(2025-01-16). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Around 25,000 walk out in Belgium against government proposal to raise pension age to 66 and increase number of qualifying years; retired teachers, social security and telecom workers in Iran demand pensions that keep up with the rising cost of living, while wood and paper workers in Rezvanshahr protest unpaid wages; healthcare workers including doctors, nurses and ancillary staff at hospital in South Africa strike after lack of adequate water supply for 20 days…
(2025-01-16). Muckraking financial firm Hindenburg Research to disband, founder says. aljazeera.com Renowned short-seller Nate Anderson says his work has been 'intense, and at times, all-encompassing'.
(2025-01-15). Special Needs Child Provision in Crisis as 40% of Local Authorities Risk Going Bust. bylinetimes.com Children with special educational needs are being offered "inconsistent and inequitable" support by the Government, which fails to meet minimum legal requirements, amid a growing financial crisis at local authorities, a damning new parliamentary report has warned. | A big rise in the number of children with diagnoses and the rising numbers of local authorities in severe financial difficulties, is creating a looming crisis, the report by the Commons Public Accounts Committee warns. | The Committee is demanding action from Whitehall within weeks and warning that a failure to adequately finance the system now ris…
(2025-01-15). Bill Gates' Foundation Tax-Exempt Status Faces Court Showdown Amid Vaccine Profit Allegations. globalresearch.ca In a legal confrontation with potential far-reaching implications, Floridian and head of The World Peace Through Education Foundation, Inc, William S. Scott has filed an appeal and petition for a Writ of Mandamus against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in …
(2025-01-15). Trump's 15 billionaire fossil fuel friends have got $2.5bn richer ALREADY this YEAR. thecanary.co A new report has revealed the total wealth accumulation of US fossil fuel billionaires increased by 15% since the spring before the 2024 US presidential election (April 2024) to Donald Trump's inauguration (January 20 2025). Published by the Climate Accountability Research Project (CARP), the report is the first in a new research series tracking the […] | By
(2025-01-15). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.
(2025-01-15). Davos WEF: Artificial Intelligence (AI), DNA Manipulation, Control of the Human Mind, Transhumans. globalresearch.ca Keir Starmer, who attends annual Davos WEF gatherings and is at the forefront of world leaders trained to introduce The Great Reset/Fourth Industrial Revolution AI agenda into his country, has recently taken a major step into the abyss by …
(2025-01-15). The migrant workers at the forefront of Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts. peoplesdispatch.org Immigrant day laborers, organized with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, are on the front lines of the humanitarian efforts amid the devastating fires and are responding to anti-migrant rhetoric with "love"