Daily Archives: April 4, 2021

2021-04-04: News Headlines

Eurasia Review (2021-04-04). Modern Analysis Of Rock Art. eurasiareview.com Rock art of human figures created over thousands of years in Australia's Arnhem Land has been put through a transformative machine learning study to analyse style changes over the years. | The study has tested different styles labelled 'Northern Running figures', 'Dynamic figures', 'Post Dynamic figures' and 'Simple figures with Boomerangs' to understand how these styles relate to one another. | Working with the Mimal and Marrku Traditional Owners of the Wilton River area in Australia's Top End, South Australian researchers led by Flinders University archaeologist Dr Daryl Wesley have taken a closer look at th…

Richard Sanders (2021-04-04). Canadian Ties to U.S. Empire: Lester Pearson and the Myth of Canada as Peaceable Kingdom. globalresearch.ca Read part I here: | |

Eurasia Review (2021-04-04). Developed A Safe And Cheap Technology Of Disinfection Of Packed Eggs. eurasiareview.com Russian researchers have developed an inexpensive, safe, and reliable packed eggs surface disinfection technology. This technology helps to kill bacteria, including salmonella, on eggshells. Also, it allows growing broiler chickens with strong immunity to viral diseases. Packed eggs are disinfected with 50 nanoseconds (one billionth of a second) electron beam. Disinfection takes place in plastic containers. The description of the technology was published in Food and Bioproducts Processing. | "Disinfection of the packed eggs protects eggs from subsequent contamination during storage", said Sergey Sokovnin, a pr…

Liberation Staff (2021-04-04). After a year of struggle, Boston teachers prepare for return to school. liberationnews.org Despite high ongoing COVID-19 infection rates across the city, Boston Public Schools and other districts across Massachusetts have been forcing teachers and students back to school.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-04-04). The Corona Crisis: A New Lockdown for Quebec is not A "Solution". Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Quebec Mr. Franàßois Legault. globalresearch.ca The following text is the translation from French (by the author). . | Mr. Franàßois Legault, | Premier of Quebec | April 3, 2021 | . | Dear Mr. Legault, | I am writing to you regarding your …

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2021-04-04). Video: The Seeds of Vandana Shiva. globalresearch.ca Vandana Shiva, Ph.D., is a physicist and activist who works …

_____ (2021-04-04). What Is Climate Feminism? popularresistance.org Last fall, two powerful hurricanes, Eta and Iota, slammed into Central America within two weeks of each other, causing massive flooding and landslides and affecting millions of people, primarily in Honduras and Nicaragua. Thousands were uprooted from their homes, and women, many with children in tow, suffered the greatest. The events followed a disturbing but familiar trend: The United Nations estimates that 80 percent of people displaced by climate change are women. And it's not just storms that affect them; researchers in India have found that droughts, too, hit women the hardest, rendering them more vulnerable…

Stephen Sefton (2021-04-04). Nicaragua and the Western Human Rights Industry. globalresearch.ca John Heartfield's famous photomontage of a

orinocotribune (2021-04-04). Jorge Arreaza: Iván Duque is Not Used to Reading but to Lying. orinocotribune.com On Saturday, April 3, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza Montserrat advised Colombian president Iván Duque to stop lying about the so-called "Cartel of the Suns" (Cartel de los Soles). He recommended that someone read to him about the rigorous investigation which has revealed that the United States and his own government supported and publicized that lie based on an unprecedented media plot. | "It is known that Iván Duque is not used to reading, but he is used to lying," Arreaza wrote on his Twitter account, @jaarreaza. "Perhaps someone can read to him this rigorous work by a Spanish researcher, wh…

Senator Dick Black (2021-04-04). Video: The Truth About the Syrian Crisis. Former Senator Dick Black. globalresearch.ca I'm [former] Senator Dick Black [Virginia State Senate] and I'm a …

Jill Richardson (2021-04-04). State Lawmakers are Cracking Down on Speech. zcomm.org It's ironic that the loudest complaints about "cancel culture" are coming from people who are so afraid of students engaging critically with challenging ideas that they want to shut it down entirely.

www.academia.edu (2021-04-04). Two letters to the editor on the pandemic lockdown. indybay.org Our collective thinking has often been manipulated and corrupted (eg Vietnam, Iraq, Nicaragua, Iran). According to GlobalResearch.ca, the WHO made a late admission on Jan 20, 2021 that "the lockdown has no scientific basis" and test results are misleading. "Release the vaccines and put an end to the lockdown," urges Jens Berger, editor of nachdenkseiten.de.

Khaled Iskef (2021-04-04). Turkey Supported Armed Groups in Syria: On Their Way to Bankruptcy Strategically and Financially. globalresearch.ca In the shadow of the decline of the value of the …

Right to Health Action (2021-04-04). Sunday 4/11: Climate Justice & Planetary Health: Stopping the Next Pandemic. indybay.org Online teach-in…

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2021-04-04). Friday 4/2: Virtual Forum: 60-year Blockade on Cuba & Unions Fight for Safe Schools. indybay.org bit.ly/education4thepeople…

Edward Curtin (2021-04-04). The Assassination and Resurrection of Martin Luther King, Jr. globalresearch.ca "I don't believe in death without resurrection. If they kill me, …

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2021-04-03). Fewer African Students Came To Russia In 2020. eurasiareview.com As federal government scholarships are highly limited, Russia's educational institutions are ready to train more and more specialists on tuition paying basis for Africa. There are plans to boost the number of African students, but currently, approximately 60% of the total African students are on private contracts in the Russian Federation. | "The present and the future of Russia-Africa relations is not about charity, it's about co-development," stated Evgeny Primakov, Head of the Russian Federal Agency for International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo) and also a member of the Secretariat of the R…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-03). African Elephants Only Occupy A Fraction Of Their Potential Range. eurasiareview.com Many wildlife species are threatened by shrinking habitat. But according to new research, the potential range of African elephants could be more than five times larger than its current extent. | Due to 2,000 years of human pressure, African elephants have suffered dramatic population declines, and their range has shrunk to just 17% of what it could be, say researchers who led the new study, in Current Biology. | The dramatic reduction in range is due to the killing of elephants for their ivory and the encroachment of humans into elephant habitat. Evidence for elephants being drastically reduced in certain regi…

Observer Research Foundation (2021-04-03). The Great Game 2.0 In Asia — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Yuri M Yarmolinsky | Amid increasing recognition of the Asia-Pacific Region (APR) as the engine and centre of future global development and growth, it is important to highlight the historic event held on 12 March 2021—the high-level virtual summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) of the United States, Japan, Australia, and India. The unofficial format of the Quad has been promoted by its participants since 2007, at the behest of Tokyo with varying degrees of activity, national involvement, and success. | The rapid analysis of the thematic publications of the leading Asian—mainly Ind…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-03). Adjusting Interactions Help Some California's Wild Bee Populations Survive. eurasiareview.com Across California's Central Valley, under stress from large-scale agriculture and climate change, native bee species that are flexible in their pollination behavior when around other wild bee populations appear best suited for survival in shrinking habitats. | That's the primary finding of a study published online in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. | A research team led by University of Oregon biologist Lauren C. Ponisio identified 1,150 network interactions involving 157 wild bee species and 152 plant species at 63 sites spread across three counties. The findings emerged from observations of adult bee…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-03). Deprivation Is 'Driving' Covid-19 Ethnic Disparities. eurasiareview.com Deprivation among society at large is 'driving' Covid-19 disparities among minority ethnic groups – predominantly South Asian and Black African or Caribbean populations – and could be considered the main cause of disproportionate infection rates, hospitalization and deaths experienced by these populations, according to new analysis from the University of Leicester. | The study, supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) comes a day after a government-commissioned review concluded race and racism have become less important factors in explaining soci…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-03). Low Risk Of Researchers Passing Coronavirus To North American Bats. eurasiareview.com The risk is low that scientists could pass coronavirus to North American bats during winter research, according to a new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey. Scientists find the overall risk to be 1 in 1,000 if no protective measures are taken, and the risk falls lower, to 1 in 3,333 or less, with proper use of personal protective equipment or if scientists test negative for COVID-19 before beginning research. | The research specifically looked at the potential transmission of SARS-CoV-2, which is the type of coronavirus that causes COVID-19, from people to bats. Scientists did not examine potential transm…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-03). Possible Trigger For Crohn's Disease Identified. eurasiareview.com People living with the often-debilitating effects of Crohn's disease may finally gain some relief, thanks to ground-breaking research led by McMaster University. | McMaster investigator Brian Coombes said his team identified a strain of adherent-invasive E-coli (AIEC) that is strongly implicated in the condition and is often found in the intestines of people with Crohn's disease. | "If you examine the gut lining of patients with Crohn's disease, you will find that around 70 to 80 per cent of them test positive for AIEC bacteria, but one of the things we don't understand is why," said Coombes, professor and cha…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-03). Increasing Applied Pesticide Toxicity Threatens Plants And Insects. eurasiareview.com A group of scientists from the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany, has shown that for plants and insects the applied pesticide toxicity in agriculture has substantially increased between 2004 and 2016. In a paper published in the current issue of Science, the authors show that this pattern is even relevant in genetically modified (GM) crops that were originally designed to reduce pesticide impacts on the environment. | "We have taken a large body of pesticide use data from the US and have expressed changes of amounts applied in agriculture over time as changes in total applied pesticide toxicity," says lead…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-04-03). The US-NATO War of Aggression against Yugoslavia. globalresearch.ca The US-NATO War of Aggression against Yugoslavia : | . | by Michel Chossudovsky: | Centre for Research on Globalization, | Global Research E-Book Series, | | Montreal, March 2021 | . | Copyright, Centre for Research on Globalization. 2021 | . | . |
| . | Preface: | . | Twenty-two years ago in …

Makia Freeman (2021-04-03). WHO Pushes International Pandemic Treaty — Another Stepping Stone to World Government. globalresearch.ca The WHO is promoting a new international pandemic treaty to be …

teleSUR (2021-04-03). Peru To Gradually Restart Face-To-Face Classes in Rural Areas. telesurenglish.net Peru's Education Minister Ricardo Cuenca informed that over 17,000 schools in rural areas will be able to progressively start on-site classes as of April 19. | RELATED: | Representing 15.9 percent of the country's schools, these educational institutions are mainly located in the Amazonas, Huanuco, Loreto, San Martin, and La Libertad departments. | After proper health certification, some 633,862 students and 52,619…

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2021-04-03). Violence Escalates on the Border Between Venezuela and Colombia. globalresearch.ca Once again, tensions are rising on the border between Venezuela and …

Philip Giraldi (2021-04-03). The Endless War: Afghanistan Goes on and on. globalresearch.ca Given the present atmosphere in Washington in which there is no …

Fight Back (2021-04-03). Austin rallies in solidarity with Palestine on Land Day. fightbacknews.org Austin, TX – On March 30, around 30 students and activists from all over Austin converged on the State Capitol building in solidarity with Palestine on Land Day. The action was organized by Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC), a local group dedicated to organizing in solidarity with Palestinians in their struggle against the Israeli occupation. | PSC was joined by many local groups including Austin Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Red Aid, and the United Neighborhood Defense Movement, among others. | As various speakers explained, Land Day is a commemoration of March 30, 1976 when – after the Israeli oc…

_____ (2021-04-03). Biden To Review Executive Authority To Cancel Student Debt. popularresistance.org Washington, DC – President Joe Biden has asked Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to prepare a memo about his legal authority to cancel student debt, chief of staff Ron Klain said Thursday, as pressure grows for the administration to address the student loan crisis crippling millions of Americans. | Klain said in an interview with Politico that Biden will decide how to proceed once he reviews the memo, which could be sent to his desk in the next few weeks. | "He'll look at that legal authority, he'll look at the policy issues around that, and then he'll make a decision," Klain said. "He hasn't made a decision on…

_____ (2021-04-03). Report: UK School Textbooks Altered To Favour Israel. popularresistance.org The international publisher Pearson has paused further distribution of two textbooks used by UK high schools after a group of academics said in a report that they distorted the historical record and failed to offer pupils a balanced view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. | The report found that alterations had been made to text, timelines, maps and photographs, as well as to sample student essays and questions. | It concluded that "school children should not be supplied with propaganda under the guise of education" and called for their immediate withdrawal. | The textbook alterations were made last year after…

Michael Snyder (2021-04-03). As Russian Tanks Move Toward Ukraine, the Globe Braces for the Possibility that World War 3 Could Soon Erupt. globalresearch.ca At this hour, more Russian military forces are massed near Ukraine's …

WSWS (2021-04-03). UAW isolates Columbia University strike, starves graduate students with poverty strike pay. wsws.org The UAW is not a workers organization but an arm of corporate management that works to isolate and suppress all opposition to the policies of the ruling class.

Ecotextile News (2021-04-03). Chemical Cocktail Found in Face Masks. "Breathing in Carcinogens, Allergens and Synthetic Microfibres" globalresearch.ca Top German scientists have found that wearing certain types of face …

Gareth Iacobucci (2021-04-03). COVID-19: Mass Testing at UK Universities Is Haphazard and Unscientific: British Medical Journal (BMJ) Investigation. globalresearch.ca The costly rollout of screening for covid-19 among asymptomatic students at …

Staff (2021-04-03). Fred Hampton Was Right: We Must Fight Racism With Cross-Racial Solidarity. truthout.org On March 15, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced that the film Judas and the Black Messiah, about the assassination of Chicago Black Panther Party leader

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-04-03). The Criminalization of Big Pharma, mRNA Vaccine Deaths and Injuries. EU Adopts "Digital Vaccine Passport" globalresearch.ca On March 25, 2021, the European Parliament voted 468 to 203 …

Paul Anthony Taylor (2021-04-03). European Plans for 'Vaccine Passports' Were in Place 20 Months Prior to the Pandemic. Coincidence? globalresearch.ca With the world being told that so-called 'vaccine passports' will be …

Megan Redshaw (2021-04-03). 15 million J&J COVID Vaccines Thrown Away after Ingredient Mix-Up with AstraZeneca. globalresearch.ca Fifteen million doses of Johnson & Johnson (J&J's) vaccine

Arjun Walia (2021-04-03). The Top Four Reasons Why Many People, Doctors and Scientists Refuse to Take the COVID Vaccine. globalresearch.ca When you ask somebody why they are choosing to take the …

_____ (2021-04-03). Vaccine Nationalism Is Putting World Health At Risk. popularresistance.org It's 9: 21pm, and the phones of journalists across South Africa are buzzing. The health department has just released the country's daily Covid-19 statistics in a WhatsApp message. | 'We convey our condolences to the loved ones of the departed and thank the health care workers who treated the deceased.' The single line has been repeated in every statement, every night, for the last year. | Officially, 52,846 people in the country of almost 59 million have died of Covid-19 since the epidemic began in March. But experts warn that the true death toll could be in the hundreds of thousands. Today, just 0.4 percent of So…

Newsclick (2021-04-03). How pharma companies created a bottleneck in vaccine distribution. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode of 'Talking Science & Tech', we look at how private pharma companies and developed nations have created a bottleneck in vaccine distribution through the use of patents and legislation.

South Front (2021-04-03). Video: US Military Intervention and the Crisis in Northeastern Syria. globalresearch.ca The current state of affairs in northeastern Syria is bordering on …

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