(2021-12-15). Chinese researchers find new treatment for thyroid cancer. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have found that a multi-targeted drug showed efficacy in patients with locally advanced thyroid cancer.
(2021-12-15). Selected Articles: Towards Another Devastating Worldwide Crisis? The WEF's "Cyber Attack With Covid-like Characteristics". globalresearch.ca 
By In "normal" times, the practice of medicine has many challenges, some from within and some from outside the profession. If you let it, much of your daily practice …
(2021-12-15). How a virus transforms immune cells into cancer uncovered by researchers. imperial.ac.uk An international team have mapped how the HTLV-1 virus causes a rare leukaemia in some people, providing clues on how to stop it happening.
(2021-12-15). History of World War II: Did Mussolini's Fate Prompt Hitler to Kill Himself? globalresearch.ca First published on October 26, 2018 With Allied armies pushing ever northwards through the "tough old gut" of Italy, and German forces pulling out, Benito Mussolini took a long look at the situation before departing Milan on 25 April …
(2021-12-15). 17-year-old Philadelphia high school student dies from COVID-19. wsws.org Before catching COVID-19, Alayna Thach had circulated a petition at the school calling for outside learning and lunches to protect students from the deadly virus.
(2021-12-15). Chile's Future at Stake: Runoff Election Pits Leftist Student Leader Against Far-Right Pinochet Defender. democracynow.org 
In Chile, voters this weekend will determine a close runoff election between far-right candidate José Antonio Kast and leftist Gabriel Boric, a former student leader. If Boric, who holds a narrow lead, wins the race, he would become Chile's youngest and most progressive president in years. Meanwhile, Kast's win would make him "an authoritarian taking power with anti-immigrant, anti-abortion, nationalistic and very hateful rhetoric in relation to everything that is progressive," says Chilean American author Ariel Dorfman.
(2021-12-15). Teachers across Iran take strike action demanding jailed trade unionist is freed. mronline.org 
Thousands of protesting teachers assembled in front of the Majlis, or Iranian parliament building, in central Tehran today demanding justice and the release from prison of a leading teacher trade unionist.
(2021-12-15). The Great American Teacher Exodus. zcomm.org Every step of the way, teachers are prevented from actually performing their vocation…
(2021-12-14). Iranian teachers strike, demand money for education and freedom for jailed union leader. peoplesworld.org 
Thousands of protesting teachers assembled in front of the Majlis, or Iranian parliament building, in central Tehran Tuesday demanding justice and the release from prison of a leading teacher trade unionist. Teachers staged rallies too at the headquarters of education authorities in 25 provinces and 60 cities across Iran. The gatherings in Tehran and Shiraz …
(2021-12-14). Cuba defeats COVID-19 with learning, science, and unity. peoplesworld.org 
Education is central to Cuba's brand of socialism. The revolutionary government's dedication to scientific knowledge and healthcare for all shows up now as Cubans cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. The United States is not so lucky. Cubans have wholeheartedly carried out masking, social-distancing, testing and quarantining. Cuba' s bio-medical research and production facilities created five …
(2021-12-14). Australia: Evan Blake speaks at Committee for Public Education online meeting. wsws.org Blake reported on the spread of the Omicron variant internationally, the new dangers it represents and the significance of the Global Workers Inquest initiated by the WSWS.
(2021-12-14). Venezuelan Plains' Working Songs Declared World Heritage. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) placed the working songs of the Venezuelan Plains on the list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity that requires urgent safeguarding measures. | RELATED: | The practice consists of singing melodies individually and a cappella on cattle herding and milking, which are part of the plains' traditional and environmentally…
(2021-12-14). Details of 1948 Massacres Against Palestinians Revealed in Classified Israeli Documents. orinocotribune.com 
Israeli government discussions on the massacres perpetrated by Israeli soldiers in 1948 were declassified for the first time this week in an investigative report published by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz and the Akevot Institute for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Research. | Entitled, 'Classified Docs Reveal Massacres of Palestinians in '48 — and What Israeli Leaders Knew', the report exposes two large-scale operations launched by the Israeli army in October 1948, one based in the south, known as Operation Yoav, which opened a road to the Negev; and another in the north, Operation Hiram. | As part of the lat…
(2021-12-14). India-Bangladesh Ties at Inflection Point. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2021-12-14). Climate activism has gone digital and disruptive, and is facing up to racism within movement. zcomm.org Two new and powerful climate groups — Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion — have been particularly important. Our research suggests they have championed new models and tactics of activism, and also grappled with racism in their own ranks…
(2021-12-14). UK Claims China Is About to Use Its Digital Yuan for Surveillance. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Visit …
(2021-12-14). China and African countries take steps to enhance ties. peoplesdispatch.org Mikaela Erskog, a researcher with Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and a member of the Pan Africanism Today Secretariat, talks about the recent Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation…
(2021-12-14). Epidemic of Heart Disease Caused by COVID Vaccines and Related Stress. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Visit …
(2021-12-14). Vaccines Pose 7 Times Higher Death Risk than COVID for Young People, Japanese Experts Warn. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Visit …
(2021-12-14). Alix Mayer Is Vaccine Injured, but Not from the COVID Vaccine. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Visit …
(2021-12-14). Towards Another Devastating Worldwide Crisis? The WEF's "Cyber Attack With Covid-like Characteristics". Paralysis of the Power Supply, Communications, Transportation? globalresearch.ca The World Economic Forum (WEF) which represents the Western financial elites, played a key role in the launching of the March 11, 2020 lockdown, which was conducive to a Worldwide process of economic and social chaos. | And now what they …
(2021-12-14). Ethical aspects relating to cyberspace. moderndiplomacy.eu Active research on virtual communication has been conducted relatively recently — since the early 1990s — and is becoming increasingly intense. The growing interest of representatives from different humanitarian subjects (philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, culturologists, linguists) in this topic is explained not so much by the unprecedented dynamics of the development of the subject matter of …
(2021-12-14). Economic Update: Ecology, Co-ops & Profit. roarmag.org On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on 50 years of fossil fuel corps putting profits before science; CVS' decision to close 900 drugstores as part of decline of US workers living standards; the FBI's lies around the assassination of Malcolm X; and huge estate tax cuts for the US rich. | On the second half of the show, Prof. Wolff interviews Prof. Melissa Scanlan on her new book
(2021-12-14). How the OPCW's Syria probe censored science. thegrayzone.com New reports explore how the OPCW suppressed findings that undermined US-led allegations of a chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria in April 2018. Piers Robinson and Aaron Maté discuss the latest revelations on how the OPCW censored science. Senior OPCW officials doctored the original report; erased the conclusions of expert toxicologists who ruled out chlorine gas as the cause of death; and thwarted the key investigate area of forensic pathology, which could have helped determine how the dozens of civilian …
(2021-12-14). Inside A Rural School District Suing State For More Equitable Funding. popularresistance.org Panther Valley is a poor, rural district with more than 1,600 students from Carbon and Schuylkill Counties. Its elementary, intermediate, and junior/senior high schools serve four Pennsylvania towns: Summit Hill, Coaldale, Lansford, and Nesquehoning. | "It's in the heart of what we used to refer to as the coal region of Pennsylvania," said the district's superintendent, David McAndrew. | As the country moved away from coal mining, residents lost work. Now, jobs are hard to come by. | Fifty-six percent of children in the district are classified as economically disadvantaged, though McAndrew believes the figure is…
(2021-12-14). Toronto High School Students Walk Out In Solidarity With Palestine. popularresistance.org Let's give credit to the roughly 200 brave students who walked out of Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute last month. They were protesting how the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has handled what it considers to be antisemitism within its schools. | They were fed up with the way their Board — supposed to represent them — puts the brakes on statements, information or discussions that might offend some members of the Jewish community in Toronto who regard certain criticism of Israel as anti-Semitic. As I mentioned in an article a month ago, the Board has simply adopted the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal…
(2021-12-14). MIT graduate employees announce majority support for unionization — will MIT commit to contract negotiations? liberationnews.org 
The graduate student workers of MIT have spoken. Will President L. Rafael Reif listen?>
(2021-12-14). Billionaire executive Charlie Munger proposes windowless dormitory for 4,500 students at UC Santa Barbara. wsws.org The planned building has drawn criticism from students and architects who have likened it to a "social and psychological experiment."
(2021-12-14). Columbia student workers begin sixth week on strike, defying university's strikebreaking threats. wsws.org Columbia's threats not to rehire striking workers raises the urgency for student workers to expand their strike.
(2021-12-14). Minneapolis takes to the streets for International Human Rights Day. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Despite a 12-inch snowfall, more than 60 people marched in recognition of International Human Rights Day in Midtown Minneapolis, shutting down a major business thoroughfare on December 11. | The Anti-War Committee (AWC) united with the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC), the Council for American-Islamic Relations — MN (CAIR-MN), the Climate Justice Committee (CJC), Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar Clark (TCC4J), Women Against Military Madness (WAMM), and the Minnesota branch of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) to put on the event. | The ongoing trial of K…
(2021-12-14). White House Says Restarting Student Loans Is "High Priority," Sparking Outrage. zcomm.org "Allowing payments and collections to resume without taking these actions to protect borrowers in default would undermine our economic recovery"
(2021-12-14). 11-year-old sexually assaulted at school, mother fights for justice: 'How am I gonna trust them to teach my son?'. liberationnews.org 
"If they're not educated on it, how am I gonna trust them to teach my son the difference?"
(2021-12-14). South Dakota teachers scramble at "Dash for Cash" in desperate attempt to fund their classrooms. wsws.org Workers across the US have reacted in horror to a stage-managed competition for teachers to win a few hundred dollars for their classrooms.