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Guaido's Failed Foreign Tour Ends with a Flop
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
Juan Guaidó proclaimed himself the president of Venezuela a year ago but despite multiple coup attempts, he never took power and his support there rapidly disappeared. Now, with his foreign tour concluding, Guaidó's support is shrinking around the world as …
globalresearch.ca/guaido-failed-foreign-tour-ends-flop/5702608

The Making of the First American Dictator
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
The Impeachment of President Donald J. Trump was both a farce and a tragedy. Mr. Trump, a Fascistic minded President was not targeted for his real crimes (inhumane treatments of immigrant children in the ICE concentration camps, inciting violence during …
globalresearch.ca/making-first-american-dictator/5702526

The Health Impacts of Cell Phone Radiation in America
Microwave News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
NTP scientists have decided to follow the science. | In a recent revision to the information it offers the public on cell phone radiation, the National Toxicology Program ( NTP) revealed that its scientists are now taking precautions by spending …
globalresearch.ca/ntp-scientists-endorse-precaution-first-federal-officials-take-stand-cell-phone-safety/5702642

Earth Is Heating at a Rate Equivalent to Five Atomic Bombs Per Second. Or Two Hurricane Sandys
Dana Nuccitelli | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
The heat absorbed in Earth's oceans reached a new record in 2019, found a recent study published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. Despite the fact that this has been the case for almost every year over the past …
globalresearch.ca/earth-heating-rate-equivalent-five-atomic-bombs-per-second-two-hurricane-sandy/5702632

A New US Air Force Video Game Lets You Drone Bomb Iraqis and Afghans
Alan MacLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
The United States Air Force has a new recruitment tool: a realistic drone operator video game you can play on its website. Called the Airman Challenge, it features 16 missions to complete, interspersed with facts and recruitment information …
globalresearch.ca/new-us-air-force-video-game-lets-you-drone-bomb-iraqis-afghans/5702580

"Deal of the Century" Greenlights Israeli Annexation, Apartheid, and Subjugation of Palestinians
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
On Sunday, ahead of the big Tuesday reveal in the White House, US President Donald J. Trump delivered to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the so-called "Deal of the Century" also known as the " Middle East Peace Plan". …
globalresearch.ca/deal-century-greenlights-israeli-annexation-apartheid-subjugation-palestinians/5702584

Ten Acts of Gross British Misgovernment Since 1945
Prof. Philip Allott | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
As the UK leaves the European Union, Philip Allott (University of Cambridge) reflects on ten occasions when Britain has badly misjudged and mishandled challenges to its hegemony

Victory for Canada's First Nations: Saugeen Ojibway Nation Has Saved Lake Huron from a Nuclear Waste Dump
Joyce Nelson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
A major victory for Canada's First Nations has just been won in Ontario. On January 31, the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON) overwhelmingly voted down the proposed deep geological repository (DGR) for storage of low- and intermediate-level radioactive nuclear waste next …
globalresearch.ca/saugeen-ojibway-nation-saved-lake-huron-nuclear-waste-dump/5702592

BRICS and the Digital Money Project: Alternative to US$, New Wave in International Payment System?
Yana Grigoryeva | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
In 2019 Russia, Brazil, India, China and South Africa were planning to issue their own digital money in order to reduce the share of payments in the US currency. BRICS countries are reducing the share of settlements in dollars. In …
globalresearch.ca/brics-token-new-wave-international-payment-system/5702587

The United States of America's Doll House: A Vast Tapestry of Lies and Illusions
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
Author's Note | This is an updated and revised version of the full cover-story that appeared in the important publication, garrison: The Journal of History and Deep Politics, Issue 003. Issue 004 is due out this week and I urge …
globalresearch.ca/united-states-america-vast-tapestry-lies-illusions/5702611

The U.S. War on Iran and Venezuela: Interview with Ajamu Baraka
Ajamu Baraka | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
The following interview with Ajamu Baraka, national organizer of Black Alliance for Peace, was conducted on January 26, by Alan Benjamin, editorial board member of The Organizer newspaper. It is reprinted from Issue No. 149 (January 31, 2020) of …
globalresearch.ca/interview-ajamu-baraka-u-s-war-iran-venezuela/5702563

'The US Has Become a Force of Evil': Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
The United States has become a "force of evil" against the people who want to reform things, renowned director Oliver Stone told former Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa during an interview Wednesday in his RT show 'Conversando con Correa' (Speaking With …
globalresearch.ca/us-become-force-evil-oliver-stone/5702576

How Iran Decided to Bomb US Bases and How Trump Avoided All Out War
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
On the third of January, after midnight, news about the assassination of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, Brigadier General Hussein pour Jaafari, Colonel Shahroud Muzaffari Nia, Major Hadi Tameri and Captain Wahid Zamaniam reached the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad. Officers …
globalresearch.ca/how-iran-decided-bomb-us-bases-how-trump-avoided-all-out-war/5702638

America at War Forever
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
Film-maker Oliver Stone has won 12 Academy Awards for his films. But this outstanding record doesn't help when he seeks financing for a film critical of one of America's wars. | "You do those kinds of stories, it's not going to …
globalresearch.ca/america-war-forever/5702524

Deepening Cruelties and Delusions on the Greek Frontier Islands
Chris Jones | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
"Seventy-five years after the liberation of this place by the Red Army, we should all make this sacred commitment to never forget what happened here. And let us never forget that hatred, discrimination, intolerance have no place in our democracy" …
globalresearch.ca/deepening-cruelties-delusions-greek-frontier-islands/5702656

Imperialism and Liberation Strategies in the Middle East
Pal Steigan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
When millions of Iraqis took to the streets recently, their main slogan was "THE UNITED STATES OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST!" | How should one analyze this? | Obviously, there are a lot of social tensions in the Middle East

Video: Syrian Army Offensive in Greater Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
The last week of January turned badly for Idlib militants. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda), the Turkish-backed National Front for Liberation and their allies appeared to be unable to contain the offensive of the Syrian Army, …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-offensive-greater-idlib-results-january-27-31-2020/5702512

The U.S.' Monroe Doctrine Against South America Is Still Alive in the 21st Century
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
The attitude of the US towards Latin peoples has been one of domination, imposition and imperialism. The core of this policy is in the American ideology itself, based on the Monroe Doctrine of the 19th Century, which, enunciating an "America …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-monroe-doctrine-against-south-america-alive-21st-century/5702619

UN Rejects Trump's Annexation Scheme?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
Pronouncements are one thing, policies another. Ignore what politicians say. Follow only what they do. | The same goes for UN officials, notably the secretary general, installed by the US to serve its interests. | Most often, current incumbent Antonio Guterres and …
globalresearch.ca/un-rejects-trump-annexation-scheme/5702600

US Deploys "Usable" Nuclear Weapon Amid Continuing War Threats Against Iran
Bill Van Auken | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
The Pentagon deployed a new, smaller nuclear warhead aboard the ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee as it sailed into the Atlantic last month in the midst of the spiraling crisis with Iran. The weapon, known as the W76-2 warhead, has …
globalresearch.ca/us-deploys-usable-nuclear-weapon-amid-continuing-war-threats-against-iran/5702651

The "Repo" Fiasco; the Fed's Cash Injections Send Stocks Soaring
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
A five-alarm fire has broken out in a little known, but critically important area of the financial system where high-quality bonds are swapped for cash. The "repo" market, which is short for repurchase agreements, is part of the nondeposit, shadow …
globalresearch.ca/repo-fiasco-feds-cash-injections-send-stocks-soaring/5702571

Nuclear Treaty Busting Trump Regime. Doomsday Clock Closer than Ever to Midnight
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
Largely in response to reckless Trump regime treaty busting, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved its Doomsday Clock closer than ever to midnight. | It now stands at 100 seconds from potential catastrophe to humanity. | In June 2017, the Trump …
globalresearch.ca/nuclear-treaty-busting-trump-regime-doomsday-clock-closer-than-ever-to-midnight/5702521

Stumbling into Catastrophe
Daniel McAdams | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
There is a real danger for foreign policy advisors and analysts

Libya and the Modern Colonial Legacy of the Berlin Conference
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
Once a leading force in the Pan-African Movement on the continent, Libya today, provides a profound illustration of the detrimental and destructive character of neo-colonialism in the present epoch. | During February and March of 2011, the United States and its …
globalresearch.ca/libya-modern-legacy-berlin-conference/5702565

Palestine: Legally Overriding a UN Security Council Veto. In Response to Trump's Annexation Scheme
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
In response to the Trump regime's annexation scheme of the century, Palestinians have binding recourse

Eating red meat and processed meat 'linked to increased risk of heart disease'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-03
Eating red meat and processed meat is linked to an increased risk of heart disease and death, new research suggests. | Eating two servings of red meat, processed meat or poultry per week was associated with a 3% to 7% higher risk of cardiovascular disease, the study found. | Consuming two servings of red meat or processed meat

Video: Turkey's Madman Erdogan Sends NATO Troops to Defend al-Qaeda Terrorists in Idlib
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
Erdogan lost his mind and sends NATO troops into the Syrian province of Idlib to establish military checkpoints in front of the advancing Syrian Arab Army from the south to protect his defeated and collapsing al-Qaeda terrorists. | Even someone like …
globalresearch.ca/turkey-madman-erdogan-sends-nato-troops-defend-al-qaeda-terrorists-idlib/5702594

Do Not be Indifferent to the Proposed Rape of Palestine by the Trump-Netanyahu Family!
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
We must not be indifferent when we hear historical lies. We must not be indifferent when the past is distorted for today's political needs. The ancient people of Palestine have been the documented, majority indigenous demographic of the region for …
globalresearch.ca/do-not-indifferent-proposed-rape-palestine-trump-netanyahu-family/5702589

Even After the Afghanistan Papers, the Washington 'Blob' Still Embraces Staying Forever
Mark Perry | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
James Clad, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia, remembers the exact moment, back in 2001, when he learned that the U.S. had invaded Afghanistan. As chance would have it, he was in a meeting with a …
globalresearch.ca/even-after-afghanistan-papers-washington-blob-still-embraces-staying-forever/5702644

Private Equity Firm to Purchase the Assets of the .ORG Domain Registry for $1 Billion
Kevin Reed | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
A public demonstration took place on Friday morning in front of the offices of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in Los Angeles to demand a halt to the sale of the .ORG domain registry to the …
globalresearch.ca/private-equity-firm-purchase-assets-org-domain-registry-1-billion/5702624

Trump's "peace deal" for Israel, and it is breathtaking
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
I have read through the entire 181 pages of Trump's "peace deal" for Israel, and it is breathtaking. It is not just that the "solution" it proposes is ludicrously one-sided, it is the entire analysis of the problem to be …
globalresearch.ca/non-condemnatory-international-reaction-trump-bantustan-lite-palestine-plan-shows-two-state-solution-lie/5702547

The Afghanistan Papers. "Teflon Lies" and Mowing Lawns
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
Afghanistan is a famous desert for empires, a burial ground which has consumed those in power who thought that extra fortification and trading most might benefit them. It remains a great, and somewhat savage reminder about those who suffer hubris, …
globalresearch.ca/teflon-lies-mowing-lawns-afghanistan-papers/5702618

Massive Rejection of Trump's Plan in Palestine, Jordan, Yemen
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
Thousands of Palestinians held numerous demonstrations on the first Friday following the announcement of the so-called "Deal of the Century" promoted by the U.S. President Donald Trump. | From Gaza to the West Bank, people protested energetically against what they …
globalresearch.ca/massive-rejection-trump-plan-palestine-jordan-yemen/5702646

Towards a World Without War? Global Research Needs Your Support
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
Dear Readers, | Global Research is a small team that believes in the power of information and analysis to bring about far-reaching societal change including a world without war. We are as committed as ever to the struggle for Peace, but …
globalresearch.ca/a-world-without-war-global-research-needs-your-support/5676117

Romania Willingly Becomes a U.S. Drone Base Aimed Against Russia
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
The already existing tensions in the Black Sea region have heightened because of the Defender-Europe 2020 exercises, which include ten participating states, including the Black Sea state of Romania. Through these U.S.-led exercises, that are mostly aimed against Russia's Kaliningrad …
globalresearch.ca/romania-willingly-becomes-u-s-drone-base-aimed-against-russia/5702627

Indian govt says there 'cannot be any delay' to execution of 4 convicts in 2012 gang rape & murder after 2nd postponement
rt.com | 2020-02-03
India's solicitor general has said the convicts in the 'Nirbhaya' rape and murder that inspired a Netflix series are "testing the patience of the nation" by filing appeals one after another after their hanging was delayed again. | India's Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who is the second law officer in the country, has said that there should be no more delays in carrying out the death sentence in the case of the four men, found guilty of the 2012 gang rape and murder of a young student on a bus, who later became known as Nirbhaya ("fearless" in Hindi). | "In the interest of the society and victim, there should…
rt.com/news/479920-india-rape-execution-delay/

Teacher's photos document virus-hit Chinese city
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-03
A teacher who was starting a new life with his wife in the Chinese industrial centre of Wuhan when a viral outbreak spread across the city has documented the coronavirus fallout in a series of photos.Poland native Arek Rataj had recently taken a position teaching visual communication at Jianghan University, but almost immediately the metropolis of 11 million people, which had been teeming with Lunar New Year holiday revelry, turned quiet.A girl wears a face mask as she plays on a swing near the Yingwuzhou Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan (Arek Rataj/AP)Arek and his wife Jenina bought face masks for protection and ke…
thecanary.co/feature/2020/02/03/teachers-photos-document-virus-hit-chinese-city/

Evacuated Aussies from China shifted to remote island
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-03
Australia has begun evacuating its citizens from virus-hit China to a remote island, local media reported on Monday.At least 300 Australians were flown to Exmouth city in western Australia on a chartered flight from Wuhan, the epicenter of the fatal coronavirus, according to ABC News. It was the first of the two flights engaged to evacuate the Aussies from Wuhan, a city of 11 million people.A second flight is scheduled for later this week. | The evacuees are en route to Christmas Island

Scientists Find Common Approach to Self-Organisation Problem
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-03
An international group of scientists, with the participation of the University of Tyumen (UTMN), has presented an overview of cluster systems research, offering a fresh and generalised approach to the problem of self-organisation.
sputniknews.com/science/202002031078214462-scientists-find-common-approach-to-self-organisation-problem/

Selected Articles: Coronavirus Global Emergency
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
Palestine: Legally Overriding a UN Security Council Veto. In Response to Trump's Annexation Scheme | By Stephen Lendman, February 03, 2020 | In response to the Trump regime's annexation scheme of the century, Palestinians have binding recourse

Early Industrial Capitalism in the United States: Oppression, Expansionism and Internal Contradictions
Heather Cottin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-02
In the period from 1820 to the Civil War the great profits which the New England factory owners accrued were dependent upon the fact that the owners paid women half of men's wages, though they worked as hard and as …
globalresearch.ca/early-industrial-capitalism-us-oppression-expansionism-internal-contradictions/5702389

Why is Animal Research So Seldom in the News?
Martha Rosenberg | zcomm.org | 2020-02-02
The animal-research industry is a vast, macabre enterprise richly supporting medical centers and individual researchers with almost no transparency or accountability…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/why-is-animal-research-so-seldom-in-the-news/

Palestinians Have Only One Option Left: Stay and Fight
David Hearst | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-02
An elephant trap has for years now laid in the path of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's messianic plans to establish the state of Israel between the river and the sea. | It was the demographic fact that, in that …
globalresearch.ca/palestinians-have-only-one-option-left-stay-fight/5702541

Paranoid Groundings and Technocratic States: Hillary Clinton versus Mark Zuckerberg
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-02
It is another one of those contests and disagreements where the contestants should all loose, or at the very least, be subjected to a torturous stalemate. Hillary Clinton remains the nasty sprinkle on the Democratic Party in the United States, …
globalresearch.ca/hillary-clinton-versus-mark-zuckerberg/5702270

The Online Bomb Hoaxes Against Russia Are Clear Cases of Cyber Terrorism
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-02
Russians have been terrorized for the past several months by online bomb hoaxes spread throughout the country by anonymous email services based abroad, which represent a cutting-edge threat to the modern world's way of life and thus necessitates a concerted …
globalresearch.ca/online-bomb-hoaxes-against-russia-clear-cases-cyber-terrorism/5702429

Soldiers Shoot A Journalist In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-02
Israeli soldiers attacked, Sunday, dozens of Palestinian protesters with live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, wounding one journalist in the head, and causing many residents to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. Media sources said the soldiers attacked dozens of students of Hebron University, by firing …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-shoot-a-journalist-in-hebron/

Iraqi Students Protest Against Designation of New PM Allawi
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-02
Iraqi university students took to the streets in cities across the country Sunday to protest the appointment of Mohammed Allawi as the next Prime Minister. | RELATED: | Violence Escalates In Iraq As Government Pushes To End Protests | Hundreds of university students along with other anti-government protesters in Baghdad, Najaf, and Nasiriya reject the election of Allawi, whom they accuse of belonging to the same political establishment that has failed them. | The 65-year-old…
telesurenglish.net/news/iraqi-students-protest-against-designated-pm-mohammed-allawi-20200202-0010.html

Soldiers Detain Schoolchildren, Collect Fingerprints
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-02
Israeli soldiers detained, Sunday, several Palestinian schoolchildren, near Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, and collected their fingerprints. Morad Abu Mfarreh, a teacher at Teqoua' Secondary School in Teqoua' town, south of Bethlehem, said the soldiers collected the fingerprints of the children using a mobile device. Abu …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-detain-schoolchildren-collect-fingerprints/

Brexit? What Brexit? Anti-Climax as Britain Leaves EU
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-02
It's January 31st and Brexit is upon us. The day many thought would never come is finally here. But far from the pomp and circumstance that could have been expected from No.10, the affair itself looks pretty low-key. Ironically, after …
globalresearch.ca/brexit-what-brexit-anti-climax-britain-leaves-eu/5702510

Did Vladimir Lenin Foresee the Information Glut? Commemorating the Birth of José Marti
Prof Susan Babbitt | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-01
At the start of the twentieth century, Vladimir Lenin was studying Hegel's notes on science. [i] Stalin told him not to bother, that it was more important to unify the party. Lenin replied that by the end of the century, …
globalresearch.ca/did-lenin-foresee-information-glut/5702447

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2020-02-02: News Headlines

RT (2020-02-02). Pakistani students should NOT be evacuated from Wuhan as China has better medical facilities — envoy. rt.com Pakistani envoy to China said that local hospitals are better equipped to treat the deadly coronavirus, and therefore, unlike some other countries, Islamabad will not be evacuating its students amid the outbreak. | Pakistan's hospitals "do not meet the standards required to treat a patient diagnosed with coronavirus," Naghmana Hashmi said on Sunday, as cited by local outlet Geo News. | China, on the other hand, has "the best medical facilities to handle the patients suffering from the disease," the envoy stated. Hashmi said that Islamabad is working closely with Chinese officials to ensure that Pakistani stude…

RT (2020-02-02). Huawei tops list of global 5G smartphone suppliers. rt.com Demand for 5G smartphones has been growing with shipments of 19 million units last year, the latest report by research firm Strategy Analytics shows. | "Fierce vendor competition in China and heavy carrier subsidies across South Korea have been the main drivers of 5G demand," according to the Chinese telecom giant Huawei…

RT (2020-02-02). 'Complete contentment and happiness': Groundbreaking study finds death is a EUPHORIC experience. rt.com It may be many people's greatest fear, but a revolutionary new study has found that dying is actually a blissful and euphoric experience that makes people not want to come back to life. | People who momentarily depart their mortal coil before being revived are left with positive perceptions of what it's like to pass away, according to a groundbreaking new study. | The researchers used artificial intelligence to mine a treasure trove of 158 written testimonies from people who had near-death experiences and found that positive words like 'see' and 'light' are used far more frequently than negative ones like 'fea…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-02-02). Paranoid Groundings and Technocratic States: Hillary Clinton versus Mark Zuckerberg. globalresearch.ca It is another one of those contests and disagreements where the contestants should all loose, or at the very least, be subjected to a torturous stalemate. Hillary Clinton remains the nasty sprinkle on the Democratic Party in the United States, …

David Hearst (2020-02-02). Palestinians Have Only One Option Left: Stay and Fight. globalresearch.ca An elephant trap has for years now laid in the path of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's It was the demographic fact that, in that …

Andrew Korybko (2020-02-02). The Online Bomb Hoaxes Against Russia Are Clear Cases of Cyber Terrorism. globalresearch.ca Russians have been terrorized for the past several months by online bomb hoaxes spread throughout the country by anonymous email services based abroad, which represent a cutting-edge threat to the modern world's way of life and thus necessitates a concerted …

Heather Cottin (2020-02-02). Early Industrial Capitalism in the United States: Oppression, Expansionism and Internal Contradictions. globalresearch.ca In the period from 1820 to the Civil War the great profits which the New England factory owners accrued were dependent upon the fact that the owners paid women half of men's wages, though they worked as hard and as …

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History (2020-02-02). Naturalist Night: Mushrooms and Community Science. indybay.org Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History | 1305 E Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz…

sputniknews (2020-02-02). Chill Out, Babe! Scientists Say an Exoplanet is so Hot That it Kills Its Own Atmosphere. sputniknews.com KELT-9b doesn't cease to amaze scientists as it continues to reveal more and more mysteries. Like any other tidally-locked planets it has a hotspot, which should have been at the substellar point, directly facing the star the planet orbits. However, researchers have discovered that the hotspot is offset.

Johanna Ross (2020-02-02). Brexit? What Brexit? Anti-Climax as Britain Leaves EU. globalresearch.ca It's January 31st and Brexit is upon us. The day many thought would never come is finally here. But far from the pomp and circumstance that could have been expected from No.10, the affair itself looks pretty low-key. Ironically, after …

The Canary (2020-02-01). University of York student is one of two UK coronavirus patients. thecanary.co One of the first two people to test positive for coronavirus in the UK is a student at the University of York.The pair — two members of the same family — are being treated at a specialist unit in Newcastle.They had checked in to the Staycity apartment-hotel in York on 29 January and were taken to hospital that evening.RT (2020-02-01). ZeroHedge banned from Twitter after BuzzFeed accuses it of coronavirus conspiracy and 'doxxing' a Chinese scientist. rt.com The popular news blog ZeroHedge has been suspended from Twitter. While no reason was given, their last tweet referred to speculation the coronavirus could be a bioweapon and BuzzFeed had just accused them of doxxing. | The site's last tweet before the suspension referenced a paper by Indian scientists pointing to uncanny similarities between the 2019-nCoV virus and HIV, which internet researcher Christopher Torres Lugo described as "conspiracy theories claiming that 2019-nCoV is a bioweapon." | Twitter does not comment on reasons for suspending or banning any particular account, leaving ZeroHedge's 673,000 or…

RT (2020-02-01). 'He's in our anthem, why not in constitution?' Russian Patriarch wants GOD mentioned in state charter. rt.com Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, says believers should pray for a constitutional amendment that would add a reference to God. He thinks the mention would be appreciated by all faiths alike. | "Most Russian citizens believe in God. Not just the Orthodox Christians — I speak about Muslims and many-many others," the patriarch said as cited by the Church spokesman. "If the anthem can have the words 'Our homeland protected by God', why can't the constitution say the same thing?" | Russia is currently preparing for a number of amendments to the basic law, which would somewhat redistri…

Prof Susan Babbitt (2020-02-01). Did Vladimir Lenin Foresee the Information Glut? Commemorating the Birth of José Marti. globalresearch.ca At the start of the twentieth century, Vladimir Lenin was studying Hegel's notes on science. [i] Stalin told him not to bother, that it was more important to unify the party. Lenin replied that by the end of the century, …

Ann Talbot (2020-02-01). The Rise and Fall of the British Nation. The Land that Labour Built. globalresearch.ca This new edition of David Edgerton's book The Rise and Fall of the British Nation is timely and apposite given the unprecedented Conservative landslide in traditional Labour seats in the recent general election. Inevitably in the world of day-to-day, …

Tom Clifford (2020-02-01). Coronavirus Has Been Declared a Global Emergency. What's Happening in China. globalresearch.ca Tom Clifford reporting from Beijing | The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization. | "The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries," said …

Robert Fantina (2020-02-01). The Trump Impeachment Defense. "The Best Interest of the Country" Concept. globalresearch.ca With the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump in full swing, a new defense was presented by Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz. | Dershowitz made an astounding defense, saying that as long as the president acted in what he thought …

Stephen Lendman (2020-02-01). Rising Numbers of US Troops in Iraq with Traumatic Brain Injuries. globalresearch.ca In retaliation for the Trump regime's assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on January 3, the IRGC struck two Pentagon bases in Iraq days later. | Iranian missiles successfully penetrated US air defenses, striking targets with pinpoint accuracy — causing significant …

Cynthia Chung (2020-02-01). Rome Before it Became Empire: A Pax Americana or a Republic If You Can Keep It? globalresearch.ca "Fortune thus blinds the minds of men when she does not wish them to resist her power." — Livy | It seems quite evident to many that the United States has been consumed by the same ambition and thus fate with …

Robert C. Koehler (2020-02-01). Maneuvering Hell for Our Advantage. globalresearch.ca When the mainstream media writes about war, even critically, the image that often comes to mind for me is an infant wrapped in plastic. That infant is naked reality, a.k.a., the present moment, suffocating and screaming for its life; the …

Michael Welch (2020-02-01). UK News: Brexit, the Election and OPCW Disclosures. globalresearch.ca "So the cold hard truth about Brexit is this. There is only one Brexit as Mervyn King says — a hard-Brexit… The government is going to the polls to extend its powers to the point of authoritarianism in order that …

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2020-02-01). Youth Activists Call on California State Teachers Retirement System to End 'Toxic Relationship' With Fossil Fuel Companies. commondreams.org "You want to be in a relationship with fossil fuel companies?" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-01-31). Coronavirus Epidemic: WHO Declares a "Fake" Global Public Health Emergency. globalresearch.ca Out of 9600 confirmed cases, approximately 150 cases of infection have been recorded outside China. Moreover, (based on the above data, Jan 30), the 2019 nCoV has a low mortality rate (2.1%) compared to the Seasonal flu.

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-31). Gaza Journalists Reject So Called 'Deal of the Century'. imemc.org Palestinian journalists in Gaza applied their blood to the map of Palestine to symbolize their dedication to their home land. The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza organized, on Thursday, a protest for Palestinian journalists, in front of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters, to show …

Larry Romanoff (2020-01-31). China's Coronavirus: A Global Health Emergency is Launched. What are the Facts. globalresearch.ca On January 30, the WHO declared the virus outbreak as a global emergency, an "extraordinary event" that constitutes a risk to other countries and requires a coordinated international response. This was prompted by the rapid rise in reported infections…

James Cogan (2020-01-31). World Health Organisation Officially Declares Coronavirus a "Global Health Emergency" globalresearch.ca The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday decided to formally declare the outbreak of 2019-nCoV, the new coronavirus first identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan, as a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)." The PHEIC classification was only established …

Freedom Flotilla Coalition (2020-01-31). Gaza Is Already Unliveable: Help the Freedom Flotilla Sail Against the Inhuman Blockade of Gaza. globalresearch.ca In 2020, the …

Pepe Escobar (2020-01-31). China's Virus Response Has Been 'Breathtaking'. globalresearch.ca President Xi Jinping formally told WHO head Tedros Ghebreyesus, at their meeting in Beijing earlier this week, that the coronavirus epidemic "is a devil and we cannot allow the devil to hide." | Ghebreyesus for his part could not but …

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (2020-01-31). Endless War Is a Disastrous (but Profitable) Enterprise. globalresearch.ca "The collapse of the Libyan state has had region-wide repercussions, with flows of people and weapons destabilizing other countries throughout North Africa." This statement came from the Soufan Group's recent Intelbrief, entitled "Fighting Over Access to Libya's Energy Supplies" (24 …

Andrew Korybko (2020-01-31). Trump and Putin Made this the Best Week Ever for Netanyahu. globalresearch.ca Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is coasting into his country's third elections on March 2 with the success of two tremendous achievements over the past week that was interestingly made possible by both American and Russian Presidents. U.S. President …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-31). More Fallout from Trump's Annexation Scheme of the Century. globalresearch.ca The unacceptable scheme is further proof of a geopolitical know-nothing US president — on top of his contempt for ordinary people everywhere, concerned only about power politics and self-enrichment. | Polls so far show no bump for Netanyahu after the scheme's …

Alan MacLeod (2020-01-31). US Announces Three New Military Bases in Iraq After Iraqis Demand Full Withdrawal. globalresearch.ca Less than a week after

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-31). Trump's Annexation Scheme: A Stake in the Heart of the Moribund Two-State Solution and Peace. globalresearch.ca Since no-peace/peace plans first surfaced in the 1970s, the US and Israel supported Palestinian self-determination in name only. | Both countries opposed the idea since Israel seized Palestinian territory not stolen in 1948. | A two-state solution was theoretically possible years earlier, …

Fight Back (2020-01-31). Students at the University of South Florida rally to increase Black enrollment. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – A strong crowd of SDS members and concerned students joined together to protest the university's low Black enrollment rates, as well as the administration's refusal to address the problem. | In previous talks with SDS, USF administration made openly racist comments on the student group's proposals, claiming that they were not interested in admitting Black students, but "people who would graduate." These remarks were not taken lightly, and SDS, in response, held a protest to demand a meeting with university President Dr. Steve Currall. SDS's previous actions have received so much attention that the adm…

W. T. Whitney (2020-01-31). Uprising in Chile is the Legacy of Dashed Hopes and Bitter Defeat. counterpunch.org Santiago high school students were the spark. Rejecting a fare hike, they jumped over subway toll barriers on October 18, 2019. Students filled the streets all over. Police action led to injuries and arrests. Some 1.2 million people occupied Plaza Italia in Santiago a week later. After three months, on January 18, Santiago marchers arriving

teleSUR (2020-01-31). French GDP Decreased Last Quarter 2019: Set Back for Macron. telesurenglish.net France's real GDP fell 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019, for the first time under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron, according to a report published by the French National Institute of Statistics and Studies (INSEE) on Friday. | RELATED: | The French economy, one of the largest in the EU, has failed to meet expectations in a dramatic drop after expansion by 0.3 percent in July-September, which represents a full-y…

Global Research News (2020-01-31). Selected Articles: How the FBI Sabotaged Trump Foreign Policy. globalresearch.ca By President Xi Jinping formally told WHO head Tedros Ghebreyesus, at their meeting in Beijing earlier this week, that the coronavirus epidemic "is a devil and we …

Diana Johnstone (2020-01-31). England Came and Went, Leaving Europe in a Mess. UK Leaves EU. globalresearch.ca Whew. Finally, at last, the UK is formally leaving the European Union on January 31. Here in Paris, the champions of French withdrawal from the EU are celebrating. They see Brexit as the harbinger of a future "Frexit", a French departure from undemocratic governance, and the end of a failed project to unify Europe around the demands of neoliberal capitalism.

True Publica (2020-01-31). Brexit — The Realisation Stage … What Next. globalresearch.ca Since 1945, the British government have made some catastrophic errors of judgement, which has led to the continuing decline of British prosperity. From the mismanagement and indecision over extricating itself from its empire to the Suez Canal crisis. In the …

Shawgi Tell (2020-01-31). Charter Schools Are Part of Private Law, Not Public Law. dissidentvoice.org Public law and private law are separate spheres of law that operate according to different standards and relationships.1 Private law governs relations between private citizens, whereas public law governs relations between individuals and the state. This distinction is critical. Private law does not concern society as a whole; public law does. Private law includes tort …

Mark Gruenberg (2020-01-30). Weingarten: Right wants states to use public dollars for religious schools. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON — The religious right wants the U.S. Supreme Court to force states to use public dollars for religious schools, Teachers President Randi Weingarten warns. In a message to her union's 1.6 million members late last month, the AFT leader, a civics and government teacher from New York City, adds the religious rightists are counting …

Staff (2020-01-30). "Coded Bias": New Film Looks at Fight Against Racial Bias in Facial Recognition & AI Technology. democracynow.org A new documentary looks at the dangers of artificial intelligence and its increasing omnipresence in daily life, as new research shows that it often reflects racist biases. Earlier this month, Cambridge, Massachusetts, became the latest major city to ban facial recognition technology, joining a growing number of cities, including San Francisco, to ban the artificial intelligence, citing flawed technology and racial and gender bias. A recent study also found that facial recognition identified African-American and Asian faces incorrectly 10 to 100 times more than white faces. The film "Coded Bias" begins with Joy B…

Arianna Demas (2020-01-30). The Government Is Trying to Strip Student Workers of the Ability to Unionize. aclu.org The federal government recently

Staff (2020-01-28). Chinese Artist & Filmmaker Ai Weiwei on State Violence from Mexico to Hong Kong to Xinjiang. democracynow.org In 2014, 43 students from Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College disappeared after they were abducted in Iguala, Mexico. More than five years after their disappearance, the families of the students are still fighting for justice. The story is the subject of a stunning new documentary by the world-renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. The film, "Vivos," follows the families of the disappeared students in their daily lives as they grapple with the absence of their loved ones and attempt to hold the Mexican government accountable for their disappearance. We sat down with Ai Weiwei earlier this week at the Sund…

Jay Stanley (2020-01-28). What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus Outbreak: A Civil Liberties Perspective. aclu.org The world is watching anxiously to see what happens with the | coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China. As scientists and public health | officials in the United States learn more about the virus, and as we all see | how bad the outbreak turns out to be, it is important that public policymaking | remain firmly centered around science. | Unfortunately, our history of reactions to infectious | disease outbreaks suggests that if this outbreak becomes severe, we're likely | to see strong pressure to the contrary. In particular, we can expect three | things: | We can expect some to | panic.: | Unfortu…

splcenter (2020-01-28). SPLC sues Alabama school district for violating students' due process rights after cell phone is mistaken for gun. splcenter.org Andre and his friend were taking turns on a cell phone, playing a video game called Last Day on Earth: Survival — about staying alive on a zombie-infested planet — when a real-life gunshot rang out.

splcenter (2020-01-23). Former College Student, Atomwaffen Sympathizer Faces Charges of 'Swatting' Calls. splcenter.org A former Virginia college student the FBI says is affiliated with violent neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen has been charged with helping coordinate and make "swatting" phone calls around the country and the globe.

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