2020-01-26: News Headlines

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

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

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

Defend Public Education NOW! (2020-01-26). SFUSD Speak-out: Protect our Children from Contamination and Cancer. indybay.org San Francisco Unified School District | 555 Franklin St. San Francisco…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tom Gallagher (2020-01-26). Foreign Policy: The Final Frontier. indybay.org University of San Francisco; the Getty Room at the main entrance of the Lo Schiavo Science Center, across from Kalmanovitz Hall. www.usfca.edu/sites/default/files/pdfs/u…

Labor Video Project (2020-01-26). UC Unions & Students Unite Against Union Busting/Contracting Out At UC At Regents Meeting. indybay.org AFSCME 3299 workers, UCSC grad student wildcatters and UC students spoke out and protested at the UC Regents meeting on 1/22/20 at UC Mission Bay Campus against contracting out, privatization and union busting.

RT (2020-01-25). US orders charter flight to evacuate citizens and diplomats from virus-stricken Wuhan — report. rt.com The United States is preparing to evacuate its diplomats and citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan, according to a new report. Wuhan is the epicenter of a deadly coronavirus outbreak that has so far killed more than 40 people. | According to the Wall Street Journal's sources, Washington is sending a charter flight to Wuhan on Sunday to bring home its consular staff situated in the city of 11 million people, as well as some or all of the roughly 1,000 Americans residing locally. | The operation was reportedly green-lit by the Chinese foreign ministry, following negotiations in recent days. | Also on rt.com…

Alan MacLeod (2020-01-25). World's super rich meet in Davos to discuss the climate change problem they created. mronline.org Research has shown that the people most responsible for a warming planet were disproportionately the same people attending the summit and an increasing number of observers see climate change, inequality and capitalism as bound together. |

WSWS (2020-01-25). Iranian student deported from Boston by Customs and Border Protection despite court order. wsws.org At the time of his deportation, Abadi held a valid F1 student visa recently issued by the United States Customs and Immigration Services to continue pursuing a bachelor's degree at Northeastern University in Boston.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-01-25). Remember the 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating the Data to Justify a Worldwide Public Health Emergency. globalresearch.ca A Worldwide public health emergency is unfolding, 4.9 billion doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine are envisaged by the WHO.

WSWS (2020-01-25). As public support builds for Ontario teachers' struggle, government denounces walkouts. wsws.org A recent opinion poll has underscored that most Ontarians support teachers in striking against the Ford government's class-size increases and gutting of education support services.

Steven Singer (2020-01-25). Who Will Protect My Right NOT to Pay for Your Child's Religious Education? commondreams.org We talk a lot about the First Amendment, but we seem to forget what it actually says. (Photo: Concit.org / cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Telesur (2020-01-25). Over 4 Million People Join March Against US Presence in Iraq. 24 January 2020. globalresearch.ca At least four million people Thursday demanded the departure of U.S. troops from Iraq with a march in Baghdad, which was convened by cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr three weeks after the murder of Iran's General Qasem Soleimani. | . | At the country's …

Larry Romanoff (2020-01-25). China's New Coronavirus: An Examination of the Facts. globalresearch.ca The Western mass media have discussed the new corona virus that began in the city of Wuhan in Central China but, apart from repetitive small details and the inevitable China-bashing, not much light has been shed on the circumstances. My …

Ralph Lopez (2020-01-25). Bush Grandpa's Ties to Nazis Clearer on 75th Auschwitz Memorial. globalresearch.ca International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Commemorating the Liberation of Auschwitz (January 27th, 2020) | . | "The Friends of Zion Award' in Jerusalem was presented to president Vladimir Putin on behalf of the Russian Federation, for the role played by the Soviet Union …

teleSUR (2020-01-25). Doomsday Clock Closer Than Ever to All-Out Global Annihilation. telesurenglish.net The Doomsday Clock was reset Thursday to just 100 seconds before midnight, marking the closest humankind has ever been to total nuclear annihilation and extinction of life due to climate change, according to the researchers who set the metaphorical time. | RELATED: | "It is 100 seconds to midnight. We are now expressing how close the world is to catastrophe in seconds

teleSUR (2020-01-25). Bolivia: Corruption Accusations Seek to Curb Arce's Candidacy. telesurenglish.net Luis Arce, the presidential candidate of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), denounced Friday that Bolivia's interim government is trying to obstruct his participation in the next elections by filing allegations of corruption against him. | RELATED: | "People who know me know that I have never stained my hands. My conscience is calm," Arce said and added that "the intention of all that is clear: they want me not to par…

Staff (2020-01-25). Midwestern Farm Network Is Leading the Way to Chemical-Free, Sustainable Farming. truthout.org Ben Hagenbuck calls himself a full-time banker and a part-time farmer. But working with his father and uncle on the family's 1,100-acre corn and soybean farm in north-central Illinois has become much more than a hobby: Hagenbuch is part of a network of American farmers hoping to save the world. This is a grandiose goal to be sure, but it has its roots in science. Growing evidence points to chemically driven industrialized food production as a key culprit behind a broad range of both envir…

Mara Dolan (2020-01-24). These Students Are Bringing Transformative Justice to Their Campus. thenation.com

Jake Johnston (2020-01-24). 'Biggest Loss of Clean Water Protection the Country Has Ever Seen': Trump Guts Safeguards for US Streams and Wetlands. globalresearch.ca "This all-out assault on basic safeguards will send our country back to the days when corporate polluters could dump whatever sludge or slime they wished into the streams and wetlands that often connect to the water we drink." | *** | The …

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (2020-01-24). Closer than Ever: It Is 100 Seconds to Midnight. The Dangers of Nuclear War. globalresearch.ca To: Leaders and citizens of the world | Humanity continues to face two simultaneous existential dangers—nuclear war and climate change—that are compounded by a threat multiplier, cyber-enabled information warfare, that undercuts society's ability to respond. The international security situation is dire, …

South Front (2020-01-24). Video: Syrian Army Reportedly Suffers Huge Casualties in Idlib. What's Going On? globalresearch.ca Intense clashes between the Syrian Army and Idlib militants resulted in large casualties among both sides, according to statements by the Syrian and Russian defense ministries. | On January 23, the Syrian military reported that its forces had repelled a large-scale …

Mandy Smithberger (2020-01-24). Never the Pentagon: How the Military-Industrial Complex Gets Away with Murder in Contract after Contract. globalresearch.ca Call it a colossal victory for a Pentagon that hasn't won a war in this century, but not for the rest of us. Congress only recently passed and the

Health Impact News (2020-01-24). Video: "He Was Murdered" — 13 Month Old Infant Dies 14 Hours after Receiving the Flu Shot. globalresearch.ca Krystle Cordingley mourns her son Corbyn who died 14 hours after a flu shot. | Krystle claims that the hospital tried to cover up what happened, and doctors said his death following vaccination was a coincidence. | Finally, she reports, one honest …

Peter Koenig (2020-01-24). Switzerland Funds Biased and Fake OPCW Chemical Weapons' Reporting. globalresearch.ca Why does Switzerland, neutral by her Constitution, fund, support and reward the partial and I dare say, western-biased and corrupted Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and their fake reporting — with a donation of CHF 300,000 (US$ …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-24). Trump's "No-Peace/Peace Plan" for Palestine. Netanyahu/Gantz Invited to White House to Discuss "Deal of the Century" globalresearch.ca Leaked information shows Trump's so-called deal of the century is a one-sided scam, favoring Israel at the expense of fundamental Palestinian rights. | The so-called peace process is the greatest hoax in modern times, along with the US war OF terror …

Steve Sweeney (2020-01-24). Venezuela's "Guaido Threat": Safeguarding Telesur Is Our Obligation, Academics and Intellectuals. globalresearch.ca Attacks on Venezuelan TV station Telesur are an example of the "arrogance of the powerful" trying to stop people from hearing the truth, campaigners warned today. | Intellectuals and academics from across Latin America penned an open letter in support of …

Andrew Korybko (2020-01-24). Putin's Trip to 'Israel' Will be Remembered as an Important Part of His Legacy. globalresearch.ca Putin's trip to "Israel" on Thursday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz was a defining moment of his 20-year-long presidency and will forever be remembered as an important part of his legacy due to the extremely …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-01-24). Turkish Intervention in Libya: Another Erdogan Reckless Attempt to Revive Neo-Ottoman Empire. globalresearch.ca With Turkey failing to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power in their drive to forge a regional hegemonic order under their rulership, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has set his eyes on other Eastern Mediterranean issues, primarily aggression against …

Gideon Polya (2020-01-24). "One World Digital Dictatorship" A Digital Nightmare. globalresearch.ca Danish writer Soren Korsgaard (editor of Crime & Power) has written a very long and detailed account entitled "One World Digital Dictatorship" that describes the accelerating movement by both Western-style democracies and one-party states (notably China) towards world-wide Digital Dictatorship …

True Publica (2020-01-24). State Secrecy: UK Government Now Routinely Refusing Freedom of Information Requests. globalresearch.ca At TruePublica we have constantly warned about the authoritarian traits and tendencies of this government. It started with terror laws designed to catch hardened criminals with the intent to kill that ended up being used on the public to

Alison Weir (2020-01-24). European Jewish Congress (EJC) Launches Campaign Against 'Antisemitism' (Aka Support for Palestinian Rights). globalresearch.ca The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has

South Front (2020-01-24). Video: Turkey's Military Industrial Complex. globalresearch.ca Turkey is working to develop its national industry and reequip its armed forces with modern military equipment. The worth of projects in this field is estimated to be around $77 billion. Ankara is paying special attention to the modernization and …

Larry Romanoff (2020-01-24). Fake News and "The Naked Government": Jessica Lynch and the US Invasion of Iraq. globalresearch.ca In the 1950s there was a TV series in the US titled 'The Naked City', composed from stories drawn from the lives of various residents. Each episode began with the words, "There are 8 million stories in the naked city. …

teleSUR (2020-01-24). Wing Chun Kung Fu Popular Among Palestinians. telesurenglish.net Over 40 students are learning RELATED: | The school has witnessed an increasing number of participants in the past few years. "I joined the school four years ago, in an attempt to control my hasty…

Global Research News (2020-01-24). Selected Articles: Trump's "No-Peace/Peace Plan" for Palestine. globalresearch.ca By Leaked information shows Trump's so-called deal of the century is a one-sided scam, favoring…