, 2022, that they intend to build a new arena — 76 Place — on the edge of the city's Chinatown community, they didn't expect the opposition pushback to last this long. Now, 18 . . . | 
Major armed factions remained visible on the streets of Interior Minister…
Palestinians were displaced from Around 4,000 Palestinians were displaced last year from policies impleme…
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said his country would "defend itself" if Ethiopia goes ahead with a deal to set up a Landlocked Ethiopia agreed a memorandum of understanding on January 1 to lease 20 km (12 miles) of coastline in Somaliland – a territory that Somalia says it owns, even though the northern region has enjoyed effective autonomy since 1991. | Ethiopia said it wants to set up a naval base there…
A Tunisian imam expelled from France for alleged hate speech said on Friday he would take legal action in a bid to overturn the decision. | Mahjoub Mahjoubi, from the town of Bagnols-sur-Ceze in the south of France, denounced his removal as "arbitrary". | The 52-year-old was arrested and then deported to Tunisia on Thursday, where he arrived shortly before midnight aboard a flight from Paris. | Mahjoubi had been in France since the 1980s and is married with five children. | All of his children are French citizens, but he is not and had his residency permit cancelled on Sunday by French Interior Minister Gerald…
By Alan MacLeod — Feb 21, 2024 | There are few people on Earth richer or more influential than Bill Gates. For many years, the former Microsoft CEO was the planet's most wealthy individual and used his power to corner and monopolize as much of the tech industry as he could. From there, Gates has moved to become perhaps the most powerful man in global health, agriculture and education. | And yet, for all of his power and prestige, Gates is rarely scrutinized in our media. The Seattle native has been careful to cultivate an image of a well-meaning nerd who uses his wealth for good. Our guest today on the "Mint…
"It is true that there are many people who prefer to flee and search for a safe place outside the Gaza Strip, but this is not the case for the majority of people…It is not easy to start life again away from a homeland that you love."
Israeli forces attacked a building in Deir el-Balah where more than 120 people were sheltering, killing at least 24. Medical staff at nearby Al Aqsa Hospital expect many more casualties and are struggling to deal with the influx of wounded civilians.
Wednesday was a day of shame for the House of Commons. Few powers around the world are more important in supporting Israel's genocidal attack on the Palestinians of Gaza than Britain.
Universities must be places where criticisms of official discourses, dominant worldviews can be voiced without fear of reprisal.
At a rally against the House Un-American Activities Committee, insurgent playwright Lorrainne Hansberry called on artists to shake off the fear and incoherency of the world to defend the peoples' rights.
All of this—the language of genocide, the genocide itself and the threats of committing a greater genocide—is rooted, not in a rational political theory, but in Zionism.
U.S. policy in Ukraine is in tatters and the Biden Administration is flailing about like a drowning man. I have several videos that should be viewed if you're in the mood to binge that tell the story in an entertaining fashion. And it is not just me talking. You'll hear from John Mearsheimer, Andrei Martyanov and Ray McGovern. I also want to introduce you to a Mr. Orfalea. More about his later. | First up, Andrei Martyanov and I were interviewed Wednesday by Dmitri Simes Jr. on his channel, New Rules. We focused on the military situation in Ukraine and, if I do say so my self, did a damn fine job!! | A g…
A British-born woman who went to The British government took away Begum, now 24, argu…
Egypt is expanding a Videos emerged this week that allegedly show another stretch of fencing close to the Gaza border being constructed, amid fears that a planned Israeli assault on Rafah City could force hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into Egypt. | There have been reports that Cairo is clearing a 16 sq km border area to make room for the expec…
Five years after pro-democracy protests began in The The protests continued after his o…
The refinery was shut in 2014 when It has a refining capacity of 150,000 barrels per day aft…
A Mohamed Reda Taoujini was arrested last week in the southwestern city of Agadir after Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi filed two complaints against him, said the lawyer, Redouane Arabi. | Taoujini, who has more than 490,000 subscribers on YouTube, was accused of defaming Ouahbi in two posts on the platform. | In the videos, he questio…
Palestine will present a draft resolution to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) calling for an The Palestinian Ambassador to the UN 
Two paramedics were killed in an The paramedics worked for the Islamic Health Association, a Hezbollah also announced the death of one of its fighters from Blida on Thursday, but it did not specify whethe…
Despite the What it did rule, however, is that South Africa's accusation of 
By Ahmed Abdulkareem — Feb 16, 2024 | In the courtyard of Yemen's famous Al Shaeb Mosque, guards of honor stood at attention accompanied by the melody of military music as the funeral ceremony of Yemeni marines killed in the latest round of U.S. and UK strikes commenced. The mourners, many of whom traveled from the countryside to attend, walked alongside a long convoy carrying the bodies of 17 victims as it made its way through the streets of Sana'a. Mourners held aloft photos of the deceased or thrust their rifles into the air while chanting slogans condemning the United States. Several banners peppered the…
Mustafa al-Kurd left an indelible mark on Palestine's genre of "committed singing," contributing to the music of the First Intifada through his "Give Me the Plow and Sickle," among other classics.
It recognises special markings using sensors and is controlled by a central control system…
Sexual abuse and beatings: A Palestinian mother's ordeal in Israeli custody | A woman abducted by Israeli forces from a school in Gaza recalls her harrowing experience in detention | | A Palestinian woman stands at the site of Israeli strikes on houses in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, 14 Dec…
Rome, February 24 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of people participated in demonstrations called by the Italian Network for Peace and Disarmament, which spread today throughout the country, in favor of the end of the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
The Zionist massacres against the civilians in Gaza have continued to occur for the 141st consecutive day amid an international silence and complicity. During the past 24 hours, the health ministry in the Strip reported 104 martyrs and 160 injuries, raising the total aggression toll to more than 29500 martyrs and around 70,000 injuries. Israeli air …
The ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip has continued for the 141st day, with the resistance showing no signs of backing down. Muhammad (2 months old) died today in Kamal Idwan Hospital due to malnutrition. Israel continues to cut off water and food, including infant formula milk, from two …
Hezbollah military media released a video which shows the Islamic Resistance operation targeting the command headquarters of the Eastern Brigade 769, affiliated with the Israeli enemy army, at Kiryat Shmona barracks. The Islamic Resistance announced that, in support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in solidarity with their courageous and honorable …
The Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry, based in the occupied West Bank, has categorically rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's reported plan for…
In a bold move, the United States and the United Kingdom have launched fresh airstrikes on positions in Yemen's western province of Hudaydah. The strikes were declared as a response to ongoing attacks by Yemeni Armed Forces on Israeli-affiliated commercial vessels in the Red Sea. According to Yemen's official Saba news agency, multiple airstrikes hit …
Luxury electric vehicle maker Lotus Technology marked a milestone on Friday, Feb. 23, listing on the tech-heavy Nasdaq exchange in New York. | Trading through a special-purpose acquisition company called L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp, Lotus Tech made its debut in U.S. markets. The new company valued at more than $5 billion says it will work to achieve dominance in the EV sector.
The United Nations Secretary General says it's "high time for peace" in Ukraine. | Speaking at the UN on Friday, Antonio Guterres joined several foreign ministers for the two-year anniversary of the start of the Ukraine-Russia conflict. | At least 10,500 civilians have died in Ukraine during the course of the fighting, and many more have been injured.
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The Latin American and Caribbean Day of Peoples' Integration inaugurated its activities with an exciting cultural event in the city of Foz do Iguaàßu, Brazil. This event brings together various organizations, movements, and political parties with the aim of addressing current and future challenges at the continental level. | The first day brought together some 4,000 activists from twenty-six countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. | In a packed hall, after the opening session, the first conference began, with speakers addressing the crisis of capitalism and the threats to peace and the sovereignty of…
The U.S. has announced new sanctions against Russia in response to the death of imprisoned opposition activist Alexei Navalny and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. This is the largest package of U.S. sanctions since the conflict in Ukraine began two years ago.
Bryant Arroyo has been held in Administrative Custody (AC) in the Restricted Housing Unit at State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Coal Township in Pennsylvania since Jan. 29. His only "crime" was insisting on the rights supposedly guaranteed by the First and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Under Pennsylvania Department . . . | 
University campuses have become a major battlefield for the Palestine solidarity movement in the U.S. Students and faculty who support Palestinian liberation have been subjected to doxxing, university discipline, arrest, firings and more. School administrators, even if they are not anti-Zionist, have been removed simply for not being strong enough . . . | 
War on Gaza: Scotland's Humza Yousaf calls on UK government to end arms sales to Israel | Israel's western allies are facing increasing pressure to stop export licences as situation deteriorates in Gaza ahead of planned Israeli ground offensive on Rafah | | Humza Yousaf's call com…
In Haiti, the UN says rape is being used as a weapon of war, with gangs engaging in collective sexual assaults to consolidate power and control. Officials say rape with impunity is increasing at an alarming rate. CGTN's Nitza Soledad Perez brings us the story of Rose, a Haitian survivor of such violence.
US Representative Matt Gaetz speaks at the CPAC conference on Friday in suburban Washington. © Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images US Representative Matt Gaetz has called for withdrawing from the UN and cutting off funding to the global body to free up money to support Israel's war effort against Hamas. Speaking at a Conservative Political …
Based on a talk by Sara Flounders to a webinar held on Feb. 18, 2024, Peace Delegates Report Back from China, organized by Friends of Socialist China and the International Manifesto Group. To see the webinar, go to 
In the race for the White House, the Republican Party is set to hold another primary on Saturday in South Carolina. The question is not so much whether Donald Trump will win, but will Nikki Haley stay in the contest. | Joining the discussion: | Bill Crane is a political analyst a…
Over the past few years, CBS's Norah O'Donnell has perfected a particular genre of Pentagon PR, doing numerous glossy ride-along reports and softball sit-down interviews with military brass and promoting the Pentagon's overall message that it simultaneously keeps the world free from Bad Guys and desperately needs more and more money to keep up with a rotating cast of villains. | If CBS was paid to make PR packages for the Pentagon, they wouldn't look any different than this. | Let's begin by breaking down her most recent Pentagon infomercial—a 60 Minutes lead segment from last Sunday detailing how the US…
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(L) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: via President Biden Twitter Page) Western moral cowardice feeds this war as much as the arms flown or shipped into Israel by the US in a continuous cycle. Everything that needs to be said has been said. Some of the worst crimes since 1945 are being committed …
There is a lot going on in the world that is generating fear in the West because they have lost control of the narrative and the battlefield. Ukraine's retreat from Avdeevka has exposed the lie that the Russian military is a spent force comprised of coerced, untrained, poorly supplied conscripts. This has left NATO scrambling to try to find a way to keep Ukraine in the fight, but Ukraine's Army is being ground into dust and its morale is flagging. | But that is not where the real danger lies. Israel is signaling that it will invade southern Lebanon and fight Hezbollah. This is insane. Israel reminds me of t…
Iran commander requested Iraqi armed groups pause attacks on US targets | The request signals Tehran's desire to avoid a broader conflict in the region | | Members of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi keep guard during the funeral of Abu Baqr al-Saadi, a prominent leader in the Kataeb Hezbollah who was ki…
A Lebanese judge has charged four Nissan employees with the theft of documents and devices from the A lawyer for the company told AFP the legal action was "unlawful" and that the company would seek to have the charges thrown out. | The Beirut judge has decided to prosecute "four senior Nissan officials" of Japanese, Spanish, French…
Police detained dozens of Russians paying tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Saturday, as his spokeswoman accused authorities of stalling the release of his body to relatives. | The 47-year-old Kremlin critic His death, which the West has blamed on the Kremlin, deprives Russia's opposition of its figurehead just a month before elections poised…
Talks between Israel and Hamas to agree to a "I believe that we can see a deal happening very soon," Qatar's Prime Minister "Yet the pattern in the last few days is not really very promising. We…
Egyptian engineering teams have begun new construction in the city of Both the Egyptian side and Gazan sides are called Rafah [City], split by the Rafah crossing through which aid and people flow into Gaza, but is currently closed.
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh met with deposed Fatah movement leader Mohammed Dahlan, a senior member of But Mohammad Nazzal told Alaraby TV on Friday that he would not reveal details of the meeting, as he called for general Palestinian elections once the He said Hamas was not in favour of a political rupture, adding that the group will not close its doors to direct talks with a…
"The movement intends to suspend negotiations until aid is brought into northern Gaza," a senior source in the Palestinian group told AFP. | "Negotiations cannot be held while hunger is ravaging the Palestinian people," he said, asking not to be identified as he is not authourised to speak on the issue. | Talks have been held in the Egyptian capit…
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Japanese pro-Palestine organisers have campaigned in The activist group Hiroshima-Palestine Vigil Community was 
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Israel is waging a concerted campaign aimed at destroying Philippe Lazzarini said calls for his resignation were part of the Israeli government's push. | "Right now we are dealing with an expanded, concerted campaign by Israel aimed at destroying UNRWA," he told the Swiss newspaper group Tamedia. | "It is a long-term pol…
Israeli forces carried out arrests in Gaza's largest functioning hospital, health officials and the military said on Saturday, as airstrikes hit across the enclave and rain battered Israeli forces raided the "Occupation forces detained a large number of medical staff members inside Nasser Medical Comple…
Hundreds of Jordanian protesters The protest took place near the Na'ima Bridge on the highway to the city of Irbid, northern Jordan this week, with further direct action continuing into Friday. | This route is used by trucks heading to the Sheikh Hussein Bridge, which connects the country to Israel. | The…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday apologised for remarks she made at a Jewish philanthropy event in New York City that went viral on social media and which suggested "If Canada someday ever attacked Buffalo, I'm sorry, my friends, there would be no Canada the next day," Hochul said in a portion of her speech on Thursday at an event for the United Jewish…
French President Emmanuel Macron says recognising a France and the EU have long supported a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, but as part of a negotiated settlement. With talks long stalled and Israel's war on Gaza deepening, some European countries are voicing support for recognizing a Palestinian state sooner. | "Recognising a Palestinian state is not a taboo for Fra…
A senior bureaucrat said on Saturday he helped rig Liaqat Ali Chattha, commissioner of the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where the There have been widespread allegations of rigging after authorities switched off the count…
The army said late on Friday it had succeeded in connecting its two main bases in the city, prompting celebrations among soldiers and local residents. | The 
World number one Swiatek is the first player to win three straight titles at the same WTA event since "You don't even know hard it was n…
Senior Western diplomatic sources expect a vote next week at the UN Security Council on 
David Satterfield, the US State Department envoy for the Middle East, said on Friday that In an 
The Biden administration is preparing to send bombs and other weapons to Israel that would add to its military arsenal even as the U.S. pushes for a The proposed arms delivery includes MK-82 bombs and KMU-572 Joint Direct Attack Munitions that add precision guidance to bombs, and FMU-139 bomb fuses, WSJ reported, adding that the value of is estimated to be "tens of millions of dollars." | The proposed delivery i…
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ALBAWABA – Lebanese actress Nadine Nassib Njeim was heavily rebuked after posting a photo of herself enjoying a McDonald's meal right before her flight.Pro-Palestinian activists lashed out at the beauty pageant titleholder and accused her of supporting Israeli occupation amid the ongoing bloody war in Gaza, during which over 28,000 people have been killed since Oct. 7.Activists have been boycotting loads of brands and fast food chains that have been sending free meals to the Israeli military or announcing support for Israeli occupation such as McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, and Nestle. Lebanese actress Nadine…
ALBAWABA – Famous people from all over the world are still showing their support for Gaza. Actors like John Cusack and musicians like Yusuf Islam are speaking out against the attacks happening there.John Cusack posted on his social media, asking for the violence to stop and for peace for everyone involved. But his post got taken down, which he didn't like.Yusuf Islam talked about the Super Bowl in the US, saying it's hard to enjoy it knowing what's happening in Gaza.American rapper Saul Williams spoke out on his social media, urging for a ceasefire and accusing Israel of committing mass killings. He believes Isra…
ALBAWABA Daily horoscope: Horoscopes have long captured the imagination of people around the world, offering insights into the celestial influences shaping our lives. On February 19, 2024, each zodiac sign is believed to be under the influence of specific planetary alignments, offering unique opportunities and challenges. Let's delve into what the stars have in store for you on this day.Horoscope Today, February 19, 2024: Aries Today(March 21 – April 19): | Today, Aries individuals may feel a surge of energy and confidence in their pursuits. It's an excellent time to take the lead and initiate new…
ALBAWABA – Amid the ongoing presidential elections in the US, former president and current runner-up Donald Trump took the internet by storm after announcing a line-up of luxurious sneakers that could cost a hefty price of $399! According to 
Ireland announced 20 million euros ($21.46 million) in support for the UNRWA, which provides healthcare, education and other services, has been pitched into crisis since Israel alleged that 12 of its 13,000 staff in Gaza were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Isr…
Israel on Thursday toned down its criticism of the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin had said on Tuesday that Israel's military response to the Hamas militant group was disproportionate and caused "carnage". | A day later, Israel's embassy to the Holy See lashed out at Parolin's "deplorable statement" an…
Saudi Arabia is centre stage for this week's MENA sports wrap, with an inside look into life for foreign Saudi Pro League footballers and the announcement of a new major snooker tournament in Riyadh. | The Kingdom to host 'quadruple' crown event. | Saudi Arabia will host the world's "fourth masters" this year after signing a ten-year deal with the World Snooker Tour (WTA), as the kingdom looks to build on a foray into the sport with another The Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters will be t…
GS silence and ongoing ban on Unite banners at Gaza demos infuriates officials and members as Unite Scotland passes ceasefire motion Unite members and officials are infuriated by union general secretary Sharon Graham's continued silence over Gaza, with even previously ardent supporters demanding to know why she is completely absent from the fight for peace …
"Without the press, Fidel Castro would be no more than an outlaw… isolated and ineffective," said Herbert Matthews, who, as a profound connoisseur of Cuban and Latin American affairs, suspected that behind the iron censorship ordered by Batista in Cuba, there was a well-kept secret that was waiting to be told.
This week, an anti-boycott act passed by a voice vote in US Congress is raising concerns among followers of the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, as well as free speech advocates over the potential for restrictions on political expression. | 
Country: Zimbabwe | Source: UN Children's Fund | Please refer to the attached file. | Highlights | Zimbabwe detected seventeen (17) circulating vaccine derived polio virus type 2 (cVDPV2) from environmental samples in Harare since October 2023. The samples were from four polio environmental surveillance sites in Harare. | Polio outbreak was declared a public health emergency (PHE) by the Minister of Health and Child Care in October 2023. | An index human cVDPV2 was reported in a 10-year-old female AFP case in January 2024. | Two newly confirmed AFP cases (samples from contacts) have been reported this week…
Sixty-seven (67) countries have banned paraquat, a toxic chemical used to control weeds that was discovered in the 1950s subsequently widely used throughout the world in agriculture. Despite a deadly toxic reputation, it's still used throughout America. Moreover, it's a cheap effective product used as a common pesticide by third-world countries that do not proactively 
An Open Letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr High Commissioner, On 20-21 February, a High Court in London will decide Julian Assange's fate: freedom or death. Two judges will decide whether the Wikileaks founder will still be able to lodge an ultimate appeal, or will end his days in an 
Imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to find out next week whether he has exhausted opportunities to avoid extradition to the United States, where he faces life in prison for publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. A two-day hearing before the British High Court of Justice is scheduled to take place in London on Tuesday and Wednesday. He has been held in London's infamous Belmarsh Prison since 2019 awaiting his possible extradition. Jennifer Robinson, an Australian human rights attorney and legal adviser to Assange and WikiLeaks, discusses public and g…
The SanctionsKill Campaign is asking people to sign this petition to President Joe Biden's administration and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The SanctionsKill Campaign accuses the Biden administration of being an accomplice to crimes against humanity by aiding genocide in Gaza. This is in violation of the International Court of . . . | 
The following statements were posted on Resistance News Network in response to the U.S. attacks on the Iraqi resistance Feb. 7, 2024. Popular Front Central Media Department The U.S. is the main sponsor of organized terrorism in the world. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine condemned with the . . . | 
Palestinian organizations working together in the resistance issued the following statement Feb. 15, 2024, calling for global actions Feb. 16-18 in response to the Zionist aggression and the genocidal war against the Palestinian people. It was posted by the Resistance News Network. O our steadfast Palestinian people, O masses of . . . | 
Breakthrough anthropological and scientific findings have allowed researchers to better trace the outlines, and begin to fill in the blanks, of the human evolutionary story in recent decades. We're now able to trace the long threads of the social and cultural processes that produced today's world. Humanity has the potential to be stronger and more 
The struggle to free Palestine stands at a turning point. Hamas' attacks on October 7th shattered the status quo, triggering both Israel's genocidal war on Gaza and an outpouring of international solidarity with the Palestinian people and their struggle for liberation. Spectre's Ashley Smith spoke with Tareq Baconi, author of Hamas Contained, about October 7th, Israel's genocide, and the state of 
Legal challenges regarding the Israel-Gaza War are starting to bulk lawyers' briefs and courtroom proceedings. South Africa got matters underway with its December application before the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide in its campaign against the Palestinians. While determining whether genocide has taken place, the ICJ issued an interim order warning Israel to prevent genocidal acts, 
Following a Dutch appeals court ruling to halt the export and transit of all F-35 parts to Israel within seven days, the Netherlands' government is taking the matter to the country's Supreme Court, reports Binoy Kampmark.
I spent a decade, like many parents, chauffeuring pre-teen and teenage girls around to a Taylor Swift soundtrack. I learned every Swift song as it was released and sang along to the chorus in the car. I even went to one of her first stadium concerts with my young Swifties. Congrats, Taylor, for your talent 
Priest, intellectual, revolutionary and guerrilla fighter, Camilo Torres Restrepo is, along with Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, one of the most important figures in Colombian history. His commitment to popular and revolutionary causes has made him a symbol of social movements in Latin America and the world. | He was born in Bogota on February 3, 1929, into a privileged family of Bogotá belonging to the Colombian elites. After a brief semester in which he tried to study law at the national university, he withdrew to become a Catholic priest, thanks to the influence of some Dominican priests he met through his girlfriend's…
Apologists for Israel's brutality against Palestinians in Gaza are continuing to use the past persecution of Jews to neutralise criticism of Israel.
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The modes of communication that a society uses can tell us a lot about its political structure. A research study we published in 2022 revealed distinct modes of communication and administrative recordkeeping in autocratic and collective social governance among a sample of urban societies from pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica, where writing was initially developed for political purposes. Each 
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This week in 1898, the United States screamed for what became one of the most consequential imperial wars in world history—based on a lie. On February 15, the Battleship Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor. According to the US Navy, 267 sailors were killed. Led by the new-born mass circulation "yellow press," and by 
The massacre on that street in Tel al-Hawa took place three days after Israel had been put on notice by the International Court of Justice that it needed to stop committing acts of genocide, stop killing civilians, stop killing children and health care workers, a ruling that Israel has not just ignored but openly defied. Instead, Israel blames the victims of its atrocities. Tel al-Hawa was a closed military zone, the IDF says. Any Palestinians moving on the streets were legitimate targets, the IDF says. The rules of engagement were those of the US troops at My Lai: shoot anything that moves. Even young girls and…
As the world, and especially Muslims, correctly has been focused on the Zionist genocide in Gaza, we seem to have forgotten President Biden's criminality in another part of the world. Indeed, just as Israel's savagery has been wholeheartedly supported by the Biden Administration, the regime change operation in March-April of 2022 in Pakistan was also 
An investigation by Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, The New Arab's Arabic-language sister edition, documents how 
Displaced Syrians living in the Described as a "massive outdoor prison", the Al-Hol camp sits in northeast Syria, close to the border of Iraq. Some 40,000 people have been detained in the camp since 2018 following displacement during fighting between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Islamic State (IS…
Hamdi Ghalib, 32, has been a fisherman for over a decade in Yemen's Al-Hodeidah province, which overlooks the Red Sea. His boat and nets are the equipment that enables him to make money to cover his six-member family's living expenses. | Hamdi tells The New Arab that fishing is dangerous today and may cost him his life. The danger has nothing to do with the rough sea or the strong wind. Instead, he fears being killed, injured, or kidnapped as the "It has bee…
A heated debate over a restoration project of Egypt's Pharaonic Menkaure Pyramid was finally resolved on Thursday after an official committee An official review committee — led by renowned Egyptologist and former minister of antiquities 
Yemen's In an official statement via the Saba news agency linked to the group, the Houthi spokesperson Dhaifallah Al-Shami reported the attacks by US and UK forces as strikes continued on other areas in "The total number of American and British airstrikes, both aerial and reconn…
The Iraqi Integrity Commission has launched an investigation into corruption allegations linked to the UN's work in Iraq, following accusations of bribery published earlier this month by British newspaper The announcement was made on the Commission's official Facebook The Guardian report alleged UN empl…
Israel's army chief has said that Israelis from "all parts of society" should be called up for Herzi Halevi, the army chief of staff, said that the…
Israel's military called the raid on Nasser 
A previously classified Israeli Developed by the Israeli Ministry of Defense, the system comprises drones designed for intelligence gathering, espionage, and even assassination missions. Its centrepiece, the 
The civilian death toll from two The Lebanese militant group 
Palestinian leader and high profile prisoner Israel's far-right National S…
The Under the deal, Starlink will support internet access at an Emirati-run field hospital in Gaza's far-southern city 
Residents of the southern Hezbollah and Israel have been engaged in cross-border clashes si…
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The US House of Representatives passed The Assad Anti-Normalisation Act was adopted with 389 votes in favour and 32 against, which means it will now move to the Senate for another vote. If adopted, it will need to be signed by President Joe Biden before becoming law. | "As a humanitarian organization that has worked on this bill since the inception of its idea, we are proud to see legislation that holds the Assa…
An Israeli construction firm and an Israeli settlement local government body are facing potential US sanctions after it signed a contract with one of four In early February, US President Joe Biden signed an executive order 
Two rising female Palestinian voices, Bisan Owda and Plestia Alaqad, have emerged from Gaza, wielding storytelling to illuminate realities often unseen and unheard in the course of Israel's genocidal war on their homeland, in which Israel has While their journeys began separately, remarkable similarities bind their paths, painting a portrait of resilience, courage, and unwavering commitment to telling the story of the atrocities Gaza, drowned out by Western media pro-Israel bias. | Both Owda an…
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For more than four months, President Biden has been the main enabler for Israel's mass murder of Palestinian people in Gaza. Every day, hundreds of civilians are killed by U.S. weaponry and, increasingly, by hunger and disease. The cruelty and magnitude of the slaughter are repugnant to anyone who isn't somehow numb to the human agony. 
On February 15, Pro-Palestine activists staged a day-long picket outside of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's office in midtown Manhattan. Schumer is one of the chief supporters of Israel in the US government, which itself is the single largest funder of the Zionist state. Schumer has been spearheading the effort in the Senate to pass massive military aid to Israel, and was recently behind a successful effort to pass a 
I am looking at an online series of photos of President Joe Biden, who some these days refer to as "Genocide Joe." The sobriquet seems out of place next to the images. In one, Joe squints with his bushy old eyebrows knotted in an expression that might easily be taken as the astonishment of an 
Although Congress is failing to pass laws to restrict the number of migrants arriving in the U.S., a majority of Americans — about 6 in 10 — believe there's an immigration crisis along the Mexico-U.S. border. Politicians who want fewer people to move here often cast those arriving without prior authorization as a burden on 
On February 8, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was in Washington on an official visit, aimed at working jointly with the United States to make "sure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself". If such a statement was made soon after the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation of October 7, one may cognize its logic, based 
Pharmaceutical companies are angry with Bernie Sanders. The Vermont senator has vowed to force pharma CEOs to publicly answer for why their drug prices are so much higher in the United States than in other nations. Brazenly, the CEOs of Johnson & Johnson and Merck initially refused. An attorney for Johnson & Johnson accused the senator of 
My fellow Americans, You may remember exactly one year ago, on Feb. 20, 2023, six years and one month after concluding my second term as Vice-President, and seven years, eight months, and ten days after the death of my son Beau, I visited Kiev in wartime. There, I affirmed America's support for Ukraine's fight against 
Changing the leadership, structure, or functioning of any U.S. labor organization is no easy task. Activists and experts have long argued about whether dysfunctional unions are best reformed from the top-down, bottom up, or some mix of the two approaches. For the past 65 years, the main locus of union democracy and reform struggles in the 
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people are dead and 100 others are admitted at different health facilities following alleged poisoning at a funeral in Bukasami village, in Buyengo town council, Jinja district. The deceased include; Faisal Magumba aged 20 years, Suleiman Byanguwa aged four years and six year old Shamim Nangobi. A health …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) has denied claims by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Wazalendo fighters that its soldiers are fighting alongside the March 23 Movement (M23). The Spokesperson of the Wazalendo Jules Mulumba on Tuesday released a statement on X formerly Twitter accusing UPDF soldiers of …
LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | American company Intuitive Machines' first lunar lander was launched into space early Thursday morning, with an aim of achieving the first Moon landing of a U.S. spacecraft in five decades. The mission, codenamed IM-1, is Intuitive Machines' first robotic flight to the Moon's surface. The lander, carrying NASA scientific and …
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Green Left's Federico Fuentes interviewed Viktoriia Pihul , a council member of Ukrainian democratic socialist organisation Social Movement, regarding the situation in Ukraine two years after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
Organized by the Philadelphia Palestine Coalition, over 5,000 people came out on Feb. 13, to express their outrage and disgust at the U.S./Israeli attacks on Rafah, and the threats of a full-scale invasion by Israeli Occupation Forces into southern Gaza. Demonstrators gathered at City Hall for a spirited march to . . . | 
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ALBAWABA Today's horoscope, February 17, 2024, offers insights into the cosmic energies influencing each zodiac sign, guiding individuals through their day with clarity and foresight.Horoscope Today Saturday, February 17, 2024Aries (March 21 – April 19): | Your dynamic energy is on full display today, Aries. Channel this vitality into your projects and pursuits, but be mindful not to overlook important details. Stay focused to make the most of the opportunities that come your way.Taurus (April 20 – May 20): | Financial matters may require your attention today, Taurus. Take a practical approach to budgeting and lo…
‚ô´ The Chieftains — The Dusty Miller Speed. . . and. . . Action! by James Howard Kunstler Israeli Siege Has Placed Gazans at Risk of Starvation ‚àí Prewar Policies Made Them Vulnerable, by Yves Smith Day 133, Mondoweiss: Israel cuts electricity to critical Nasser Hospital patients, forces staff to evacuate Arab regimes collude with Israel's genocide and ethnic cleansing of Gaza, by Jean Shaoul Former Mossad official: Children in Gaza over the age of 4 deserve to be starved, by Jonathan Ofir ICJ Responds to South Africa's Request regarding Rafah — What It Means The…
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Havana, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) "The Last Farmer" is the title of the work by Italian writer Maria Chiara Ferri presented at the San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress, where the Havana International Book Fair continues today.
Kinshasa, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) The denunciation of Rwanda's involvement in the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was today at the center of the publications on the mini-summit held the day before in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Avdeevka Falls | Could not resist the Lord of the Rings reference because the Russian war correspondent, Marat Khairullin, makes a passing reference in his report below. The big news, breaking tonight, is that General "Butcher" Syrsky ordered Ukrainian forces to withdraw from Avdeevka — at least those not surrounded or too badly wounded to retreat. Those Ukrainian soldiers trying to flee are running a gauntlet of rockets, missiles, mortars and artillery. The casualties are catastrophic. | Here is a heart wrenching video of a Ukrainian wife talking to her husband who is trapped in Avdeevka. He is wounded…
Dear Malik, I am sitting here in bed with you in my arms. It is 11: 59 PM, and you are fast asleep. Did you know you sleep talk? Yes at 21 months, you sleep talk. Sometimes you just chuckle and then roll to the other side, and other times you manage to touch my face and say "mama" while your eyes are closed.I am looking up at the ceiling fan and it's lying perfectly still. Our vases are on the shelves- we're not afraid of them falling. The windows are closed when w …
Citing Israeli "terror" allegations, the BBC plans to broadcast an attack on prominent British Palestinians in a television program presented by pro-Israel reporter John Ware.The Electronic Intifada has learned that the episode of Panorama is likely to be based partly on "confidential evidence" which has almost certainly been provided by Israeli spies.The BBC and Panorama declined to comment when asked a series of detailed questio …
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Addis Ababa, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, held a dialogue with the President of Barsil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on bilateral and multilateral issues that, according to the African leader, reflect the depth of relations between the two sides.
Medicins Sans Frontiers reports "an unknown number of dead and wounded" following Israel's attack on Nasser Hospital. UNRWA says 84% of Gaza health facilities have been impacted by Israeli attacks, and 70% of civilian infrastructure has been damaged.
Pop star Taylor Swift has donated one hundred thousand dollars to a 'Go Fund Me' account for the family of the woman killed in the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration parade. | Lisa Lopez-Galvan was a 43-year-old radio DJ, and Swift's boyfriend Travis Kelce plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. | At a vigil held Thursday night, community members turned out to pay tribute to Lopez-Galvan and the 22 victims injured in the shooting.
Another U.S. mass shooting occurred this week after a parade to celebrate the American football champions, the Kansas City Chiefs, fresh off their Sunday Super Bowl win. | One 43-year-old woman was killed in the shooting. A total of 22 other people were wounded, half of them children under the age of 16. Two juveniles have been charged in connection with the shooting. | CGTN's Dan Williams is in Kansas City.
Skyrocketing grocery prices in America highlight how precarious our supply chains are, giving corporations ample opportunity to take advantage of consumers in the midst of minor supply shocks and major global crises. Unless we aggressively confront climate change, corporate consolidation, and profiteering, food prices will remain high and continue to climb.
Chinese New Year celebrations continue throughout the month of February in many theme parks across the United States. Among the most popular celebrations is the Mulan New Year's parade in Disneyland Adventure Park in Southern California. | CGTN's Ediz Tiyansan visited the festivities in Anaheim.
Begin by Asking Questions about One's Own Life Circumstances.
Moscow, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuba praises holding the Forum Against Neocolonialism at a time when some states are trying to maintain their hegemony, Emilio Lozada, head of the Cuban delegation, said in this capital on Friday.
Berlin, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) Acosta Danza, under the general direction of first dancer Carlos Acosta, will present the show "Eclectic Cuban" on February 17 and 18 at the Bonn Theater in Germany, the company announced today.
Next week, the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting will take place at Marina da Gloria in Rio de Janeiro. This is the first major meeting of the G20 under Brazil's presidency. | The year-long agenda will focus on President Lula da Silva's key priorities: hunger, sustainable development, and global governance. Lucas Padilha, President of Rio's G20 committee, emphasizes the crucial role of Brazil, particularly Rio, in 2024. | CGTN's Lucrecia Franco spoke to Padilha about the city's readiness for both the upcoming ministerial meeting and the November G20 heads of state summit, also scheduled to be held in Rio de Janeir…
For the past three years, Cubans have endured an economic crisis that includes a lack of electricity and fuel shortages. It's been particularly tough in the last few of months with frequent power outages that have had an economic impact on much of the population. | CGTN's Luis Chirino reports on the energy shortage in the Caribbean nation.
Faculty for Justice in Palestine, which already has 80 affiliate groups across college campuses, was formed to support students who are being targeted for their Palestine activism.
So it turns out the dementia symptoms Biden's supporters have long dismissed as a "stutter" are actually exactly what they look like.The special counsel assigned to investigate Joe Biden for mishandling classified documents reports that investigators "uncovered evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen," but concludes that "no …
Hezbollah fighter, on border guard duty, sitting astride a motorbike blocking the pathway of an Israeli Merkava tank that had broken through the electric fence into Lebanese territories, the photo was taken by Al-Manar correspondent Ali Sheaib, Jalet al-Mahafer, 2022 (Illustrated by: Mahdi Rtail, Al Mayadeen English) More than 100 days have passed since the Al-Aqsa Flood came crashing down on the colonial outpost of US imperialism in West Asia; the tide has been …
One under-appreciated moment from Tucker Carlson's recent interview with Vladimir Putin came after Putin implied that NATO powers were behind the 2022 bombing of the Nord Stream pipeline. Carlson responded by asking why Putin wouldn't present evidence of this to the world, so as to "win a propaganda victory.""In the war of propaganda it is very difficult to defeat the United States because the United States controls all the world's media and many European media," Putin re …
On January 26, 2024, the judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) released their 29-page order that found "plausible" (paragraph 54) evidence that Israel was conducting a genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza. The court intervened in that war due to South Africa's application that Israel had violated its obligations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948). South Africa came to the ICJ two months …
A reformed PLO that includes Hamas and other Palestinian factions will revive for many Palestinians the idea that the PLO still supports the right to resist. While this outcome remains a long shot, it is the only way forward with a positive future.
Ottawa appears largely unconcerned by Ecuador's social and institutional decay.
We look at the case of Hind Rajab, the 6-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza whose case reverberated around the world when audio of her pleading for emergency workers to save her was published online. Her body was found two weeks later alongside those of her aunt, uncle and three cousins. The bodies of two Palestine Red Crescent paramedics, also missing since they had been dispatched to rescue her, were located in their ambulance just yards away. All had been killed by Israeli fire. "She was killed alone and scared, and our rescue teams were only meters away from her," said Palestine Red Crescent Societ…
In the first 46 days of 2024, there have been 49 mass shootings in the United States — over one per day. In total, almost 5,000 people have died from gun violence this year, including Elizabeth "Lisa" Lopez-Galvan, a radio host and mother of two who was shot and killed Wednesday at a rally held after the Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City, Missouri. Twenty-two others were wounded, many of them children, when the shooting broke out near the end of the rally. Missouri has some of the weakest gun control laws in the country, with no universal background checks, no assault weapon restrictions,…
The shooting in Kansas City on Wednesday came on the sixth anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, school massacre that left 17 dead and injured 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. To mark the anniversary, gun control advocates have launched a project called "The Shotline," which calls lawmakers with AI-generated audio messages that feature the voices of gun violence victims, pushing them to pass stricter gun control laws and prevent future tragedies. One of the victims featured is Parkland student Joaquin Oliver, who was just 17 years old when he was killed. We speak to Joaquin's f…
Countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe (France), Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique (France), Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico (The United States of America), Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), World | Source: Pan American Health Organization | Please refer to the attached file. | Teniendo en cuenta el comportamiento del dengue registrado en las primeras semanas del 2024, con aumento exponencial de casos notificado…
Countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe (France), Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique (France), Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico (The United States of America), Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), World | Source: Pan American Health Organization | Please refer to the attached file. | Considering the number of dengue cases reported in the first weeks of 2024, with an exponential increase in several countries of the Reg…
Countries: Israel, occupied Palestinian territory | Source: UN Children's Fund | Please refer to the attached file. | Reporting Period: 25 January to 7 February 2024 | Highlights | ‚Ä¢ The risk of famine in Gaza is increasing by the day, particularly for an estimated 300,000 people in northern Gaza who have been predominantly cut off from assistance and where food security assessments show the greatest needs, according to WFP. The UN warns that humanitarian aid reaching Gaza city is "not enough to prevent a famine." | ‚Ä¢ At least 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip are unaccom…
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Panama, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), World, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe | Source: Famine Early Warning System Network | Please refer to the attached file. | Abnormally dry conditions worsen in much of Southern Africa; floods contin…
Country: Ecuador | Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Please refer to the attached Map.
Countries: Israel, occupied Palestinian territory | Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs | Please refer to the attached Infographic. | Day 132 | OVERVIEW | This snapshot provides an overview of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza as of 16 February 2024, highlighting the severity of humanitarian conditions facing 2.3 million people. This includes reported figures on casualties among civilians and aid workers, internal displacement, property damage, access to basic services and livelihoods, and humanitarian access into and within Gaza.
Countries: Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Peru | Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs | Please refer to the attached file. | PERàö: DENGUE, | El Ministerio de Salud de Perú (MINSA) reporta más de 13.000 casos de dengue en lo que va de 2024, lo que representa un incremento del 53,4% respecto a 2023, con 3.192 casos sólo en la quinta semana de 2024. Este aumento coincide con las prolongadas olas de calor provocadas por El Niño. En la región norteña de Piura, la que registra el mayor número de casos de dengue, el MINSA ha informado de más de 100 días inusualmente cal…
Countries: Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan | Source: UN Children's Fund | Please refer to the attached file. | HIGHLIGHTS | In 2023, despite ongoing clashes between armed forces and nonstate armed groups compounded by frequent natural disasters, there have been signs of some improvement in the general humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR); | The 2024 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) estimates 2.8 million people, or 46 percent of the CAR population, will be in need of humanitarian assistance and protection; | UNICEF-supported health facilities have provided medical care to 38,12…
Country: Niger | Source: REACH Initiative | Please refer to the attached file. | MESSAGES CLÉS | ‚Ä¢ À Abala, la majorité de la population générale déclarait que les relations entre les différentes communautés de déplacement étaient bonnes. | ‚Ä¢ Abala a considérablement augmenté son nombre d'infrastructures hydriques, passant de 18 en mars 2021 à 88 en janvier 2023. | ‚Ä¢ Les PDI souhaitaient que les acteurs humanitaires développent le petit commerce, activités moins dangereuse que cultiver les champs. | APERCU DE LA MÉTHODOLOGIE | Quatre outils de collecte o…
Most ultimate frisbee players don't have to consider how an Israeli checkpoint might disrupt their plans for a game—but this is the reality of life in Palestine. The story of the small but vibrant subculture of Palestinian ultimate frisbee enthusiasts offers a glimpse into life under Israeli occupation that is too often unseen by the …
Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the untimely death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the US-Israeli assault on multilateral institutions seeking to prevent famine in Gaza, the renewal of US starvation sanctions on Syria, and the looming catastrophe in Rafah.
By Provas Ghosh Provas Ghosh, general secretary of the Socialist Unity Center of India (Communist), sent this message to the Lenin Centennial, held in New York City on Jan. 21. Dear Comrades, On the occasion of the centennial of the death of the great Lenin, remembering his teachings is of . . . | 
After several days of reported negotiations, Hamas says it will not accept anything less than complete ceasefire, blames Israel for stalling a ceasefire agreement.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), over the past three decades the oldest, thickest ice (13-20 feet thick) has declined by a stunning 95 percent and 70 percent of Arctic sea ice is now thin "seasonal ice" that quickly melts in the Arctic summer.
Book Forum Editor, Roberto Sirvent, interviews Austin Cole about his community organizing work and political writing.
February 15 marks the anniversary of the assassination of Colombian revolutionary Camilo Torres by men led by General Alvaro Valencia Tovar.
The idea that Zionism is settler colonialism is not new. Palestinian scholars in the 1960s working in Beirut in the PLO Research Centre had already understood that what they were facing in Palestine was not a classical colonial project.
The spokesman of Yemen's Armed Forces General Yahya Sarea announced on Saturday that the Yemeni navy targeted a British oil ship in the Red Sea in support of the oppressed Palestinian people facing the Zionist aggression and siege. The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a targeting operation against a British oil …
The Israeli occupation forces continued Saturday committing the genocide in Gaza for the 134th consecutive day, launching dozens of air raids. In this context, 10 martyrs were claimed an air raid on a residence in Sheikh Rudwan, Gaza. The Zionist artillery targeted east of Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza and a house off Al-Amal Hospital …
Hezbollah Military Media released a video that highlights the response of Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah to the Zionist threats. | Sayyed Nasrallah highlighted Hezbollah's significant missile capabilities, extending from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat. | (The video was subtitled by Al-Manar English Website).
Police forces have apprehended two fugitive terrorists in Iran's northern province of Golestan. Spokesman of the Iranian police Saeed Montazerolmahdi said on Saturday that the arrestees intended to sabotage and take terrorist acts in the country. The team comprising a man and a woman had been arrested by the police before committing any crimes, he …
Carlos Lopes Pereira, former member of the Secretariat of the liberation organization led by the late Amílcar Cabral and contributor to the newspaper Avante (organ of the Portuguese Communist Party), sent this message to the Lenin Centennial held in New York City on Jan. 21. This international anti-imperialist day marking . . . | 
Pakistan's stalemated election showed that its ruling class is unable to contain the cascading social crisis in the country, but a genuine alternative is lacking, argues John Clarke.
Cleveland — The Association of Flight Attendants called a "Worldwide Flight Attendants Day of Action" Feb. 13, mobilizing over 30 picket lines across the continental United States as well as Alaska, Hawai'i and Guam. In Cleveland, union pilots, autoworkers, hotel workers, transit workers and teachers joined the AFA actions. Call . . . | 
Palestinian Christians are viewed by the West as "bad Christians" because they refuse to act as a minority. To be considered a "good Muslim" or a "good Christian" in the Middle East, you must be aligned with Israel and the U.S.
In The Letter Writer, first-time writer-director Layla Kaylif offers a romantic glimpse of Dubai It's 1965 and between the sandy-coloured buildings that match its desert surroundings, the people live a far more modest life than today — but these aren't simpler times. | "Kaylif certainly serves up an amusing enough set-up for a romantic romp, but she's cooking with too many narrative ingredients and little cinematic finesse" | Dubai: Before the glitz and glamo…
The official KUNA news agency said a "royal decree was issued to dissolve the national assembly" elected last June following a proposal by the prime minister that was approved by cabinet. | The royal decree carried by KUNA accused parliament of co…
"The (Israelis) are building arms manufactures in Morocco, and they forced Morocco to pass a law regulating gunfire ownership for any citizen," claimed Nabila Mounib, a controversial figure of the left opposition in Morocco. | "You cannot imagine the danger of this. We should bring down the normalisation," added the MP in a recently surfaced video on social media. The video goes back to a speech Mounib…
An Israeli drill song 'Harbu Darbu' that allegedly calls for the deaths of famous Arab and Muslim women Israeli rap duo Ness Ve Stilla debuted the Hebrew-language song in November, becoming one of Israel's most streamed songs of 2023. | Since its re…
Russian opposition leader "Navalny felt bad after a walk, almost immediately losing consciousness. Medical staff arrived immediately and an ambulance team was called. Resuscitation measures were carried out which did not yield positive results. Paramedics confirmed the death…
Food is central to the movement for Palestinian liberation, because food is central to history, identity, and life.
The Peoria club stood in solidarity with the Peoria Coalition for Palestine on Tuesday to demand a pro-ceasefire resolution from the city council. | The plan to pack city hall was successful as the city council chambers, overflow room 1, and overflow room 2 were all at maximum capacity. One of the police officers stated it had been years since they had seen that many people present at a council meeting. | An overwhelming majority were there in favor of a ceasefire. However, there was a small minority representing the Jewish Federation of Peoria that was asking the council to not put the ceasefire resolution o…
According to news reports, 2023 was the worst year for journalism since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. Nearly 3,000 journalism jobs were slashed last year, with more to follow in 2024. Despite a number of large corporate outlets being owned by billionaires like Jeff Bezos (The Washington Post), John Henry (The Boston Globe), and …
CounterSpin240216.mp3 CEPR ( This week on CounterSpin: There's an announcement on the New York City subway where a voice chirps: "Attention, everyone! There are 150 accessible subway stations!" One can imagine an alternate world where we'd hear, "Only 150 of New York City's 472 subway stations are accessible, and that's a problem!" | But people with disabilities are meant to be grateful, excited even, for whatever access or accommodation is made available for them to participate in d…
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah warned today that the enemy will pay the price in blood for the civilian deaths in Nabatiyeh and Al-Suwanah, emphasizing that targeting civilians will not go unanswered, citing the resistance's missile strikes on Kiryat Shmona as a preliminary response. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made these statements in a televised speech …
Satellite images have revealed that Egypt is bulldozing a sizable expanse of land, concurrently with the construction of a barrier in the buffer zone between Egyptian territory and the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. The images provided by Maxar Technologies depict a significant deployment of bulldozers and construction machinery near the Egyptian-Gaza border. …
In support of the Palestinian people and resistance in Gaza and in light of the Israeli aggression on the various South Lebanon villages, the Islamic Resistance continued striking the Zionist occupation sites near Lebanese borders with occupied Palestine. The Hezbollah military media has issued consecutive statements delineating the attacks and their outcomes: The first statement …
Professor Ilan Pappé spoke at Islamic Human Rights Commission's (IHRC) annual Genocide Memorial Day in London, UK, on 21st January 2024, on the need to understand that the genocide of Palestinians we are currently witnessing, as brutal as it is, is also the demise of the so-called Jewish state. We need to be ready to imagine a new world beyond it. | The idea that Zionism is settler colonialism is not new. Palestinian scholars in the 1960s working in Beirut in the PLO Research Centre had already understood that what they were facing in Palestine was not a classical colonial project. They did not frame Israel as…
NEW YORK—For the first time in history an ex-president is about to go on trial for a crime. A New York State Supreme Court judge has ruled Donald Trump's criminal trial for hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, to keep her story of their affair out of that year's presidential campaign, …
Editor's Note: Ahead of a major appeal hearing before the British High Court of Justice on February 20 and 21, the " 
WASHINGTON—The nation's unions have launched a crash drive, trying to mobilize members quickly against a Republican plan for a secretive commission to cut Social Security and Medicare, before House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can rush it through. In a jammed D.C. press conference on February 15, AFGE President Everett Kelley, Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., and …
Announcing a new title for distro pertaining to tips and advice on getting ready for successful demonstrations. In a random act of late night spontaneity, the hardworking humans and felines of Blackbird Publishing and Distribution decided to print 3,000 full color, 20-page booklets of the recently posted, "How to Get Ready for a Demonstration: Tips… 
Editor's Note: Ahead of a major appeal hearing before the British High Court of Justice on February 20 and 21, the "Countdown To Day X" series will highlight key aspects of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's appeal against extradition to the United States. | The legal team for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange contends that District Court Judge Vanessa Baraitser erred by failing to recognize that it was an "abuse of process" for the United States government to seek Assange's extradition for political offenses. They hope the British High Court of Justice will reconsider this aspect of the ca…
Surcharges are additional fees that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) charges countries with relatively large and long-term loans. They significantly increase the debt payments that these countries must make to the Fund, siphoning away scarce foreign exchange and budget resources. Despite the fact that surcharges are not mentioned in the IMF's Articles of Agreement, the …
Surcharges are additional fees that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) charges countries with relatively large and long-term loans. They significantly increase the debt payments that these countries must make to the Fund, siphoning away scarce foreign exchange and budget resources. Despite the fact that surcharges are not mentioned in the IMF's Articles of Agreement, the …
ALBAWABA – Anti-royalists from the advocacy group Republic are continuing their fight for an end to Britain's monarchy, despite King Charles III's recent health struggles following a cancer diagnosis. The group believes that the end of Queen Elizabeth II's reign in 2022 has given momentum to their cause.Republic's chief executive, Graham Smith, emphasized that their focus is on the institution of the monarchy itself, rather than the people within it. Smith believes that the media coverage of royal events, such as births, deaths, and coronations, has shed light on the issues surrounding the monarchy, leading to le…
ALBAWABA – Meet Alessandra Mussolini, the daughter of the late Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and a former Japanese City Pop star in the 80s! Despite being a current member of the European Parliament, the current Italian politician released a Japanese City Pop album under the name of 'Amore' which was exclusive to the Japanese audience back then. Alfa Records released the album in 1982which was produced by Miki Curtis and had Mussolini sing in Japanese, English, and Italian.Our favorite song on the album has to go to ' 
ALBAWABA Welcome to your daily horoscope for Friday, February 16, 2024. Today's celestial movements bring a blend of energies that will influence each zodiac sign in unique ways. Whether you're seeking guidance on matters of love, career, health, or personal growth, the stars have insights to offer. Embrace the wisdom of the cosmos as you navigate the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. Let's explore what the universe has in store for you today. Aries Today(March 21 – April 19): | Today, Aries, you might feel a strong urge to take charge and lead others. Your asser…
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US President Joe Biden's top security advisor for Latin America, Juan González, has announced his resignation from his post—alleging personal issues as the reason—following his failure to fulfil the US's imperial regime change objectives against Venezuela. | The US official's resignation was confirmed by a National Security Council (NSC) spokesperson to Bloomberg News this Tuesday, February 13. | González's position included his participation in the negotiations that the US government has held with the Venezuelan authorities in recent years, leading to small and scattered de-escalations in their ille…
This month, Ecuador became the fourth Latin American country to ratify a free trade agreement with China. | Ecuador's National Assembly approved the deal, marking a significant milestone in the country's economy. | CGTN correspondent Nicolás Suárez reports on what this agreement means for Ecuador's trade relations.
For the past week, New York City has transformed itself into the fashion capital of the world, with the stylish set turning out to see models sashay down the runway. | Both storied and lesser-known designers have presented their 2024 Fall/Winter collections. | CGTN's Karina Mitchell reports on the trends and to find out just how important artificial intelligence and sustainability are to the collections.
The United Nations Security Council this week is meeting to discuss conflict, climate change and food insecurity. | Officials say all three are having an impact on global peace.
The National Retail Federation predicts that consumer spending for Valentine's Day in the U.S. will reach nearly $26 billion when all the data for this year is in. | Meantime, inflation remains high and retail sales for last month dipped in what could be seen as a danger sign for the economy.
Bill Nevins revews Paul Lynch's Booker Prize-winning novel, set in a near-future Ireland, where fascists have come to power.
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On December 29, 2023, the government of South Africa filed 
In today's column, we take a look at the forms of resistance taking shape against Quebec's Northvolt battery plant. We also look at responses to new anti-trans legislation in Alberta, and statistics around pre-trial detention in Ontario. Finally, we provide a roundup of Palestine solidarity actions and news over the last month. Resistance to Quebec's… 
Energy firms face legal threat over Israeli licences to drill for gas off Gaza | Rights groups say exploration licences handed to companies in first weeks of war encroach on Palestinian waters and may amount to the war crime of pillaging | | A worker stands in front of the gas platform in…
HAMTRAMCK, Mich.—In a historic move, the Hamtramck City Council has unanimously passed Resolution 2024-22, making Hamtramck the first city in the United States to adopt a "Move the Money" resolution. The resolution calls on Congress and the president to shift significant funds from the military budget towards funding essential social services programs. "Those billions of …
Social Security has been a financial rock for seniors ever since benefits first began flowing in 1940.
While often perceived as institutions of knowledge and progress, universities actively contribute to the myth that policing and prisons keep us safe.
In his thesis entitled Agency and Organisation, Rasmus Haukedal highlights the remarkable mutual relevance of recent theoretical trends in biology and the dialectical approach to (living) nature as developed by Hegel, Engels, and others (Haukedal 2022).
By Les Leopold / Substack All workers can become capitalists, all workers can become rich! That's the future of the economy according to the infamous Wall Street buyout firm, KKR, (formerly Kohlberg Kravis, Roberts & Co.) Today, KKR says that the iron laws of capitalism don't have to pit workers against bosses. They claim …
By Jason Kelley / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) The fact that you're reading this means that you probably care deeply about the issue of privacy, which warms our hearts. Unfortunately, even though you care about privacy, or perhaps because you care so much about it, you may feel that there's not much you (or anyone) …
In support of the Palestinian people and resistance in Gaza and in light of the Israeli aggression on the various South Lebanon villages, the Islamic Resistance continued striking the Zionist occupation sites near Lebanon border. Hezbollah military media issued consecutive statements to illustrate the attacks and their outcomes. The first statement mentioned that the Islamic …
The Yemeni navy carried out a new attack on a US vessel in support of the Palestinian people and resistance in Gaza against the Zionist aggression and as a retaliation to the American-British aggression on Yemen. The statement mentioned that naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces targeted the American ship "Star Iris" in the …
Martha Stewart is synonymous with excellence in cooking, decorating and entertaining. | She and fashion designer Andy Yu (@49andrewyu) team up to show us their preparations for a festive Chinese New Year dinner party. | We join them in Stewart's upstate New York home as they cook, eat and swap stories about Chinese culture.
all-nazi-scum | The last few years have been years of miscalculation for the West. Big things have been planned and put into action, and failed. All the wars, all the sanctions, all domestic and economic 'initiatives', and all responses to what the adversaries have done are failing or have already failed. In fact, the failure of any venture by the West has become almost guaranteed. This has a lot of people scratching their heads — they simply can't fathom how this can happen. | At the same time the real goals of the western political class have come under increased scrutiny. Everything they do seems to b…
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Country: Lebanon | Source: International Organization for Migration | Please refer to the attached file. | Since October 8 there has been an increase in cross-border incidents between Israel and Lebanon, resulting in the displacement of people both within the South and elsewhere within the country. Since October 10, the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) has been conducting the daily monitoring of population movements. The objective of the exercise is to inform preparedness and response planning.
Country: Ukraine | Source: International Organization for Migration | Please refer to the attached file. | OVERVIEW | The Registered IDP Area Baseline Assessment provides granular data on the number and geographic location of officially registered internally displaced people (IDPs). This report assesses registered IDP presence at the raion level, also mapping the recorded change since the previous round. Round 32 presents the data of the registered IDP population disaggregated by sex, age and state-recognised disability status. | The data collected for the Area Baseline Assessment Round 32 reflects the up-t…
INDIANAPOLIS—In the span of just seven weeks in August and September 2023, more people died at the hands of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) than in all of 2022. Following this wave killings, the IndyStar began tracking police shootings in the city. The Star reported that 17 officer-involved shootings occurred in 2023—nine of them …
In an interview on Israeli television, former Mossad official Rami Igra said all Palestinians in Gaza over the age of 4 are "involved" and deserve to face Israel's collective punishment policy of withholding food and humanitarian aid.
Children and families flew kites for the children of Gaza at Lermont-Wiradguri Park in Bathurst. Kerry Smith reports.
Russia's Defacto Truth Squad | Sorry. Couldn't resist the Barry Manilow reference, but this kind of campy celebration is called for when the Government of Ukraine deems me important enough to be put on THE LIST of Russian disinformation agents. I am sandwiched at the 7 o'clock position between distinguished professor Richard Sakwa and Doug MacGregor. How do you like them donuts. First, give Barry a listen. It is Valentine's Day afterall. | I am proud to say I know most of the people on that list and consider them friends. Fighting the mainstream tends to create bonds of friendship and camaraderie. I am shoc…
Israel bombarded Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, killing and injuring patients and those sheltering inside. Egyptian human rights group reports construction underway on detention zone ahead of a possible mass expulsion from Gaza into Sinai.
Are we tired yet of absurdly rich, mostly White men pronouncing what they have decided the world wants from the comfort of their ivory towers? We are one such elitist down now with the retirement of 80-year old multi-millionaire John Kerry as US climate envoy. As of January 2024, Kerry's net worth was $250 million, but that's after divesting himself from his shares in fossil fuel, nuclear power and nuclear weapons companies. 
Country: South Sudan | Sources: Logistics Cluster, World Food Programme | Please refer to the attached Map.
LONG ISLAND— Democrat Tom Suozzi's victory in a special election in New York's Nassau-Queens 3rd Congressional District on Long Island is one more defeat for MAGA Republicans who have been losing special and local elections ever since women and their supporters rose up against the Supreme Court when it took away the constitutionally protected right …
WASHINGTON—Stressing the conflict's profound impact on Palestinian and Israeli schoolkids, and others worldwide fearfully eyeing the war, the National Education Association's board reaffirmed the union's prior demand for a total cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. The February 10 statement by the nation's largest union thus reminds watchers that it's part of a growing cease-fire trend …
UK sees fivefold increase in antisemitic incidents after 7 October, monitoring group says | Community Security Trust says Hamas attack and subsequent conflict led to a 589 percent increase in anti-Jewish incidents | | Graffiti reading 'Free Palestine' is pictured on a railway bridge in Golders G…
War on Gaza: Israel withdraws residency of Palestinian man in Jerusalem | Israeli interior minister claims Majed al-Jubeh is part of Hamas, taking away his right to live in his city | | Majed al-Jubeh is the fourth Palestinian to have their Jerusalem residency rescinded since October (Screengrab…
The widespread ownership of crypto currencies in countries like Turkey and Argentina has created the grounds for a very reactionary economic understanding among broad social segments, especially among young people.
This article is part of the People's World 100th Anniversary Series On Feb. 15, 1950, McCarthyism took over the Congress of Industrial Organizations, as the federation's right-wing leadership caved to pressure from the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and initiated a wave of expulsion of left-led unions. The expelled unions were all charged with being controlled …
The smuggler routes aiding Sudanese to reach safety in Egypt | Egypt has severely restricted legal routes of entry from Sudan since the war began there, leaving refugees to pay smugglers with police connections to get them across the border | | Sudanese who fled the war in their coun…
War on Gaza: Egypt building buffer zone to receive Palestinian refugees, rights group says | Local contractors say the fortified area is designed to receive people fleeing an expected Israeli assault on Gaza's Rafah | | A photo from the Sinai for Human Rights organisation shows bulldozers…
More than two years after the Having received an Meeting the Chinese President automatically bestowed some partial officia…
Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera on Tuesday Reporter Ismail Abu Omar's life is at risk and cameraman Ahmad Matar was severely wounded when the pair were hit in Gaza's southern city of The network said the strike was a "fully fledged crime which adds to Israel's crime against journalists…
Indian Prime Minister A day earlier, tens of thousands of Indians filled a soccer stadium in the capital Abu Dhabi, cheering on Modi who is seeking a rare third term in India's upcoming general election. | Modi's visit to one of India's la…
Jewish American Hollywood actress Selma Blair has issued an apology after facing criticism for an The comment, made in response to a video linked to Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, was widely condemned as Islamophobic. | In a statement shared on Instagram, Blair acknowledged her mistake and expressed deep regret for her words. | "I mistakenly and inadvertently conflated Muslims with Radical Islamists and fundamentalists," she wrote. | "This was a terrible error in…
Thousands of people gathered in the Lebanese capital Wednesday to commemorate the Waving the pale-blue flags of Saad Hariri's political party the Future Movement, the crowd clapped and cheered as he paid his respects at his father's tomb in central Beirut. | "We want Saad Hariri to return to Lebanon, so that security and stability return," said Dina Hleihel, 55, a supporter who was present at the rally. | Har…
Democrats must realize that despite keeping our troops out of Gaza, the longer the Israeli-Hamas War continues, the more the public will see the Israeli-Hamas War as President Joe Biden's War. Even though the U.S. is only one of ten governments that support Israel in the war against Hamas, we are by far the most significant 
Countries: Australia, French Polynesia (France), Micronesia (Federated States of), New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands (The United States of America), Tokelau, United States of America, World | Source: Pacific Community | Please refer to the attached Map. | Éléments nouveaux/faits marquants intervenus depuis la diffusion de la carte précédente sur PacNet, le 06 février 2024: | Dengue | Polynésie franàßaise : Au cours de la semaine 5, quatre nouveaux cas ont été confirmés sur les 70 tests réalisés. Un cas supplémentaire a été détecté au cours de la semaine 6, ce qui porte le total à 13 cas locaux dep…
Armed resistance in the West Bank had been concentrated in larger cities, but since October 7 it is spreading. "Resistance in Azzun used to be non-armed," a resident of the small town tells Mondoweiss. "Then everything changed after October 7."
The U.S. Senate has approved a $95 billion foreign aid package that includes $14 billion in military funding to Israel, despite the finding by the International Court of Justice that it is plausible Israel has committed acts of genocide in Gaza. The Senate bill passed on a 70-29 vote, though its fate remains uncertain in the Republican-controlled House, where Speaker Mike Johnson is demanding the inclusion of new anti-immigrant and border enforcement measures before scheduling a vote. William Hartung, a national security and foreign policy expert at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, says the massiv…
Israeli troops stormed Nasser Hospital, the largest hospital in southern Gaza, on Thursday after days of besieging the complex, where thousands of displaced Palestinians have been taking shelter among hundreds of wounded. Israeli forces reportedly demolished the southern wall of the hospital before storming inside. Troops also targeted ambulances, tents of the displaced, and bulldozed mass graves inside the hospital. The assault came hours after Israeli forces bombed a wing of the hospital, killing one patient and wounding several others. Democracy Now! reached Dr. Khaled Alserr, one of the last remaining surgeon…
We speak with journalist Akram al-Satarri, reporting from Rafah, the southernmost part of Gaza bordering Egypt, where more than a million Palestinians are now packed together following forced relocations from elsewhere in the territory. Israel is threatening to launch a ground invasion of Rafah, which Israel had previously designated as a safe zone. Al-Satarri describes how hunger, thirst and other pressures are impacting the displaced population as the death toll continues to rise from Israel's assault. "Every single time I walk one step in Gaza, I always imagine myself being blown up," he says…
Poetry by Tamara Pearson.
Countries: Israel, occupied Palestinian territory | Source: UN Children's Fund | Please refer to the attached file. | Highlights | 2023 saw a stark increase in tension and violence across the State of Palestine (SoP). At least 22,185 Palestinians were reportedly killed in the Gaza Strip from 7 October to 31 December 2023, including more than 5,350 children. | 2023 was the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank, with a total of 506 Palestinians killed, and also the deadliest for children with more than three times as many killed as in 2022. | All children under five in the Gaza Strip — 335,00…
Country: Colombia | Source: ZOA | Please refer to the linked Interactive Content. | Descripción general del proyecto | ZOA ha desarrollado un 
Country: Colombia | Source: ZOA | Please refer to the linked Interactive Content. | Project Overview | ZOA has developed a robust 
If the name Port Sulphur evokes images of fire and brimstone, that's not entirely off base. Originally established as a company town by the Freeport Sulphur Company, it once was the largest city in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Its rise to prominence was directly tied to the rich sulfur deposits that formed over millions of years …
ALBAWABA — Apple's first product in the realm of Virtual Reality, $3499 Apple Vision Pro has just been released with plenty of online figures praising and criticizing the new headset, but an insightful overview of the device can also come from industry leaders and tech professionals, with different remarks from Google, Meta, and Tesla's CEOs, as well as Apple's own Tim Cook. Tim Cook recently appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine wearing the Vision Pro in an exclusive interview where he talked about earlier versions of the device being bulky and heavy, he praised Apple's engineers for bringing the h…
On a windy day last August, President Joe Biden signed a proclamation protecting the canyons, cliffs, and plateaus surrounding the Grand Canyon National Park, nearly a million acres abutting the Navajo Nation and Havasupai Indian Reservation. Biden said the new national monument was part of his commitment to Native peoples to protect their sacred lands. "Preserving the Grand Canyon …
Country: Zambia | Source: CGIAR | Please refer to the attached file. | Abstract/Description | Weather Risk Management Services Pvt Ltd (WRMS) is collaborating with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) as part of the CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) to develop financial solutions for post-extreme climatic events. The focus is on creating parametric insurance solutions to aid vulnerable populations in managing and mitigating loss and damage caused by natural disasters, with a primary emphasis on floods. | The project's scope involves a comprehensive approach to enhance community…
HAMTRAMCK, Michigan—En un movimiento histórico, el Ayuntamiento de Hamtramck aprobó por unanimidad la Resolución 2024-22, convirtiendo a Hamtramck en la primera ciudad de los Estados Unidos en adoptar una resolución de "Mover el dinero". La resolución pide al Congreso y al presidente que transfieran fondos importantes del presupuesto militar a la financiación de programas de …
Like all far-right populists, Milei came to power on a platform of brash, inflammatory rhetoric, culture war talking points, and vague anti-government policies.
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah is to deliver a speech on Friday on the martyrdom anniversary of Hezbollah Leaders. The Lebanese resistance leader will hold a televised address via Al-Manar at 15: 00 on Friday, in a ceremony addressing the occasion. The ceremony will be held simultaneously in Beirut's Dahiyeh (southern suburb), Nabi Sheet, Jibshit …
Israeli occupation forces stormed on Thursday Nasser Hospital in Gaza's Khan Younis in a raid the echoes the deadly one on Al-Shifa Complex late November. On the 132nd day of the brutal aggression on the besieged strip, Israeli occupation forces stormed the Nasser Medical Complex after demolishing its southern wall. The military targeted the ambulance …
By The Orwellian censorship regime is nearly beyond parody, as the feds were reportedly interested not just …
WATCH VIDEO: Drake Leaked Full Hd Video Elon Musk has bragged about X becoming the world's most popular app — despite the fact it appears to have done so as the result of two outrages over two much-criticised images depicting celebrities. In recent days, Mr Musk has posted a range of tweets pointing out …
Mexico City's world-famous Art Week ended on a high-note over the weekend, with attendance up from last year, and a grand prize of 100 thousand dollars awarded to the winner of one of the world's most prestigious art fairs. | Franc Contreras was there rubbing elbows with some of the biggest names in Latin America's art scene.
Colombia made important advancements this month in their efforts to attain what the country's president calls a 'Total Peace' agenda. One of the peace talks underway is with the leftist rebel group known as the ELN, which has maintained a war with the government since the 1960's. | Michelle Begue reports from Bogota, Colombia.
More now on the Chicago Auto Show, the largest auto show in North America. Thousands are expected to visit the show over the next week in order to get a closer look at the latest cars on the market. | Dan Williams reports from Chicago.
In Rio de Janeiro, they call it "the greatest show on earth", a parade featuring the top 12 samba schools. The city's main tourist attraction is more than a show, the parade also serves as a platform for Brazilians to showcase their culture and address human rights issues. | CGTN's Lucrecia Franco followed Salguerio, a traditional samba school, which chose to spotlight Brazil's indigenous peoples.
NATO allies reiterated their commitment to collective security on Monday after Donald Trump suggested he'd abandon members who are delinquent in paying their membership dues. Alliance members agreed to pay a minimum amount after being rocked by Trump questioning U.S. participation when he was president due to what he considered an unfair financial burden. But even some fellow Republicans think the presumptive nominee for the presidential election has gone too far. | Owen Fairclough reports from Washington D.C.
ALBAWABA The unearthing of an ancient bone, meticulously hollowed out and sealed with birch tar, has unveiled a fascinating insight into the practices of ancient Europeans. Dated back thousands of years, this bone, initially thought to be from a sheep or goat, harbored a cache of seeds from the black henbane plant, Hyoscyamus niger. This discovery marks the earliest concrete evidence of humans in Europe collecting and preserving this potent and perilous substance.
ALBAWABA Horoscope Today, each zodiac sign is touched by unique energies and influences. Today, on February 15, 2024, the stars offer a glimpse into what the day may hold for you.Horoscope Today, February 15, 2024: Aries Today(March 21 – April 19): | You might find yourself filled with an abundance of energy and enthusiasm today, Aries. Use this drive to tackle any challenges that come your way. Your boldness and determination can lead to exciting opportunities.Taurus Today(April 20 – May 20): | Take some time to focus on your personal relationships, Taurus. Express your appreciation for lo…
ALBAWABA – Ian Miles Cheong's name has been trending on social media, especially on X (formerly known as Twitter), but who is he and why he is taking over the platforms?Ian Miles Cheong is a Malaysian influencer who is known for his ultimate "admiration" of the United States, and the West despite that he never went there. "A Malaysian Obsessed With The West," a social media user described Ian Miles Cheong. Chelong is a right-wing blogger who was born and raised in Malaysia.Ian MIles Cheong – A Malaysian Obsessed With The West (‚ò¢Ô∏è THREAD) | Ian was born and raised in Malaysi…
Pakistan's February 8 general elections resulted in a split vote, with no party securing a clear national majority, writes Farooq Tariq, offering little hope for positive change, as the incoming government is poised to fast-track neoliberal policies, privatise state institutions and deepen class exploitation.
Paris prepares for Notre Dame Cathedral's grand reveal as iconic spire breaks free from scaffolding embrace…
Foreign tourists arriving in Bali will need to pay the fee electronically through the "Love Bali" online portal…
To win outright, a candidate needs over 50% of votes and 20% of ballot in half of country's provinces…
India-Middle East Economic Corridor agreement is in jeopardy amid Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza…
By When the covid tsunami hit the shores of New Zealand, thereby fostering a slew of drastic measures based on limitless fear …
The sperm whale is extreme. They have the largest brains and the largest noses on Earth. The sperm whale's nose is a huge and sophisticated sonar device that produces the most powerful sounds of any animal——and we're only just starting to understand their communication methods and the spectacular complexity of their modes of life. The 
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The Antipoverty Centre's Kristin O'Connell spoke to Green Left's Isaac Nellist about solutions to counter worsening poverty and homelessness.
Aunty Gail Hickey marched through Redfern with her family and supporters to demand justice for her son TJ Hickey, who was killed in a police pursuit 20 years ago. Isaac Nellist reports.
International leaders who lined up to pledge their support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the largest open-air prison break on October 7, 2023 had paved the way for the ensued Israeli war of genocide. Now, the suspension of funding to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) for the Palestinian refugees, complements 
A Dutch court has ordered the Netherlands' government to cease exporting F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel that are being used in the war in Gaza, reports Kerry Smith.
Kristin O'Connell, spokesperson for The Antipoverty Centre, spoke to Isaac Nellist about the need for government investment in public housing as one solution to counter worsening poverty.
In the wake of Israel's war on Gaza, Founded by ex-governmental employee Saeed Al Err, It has become a sanctuary and advocate for Gaza's animals throughout the war, as well as the most followed social media account of Gaza's animals. | Due to regular internet outages acros…
In the 13 years since the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has become a byword for the perils of Western military intervention. | The country's political dysfunction and on-and-off civil war have consumed most of the attention that the international community dedicates to Libya, even as the environmental issues that stem from these problems grow worse and go all but unaddressed. | Libya's hundreds of kilometres of coastline — the launchpad for boats carrying African migrants to Europe and Libyan oil to the rest of the world —offers a prime example. | "Amid the countless immediate political challe…
Past and future UN climate talk hosts the The UAE hosted last year's 
A high-level Israeli delegation and another from the The two warring sides are expected to discuss amendments to 
Borrell recalled that US President 
A leading human rights organisation has found on Monday that In its preliminary investigation into the atrocity, 
Khan posted on X after airstrikes in the The prosecutor said the co…
Palestinian organisations supporting Since 7 October, Israel has arrested more than 7,000 Palestinians, many of whom have been released and given testimonies of unprecedente…
Israel's army has said "significant command measures will be taken" against soldiers who filmed naked and blindfolded Palestinian detainees and uploaded the footage online, following a BBC report. | A BBC Verify investigation on 9 February identified hundreds of online videos showing Palestinian detainees being humiliated, including eight that were shared by Israeli soldiers and showed stripped and blindfolded people. The detainees were filmed against their will by current or former soldiers, who uploaded the footage online without hiding their identity. | The images, which circulated widely, constitute a like…
The Israeli army brought groups of Israeli civilians into prisons to Palestinian detainees released from two Israeli detention centres told the human rights group that they were stripped naked, beaten with metal batons and electric sticks, and The visitors came to watch the tort…
Amnesty's report details how 95 civilians, including 42 children, were killed across four separate strikes — three in December and one in January — in 
"CBS violated FCC rules by not making proper disclosures to the viewers across all platforms," wrote Abed A. Ayoub, National Executive Director of the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), on his X (formerly Twitter) account. | "This not only undermines the integrity of broadcasting standards but also misleads the public by not providing necessary context about the ad's origins…FCC must hold CBS and the NFL accountable. The American public has a right to know and be informed about the influence of foreign governments in our media, and this includes Israel," he added. | The ADC has set up a call…
A Moroccan court has sentenced journalist Hanane Bakour to "suspended jail" over a social media post critical of the ruling party the journalist shared two years ago. | On Monday, 12 February, the Court of First Instance in Sale, next to Rabat, sentenced Bakour to one month of suspended imprisonment and fined her 500 dirhams (about US$50), with compensation of one dirham in favour of the current ruling party, the National Rally of Independents (RNI). | According to the Moroccan penal code, "suspension of execution" means that the convicted will not serve a prison sentence unless they commit a crime punishable…
Hundreds of activists from South Africa and Namibia staged protests outside German institutions in Cape Town and Johannesburg to protest The ICJ on January 26 issued provisional orders compelling Israel to halt attacks on Palestinian civilians and rul…
Spain has continued exporting ammunition to Israel since the start of its offensive on Gaza despite A report by the Spanish peace organization 
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It will never go away, because what IF… your ship is struck, how are you going to keep the time which is critical for a ship and her weapon systems, and, most importantly, navigation once all those fancy GPS/GLONASS systems are knocked out… My dear buddy who haven been drinking all kind of alcoholic shit onboard of USS Yorktown and USS Bannon and then on Russian naval ships (he still cannot recall in what order, neither can US counterparts) in 1990 (he is a bubble-head), he demonstrated how to navigate ship (that is to fix position) using the most primitive means such as stop-watch, ship's watch, thread…
The Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) is thrilled to announce the upcoming 7th General Assembly (GA) scheduled to take place this 4-7 March 2024 at Acacia Hotel in Bacolod, Negros Occidental. This year marks a significant milestone as PMPI commemorates its 20th year since its inception. The assembly promises to be an extraordinary event, celebrating PMPI's impact on Philippine society over the past two decades. | This year's theme, "PMPI@Twenty — Transformative Work on Environment and Nature's Rights Through the Years" is set against the backdrop of climate emergency, deteriorating human rights s…
Could any corporate execs walking our world today be any greedier than the execs who run Big Pharma? Hard to say. But out-grasping Big Pharma, suggests a new report out of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, would certainly require some serious greed. Consider, for instance, the pay record of the 
øEl Sueño Español? Why we might need to learn to be more culturally European if we want to achieve American social democracy The trope of the American who goes abroad and falls in love with Europe, sometimes with tragic consequences, has a long history, from the lives of Henry James and T.S. Eliot, both of 
The line it is drawn, the curse it is cast The slowest now will later be fast As the present now will later be past The order is rapidly fadin' And the first one now will later be last 'Cause the times, they are a-changin'. — Bob Dylan On Tuesday, January 30, the Gallatin County Commission 
Globally, the Palestine movement's demand for an arms embargo on Israel has had some success. We need to keep up the pressure here, argues Sue Bolton.
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (COSASE) has ordered a forensic audit into the 500 million Shillings gorilla trekking permit scam at the Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA. Medard Lubega Ssegonna, the COSASE Chairperson issued the directive on Tuesday while probing UWA officials led …
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort Portal city council authorities are demanding the immediate transfer of the Resident City Commissioner, Hellen Kamwine, and her two deputies following a heated standoff between the mayor, Edson Asaba Ruyonga, and the Fort Portal City North Division Deputy Resident City Commissioner, Andrew Ntange, on Friday. The city …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Citizens will be spared from paying Shs50,000 to renew their National Identity Cards (IDs) save for those interested in express service, Members of Parliament (MPs) have been assured. The assurance was made by the Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen. David Muhoozi in a statement to the House on …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jubilee Life Insurance Company Uganda anticipates a significant expansion in the insurance market in Uganda, relying on its agents to effectively promote and sell its policies. Last Friday (Feb. 9) at the Sheraton Hotel, Kumar Sumit Gaurav, the Chief Executive Officer of the insurer, led a rewarding event honoring …
WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA | Xinhua | Namibia's economy is recovering in various sectors, including agriculture, mining, fisheries, tourism, oil and gas, and green energy, Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba said on Tuesday. Mbumba made the remarks on the occasion of the official opening of the Cabinet in the national capital of Windhoek amid a pivotal moment for …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | PostBank Uganda has partnered with Airtel Money to foster financial inclusion by eliminating charges on all transfers made from…
The People's Science Movement in India has few parallels in the world in concept, scale, and scope.
The excavations took place in Jerash…
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ALBAWABA – An amazing discovery was made in a recent archaeological analysis in the UK, where an egg dating back all the way to the Roman era which still contains an intact yolk and liquid white within its shell was discovered. This Roman egg, found in Berryfields and estimated to be approximately 1700 years old, measures about 4cm in width, making it a unique artifact from ancient times. Ancient Roman egg with intact yolk found in UK: Its remarkable state of preservation can be attributed to its location in a flooded pit, which likely provided the ideal conditions for its survival over centuries.The findi…
ALBAWABA As the stars align on February 14, 2024, the cosmos presents a celestial canvas filled with possibilities and revelations for each zodiac sign. On this day of love and affection, the planetary positions offer unique insights into the energies that may influence our lives. Whether seeking guidance in matters of the heart, career, or personal growth, the horoscope for February 14, 2024, serves as a cosmic roadmap, guiding us through the twists and turns of the day ahead. Horoscope for February 14, 2024 : Aries Today Wednesday(March 21 – April 19): | Today, Aries, you might find yourself feel…
ALBAWABA – An investigation was launched after the body of an Egyptian woman was found in the Rhine River, in Switzerland.The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement two days after the body of an Egyptian citizen was found in the Rhine River on Facebook in which it confirmed that the government is working closely with Swiss authorities. The Egyptian Ministry further noted that it is closely following the case of Egyptian woman Maryam, whose body was found in the famous river that passes through many EU countries, including Germany, France, Netherlands, Austria, and Liechtenstein.The statement re…
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Times were supposedly better in 2022. That is, if you were a lawmaker in the Australian state of Victoria, a busy Israeli arms manufacturer, or cash counting corporate middleman keen to make a stash along the way between the two. That view is premised on the notion that what happened on October 7, 2023 in 
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | Another fake, stupid story is making headlines in the mass media today about how bad and wrong President Biden secretly believes Israel's actions in Gaza are. NBC News "Biden has grown steadily more frustrated with the rising Palestinian civilian death to…
Like many others from around the world, and particularly Southern Africa, we have mourned the passing of John S. Saul in September 2023 in Toronto, the city where he grew up, taught and wrote his numerous books and essays. His contributions to the liberation of Southern Africa from his years there, his writings, and his role in forming the Toronto Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa, a key fulcrum of anti-apartheid activism in Canada. For many of us, John was a teacher, comrade, and spirited partisan of jazz, theatre and the Toronto sports teams. He was also an important force behind the Canadian p…
Countries: Chad, Sudan | Sources: Croix-Rouge du Tchad, UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Please refer to the attached file. | From 11 to 18 December 2023, as part of the protection monitoring activities, 24 households were interviewed at the AdreÃÅ entry points. The number of interviews conducted this week brings the total number of households interviewed to 6,554 as of 18 December 2023, all of them in 16 localities in the provinces of OuaddaiÃà, Wadi- Fira and Sila. The main trends observed confirm those of previous weeks: | 93% of the households interviewed said they did not…
Country: Chad | Sources: Croix-Rouge du Tchad, UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Please refer to the attached file. | MeÃÅthodologie | Le Projet 21 est un dispositif de monitoring de protection inter-agence principalement constitueÃÅ de questionnaire (i) meÃÅnages et (ii) informateurs cleÃÅs. Elle consiste en la collecte continue des perceptions des communauteÃÅs sur l'eÃÅvolution des risques et de leur environnement de protection auxquelles elles sont confronteÃÅes. Les questionnaires ont eÃÅteÃ…
Country: Chad | Sources: Croix-Rouge du Tchad, UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Please refer to the attached file. | MeÃÅthodologie | Le Projet 21 est un dispositif de monitoring de protection inter-agence principalement constitueÃÅ de questionnaire (i) meÃÅnages et (ii) informateurs cleÃÅs. Elle consiste en la collecte continue des perceptions des communauteÃÅs sur l'eÃÅvolution des risques et de leur environnement de protection auxquelles elles sont confronteÃÅes. Les questionnaires ont eÃÅteÃ…
Countries: Chad, Sudan | Sources: Croix-Rouge du Tchad, UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Please refer to the attached file. | Du 11 au 18 deÃÅcembre 2023, dans le cadre des activiteÃÅs du monitoring de protection, 24 meÃÅnages ont eÃÅteÃÅ intervieweÃÅs au niveau des points d'entreÃÅes de AdreÃÅ. Le nombre d'entretiens meneÃÅs cette semaine porte le cumul total des meÃÅnages intervieweÃÅs aÃÄ 6 554 au 18 deÃÅcembre 2023 et tous ces me&Atild…
The Earth just experienced its warmest January in recorded history. That, on top of the fact that 2023 was the warmest year since measurements began in 1850. It was also the first time that temperatures averaged 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F) above the average before the onset of industrialization. In the words of climatologist Richard …
An appeals court ordered the Dutch government to cease exports of F-35 components to Israel, saying "there is a clear risk that the F-35 parts to be exported will be used in committing serious violations of international humanitarian law."
Nate Silver had a piece in the New York Times Monday arguing that people had good reason to be upset about the economy under Biden, and that it was not just perceptions that were out of touch with economic reality. Silver tells us: "But it's a mistake to assume that consumers have just been reacting …
Over the past 20 years, people living with HIV in the United States have seen a drastic improvement in their overall quality of life. But the medical achievements that have made those lives better and created longer life expectancies have not benefited all communities. In fact, some communities still have higher rates of new cases 
The activist will forever be remembered for her dedication and support of Vietnam-U.S. relations.
Raouf Halaby: "To say that I was awed is an understatement."
Too many U.S. workers still suffer and die from exposure to well-known toxic substances, a Texas investigative reporter's new book says.
Over the past several months, officials in Washington have acknowledged that one of the fundamental issues at stake in Israel's military campaign in Gaza is its effect on the people of Gaza. Even as the United States has continued helping Israel wage its military campaign, the highest-level officials in Washington have indicated that Israel's operations 
The emancipation of labor is one of the foremost questions in all exploitative societies and societies in transition.
Trump has also asked one of his campaign's senior advisors, Chris LaCivita, to assume role of COO at RNC…
Four others injured are in "stable" condition, according to Oaxaca state civil defence office…
British Retail Consortium (BRC) reported "temporary disruption" to some black tea lines…
Gordon Ramsay joined the celebration, offering followers a pancake recipe along with a playful video…
A couple of worthwhile discussions — today with Judge Napolitano and a Friday conversation with Nima Alhkorshid in Brazil. If you have not done so already please subscribe to my Tucker is killing it on Twitter, YouTube and TikTok. On X/Twitter alone he is over 198 million impressions. That is more than CNN, MSNBC and FoxNews get in three months. We are in a vast, new me…
The Arabic word Asabiyya, or 'social solidarity,' is a soundbite in the west, but taken very seriously by the globe's new contenders China, Russia, and Iran. It is Yemen, however, that is mainstreaming the idea, by sacrificing everything for the world's collective morality in a bid to end the genocide in Gaza. When there is a general change of conditions,It is as if the entire creation had changedand the whole world been altered,as if it were a new and repeated creation,a world brought i …
Land area under ECOWAS, which is condemned by West Africa's popular movements as an agent of French imperialism, has been reduced to less than half after their withdrawal Representatives of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger at the formation of the Alliance of Sahel States. Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Mali In a televised statement on Sunday, January 28, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announced their withdrawal from the Economic Community o …
The Central American nation has called on Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Canada to stop sending arms to IsraelThe Nicaraguan government has started legal proceedings to take Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Canada to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for complicity in the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and other violations of international law. In a statement, Managua said it has informed the governments of "the [UK], Germany, the Netherlands, …
Whenever Hamas and Israel negotiate on prisoner exchanges, the name of In 2011, his name was put forward to be part of an exchange deal that saw over 1,000 Palestinians freed for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, but Israel refused to release him. | It was in this deal that now Hamas leader in Gaza 
Marking the first such high-level diplomatic visit in seven years, Sudan's acting foreign minister The visit was the latest sign of rapidly warming relations between Khartoum and Tehran as the African nation remains embroiled in a Following…
Education is a vital lifeline for Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and in exile to achieve emancipation from occupation, preserve their identity, and remain steadfast in the face of adversity. | However, as Israeli bombs rain down on Gaza, Palestinian children have been forced to abandon dreams of becoming doctors, lawyers, or engineers to find safety wherever they can. | According to 
As concerns have been growing over the possible political and security repercussions of 
President Joe Biden is hosting Jordan's King Abdullah II in Washington on Monday and the two leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing effort to free hostages held in Gaza, and growing concern over a possible Israeli military operation in the port city of Rafah. | It is the first meeting between the allies since three American troops were killed last month in a drone strike against a U.S. base in Jordan. | Biden blamed Iran-backed militias for the fatalities, the first for the U.S. after months of strikes by such groups against American forces across the Middle East since the start of Israel's war on Gaza.
The Netherlands must stop delivering parts for F-35 fighter jets used by Israel in the Gaza Strip, after a Dutch court Monday upheld an appeal by human rights organisations. | The groups had argued that supplying the parts contributed to alleged violations of international law by Israel in its war on the besieged Strip. | "The court orders the State to cease all actual export and transit of F-35 parts with final destination Israel within seven days after service of this judgement," said the ruling. | The US-owned F-35 parts are stored at a warehouse in the Netherlands and then shipped to several partners, incl…
More than 100 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli "massacre" on Gaza's southern "Israel is officially continuing to target civilians and transfer the war to Rafah to push the population to get displaced under bombardment," it said in a statement released on X. | "The recent massacres of the occupation are evidence of the validity of international warnings and fears of catastrophic results of the expansion of…
Majed al-Afifi was just 40 days old when he was killed, his uncle told AFP in Rafah where Israeli forces bombed multiple homes. | "We heard the bombing without warning," said Said al-Hams, 26, in Rafah refugee camp. | His nephew, a twin, "was born exactly 40 days ago and was killed", while their mother was wounded. | The newborn is among around 100 people killed by Israeli forces overnight in Rafah, according to the health ministry in Gaza. | Dozens of Israeli strikes pounded Rafah, where some 1.4 million people have sought refuge since Israel began its military offensive on the besieged enclave on 7 October a…
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz and Minister of the Interior Moshe Arbel said the ban was attributed to Albanese's "outrageous statement" that "the victims of the October 7 massacre were not murdered because of t…
The ad begins by showing an NFL athlete playing with his son, then cutting to clips of Israeli hostages being held in 
The population of Israeli settlers in the occupied The report, released on Sunday by the pro-settler group 
The Azhar Ali, who is also a Labour councillor, said his remarks were "deeply offensive, ignorant and…
The men were charged with spying for Israel, according to sources, though India and Qatar did not confirm the charges. Their death sentence, handed down in October, was dropped in Dece…
The money follows an initial payment of the same amount announced in August, when Riyadh committed to provide a total of $1.2 billion to ease the government's budget deficit and pay salaries for civil servants. | "The second batch of the…
Sudani, an arm of Sudanese internet service provider Sudatel, announced it has begun restoring network access across Sudan, ending a six-day communications blackout in the country. | A statement on Sudani's official Twitter and Facebook accounts said internet access is "gradually returning". | ŸÖÿ¥ÿ™ÿ±ŸÉŸä ÿ≥ŸàÿØÿߟܟä ÿߟÑÿ£ÿπÿ≤ÿßÿ°ÿå | ŸÜŸÜŸàŸëŸá &yum…
Britain on Monday announced sanctions on four extremist The curbs follow what the UK called "unprecedented levels of violence by extremist settlers in the West Bank" over the past year by some residents of illegal Israeli settlements and outposts there.
The US military said Sunday it had struck more devices and missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of The strikes occurred on Saturday between 4: 00-5: 00 pm (1300-1400 GMT) north of the city of Hodeida, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on social media. | American "forces successfully conducted self-defense strikes against two unmanned surface vessels (USV…
Israel has carried out air strikes in the southern According to health officials, scores were killed in the overnight massacre, as Palestinians brace for a major offensive on the densely crowded area with Palestinians left with nowhere safe to go. | Palestinian officials reported that at least 67 people were killed i…
Over the last few decades, the term 'radicalisation' has become so politicised and laden with Radicalisation is "the action or process of causing someone to adopt radical positions on political or social issues". To me, this sounds like a process that many of us go through as the adult world opens our eyes to the manifold inequalities in the systems that govern us. | Yet for many, 'radical' simply means any iteration of Islam that isn't sanit…
Hundreds of pages of recently released documents provided by the Department of Health and Services affirm what the overwhelming majority of the public has known for decades: Marijuana is therapeutically useful. And its harms are not on par with those of heroin — which federal regulations currently consider it akin to — or even alcohol. Those were the 
How many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? How many deaths will it take 'til he knows that too many people have died? —Bob Dylan, "Blowin' in the Wind" It's been six years since the Valentine's Day massacre of 14 students and three teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School 
Together with Palestine, the state of Kashmir is one of the longest existing political and territorial conflict remaining from the aftermath of the British Empire. Kashmir, together with its sister state of Jammu, were granted a quasi-autonomy at the end of British rule in the subcontinent. The status of the states was to be determined 
Most Americans have not considered "cash bail" as critical to equality and freedom. The term is an esoteric one but is increasingly central to the ongoing battle over racial capitalism, policing, and mass incarceration, especially in an election year as critical as 2024. Here's what cash bail means: When arrested by police on suspicion of 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has scheduled February 21st, 2024, as the date for deciding on the application filed by four suspects implicated in the murder case of businessman Henry Katanga, seeking release on bail. Criminal Division Judge Isaac Muwata set the date after hearing submissions from both parties …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, revealed that the government will table Bills next week aimed at providing for the rationalization of agencies under four sectors of the country. The proposed Bills include the Rationalization of Government Agencies (Education Sector) (Amendments) Bill, 2024 and the Rationalization of Government Agencies (Internal Affairs …
LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | There have been at least 22 million flu illnesses, 250,000 hospitalizations, and 15,000 deaths from flu so far this season in the United States, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Seasonal influenza activity remains elevated nationally with increases in some …
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