(2021-04-09). What Just Happened in Jordan? House Arrest of the Crown Prince. globalresearch.ca Last weekend's arrest of several prominent people in Jordan, including the …
(2021-04-09). The Coming Antibiotic-Resistance Pandemic that Could Make COVID Look Like the Flu. globalresearch.ca Big pharmaceutical companies have not come out of COVID-19 looking like …
(2021-04-09). Treating Sleep Apnea May Reduce Dementia Risk. eurasiareview.com 
A new study finds older adults who received positive airway pressure therapy prescribed for obstructive sleep apnea may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia. | Researchers from Michigan Medicine's Sleep Disorders Centers analyzed Medicare claims of more than 50,000 Medicare beneficiaries ages 65 and older who had been diagnosed with OSA. In this nationally representative study, they examined if those people who used positive airway pressure therapy were less likely to receive a new diagnosis of dementia or mild cognitive impairment over the next 3 years, compared to people…
(2021-04-09). Artificial Intelligence Could 'Crack The Language' Of Cancer And Alzheimer's. eurasiareview.com 
Powerful algorithms used by Netflix, Amazon and Facebook can 'predict' the biological language of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, scientists have found. | Big data produced during decades of research was fed into a computer language model to see if artificial intelligence can make more advanced discoveries than humans. | Academics based at St John's College, University of Cambridge, found the machine-learning technology could decipher the 'biological language' of cancer, Alzheimer's, and other neurodegenerative diseases. | Their ground-breaking study has been published in the scientific…
(2021-04-09). Report On Shut Down Creech Actions. popularresistance.org Las Vegas/Creech Air ForceBase — Demonstrators – after blocking two entrances to the drone base here Monday – will hold a "DRONE MASSACRE MEMORIAL TUESDAY FROM 6: 30 A.M. TO 8: 30 A.M. – Activists, will display a long series of banners, stretched along the highway, each highlighting details of past U.S. drone massacres, including statistics on civilian deaths. | Anti-drone protestors used large banners in the early morning Monday/4-5-21 to nonviolently block two entrances into Creech Air Force Base, a key U.S. Drone Base. It was the first day of a weeklong protest to oppose the illegal U.S. remote targeted ki…
(2021-04-09). Ontario teacher calls on education workers across Canada: "Join the struggle to make our schools safe!" wsws.org An Ontario teacher sent a letter to the World Socialist Web Site explaining why they will participate in the inaugural public meeting of the Cross-Canada Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee this Sunday.
(2021-04-09). The Yankees Are Coming Home: The Taliban Won. Get Over It. globalresearch.ca It hardly made the evening news, but the New York Times …
(2021-04-09). Uncovered Earliest Evidence Of Domesticated Dogs In Arabian Peninsula. eurasiareview.com 
A team of archaeologists in north-west the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has uncovered the earliest evidence of dog domestication by the region's ancient inhabitants. | The discovery came from one of the projects in the large-scale archaeological surveys and excavations of the region commissioned by the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU). | The researchers found the dog's bones in a burial site that is one of the earliest monumental tombs identified in the Arabian Peninsula, roughly contemporary with such tombs already dated further north in the Levant. | Evidence shows the earliest use of the tomb was circa 4300 BCE…
(2021-04-09). Climate Hacking Experiments Already Taking Place. counterpunch.org 
As an old reporter I've learned to be cautious about definitive statements, preceded by descriptors such as "all" or "first." So when I reported last week that a Harvard experiment to test geoengineering research technologies would be the first conducted in the atmosphere, it was based on efforts to verify that that through multiple sources. But I
(2021-04-09). Students Lead US Push For Fuller Black History Education. popularresistance.org Trenton, NJ – Ebele Azikiwe was in the sixth grade last year when February came and it was time to learn about Black history again. She was, by then, familiar with the curriculum: Rosa Parks, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a discussion on slavery. Just like the year before, she said, and the year before that. | Then came George Floyd's death in May, and she wrote to the administration at her school in Cherry Hill, in New Jersey's Philadelphia suburbs, to ask for more than the same lessons. | "We learned about slavery, but did we go into the roots of slavery?" Ebele, 12, said in an interview. "You learned abo…
(2021-04-09). Elephants and Wildlife Threatened by Plans to Drill for Dirty Energy in Africa's Unique Okavango Region. globalresearch.ca Botswana and Namibia should stop fossil fuel exploration threatening a unique …
(2021-04-09). Biden's Inhumanity on Syria. globalresearch.ca For a time after Joe Biden took office not quite three …
(2021-04-09). This Week's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca …
(2021-04-09). The Raging Twenties Review: Pipelinistan, Sino-Russia and more. globalresearch.ca "Not only they were presented the next 5-year plan 2021 to 2025 we were presenting three subsequent plans all the way to 2035. They're already thinking about the technical commercial configuration of China in 2035 so that's the… I …
(2021-04-09). US-NATO Provocation in Ukraine to Stop Russian Pipeline. globalresearch.ca
(2021-04-09). China-US Relations and Biden's "Global Death Trap": The World Is Facing Another Cold War Which May Become Hot, Even Very Hot. globalresearch.ca In Anchorage, Alaska, on 18-19 March 2021, top diplomats of China …
(2021-04-09). La Soufriere Volcano Erupts in St. Vincent & The Grenadines. telesurenglish.net On Friday morning, the La Soufriere volcano erupted spewing a portentous plume of smoke and ash in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. | RELATED: | "This is a culmination of the seismic activity that began on April 8. The eruption is ongoing," the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre said, as reported by outlet CNW. | Since early morning, thousands of people have been evacuated from the towns closest to the volca…
(2021-04-09). Arms Sales: US Remains World's Top Supplier as Middle East Spending Spikes. globalresearch.ca The United States remains the world's biggest exporter of major arms, …
(2021-04-09). Lockdown Protests Flare Up Around the World. globalresearch.ca At the end of 2020, there were large public demonstrations opposing …
(2021-04-09). Australian government ministers denounce student newspaper for pulling anti-China story. wsws.org The hysterical intervention underscores the official sensitivities over any pushback, however limited, against a xenophobic campaign aimed at justifying preparations for war against China.
(2021-04-09). The Covid Vaccine Is an Integral Part of "The Great Reset" globalresearch.ca It seems increasingly likely that the COVID jabs are part of …
(2021-04-09). Selected Articles: The Covid Vaccine Is an Integral Part of "The Great Reset" globalresearch.ca 
By It seems increasingly likely that the COVID jabs are part of a much larger set of interlocking projects sometimes described as "the …
(2021-04-09). Are EU Governments "Dumping" AstraZeneca in Favor of Pfizer and Moderna Inc. globalresearch.ca …
(2021-04-09). Are EU Governments "Dumping" the AstraZeneca Vaccine in Favor of Pfizer and Moderna Inc? globalresearch.ca …
(2021-04-09). Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Site Shut Down After 11 People Suffer Reactions, 2 Hospitalized. globalresearch.ca A mass vaccination site in Colorado was shut down and 600 …
(2021-04-09). AstraZeneca Woes: France to Give Pfizer or Moderna Vaccines as Second Dose, Says Report. globalresearch.ca Amid uncertainty over the use of AstraZeneca vaccine in many regions …
(2021-04-09). Washington's Follies Are Dangerous to Us and to the World. globalresearch.ca A country without a media is lost to the follies of …
(2021-04-09). Friday 4/16: Fighting Racism at Home and Imperialism Abroad. indybay.org Virtual forum | Register at bit.ly/education4thepeople…
(2021-04-09). Law Students Denounce Chevron's Law Firm Over Steven Donziger Case. zcomm.org Gibson Dunn's extreme tactics against environmental attorney Steven Donziger spark a backlash…
(2021-04-09). Traditional archery course appeals to college students in Hunan. ecns.cn An optional archery course is in full swing at Huaihua University in Hunan Province, where a teacher dressed in Chinese traditional costume shows skills and traditional etiquette of how to shoot an arrow.
(2021-04-09). Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination and the SPARS 2025-2028 Simulation? A Plan to Launch a New Pandemic? globalresearch.ca Compulsory Vaccination in Europe | Today the European Court of Human Rights …
(2021-04-09). Imperial remembers the Duke of Edinburgh. imperial.ac.uk Buckingham Palace has announced the death of the Duke of Edinburgh aged 99. The Duke was made an honorary Doctor of Science by Imperial in 2007.
(2021-04-09). Back to the Future at the Pentagon. counterpunch.org 
The future isn't what it used to be. As a teenager in the 1970s, I watched a lot of TV science fiction shows, notably Space: 1999 and UFO, that imagined a near future of major moon bases and alien attacks on Earth. Movies of that era like Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey envisioned colossal
(2021-04-09). The Pentagon prefers a Conventional War it Can Win, but is likely stuck with Guerrilla Wars it Can't. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com ) — The future isn't what it used to be. As a teenager in the 1970s, I watched a lot of TV science fiction shows, notably Space: 1999 and UFO, that imagined a near future of major moon bases and alien attacks on Earth. Movies of that era like Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A …
(2021-04-08). Anti-Racist Movements in Brazil: Activist Series. dsausa.org RSVP Here Around the world, Black-led movements are raising the stakes in our collective struggles. This discussion series with leading Black and Indigenous militants from across Brazil spotlights their experiences in organizing against state violence, workplace exploitation, and structural racism everywhere from education to healthcare. Today's movements facing neo-fascism, militarization, and an unprecedented public health…
(2021-04-08). Why Does Ukraine Want War? globalresearch.ca Ukraine wants war with Russia due to a combination of domestic …
(2021-04-08). Fatuous Defence: Australia's Guided Missile Plans. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2021-04-08). United States Is Using Human Rights Issues to Attack China to Maintain Its Hegemony over the Global Economy. globalresearch.ca Joe Biden's presidency has been welcomed by Western media outlets …
(2021-04-08). COVID Scandal: Feds Ignored 2016 Law Requiring Use of Real World Evidence. globalresearch.ca Here is the scandal. In 2016 under the Obama administration, Congress …
(2021-04-08). Jacobin endorses deadly school reopening plan reached by Los Angeles teachers union. wsws.org The Jacobin piece amounts to a series of lies and distortions, and was published amid the growing surge of the pandemic that is a direct product of the mass reopening of schools.
(2021-04-08). Australia: IYSSE/CFPE meeting adopts resolution to fight university cuts. wsws.org The motion, carried unanimously, offers a way forward for students and staff, based on an alternative socialist perspective that rejects the dictates of the corporate elite.
(2021-04-08). 'Emotional' Reviews Predict Business Success. eurasiareview.com 
Five-star ratings are no guarantee to lead you to the perfect barber who truly understands your hair or to the espresso machine that brews a perfect cup of coffee. | That's because most products online are now rated positively, making it harder than ever to truly discern whether they will succeed in the marketplace. | A new study from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and the University of Massachusetts Boston was able to predict the success of movies, commercials, books and restaurants by relying on the "emotionality" of reviews instead of the star rating. | The researchers explored box off…
(2021-04-08). 'Go With The Devil You Don't Know'? Latvians Still Believe In Economic Cooperation With China — Analysis. eurasiareview.com 
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(2021-04-08). CO2 levels continue to rise as Biden's climate action falls far short. liberationnews.org 
On April 3, the Mauna Loa research station recorded atmospheric CO2 levels of 421.21 ppm — the highest ever recorded, far above the 1950s levels of 315 ppm and pre-industrial levels of 278 ppm. CO2 remains in the atmosphere and will continue to cause warming for 100 to 150 years — why without comprehensive action, …
(2021-04-08). Quantifying How Climate Change Has Slowed Global Agricultural Productivity Growth. eurasiareview.com 
The University of Maryland (UMD) has collaborated with Cornell University and Stanford University to quantify the man-made effects of climate change on global agricultural productivity growth for the first time. In a new study published in Nature Climate Change, researchers developed a robust model of weather effects on productivity, looking at productivity in both the presence and absence of climate change. Results indicate a 21% reduction in global agricultural productivity since 1961, which according to researchers is equivalent to completely losing the last 7 years of productivity growth. This work suggest…
(2021-04-08). Scientists alarmed over surging atmospheric methane, CO2. peoplesworld.org 
Atmospheric methane levels surged in 2020, a new report from NOAA shows, accelerating an increasing trend, alarming scientists, and possibly auguring a vicious cycle of global heating. NOAA also announced global atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are higher than at any point in the last 3.6 million years. "It is very scary indeed," Euan Nisbet, professor of earth sciences at Royal Holloway University of …
(2021-04-08). AFT, NEA protest new anti-virus school reopening guidelines. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The nation's two big teachers unions are protesting Biden administration guidance which says students returning to reopened schools can sit only three feet from each other, not six, but only after schools take other measures to combat potential community spread of the coronavirus. One protest came in a formal letter from Teachers (AFT) President Randi …
(2021-04-08). Using Mario Kart To Teach How To Reduce World Poverty And Improve Sustainability. eurasiareview.com 
Many Mario Kart enthusiasts are familiar with the rush of racing down Rainbow Road, barely squeaking around a corner, and catching a power-up from one of the floating square icons on the screen–or, less ideally, slipping on a banana peel laid by another racer and flying off the side of the road into oblivion. This heated competition between multiple players, who use a variety of game tokens and tools to speed ahead or thwart their competitors, is part of what makes the classic Nintendo racing game that has been around since the early 1990s so appealing. | "It's been fun since I was a kid, it's fun for my kids…
(2021-04-08). New York State: 50 Charter Schools Closed in 20 Years. dissidentvoice.org According to New York Charter School Fact Sheet (January 2021) from the New York State Education Department, the number of charter schools issued in New York State since the passage of the state's charter school law in 1998 is 397. The total number of privately-operated charters permitted statewide under 2015 legislative amendments is 460. It …
(2021-04-08). Inequality in U.S. Education Goes Beyond the College Admissions Scandal. progressive.org The new Netflix documentary, "Operation Varsity Blues," looks into what happened in 2019, but what's needed are real solutions to the ongoing achievement gap.