Daily Archives: January 10, 2020

2020-01-10: News Headlines

RT (2020-01-10). Game-changing new stem cell treatment REVERSES aging in mouse brains. rt.com In what could prove to be a game changer for us humans, scientists have discovered how to make old brains young and young brains stronger and more effective using targeted stem cell therapy on mice. | The team wanted to investigate if increasing the number of stem cells in the brain would help in recovering cognitive functions, like learning and memory, that had worsened or had been lost entirely during the aging process. | To do so, researchers from TU Dresden's Center for Regenerative Therapies used a method to stimulate and increase the number of neural stem cells located in the brains of mice and thus incr…

RT (2020-01-10). 2 dead, 6 injured after student shoots teacher & classmates in Torreon, Mexico (VIDEOS). rt.com Two people have died and a further six were injured in a school shooting in the Mexican city of Torreon. Local officials say that a young student used two handguns to mount the attack. | Torreon mayor Jorge Zermeno said the boy turned the gun on himself after shooting his teachers and classmates, leaving two people dead. | The Attorney General of Coahuila, Gerardo Marquez, told reporters that the child had left the class to use the restroom, where he apparently changed clothes into an outfit that included a t-shirt bearing the words, 'Natural Selection.' A similar shirt was donned by Columbine student Eric Har…

RT (2020-01-10). Bollywood megastar Deepika Padukone's support visit to protest hotbed JNU taps into raging politics for fail-safe publicity. rt.com Deepika Padukone, Bollywood superstar and India's highest-paid female actor, became a trending Twitter topic this week, after a strategic visit to Jawaharlal Nehru University — a center of ongoing anti-government protests. | In India's volatile political climate where a huge debate ensued, and protests are raging over a new 'anti-Muslim' citizenship law, Padukone added fuel to fire by stepping into the premises of the university in New Delhi, which has become a "symbol of resistance" against an allegedly "fascist government," to express solidarity with the protesting students. Padukone, whose latest film…

RT (2020-01-10). Trio of galaxies spotted reshaping universe around them as they emerge from 'COSMIC DARK AGE' (VIDEO). rt.com Researchers believe they have found the farthest galaxy group ever seen by mankind, and we are witnessing it emerge from a so-called 'cosmic dark age' as it reshapes the universe around it. | The trio of galaxies, named EGS77, dates back to when the universe was just 680 million years old. | | © NASA, ESA and V. Tilvi (ASU) | In the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang, the universe was a thick, cloudy soup dense with hydrogen atoms and almost entirely bereft of light. | After 500 million years, the epoch of deionization began, in which ever-expanding galaxies began to burn away the fog, splitting the hy…

RT (2020-01-10). Vanishing water MYSTERY casts doubt over Mars colonization plans. rt.com Paradigm shifting research has found that water on Mars is escaping much faster than existing models and observations predict, upending our current understanding of the Red Planet and casting doubt on future colonization plans. | An international research team has discovered unexpectedly large amounts of water vapor accumulating at an altitude of 80km up in the Martian atmosphere. | The scientists gathered the data thanks to the Trace Gas Orbiter probe from the ExoMars mission, which is financed by the Russian space agency Roscosmos and the European Space Agency. | | © NASA/GSFC | Previous studies had a…

Global Research (2020-01-10). "The Globalization of War" and "Towards a World War III Scenario" globalresearch.ca The Globalization of War: America's "Long War" against Humanity, by Michel Chossudovsky | America's hegemonic project in…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-01-10). Ten Years Ago in the Aftermath of the Haiti Earthquake: The Militarization of "Emergency Aid". Was it a Humanitarian Operation or an Invasion? globalresearch.ca Twenty thousand foreign troops will be present in the country.

WSWS (2020-01-10). Florida teachers to rally January 13 against attacks on public education. wsws.org Next Monday, thousands of angry educators will descend upon Florida's state capitol, Tallahassee, to protest the conditions of the state's public education system.

The Canary (2020-01-10). Children's mental health services are 'failing to meet need' as one in four children refused treatment. thecanary.co More than one in four children and young people referred to specialist mental health services are rejected for treatment, according to a new report.The Education Policy Institute (EPI), which carried out the study, said it was unclear what support was available to the approximately 133,000 youngsters who were turned away, with the group including children and young people who have self-harmed, experienced abuse or have eating disorders.The EPI gathered data under the Freedom of Information Act from 62 mental health providers in England out of 64.The data showed that 26% of all referrals in 2018/19 were rejected,…

Massoud Nayeri (2020-01-10). The Two Faces of Warmongers. globalresearch.ca The American people are now facing a new political challenge brought on by the recent U.S. assassinations of Iranian and Iraqi military figures. | On one hand, they realize that their government has become unattached more than ever from their immediate …

South Front (2020-01-10). Video: US Simulates A War with Iran Scenario. globalresearch.ca The United States and Iran are balancing on the edge of a fully-fledged open military conflict, with many claiming that President Donald Trump had to respond militarily to the Iranian retaliatory missile strike on US military bases in Iraq. However, …

John Stanton (2020-01-10). America' System of "Checks, Balances and Reality" Crumbles as It Seeks War with Iran: Send in Pope Francis, Not the Marines. globalresearch.ca "Any Muslim who denies #JesusChrist's and #SaintMary's infallibility is rejected by #Islam. This is how Islam respects Jesus and Mary (pbut).The honor #Muslims attribute to #JesusChrist (pbuh) is no less than his position and merit in the eyes of the …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-10). "Fake Intelligence"? Washington Blames Iran for Ukraine Airliner Crash. Was the Plane Brought down by a Missile? globalresearch.ca Disinformation, Big Lies and fake news repeated enough get most people to believe the official (falsified) narrative. | That's what state-sponsored propaganda is all about — supported by establishment media, operating as press agents for powerful interests, manipulating the public mind, …

The Canary (2020-01-10). China mourns native paddlefish after scientists declare it extinct. thecanary.co People in China have been lamenting the demise of the Chinese paddlefish after scientists declared it extinct in a research paper. | Chinese internet users and media outlets have been paying tribute to the hefty creature, whose sharp, protruding snout made it one of the largest freshwater species in the world. | "It's farewell at first sight," said China Youth Daily, noting that many were lamentably unfamiliar with the paddlefish before learning of its demise. | Users shared similar sentiments on the Twitter-like Weibo platform. | Named after its distinctive shape, the Chinese paddlefish, or Chinese swordfish, ha…

Joyce Nelson (2020-01-10). Trump Administration had Set a Trap for Soleimani. globalresearch.ca As we breathe a sigh of relief that, for the moment, a massive escalation of regional tensions in the Middle East has been averted, it is important to raise some simple (though disturbing) questions about the assassination of Iran's Major …

Dr. Robert P. Abele (2020-01-10). Savage. Brutal. After the Assassination of Soleimani, Can We Just Admit that the United States Has No Morality at All? globalresearch.ca Qassem Soleimani, the top Iranian military commander, who was assassinated this week by the United States in Baghdad, while he was on a peaceful mission, is just the latest, but perhaps most brazen and alarming, declaration by the United …

sputniknews (2020-01-10). Scientists Say Mars is Losing Water Faster Than Previously Estimated. sputniknews.com The Red Planet continues to surprise scientists. In November 2019, researchers discovered enigmatic fluctuations of oxygen on Mars, which scientists dubbed mindboggling and said they were unable to explain them. Now the Red Planet has presented us with another mystery.

Steven Sahiounie (2020-01-10). Iraq Gives the US Its Marching Orders. What Part of "Go Home" Don't You Understand? globalresearch.ca Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases housing US troops in Iraq early hours of Wednesday morning. The al-Asad airbase in western Iraq was hit by 17 missiles, and 5 targeted at a base …

Johanna Ross (2020-01-10). Prince Harry and Meghan Quit The Royal Family. End of the Monarchy as We Know It? globalresearch.ca When the Queen gave her annual speech at Christmas, she spoke of the 'bumpy path' that she and her family had been on over the past year. She was of course referring to one of the worst scandals ever to …

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-10). Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran. 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 (1/9/19). 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 …

Labor Video Project (2020-01-10). US Privatization Of Ukraine, Puerto Rico, PG&E & The Jeresko/Montosantos Conne. indybay.org Labor researcher and educator Ricardo Ortiz discusses the crisis of global capitalism and it's reflection in the privatization of Ukraine. He also connects the corruption with Puerto Rico and PG&E.

Deepal Jayasekera (2020-01-10). Massive All-India General Strike Protests Modi's Pro-investor, Communalist Policies. asia-pacificresearch.com

Nino Pagliccia (2020-01-10). Venezuela: Leadership of National Assembly Split Between Competing Opposition Groups. globalresearch.ca Last January 5 the members of the National Assembly of Venezuela elected its new leadership as mandated by the constitution. The new president of the National Assembly, Luis Parra, elected by a majority vote, will replace Juan Guaidó. …

Almasdar News (2020-01-10). Iraqi PM Asks US to Begin Withdrawal Process in Iraq. globalresearch.ca The Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, announced on Friday that he asked the United States to send delegates to Iraq to help kick start the withdrawal of American forces from his country. | According to Alsumaria TV, Abdul-Mahdi asked the …

Peoples Dispatch (2020-01-10). Delhi police violently repress JNU students' rally. peoplesdispatch.org Delhi police baton-charged and detained students of New Delhi based Jawaharlal Nehru University who were mobilizing near the Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) on January 9. The students, along with teachers and citizens had organized a protest march from Mandi House to MHRD to demand the removal of university vice-chancellor (VC) M Jagadesh Kumar. The students allege that he was complicit in the attack on students and teachers by right wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi…

sputniknews (2020-01-10). It's a Gang War, Don't Make it a National Issue: Bollywood's Kangana Ranaut on Varsity Violence. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): Dozens of students, teachers, and staff of a premier university in India's national capital were injured when unidentified masked men attacked them on campus on 5 January. Since then, many Bollywood celebrities, like Anurag Kashyap, Taapsee Pannu, and Richa Chaddha, have openly voiced their opinion against the violence.

WSWS (2020-01-10). India: Mass outrage over Hindu supremacists' violent assault on JNU students. wsws.org All the circumstances surrounding the attack point to it having been carried out with the connivance, if not at the behest, of the Narendra Modi-led BJP government.

WSWS (2020-01-10). Teachers condemn union's sell-out agreement in New South Wales. wsws.org The New South Wales Teachers Federation held anti-democratic mass meetings last month, which did nothing to resolve the pay and workload crisis facing teachers.

Robert Fisk (2020-01-10). Was Soleimani a Monstrous Kingmaker or Simply an Enabler? counterpunch.org There's an extremely grim moment in the 1967 movie version of A Man for All Seasons, the epic Robert Bolt screenplay about the chancellor Thomas More's refusal to support Henry VIII's divorce, when Thomas Cromwell recruits the young and ambitious schoolteacher Richard Rich to become a spy. Rich will later provide the tainted evidence that More

teleSUR (2020-01-10). US Seeks to Affect Cuba's Revenue by Banning Charter Flights. telesurenglish.net President Donald Trump administration Friday announced that all public charter flights departing from the United States to Cuba will be banned, except those directed to Havana. | RELATED: | US Pressure Gets Cuban Team Out of Baseball Caribbean Series | "At my request, the Department of Transportation (DOT) suspended all public charter flights between the United States and Cuban destinations other than Havana's Jose Marti International Airport," the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Po…

Eric Coles (2020-01-10). 'Harvard has the money to pay us livable wages'. zcomm.org Harvard graduate students are on strike demanding fairer wages, adequate healthcare, and protections from discrimination…

Jack Peat (2020-01-10). First Blow for Post-Brexit Britain as Australia Rejects Trade Deal. globalresearch.ca Hopes of a flurry of post-Brexit trade deals were dashed this week after the Australian government rejected a UK offer that included visa-free work and travel between the two countries. | Trade minister Simon Birmingham said full free movement would not …

Robert Fantina (2020-01-10). Trump, Soleimani and Terrorism. globalresearch.ca At the specific direction of the erratic and unhinged U.S. president, Donald Trump, the United States assassinated a top leader of another nation. The murder of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani is shocking for a variety of reasons; some, but …

Manlio Dinucci (2020-01-10). La Cina, non solo l'Iran, sotto tiro Usa in Medioriente. globalresearch.ca L'assassinio del generale iraniano Soleimani autorizzato dal presidente Trump ha messo in moto una reazione a catena che si propaga al di là della regione mediorientale. Cià≤ era nelle intenzioni di chi ha deciso tale atto. Soleimani era da tempo …

yenisafak (2020-01-10). Global oil & gas discoveries reach 4-year high in 2019. yenisafak.com Global oil and gas discoveries in 2019 of 12.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) represents the highest volumes since 2015, according to Rystad Energy's data on Thursday.Headquartered in Norway, Rystad Energy is an independent energy research and business intelligence company providing data, tools, analytics and consultancy services to the global energy industry.Ongoing investments of U.S. company ExxonMobil in Guyana with additional four new discoveries boosted last year's numbers, Rystad said in a statement.According to the estimations, the discoveries in Guyana hold cumulative recoverable resources of ar…

Ed Sykes (2020-01-09). Strike action in France enters 36th day as workers refuse to back down. thecanary.co Rail workers, teachers, doctors, lawyers and others have joined a nationwide day of protests and strikes in France to denounce President Emmanuel Macron's plans to change the country's pension system. Street protests were staged in Paris and other French cities, with railway strikes entering their sixth week. It was the 36th day of strike action, which Jacobin has called "the longest wave of continuous strik…

PAI (2020-01-09). Unions, civil rights groups join mass NYC march against anti-Semitism. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK (PAI)—The Teachers, AFSCME members, and the Jewish Labor Committee teamed up with civil rights groups and a raft of Jewish organizations to lead a mass march on Jan. 5 in New York against anti-Semitism. At least 25,000 people turned out to march from Foley Square in downtown Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge, to …

Prof. Vijay Prashad (2020-01-09). India's Democracy Is Facing an Existential Threat. asia-pacificresearch.com

Federico Pieraccini (2020-01-09). The Deeper Story Behind the Assassination of Soleimani. Washington Threats to Engage in False flag Sniper Shootings. Iraq Prime Minister. globalresearch.ca Days after the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, new and important information is coming to light from a speech given by the Iraqi prime minister. The story behind Soleimani's assassination seems to go much deeper than what has thus …

Johanna Ross (2020-01-09). 2019 Was the Year the Truth No Longer Mattered. globalresearch.ca New Year happens to be one of these rare moments in the news business when we pause to reflect on the greater context of the endless stories spouted out on a daily basis by an ever-growing variety of media platforms. …

Daniel Larison (2020-01-09). Trump's Awful, Dishonest Iran Speech. globalresearch.ca Trump's remarks this morning show that his Iran policy remains as blinkered and reckless as ever. Following the Iranian retaliation last night that caused no casualties, the president does not appear to be escalating the conflict further for the moment. …

Richard Gale (2020-01-09). The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is Determined You Will Have 5G Telecom Technology. globalresearch.ca For the average American, bills that are introduced into state legislatures, especially those with bipartisan support, generally become the law of the state. But how often does the average citizen of any state review the bills in different committees or …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-09). Warrior Trump Seeking Peace? Permanent War Remains Official US Policy. globalresearch.ca Throughout…

Prof Rodrigue Tremblay (2020-01-09). Donald Trump's Reckless Gamble with Iran Distracts from His Domestic Political Problems. globalresearch.ca "Don't let Obama play the Iran card in order to start a war in order to get elected. —Be careful Republicans! Donald Trump (1946- ), 45th American president and hotel and casino owner, (statement made in a tweet, on Mon., …

Franklin Frederick (2020-01-09). Racism and the Origins of the United States of America, "The Joker" and the End of White Supremacy. globalresearch.ca ´At its root, capitalism not only meant slavery and white supremacy but also the ethos of the gangster. ª Gerald Horne | The film 'Joker' presents a contemporary phenomenon present in several countries, but which can only be understood in its …

Ajamu Baraka (2020-01-09). Sheep-Dogging on Steroids: America's New Democratic Party Anti-War Activists. globalresearch.ca The rhetoric of the Democratic "progressives" only gives cover to the ongoing criminality of the U.S. state and its commitment to permanent war — with congressional approval. | In the cynical spectacle that is called politics in the United States, the …

Dennis Riches (2020-01-09). "Rwanda, the Truth About Operation Turquoise: When the Archives Speak" globalresearch.ca In France, it is difficult to speak about certain subjects without unleashing the guard dogs of correct thought and dominant ideology. The sensitive dossiers are well-known: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the civil-global war in Syria, and the Rwandan genocides. Even to …

Dr. Jack Rasmus (2020-01-09). Trump's Iran 'Punching Bag': US Provocations to Continue. Baiting Iran to Escalate? globalresearch.ca Trump's assassination of Iran's general and senior diplomat, Soleimani, was a clear provocation by the US, designed to produce a further escalated military response by Iran. That did not happen. Iran did not take the bait. It responded minimally and …

Andrew Korybko (2020-01-09). The US vs. Iran: Who Won and Who Lost? globalresearch.ca Iran's symbolic missile strike against two US bases in Iraq was a soft power victory for the Islamic Republic despite not causing any casualties, though the US undoubtedly achieved a military victory by assassinating Maj. Gen. Soleimani in Baghdad last …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-01-09). Iran's Strikes Against the U.S. Demonstrates the Unipolar System Is Truly Over. globalresearch.ca When U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, he certainly had not expected that Iran would respond in the way it did by bombarding two U.S. military bases in Iraqi territory. It is likely …

2020-01-10: Social Media Postees

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"The Globalization of War" and "Towards a World War III Scenario"
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
The Globalization of War: America's "Long War" against Humanity, by Michel Chossudovsky | America's hegemonic project in…
globalresearch.ca/the-globalization-of-war-and-towards-a-world-war-iii-scenario-two-books-by-michel-chossudovsky/5437767

Ten Years Ago in the Aftermath of the Haiti Earthquake: The Militarization of "Emergency Aid". Was it a Humanitarian Operation or an Invasion?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
Twenty thousand foreign troops will be present in the country.
globalresearch.ca/the-militarization-of-emergency-aid-to-haiti-is-it-a-humanitarian-operation-or-an-invasion/17000

Florida teachers to rally January 13 against attacks on public education
wsws.org | 2020-01-10
Next Monday, thousands of angry educators will descend upon Florida's state capitol, Tallahassee, to protest the conditions of the state's public education system.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/10/fled…

Children's mental health services are 'failing to meet need' as one in four children refused treatment
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-10
More than one in four children and young people referred to specialist mental health services are rejected for treatment, according to a new report.The Education Policy Institute (EPI), which carried out the study, said it was unclear what support was available to the approximately 133,000 youngsters who were turned away, with the group including children and young people who have self-harmed, experienced abuse or have eating disorders.The EPI gathered data under the Freedom of Information Act from 62 mental health providers in England out of 64.The data showed that 26% of all referrals in 2018/19 were rejected,…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/01/10/childrens-mental-health-services-are-failing-to-meet-need-as-one-in-four-children-refused-treatment/

Children's mental health services are 'failing to meet need' as one in four children refused treatment
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-10
More than one in four children and young people referred to specialist mental health services are rejected for treatment, according to a new report.The Education Policy Institute (EPI), which carried out the study, said it was unclear what support was available to the approximately 133,000 youngsters who were turned away, with the group including children and young people who have self-harmed, experienced abuse or have eating disorders.The EPI gathered data under the Freedom of Information Act from 62 mental health providers in England out of 64.The data showed that 26% of all referrals in 2018/19 were rejected,…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/01/10/childrens-mental-health-services-are-failing-to-meet-need-as-one-in-four-children-refused-treatment/

America' System of "Checks, Balances and Reality" Crumbles as It Seeks War with Iran: Send in Pope Francis, Not the Marines
John Stanton | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
"Any Muslim who denies #JesusChrist's and #SaintMary's infallibility is rejected by #Islam. This is how Islam respects Jesus and Mary (pbut).The honor #Muslims attribute to #JesusChrist (pbuh) is no less than his position and merit in the eyes of the …
globalresearch.ca/usa-system-checks-balances-reality-crumbles-war-iran/5700182

The Two Faces of Warmongers
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
The American people are now facing a new political challenge brought on by the recent U.S. assassinations of Iranian and Iraqi military figures. | On one hand, they realize that their government has become unattached more than ever from their immediate …
globalresearch.ca/the-two-faces-of-warmongers/5699988

Venezuela: Leadership of National Assembly Split Between Competing Opposition Groups
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
Last January 5 the members of the National Assembly of Venezuela elected its new leadership as mandated by the constitution. The new president of the National Assembly, Luis Parra, elected by a majority vote, will replace Juan Guaidó. …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-leadership-national-assembly-split-between-competing-opposition-groups/5700180

Video: US Simulates A War with Iran Scenario
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
The United States and Iran are balancing on the edge of a fully-fledged open military conflict, with many claiming that President Donald Trump had to respond militarily to the Iranian retaliatory missile strike on US military bases in Iraq. However, …
globalresearch.ca/video-united-states-war-iran/5700164

Massive All-India General Strike Protests Modi's Pro-investor, Communalist Policies
Deepal Jayasekera | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-01-10
asia-pacificresearch.com/massive-all-india-general-strike-protests-modi-pro-investor-communalist-policies/5629011

Vanishing water MYSTERY casts doubt over Mars colonization plans
rt.com | 2020-01-10
Paradigm shifting research has found that water on Mars is escaping much faster than existing models and observations predict, upending our current understanding of the Red Planet and casting doubt on future colonization plans. | An international research team has discovered unexpectedly large amounts of water vapor accumulating at an altitude of 80km up in the Martian atmosphere. | The scientists gathered the data thanks to the Trace Gas Orbiter probe from the ExoMars mission, which is financed by the Russian space agency Roscosmos and the European Space Agency. | | © NASA/GSFC | Previous studies had a…
rt.com/news/477927-water-vanishing-from-mars-mystery/

China mourns native paddlefish after scientists declare it extinct
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-10
People in China have been lamenting the demise of the Chinese paddlefish after scientists declared it extinct in a research paper. | Chinese internet users and media outlets have been paying tribute to the hefty creature, whose sharp, protruding snout made it one of the largest freshwater species in the world. | "It's farewell at first sight," said China Youth Daily, noting that many were lamentably unfamiliar with the paddlefish before learning of its demise. | Users shared similar sentiments on the Twitter-like Weibo platform. | Named after its distinctive shape, the Chinese paddlefish, or Chinese swordfish, ha…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/01/10/china-mourns-native-paddlefish-after-scientists-declare-it-extinct/

"Fake Intelligence"? Washington Blames Iran for Ukraine Airliner Crash. Was the Plane Brought down by a Missile?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
Disinformation, Big Lies and fake news repeated enough get most people to believe the official (falsified) narrative. | That's what state-sponsored propaganda is all about — supported by establishment media, operating as press agents for powerful interests, manipulating the public mind, …
globalresearch.ca/blaming-iran-ukraine-airliner-crash/5700207

US Privatization Of Ukraine, Puerto Rico, PG&E & The Jeresko/Montosantos Conne
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-01-10
Labor researcher and educator Ricardo Ortiz discusses the crisis of global capitalism and it's reflection in the privatization of Ukraine. He also connects the corruption with Puerto Rico and PG&E.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829532.php

Iraq Gives the US Its Marching Orders. What Part of "Go Home" Don't You Understand?
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases housing US troops in Iraq early hours of Wednesday morning. The al-Asad airbase in western Iraq was hit by 17 missiles, and 5 targeted at a base …
globalresearch.ca/iraq-gives-us-marching-orders-what-part-go-home-dont-you-understand/5700174

Trump Administration had Set a Trap for Soleimani
Joyce Nelson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
As we breathe a sigh of relief that, for the moment, a massive escalation of regional tensions in the Middle East has been averted, it is important to raise some simple (though disturbing) questions about the assassination of Iran's Major …
globalresearch.ca/we-need-know-much-more-about-soleimani-assassination/5700188

Trio of galaxies spotted reshaping universe around them as they emerge from 'COSMIC DARK AGE' (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-01-10
Researchers believe they have found the farthest galaxy group ever seen by mankind, and we are witnessing it emerge from a so-called 'cosmic dark age' as it reshapes the universe around it. | The trio of galaxies, named EGS77, dates back to when the universe was just 680 million years old. | | © NASA, ESA and V. Tilvi (ASU) | In the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang, the universe was a thick, cloudy soup dense with hydrogen atoms and almost entirely bereft of light. | After 500 million years, the epoch of deionization began, in which ever-expanding galaxies began to burn away the fog, splitting the hy…
rt.com/news/477895-cosmic-dark-age-universe-reshaping/

A Window for Peace
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
There is this morning a chink of light to avoid yet more devastation in the Middle East. Iran's missile strikes last night were calibrated to satisfy honour while avoiding damage that would trigger automatically the next round. The missiles appear …
globalresearch.ca/window-peace/5700177

Scientists Say Mars is Losing Water Faster Than Previously Estimated
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-10
The Red Planet continues to surprise scientists. In November 2019, researchers discovered enigmatic fluctuations of oxygen on Mars, which scientists dubbed mindboggling and said they were unable to explain them. Now the Red Planet has presented us with another mystery.
sputniknews.com/science/202001101077999593-scientists-say-mars-is-losing-water-faster-than-previously-estimated/

Savage. Brutal. After the Assassination of Soleimani, Can We Just Admit that the United States Has No Morality at All?
Dr. Robert P. Abele | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
Qassem Soleimani, the top Iranian military commander, who was assassinated this week by the United States in Baghdad, while he was on a peaceful mission, is just the latest, but perhaps most brazen and alarming, declaration by the United …
globalresearch.ca/assassination-soleimani-united-states-no-morality/5700170

From Resistance to Assistance: Little Pushback to Trump's Iran Assassination
Alan MacLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
After Donald Trump's election, both the New York Times and Washington Post saw huge jumps in subscribers, all hoping that the outlets would hold the president to account. Both papers tapped into this sentiment: In February 2017,…
globalresearch.ca/little-pushback-trump-iran-assassination/5700215

Iraqi PM Asks US to Begin Withdrawal Process in Iraq
Almasdar News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
The Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, announced on Friday that he asked the United States to send delegates to Iraq to help kick start the withdrawal of American forces from his country. | According to Alsumaria TV, Abdul-Mahdi asked the …
globalresearch.ca/iraqi-pm-asks-us-begin-withdrawal-process-iraq/5700193

Prince Harry and Meghan Quit The Royal Family. End of the Monarchy as We Know It?
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
When the Queen gave her annual speech at Christmas, she spoke of the 'bumpy path' that she and her family had been on over the past year. She was of course referring to one of the worst scandals ever to …
globalresearch.ca/prince-harry-quitting-royal-family-end-monarchy/5700212

Game-changing new stem cell treatment REVERSES aging in mouse brains
rt.com | 2020-01-10
In what could prove to be a game changer for us humans, scientists have discovered how to make old brains young and young brains stronger and more effective using targeted stem cell therapy on mice. | The team wanted to investigate if increasing the number of stem cells in the brain would help in recovering cognitive functions, like learning and memory, that had worsened or had been lost entirely during the aging process. | To do so, researchers from TU Dresden's Center for Regenerative Therapies used a method to stimulate and increase the number of neural stem cells located in the brains of mice and thus incr…
rt.com/news/477932-stem-cells-reverse-brain-aging/

Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-10
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 (1/9/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-again-bombs-the-pmu-rockets-fired-in-iraq-737-misinfo-congress-warned-not-to-discuss-iran/

It's a Gang War, Don't Make it a National Issue: Bollywood's Kangana Ranaut on Varsity Violence
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-10
New Delhi (Sputnik): Dozens of students, teachers, and staff of a premier university in India's national capital were injured when unidentified masked men attacked them on campus on 5 January. Since then, many Bollywood celebrities, like Anurag Kashyap, Taapsee Pannu, and Richa Chaddha, have openly voiced their opinion against the violence.
sputniknews.com/india/202001101077999316-its-a-gang-war-dont-make-it-a-national-issue-bollywoods-kangana-ranaut-on-varsity-violence/

2 dead, 6 injured after student shoots teacher & classmates in Torreon, Mexico (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-01-10
Two people have died and a further six were injured in a school shooting in the Mexican city of Torreon. Local officials say that a young student used two handguns to mount the attack. | Torreon mayor Jorge Zermeno said the boy turned the gun on himself after shooting his teachers and classmates, leaving two people dead. | The Attorney General of Coahuila, Gerardo Marquez, told reporters that the child had left the class to use the restroom, where he apparently changed clothes into an outfit that included a t-shirt bearing the words, 'Natural Selection.' A similar shirt was donned by Columbine student Eric Har…
rt.com/news/477956-mexico-school-shooting-children/

Delhi police violently repress JNU students' rally
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-10
Delhi police baton-charged and detained students of New Delhi based Jawaharlal Nehru University who were mobilizing near the Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) on January 9. The students, along with teachers and citizens had organized a protest march from Mandi House to MHRD to demand the removal of university vice-chancellor (VC) M Jagadesh Kumar. The students allege that he was complicit in the attack on students and teachers by right wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/10/delhi-police-violently-repress-jnu-students-rally/

Bollywood megastar Deepika Padukone's support visit to protest hotbed JNU taps into raging politics for fail-safe publicity
rt.com | 2020-01-10
Deepika Padukone, Bollywood superstar and India's highest-paid female actor, became a trending Twitter topic this week, after a strategic visit to Jawaharlal Nehru University — a center of ongoing anti-government protests. | In India's volatile political climate where a huge debate ensued, and protests are raging over a new 'anti-Muslim' citizenship law, Padukone added fuel to fire by stepping into the premises of the university in New Delhi, which has become a "symbol of resistance" against an allegedly "fascist government," to express solidarity with the protesting students. Padukone, whose latest film…
rt.com/news/477823-deepika-padukone-bollywood-protest/

India: Mass outrage over Hindu supremacists' violent assault on JNU students
wsws.org | 2020-01-10
All the circumstances surrounding the attack point to it having been carried out with the connivance, if not at the behest, of the Narendra Modi-led BJP government.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/10/ijnu…

Teachers condemn union's sell-out agreement in New South Wales
wsws.org | 2020-01-10
The New South Wales Teachers Federation held anti-democratic mass meetings last month, which did nothing to resolve the pay and workload crisis facing teachers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/10/educ…

Was Soleimani a Monstrous Kingmaker or Simply an Enabler?
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-10
There's an extremely grim moment in the 1967 movie version of A Man for All Seasons, the epic Robert Bolt screenplay about the chancellor Thomas More's refusal to support Henry VIII's divorce, when Thomas Cromwell recruits the young and ambitious schoolteacher Richard Rich to become a spy. Rich will later provide the tainted evidence that…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/10/was-soleimani-a-monstrous-kingmaker-or-simply-an-enabler/

Was Soleimani a Monstrous Kingmaker or Simply an Enabler?
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-10
There's an extremely grim moment in the 1967 movie version of A Man for All Seasons, the epic Robert Bolt screenplay about the chancellor Thomas More's refusal to support Henry VIII's divorce, when Thomas Cromwell recruits the young and ambitious schoolteacher Richard Rich to become a spy. Rich will later provide the tainted evidence that…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/10/was-soleimani-a-monstrous-kingmaker-or-simply-an-enabler/

US Seeks to Affect Cuba's Revenue by Banning Charter Flights
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-10
President Donald Trump administration Friday announced that all public charter flights departing from the United States to Cuba will be banned, except those directed to Havana. | RELATED: | US Pressure Gets Cuban Team Out of Baseball Caribbean Series | "At my request, the Department of Transportation (DOT) suspended all public charter flights between the United States and Cuban destinations other than Havana's Jose Marti International Airport," the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Po…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Seeks-to-Affect-Cubas-Revenue-by-Banning-Charter-Flights-20200110-0004.html

'Harvard has the money to pay us livable wages'
Eric Coles | zcomm.org | 2020-01-10
Harvard graduate students are on strike demanding fairer wages, adequate healthcare, and protections from discrimination…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/harvard-has-the-money-to-pay-us-livable-wages/

First Blow for Post-Brexit Britain as Australia Rejects Trade Deal
Jack Peat | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
Hopes of a flurry of post-Brexit trade deals were dashed this week after the Australian government rejected a UK offer that included visa-free work and travel between the two countries. | Trade minister Simon Birmingham said full free movement would not …
globalresearch.ca/first-blow-post-brexit-britain-australia-rejects-trade-deal/5700172

Trump, Soleimani and Terrorism
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
At the specific direction of the erratic and unhinged U.S. president, Donald Trump, the United States assassinated a top leader of another nation. The murder of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani is shocking for a variety of reasons; some, but …
globalresearch.ca/trump-soleimani-terrorism/5700217

La Cina, non solo l'Iran, sotto tiro Usa in Medioriente
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-10
L'assassinio del generale iraniano Soleimani autorizzato dal presidente Trump ha messo in moto una reazione a catena che si propaga al di là della regione mediorientale. Cià≤ era nelle intenzioni di chi ha deciso tale atto. Soleimani era da tempo …
globalresearch.ca/la-cina-non-solo-liran-sotto-tiro-usa-in-medioriente/5700155

Global oil & gas discoveries reach 4-year high in 2019
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-10
Global oil and gas discoveries in 2019 of 12.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) represents the highest volumes since 2015, according to Rystad Energy's data on Thursday.Headquartered in Norway, Rystad Energy is an independent energy research and business intelligence company providing data, tools, analytics and consultancy services to the global energy industry.Ongoing investments of U.S. company ExxonMobil in Guyana with additional four new discoveries boosted last year's numbers, Rystad said in a statement.According to the estimations, the discoveries in Guyana hold cumulative recoverable resources of ar…
yenisafak.com/en/economy/global-oil-gas-discoveries-reach-4-year-high-in-2019-3509340

India's Democracy Is Facing an Existential Threat
Prof. Vijay Prashad | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-01-09
asia-pacificresearch.com/india-democracy-facing-existential-threat/5629007

The US vs. Iran: Who Won and Who Lost?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-09
Iran's symbolic missile strike against two US bases in Iraq was a soft power victory for the Islamic Republic despite not causing any casualties, though the US undoubtedly achieved a military victory by assassinating Maj. Gen. Soleimani in Baghdad last …
globalresearch.ca/us-iran-who-won-who-lost/5700061

Iraq PM Confirms Receiving 'Signed' US Pullout Letter. Has Washington decided upon Withdrawal?
Press TV | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-09
The following report by Press TV is yet to be confirmed. | The AFP said it had received a copy of the letter late Monday and verified its authenticity with both US and Iraqi officials, the agency added. | This occurred prior …
globalresearch.ca/iraq-pm-confirms-receiving-signed-us-pullout-letter-has-washington-decided-upon-withdrawal/5700102

2019 Was the Year the Truth No Longer Mattered
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-09
New Year happens to be one of these rare moments in the news business when we pause to reflect on the greater context of the endless stories spouted out on a daily basis by an ever-growing variety of media platforms. …
globalresearch.ca/2019-truth-no-longer-mattered/5700109

The Deeper Story Behind the Assassination of Soleimani. Washington Threats to Engage in False flag Sniper Shootings. Iraq Prime Minister
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-09
Days after the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, new and important information is coming to light from a speech given by the Iraqi prime minister. The story behind Soleimani's assassination seems to go much deeper than what has thus …
globalresearch.ca/deeper-story-behind-assassination-soleimani/5700117

US Regional Presence Makes Middle East Peace and Stability Unattainable
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-09
As long as tens of thousands of US combat troops, heavy weapons, and its jihadist proxies remain active in Middle East (ME) countries, a perpetual state of war will exist — peace, stability and security to be unattainable. | That's the …
globalresearch.ca/us-regional-presence-makes-me-peace-stability-unattainable/5700092

Sheep-Dogging on Steroids: America's New Democratic Party Anti-War Activists
Ajamu Baraka | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-09
The rhetoric of the Democratic "progressives" only gives cover to the ongoing criminality of the U.S. state and its commitment to permanent war — with congressional approval. | In the cynical spectacle that is called politics in the United States, the …
globalresearch.ca/new-democratic-party-anti-war-activists/5700074

Trump to De-Escalate: Intelligence Source
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-09
"It is most unlikely Trump will escalate at this point, and this could provide him with the opportunity to leave the Middle East except for the Gulf States. Trump wants to get out," a U.S. intelligence source says. | *** | President …
globalresearch.ca/trump-de-escalate-intel-source/5700072

John Kerry Did It
Ann Garrison | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-09
The Democratic National Committee's scapegoating began early in 2016, months before wall building, climate change denying, health care abolishing, tax dodging, spewing demagogue Donald Trump surprised everyone including himself by taking the White House. First Wikileaks elected Trump by releasing …
globalresearch.ca/john-kerry-did-it/5700068

Iranian Messages Behind Attacking US Bases in Iraq and the Consequences
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-09
Just after midnight local time today, Iranian ballistic missiles " Fateh 313″ hit two military bases in Iraq that host a significant concentration of US forces, along with other allies. The Iranian direct hit was the retaliation for the …
globalresearch.ca/iranian-messages-behind-attacking-us-bases-iraq-consequences/5700113

Iran's Strikes Against the U.S. Demonstrates the Unipolar System Is Truly Over
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-09
When U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, he certainly had not expected that Iran would respond in the way it did by bombarding two U.S. military bases in Iraqi territory. It is likely …
globalresearch.ca/iran-strikes-against-u-s-demonstrates-unipolar-system-over/5700096