Daily Archives: April 26, 2023

2023-04-26: News Headlines

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-25). What place does multilateralism have in a 'rules-based international order'? peoplesdispatch.org The UN Security Council discussed challenges and need for effective multilateralism in global politics with representatives from various countries asserting that unilateral measures adopted by some Western countries violate the UN Charter, threaten global peace, and aggravate human suffering…

channelnewsasia (2023-04-26). Canada Soccer names former men's captain deVos interim general secretary. channelnewsasia.com

JANET (2023-04-26). NYC May Day May 1 — 2 PM — Union Square. iacenter.org MAY DAY 2023 NYC! /DÂA INTERNACIONAL DE LOS TRABAJADORES 2023 NYC! Union Square Monday May 1st 2pm, March at 5pm Lunes 1 de mayo 2pm, La marcha a las 5pm COME OUT ON INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY TO SAY: Solidarity with workers everywhere ! Workers rights are moral rights ! We support the struggles of migrant workers The working class has no boundaries. STOP UNION BUSTING and negotiate fair contracts at Amazon, Starbucks, Trader Joes, Rutgers, & EVERYWHERE! Hands Off Medicare and Medicaid! Healthcare is a Human Right! End Evictions ! Housing is a Human Right! Money for healthcare, housing, education, not for imperial…

Maya Schenwar (2023-04-26). From Military to Policing, Say No to a Federal Budget That Prioritizes Violence. truthout.org The Biden administration recently released an astronomical spending request for the military, in addition to large requests for police and other forces of state violence. Now, Republicans are pushing back by calling for even more state-violence-related dollars, even as they propose legislation that would severely slash survival-level necessities like food assistance, education, child care… |

Randy Fair (2023-04-26). Stop the War on LGBTQ Teachers. otherwords.org Messages keep coming in to me from LGBTQ teachers throughout the South who have been fired or threatened with firing. These teachers have years of experience and exemplary records. Many have advanced degrees. | LGBTQ teachers are increasingly fearful. The Stonewall National Education Project, which educates teachers about inclusive classroom practices, reports that its annual symposium was

WSWS (2023-04-26). UK: National Education Union leadership drives dispute into "negotiations" dead end. wsws.org Although there is no agreement on ballots and unified strike action across the education sector, all the unions are agreed that the threat of strike action will be suspended at the drop of a hat if the Education Secretary Gillian Keegan agrees to further negotiations.

Press Associates (2023-04-26). Senate Labor Committee approves Su on party-line vote, but final confirmation uncertain. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—By an 11-10 party-line vote, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee approved Democratic President Joe Biden's nomination of Julie Su to be the next Secretary of Labor. Speechifying by the Republican minority, who accused Su, now the Acting Secretary, of being anti-business, too pro-union, a bad administrator, and an inexperienced negotiator, consumed …

teleSUR (2023-04-26). Paraguay: Leftist Candidate Alegre Presents Government Program. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, left-wing politician Efrain Alegre promised to fight the "mafia" entrenched in the Paraguayan state if he wins the April 30 elections. | RELATED: | Alegre presented his government program, in which he pledged to promote energy for development, inclusive economic growth, health, social protection, and the right to education. | This 148-page program "represents the plurality of realities and ideas of the country and will be impl…

ecns.cn (2023-04-26). Hainan releases plan to attract foreign universities. ecns.cn Foreign higher education institutions and those from the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan will be permitted to independently set up and run universities and higher vocational schools in the Hainan Free Trade Zone.

Ann Brown (2023-04-25). Black Youth Education Advocate King Randall Sparks Debate Over Victimology and Structural Racism. moguldom.com Black youth education advocate King Randall, the founder of the Life Preparatory School for Boys in Albany, Georgia, recently commented about victimology and structural racism, setting off a fiery Twitter debate. Randall is a 24-year-old "community shifter," according to his LinkedIn profile. The Life Preparatory School for Boys is a 501(c)3 charitable organization, whose mission it is …

WSWS (2023-04-25). International Monetary Fund demands cuts as Egypt faces bankruptcy. wsws.org As Egypt's debt has risen, government's expenditure has gone on debt servicing rather than health, education and welfare.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-04-26). France Remains Tense After Pension Reform Bill Is Signed Into Law. globalresearch.ca

David Goldman (2023-04-26). China's Exports Shifting From West to Global South. asia-pacificresearch.com

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-04-26). Politicians and the Anzac Tradition: A Story of Manipulation and Mythology. asia-pacificresearch.com

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-04-26). Coming Soon — mRNA Cancer and Flu 'Vaccines'. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-04-26). Fox News Decision to Settle Dominion Lawsuit for More Than Three-quarters of a Billion Dollars Makes No Sense. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-04-26). Died Suddenly: Military Cadets, Mandated to be Fully COVID-19 Vaccinated, Are Dying Suddenly Recently. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-04-26). Pilot Had a Cardiac Arrest and Collapsed at Richmond International Airport (Richmond, VA) on April 11, 2023, Was Saved by Two TSA Officers. globalresearch.ca

Edward Curtin (2023-04-26). On the Day of Departure. For My Dear Friend, Graeme MacQueen. globalresearch.ca : | : | : | : | When you are ready: | And the day dawns: | Remember how love: | Wraps you in its arms: | And the sweet sound: | Of grace lifts you up: | Lighter than a feather : | And places you onboard : | The silent ship that sails : | Calmly out : …

Glenn Greenwald (2023-04-26). New U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Indictments Criminalize Dissent—Weaponizing the Very Censorship Tactics They Condemned in Russia. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-04-26). Selected Articles: Died Suddenly: Military Cadets, Mandated to be Fully COVID-19 Vaccinated, Are Dying Suddenly Recently. globalresearch.ca By There has been a tsunami of COVID-19 vaccine injuries and deaths in the US military, but t…

Hamid Rizk (2023-04-26). If the War in Yemen Stops, the US Will be the Loser: Interview with Hamid Rizk. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-04-26). Why are 'sensitive US nuclear technologies' in Ukraine?>. infobrics.org CNN admits that the "sensitive US nuclear technologies" in question "could be used in a way that undermines US national security interests", which is disturbingly similar to earlier US claims about the so-called "biological research labs".

Investigate Europe (2023-04-26). Video: BlackRock — The Company That Owns the World? globalresearch.ca

Julia Conley (2023-04-26). Ocean warming study so distressing, some scientists didn't even want to talk about it. nationofchange.org Researchers examining the ocean off the east coast of North America found that the water's surface was 13.8 ∞C, or 14.8 ∞F, hotter than the average temperature between 1981 and 2011.

Konrad Rƒôkas (2023-04-26). Against the War from the Left and the Right. London Peace Actions Week. globalresearch.ca

Matt Robson (2023-04-26). How the New Zealand Cabinet Learned to Stop Worrying About the Bomb and Love NATO. asia-pacificresearch.com

Peter Koenig (2023-04-26). International Banking "Crisis" — It's Only the Beginning. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-04-26). 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. Bill Willers (2023-04-26). All Roads Are Leading Toward an International CBDC in a Cashless World. globalresearch.ca

Scott Ritter (2023-04-26). Syria Comes in From the Cold. Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca

SIPRI (2023-04-26). World Military Expenditure Reaches New Record High as European Spending Surges. globalresearch.ca

Steve Hanley (2023-04-26). The Darker Side of the EV Revolution. Toxic Batteries, Nickel and Hexavalent Chromium. globalresearch.ca

Tucker Carlson (2023-04-26). Video: Tucker Carlson: It Is Hard to Believe This Is Happening. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-04-26). Giant panda Ya Ya set to come back home from U.S. ecns.cn Giant panda Ya Ya is about to return to China from the United States after a 20-year loan for joint research and conservation project, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-26). Consumer Health: Recognizing the signs of irritable bowel syndrome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org April is IBS Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS. Research suggests that about 12% of people in the U.S. have irritable bowel syndrome, and it's more common among women than men and in people younger than 50, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic condition that affects the large intestine. Even though the digestive…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-26). People with severe obesity and a genetic pathway variant have increased risk of hypertension, Mayo Clinic research finds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Obesity and its associated cardiometabolic issues are a major health concern in the U.S. and internationally. According to a study published in 2017, 12% of the world's adult population was affected by obesity in 2016, double the percentage from 30 years earlier. With obesity comes an increasing risk of cardiovascular disease, including stroke, congestive heart failure and myocardial infarction. Fortunately, obesity is a multifactorial disease that results from an energy balance dysregulation…

teleSUR (2023-04-26). Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon Jumps 129 %In 2013-2021. telesurenglish.net The rate of deforestation within indigenous lands located in the Brazilian Amazon region has increased by an astounding 129 % between the years 2013 and 2021. | Related: | According to a recent study published by the Sà£o Paulo Research Foundation on Tuesday, within the Brazilian Amazon, the incidence of unlawful deforestation on indigenous territories experienced a significant rise of 129% between the years 2013 and 2021.

ecns.cn (2023-04-26). Scientist lays out plans for international lunar station. ecns.cn China is proposing to establish a multinational organization to take charge of the construction and operation of the International Lunar Research Station.

ecns.cn (2023-04-26). China proposes building lunar research station with partners. ecns.cn China is proposing to establish a multinational organization to take charge of the construction and operation of the International Lunar Research Station, an ambitious venture led by China.

ecns.cn (2023-04-26). Shanghai-Hangzhou travel time expected to be shortened to 15 mins with progress in vactrain transportation research. ecns.cn Chinese scientists have made new progress in vactrain (or vacuum tube train) transportation, paving the way for the first domestically developed maglev line between Shanghai and Hangzhou in East China's Zhejiang Province.

POTP (2023-04-25). Video: Vera Sharav's Historic Nuremberg Speech, Eugenics Then and Now. globalresearch.ca

Robert F. Kennedy Jr (2023-04-25). Video: RFK Jr. (And Others) Expose the CIA's Involvement in the COVID Plandemic. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-04-26). Abortion is health care! Health care is a right! workers.org Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk could be described as a xenophobic, white-supremacist, science-loathing, male chauvinist pig. Even that characterization might be too generous! This Trump-appointed judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled April 7 to nullify the approval by the Food and Drug Administration — in . . . |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-26). Science Saturday: COVID-19 — the pandemic that's forever changed laboratory testing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Like many people throughout the world, Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., remembers exactly where he was and what he was doing when COVID-19 was classified as a pandemic. "Those first few months of the pandemic will be forever ingrained in my memory," he says. For Dr. Binnicker, director of Mayo Clinic's Clinical Virology Laboratory, two important dates stand out above the rest. "One was Feb. 17, 2020, when Dr. (William) Morice and I were talking about whether the department should…

Ashley Gjà∏vik (2023-04-26). Whistleblowers Are the Conscience of Society, Yet Suffer Gravely For Trying to Hold the Rich and Powerful Accountable For Their Sins. covertactionmagazine.com Why Don't More People Support Whistleblowers? …Legislatures Should Provide the Protections They Deserve [Author's Note: I blew the whistle and was met with an experience so destructive that I did not have the words to describe what happened to me. I set out to learn if what happened to me is a known phenomenon and, …

channelnewsasia (2023-04-26). Commentary: UK plan to encourage smokers to take up vaping means swapping one health risk with another. channelnewsasia.com Given that there is still a lot unknown about the health effects of vaping, it is potentially irresponsible to recommend smokers switch to vaping to quit, say these RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences professors.

jamanetwork (2023-04-25). Looking Back and Moving Forward— JAMA 2022 Year in Review. jamanetwork.com JAMA is celebrating its 140th year of publication in 2023. As we look to the journal's future, we take this opportunity to reflect on 2022 and the major milestones that set the direction for us moving forward. We do so with deep gratitude to the authors, peer reviewers, and readers who continue to place their trust in JAMA as a leading journal dedicated to advancing the science of medicine and the health of the public. Three themes punctuate the reflections on 2022.

channelnewsasia (2023-04-27). Formula One statistics for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. channelnewsasia.com

WSWS (2023-04-26). China economic growth up but major problems mount. wsws.org The Chinese National Statistics Bureau said while the first quarter had "made a good start" domestic demand remained "inadequate" and the "foundation for economic recovery is not solid yet."

Editor (2023-04-25). U.S. pregnancy-related deaths skyrocket, capitalism is to blame. mronline.org A new report out from the National Center for Health Statistics finds that U.S. maternal deaths have increased by an alarming 40% since 2020.

WSWS (2023-04-26). Stop the strikebreaking against U-M grad student instructors! Mobilize the students! Build a rank-and-file strike committee! wsws.org The potential for expanding the U-M strike and defeating the university's strikebreaking efforts was demonstrated Monday when faculty members issued an online open letter denouncing the U-M administration's tactics and supporting the strikers' demand for a living wage.

ecns.cn (2023-04-26). Internships to be offered on Hengqin island. ecns.cn The Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone on Hengqin island in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, will soon launch its summer internship program for university students from the Macao Special Administrative Region.

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-04-26). UMich docks pay, calls cops on striking grad students. therealnews.com Graduate student-workers at the University of Michigan are still on strike after hitting the picket line for the second time in three years at the end of March. In the time between the Fall 2020 and Winter 2023 strikes, according to the union, the gap between graduate workers' average pay and the cost of living in Ann Arbor has tripled. Facing a cost-of-living crisis and fighting for a slate of core demands—from a living wage and affordable childcare to better protections for international students, access to gender-affirming healthcare, and the creation of an unarmed, non-police emergency response un…

Ryan McCarty, Left Voice. (2023-04-25). University Of Michigan Graduate Student Strike Continues. popularresistance.org Graduate student workers at the University of Michigan have been winning a series of small skirmishes in their strike against the huge billionaire institution. But the university administration has shown the darker side of their corporate-style approach to negotiating with their own students, turning increasingly to violence in the face of community support for strikers. | The strike, which began on March 29, came after several months of negotiations, and were often stalled by administration in moves to limit the format of bargaining meetings. When the roughly 2,400 graduate student workers overwhelmingly voted i…

WSWS (2023-04-26). Sri Lankan president threatens protesting teachers with draconian attacks. wsws.org Wickremesinghe's threat against teachers is a warning to the entire working class of the brutal methods his government will use to deal with any opposition to the government's IMF-dictated austerity measures.

WSWS (2023-04-26). Oakland, California teachers authorize strike action, amid growing frustration with union bureaucracy. wsws.org As teachers across the country are fighting back against deteriorating conditions in public schools, the union's are seeking to channel discontent into dead end appeals to the same politicians cutting school budgets.

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