(2024-04-11). Protests At German Diplomatic Missions: Stop Arming Genocide. popularresistance.org On the first day of ICJ proceedings, April 8, 2024, in Nicaragua v. Germany, pickets and letter deliveries took place in DC, NYC, LA, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Houston, Miami and Seattle. Demonstrators echoed Nicaragua's requests of the World Court to order Germany and the United States to stop supplying weapons to Israel. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the US supplies 69% of Israel's arsenal; Germany supplies 30% of the weaponry. | Benjamin Alvarez Gruber, US correspondent for Deutsche Welle (DW), state-owned German state-television, covered the story at the DC German em…
(2024-04-11). Multiple students at Pomona College in Southern California arrested for protesting against Gaza genocide. wsws.org In a vicious attack against democratic rights and freedom of speech, nineteen students were arrested Friday at Pomona College in Southern California. The students were arrested at the college president's office after holding a sit-in opposing the university's previous crack downs on pro-Palestinian protests.
(2024-04-11). Saturday 4/13: Virtual Teach-In about Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | http: //tinyurl.com/PalestineSaturday…
(2024-04-11). Ann Arbor, Michigan schools post $25 million deficit, plan to cut teachers and staff. wsws.org Schools across the US are facing a looming "fiscal cliff" as the Biden administration ends emergency COVID funding.
(2024-04-11). China's CPI up 0.1% in March. ecns.cn China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose 0.1 percent year-on-year in March, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Thursday.
(2024-04-11). Sino-French satellite set for June launch date. ecns.cn A cutting-edge astronomical spacecraft jointly developed by China and France is scheduled to be deployed in orbit in June, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Innovation Academy for Microsatellites in Shanghai, which built the satellite.
(2024-04-11). Insights | Science and technology cooperation with China improves Brazil's Development: Brazilian university rector. ecns.cn