Daily Archives: April 13, 2021

2021-04-13: News Headlines

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2021-04-13). Economic Impacts of Russia's Declining Population. globalresearch.ca Despite various official efforts, including regular payment of maternal capital to …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-04-13). The WHO Confirms that the Covid-19 PCR Test is Flawed: Estimates of "Positive Cases" are Meaningless. The Lockdown Has No Scientific Basis. globalresearch.ca One year later the WHO retracts. They don't say "We Made a Mistake". It's carefully formulated. While they do not officially deny the validity of their misleading January 2020 guidelines, they recommend RT-PCR "Re-testing" (which everybody knows is an impossibility).

Michael Haynes (2021-04-13). UK Government Predicts 'Third Wave' of COVID Deaths 'Dominated' by Those Who Are Vaccinated. globalresearch.ca In official documents released by the U.K. government, models for the …

Megan Redshaw (2021-04-13). Five Reasons Johnson & Johnson Is Having a Very Bad Month. globalresearch.ca Concerns over adverse reactions, blood clots, reports of breakthrough COVID cases …

Jordan Schachtel (2021-04-13). "The Free World" Died of COVID-19. globalresearch.ca As someone with a background in foreign policy and international affairs, …

ecns.cn (2021-04-13). Commentary:Keep alert against sinister political manipulations on COVID-19 origin tracing research. ecns.cn &nbsp…

Rep. Ron Paul (2021-04-13). Global Taxes — Global Stagnation. globalresearch.ca Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has proposed that governments around the world …

Eds. (2021-04-13). Samir Amin — a Marxist with blood in his veins. mronline.org Following the publication of the special issue on Samir Amin, we post short interviews by the authors on the influence of Amin on their lives and research. | April 13, 2021 | Exchange…

Binoy Kampmark (2021-04-13). When Prince Philip Became a Monument. counterpunch.org The student from Ghana was insistent. "I want to meet him." The stubborn, well-attired fool, groomed and keen to make a good impression, was attending the Senate House ceremony in Cambridge for honorary awardees. He was not the only one. In attendance on this warm June day in 2006 were a gaggle of rascals, well-wishers

George Wuerthner (2021-04-13). Bozeman Watershed Logging Project Based on Flawed Assumptions. counterpunch.org The Montana Forest Action Plan recently awarded funding to the Bozeman Watershed logging project. Flawed assumptions and science characterize all these state-funded projects. Even though numerous studies have documented that logging/thinning fails to protect homes or reduce fire severity in nearly all instances, the mindless mantra that logging will preclude large fires continues unabated. +

MEE, agencies (2021-04-13). Israel denies professor prestigious prize for allegedly supporting BDS. middleeasteye.net Israel denies professor prestigious prize for allegedly supporting BDS | Oded Goldreich denies endorsing BDS, and says that the education ministry's decision was 'because I am a leftist' | Tue, 04/13/2021 – 12: 35 | A protester holds up a sign reading 'I boycott Israel but not Jews!' during a march marking al-Quds International Day in Berlin, 1 June 2019 (AFP) | Israeli Education Minister…

F. William Engdahl (2021-04-13). Sweden Axes Gates's Mad Global Warming Scheme. globalresearch.ca For more than a decade Bill Gates has funneled millions of …

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2021-04-13). "Symbolic Naval War" Is Emerging Between Israel and Iran. globalresearch.ca In the Middle East, tensions between Israel and Iran are escalating, …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2021-04-13). Beautiful Plots: Israel Sabotages Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility. globalresearch.ca Over the weekend, Iran marked National Nuclear Technology Day. The stars …

Sara Flounders (2021-04-13). Ramsey Clark, Human Rights Fighter — 1927-2021. globalresearch.ca Ramsey Clark was a founder of the International Action Center and …

Juan Cole (2021-04-13). "Unimaginable Amounts of Water": Human-Made Global Heating in Danger of "Uncorking" Massive Antarctic Glaciers, causing Sea Level Rise. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — A new article in Geophysical Research Letters found that four times as much of the Antarctic ices shelves would melt under a scenario where we heat the earth by 7.2 degrees F. (4 degrees C.) as opposed to the current Paris Climate Treaty goals of 1.5 degrees C. or at …

Benjamin Zawacki (2021-04-13). Forecasting Biden's Policy in Southeast Asia. asia-pacificresearch.com

Kuehn BM. (2021-04-13). Disparities in Suicide Persist Despite Overall Dip in US Rate. jamanetwork.com After increasing by about one-third for nearly 2 decades, the overall US suicide rate dipped by about 2% between 2018 and 2019. However, CDC researchers reported that the improvements didn't extend to all racial and ethnic groups.

Marc Eberle (2021-04-13). Laos and the CIA: The Most Secret Place on Earth Revisited. globalresearch.ca We met before sunrise, just Richy, the cameraman, myself and Sousath, …

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2021-04-13). Modern Agriculture Is Militarized. globalresearch.ca If there were a prime example of all that is wrong …

Uriel Araujo (2021-04-13). Tensions over the Arctic Are on the Rise. globalresearch.ca Much has been written recently on Russian military activities in its …

Douglas Macgregor (2021-04-13). Facing the Facts of War with Russia. globalresearch.ca Conflict with Russia may be inevitable. Kiev's strident threats to resolve …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-04-13). Cold War on Trial: Truth Commission Details Horrible Crimes Akin to Native American Genocide and Slavery. globalresearch.ca With a new Cold War heating up between the U.S. and …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr (2021-04-13). The Shadowy Alliance Between Big Pharma and Big Tech: RFK, Jr. and Dr. Joseph Mercola. globalresearch.ca CHD Chairman Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Dr. Joseph Mercola discuss …

Wayne Madsen (2021-04-13). Blinken's Winking and Nodding to the Neocons. globalresearch.ca Like proverbial bad pennies, the neocon imperialists who plagued the Barack …

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2021-04-13). Total Lockdown, Everything Closed: Urgent Appeal by German Medical Lawyer Dr. Beate Bahner. globalresearch.ca On Sunday 11 April 2021, Dr Beate Bahner, a lawyer, …

Massoud Khodabandeh (2021-04-13). US-Iran Talks Undermined by Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) Presence. globalresearch.ca Iran has said talks will still go ahead in Vienna in …

Ehrenreich H, Neubauer A, Miskowiak K. (2021-04-13). Effect of Early Recombinant Human Erythropoietin on Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at Age 5 Years. jamanetwork.com To the Editor The Research Letter by Dr Natalucci and colleagues reported no benefits of early high-dose recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEpo) on neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 5 years in very preterm infants. We are concerned about the interpretation of this study because the enrolled neonates carried a very low risk of brain damage, given their average birth weight of 1200 g and average gestational age of more than 29 weeks. In 2016, the same authors and, recently, others reported no advantage of rhEpo in preterm infants when examining neurodevelopmental outcome at age 2 years. We previously voiced criti…

Ramsey Clark (2021-04-13). Stop the campaign of terror against Iran and its scientists! globalresearch.ca In memory of Ramsey Clark, we re-post this article which was …

Human Rights Watch (2021-04-13). President Biden Needs a Middle East-Wide Human Rights Policy. juancole.com Published in: Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) By Iran Researcher Tara Sepehri Far | @sepehrifar @sepehrifar On the campaign trail and during his first three months in office, President Biden promised a US return to a multilateral foreign policy that supports human rights. That is an important vision for the Middle East, a …

Manlio Dinucci (2021-04-13). Ucraina, bomba Usa in Europa. globalresearch.ca Caccia F-16 Usa, inviati dalla base di Aviano, sono impegnati in ´complesse operazioni aeree ª in Grecia, dove ieri è iniziata l'esercitazione Essi appartengono al 510th Fighter Squadron di stanza ad Aviano, il cui ruolo è indicato dall'emblema: …

Nick Corbishley (2021-04-13). Banking Crisis: Fallout from Greensill Financial Collapse Splatters British Government, as Taxpayers Face Big Losses. globalresearch.ca Downing Street's dodgy dealings with Citigroup and Greensill show just how …

Dr. Ken Biegeleisen (2021-04-13). DNA/RNA Vaccines: "Can They Alter Our Own Genetic Codes" globalresearch.ca Everyone is talking about DNA/RNA vaccines. Can they alter our own …

ecns.cn (2021-04-13). Australian deep-sea reef study could uncover new species. ecns.cn Australian researchers have embarked on an expedition to explore previously undocumented deep-sea coral reefs off the country's north coast.

Abbasi J. (2021-04-13). Teplizumab Improves Beta Cell Function, Delays Type 1 Diabetes. jamanetwork.com The investigational monoclonal antibody teplizumab improved beta cell function among high-risk relatives of individuals with type 1 diabetes in a phase 2 randomized clinical trial, according to extended follow-up data published in Science Translational Medicine. A previously reported delay in diabetes development among treated participants also increased.

Labor Video Project (2021-04-13). Stop The Cuts & Restore City College Of SF! Rally/March To Defend SF Community College. indybay.org City College of San Francisco, students, faculty and supporters of community college and public eduction rallied and marched on 4/11/21 to protest the massive cuts and destruction of the college. | They said entire programs including music were being destroyed.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2021-04-12). US: Indian Ocean Is Not India's Ocean. asia-pacificresearch.com

Ethan Yang (2021-04-12). Young People Are Particularly Vulnerable to Lockdowns. globalresearch.ca In response to the Covid-19 pandemic governments across the world implemented …

Patrick Delaney (2021-04-12). Media Censored COVID-19 Early Treatment Options that Could Have Reduced Fatalities by 85%. Prominent Medical Doctor. globalresearch.ca An exceedingly well-qualified physician, who was censored by YouTube last year, …

Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War (2021-04-12). Lift Canada's Economic Sanctions against the World's Poorest Countries. Trudeau Government "Must Respect the Rule of International Law" globalresearch.ca One year ago, following the declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic, UN …

Jeanne Smits (2021-04-12). French National Academy of Medicine: COVID Nasal Swabs Associated with Increased Meningitis Risk. globalresearch.ca The Académie nationale de médecine, an independent but official learned society …

Giacomo Tognini (2021-04-12). Meet the 40 New Billionaires Who Got Rich Fighting COVID-19. globalresearch.ca Below is the summary of Forbes analysis on how the Corona …

teleSUR (2021-04-12). Cuba Prepares To Celebrate a Virtual International Workers' Day. telesurenglish.net Cuba's Central Workers Union (CTC) on Sunday launched the call for the commemoration of the World Proletariat Day on May 1. | RELATED: | Under the slogan "United We Make Cuba", the trade union movement will hold celebrations virtually. The date will pay tribute to health and science workers for their efforts in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. | A virtual forum will take place on April 30 with the participation of sol…

Labor Video Project (2021-04-12). Teachers Against Dying, AFT and The Pandemic With Texas Teacher Michael Hull. indybay.org Texas teacher and founder of Teachers Against Dying talks about the effect of Covid and the pandemic on teachers, students and their families. He also discusses the role of the AFT including a debate he had with Randi Weingarten national president of the union.

Eurasia Review (2021-04-12). Tracking Pervasive Microplastics Across The Globe. eurasiareview.com Really big systems, like ocean currents and weather, work on really big scales. And so too does your plastic waste, according to new research from Janice Brahney from the Department of Watershed Sciences. The plastic straw you discarded in 1980 hasn't disappeared; it has fragmented into pieces too small to see, and is cycling through the atmosphere, infiltrating soil, ocean waters and air. Microplastics are so pervasive that they now affect how plants grow, waft through the air we breathe, and permeate distant ecosystems. They can be found in places as varied as the human bloodstream to the guts of insects in…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-12). Shift In Diet Allowed Gray Wolves To Survive Ice-Age Extinction. eurasiareview.com Gray wolves are among the largest predators to have survived the extinction at the end of the last ice age around11,700 years ago. Today, they can be found roaming Yukon's boreal forest and tundra, with caribou and moose as their main sources of food. | A new study led by the Canadian Museum of Nature shows that wolves may have survived by adapting their diet over thousands of years—from a primary reliance on horses during the Pleistocene, to caribou and moose today. The results are published in the journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. | The research team, led by museum palaeontologist…

Global Research News (2021-04-12). Selected Articles: Why NATO Destroyed Libya Ten Years Ago. globalresearch.ca By Ten years ago, on March 19, 2011, US/NATO forces began their bombardment of Libya by air and by sea. The war was initiated directly by the …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-04-12). "Wipe the Soviet Union Off the Map", 204 Atomic Bombs against 66 Major Cities, US Nuclear Attack against USSR Planned During World War II. globalresearch.ca According to a secret document dated September 15, 1945, "the Pentagon had envisaged blowing up the Soviet Union with a coordinated nuclear attack directed against 66 major urban areas.

Kevin Gosztola (2021-04-12). Two Years After Assange's Arrest, Biden Can End Trump's Assault on Press Freedom. globalresearch.ca WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been detained at the high-security Belmarsh …

Gareth Porter (2021-04-12). Pentagon Campaign to Recruit Vietnam as Military Ally Against China Exposed Delusions of US War Strategy. globalresearch.ca When the Pentagon began gearing up for a future war with …

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