Daily Archives: July 1, 2022

2022-07-01: News Headlines

Rishika Pardikar (2022-07-01). 'If India Can Do It, Why Not Europe?': Researchers Lay Out Case for Re-wilding European Landscape. towardfreedom.org A new research paper charts a path for re-wilding Europe with large mammals, or those weighing more than 10 kg (22 pounds), both for conserving biodiversity and restoring ecosystems. Researchers argue it is both a legal obligation and a moral obligation for Europe, reports Rishika Pardikar.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-01). Daily Round-up | Thousands of teachers stage strike in Australia over low wages & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories from the teachers' strike in Australia, the war in Syria, the conflict over the Malvinas Islands, and the inauguration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as president of the Philippines…

_____ (2022-07-01). Studying the Venezuelan Approach to Learning. popularresistance.org The merits of the Bolivarian system are plain to see through the country having one of the highest educational progress rates in Latin America and a truly comprehensive system funded by the Venezuelan government led by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela. | In order to understand the Venezuelan education system, it is necessary to examine both its foundations and the reality of education under the illegal US sanctions.

Editor (2022-07-01). The Disappearance of Meghan Marohn. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / Special to ScheerPost | There is a national epidemic of missing girls and women. This is the story of a friend who has become one of these grim statistics. | A few days before Meghan Marohn, a 42-year-old English teacher at Shaker High School in Latham, New York, disappeared, she confided to friends that she had gone into hiding to escape from a man who had "brutally harassed and intimidated me because I wouldn't sleep with him." She said she was too afraid to stay at home, especially when she saw him drive by her house. She was granted a leave from teaching and camped out at The Red Lion…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-01). Iranian center to host seminar on threats against coop. in ME. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) — An Iranian research center in cooperation with Tehran-based SBU university will host a conference virtually dubbed "New Transnational Threats Towards Regional Cooperation in the Middle East" on July 5.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-01). Science Saturday: The art and science of never giving up. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Anya in February 2018, just before being discharged after her third brain surgery. Photo credit: Colleen Kelly In March 2020, at the start of the pandemic, Anya Magnuson's own health was in crisis. The 21-year-old Minnesotan had already endured four brain surgeries, 35 lumbar punctures and about 11 weeks of hospitalization. At various times during the preceding 28 months, she was treated for fungal meningitis, an inflammatory disease known as neurosarcoidosis, and finally a rare blood…

WSWS (2022-07-01). Australia: Tens of thousands of striking teachers protest in Sydney. wsws.org With tensions among educators at "boiling point," union bureaucrats desperately attempted to channel workers' anger into plaintive appeals to the state government.

Michael Petrelis (2022-07-01). Friday 7/1: Speakout: Cordileone at Mission Dolores. indybay.org Mission Dolores Basilica | 16th and Dolores Streets…

Schools & Labor Against Privatization (2022-07-01). Saturday 7/9: SLAP Oakland Ed Conf: Fight Against the Destruction of Public Education & Public Services. indybay.org ILWU Local 6 | 99 Hengenberger | Oakland, Ca…

Peter Maiden (2022-07-01). Abortion Rights Rally in Fresno June 28. indybay.org People protested the anti-abortion Supreme Court decision at Fresno City Hall on Tuesday, June 28.

WSWS (2022-07-01). SEP (Australia) public meeting: Oppose British extradition order: Fight to free Julian Assange! wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party calls on workers, students and professional people to attend its online meeting on Sunday July 10, at 3 p.m. AEST to mobilise to defend and free Julian Assange.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-07-01). Friday 7/29: Stolen Legacy: California Pioneers of African Descent. indybay.org Leidesdorff Street | Financial District…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-01). 6-27-2022 Media Only News Briefing: Monkeypox. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Today the Minnesota Department of Health announced the first confirmed case of monkeypox in Minnesota. What does this mean for Minnesotans? What steps can people take to stay safe? What should someone do if they think they may be infected? Richard Kennedy, Ph.D., co-director of Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group fielded questions from the media and others on this topic. Journalists who have already registered on the News Network can log into their accounts to…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-01). Patients treated with monoclonal antibodies during COVID-19 delta surge had low rates of severe disease, Mayo Clinic study finds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — A study of 10,775 high-risk adult patients during the COVID-19 delta variant surge in late 2021 finds that treatment with one of three anti-spike neutralizing monoclonal antibodies for mild to moderate symptoms led to low rates of severe disease, hospitalization, ICU admission and mortality, according to Mayo Clinic researchers. Among patients treated at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and Wisconsin from Aug. 1 to Dec. 1, 2021, who received bamlanivimab/etesevimab, casirivimab/imdevimab or sotrovimab,…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-01). Mayo Clinic Minute: Why it's important to help kids who identify as LGBTQ and may be struggling. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's not uncommon for teens to experience mental health issues like anxiety. It's believed 1 in 5 young people experiences some type of mental health issue during their teen years. For LGBTQ youth, the statistics are alarming. A recent national survey showed 45% expressed serious suicidal ideation. Dr. Marcie Billings, a pediatrician at Mayo Clinic, says these kids need support. It can be as simple as listening. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute. youtu.be/9qUM8FHQyVE Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-01). Mayo's new MRI Program graduates prepare to fill growing demand for techs. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Call it a formality, call it inevitable — and now call it a success. With a nationwide surge in demand — including at Mayo Clinic — for MRI technologists, the time was right to create a program that streamlined the process for students with an interest in the field. Building from concept in 2018 to a program in 2021 required patience. And one year in, the Department of Radiology has been rewarded as the Mayo…

SCOTUS ruled wrongly (2022-07-01). People pour into Federal Bldg Plaza to Express their Outrage on Day of Decision. indybay.org Protesters spilled into the streets on June 24 soon after the much anticipated Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was announced.

Shotgun Players (2022-07-01). Saturday 7/23: Ashby Stage Indigenous Land Acknowledgement Mural Unveiling. indybay.org Ashby Stage | 1901 Ashby Ave | Berkeley, CA 94703…

Amarynth (2022-06-30). Sergey Lavrov: Roundtable discussion SCO Treaties. thesaker.is Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's video address to the organisers of and participants in the roundtable discussion dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the SCO Charter and the 15th anniversary of…

_____ (2022-06-30). How Maryland Is Preventing Prisoners From Getting College Degrees. popularresistance.org Education is one of the few rehabilitative options available to incarcerated people, yet all across America prisoners are prevented from pursuing their education. "Atiba" Demetrius Brown, for instance, has been dedicated to improving himself and his post-incarceration prospects by taking correspondence courses while incarcerated in Maryland, but thanks to a draconian new decree by the Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services (DPSCS), Atiba can't take his exams. In this installment of Rattling the Bars, Victor Wallis joins Mansa Musa to discuss the case of "Atiba" Demetrius Brown and the calculated…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-06-30). Florida Teachers Protest New Florida Civics Training: It Downplays The Role Of Colonies In Slavery. moguldom.com Florida is once again in the spotlight. This time it's because a new education initiative and civics training created by its conservative Gov. Ron DeSantis has some longtime educators sounding the alarm. Some educators in the sunshine state recently told the Miami Herald they were deeply concerned about the state's new approach to teaching civics …

JANET (2022-06-30). Title IX weakened by SCOTUS Roe ruling. iacenter.org June 27, 2022 June 23 marked the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the federal legislation mandating equal opportunities for men's and women's participation in education, including sports. The very next day, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down another 50-year-old decision — Roe v. Wade — thus denying women and girls protected by Title IX their bodily autonomy to choose when or whether to bear children. Title IX states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or acti…

Editor2 (2022-06-30). Consumer Price Index in Cuba Continues to Rise. orinocotribune.com Havana, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) The consumer price index (CPI) in Cuba continues to rise today after it stood at 214.28 at the end of May, according to a report by the National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI, in Spanish). | The publication points out that while in January of this year the CPI stood at 194.46, by the end of the fifth month it had increased by almost 20 points, while the variation with respect to April is 3.55 percent. | The three parameters that had the greatest effect on the rise in May were food and non-alcoholic beverages (79.24 percent), restaurants and hotels, and miscellaneous goo…

Amarynth (2022-06-30). Paradoxically, the Soviet Union, the ultimate symbol of communism, was created by international bankers. thesaker.is By Guilherme Wilbert for the Saker Blog One of the great post-World War II myths, which is repeated like a mantra by starched college students with a syndrome of embracing…

Fey Villanueva (2022-06-30). Somerville educators 'stand up for themselves and their students,' win historic contracts. liberationnews.org The Somerville Educators Union ratified two contracts on June 15, making historic gains for both student learning conditions and educator working conditions in Somerville Public Schools.

Staff (2022-06-30). Iran spearheads campaign against narcotics. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA)— As many as 3,800 forces have lost their lives and 12,000 others have been injured in the fight against drug trafficking; the statistics convince everyone that Iran is a leading state in the anti-narcotics campaign in the world.

Michael Petrelis (2022-06-30). Friday 7/1: Speakout: 12PM 7/1 Cordileone at Mission Dolores. indybay.org Mission Dolores Basilica | 16th and Dolores Streets…

WSWS (2022-06-30). UK education unions delay industrial action for months amid growing rank-and-file anger. wsws.org Were the NEU serious about opposing the government's onslaught in education, they would have long ago mobilised the largest membership of any teaching union in Europe of over 460,000 members.

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-06-30). Imperial convenes discussion on future of medical education and clinical science. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's medical community discussed the current challenges education and clinical science are facing with colleagues from across the NHS.

____ (2022-06-30). Mainland strengthens education ties with Hong Kong. ecns.cn The Ministry of Education has approved the establishment of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), the third cooperatively-run higher education institution between the Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

____ (2022-06-30). China publishes major science projects in 2022. ecns.cn Thirty major science projects, including 10 frontier issues of science, 10 engineering technical issues, and 10 industrial technical issues, were published by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) on Monday.

Staff (2022-06-30). Iran spearheads global campaign against narcotics. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA)— As many as 3,800 forces have lost their lives and 12,000 others have been injured in the fight against drug trafficking; the statistics convince everyone that Iran is a leading state in the anti-narcotics campaign in the world.

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-06-30). Imperial launches international scholarships for IB students. imperial.ac.uk Imperial is launching a new scholarship programme for international students studying the International Baccalaureate (IB).

____ (2022-06-30). China's epidemic prevention ad control policy science-based, correct and effective: Chinese FM. ecns.cn

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-06-30). Sleep triggered by stress can help mice cope with later anxiety. imperial.ac.uk Stress boosts a kind of sleep in mice that subsequently relieves anxiety, according to new research that also pinpoints the mechanism responsible.

The Global Research Team (2022-06-30). Your Support Has Kept Global Research Freely Accessible for Two Decades. globalresearch.ca The goal of the Global Research website is to shed light on complex and controversial issues often neglected by the mainstream media. It is through our readers' support and our authors' endeavors that allows us to sustain this objective. By …

WSWS (2022-06-30). Australia: Striking NSW teachers oppose intolerable working conditions and pay cuts. wsws.org Despite the commonality of the struggles by educators, nurses and other public sector workers, the unions are desperately seeking to divide workers and suppress discussion of the political issues they all confront.

_____ (2022-06-29). South Korea becomes 7th Full-fledged Space Power. journal-neo.org On June 21, 2022, a 200-tonne South Korean space launch vehicle (KSLV-II), or Nuri, finally took off from the Naro spaceport in Goheung County, Jeollanam-do Province. The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) announced that all tasks of the flight had been completed. On June 22, KARI established two-way …

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