2021-11-12: News Headlines

Editor2 (2021-11-12). Honduras: Social Forum Denounces Irregularities in Upcoming Elections. orinocotribune.com The Platform in Defense of Public Health and Education invited Hondurans to go en masse to the polls because a record-high turnover is one of the ways to avoid fraud attempts. | On Tuesday, Honduran Social Forum on External Debt and Development (FOSDEH) and other social organizations denounced the existence of irregularities in the Nov. 28 elections. | So far, the National Election Council (CNE) has not approved several important reforms for the proper conduct of transparent elections. Among them is the implementation of a second round in case no candidate reaches an absolute majority. Nor have the authorities pr…

Staff (2021-11-12). Moon has enough oxygen for 8 billion people — scientist. rt.com The Moon's atmosphere doesn't contain enough oxygen for human life, but under the planet's rocky top layer, there's enough of the gas to sustain eight billion human lives for 100,000 years, according to a prominent scientist. | In a piece penned this week in The Conversation, John Grant, a lecturer in soil science at Australia's Southern Cross University Read more…

WSWS (2021-11-12). UK teachers oppose attacks on working conditions. wsws.org Teachers are facing the terrible impact of the pandemic, attacks on their pay and conditions, the further marketisation of education, and victimisations.

sputniknews (2021-11-12). Chinese Communist Party Brands Upcoming US Democracy Summit as 'Ironic'. sputniknews.com BEIJING (Sputnik) – The idea of the United States holding a democracy summit at the time when a whole range of democratic issues is mounting in Western nations is very ironic, Jiang Jinquan, head of the Chinese Communist Party's (CPC) Central Committee's policy research office, said on Friday.

Anonymous103 (2021-11-12). Bolsonaro's Brazil Could See Itself Excluded From Talks On The Amazon Rainforest. southfront.org Illustrative ImageWashington's and the EU's narratives on the environment, however, are marked with contradictions. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | During his visit to Colombia on October 22, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the US was to soon launch an Amazon-wide pact to reduce deforestation. Strangely, no mention was made of Brazil being included in this conversation. Blinken even declined to answer a question regarding Brazilian Presiden…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-12). Analysis: U.S. dismantled Soviet Union, has Turkey been assigned to do same with Russia? antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Google translation. If there is any demand for it I can edit it for clarity and presentability. Al-Mayadeen NetNovember 4, 2021 America brought down the Soviet Union….So what will Erdogan do?Hosni MahliInternational relations researcher and specialist in Turkish affairs This is what Erdogan is now seeking, who believes in Ozal's ideas in all his regional …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-11-12). La pandemia de COVID-19 no existe. globalizacion.ca Introducción | Existe mucha confusión y desinformación con respecto a la naturaleza de la llamada "pandemia" de Covid-19. | Los gobiernos y los medios corporativos rara vez mencionan la definición de pandemia. | Lo que confirma la existencia de una pandemia no es…

Anonymous103 (2021-11-12). US-Led Provocative Drills In The Red Sea May Obstruct Nuclear Deal Negotiations. southfront.org Illustrative ImageUS, Israel, UAE, and Bahrain are conducting military maneuvers in the Red Sea in a message to Tehran. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Once again, US-led military maneuvers create unnecessary tensions and hamper international negotiations. Recently announced military

imperial.ac.uk (2021-11-12). German science leaders commend public health innovation at White City Campus. imperial.ac.uk German science leaders visited Imperial's White City Campus to discover how researchers are working with the local community on health challenges.

WSWS (2021-11-12). Interview with Hampton Stall, an expert on the far right, on fascist activity in school reopening campaign and January 6 aftermath. wsws.org Eric London recently spoke to Hampton Stall about the impact of the January 6 coup attempt and the coronavirus pandemic on the far right. Stall is a researcher with MilitiaWatch, a nonprofit organization that monitors the online activity of the far right.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-11-12). Mayo Clinic co-leads a new coalition to improve patient care through community-level clinical trials. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic and several health organizations launched the Advancing Clinical Trials at the Point of Care Coalition to improve patient care by giving clinicians quality clinical research evidence in real time to better evaluate treatments and therapeutics, including those to treat COVID-19. The ACT@POC coalition will bring together health systems, community-based care organizations, health research organizations and a more diverse group of patients and providers to support the design of adaptable clinical…

Shawgi Tell (2021-11-12). Mainstream Economists Reject Economic Science. dissidentvoice.org The "invisible hand" gives rise to a situation where it becomes natural and normal to conclude that no one knows how things work or what to expect. It renders the future unpredictable and unmanageable. Uncertainty and unpredictability become the norm because the economy as a whole is not under conscious human control. Different sectors and …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-12). Student strike enters second week at Columbia University. peoplesdispatch.org Over 3,000 Columbia graduate student workers have been on strike since November 3. This is the latest in a series of actions by graduate students workers in universities across the US, many of which are extremely wealthy…

WSWS (2021-11-12). Campus opposition at University of Michigan mounts to victimization of Bright Sheng. wsws.org Professors and students continue to speak out against the anti-democratic victimization of University of Michigan professor and composer Bright Sheng.

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-11). U.S. to augment Ukraine's NATO partnership status until it joins as full member. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com US promises to help Ukraine raise NATO partner status The United States expressed support for Ukraine's aspirations to become a NATO member and promised to contribute to raising the country's status as a partner of the North Atlantic Alliance as the US State Department stated in the new U.S.-Ukraine Charter on Strategic Partnership. "Guided by …

Kevin Mwanza (2021-11-11). Massive Debts: USC Accused Of Predatory Recruiting For $115,000 Online Degree, Targeting Low-Income Students. moguldom.com Would you pay $115,000 for an online degree? Some students at the University of South Carolina (USC) have been forking out this much, only to graduate and get stuck with massive debt and a very low salary, according to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) analysis of recent U.S. Education Department data. The WSJ report said …

teleSUR (2021-11-11). Cuban Minister of Higher Education Visits Russia to Expand Ties. telesurenglish.net Increasing and improving academic and scientific cooperation between Cuba and Russia is the main objective of the visit of Higher Education Minister Jose Ramon Saborido Loidi to Moscow. | Minister Saborido also exchanged this Tuesday with Vyacheslav Nikonov, President of the Russkiy Mir Foundation, which is the main financier of the 100 Scholarships Program. Both leaders agreed on the importance of maintaining and expanding this program for Cuba.

Global Research News (2021-11-11). Selected Articles: Athletes Suffer Cardiac Arrest, Myocarditis, Blood Clots, Hospitalized after COVID Injections. globalresearch.ca By UK lawyer and military veteran Anna De Buisseret urges us to have hope, "because we are going to …

Anonymous103 (2021-11-11). Huawei Excluded From Brazilian 5G Auction. southfront.org Illustrative ImageWithout Chinese participation in Brazilian technological market, the path is open for Brasilia to enter NATO as a global partner. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | The Brazilian 5G auction finally took place — and the Chinese tech giant Huawei did not participate. Having no possibility of action for the Chinese company, Beijing has been excluded from the Brazilian 5G market, which led to a series of diplomatic tensions. The ev…

imperial.ac.uk (2021-11-11). Scientists use graphene sheets to improve lab-on-chip diagnostic tests. imperial.ac.uk Imperial College London researchers have improved an electronic sensor that can be used for fast detection of infectious diseases like COVID-19.

Staff (2021-11-11). SpaceX's Crew-3 mission lifts off for International Space Station. rt.com SpaceX and NASA's latest manned mission, Crew-3, has taken off from Florida's Cape Canaveral, set to bring four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for another six-month science expedition. | Crew-3 appeared to lift off without a hitch on Wednesday evening, as was seen in footage shared by SpaceX, carrying NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, as well as Matthias Maurer — a German national with the European Space Agency — into orbit to rendezvous with the ISS. | pic.twitter.com/P2H0r0VaES— SpaceX (@SpaceX) teleSUR (2021-11-11). Honorary Degree to Life of Science for Cuban Dr Vicente Verez. telesurenglish.net Graduated as a Chemical Engineer from the "Lomonosov" Institute in Moscow, he also received a Honoris Causa Doctorate degree from the Canadian University of Quebec, in Montreal. | Vicente Vérez receives honorary degree of #Doctor Honoris Causa in Chemical Sciences of the University of Havana, and praises work of young people in vaccine development.

WSWS (2021-11-11). Columbia University student workers speak out at second strike of 2021. wsws.org Columbia University graduate students spoke to the WSWS about the issues in their strike.

Anonymous103 (2021-11-11). The Geopolitics of China-Russia Relations, The Dragon and the Bear. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Nicholas Meyers; originally published on Most serious students of Sino-Russian relations are well aware that the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation, a twenty-year strategic…

WSWS (2021-11-11). Teachers and parents expose rising COVID infections in Australian schools. wsws.org "A gigantic social experiment is being played out here… Why are primary school children being herded into classrooms, completely defenceless against the virus?"

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