(2020-11-18). US Election 2020: The Moment of Truth Approaches. globalresearch.ca Joe Biden is not and never will be US president-elect legitimately. | Clear evidence shows significant election fraud in key swing states — favoring Biden/Harris over Trump. | If all US Election 2020 votes were tabulated accurately, Trump would carry key swing …
(2020-11-18). Syrian Foreign Minister Muallem Was a Multipolar Visionary. globalresearch.ca Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem passed away earlier this week, but his multipolar vision will be remembered forever. The Arab Republic's top diplomat previously served as his country's Ambassador to the US from 1990-1999 prior to becoming Assistant Foreign Minister …
(2020-11-18). Cyber-Espionage: US Security Agency Accused of Spying on European Private Companies. globalresearch.ca A new cyber espionage scandal involving American intelligence agencies is being revealed — this time in Europe. Government's ministries and Danish private companies were targets of US espionage, according to a recent report by an anonymous informer. The US National …
(2020-11-18). US Security Agency Accused of Spying on European Private Companies. globalresearch.ca A new cyber espionage scandal involving American intelligence agencies is being revealed — this time in Europe. Government's ministries and Danish private companies were targets of US espionage, according to a recent report by an anonymous informer. The US National …
(2020-11-18). Trump Bruited Strike on Iran Civilian Nuclear Facilities, Which May Kill as Many as Did Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima. globalresearch.ca
(2020-11-18). The "Use of the Armed Forces" in America under a National Emergency. Repeal of the Posse Comitatus Act. globalresearch.ca Unrestricted & Arbitrary Powers conferred to the President & Vice President…
(2020-11-18). Video: Silent Retreat of Neo-Ottoman Forces from Syria. globalresearch.ca In October and the first half of November, the war in Syria remained in a relatively calm phase, which was not marked by any active military actions of the sides involved in the conflict. Nonetheless, this period demonstrated several trends …
(2020-11-18). Thai students lead charge against military rulers and monarchy. peoplesworld.org 
Thailand's riot police fired water cannons and tear gas at protesters Tuesday as they tried to break through barricades outside parliament while possible changes to the constitution were discussed. Police had set up the barbed wire barricades earlier as hundreds of royalists demonstrated to call on MPs not to change the constitution. But the student-led …
(2020-11-18). The Climate Threat From Arctic Methane Releases. counterpunch.org 
A friend, who is an intelligent person with no science background, asked me to explain simply what the concern expressed with alarm by many scientists and (anti) climate change activists is about the increasing rate of methane gas emissions in the Arctic. That attempted explanation follows. From even before the extinction of the dinosaurs by
(2020-11-18). COVID Offices and the Religion of Remote Work. globalresearch.ca Masks can prove liberating. The hidden face affords security. Obnoxious authority breathes better and with greater assurance, hiding in comfort. Behind the material, confidence finds a home. While tens of millions of jobs have been lost to the novel coronavirus …
(2020-11-18). How Can the Belt and Road Better Protect Biodiversity? asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2020-11-18). Jan Myrdal, the Eternal Rebel, Dies at 93. globalresearch.ca "Even as many cultural figures in Sweden after his death were quick to witness to his importance, they pissed on his memory by pointing out the many issues they disagreed with him. Their problem was often that they never read …
(2020-11-18). There's One Issue Joe Biden Has Refused to Follow the Science On. scheerpost.com jlhervàs / CC BY 2.0] By Jeff Cohen One of the keys to Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump was his constant and accurate accusation that Trump "refuses to follow the science" on COVID-19 — that "he won't listen to the scientists." It proved to be a winning campaign theme. Indeed, it's sobering to realize that without COVID — both Trump's mishandling of it and the accompanying economic downturn… |
(2020-11-18). The Decline of the US Does Not Mean Plain Sailing for China. globalresearch.ca Who lost China? The question, first asked when Mao's dictum about power coming from the barrel of a gun proved pertinent and Truman was in the White House, is being asked again with renewed vigor. Some in the West believed …
(2020-11-18). Cuban Medical Teams for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. globalresearch.ca At the June 2020 Annual Meeting, Council of Canadians' members voted to endorse and promote a Canadian nominating process for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to go the Henry Reeve medical teams from Cuba for their international work in the …
(2020-11-18). Business School launches new app to help measure personal COVID-19 risk. imperial.ac.uk Academics from the Business School have created a research tool to calculate personal risk from coronavirus based on everyday activities.
(2020-11-18). Psychologisches Manifest des gesunden Menschenverstands (Kurzfassung). globalresearch.ca Nach den Erkenntnissen der Humanwissenschaften Anthropologie, Soziologie und Psychologie besitzt der Mensch von Natur aus einen gesunden Verstand beziehungsweise ein natàºrliches Urteilsvermà∂gen. Dieser gesunde Menschenverstand arbeitet empirisch, das heiàüt, er fà§llt konkrete Urteile auf der Basis alltà§glicher Lebenserfahrung und Beobachtung. …
(2020-11-18). Lecturers Show Solidarity With Students Following 'Racial Profiling'. popularresistance.org University of Manchester, UK – Teaching staff held a show of solidarity with their students following a 'racial profiling' row at the University of Manchester. | Lecturers also voiced their support for students protesting at the university's handling of the coronavirus crisis. | A group of staff read out a statement at the Fallowfield Campus on Tuesday afternoon telling students: 'We are with you. We are here for you'. | And they told black students and students of colour 'who may be feeling particularly hurt and excluded from the university at the moment' that 'you do belong here'.
(2020-11-18). BRICS 2020: Achievements and Future Challenges. Summit of Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. globalresearch.ca On November 17, under Russia's BRICS Chairmanship, Vladimir Putin hosted the 12th BRICS Summit via videoconference. The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa participated to discuss the state and prospects of cooperation within BRICS, discussed the global …
(2020-11-18). The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Augurs Hope. globalresearch.ca In the mist of the gloom generated by the twin health and economic crises, the birth of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a ray of light auguring hope. | More than a million lives have been lost world-wide as …
(2020-11-18). Extortion, bio-warfare and terrorism: Extremists are exploiting the pandemic, says UN report. news.un.org Criminals and violent extremists are exploiting the pandemic to build their support networks, undermine trust in government and even weaponize the virus, according to a research report published on Wednesday by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI).
(2020-11-18). Herbert Marcuse and the End of Utopia. globalresearch.ca "Even among bourgeois economists, there is hardly a serious thinker who will deny that it is possible, by means of currently existing material and intellectual forces of production, to put an end to hunger and poverty, and that the present …
(2020-11-18). Why COVID-19 Testing Is a Tragic Waste. globalresearch.ca From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the clarion call has been to test, test and test some more. However, right from the start, serious questions arose about the tests being used to diagnose this infection, and questions have only …
(2020-11-18). Is the CBC Drowning Itself in a Second Wave of Corona Disinformation? globalresearch.ca Almost every paragraph of a
(2020-11-18). Trump's New Pentagon — Divisive Duo Will Frustrate Doves and Hawks Alike. globalresearch.ca After last week's firing of various Pentagon officials including Sec. of Defense Mark Esper, the Undersecretaries of Intelligence and Policy, and Chief of Staff to the Sec of Defense, Democrats and Republicans, eager to get back to a status …
(2020-11-18). UK MP Suggests People Shouldn't be Allowed to Work Without COVID Vaccine. globalresearch.ca A British MP faced backlash Monday after suggesting that employees in the UK should not be allowed to go to work unless they can prove that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19, when the shot becomes available. | "If vaccination works …
(2020-11-18). MoU inked between Allameh Tabataba'i, D-8 Intl Universities. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) — A memorandum of understanding on joint educational cooperation was inked between presidents of Allameh Tabataba'i University and D-8 International University.
(2020-11-18). "I Am Greta" Isn't About Climate Change. It's About the Elusiveness of Sanity in an Insane World. globalresearch.ca Erich Fromm, the renowned German-Jewish social psychologist who was forced to flee his homeland in the early 1930s as the Nazis came to power, offered a disturbing insight later in life on the relationship between society and the individual. | In …
(2020-11-18). The Effects of Technology on Society. globalresearch.ca Judging the effects of something on a state of affairs requires a standard scale characterized by a spectrum that separates two opposite axiological points: the positive and the negative. The context of the present issue brings us to the question, …
(2020-11-18). Japan, Australia, and the Rejigging of Asia-Pacific Alliances. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2020-11-18). India and ASEAN to Create a "Belt and Road Alternative"? asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2020-11-17). Uruguay: Leftist Party Presents Proposal To Reject Budget Bill. telesurenglish.net Uruguay's left-wing Broad Front (BF) presented a document at the Senate on Monday in order to reform the 2020-2024 Budget Bill which they claim establishes several cuts in basic policies, such as education, health care, and the administration of justice. | RELATED: | "The 2020-2024 Budget presented by the Executive Branch and approved by the Coalition in the Lower Chamber turns its back on the needs of the great maj…
(2020-11-17). Russia's Red Sea Base in Sudan Is a Recalibration of Its Intra-Ummah Balancing Act. globalresearch.ca Russia's draft deal to open up a Red Sea naval base in Sudan amounts to a strategic recalibration of its careful "balancing" act between the GCC and Turkey after moving more closely to the latter following the end of the …
(2020-11-17). Japan Militarizes and Worries Russia and China. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2020-11-17). How Our Biggest ISPs Are Failing Students During COVID-19. popularresistance.org Early in the pandemic, one of our MediaJustice Network members reached out to us in hopes we could support a group of high school students in Baltimore who were trying to amplify their campaign. The students are leaders in a Latinx and immigrant student organization called Students Organizing for a Multicultural and Open Society (SOMOS), and this was their first time organizing for digital equity. | When school ended last year, SOMOS realized that many of their fellow Baltimore city schoolmates who'd relied on Comcast's Internet Essentials discount program didn't have a connection fast or reliable enough for onli…
(2020-11-17). Albania's Attempts to Refocus Kosovo War Crime Tribunal onto Serbia Will Not Work. globalresearch.ca Kosovo Albanians via their allies in Tirana are once again attempting to antagonize Serbia, this time through the Self-Determination Movements initiative. The Movement is trying to push through the Albanian Parliament a declaration condemning the so-called "Serbian genocide in Kosovo." …
(2020-11-17). Video: Russia's Diplomatic Intervention and the Armenia-Azerbaijan War. Russia's Military Presence in Armenia. globalresearch.ca Results of the Nagorno-Karabakh war continue shaping the balance of power of the South Caucasus. The ceasefire regime established as a result of the Russian diplomatic intervention and the deployment of the Russian peacekeeping force in the region nears the …
(2020-11-17). 'Housing as a Human Right' takes center stage in Oakland's election. peoplesworld.org 
OAKLAND, Calif. — This city's supporters of housing as a human right, rethinking public safety, achieving racial justice, and upholding public education have a lot to be glad about as election results are finalized. Longtime Oakland resident and community organizer Carroll Fife, regional director of the Alliance for Community Empowerment for San Francisco and Oakland, …
(2020-11-17). Betsy DeVos's 'Voucherland' Spells Disaster For Public Schools. popularresistance.org Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, sensing perhaps the need to reaffirm her stamp on education policy, recently gave a speech at an education roundtable at Hillsdale College, a private Christian college in Michigan. The Washington Post called her remarks an "anti-government polemic" that reasserted one of her long-held beliefs: that families, rather than the federal government, should be the "sovereign sphere" for deciding how to spend public money for education. | DeVos also made a plug for her Education Freedom Scholarship Initiative, which would provide $5 billion in federal tax credits that states could use…
(2020-11-17). Jammu and Kashmir: Implications for Regional and Global Peace. globalresearch.ca The current situation in India's illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) is not without current, tragic precedent. Bringing non-native Kashmiris into the territory, and since April, two million non-natives have been approved to do so, with the goal of eliminating …
(2020-11-17). Oxford University's Ties to Nuclear Weapons Industry Revealed. globalresearch.ca Freedom of Information requests submitted by Cherwell have revealed that Oxford University accepted at least £726,706 from the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), the designer and producer of the UK's nuclear warheads, during the years 2017-19 alone. | The majority of this …
(2020-11-17). Video: German Lawyer Sues the World Over Coronavirus. globalresearch.ca Patrick Bet-David has a virtual sit down with consumer protection trial lawyer Reiner Fuellmich to talk about the Coronavirus and his work on the German Corona investigation committee. | Dr Reiner Fuellmich is one of four members of the German Corona …
(2020-11-17). Warning Concerns Respirator Decontamination System. jamanetwork.com The FDA has warned the Battelle Memorial Institute, a research and development company in Columbus, Ohio, that its adverse event reporting process for an N95 respirator decontamination system is deficient.
(2020-11-17). Arab American Attitudes Towards Their Heritage and the Middle East. globalresearch.ca Any discussion of Arab Americans must consider, at the outset, both the deep diversity as well as the shared attitudes and concerns that exist within the community. As is the case with most ethnic groups, Arab Americans are not a …
(2020-11-17). Don't Call the Cops. Especially if Your Loved Ones Are Old, Disabled or Have Special Needs. globalresearch.ca "Anyone who cares for someone with a developmental disability, as well as for disabled people themselves
(2020-11-17). Hollywood's 'Songbird': "Puts the Scare" in People during a "Pandemic" globalresearch.ca Hollywood knows how to put the scare in people. Songbird, a new film produced by Michael Bay and directed by Adam Mason exploits the Covid-19 pandemic which complements the mainstream-media's (MSM) fear campaign among its audience. Last month, The …
(2020-11-17). Video: Are We Being Told the Truth About COVID-19? globalresearch.ca Professor Bhakdi is a Thai-German specialist in microbiology and co-author of Corona, False Alarm?: Facts and Figures. | According to Prof. Bhakdi, "this virus is no more deadly than a seasonal flu and for people under 70, it is even less …
(2020-11-17). Mexico: Unemployment Increases To 2.8 Million People. telesurenglish.net Mexico's National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported on Tuesday that unemployment in the country increased to 2.8 million people in the third quarter of 2020. | RELATED: | The institution explains that there was an increment of 622.000 citizens compared to the same period in 2019. Although there are early signs of recovery, the unemployment figures are still below the pre-pandemic levels. | Acc…
(2020-11-17). Meeting of Coronavirus Combat Headquarters in Isfahan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) — The meeting of Coronavirus Combat and Prevention Headquarters was held in the presence of Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences on Tuesday.
(2020-11-17). RCEP Hops on the New Silk Roads. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on Ho Chi Minh, in his eternal abode, will be savoring it with a heavenly smirk. Vietnam was the — virtual — host as the 10 Asean nations, plus China, Japan, …
