(2024-02-14). IMF establishes fund to aid Ukraine's economic reforms. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – In a recent announcement, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revealed the launch of the Ukraine Capacity Development Fund (UCDF) to bolster the country's economic reform agenda.The new fund is set to provide substantial resources for technical assistance and education to support Ukraine's efforts in economic reform.Key areas of focus for the fund's operations include fiscal reforms, monetary policy, financial sector policies, anti-corruption measures, data enhancement, and tailored training and technical support for macroeconomic frameworks.With an initial operational plan budgeted at $27.5 million…
(2024-02-14). Minnesota Is Headed For A Workers Vs. Bosses Showdown. popularresistance.org This spring, thousands of workers across Minnesota will have expired contracts all at the same time. Among them are healthcare workers, janitors, security officers, airport workers, construction workers, educators, education support professionals, and public workers. Organizers within Minnesota's labor movement are making use of this unique moment to exert joint pressure on employers across sectors to meet workers' demands. | Over the past decade, unions and community groups in Minnesota have been creating partnerships with a shared analysis of power, and holding employers and leaders accountable, all while build…
(2024-02-14). Mpilisweni School of Specialisation officially launched in Gauteng. sanews.gov.za Mpilisweni School of Specialisation officially launched in Gauteng | Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) MEC, Matome Chiloane, officially launched the Mpilisweni Maths, Science & ICT School of Specialisation, with a focus on Manufacturing and Logistics in Katlehong, Ekurhuleni, on Tuesday. | This public secondary school specialises in Manufacturing and Logistics because of the Economic Development Corridor in which it is located. | The GDE said it intentionally streamlines its schools to match the focuses of each of the schools' Economic Development Corridors, thus responding to the skills gap of each corrido…
(2024-02-14). World Cancer Day: Making a commitment to close the cancer care gap. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) recognizes World Cancer Day annually on February 4. The UICC's 2024 theme for World Cancer Day is "Close the Care Gap." The care gap is the gap between people who can obtain healthcare related to the prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer and those who cannot. The factors that create this gap include income, education and geographical location barriers. Discrimination based on ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, age,…
(2024-02-14). New Hope for a Check on CEO Compensation. counterpunch.org 
Could any corporate execs walking our world today be any greedier than the execs who run Big Pharma? Hard to say. But out-grasping Big Pharma, suggests a new report out of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, would certainly require some serious greed. Consider, for instance, the pay record of the
(2024-02-14). Dossier no. 73: How the People's Science Movement is bringing joy and equality to education in Karnataka, India. mronline.org 
The People's Science Movement in India has few parallels in the world in concept, scale, and scope.
(2024-02-13). Interview with Michael D. Yates on Labor: Organization, Negotiation, and Education. mronline.org 
The emancipation of labor is one of the foremost questions in all exploitative societies and societies in transition.
(2024-02-13). Higher Education remains committed to establish TUT Giyani campus. sanews.gov.za Higher Education remains committed to establish TUT Giyani campus | The Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation says it is pressing ahead with the completion of the establishment of the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) campus in Giyani and opening the facility's doors in 2025. | "The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Prof Blade Nzimande, has become aware of the circulation of information on various social media platforms that is designed to create the false impression that the Minister is blocking or deliberately delaying the finalisation of the establishment of the Tshwa…
(2024-02-13). Robbed of an education, Gaza's children learn how to survive. newarab.com 
Education is a vital lifeline for Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and in exile to achieve emancipation from occupation, preserve their identity, and remain steadfast in the face of adversity. | However, as Israeli bombs rain down on Gaza, Palestinian children have been forced to abandon dreams of becoming doctors, lawyers, or engineers to find safety wherever they can. | According to
(2024-02-13). World Cancer Day: Making a commitment to close the cancer care gap. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) recognizes World Cancer Day annually on February 4. The UICC's 2024 theme for World Cancer Day is "Close the Care Gap." The care gap is the gap between people who can obtain healthcare related to the prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer and those who cannot. The factors that create this gap include income, education and geographical location barriers. Discrimination based on ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, age,…
(2024-02-13). Government ready to table Bills on merging agencies. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, revealed that the government will table Bills next week aimed at providing for the rationalization of agencies under four sectors of the country. The proposed Bills include the Rationalization of Government Agencies (Education Sector) (Amendments) Bill, 2024 and the Rationalization of Government Agencies (Internal Affairs …
(2024-02-14). Giant pandas send Lunar New Year greetings from China. ecns.cn Staff members held giant panda cubs during a group appearance event at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. | Giant pandas at Chongqing Zoo extended their Chinese New Year's greetings. They feasted on fruits and bamboo, symbolizing a bountiful harvest."ÄÄ…
(2024-02-14). Selected Articles: Opposing the COVID Juggernaut with Rational Medical Thinking. Dr. Peter Canaday. globalresearch.ca 
By When the covid tsunami hit the shores of New Zealand, thereby fostering a slew of drastic measures based on limitless fear …
(2024-02-14). New 4D imaging may detect poor pumping in deadly heart disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida have found that a newer imaging technique may find subtle changes in heart dysfunction during acute stages of myocarditis and also heart functional differences by sex.
(2024-02-14). Can taking a plunge in icy water after your workout be beneficial? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org From ice bucket challenges to polar plunges, people have embraced being doused with or dunked in icy water to raise money for their favorite causes. But can cold water immersion have benefits beyond fundraising? Research indicates that icy water may have a positive effect on recovery after exercise by reducing inflammation and soreness. It also may help build resiliency, restore balance to the nervous system and improve cognitive function and mood. What are the basics…
(2024-02-13). Feathery Infiltrators: The Case of the Pigeon Spy. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-13). Opposing the COVID Juggernaut with Rational Medical Thinking. Dr. Peter Canaday. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-13). Giant pandas send Lunar New Year greetings from China. ecns.cn Staff members held giant panda cubs during a group appearance event at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. | Giant pandas at Chongqing Zoo extended their Chinese New Year's greetings. They feasted on fruits and bamboo, symbolizing a bountiful harvest."ÄÄ…
(2024-02-13). Is the Israeli Army Preparing a Coup Against Netanyahu? globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-13). Selected Articles: Bombshell: Treasury Department Admits Targeting 'MAGA' Finances Without Due Process. "Milking January 6 For All It's Worth" globalresearch.ca 
By The Orwellian censorship regime is nearly beyond parody, as the feds were reportedly interested not just …
(2024-02-13). New 4D imaging may detect poor pumping in deadly heart disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida have found that a newer imaging technique may find subtle changes in heart dysfunction during acute stages of myocarditis and also heart functional differences by sex.
(2024-02-13). Can taking a plunge in icy water after your workout be beneficial? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org From ice bucket challenges to polar plunges, people have embraced being doused with or dunked in icy water to raise money for their favorite causes. But can cold water immersion have benefits beyond fundraising? Research indicates that icy water may have a positive effect on recovery after exercise by reducing inflammation and soreness. It also may help build resiliency, restore balance to the nervous system and improve cognitive function and mood. What are the basics…
(2024-02-13). COVID-19 Vaccine-associated Mortality in the Southern Hemisphere. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-13). The NeoCons' Proxy War "Against Ukraine": Nuclear War is On the Table. The Privatization of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-14). First evidence of human drug use dates back thousands of years(Photo). albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA The unearthing of an ancient bone, meticulously hollowed out and sealed with birch tar, has unveiled a fascinating insight into the practices of ancient Europeans. Dated back thousands of years, this bone, initially thought to be from a sheep or goat, harbored a cache of seeds from the black henbane plant, Hyoscyamus niger. This discovery marks the earliest concrete evidence of humans in Europe collecting and preserving this potent and perilous substance.t.co/oQ7xxO1wRr— ScienceAlert (@ScienceAlert) (2024-02-14). Health worker: 'Everyone with a conscience must come together to stop Israel's ethnic cleansing'. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-02-14). Normalizing mass infection and death, CDC to scrap COVID-19 isolation guidelines. wsws.org This policy change is the latest in a continuous stream of attacks on science and public health by the CDC, which has wholly discredited itself over the course of the pandemic after once being the world's preeminent public health agency.
(2024-02-14). Australia: Exoneration of Kathleen Folbigg of infanticide raises important legal issues. wsws.org While the advances in genetic science were instrumental in overturning Kathleen Folbigg's convictions, an examination of her 2003 trial highlights the danger of undermining the basic legal principle of the presumption of innocence.
(2024-02-13). Wednesday 2/21: Periodical: Film Screening + Q&A with Director Lina Lyte Plioplyte. indybay.org Gray Area / Grand Theater | 2665 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110…
(2024-02-13). Health worker: 'Everyone with a conscience must come together to stop Israel's ethnic cleansing'. greenleft.org.au
(2024-02-13). The Crisis At The New York Times. popularresistance.org It has been evident to many of us since the genocide in Gaza began Oct. 7 that Israel risked asking too much of those inclined to take its side. The Zionist state would ask what many people cannot give: It would ask them to surrender their consciences, their idea of moral order, altogether their native decency as it murders, starves and disperses a population of 2.3 million while making their land uninhabitable. | The Israelis took this risk and they have lost. We are now able to watch videos of Israeli soldiers celebrating as they murder Palestinian mothers and children, as they dance and sing while detonating e…
(2024-02-14). China records nearly 5 bln domestic trips in 2023. ecns.cn A total of 4.89 billion domestic trips were made in China in 2023, marking a year-on-year increase of 93 percent, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Friday.
(2024-02-13). China records nearly 5 bln domestic trips in 2023. ecns.cn A total of 4.89 billion domestic trips were made in China in 2023, marking a year-on-year increase of 93 percent, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Friday.
(2024-02-13). Some 300 firearms seized every day in Brazil in 2023. plenglish.com Brasilia, Feb 13 (Prensa Latina) At least 279 firearms were seized on average every day in Brazil in 2023, according to statistics from the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, quoted by the web portal R7. In total, 101,841 weapons were located by the security forces in the states and the Federal District.
(2024-02-14). Xi, Peng Liyuan extend Chinese New Year greetings to U.S. Lincoln High School teachers, students. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, on Sunday replied to a Chinese New Year greeting card from teachers and students of U.S. Lincoln High School, extending their best wishes of the Year of the Dragon.
(2024-02-14). At Stanford University, Hundreds Mobilize Again This Week for Sit-in Defense. indybay.org On Monday Feb 12, hundreds of students, faculty and community members joined a second emergency rally in White Plaza to support Stanford students participating in the Sit-In to Stop Genocide. The sit-in urgently called for Hands off Rafah, where Israel invasion began terrorizing Palestinians refugees. Photo thanks to Len and Nancy. They were part of a contingent of community members who traveled from San Jose to support students at Stanford in Palo Alto.
(2024-02-14). Northwestern U: Threatened With Prison For Distributing Parody Paper. popularresistance.org Students at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, produced a parody edition of the school's paper, the Daily Northwestern, to call out the school's stance on Israel's war on Gaza. Some folks wrapped the fake front pages around some 300 copies of the actual school paper. | This exercise in culture jamming got two students brought up on a charge that could have landed them in prison for a year. After widespread protest on campus, and national coverage in the Intercept (2/5/24) and Responsible Statecraft (2/5/24), charges were dropped against the students. | After the appearance of the look-alike Northweste…
(2024-02-14). UAPA case: Ex-JNU student Umar Khalid withdraws bail plea from SC. muslimmirror.com New Delhi : Former JNU student Umar Khalid on Wednesday withdrew his bail plea from the Supreme Court in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA over his alleged involvement in the conspiracy behind the northeast Delhi riots of February 2020. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal was told by senior …
(2024-02-13). Cornell Students Push for Divestment from Companies Arming Israel. progressive.org Students accuse Cornell of complicity in the ongoing Israeli genocide in | Gaza, Arvind Dilawar reports.
(2024-02-13). Xi, Peng Liyuan extend Chinese New Year greetings to U.S. Lincoln High School teachers, students. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, on Sunday replied to a Chinese New Year greeting card from teachers and students of U.S. Lincoln High School, extending their best wishes of the Year of the Dragon.
(2024-02-13). Will Men Organize to End Gun Violence? counterpunch.org 
How many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? How many deaths will it take 'til he knows that too many people have died? —Bob Dylan, "Blowin' in the Wind" It's been six years since the Valentine's Day massacre of 14 students and three teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
(2024-02-14). Indigenous Demonstrators Continue Opposition To Racism In Sports, Media. popularresistance.org Las Vegas—On Sunday, February 11, a group of Native people demonstrated near an entrance at the Super Bowl, where some say Kansas City's continued use of the "Chiefs" is racist. It is the second consecutive year that Kansas City has appeared in the Super Bowl, and opposition to the "tomahawk chop", an act some say mocks Native culture and must change, continues. | "I'm here to show people that it is not acceptable in this day and age to mock a people," said Rhonda LeValdo to Last Real Indians (LRI Media). LeValdo, an Acoma Pueblo citizen, traveled to Las Vegas from Kansas City, where she teaches journalism…
(2024-02-13). Cuban province to host National English Workshop. plenglish.com Matanzas, Cuba, Feb 13 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban province of Matanzas will host the National English Workshop from February 13 to 16, with the participation of teachers and methodologists from primary to high school levels.
(2024-02-13). Saturday 2/24: Rep. Ro Khanna's Teacher Town Hall. indybay.org Orchard School gymnasium | 921 Fox Lane | San Jose, CA…
(2024-02-13). Thursday 2/15: Virtual Teach-In about Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | http: //tinyurl.com/PalestineThursday…
(2024-02-13). Thursday 2/15: Two Ceasefires: A Call for Ceasefires and Negotiations in Gaza + Ukraine Online Teach-in. indybay.org
(2024-02-13). John Saul and the Meaning of Solidarity. socialistproject.ca 
Like many others from around the world, and particularly Southern Africa, we have mourned the passing of John S. Saul in September 2023 in Toronto, the city where he grew up, taught and wrote his numerous books and essays. His contributions to the liberation of Southern Africa from his years there, his writings, and his role in forming the Toronto Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa, a key fulcrum of anti-apartheid activism in Canada. For many of us, John was a teacher, comrade, and spirited partisan of jazz, theatre and the Toronto sports teams. He was also an important force behind the Canadian p…