Monthly Archives: April 2022

2022-04-24: News Headlines

xinhuanet (2022-04-24). Spotlight: What's behind abrupt U.S. withdrawal from UNESCO?>. xinhuanet.com The world has long been used to U.S. President Donald Trump taking a stance against multilateralism. Still, the sudden U.S. announcement Thursday to retreat from UNESCO — the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization — raised eyebrows worldwide.

Hip Hop Congress, Inc (2022-04-24). Friday 5/6: Oakland & The World: A Discussion Series on Education, Economic Policy & Voter Suppression. indybay.org Online event…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-04-24). Who is Behind "Fake News"? Mainstream Media Use Fake Videos and Images. globalresearch.ca The mainstream corporate media is desperate. They want to suppress independent and alternative online media, which they categorize as "fake news". Readers on social media are warned not to go onto certain sites. Our analysis confirms that the mainstream media are routinely involved in distorting the facts and turning realities upside down.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-04-24). Biggest Lie in World History: There Never Was A Pandemic. The Data Base is Flawed. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-24). After barring ships, Turkey bans Russian flights to Syria. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahApril 23, 2022 Turkey closes airspace to Russian military aircraft to Syria: FM àáavu≈üoƒülu Turkey has closed its airspace to Russian military and civilian flights to Syria after notifying Moscow, Foreign Minister Mevlàºt àáavu≈üoƒülu said Saturday. "We were giving permissions in three-month intervals. The latest one was until April," the minister said in an …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-23). Dutch Journalist in Mariupol: U.S. Media Are Lying About Russian Atrocities. libya360.wordpress.com Sonja Van den Ende Residents of Mariupol receiving humanitarian aid from the Russian army in collaboration with the DPR army. [Source: Photo courtesy of Sonja van den Ende] Where shall I begin? Can a man endure so much suffering? Can you write about so much suffering without getting emotional? Probably not. Mariupol has been wiped…

Sonja Van den Ende (2022-04-23). U.S. Media Are Lying About Russian Atrocities in Mariupol, Says Embedded Reporter at Ground Zero. covertactionmagazine.com [This article is written by a reporter embedded in Ukraine with the Russian army. We believe that if people want …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Georgian soldiers killed in Ukraine fighting given military honors at home. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 23, 2022 Body of Georgian volunteer killed in Ukraine repatriated to Georgia The body of Georgian volunteer AK, killed in the armed action in Ukraine, was repatriated to Georgia on Saturday morning. Family members and a group of citizens gathered at the Tbilisi International Airport to pay homage to K, whose body was transported …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Ramstein Air Base: U.S. to gather 40 allies, partners to provide "long-term military assistance" to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Novinite/Bulgarian Telegraph AgencyApril 23, 2022 The Pentagon is inviting 40 Allies at its Ramstein Base on Tuesday The Pentagon has invited representatives of 40 allied countries to gather in Germany on Tuesday to discuss Ukraine's long-term security needs, BTA reported. Defense ministers and high-ranking generals from 20 NATO and other countries have already accepted an …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-23). Why Russia's Intervention in Ukraine is Legal Under International Law. libya360.wordpress.com Dan Kovalik The argument can be made that Russia exercised its right for self-defense For many years, I have studied and given much thought to the UN Charter's prohibition against aggressive war. No one can seriously doubt that the primary purpose of the document — drafted and agreed to on the heels of the horrors of…

Revolution Books (2022-04-23). Tuesday 4/26: The War in Ukraine: NO U.S./NATO WAR WITH RUSSIA! NO WORLD WAR 3! indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Britain to send tanks to Poland to free Polish ones to join dozens of Czech tanks in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian News AgencyApril 23, 2022 UK Will Transfer Tanks To Poland So That It Can Send Soviet T-72 To Ukraine Britain plans to send a batch of Challenger 2 tanks to Poland so the Polish government can then hand over to Ukraine the Soviet T-72 needed by the Ukrainian military to confront Russia.The corresponding statement …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Romania: U.S. senator discusses military buildup in Black Sea region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nine O'Clock NewsApril 21, 2022 PM Ciuca, Senator Steve Daines discuss security situation in the region following conflict in Ukraine Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca received the delegation of the American senator Steve Daines at the Victoria Palace on Thursday, with the two officials addressing issues related to the security situation in the region… …Prime Minister …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Prospect: Ukraine as Canadian diaspora-administered fiefdom, garrison state. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Earlier this year the government of his successor, Volodyrmyr Zelensky, was prosecuting Poroshenko for treason. The government of Russia's Vladimir Putin offered Poroshenko, who launched the war in the Donbass in 2014, effective political refugee status before the current war commenced. Regarding Canada's deputy prime minister, see this from the Ottawa Citizen: Chrystia Freeland's granddad …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). U.S. ambassador, Japanese FM challenge Russia, China in aircraft pose. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 23, 2022 Japan's Hayashi, U.S. envoy Emanuel show off alliance on carrier ==== Two-front offensive: U.S. ambassador Emanuel insists Russian islands belong to Japan U.S. duping the world into believing Russia bombed Hiroshima, Nagasaki Japan, Russia continue to clash over Kurils, Ukraine ==== Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Canada delivers heavy artillery to "fight and win this war" in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformApril 23, 2022 Canada delivers M777 howitzers to Ukraine The Government of Canada has approved the delivery to Ukraine of a number of M777 howitzers to strengthen its positions on the battlefield with Russia. That's according to a statement posted on the government's website, Ukrinform reports. "As the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, committed …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Ramstein Air Base: U.S. to gather 20 partners to provide "long-term military assistance" to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 23, 2022 Over 20 states to take part in consultative meeting in Germany to assess Ukrainian military's More than 20 countries have expressed their desire to take part in a consultative meeting to be held at Ramstein Air Base in Germany next week, during which the issues of long-term military assistance that Western countries …

_____ (2022-04-23). US Spent 7.5 Times More On Nuclear Weapons Than Vaccine Donations. popularresistance.org Since the pandemic began, the United States has spent 7.5 times more money on nuclear weapons than on global vaccine donations. Stated another way, the money put towards global vaccine donations has amounted to just 13% of the money put toward nuclear weapons. The comparison shows that, even during a shared international crisis, in which an outbreak anywhere threatens people everywhere, the U.S. political apparatus is far more willing to fund instruments of death than vaccines that protect life. | Zain Rizvi, research director for the corporate watchdog organization Public Citizen, helped In These Times calculate…

Ediz Tiyansan (2022-04-23). Researchers work to create police shootings database in the U.S. america.cgtn.com A group of university researchers are putting together a database using information from the U.S. Census, the FBI and other sources, in order to get a more accurate estimate on the number of deadly police-involved incidents and better understand the factors that lead to them. …

Michael Welch (2022-04-23). Governments, Industry and Conservationists vs Tribal and Indigenous peoples. Aren't There Better Ways to Mend the Earth? globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-04-23). William Shakespeare and the New World Order: "Hell is Empty and all the Devils are Here" globalresearch.ca William Shakespeare's birthday: he taught us never to despair in our resolve to confront the Lie. "to unmask falsehood and bring truth to light". War criminals in high office are celebrated as messengers of peace: "And thus I clothe my naked villany. And seem a saint, when most I play the devil." (Shakespeare, the words of King Richard III)…

Peter Koenig (2022-04-23). Video: Digital Tyranny and the Rockefeller-Gates WHO "Vaxx-Certificate Passport": Towards a World War III Scenario. globalresearch.ca It's an electronic ID-program using the Covid-19 "vaccine as a platform for digital identity, linking everything to everything of each individual (records of health, banking, personal and private, etc.), managed by a state agency or in extremis, by the private sector.

Emma Wilkinson (2022-04-23). [World Report] Research Focus: Protas. thelancet.com A new research organisation aims to apply the RECOVERY trial approach to clinical trials in common diseases. Emma Wilkinson reports.

Geoff Watts (2022-04-23). [Obituary] Deborah Ann Nickerson. thelancet.com Pioneer of genome research. She was born in Mineola, NY, USA, on Jan 5, 1954 and died of abdominal cancer in Seattle, WA, USA, on Dec 24, 2021 aged 67 years.

ecns.cn (2022-04-23). China to hold over 200 popular-science space activities. ecns.cn More than 200 space activities will be held as the Space Day of China approaches, said an official with the China National Space Administration (CNSA) Thursday.

Richard Horton (2022-04-23). [Comment] Offline: France and some lessons for a fairer society. thelancet.com France occupies a special place in the history of health. Scientific medicine was born here. In An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine, Claude Bernard (1813—78) defined principles for a new era of experimentation. He emphasised the importance of hypothesis, doubt, verification, and judgement. "In experimentation", he wrote, "we make judgements by comparing two facts, one normal, the other abnormal." He was brutally realistic about the challenge: "If a comparison were required to express my idea of the science of life, I should say that it is a superb and dazzlingly lighted hall which may be r…

_____ (2022-04-23). Thousands Rally, March: US And Israel: Hands Off Jerusalem! popularresistance.org Chicago, IL – The Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine led a crowd of close to 1000 people, mostly youth from the Palestinian community in the Chicago area, to protest the attacks on the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, April 18. The Coalition includes the American Muslims for Palestine, United States Palestinian Community Network (UCPSN), Students for Justice in Palestine- Chicago (SJP), Al-Nahda, Palestinian American Community Center, and Palestinian American Council. | Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam, and repeatedly since Friday, April 15, Israeli soldiers and police have attacked it. They cho…

Mary Triny Mena (2022-04-23). Schools reopen amid COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela. america.cgtn.com After two years of distance learning and semi in-person classes, Venezuela's students are allowed to back to the classrooms. However, the decision presents many challenges for students and teachers. Find out more.

WSWS (2022-04-23). Right-wing radical Professor Jà∂rg Baberowski faces trial for causing bodily harm and damage to property. wsws.org In early 2020, Professor Baberowski physically assaulted an IYSSE member of the student parliament at Berlin's Humboldt University and destroyed large amounts of student election campaign material.

Hendrik Sybrandy (2022-04-23). Students tackle global warming at annual sustainability summit. america.cgtn.com They were among 60 projects on display at this year's University of Colorado Boulder's Sustainability Summit. More than 50 students showed their projects and competed for for a $25,000 cash prize.

WSWS (2022-04-23). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE holds powerful demonstration advocating a socialist program for the anti-government protests. wsws.org Over 150 workers, students and youth as well as members of the SEP/IYSSE and workers' action committees held a rally outside the Fort railway station in Colombo.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Kosovo: Turkish-NATO military outpost. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily Sabah/Anadolu AgencyApril 23, 2022 Minister: Turkey has always supported development of Kosovo Kosovo's Defense Minister Armend Mehaj stated that they aim to increase the number of Turkish Kosovans in the public sector…. According to the statement made by the Kosovo Ministry of Defense, Minister Mehaj held a roundtable meeting on the occasion of the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). NATO summit: Baltic states push division-size deployments, "long-range missile equipment" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Baltic TimesApril 23, 2022 Baltic PMs agree on common goals for NATO summit Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania agree that in the event of a threat, NATO must be ready to quickly deploy division-size troops to defend each of the Baltic states, and that NATO air policing must become air defense. NATO's military presence on the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Occupied territories: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey continue special forces exercises. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Until recently frozen conflicts, now "Russian-occupied territories." For Azerbaijan, that part of Nagorno-Karabakh not seized in its 44-day war of 2020. For Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. For Turkey, its self-identified ethnic kin, the Tatars, in Crimea. Perhaps Japan (the Kurils), Moldova (Transnistria) and Finland (East Karelia) will send observers. ==== Trend News AgencyApril 23, …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). NATO's incorporation of Finland a "done deal" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ERR NewsApril 22, 2022 Finland ramping up preparations for NATO accession Finland has plotted a clear NATO course, with pro-alliance National Coalition Party leader Petteri Orpo recently appointed chair of the Eduskunta Defense Committee…. Members of the Eduskunta Defense Committee visited Sweden on Thursday where their message was that Finland's NATO accession is very nearly …

San Francisco Labor Council (2022-04-23). Sunday 5/1: Bay Area Labor May Day Parade & Rally. indybay.org Parade will begin at Market Street and the Embarcadero in San Francisco and will march up to the Civic Center, where the rally will be held.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). NATO partner Switzerland assists NATO candidate Georgia's "Euro-Atlantic integration" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian Ministry of DefenseApril 21, 2022 Juansher Burchuladze met with the Ambassador of Switzerland The Minister of Defense of Georgia held an introductory meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland. Juansher Burchuladze congratulated Heidi Graus on her appointment as Ambassador…. The security challenges in the region were discussed at the meeting. Special attention …

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2022-04-23: News Headlines

Revolution Books (2022-04-23). Tuesday 4/26: The War in Ukraine: NO U.S./NATO WAR WITH RUSSIA! NO WORLD WAR 3! indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

xinhuanet (2022-04-23). Spotlight: What's behind abrupt U.S. withdrawal from UNESCO?>. xinhuanet.com The world has long been used to U.S. President Donald Trump taking a stance against multilateralism. Still, the sudden U.S. announcement Thursday to retreat from UNESCO — the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization — raised eyebrows worldwide.

Hip Hop Congress, Inc (2022-04-23). Friday 5/6: Oakland & The World: A Discussion Series on Education, Economic Policy & Voter Suppression. indybay.org Online event…

Michael Welch (2022-04-23). Governments, Industry and Conservationists vs Tribal and Indigenous peoples. Aren't There Better Ways to Mend the Earth? globalresearch.ca

Geoff Watts (2022-04-23). [Obituary] Deborah Ann Nickerson. thelancet.com Pioneer of genome research. She was born in Mineola, NY, USA, on Jan 5, 1954 and died of abdominal cancer in Seattle, WA, USA, on Dec 24, 2021 aged 67 years.

Emma Wilkinson (2022-04-23). [World Report] Research Focus: Protas. thelancet.com A new research organisation aims to apply the RECOVERY trial approach to clinical trials in common diseases. Emma Wilkinson reports.

ecns.cn (2022-04-23). China to hold over 200 popular-science space activities. ecns.cn More than 200 space activities will be held as the Space Day of China approaches, said an official with the China National Space Administration (CNSA) Thursday.

Richard Horton (2022-04-23). [Comment] Offline: France and some lessons for a fairer society. thelancet.com France occupies a special place in the history of health. Scientific medicine was born here. In An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine, Claude Bernard (1813—78) defined principles for a new era of experimentation. He emphasised the importance of hypothesis, doubt, verification, and judgement. "In experimentation", he wrote, "we make judgements by comparing two facts, one normal, the other abnormal." He was brutally realistic about the challenge: "If a comparison were required to express my idea of the science of life, I should say that it is a superb and dazzlingly lighted hall which may be r…

WSWS (2022-04-23). Right-wing radical Professor Jà∂rg Baberowski faces trial for causing bodily harm and damage to property. wsws.org In early 2020, Professor Baberowski physically assaulted an IYSSE member of the student parliament at Berlin's Humboldt University and destroyed large amounts of student election campaign material.

WSWS (2022-04-23). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE holds powerful demonstration advocating a socialist program for the anti-government protests. wsws.org Over 150 workers, students and youth as well as members of the SEP/IYSSE and workers' action committees held a rally outside the Fort railway station in Colombo.

San Francisco Labor Council (2022-04-23). Sunday 5/1: Bay Area Labor May Day Parade & Rally. indybay.org Parade will begin at Market Street and the Embarcadero in San Francisco and will march up to the Civic Center, where the rally will be held.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Japan intensifies hard-line stance on islands "illegally occupied" by Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 22, 2022 Japan shifts to hard-line stance on territorial dispute with Russia Tokyo has switched to a hard-line stance in its decades-long territorial dispute with Moscow following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, stating in its annual foreign policy report released Friday that four northern islands are "illegally occupied" by Russia. *** The report highlighted …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Biden: U.S. prepared to supply weapons for interminable war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 22, 2022 Biden: USA can supply Ukraine with weapons for long time The United States is capable of supplying Ukraine with weapons for a long time, U.S. President Joe Biden has said on Thursday. "We have the capacity to do this for a long time," he said, answering a journalist's question about how long …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). France to deliver howitzers, anti-tank missiles for war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformApril 22, 2022 Macron announces supply of Milan anti-tank systems, Caesar howitzers to Ukraine French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the supply of Milan anti-tank missiles and Caesar self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. *** "We are delivering significant equipment, from Milan to Caesar. I think we have to continue on this route. Always with the red …

Scott Ritter (2022-04-22). Kramatorsk Train Station Attack: The Key to Finding the Perpetrator Lies in this Overlooked Detail. globalresearch.ca Kiev and its Western backers immediately blamed Russia for the incident, but a proper investigation is likely to disagree. | . | In a conflict where accusations of wrongdoing fly back and forth between Russia and Ukraine on a daily basis, when …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Coup-threatened Georgia: ruling party exposes "NGO clan" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com On the role of "NGOs' in fomenting coups in Georgia, and the wars that inevitably follow them, see item below the news report. The United National Movement is the party founded by Mikheil Saakashvili, who returned from Ukraine late last year, where he held a major post in the government of Volodymyr Zelensky, to launch …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). India blocs Japanese Air Self-Defense Force flight for Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nikkei AsiaApril 22, 2022 Japan reworks Ukraine aid plan after India blocks military plane Japan is redrawing its plan for transporting humanitarian aid supplies to displaced Ukrainians after India reportedly refused to let Self-Defense Forces aircraft land in the country. The plan was for an Air Self-Defense Force plane to pick up relief items at …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Combat-ready: NATO in talks to deploy yet more troops to eastern flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 22, 2022 NATO allies in talks to send more troops to eastern flank: Polish official A senior Polish national security official said on Friday that the NATO alliance was discussing ways to boost troop numbers on its eastern edge amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. *** "Talks are under way to expand the NATO …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Turkey makes NATO ally Greece offer it better not refuse. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey and its weapons have recently established a record in Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, Ethiopia and Ukraine that Athens would be wise to heed is the message from Greece's NATO ally and neighbor. ==== Hurriyet News AgencyApril 22, 2022 Defense minister urges Greece to respond to Turkey's call for 'friendship' Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on …

San Jose City College (2022-04-22). Wednesday 4/20: Global Geopolitics from Ukraine to the Middle East. indybay.org Join Zoom meeting: sjeccd-edu.zoom.us/j/5088214551 | Zoom meeting ID: 508 821 4551 | International dial-in numbers available: zoom.us/u/aM3amGqtL

Manlio Dinucci (2022-04-22). U.S. and NATO Fuel War in Ukraine "To Make it Permanent" globalresearch.ca The news preceding the interview and Gagnon's analysis confirm the seriousness of the situation. | Having initiated with the 2014 coup …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Azerbaijan: "We have proved to the whole world how to wage a war in the 21st century" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The leadership of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Japan and Finland got the message on how to "liberate occupied territories" from Russia. === Azeri Press AgencyApril 22, 2022 President Ilham Aliyev: "Although war is over, the territorial claims against us are not over yet" "We have proved to the whole world how to wage a war in …

Rann Miller (2022-04-22). Opinion: How Florida Has Added To Its Racist Education By Subtracting Black People From Math. moguldom.com We have officially reached the point in the critical race theory backlash where they're now banning math textbooks. The Florida Department of Education rejected 54 math textbooks — 28 of them because they "incorporate prohibited topics or unsolicited strategies, including [critical race theory]" — according to a DOE statement. Of course, Gov. Ron DeSantis endorsed …

Staff (2022-04-22). Iran education ministry blasts terror attacks in Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) — A day after deadly bomb attacks against students and worshipers in Afghanistan, the Iranian ICESCO National Commission condemned the terror attacks saying such attacks increase public hatred towards the terrorists.

Sarah Lahm (2022-04-22). Minneapolis teacher strike brought unity, victory and a reminder of the threats facing public education in the U.S. nationofchange.org Teachers ended a nearly three-week strike, citing advances in pay and working conditions for many members. But more work remains.

Johanna Kichton (2022-04-22). People's Action Institute and Data for Progress Unveil New Poll Showing Bipartisan Support for Harm Reduction Policies. peoplesaction.org Poll Comes as White House Releases Drug Control Plan That Centers Some Harm Reduction Tools While Bloating CBP Budget for Enforcement Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action Institute and Data for Progress today unveiled new research showing robust, bipartisan support for a variety of harm reduction measures like expanding use of medication-assisted treatment, …

Julianne Geiger (2022-04-22). US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen Warns EU About Banning Russian Oil. globalresearch.ca A full EU ban on Russian crude oil and gas imports could have unintended economic consequences for the United States and its Western allies, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told reporters in Washington on Thursday. | The Treasury Secretary added that …

Felicity Arbuthnot (2022-04-22). Who are the War Criminals? The Nightmare: The Iraq Invasion's Atrocities, Unearthing the Unthinkable. globalresearch.ca They promised that the invasion of Iraq would be without a bloodbath…

Felicity Arbuthnot (2022-04-22). US Crimes against the People of Iraq, Vietnam, Nicaragua, … : Denial, Selective Perception and Military Atrocities. globalresearch.ca It was under the watch of his father, George Bush, Snr., that in 1991, thousands of Iraqi conscripts were buried alive in southern Iraq…

The Global Research Team (2022-04-22). Fight for Freedom of the Press. Support Independent Media. Support Global Research. globalresearch.ca The ongoing extradition case against Julian Assange is a crucial indicator of the demise of Freedom of the Press. Don't let your news be chained to Big Money. Uphold freedom of the Press as a cornerstone of democracy. | As we …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: Can diet help with inflammatory bowel disease? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org More than 6.8 million people worldwide are estimated to be living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD is believed to be the result of a malfunctioning immune system, which results in an inappropriate immune response that attacks the lining of the intestines. There is no cure and no exact cause, though researchers continue to look at how genes, the microbiome and environmental factors play a role in this chronic disease. Dr. Amanda Johnson, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist, explains…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-04-22). William Shakespeare and the New World Order: "Hell is Empty and all the Devils are Here" globalresearch.ca William Shakespeare's birthday: he taught us never to despair in our resolve to confront the Lie. "to unmask falsehood and bring truth to light". War criminals in high office are celebrated as messengers of peace: "And thus I clothe my naked villany. And seem a saint, when most I play the devil." (Shakespeare, the words of King Richard III)…

Paulo Cabral (2022-04-22). Brazilian researchers find new species without leaving museum. america.cgtn.com Researchers in Brazil have discovered nearly 100 new species of Amazon insects without even venturing into the jungle. They only had to tap into the vast and yet little studied collection already sitting inside Brazil's National Institute for the Research of the Amazon.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-22). Mayo Clinic researchers load CAR-T cells with oncolytic virus to treat solid cancer tumors. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine have devised an immunotherapy technique that combines chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy, or CAR-T cell therapy, with a cancer-killing virus to more effectively target and treat solid cancer tumors. The combination approach, published in Science Translational Medicine, involves loading CAR-T cells, which are engineered to look for antigens on cancer cells, with an oncolytic virus. Oncolytic viruses are naturally occurring viruses that can infect…

ecns.cn (2022-04-22). China receives data from Atmospheric Environmental Monitoring Satellite. ecns.cn China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station (RSGS) has received data from the newly launched Atmospheric Environmental Monitoring Satellite, confirmed by Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences on Thursday.

Ann Brown (2022-04-22). Political Scientist Dr. Ricky Jones: They Are Calling Me Racist And Anti-Semitic Because Of Not Abandoning Quintez Brown. moguldom.com Political scientist Dr. Ricky Jones is getting major backlash for supporting his former student, Quintez Brown, a 21-year-old community activist who faces up to life in prison. Brown is charged with shooting at Democratic mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg, who is Jewish, on Feb. 14 in Louisville, Kentucky. Jones is a professor and chairman of the University of …

Fight Back (2022-04-22). Students fight back against Florida's 'Don't say gay bill'. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On Monday, April 18, Florida State University Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a march against Florida's repressive HB1557. Led by SDS officers Isabela Casanova and Chudi Oraedu, a group of roughly 40 students marched from FSU's Legacy Fountain to the Integration Statue, chanting "Homophobia has got to go" and "Trans lives matter." | Nicknamed the "Don't say gay bill" by opponents, it was signed into state law on March 28. Parents are encouraged to sue their local school districts over what they consider to be violations of this law. | The law's homophobic and transphobic yet va…

ecns.cn (2022-04-22). 'Single bamboo drifting' course opens at Guangxi college. ecns.cn A "single bamboo drifting" course that teaches students to cross the river on a single bamboo has opened in Hechi University in Hechi City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

WSWS (2022-04-22). Detroit youth stage "die-in" to demand more school counselors. wsws.org Michigan schools have the nation's second-worst student-to-counselor ratio, 691 to 1, under conditions of a deepening mental health emergency nationally.

WSWS (2022-04-22). UIC graduate student workers continue strike against poverty wages, as AFT prepares austerity agreement. wsws.org A mood of growing frustration is building among university faculty and grad student workers throughout the University of Illinois system, centered on the surging cost of living and eroding incomes.

WSWS (2022-04-22). The next stage in the fight of educators against the pandemic, school cuts and the danger of war. wsws.org The recent strikes by teachers and school employees in Minneapolis and Sacramento over wages ravaged by inflation are only the beginning of a new wave of struggles.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Turkey commemorates life of Chechen separatist warlord. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The piece is beyond eulogy and approaching hagiography.The Kremlin's strategic partner Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened a public park dedicated to Dzhokhar Dudayev, first president of the "Chechen Republic of Ichkeria," last December, triggering a fierce reaction from current Chechen president, Ramzan Kadyrov.Turkey is not through with Chechnya and with Dagestan, Ingushetia and the Tatars in …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Air defense, armored vehicles: Britain trains Ukrainian troops at home, in Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 22, 2022 UK training Ukrainian troops in Poland: Johnson Ukrainian troops are being trained in Poland to use anti-aircraft defence equipment donated by the British government, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed. "I can say that we're currently training Ukrainians in Poland in the use of the anti-aircraft defences," Johnson told reporters …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Turkish-Indonesian strategic partnership: NATO's gateway to ASEAN. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1952 along with Greece after both nations had served their apprenticeship by deploying troops for the Korean War. Three years later Turkey became the main pivot in the founding of the Central Treaty Organization, modeled after NATO.A year earlier the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, also modeled after …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). German chancellor: NATO-Russia clash could trigger third world war, nuclear war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Scholz's logic at times (see below) is not only tortuous but torturous. His main message, though, seems unequivocal. Der SpiegelApril 22, 2022 "There Cannot Be a Nuclear War" Excerpts from interview. The SPD is a party of peace, but it has never been pacifist. The two great postwar Social Democratic chancellors, Willy Brandt and Helmut …

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