(2021-04-15). False Perception Fabrication Inc. globalresearch.ca Mainstream Everything can create a pandemic out of anything, even out …
(2021-04-15). BLS: New claims for jobless benefits fall by 20%. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—In a sign workers are finding jobs again following the year-long coronavirus-caused economic depression, new claims for state jobless benefits fell by 152,833, or 20%, in the week ending April 10, to 612,919, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Another 131,975 sought special federal pandemic jobless benefits that same week, down 20,444, or 15.5%, from …
(2021-04-15). British Columbia: One Dead, Three Neurologically Disabled, 'Numerous' Reactions from Vaccine in Tiny Indigenous Village. globalresearch.ca One patient died, two suffered anaphylactic reactions, three have ongoing disabling …
(2021-04-15). Airborne Laser Scanning Of Gaps In Amazon Rainforest Helps Explain Tree Mortality. eurasiareview.com A group of researchers led by Brazilians has used an innovative model to map gaps in the Amazon rainforest and identify factors that contribute to tree mortality. Water stress, soil fertility, and anthropic forest degradation have the most influence on gap dynamics in the world's largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest, according to an article on the study published in Scientific Reports. | Forest gaps are most frequent in the areas with the highest levels of soil fertility, possibly because the abundance of organic material drives faster tree growth and shorter life cycles. | The main method of data c…
(2021-04-15). Protesting Ongoing Israeli Army Arrests, Detention of University Students in Occupied Palestine. juancole.com By Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association. To: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Minister of Education Yoav Galant, Minister of Higher Education Ze'ev Elkin, Minister of Justice Avi Nissenkorn, Brigadier General Rasan Alian, Head of Civil Administration in the West Bank, Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), Chief Clerk Init …
(2021-04-15). Public Funds For Charter Schools Is Socially Irresponsible. dissidentvoice.org 
Public money comes from the new value workers produce. It does not come from somewhere else. This value is presently controlled not by those who produce it but by the financial oligarchy and its state. When socially-produced wealth is not controlled by those who actually produce it, endless problems arise. There is no way for …
(2021-04-15). [Research Paper] Longitudinal assessment of symptoms and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers across 5 hospitals to understand ethnic differences in infection risk. thelancet.com In the UK first wave, Black ethnicity (but not other ethnicities) more than doubled HCWs likelihood of seropositivity, independent of age, sex, measured socio-economic factors and hospital role.
(2021-04-15). Western Media Eager to See Ukraine Use US-Supplied Weapons Against Russia. globalresearch.ca With tensions simmering in eastern Ukraine, US media outlets are happy …
(2021-04-15). March 11, 2011: Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War: The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation. globalresearch.ca Unimaginable" levels of radiation still prevail. In the words of Dr. Helen Caldicott, "one millionth of a gram of plutonium, if inhaled can cause cancer". If not duly addressed, the continued dumping of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean constitutes a potential trigger to a process of global radioactive contamination.
(2021-04-15). Video: Afghanistan's Holy Month of Celebration or Disappointment. globalresearch.ca The Holy month of Ramadan has begun in Afghanistan, and it …
(2021-04-15). The "Secret Agenda" of the So-called Elite and the Covid mRNA Vaccine. globalresearch.ca Important and timely article, first published on April 10, 2020 | "The International" is the world-renowned battle song of the socialist labor movement. The English version of the original French text reads: | "Wake up, damned of this earth, who are still …
(2021-04-15). Russia-US Tensions at an Historic High: Biden Proposes an In-Person Meeting with Putin. globalresearch.ca The American and Russian Presidents have a slew of issues to …
(2021-04-15). Woke Virus: COVID Is Sustainable, Equitable, Inclusive, Racially Unbiased and Climate Aware. globalresearch.ca Did you know that SARS-CoV-2 is a woke virus? | Did you …
(2021-04-15). [Research Paper] Reduced inflammatory responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection in children presenting to hospital with COVID-19 in China. thelancet.com Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in children is associated with better outcomes than in adults. The inflammatory response to COVID-19 infection in children remains poorly characterised.
(2021-04-15). [Research Paper] Identifying clinical and biochemical phenotypes in acute respiratory distress syndrome secondary to coronavirus disease-2019. thelancet.com We identified distinct phenotypic profiles in COVID-19 associated ARDS, with little variation according to respiratory physiology but with important variation according to systemic and extra-pulmonary markers. Phenotypic identity was highly associated with short-term mortality. The class 2 phenotype exhibited prominent signatures of coagulopathy, suggesting that vascular dysfunction may play an important role in the clinical progression of severe COVID-19-related disease.
(2021-04-15). The Economic and Social Development of the African Continent. A Russian Perspective. globalresearch.ca After the Soviet collapse, Russia has maintained strong and time-tested relations …
(2021-04-15). A Damned Murder Inc: Kennedy's Battle Against the Leviathan. globalresearch.ca The Eisenhower presidency would see Washington taken over by business executives, …
(2021-04-15). The Israeli Attack on Iran May Sabotage the US Goal of a New Nuclear Deal. globalresearch.ca On April 11, the Natanz uranium enrichment site was attacked. An …
(2021-04-15). Hassan Diab's French Lawyers Appeal to the Court of Cassation. globalresearch.ca Thank you for your support following the shockingly unjust decision on …
(2021-04-15). Denis Halliday: A Voice of Reason in an Insane World. globalresearch.ca
(2021-04-15). European Union Plans to Buy 4 mRNA Shots for Every Human in the EU in 2022. Why? globalresearch.ca According to the Later on Wednesday the President …
(2021-04-15). Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery. globalresearch.ca The Doctrine of Discovery, created in a series of Papal Bulls …
(2021-04-15). Does Biden Want to Provoke Russia into A Rash Military Action, "Leading" the World to the Brink of Nuclear War? globalresearch.ca Scarcely three months into his presidency, Joe Biden is "leading" the …
(2021-04-15). Personal Tribute to Ramsey Clark: Iraq and Rwanda. globalresearch.ca Our friend in struggle, Attorney Ramsey Clark, passed away on …
(2021-04-15). Basketball Mathematics Scores Big At Inspiring Kids To Learn. eurasiareview.com A new study with 756 1st through 5th graders demonstrates that a six-week mashup of hoops and math has a positive effect on their desire to learn more, provides them with an experience of increased self-determination and grows math confidence among youth. The Basketball Mathematics study was conducted at five Danish primary and elementary schools by researchers from the University of Copenhagen's Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports. | Over the past decades, there has been a considerable amount of attention paid to explore different approaches to stimulate children's learning. Especially, there has bee…
(2021-04-15). How Nonprofits Can Drive More Giving From Their Current Donor Base. eurasiareview.com Researchers from University of Hawaii and Cornell University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that explores the challenges and opportunities with nonprofit fundraising to provide organizations with strategies they can use to increase sustainable giving and profitability. | The study, forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing, is titled "Managing Members, Donors, and Member-Donors for Effective Non-profit Fundraising" and is authored by Sungjin Kim, Sachin Gupta, and Clarence Lee. | Individual philanthropy is the primary funding source for many nonprofit organizations. A major challenge facing su…
(2021-04-15). Stretching The Boundaries Of Medical Tech With Wearable Antennae. eurasiareview.com Current research on flexible electronics is paving the way for wireless sensors that can be worn on the body and collect a variety of medical data. But where do the data go? Without a similar flexible transmitting device, these sensors would require wired connections to transmit health data. | Huanyu "Larry" Cheng, Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics in the Penn State College of Engineering, and two international teams of researchers are developing devices to explore the possibilities of wearable, flexible antennae. They published two papers in April in N…
(2021-04-15). China sets up new national security research center. ecns.cn A research center dedicated to the systematic study of the holistic approach to national security was inaugurated Wednesday in Beijing.
(2021-04-15). Lupus clues from cellular 'power stations'. imperial.ac.uk Researchers at Imperial College London have revealed crucial insights into the medical condition systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
(2021-04-15). Imperial changemakers named in community of Europe's best young innovators. imperial.ac.uk Scores of student innovators, alumni and researchers from Imperial have been named in this year's Forbes 30 Under 30 lists.
(2021-04-15). Video: The WHO's Vaccine Experts Inadvertently Communicate to the World that "Vaccine Hesitancy" Makes Scientific Sense. globalresearch.ca This was first published in March 2020. | In this expose, the …
(2021-04-15). Denmark Becomes First Country to Permanently Stop Use of AstraZeneca Vaccine. globalresearch.ca Denmark has become the first country to permanently halt the use …
(2021-04-15). The WHO's Vaccine Experts Inadvertently Communicate to the World that "Vaccine Hesitancy" Makes Scientific Sense. globalresearch.ca This was first published in March 2020. | In this expose, the …
(2021-04-15). Seven Reasons Why a Vaccine Passport (Pass, Certificate or Whatever They Want to Call It) Should Give Us Pause for Thought. globalresearch.ca Vaccine passports (or passes or certificates) are being rushed through around …
(2021-04-15). American Universities Are Buried Under a Mountain of Debt. thenation.com Eleni Schirmer, Jason Thomas Wozniak, Dana Morrison, Rich Levy, Joanna Gonsalves American Universities Are Buried Under a Mountain of Debt…
(2021-04-15). As districts press to fully reopen, American Federation of Teachers endorses three-foot distancing in schools. wsws.org An article published Monday makes clear that American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten's feigned opposition to the CDC's loosening of spacing guidelines in schools was fraudulent and largely meant to try to recover her tarnished image.
(2021-04-15). Indonesia: Suspected Rebels Kill Three Civilians In Papua Region. eurasiareview.com By Arnold Belau | Suspected separatist rebels shot and killed a motorcycle taxi driver in the Papua region of far-eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, police said, about the third fatal attack on a civilian in the past week. | The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), an insurgent group, could not be immediately reached for comment on Wednesday, but its operations commander said a day earlier that it was responsible for last week's killing of two of the civilians, who were teachers. The rebels claimed they were informants working for the government. | "We shot them dead. If you want war, face us. Don't go af…
(2021-04-14). Fearmongering Goes Nuclear — 'We're in Brand-New Pandemic'. globalresearch.ca In some areas of the world, including Florida, where I live, …
(2021-04-14). The Promise Of AI: Can It Hold For Environmental Sustainability? — Analysis. eurasiareview.com We need to be in a better position to do our homework and genuinely assess the environmental impact of digital technologies, including AI.: | By Cathleen Berger | We are in a climate crisis and we are living through a global pandemic that is severely affecting economic stability. Aware of the risk, that government incentives to boost growth post-pandemic may well undermine many of the necessary investments and reductions to mitigate the climate crisis, we increasingly hear calls for a "green recovery." Thereby, AI is often presented as a powerful solution to fuel this green transition. But is that true…
(2021-04-14). Selected Articles: Fearmongering Goes Nuclear — 'We're in Brand-New Pandemic'. globalresearch.ca 
By Israeli researchers found people who received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine were eight times more likely to be …
(2021-04-14). Anti-Racist Movements in Brazil: Activist Series. dsausa.org RSVP Here This is a series, running every Friday until May 7. 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….
(2021-04-14). Do We Have to Hate Lincoln Now? counterpunch.org These days it seems there are two kinds of progressives. Those who have spent months in Florida trying to rally Amazon warehouse workers to approve a union, and those on the San Francisco board of education who sought to rename certain schools after more politically correct progressive heroes. These recent stories out of San Francisco
(2021-04-14). There is Hope. Coming to Grips with This Covid Chaos. globalresearch.ca There is hope that we may come to grips with this …
(2021-04-14). What about China? mronline.org 
China surged past the United States to become the #1 carbon emitter in 2006. Currently (2019 data from BP's Statistical Review of World Energy), its CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning are over 9,800 million metric tons ("tonnes") a year. | April 14, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-14). Wildfire Researchers Forecast 2021 Fire Season That May Be More Severe Than 2020. truthout.org 
Earlier this April, researchers at San José State University's Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center in Northern California were gathering chamise at Blackberry Hill, a site in the nearby Santa Cruz Mountains. In the past few years, it was a site that they had revisited to gather samples of the native shrub. While surveying the land at the site, the researchers made a disconcerting discovery: new, green growth was nowhere to be found. | "Wow, never seen April fuels look so… dry," t…
(2021-04-14). Italy's senate votes to give citizenship to jailed Egyptian activist Patrick Zaki. middleeasteye.net 
Italy's senate votes to give citizenship to jailed Egyptian activist Patrick Zaki | Zaki is a human rights advocate who has campaigned for the truth about the 2016 Cairo murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni | Wed, 04/14/2021 – 15: 41 | Egyptian authorities arrested Zaki on 7 February 2020 upon his return from Italy, where he had been living and studying (Twitter) | The Italian senate on Wednesday voted to a…
(2021-04-14). Developer of Russia's pioneering Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine says no cases of blood clots encountered during trials & use of jab. rt.com 
After reports of the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca Covid-19 jabs causing blood clots in rare cases, the developer of Russia's Sputnik V said, on Wednesday, that use of its vaccine doesn't appear to prompt similar side effects | In addition, the Moscow-based Gamaleya Research Institute offered to share its technologies to help other producers solve their problems. | "A comprehensive analysis of adverse events during clinical trials and over the course of mass vaccinations with the Sputnik V vaccine showed that there were no cases of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST)," a statement read | The announceme…
(2021-04-14). [Commentary] A diverse nation calls for a diverse healthcare force. thelancet.com By 2060, more than 50% of Americans will identify as a race other than white[1]. Yet less than 12% of physicians in 2018 were underrepresented in medicine (UIM) [2]. These numbers are even more striking within healthcare leadership, with 98% of healthcare organization leaders being White [3]. Racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in other sectors of medicine making up roughly 19.2% and 8% of registered nurses and PhD investigators, respectively [4,5]. These statistics emphasize the need to urgently and systematically address homogeneity in the medical workforce, which has been documented to negatively…
(2021-04-14). Video: Saudi Arabia's War on Yemen is Failing. Houthi Counter-Attacks. globalresearch.ca Yemen's Ansar Allah give the impression that it has an endless …
(2021-04-14). Video: Iran's Much-troubled Nuclear Program. Cyber-Attack against Natanz Facility. globalresearch.ca Iran's Natanz nuclear facility is an incredibly important piece of infrastructure …