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2020-09-15: News Headlines

Craig Murray (2020-09-15). Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 9. globalresearch.ca Things became not merely dramatic in the Assange courtroom today, but spiteful and nasty. There were two real issues, the evidence and the procedure. On the evidence, there were stark details of the dreadful regime Assange will face in US …

Staff (2020-09-15). Colonization Made California a Tinderbox: Why Indigenous Land Stewardship Would Help Combat Climate Fires. democracynow.org We examine California's history of forest management and how a century of fire suppression has made the current climate fires even more destructive. For thousands of years, Native American tribes in California would regularly burn the landscape to steward the land, but colonization led to the suppression of these tactics and decades of misguided policy. A return to these Indigenous practices could help better steward the land and foster greater climate resiliency, says Don Hankins, a pyrogeographer and Plains Miwok fire expert who teaches geography and planning at California State University, Chico. "If we all wo…

Gareth Porter (2020-09-15). Dark Web Voter Database Report Casts New Doubts on Russian Election Hack Narrative. globalresearch.ca A new report showing that US state-level voter databases were publicly available calls into question the narrative that Russian intelligence "targeted" US state election-related websites in 2016. | *** | A September 1

_____ (2020-09-15). To Succeed, Struggles Have To Be Connected, Not Localized. popularresistance.org In this video, Vijay Prashad, director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, and Fayrouz Sharqawi, Global Mobilisation Coordinator of Grassroots Al-Quds discuss the situation in contemporary Palestine. What do the people of Palestine think in 2020? They talk about former chairman of Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat's numerous visits to India. They also talk about how Israeli army's recent airstrikes and healthcare crisis due to Covid-19 in the Gaza city are dismantling the life of the people there.

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-09-15). Italy May Recover Historic Ties with Libya. globalresearch.ca Libya is a country of particular economic and political importance for Italy. The geographical proximity ≠and the historical ties between both nations make the African country a strategically important state for Rome. But the violent instability that has been hitting …

Mark Taliano (2020-09-15). Video: Irish Doctor Speaks Out About Covid-19 Lies. globalresearch.ca The Irish doctor featured in the video below has 35 years' experience as a practicing General Practitioner in Derry, Ireland. | She first knew the pandemic was "fake" when the WHO first declared pandemic with an announcement of 4,291 deaths globally. …

Sandipan Talukdar (2020-09-15). Climate study of past 66 million years reveals earth's current temperature rise is unprecedented. peoplesdispatch.org The study published in the Science journal concludes that this human-made climate change is far beyond the natural changes that are triggered by the earth's changing orbit…

Philip Giraldi (2020-09-15). 2020 Elections: Democrats Go All-Out for Israel. globalresearch.ca Those of us who have longed for an end to America's military engagement in the Middle East have hoped for a candidate who was not tied hand and foot to Israel, which is the root cause of the badly-broken and …

Rep. Ron Paul (2020-09-15). Public Debt Is the Real Pandemic: $3.3 Trillion Federal Deficit, Largest in US History …. globalresearch.ca According to the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest "Update on the Budget Outlook," this year's $3.3 trillion federal deficit is not just three times larger than last year: it is the largest federal deficit in history. The CBO update also …

South Front (2020-09-15). Video: Syria Army Artillery Devastates Militants' Positions in Idlib as Trucks Suffer Fresh Casualties in Afrin. globalresearch.ca Turkish forces have been passing through hard times in northwestern Syria. | First a mysterious 'heart attack' that killed a Turkish general in Idlib. Then, Turkish military positions in the province of Aleppo were devastated by a series of rocket strikes. …

Stephen Lendman (2020-09-15). Three Life Sentences Plus 40 Years for Convicted Israeli Settler. globalresearch.ca Convictions of Israelis for crimes against Palestinians are rare exceptions, not the rule — almost never against soldiers and other security forces. | According to Yesh Din Volunteers for Human Rights, violence by Israeli forces and settlers occurs daily, nearly always …

Stephen Lendman (2020-09-15). Putin Affirms Support for Lukashenko, Consolidates Russia-Belarus Cooperation against Foreign Intervention. globalresearch.ca On Monday, Vladimir Putin met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Sochi, Russia. | Both leaders are united against the diabolical made-in-the-USA attempt to transform Belarus into another US vassal state. | On the President of Russia website, Putin said the following: …

James J. Zogby (2020-09-15). "The Armageddon Election". Deep Polarization of American Society. globalresearch.ca During the weeks of uncertainty that followed the 2000 presidential election, as the tension grew amongst supporters of George W. Bush and Al Gore, my brother John Zogby conducted a poll to see how Democrats and Republicans were viewing the …

_____ (2020-09-15). University Of Michigan Asks Court To Halt Graduate Student Strike. popularresistance.org A day after the Graduate Employees' Organization voted to extend its strike, University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel is seeking an injunction to get graduate students off the picket lines and back to teaching. | Schlissel is asking Washtenaw County Circuit Court to require GEO members to return to work by issuing a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction. In a video released Monday afternoon, he described the request as a necessary step. | "Following the announcement that GEO will continue to strike and not teach for at least five more days, I made the very difficult decision to seek help…

Robert Fantina (2020-09-15). Iran, the United States and False Flags. globalresearch.ca United States' government spokespeople are forever demonizing Iran. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has proclaimed that Iran is the

Rick Sterling (2020-09-15). How the USA and Turkey Plunder and Loot Syria with Impunity. globalresearch.ca While President Trump lashes out at rioting and looting in Portland and Kenosha, half way around the world, the USA and Turkey are plundering and looting Syria on a vastly greater scale with impunity and little publicity. | Turkey Loots Syria, …

Shaun Griffin (2020-09-15). England and Wales COVID-19: "Staggering Number" of Extra Deaths in Community Is Not Explained by COVID-19. globalresearch.ca Only a third of the excess deaths seen in the community in England and Wales can be explained by covid-19, new data have shown. | The Office for National Statistics (ONS) data,[1] which cover deaths in hospitals, care homes, private homes, …

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2020-09-15). Is Nepal Skirting, Denying or Defying the COVID Pandemic? globalresearch.ca Demonstrations in Kathmandu protesting India's territorial claim on

Andrey Ontikov (2020-09-15). Russia's Role in Syria, Tensions between Russia and the US. globalresearch.ca A high level Russian delegation met recently with President Assad in Damascus. In an effort to further understand the importance and implications of the meeting, Steven Sahiounie at

Ted Walter (2020-09-15). 9/11 News Coverage: How 36 Reporters Brought Us the Twin Towers' Explosive Demolition on 9/11. globalresearch.ca The widely held belief is that the Twin Towers collapsed as a result of the airplane impacts and the resulting fires. Among those who witnessed the event firsthand, the more prevalent hypothesis was that the Twin Towers had been brought down by massive explosions.

Dr. Thorsten Pattberg (2020-09-15). Germany, France and the EU Succumb to US Digital Hegemony. globalresearch.ca It is official. President of France, Emmanuel Macron, on Monday 14, 2020, conceded that Europe has lost the battle for data security and cloud computing. The continent cannot compete against America. Not that France could have asserted any claims …

Tsvetana Paraskova (2020-09-15). Iran to Link Its Power Grid to Russia, Azerbaijan. globalresearch.ca Iran's electricity grid will be connected with Russia and Azerbaijan in a few months, once grid compatibility studies are completed, Iran's Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian Iran's power grid could be linked and synchronized to connect with other …

Shane Quinn (2020-09-15). US Planned Nuclear Attacks on Every City in the USSR and China. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in 2018. | In mid-December 1960, a conference was held at Strategic Air Command headquarters near Omaha, Nebraska, to outline America's nuclear war strategy. During the meeting, plans were revealed whereby Moscow alone would be hit …

Subhankar Banerjee (2020-09-15). Species in Peril: Loss, Love and Protection. globalresearch.ca Human calamities abound. The unrelenting coronavirus pandemic has already claimed more than 900,000 lives worldwide. The images of exploding wildfires from the American Southwest—California, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington—look apocalyptic. Racial injustice and inequity in the United States marches on. And, …

Nauman Sadiq (2020-09-15). Donald Trump: The Frenemy of the Islamic World. globalresearch.ca In the Republican primaries of the 2016 US presidential elections, Mitt Romney severely castigated Trump, calling him a phony and a fraud. When Trump was elected president, he dangled the carrot of the secretary of state appointment to Romney, invited …

Project Censored (2020-09-15). Episode 107 — Decolonizing Education and the CIA's Operation Sea Spray with Gerardo Munoz. projectcensored.org On today's episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon discuss decolonizing education and the CIA's Operation Sea Spray with Gerardo Munoz. Along The Line is a non-profit,…

John W. Whitehead (2020-09-15). The Hazards of a Police State Education During COVID-19. dissidentvoice.org There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire …

Sepehr Vakil & Julissa Muñiz (2020-09-15). Universities Should Learn Lessons of 9/11 and Transform in the Face of Pandemic. zcomm.org What colleges and universities decide to do in the next several months will shape the character and meaning of higher education for decades to come.

yenisafak (2020-09-15). Activists decry 'genocide' of China's Uighur Muslims. yenisafak.com Nearly two dozen activist groups said on Tuesday that crimes against humanity and genocide are taking place against Uighurs in China's remote Xinjiang region, where more than 1 million people are held in camps.There was no immediate response to the allegations by the Chinese foreign ministry, contacted by Reuters. China says the camps are vocational education and training centres as part of counter-terrorism and deradicalisation measures.The open letter signed by groups including the U.S.-based Uighur Human Rights Project and Genocide Watch calls on the United Nations Human Rights Council to launch an investigati…

Alex Andreou (2020-09-15). Consumed by Lies: U Turn on EU Withdrawal Agreement, Britain's "Masochistic" Trashing of Its Global Reputation. globalresearch.ca With Boris Johnson now U-turning on the Withdrawal Agreement he signed with the EU in December, Alex Andreou argues how the entire Brexit project "never made any sense" from the very start | *** | "There is no plan for 'no deal' …

Global Research News (2020-09-15). Selected Articles: $3.3 Trillion Federal Deficit, Largest in US History. globalresearch.ca If you look to Global Research as a resource for information and understanding, to stay current on world events, or to experience honesty and transparency in your news coverage, please consider making a

Ahmed AbdulKareem (2020-09-14). Israel and the UAE Hope to Turn Yemen's Remote Islands into an Intel Gathering Hub. globalresearch.ca Often a flashpoint for tensions between international rivals and a major chokepoint for much of the world's maritime transit, the waters surrounding Yemen have become a much-vaunted prize for regional intelligence services. | *** | In the wake of the recent

Andrew Korybko (2020-09-14). Ukraine Bans Russian Media Apps… globalresearch.ca Ukraine's demand that Apple ban several Russian media apps from that national segment of its online store is a desperate infringement of free speech which shows both how insecure Kiev's leadership is of its people having access to alternative information …

Dave Lindorff (2020-09-14). Screwing with the Unemployment Statistics. counterpunch.org Something is screwy about unemployment numbers out of Washington. In late July, just before the end of the supplemental $600 weekly checks for people collecting unemployment benefits, the New York Times reported that 30 million were receiving those checks. That's 30 million laid-off workers who qualified for unemployment benefits, which is not everyone who was

Mark Taliano (2020-09-14). Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD). Covid-19 is No Longer a High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID). globalresearch.ca The powerful Global Financial Elites operating under the auspices of the World Economic Forum (WEF) are controlling, impoverishing, and destroying world populations using a social engineering strategy of Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. | The truth rarely sees the light of day …

Eds. (2020-09-14). A victory for students and parents: SPLC, allies win case blocking DeVos from diverting COVID-19 relief funds away from public schools. mronline.org A federal court has sent a clear message to U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos: You cannot use a national crisis as an excuse to advance your education privatization agenda by siphoning desperately needed COVID-19 relief money away from public schools.

Staff (2020-09-14). Underpaid and at risk, graduate workers protest college reopening plans. therealnews.com Graduate assistants at colleges and universities around the country have long fought for higher salaries and benefits on par with that of non-student faculty members, however, amidst COVID-19, the battle for improved working conditions has an increased sense of urgency.

Global Research News (2020-09-14). Selected Articles: Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies. globalresearch.ca By The main theme is propaganda and how it is used by the government, the deep state, and the media that is …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-09-14). Afghan Peace Talks Could be Trump's Final Major Foreign Policy Victory Before November's Elections. globalresearch.ca Talks between Afghan authorities and the Taliban, which began in Doha on Saturday with the goal of ensuring lasting peace in Afghanistan and the withdrawal of American and NATO troops after almost 19 years, were called historical by US Secretary …

Telesur (2020-09-14). US Sabotage of Venezuela Economy. US Ex-Marine Caught Spying on Oil Refineries. globalresearch.ca A U.S. former marine and spy who had been spying on the Amuay and Cardon refineries was captured in the Venezuelan state of Falcon on Thursday. | Speaking on the twelfth anniversary of the youth wing of the United Socialist Party …

Stephen Lendman (2020-09-14). The US-Orchestrated Coup Plot in Belarus. globalresearch.ca There's nothing spontaneous about weeks of public demonstrations in Belarus, largely in the capital Minsk. | What's going on was Made in the USA, planned long before the August 9 Belarusian presidential election, handily won by incumbent Alexander Lukashenko. | Claims …

Stephen Lendman (2020-09-14). Joe Biden's Pro-War History … Vote Independent. globalresearch.ca Businessman Trump is a political novice, a geopolitical know-nothing. | Longtime Washington insider Biden has been active politically since 1973 as a US senator, vice president, and presidential aspirant. | He never met a US war of aggression against a nation threatening …

Prof. Valeria Z. Nollan (2020-09-14). Navalny, Nord Stream 2, Belarus, and the American Elections. globalresearch.ca The narrative is banal and so familiar: Russia is once again accused of having "poisoned" an individual trumpeted by the Western media as threatening the Russian government's interests. The minor political activist Alexei Navalny made the headlines after a suspicious …

Zero Hedge (2020-09-14). Chinese Military Calls US "Destroyer of World Peace", Citing Millions Dead & Displaced in Iraq, Syria, Libya. globalresearch.ca Following the US and China imposing tit-for-tat restrictions on each other's diplomats and embassy staff, China's defense ministry on Sunday The statements are specifically in response to the Department of …

FOIA Research (2020-09-14). Covert Action Props Up U.S.-Polish Axis Against Belarus: A Deep Dive into Far-Right Regime-Change Activists and Their Backers. globalresearch.ca In Western mainstream media, the current protests in Belarus are portrayed as a natural development, in which the country's peaceful citizens are finally standing up against an aging dictator clinging to power after the allegedly fraudulent August 9th elections. However, …

Middle East Eye (2020-09-14). Saudi Officials Must Testify in 9/11 Lawsuit, Says US Judge. globalresearch.ca A US judge ordered Saudi Arabia to make 24 current and former officials, including a former ambassador to the United States, available for questioning in a lawsuit claiming it provided assistance for the attacks that took place on 11 September …

Abdel Bari Atwan (2020-09-14). UAE-Israel Deal: 'Peace-for-Protection'…? globalresearch.ca It was no surprise to hear US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declare at the weekend that the UAE and Israel have agreed to form a security and military alliance against Iran to 'protect' US interests and the Middle East …

Phil Miller (2020-09-14). Revealed: Censored Videos Show Saudi Pilots Bombing Britain. globalresearch.ca The UK's Royal Air Force is refusing to release video footage that shows fighter pilots from Saudi Arabia conducting air attacks in Britain, as part of a controversial military training scheme which involves 25 civilian airports. | *** | Saudi air force …

Julian Rose (2020-09-14). Freedom or Fascism? "Refusal to be Derailed from the Path of Truth" globalresearch.ca Here we are. No more speculation about 'what awaits around the corner'; the jail keepers are escorting us down the concrete corridor and the cell keys are hanging from his belt. Each one of us, in turn, convicted — without …

Craig Murray (2020-09-14). Johnson Intended to Break the EU Withdrawal Agreement Even Before He Signed It. globalresearch.ca

2020-09-14: News Headlines

Eds. (2020-09-14). A victory for students and parents: SPLC, allies win case blocking DeVos from diverting COVID-19 relief funds away from public schools. mronline.org A federal court has sent a clear message to U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos: You cannot use a national crisis as an excuse to advance your education privatization agenda by siphoning desperately needed COVID-19 relief money away from public schools.

WSWS (2020-09-14). University of Michigan graduate students vote to extend strike as opposition erupts at campuses throughout the US. wsws.org The reopening of campuses is driving an expansion of the coronavirus pandemic, with 19 of the 25 largest outbreaks in communities with colleges that have started in-person learning.

Dr. Russell Blaylock (2020-09-14). Face Masks Pose Serious Risks to the Healthy. globalresearch.ca First published by GR on May 26, 2020 | "By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain." — Russell Blaylock, …

WSWS (2020-09-14). Australia: Unions silent as dozens of New South Wales schools are affected by COVID-19. wsws.org Even teachers over the age of 70, or with serious health conditions, have been forced back to front-line teaching since late May.

Andrew Korybko (2020-09-13). It Would be a Big Deal if Russia Promised India Not to Sell Arms to Pakistan. globalresearch.ca Indian media reported over the weekend that Russia promised Defense Minister Singh that it won't sell arms to Pakistan out of respect for New Delhi's security interests, which if true, it wouldn't matter all that much in terms of the …

Kevin Gosztola (2020-09-13). Trump's 'War on Journalism' Takes Center Stage at Julian Assange's Extradition Hearing. globalresearch.ca In the last half-century, journalists James Bamford, Ben Bradlee, Seymour Hersh, and Neil Sheehan were each threatened with prosecution under the Espionage Act. But the U.S. government never followed through with Espionage Act charges against a journalist until 2019, when …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-09-13). After the Lockdown: A Global Coronavirus Vaccination Program… globalresearch.ca The tendency is towards a Worldwide lockdown spearheaded by fear and media disinformation. Currently, hundreds of millions of people Worldwide are under lockdown. | What is the next step in the evolution of the COV-19 Crisis? A multibillion dollar coronavirus vaccination program to be implemented in the wake of the Lockdown.

David Price (2020-09-13). The CIA Book Publishing Operations. counterpunch.org If America is the world's living myth, then the CIA is America's myth. —Don DeLillo One of the alternative press's most significant scoops of the 1960s was Sol Stern's February 1967 Ramparts magazine's exposé revealing that the Central Intelligence Agency had long secretly funded and controlled the National Student Association (NSA). The story was significant

Fight Back (2020-09-13). Texas indigenous tribe calls for UT-Austin to return stolen ancestral remains. fightbacknews.org Austin, TX — The Miakan-Garza Band of the Coahuiltecan people is calling for the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) to return three stolen sets of ancestral remains, so that they can be properly buried in the tribe's Reburial Grounds in San Marcos, Texas. The university currently has the remains stored away in cardboard boxes in a warehouse at the Texas Archeological Research Center Laboratory, along with over 2400 other indigenous remains labeled as "culturally unidentifiable." | In a letter to UT-Austin President Jay Hartzell, Dr. Mario Garza, on behalf of the Miakan-Garza Band, wrote: "The Univers…

Prof. Juan Cole (2020-09-13). Climate Emergency Overdrive: Our Age of Compound Disasters as 10% of Oregon Is Evacuated, California Burns and Louisiana Sinks. globalresearch.ca It is astonishing to me that we still have 287 million gasoline vehicles on our roads and that 20 percent of our electricity comes from burning dirty coal. We just go on blithely pumping over 5 billion metric tons of …

Philip Giraldi (2020-09-13). A Truly Poisonous Foreign Policy. The Blame Putin Narrative… globalresearch.ca If one had been reading America's leading newspapers and magazines over the past several weeks the series of featured stories suggesting that Russia's President Vladimir Putin is some kind of latter day Lucrezia Borgia would have been

Stephen Lendman (2020-09-13). The Great Novichok Poisoning Hoax 2.0. globalresearch.ca What's going on regarding Alexey Navalny repeats the great 2018 poisoning by novichok of the Skripals in Britain hoax. | Whatever caused their illness, from which they recovered, had nothing to do with exposure to a deadly nerve agent, Russia falsely …

Stephen Lendman (2020-09-13). US Orchestrated Street Protests Continue in Belarus. globalresearch.ca Weeks after Belarusian President Lukashenko's overwhelming August 9 reelection and foiling of an attempt by US dark forces to topple him in favor of pro-Western puppet rule, orchestrated street protests in the country continue. | What's going on was planned long …

Nauman Sadiq (2020-09-13). Senator John McCain: The 'Charlie Wilson' of Syria War. globalresearch.ca In

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2020-09-13). Is Nepal Skirting, Denying or Defying the COVID Pandemic? globalresearch.ca Demonstrations in Kathmandu protesting India's territorial claim on

_____ (2020-09-13). Multinational Companies Account For Nearly A Fifth Of Global CO2 Emissions. popularresistance.org Rome – The global supply chains of multinational companies such as BP, Coca-Cola and Walmart are responsible for nearly a fifth of climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new study. | But the businesses outsource many of these emissions to poorer parts of the world by investing in production in developing countries, said researchers from University College London and China's Tianjin University. | Dabo Guan, the study's co-author, called the work the "first quantitative evidence" on the investment flows and carbon footprints of multinational enterprises (MNEs).

Jacob G. Hornberger (2020-09-13). Foreign Interventionism, 9/11, and the Perpetual War on Terrorism. globalresearch.ca With today being another anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, it's important to recall why it was that that deadly event came about. | No, the terrorists didn't attack us because they hated our "freedom and values," as U.S. officials and American …

Institute of the Arts and Sciences, UCSC (2020-09-13). Tuesday 10/20: Visualizing Abolition: A Conversation with Angela Y. Davis and Gina Dent. indybay.org Online…

Mehr News Agency (2020-09-13). Iran has largest artificial intelligence companies in region. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 13 (MNA) — Iran's Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said that Iran has the largest knowledge-based companies in the field of artificial intelligence in the region.

Mehr News Agency (2020-09-13). New academic year officially kicks off across Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 13 (MNA) — New academic year officially kicked off on Sunday morning in a ceremony held in the presence of Minister of Science, Research, and Technology, Health Minister, Vice President for Science and Technology in Tehran University.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-09-13). Funding to assess the impact of digital sepsis monitoring system on saving lives. imperial.ac.uk Researchers have been awarded over £800,000 to review the impact of a digital alert system to monitor patients with sepsis at NHS hospitals.

Staff (2020-09-13). Firefighters Combating Wildfires Are Facing Dangerously Heightened COVID-19 Risk. truthout.org Two forces of nature are colliding in the western United States, and wildland firefighters are caught in the middle. | Emerging research suggests that At the same time, firefighting conditions make precautions such as social dis…

yenisafak (2020-09-13). Italian government, students brace for school reopening. yenisafak.com Schools in Italy will reopen on Monday after six months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, in a key test for the fragile ruling coalition led by premier Giuseppe Conte ahead of regional elections later this month.In a brief televised message to students, teachers and parents on Sunday, Conte tried to address concerns over a possible jump in coronavirus infections with the restart of school activities, as divisions persist among regions over safety measures put in place by the government."There will be difficulties and hardship, especially in the beginning," Conte said, praising students, families and tea…

yenisafak (2020-09-13). UAE's Bin Zayed AI university, Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science sign MOU. yenisafak.com The United Arab Emirates' Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence and Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science have signed a memorandum of understanding "to work together across a range of fields," the UAE's WAM news agency reported on Sunday.The accord is the first of its kind to be signed between two higher education institutes from the UAE and Israel, it added. "The aim is to advance the development and use of artificial intelligence as a tool for progress," it said.

Nauman Sadiq (2020-09-13). Reality Check: Is Trump a Stooge of Putin? globalresearch.ca Donald Trump's unorthodox approach to the conduct of diplomatic relations has been a persistent thorn in the side of America's national security establishment for the last four years. Like a typical American, he regards America's allies, like Boris Johnson, Emmanuel …

sputniknews (2020-09-12). Scientists Claim to Have Solved Mystery of Canaanite Palace Abandoned 3,700 Years Ago. sputniknews.com Canaanites is a term used to describe various indigenous populations that lived throughout the regions of the Southern Levant, in what is today known as Israel, Jordan and territories belonging to the Palestinians. From 500 BC, ancient Greeks also used the name to describe people later known as Phoenicians.

Eds. (2020-09-12). The COVID-19 pandemic and the dual nature of science. mronline.org Over two decades ago, Professor Richard Levins, one of the founders of Science for the People, described this phenomenon as the "dual nature" of science.(1) On one hand, scientific investigations discover truths about material reality that are independent of ideology or politics.

_____ (2020-09-12). Saudi Arabia's Mysterious Coronavirus Survival Abilities. strategic-culture.org Since the very onset of the Coronavirus Pandemic, economists and the media have been warning the public about the damaging effects that quarantine would and is having on the financial world. The yearly "growth" that we would normally expect was negative for many nations, especially in the West. However, the most interesting tale of economic survival in 2020 would have to be Saudi Arabia. Logically and statistically their country should look like North Korea in the 90's and yet all things are quiet on the Arab front. How could this possibly be? Let's take a look at this peculiar paradox and see what is in store fo…

WSWS (2020-09-12). State University of New York scapegoats students for COVID outbreaks, prepares repressive measures. wsws.org Refusing to take any responsibility for this catastrophe, the SUNY system is punishing groups of students for gathering and laying the ground for further police repression on campuses.

WSWS (2020-09-12). University of Michigan grad students set to extend strike as opposition grows in the US to back-to-school drive. wsws.org Nineteen of the 25 hottest outbreaks in the US are in communities with colleges that have reopened for in-person learning, sparking growing anger over the homicidal back-to-school campaign.

Project Censored (2020-09-12). Episode 106 — The Anatomy of Fake News and Parallax Views with J.G. Michael. projectcensored.org On today's episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon discuss Higdon's latest book "The Anatomy of Fake News: A Critical News Education" and the Parallax Views…

WSWS (2020-09-12). Infected students denounce administration guidelines, amidst rising COVID-19 cases at Southern California universities. wsws.org Infected students report callous treatment from school administration, being thrown into isolation rooms without bed sheets, food or sanitizing equipment.

WSWS (2020-09-12). Jacksonville, Florida teacher speaks out against deadly school reopenings. wsws.org A teacher in Jacksonville, Florida, reached out to the WSWS to speak about the spread of the coronavirus across the state just two weeks into the new school year.

WSWS (2020-09-12). University of Michigan grad students set to extend strike as opposition grows to the US to back-to-school drive. wsws.org Nineteen of the 25 hottest outbreaks in the US are in communities with colleges that have reopened for in-person learning, sparking growing anger over the homicidal back-to-school campaign.

WSWS (2020-09-12). University of Michigan grad students set to extend strike as opposition grows to the US back-to-school drive. wsws.org Nineteen of the 25 hottest outbreaks in the US are in communities with colleges that have reopened for in-person learning, sparking growing anger over the homicidal back-to-school campaign.

Richard Horton (2020-09-12). [Comment] Offline: The crisis of political language. thelancet.com George Orwell, in his 1945 essay Politics and the English Language, wrote that "to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration". The Moscow press briefing held last week on the Russian COVID-19 vaccine quickly turned into a platform for national rivalry. The research, led by scientists at the N F Gamaleya National Research Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology, found encouraging evidence of an immune response using their prime boost strategy of a two-component, human recombinant adenovirus vector-based vaccine.

Per Ashorn, Robert E Black, Joy E Lawn, Ulla Ashorn, Nigel Klein, Justus Hofmeyr, Marleen Temmerman, Sufia Askari (2020-09-12). [Comment] The Lancet Small Vulnerable Newborn Series: science for a healthy start. thelancet.com The Lancet 2020 Campaign1 on child and adolescent health is a welcome call for a renewed focus on children. With less than a decade remaining to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the campaign is a timely reminder about an unfinished agenda, reiterating the centrality of child survival and wellbeing in global development. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic bring more urgency to the need for increased attention to children. Although COVID-19 is usually mild in children, health-service disruptions and other indirect effects of the pandemic response are having devastating impacts on the wellbeing…

Staff (2020-09-12). Native American Voters Face Significant Barriers to Mail-in Voting in 2020. truthout.org Observers and pundits are predicting record-setting voter turnout in the coming election. But the number of votes from Indian Country may be underwhelming because of systemic problems. | University of Florida Political Science Professor and

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-09-11). Chile, September 11, 1973: The Inauguration of Neoliberalism,"Shock Treatment" and the Instruments of Economic Repression: The Junta's Deadly "Economic Medicine" globalresearch.ca The Junta ordered a hike in the price of bread from 11 to 40 escudos. While food prices had skyrocketed, wages had been frozen. From one day to the next, an entire country had been precipitated into abysmal poverty; in less than a year the price of bread in Chile increased thirty-six fold.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-09-11). The Truth behind 9/11: Who Is Osama Bin Laden? globalresearch.ca At 11 o'clock, on the morning of 911, the Bush administration had already announced that Al Qaeda was responsible for the attacks. That same evening at 9.30 pm, a "War Cabinet" was formed and at 11.00 pm, the "War on Terrorism" was officially launched.

Dave Lindorff (2020-09-11). Screwing with the Unemployment Statistics. dissidentvoice.org Unemployment benefits application line at noon running for half a block out onto the sidewalk in Brooklyn, NY (photo by Tricia Wang ÁéãÂú£Êç∑ is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Something is screwy about unemployment numbers coming out of Washington. In late July, just before the end of the supplemental $600 weekly checks for people collecting …

David Meiswinkle (2020-09-11). Lawyers' Committee on Jason Goodman's Crowdsource the Truth Streamed Live. globalresearch.ca *** …

David Meiswinkle (2020-09-11). Video: Lawyers' Committee on Jason Goodman's Crowdsource the Truth Streamed Live. globalresearch.ca *** …

Jamal Rich (2020-09-11). Free college was once the norm all over America. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON— When people involved in the fight to cancel student debt demand free college education they are not calling for a new, radical idea. Countless numbers of lawmakers, for example, got their educations at free colleges that they now say are out of reach to the nation's students. One of the best examples was the …

Tina Nannarone (2020-09-11). Parents, students, teachers hit Cuomo's school cuts. peoplesworld.org

RT (2020-09-11). LA health director accused of 'playing politics' after saying schools won't reopen 'until after the election' in leaked audio. rt.com LA County's public health chief has come under fire after saying that local schools would not reopen until after the 2020 presidential election, prompting criticism that officials are putting politics ahead of science. | The county's health director, Barbara Ferrer, recently told local educators that schools would remain shuttered until the beginning of November, repeatedly referring to the upcoming election, according to "We don't realistically anticipate that we would be moving t…

RT (2020-09-11). Almost half of Russians say they don't want to be vaccinated against Covid-19 & 43% believe dangers of coronavirus are exaggerated. rt.com Just under half (45.6 percent) of surveyed Russians don't want to be vaccinated against coronavirus, regardless of where the vaccine comes from, according to a new study by Moscow's Higher School of Economics (HSE). | The research revealed that just 13.2 percent of those questioned want to get vaccinated as soon as possible, with a further 4.6 percent wishing to wait a few months. Of those who refuse to be immunized, almost a quarter (24.6 percent) still intend to monitor the results of mass vaccination, with another quarter (25 percent) saying they're entirely opposed to all vaccines. | Part of the country's…

RT (2020-09-11). Parts of Europe grapple with coronavirus surge, but hold off on hard lockdown. rt.com Coronavirus cases are once again rising in the UK and other parts of Europe, as the continent grapples with a resurgence in the deadly virus in some areas and eyes new restrictions. But this surge has not been evenly spread. | The first week in September saw 3,200 new cases of Covid-19 recorded in England every day, up from 2,000 per day the previous week, according to the Office for National Statistics. Deaths, however, are down, with only 101 coronavirus-related deaths announced the week before – a fraction of the 1,150 fatalities recorded on one day in April. | Nevertheless, Boris Johnson's government has i…

Mark Gruenberg (2020-09-11). McConnell writes off the almost 1.7M more jobless workers forced to seek benefits. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Labor Day, September 7, was an unhappy holiday for almost 1.7 million more workers, who were forced to file for federal or state jobless benefits the week before. The data, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, show 857,148 people filed initial claims for state-paid jobless benefits in the week ending September 5. That was 20,140 …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-09-11). Despite Increasing Trade with Chinese Yuan US Dollar Is Likely to Remain the World's Biggest Currency Reserve. globalresearch.ca The Chinese currency is expected to increase its 2% share in the world market to somewhere between 5% and 10% within the next 10 years. This could mean that the Chinese yuan will become the world's third largest currency by …