Monthly Archives: May 2021

2021-05-10: News Headlines

Eurasia Review (2021-05-10). Healthy Young Adults Who Had COVID-19 Might Have Long-Term Impact On Their Blood Vessels And Heart Health. eurasiareview.com New research published in Experimental Physiology highlight the possible long term health impacts of COVID-19 on young, relatively healthy adults who were not hospitalized and who only had minor symptoms due to the virus. | Increased stiffness of arteries in particular was found in young adults, which may impact heart health, and can also be important for other populations who may have had severe cases of the virus. This means that young, healthy adults with mild COVID-19 symptoms may increase their risk of cardiovascular complications which may continue for some time after COVID-19 infection. | While SARS-CoV…

Tonja Renée Stidhum (2021-05-10). Exclusive Clip: Reform L.A. Jails Wants to Reinvest the $1.6 Million for School Overpolicing Into the Community. theroot.com "Education, not incarceration." |

Global Research News (2021-05-10). Selected Articles: US Encirclement of China. globalresearch.ca By Tensions between Washington and Beijing are not merely the recent results of former US President Donald Trump's time in office — but rather just the latest …

Staff (2021-05-10). Aid to Venezuela Aimed to Unseat Maduro — US Government Watchdog. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. The Office of …

Dr. Meryl Nass (2021-05-10). Covid-19: Fifteen Important Concepts. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. These are the …

Uwe Alschner (2021-05-10). Video: Kenyan Physicians Question Gene Therapy Vaccine, Say Powers of the World Are Suppressing Effective Early COVID Treatment. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. In an interview …

Noah Higgins-Dunn (2021-05-10). Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID Vaccines Probed in Europe after Reports of Heart Inflammation, Rare Nerve Disorder. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Europe's drug regulator …

Canadian Physicians (2021-05-10). College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) Forbids Physicians from Questioning Official Covid-19 Measures. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. We are a …

Colin Todhunter (2021-05-10). Covid Lockdown in India: Anthony Fauci 'Has No Clue and No Authority to Lecture on What Is Good for India'. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. In light of …

Dr. Mike Williams (2021-05-10). Clotting and COVID Vaccine "Science" globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Even a cursory …

Brian Shilhavy (2021-05-10). Healthy Utah High School Athlete Develops Blood Clots in His Brain Following COVID Injection. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. The local corporate …

Brian Shilhavy (2021-05-10). CDC Reports 2 More Infant Deaths Following Experimental COVID Injections During Clinical Trials. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. The CDC released …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-10). When will COVID-19 vaccines be available for children? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Anyone 16 and older is now approved to be vaccinated for COVID-19, but researchers hope to open up vaccinations for those under 16 soon. Clinical trials for the Pfizer vaccine with children ages 12-15 have shown promising results. "In the last month or so we have seen Pfizer release some really exciting data in the …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-10). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ramping up COVID-19 vaccination rate in race against virus. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 cases are falling in the U.S. because 245 million doses of one of the available COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, according to Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "But at the same time, there are still people who need more information about the safety and the value …

Abby D. (2021-05-10). Sonoma County Child Protective Services Referrals Down. indybay.org Covid has affected Child Protective Services. Since Covid started the reports have gone down. Now that school has gone online the teachers haven't been reporting. The police and hospital staff have been the ones reporting the more severe cases.

WSWS (2021-05-10). Colorado teachers denied reemployment by panel of private consultants and administrators. wsws.org The attack on educators at Mitchell High School is just one manifestation of the widespread assault on public education being carried out under the cover of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2021-05-10). Colorado teachers denied reemployment by panel of private consultants, administrators, and union representatives. wsws.org The attack on educators at Mitchell High School is just one manifestation of the widespread assault on public education being carried out under the cover of the COVID-19 pandemic.

IESE Insight (2021-05-10). Working Remotely Two To Three Days A Week, The Best Option. eurasiareview.com Contrary to popular belief, only 12% of employees want to work remotely every day. This data point helps bust one of the great working myths which had only gained traction during the COVID-19 pandemic. | It's one of many data points collected for "A Sustainable Work Model: Towards Remote and in-the-Office Work," produced by IESE Business School and the consultancy Savills Aguirre Newman. Led by professor Mireia Las Heras and coauthored by researcher María Barraza (both of IESE), the report draws on the work of collaborators Charo Sáez and Leyre Octavio de Toledo (both of Savills Aguirre Newman) as well as Júli…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-10). Does Loneliness Lurk In Temp Work? eurasiareview.com Recognizing that loneliness is all around, even amongst the working population, is no longer taboo. On the contrary, the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced feelings of loneliness amongst workers and the societal and academic attention therein. | A gap in the knowledge concerning loneliness at work was whether it is more apparent in temporary (versus permanent) contracts and whether it might therefore explain the association between temporary employment and job satisfaction. Researchers at Ghent University provide answers in an academic article just published in PLOS ONE. | 1 out of 8 have the feeling no one…

Ron Paul (2021-05-10). Ron Paul: Covid Authoritarians Abuse Children — OpEd. eurasiareview.com Centers for Diseases Control (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has "recommended" that children wear masks while playing. Her offered reason is to ensure Covid is not spread by "heavy breathing" of children near each other while around a soccer ball. | Dr. Walensky's recommendation is one more example of Covid authoritarians' refusal to "listen to the science." The science says no to lockdowns and masks. The masks are not blocking the very small viruses in "heavy breathing." Dr. Walensky also ignores the science showing that wearing a mask while exercising or playing sports has negative health effects. | Dr.

Dr. Peter McCullough (2021-05-10). Treatment of Covid-19: Dr. Peter McCullough's Important Statement to the Texas Senate. globalresearch.ca Dr. Peter McCullough is Professor of Medicine and Vice Chief of Internal Medicine at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. | He is a Principal Faculty in internal medicine for the Texas A & M University Health Sciences Center. | Scientific …

Sundance (2021-05-10). Big Pharma Creates COVID Vaccination Wristbands to Help Speed Up Checkpoint Passage. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Comrades, let it …

Dr. Jennifer Margulis (2021-05-10). Halt COVID Vaccine, Prominent Scientist Tells CDC. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. In a public …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-05-10). The 2020-21 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Destroying Civil Society, Engineered Economic Depression, Global Coup d'État and the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca We are at the crossroads of one of the most serious crises in modern history. We are living history, yet our understanding of the flow of events since January 2020 has been blurred. Worldwide, people have been misled both by their governments and the media.

Karen Conner (2021-05-10). PREVIEW: What to Look for in the April Consumer Price Index. cepr.net (The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday, May 12th at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time.) In April, we should be watching for a bounce back in the prices of many areas where we saw price declines due to the pandemic. This list will include restaurants, hotels, …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-05-10). Dan Ellsberg Blows the Whistle Again at UMASS-Amherst Conference to Commemorate His Legacy. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Dan Ellsberg, …

Lawrence Wittner (2021-05-10). The Fateful Choice: Nuclear Arms Race or Nuclear Weapons-Free World. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. The recent announcement …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-10). Exploring health care disparities in minority populations. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In recognition of National Minority Health Month, a number of Mayo Clinic experts participated in a virtual Mayo Clinic media briefing to discuss health care disparities that affect racial and ethnic minority populations in the U.S. The experts addressed health education, early detection and control of disease complications. These are some of the topics discussed: …

Taylor Hudak (2021-05-10). History: The Kent State May 4, 1970 Shootings. New Documents Surface, Raise Serious Questions. globalresearch.ca Professor Frank's actions on May 4, 1970 saved hundreds of lives. In an emotional plea to the students and protestors, Glenn Frank said: "I am begging you right now if you don't disperse right now they're going to move in and it can only be a slaughter."

Anne Petermann (2021-05-10). USDA May Allow Genetically Modified Trees to be Released Into the Wild. counterpunch.org On August 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a petition by researchers at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) seeking federal approval to release their genetically engineered (GE) Darling 58 (D58) American chestnut tree into U.S. forests. Researchers claim the transgenic D58 tree will resist

Eurasia Review (2021-05-10). Sea Level Rise: Rapid And Unstoppable Unless Paris Agreement Targets Met. eurasiareview.com New research, published this week in Nature, models the impacts on the Antarctic Ice Sheet of several different global warming scenarios and the resulting effects on global sea levels. The study was led by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and included a researcher from McGill University. The scenarios that were considered range from meeting the Paris Agreement target of 2 ∞C warming and an aspirational 1.5 ∞C scenario to our current course which, if not altered, will yield three or more degrees of warming. | An accelerated pace of future sea level rise?: | If the more optimistic 1.5…

Observer Research Foundation (2021-05-10). China In Sri Lanka: The Colombo Port Conundrum — Analysis. eurasiareview.com Sri Lanka's Parliament postponed discussion of a bill regarding Colombo Port City, but it is expected to pass.: | By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan | Since the return of the Rajapaksa brothers to office as president and prime minister in Sri Lanka, Colombo's relations with China have improved dramatically. Earlier in the week, the Sri Lankan Parliament decided to postpone a debate on the controversial Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill that was scheduled for the middle of the week. The bill was seen as supporting China's interests, and tantamount to ceding control over Colombo Port City. It trigg…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-10). Migratory Songbirds Climb To Extreme Altitudes During Daytime. eurasiareview.com Great reed warblers normally migrate by night during its month-long migration from northern Europe to Sub-Saharan Africa. However, researchers have now discovered that during the few occasions when it continues to fly during daytime, it flies at extremely high altitudes (up to 6300 meters). One possible explanation for this unexpected and consistent behaviour could be that the birds want to avoid overheating. The study is published inScience. | Most of the many millions of songbirds that migrate every year between Europe and Africa fly by night and spend the daytime hours resting and eating. Some species, whic…

Fight Back (2021-05-10). UW-Milwaukee SDS greets Vice President Harris on tour at UW-Milwaukee research facility. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On April 4, Vice President Kamala Harris visited Milwaukee for a stop on her "blue collar-oriented" tour of the Midwest. While here, she toured the UWM research institute working on renewable energy and held a roundtable to discuss the Biden administration's infrastructure plan. This plan is intended to help unemployed people by creating jobs and therefore supporting communities. | Students for a Democratic Society members at UW-Milwaukee were outside to remind people that Vice President Harris' history as a prosecutor contradicts this present, apparent desire to "support communities." SDS members…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-10). Chemical Analysis Of Rare Earth Elements Used To Learn About Prehistoric Human Activity. eurasiareview.com The research group led by Gianni Gallello, from the Department of Prehistory, Archaeology and Ancient History of the University of Valencia, has used the analysis of rare earth elements for the first time to find human activity in a prehistoric cave. Through the analysis of the archaeological strata, with chemical methods, it has been possible to interpret the occupation and uses of the Cocina Cave (Dos Aguas). Previously, the ArchaeChemis group tested it in deposits in Ethiopia and Tanzania. | Rare earth elements are common chemical elements in the earth's crust whose importance as a strategic resource has be…

Rick Rozoff (2021-05-10). NATO Allies Take over Black Sea for Military Exercise. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. The title is …

Nabil Salih (2021-05-10). George W. Bush's Finest Piece of War. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. George W. Bush …

Rodney Atkinson (2021-05-10). Vaccine Passports Illegal, Infections and Deaths after Vaccines, Government and Media Lies, the "Booster" Myth. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. According to all …

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2021-05-10). Somalia: Epicenter of Global Geopolitical and Geo-economic Competition. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. The Chairperson of …

Donald Monaco (2021-05-10). The Ethnic Cleansing of Jerusalem. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. The Israeli occupation …

Franco Terrazzano (2021-05-10). Canadians Sinking Under a Trillion Dollar Debt Tab. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. If you think …

Shane Quinn (2021-05-10). 80 Years Ago: Fall of France, the Wehrmacht's Advance Through the Ardennes Forest. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. This article was …

Rick Rozoff (2021-05-10). Victory Day: Ukrainian Officials Imply Conflict with Russia Equivalent to Nazi Invasion. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. On the occasion …

Matthew Ehret-Kump (2021-05-10). For Victory Day: It's Time to Think About Finally Winning World War II. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. 76 years ago …

Steven Sahiounie (2021-05-10). Syria Comes In from the Cold: Saudi-Syria Relationship Warms Up. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. The Kingdom of …

Megan Redshaw (2021-05-10). CDC Changes Rules for Counting Breakthrough Cases, as More Fully Vaccinated People Test Positive. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. As more reports …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-10). Science Saturday: Researchers explore personalized approach to anti-obesity medications. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Individualized medicine initiatives mainly focus on rare diseases or cancer. Little has been attempted to individualize treatment for noncommunicable chronic diseases such as obesity — a chronic, relapsing disease, and a primary cause of Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, cardiovascular disease and cancer. There are many obesity interventions, such as diets, devices, surgery and …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-10). New therapy shortens treatment for HPV-related cancers of the tonsils, tongue. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Patients with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer who undergo surgery and are treated with chemotherapy, may be able to forgo significant radiation therapy without increasing the risk of their cancer spreading, according to the results of a clinical trial led by researchers at Mayo Clinic. "We found that decreasing the amount of radiation therapy after a minimally invasive robotic …

sputniknews (2021-05-10). Canadian R&D Firm Partners With SpaceX to Launch Moon Mission Financed by Dogecoin. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Canadian research and development company Geometric Energy Corporation has announced it will be cooperating with Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch a mission to the Moon funded entirely by the cryptocurrency Dogecoin.

Staff (2021-05-10). Iran to unveil COVIran Barekat tomorrow. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) — The first dose of mass-produced COVIRAN Barekat, manufactured by the domestic researchers at Execution of Imam Khomeini Order (EIKO), will be unveiled on Tuesday.

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2021-05-09: News Headlines

Eurasia Review (2021-05-10). Healthy Young Adults Who Had COVID-19 Might Have Long-Term Impact On Their Blood Vessels And Heart Health. eurasiareview.com New research published in Experimental Physiology highlight the possible long term health impacts of COVID-19 on young, relatively healthy adults who were not hospitalized and who only had minor symptoms due to the virus. | Increased stiffness of arteries in particular was found in young adults, which may impact heart health, and can also be important for other populations who may have had severe cases of the virus. This means that young, healthy adults with mild COVID-19 symptoms may increase their risk of cardiovascular complications which may continue for some time after COVID-19 infection. | While SARS-CoV…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-10). Chemical Analysis Of Rare Earth Elements Used To Learn About Prehistoric Human Activity. eurasiareview.com The research group led by Gianni Gallello, from the Department of Prehistory, Archaeology and Ancient History of the University of Valencia, has used the analysis of rare earth elements for the first time to find human activity in a prehistoric cave. Through the analysis of the archaeological strata, with chemical methods, it has been possible to interpret the occupation and uses of the Cocina Cave (Dos Aguas). Previously, the ArchaeChemis group tested it in deposits in Ethiopia and Tanzania. | Rare earth elements are common chemical elements in the earth's crust whose importance as a strategic resource has be…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-10). Sea Level Rise: Rapid And Unstoppable Unless Paris Agreement Targets Met. eurasiareview.com New research, published this week in Nature, models the impacts on the Antarctic Ice Sheet of several different global warming scenarios and the resulting effects on global sea levels. The study was led by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and included a researcher from McGill University. The scenarios that were considered range from meeting the Paris Agreement target of 2 ∞C warming and an aspirational 1.5 ∞C scenario to our current course which, if not altered, will yield three or more degrees of warming. | An accelerated pace of future sea level rise?: | If the more optimistic 1.5…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-10). Migratory Songbirds Climb To Extreme Altitudes During Daytime. eurasiareview.com Great reed warblers normally migrate by night during its month-long migration from northern Europe to Sub-Saharan Africa. However, researchers have now discovered that during the few occasions when it continues to fly during daytime, it flies at extremely high altitudes (up to 6300 meters). One possible explanation for this unexpected and consistent behaviour could be that the birds want to avoid overheating. The study is published inScience. | Most of the many millions of songbirds that migrate every year between Europe and Africa fly by night and spend the daytime hours resting and eating. Some species, whic…

Brian Shilhavy (2021-05-09). No Vaccine Passports in Texas! Medical Doctors Testify Before State Senate to Oppose Mandatory COVID Shots. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. This past week …

Maya Chossudovsky-Ladouceur (2021-05-09). Celebrating Mother's Day amid the COVID-19 Lockdown. Your Government Doesn't Allow You to "Hug your Mom". globalresearch.ca First published on May 9, 2020. | One year later, the same oppressive lockdown directives prevail. | Mother's Day. Sunday 10th of May 2020. [last year] The day families gather together, the day people in many countries around the World celebrate motherhood …

_____ (2021-05-09). Activists In Mississippi Challenge Constitutionality Of Anti-Strike Law. popularresistance.org A political time bomb is ticking in Greenville, and the explosion could transform the state's public education environment for decades to come. | Last Monday and Tuesday, between 13-20 bus drivers for the Greenville Public School District — some of the lowest paid employees in one of the most under-resourced school districts in one of the most under-resourced regions of America — skipped work to protest reduced pay and what they called poor work conditions. | As far as anyone knows, this was the first organized work stoppage in Mississippi public schools since 9,429 teachers walked out in a 1985 strik…

Paul Cech (2021-05-09). Earth Day 2021: Continuing Education. dissidentvoice.org I sat Reading about Bernardone and Thoreau Continuing Ed. about Seeing the tree within the forest Seeing the individual within humanity Listening to Denver Relearning about the inspiration Found within a landscape Reconnecting to the flora, fauna, and each other Remembering a temperature inversion and smog in Donora, PA And the Clean Air Act Remembering …

Anna Buss (2021-05-09). Bolsonaro's Administration Attempts to Silence Indigenous Leaders for Criticizing Its Handling of the Pandemic. counterpunch.org Under the rightwing presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilians are once again witnessing intimidation tactics against anyone who speaks out against his government. Bolsonaro and his administration have attacked the press, specific journalists, a Supreme Court justice, opposition leaders, the health and science institution FIOCRUZ, and many others. This disturbing trend has just targeted two indigenous

Editor2 (2021-05-09). Venezuela's Popular Democracy Under Siege: A Conversation with Elías Jaua. orinocotribune.com Chavez's former Vice President and long-time minister talks about the internal dynamics of the Bolivarian process. | Politician and intellectual Elías Jaua served under Chávez as agriculture minister and vice president. Under Nicolás Maduro's presidency, he has been minister of foreign affairs, of communes, and of education. Now Jaua belongs to the PSUV direction, and he frequently writes about Venezuela, defending the country from imperialist attacks and speaking up for popular power as the cornerstone of the Chavista project. | In a recent article, you argued for opening a debate among the revolutionary cadres…

VOA (2021-05-09). Afghanistan: Taliban Declare Three-day Ceasefire For Eid Holiday. eurasiareview.com By Ayaz Gul | The Taliban have announced a nationwide cease-fire in Afghanistan that will take effect when the three-day annual Muslim festival of Eid-al-Fitr begins Thursday, marking the end of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. | The announcement follows a spike in attacks by the Islamist insurgent group against government forces across many Afghan provinces. It also comes a day after multiple blasts outside a girls school in Kabul killed more than 60 people, mostly students. | The Taliban said Sunday its leadership has instructed all insurgent fighters "to halt all offensive operations against the enemy"

Lauren Bauer (2021-05-09). The COVID-19 Crisis Has Already Left Too Many Children Hungry in America. globalresearch.ca Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity has increased in the United States. This is particularly true for households with young children. | I document new evidence from two nationally representative surveys that were initiated to provide up-to-date estimates …

_____ (2021-05-09). Platform Co-op Plans Revolution For Online Tutoring And Teaching. popularresistance.org With schools across the world shutting due to Covid-19, e-learning has become an increasingly popular option around the world — but while this has increased platform revenues, teachers' pay has stayed the same. | "Last year, during lockdown, I decided to start something different," says John Hayes, co-founder of MyCoolClass, an international teacher-owned platform co-op set for launch next month. He hails from California but has been living in Warsaw, Poland, for nearly six years while working as an ESL teacher, in language schools and online. | After speaking with other freelance teachers and professionals…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-09). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ramping up COVID-19 vaccination rate in race against virus. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 cases are falling in the U.S. because 245 million doses of one of the available COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, according to Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "But at the same time, there are still people who need more information about the safety and the value …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-09). When will COVID-19 vaccines be available for children? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Anyone 16 and older is now approved to be vaccinated for COVID-19, but researchers hope to open up vaccinations for those under 16 soon. Clinical trials for the Pfizer vaccine with children ages 12-15 have shown promising results. "In the last month or so we have seen Pfizer release some really exciting data in the …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-09). Exploring health care disparities in minority populations. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In recognition of National Minority Health Month, a number of Mayo Clinic experts participated in a virtual Mayo Clinic media briefing to discuss health care disparities that affect racial and ethnic minority populations in the U.S. The experts addressed health education, early detection and control of disease complications. These are some of the topics discussed: …

DMG (2021-05-09). Myanmar: Dozens Of Sittwe University Staff Dismissed For Joining Civil Disobedience Movement. eurasiareview.com Thirty-five instructors from Sittwe University in the Arakan State capital have been dismissed for joining the civil disobedience movement, according to a letter signed by Dr. Khin Maung Zaw, acting rector of the University. | The letter released on May 6 said those absent on May 3 without excuse were dismissed from that day onward. | A list of staff joining the CDM is being compiled and sent to the Ministry of Education daily, and the 35 teachers dismissed were included on the list, an official of Sittwe University told DMG. | "We have to send a list of teachers who are joining the CDM and not joining the CDM…

Dr. Gary G. Kohls (2021-05-09). Women's Rights and Social Justice: Julia Ward Howe's 1870 Anti-War Mother's Day Proclamation, A Day of Peace. globalresearch.ca Julia Ward Howe was a humanist who cared about suffering people, a feminist, a social justice activist & suffragette, and it was because of her anti-war commitment that she wrote the famous "Mother's Day Proclamation" 5 years after the Civil War, which resulted in 600,000 dead American soldiers…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-09). Science Saturday: Researchers explore personalized approach to anti-obesity medications. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Individualized medicine initiatives mainly focus on rare diseases or cancer. Little has been attempted to individualize treatment for noncommunicable chronic diseases such as obesity — a chronic, relapsing disease, and a primary cause of Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, cardiovascular disease and cancer. There are many obesity interventions, such as diets, devices, surgery and …

Brian Berletic (2021-05-09). US Encirclement of China: A Progress Report. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Tensions between Washington …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-09). New therapy shortens treatment for HPV-related cancers of the tonsils, tongue. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Patients with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer who undergo surgery and are treated with chemotherapy, may be able to forgo significant radiation therapy without increasing the risk of their cancer spreading, according to the results of a clinical trial led by researchers at Mayo Clinic. "We found that decreasing the amount of radiation therapy after a minimally invasive robotic …

Staff (2021-05-09). IRGC, Army made great strides in field of defense systems. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — "Over the past years, we have made great strides in the field of research and producing of defense systems, including missile, radar, and electronic warfare systems", IRGC Aerospace Force Commander said.

Eurasia Review (2021-05-09). Cricket Bats Should Be Made From Bamboo Not Willow. eurasiareview.com Bamboo cricket bats are stronger, offer a better 'sweet spot' and deliver more energy to the ball than those made from traditional willow, tests conducted by the University of Cambridge show. Bamboo could, the study argues, help cricket to expand faster in poorer parts of the world and make the sport more environmentally friendly. | "The sound of leather on willow" may have delighted cricket lovers for generations but the sport should now consider making the blades of its bats with bamboo, say researchers from Cambridge's Centre for Natural Material Innovation. | Dr Darshil Shah and Ben Tinkler-Davies compared…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-09). Dinosaurs That Hunted In The Dark. eurasiareview.com Today's 10,000 species of birds live in virtually every habitat on Earth, but only a handful have adaptations enabling them to hunt active prey in the dark of night. Scientists have long wondered whether theropod dinosaurs – the group that gave rise to modern birds – had similar sensory adaptations. | A new study led by University of the Witwatersrand scientist, Professor Jonah Choiniere, sought to investigate how vision and hearing abilities of dinosaurs and birds compared. The international team of researchers used CT scanning and detailed measurements to collect information on the relative size of the eyes…

Published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute (2021-05-09). The US-Japan Summit: Uneventful And Indecisive — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By June Teufel Dreyer* | (

Eurasia Review (2021-05-09). Hologram Experts Can Now Create Real-Life Images That Move In The Air. eurasiareview.com They may be tiny weapons, but Brigham Young University's holography research group has figured out how to create lightsabers — green for Yoda and red for Darth Vader, naturally — with actual luminous beams rising from them. | Inspired by the displays of science fiction, the researchers have also engineered battles between equally small versions of the Starship Enterprise and a Klingon Battle Cruiser that incorporate photon torpedoes launching and striking the enemy vessel that you can see with the naked eye. | "What you're seeing in the scenes we create is real; there is nothing computer generated about them…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-09). New Weather Warning Gauge. eurasiareview.com Australia, the driest inhabited continent, is prone to natural disasters and wild swings in weather conditions – from floods to droughts, heatwaves and bushfires. | Now two new Flinders University studies of long-term hydro-climatic patterns provide fresh insights into the causes of the island continent's strong climate variability which affect extreme wet or dry weather and other conditions vital to water supply, agriculture, the environment and the nation's future. | For the first time, researchers from the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT) at Flinders have revealed a vegetation-m…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-09). Soybean And Linseed Oils Added To Cows' Diet Improve Quality Of Milk. eurasiareview.com Inclusion of soybean and linseed oils in the diet of dairy cows made the fatty acid content of their milk even healthier for human nutrition. It also increased the proportions of omega-6 and omega-3, which in the right balance play a key role in preventing cardiovascular diseases, for example, as well as chronic inflammation and some kinds of cancer. | Cardiovascular diseases are one of the world's main public health problems. In Brazil, they are among the foremost causes of death. Each year some 300,000 Brazilians have heart attacks, dying in 30% of cases, according to the Health Ministry. | Research led by A…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-09). With Bacteria Against Coral Bleaching. eurasiareview.com Corals are the backbone of marine ecosystems in the tropics. They are threatened by rising water temperatures caused by global warming and they are among the first ecosystems worldwide that are on the verge of ecological collapse. Coral bleaching, which is becoming stronger and more frequent due to heat stress, has already wiped out corals at many locations globally. With the help of a microbiome-targeting strategy developed by an international team led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, it could become feasible to help protect corals from heat stress. The work has now been published in the in…

sputniknews (2021-05-09). Scenarios of Chinese Rocket Debris Fall Emerge as Israel, Saudi Arabia, N Zealand Possibly at Risk. sputniknews.com A Chinese CZ-5B rocket is in the spotlight of global attention as it tumbles through the atmosphere approaching Earth, with its final destination yet unknown, keeping scientists and skywatchers around the world guessing.

sputniknews (2021-05-09). Big Brother In Space: Satellite Photos Could Help Combat Illegal Gold Mining in Peru. sputniknews.com The new methodology essentially allows the relatively subtle signs of mining activity to be detected on satellite photos of our planet's surface, thus allowing the authorities to track down possible illegal operations.

sputniknews (2021-05-09). 'Failing to Meet Responsible Standards': NASA Slams China Over Rocket Debris. sputniknews.com The main module carried by the rocket is poised to be the control hub for the Tiangong (or "Heavenly Palace") orbital station that China wants to finish assembling by 2022.

sputniknews (2021-05-09). South Korea Reportedly Cracks Down on Online Cryptocurrency Phishing Scams. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The South Korean government intends to join hands with the national police to battle the rise of phishing websites linked to cryptocurrencies as prices of virtual money soar, the Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday, citing the ministry of communication technologies.

Kids Rise Up (2021-05-09). Harvey Milk Students Protest at Castro Safeway After Racial Profiling Incident. indybay.org After a Black 11-year-old boy was falsely accused of stealing a sandwich at a Castro neighborhood Safeway, security guards detained him even though he showed his receipt. Fellow students at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academic Elementary, with help from parents and staff, marched on the Safeway and demonstrated in front of the store.

Labor Video Project (2021-05-09). CCSF Students Rally At Mission High & March To Save City College. indybay.org Students and supporters of San Francisco City College rallied at Mission High and then marched to CCSF Board of Trustees member Tom Temprano's home. Temprano has supported the shutdown of campuses and the layoffs of 160 faculty members which would close many departments and ethnic studies. He works for SF Supervisor Rafael Mandelman who supports the privatization of the college and pushed the sale of the Balboa reservoir to a for profit developer Avalon.

Student Led March (2021-05-09). From Fruitvale BART to Alameda Police Department: Justice 4 Mario Gonzalez. indybay.org March 3: A student-led rally, vigil, and march for Mario Gonzalez, who died on April 19 while in custody of the Alameda, CA, Police Department.

sputniknews (2021-05-09). NYC Teacher Reportedly Caught in Foreplay With Topless Man During Zoom Class. sputniknews.com As classes, job assignments and a variety of other activities are being transferred from the real world to the virtual, a bunch of funny (or not so much) incidents have taken place, in some instances causing grave repercussions for those involved.

Dr. Azly Rahman (2021-05-09). Discover Personacracy, Not Demon-cracy: A Mother's Day Musing — OpEd. eurasiareview.com How do welearn to tolerate each other in the scheme of our daily existence, and in our journey towards realising the full potential of our emerging brand of multiculturalism, in any pluralistic nation? | How do we begin to think like a transculturalist in a nation that is increasingly becoming more and more diverse and in need of radical changes in the way we live, work, and play? | How do we teach ourselves the notion of meaningful democracy, one that is alive and closer to our heart's desire so that we may feel it and become its good participants? | How do we make democracy personal and not, as a friend of m…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-08). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ramping up COVID-19 vaccination rate in race against virus. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 cases are falling in the U.S. because 245 million doses of one of the available COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, according to Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "But at the same time, there are still people who need more information about the safety and the value …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-08). When will COVID-19 vaccines be available for children? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Anyone 16 and older is now approved to be vaccinated for COVID-19, but researchers hope to open up vaccinations for those under 16 soon. Clinical trials for the Pfizer vaccine with children ages 12-15 have shown promising results. "In the last month or so we have seen Pfizer release some really exciting data in the …

WSWS (2021-05-08). Los Angeles teacher describes unsafe and intolerable working conditions. wsws.org LAUSD educators face not only unsafe conditions, but longer hours, increased workloads, requirements to get COVID-19 tests on their own time and added duties that they did not previously have to perform.

Shawgi Tell (2021-05-08). More Than 1,650 Charter Schools Closed in Seven Years. dissidentvoice.org According to the U.S. Department of Education, 1,654 charter schools closed between 2010-2011 and 2016-2017. That is an average of 236 charter school closures per year, which is a big bite out of the total number of charter schools in a short period of time. Today there exist roughly 7,300 charter schools, which is less …

Robert Hunziker (2021-05-08). An Urgent Call for Action by Nobel Laureates. dissidentvoice.org "Our Planet, Our Future, An Urgent Call for Action" is the title of the 2021 Nobel Prize Summit. As a follow up to that summit, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recently published Our Planet, Our Future: An Urgent Call for Action d/d April 29th 2021. The opening paragraph of the Noble Laureate …

Jupiter Brown (2021-05-08). Black student, 17, killed by cops in Knoxville, Tenn; community demands justice. liberationnews.org On April 12, police killed Anthony Thompson Jr., a 17-year-old Black student.

Zack Linly (2021-05-08). Kansas Baseball Coach Suspended, Facing Termination Over Allegations That He Told a Black Student to Turn Off His 'N-Word Music'. theroot.com Another day, another mediocre white man joins the "

Zack Linly (2021-05-08). Mitch McConnell's Own Alma Mater Knows He Doesn't Know WTF He's Talking About When it Comes to The 1619 Project. theroot.com By now, you must be aware of what I call the Republican war on blackness in education. GOPropagandists with GOPoor critical thinking skills have been GO

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-05-08). The Spoils of War: Afghanistan's Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade. globalresearch.ca Since the US led invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, the Golden Crescent opium trade has soared. According to the US media, this lucrative contraband is protected by Osama, the Taliban, not to mention, of course, the regional warlords, in defiance of the "international community".

South Front (2021-05-08). Video: The Al Qaeda Affiliated "Moderate Opposition" in Northern Syria. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. As soon as …

Anonymous669 (2021-05-08). Massacre In Kabul: At Least 40 Killed In Girl School Bombing (Video). southfront.org Screen grab from TOLO News video. | At least 40 people were killed on May 8 when three explosions rocked the Sayed ul Shuhada school to the west of the Afghan capital Kabul. | The first explosion was caused by a booby-trapped car. Later, two rockets landed near the school, which hosts mostly female students. | A spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Tariq Arian, said that 25 people were killed. However, Ghulam Dastagir Nazari, a spokesman for the Health Ministry, put the death toll at 46 people. Most of the victims…

Peter Koenig (2021-05-08). Beware of Covid PCR Testing and the Relentless "Vaccinate Vaccinate Vaccinate" Campaign. globalresearch.ca This therapy is untested. No substantial animal trials. In the few animal trials carried out, all animals died. Claiming an emergency, the FDA recognizes the gravity of the current public health emergency and has granted a so-called Emergency Use Application (EUA) for what effectively is a gene-therapy, not a vaccine.

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