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2021-05-09: News Headlines

Eurasia Review (2021-05-10). Healthy Young Adults Who Had COVID-19 Might Have Long-Term Impact On Their Blood Vessels And Heart Health. eurasiareview.com New research published in Experimental Physiology highlight the possible long term health impacts of COVID-19 on young, relatively healthy adults who were not hospitalized and who only had minor symptoms due to the virus. | Increased stiffness of arteries in particular was found in young adults, which may impact heart health, and can also be important for other populations who may have had severe cases of the virus. This means that young, healthy adults with mild COVID-19 symptoms may increase their risk of cardiovascular complications which may continue for some time after COVID-19 infection. | While SARS-CoV…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-10). Chemical Analysis Of Rare Earth Elements Used To Learn About Prehistoric Human Activity. eurasiareview.com The research group led by Gianni Gallello, from the Department of Prehistory, Archaeology and Ancient History of the University of Valencia, has used the analysis of rare earth elements for the first time to find human activity in a prehistoric cave. Through the analysis of the archaeological strata, with chemical methods, it has been possible to interpret the occupation and uses of the Cocina Cave (Dos Aguas). Previously, the ArchaeChemis group tested it in deposits in Ethiopia and Tanzania. | Rare earth elements are common chemical elements in the earth's crust whose importance as a strategic resource has be…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-10). Sea Level Rise: Rapid And Unstoppable Unless Paris Agreement Targets Met. eurasiareview.com New research, published this week in Nature, models the impacts on the Antarctic Ice Sheet of several different global warming scenarios and the resulting effects on global sea levels. The study was led by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and included a researcher from McGill University. The scenarios that were considered range from meeting the Paris Agreement target of 2 ∞C warming and an aspirational 1.5 ∞C scenario to our current course which, if not altered, will yield three or more degrees of warming. | An accelerated pace of future sea level rise?: | If the more optimistic 1.5…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-10). Migratory Songbirds Climb To Extreme Altitudes During Daytime. eurasiareview.com Great reed warblers normally migrate by night during its month-long migration from northern Europe to Sub-Saharan Africa. However, researchers have now discovered that during the few occasions when it continues to fly during daytime, it flies at extremely high altitudes (up to 6300 meters). One possible explanation for this unexpected and consistent behaviour could be that the birds want to avoid overheating. The study is published inScience. | Most of the many millions of songbirds that migrate every year between Europe and Africa fly by night and spend the daytime hours resting and eating. Some species, whic…

Brian Shilhavy (2021-05-09). No Vaccine Passports in Texas! Medical Doctors Testify Before State Senate to Oppose Mandatory COVID Shots. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. This past week …

Maya Chossudovsky-Ladouceur (2021-05-09). Celebrating Mother's Day amid the COVID-19 Lockdown. Your Government Doesn't Allow You to "Hug your Mom". globalresearch.ca First published on May 9, 2020. | One year later, the same oppressive lockdown directives prevail. | Mother's Day. Sunday 10th of May 2020. [last year] The day families gather together, the day people in many countries around the World celebrate motherhood …

_____ (2021-05-09). Activists In Mississippi Challenge Constitutionality Of Anti-Strike Law. popularresistance.org A political time bomb is ticking in Greenville, and the explosion could transform the state's public education environment for decades to come. | Last Monday and Tuesday, between 13-20 bus drivers for the Greenville Public School District — some of the lowest paid employees in one of the most under-resourced school districts in one of the most under-resourced regions of America — skipped work to protest reduced pay and what they called poor work conditions. | As far as anyone knows, this was the first organized work stoppage in Mississippi public schools since 9,429 teachers walked out in a 1985 strik…

Paul Cech (2021-05-09). Earth Day 2021: Continuing Education. dissidentvoice.org I sat Reading about Bernardone and Thoreau Continuing Ed. about Seeing the tree within the forest Seeing the individual within humanity Listening to Denver Relearning about the inspiration Found within a landscape Reconnecting to the flora, fauna, and each other Remembering a temperature inversion and smog in Donora, PA And the Clean Air Act Remembering …

Anna Buss (2021-05-09). Bolsonaro's Administration Attempts to Silence Indigenous Leaders for Criticizing Its Handling of the Pandemic. counterpunch.org Under the rightwing presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilians are once again witnessing intimidation tactics against anyone who speaks out against his government. Bolsonaro and his administration have attacked the press, specific journalists, a Supreme Court justice, opposition leaders, the health and science institution FIOCRUZ, and many others. This disturbing trend has just targeted two indigenous

Editor2 (2021-05-09). Venezuela's Popular Democracy Under Siege: A Conversation with Elías Jaua. orinocotribune.com Chavez's former Vice President and long-time minister talks about the internal dynamics of the Bolivarian process. | Politician and intellectual Elías Jaua served under Chávez as agriculture minister and vice president. Under Nicolás Maduro's presidency, he has been minister of foreign affairs, of communes, and of education. Now Jaua belongs to the PSUV direction, and he frequently writes about Venezuela, defending the country from imperialist attacks and speaking up for popular power as the cornerstone of the Chavista project. | In a recent article, you argued for opening a debate among the revolutionary cadres…

VOA (2021-05-09). Afghanistan: Taliban Declare Three-day Ceasefire For Eid Holiday. eurasiareview.com By Ayaz Gul | The Taliban have announced a nationwide cease-fire in Afghanistan that will take effect when the three-day annual Muslim festival of Eid-al-Fitr begins Thursday, marking the end of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. | The announcement follows a spike in attacks by the Islamist insurgent group against government forces across many Afghan provinces. It also comes a day after multiple blasts outside a girls school in Kabul killed more than 60 people, mostly students. | The Taliban said Sunday its leadership has instructed all insurgent fighters "to halt all offensive operations against the enemy"

Lauren Bauer (2021-05-09). The COVID-19 Crisis Has Already Left Too Many Children Hungry in America. globalresearch.ca Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity has increased in the United States. This is particularly true for households with young children. | I document new evidence from two nationally representative surveys that were initiated to provide up-to-date estimates …

_____ (2021-05-09). Platform Co-op Plans Revolution For Online Tutoring And Teaching. popularresistance.org With schools across the world shutting due to Covid-19, e-learning has become an increasingly popular option around the world — but while this has increased platform revenues, teachers' pay has stayed the same. | "Last year, during lockdown, I decided to start something different," says John Hayes, co-founder of MyCoolClass, an international teacher-owned platform co-op set for launch next month. He hails from California but has been living in Warsaw, Poland, for nearly six years while working as an ESL teacher, in language schools and online. | After speaking with other freelance teachers and professionals…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-09). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ramping up COVID-19 vaccination rate in race against virus. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 cases are falling in the U.S. because 245 million doses of one of the available COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, according to Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "But at the same time, there are still people who need more information about the safety and the value …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-09). When will COVID-19 vaccines be available for children? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Anyone 16 and older is now approved to be vaccinated for COVID-19, but researchers hope to open up vaccinations for those under 16 soon. Clinical trials for the Pfizer vaccine with children ages 12-15 have shown promising results. "In the last month or so we have seen Pfizer release some really exciting data in the …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-09). Exploring health care disparities in minority populations. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In recognition of National Minority Health Month, a number of Mayo Clinic experts participated in a virtual Mayo Clinic media briefing to discuss health care disparities that affect racial and ethnic minority populations in the U.S. The experts addressed health education, early detection and control of disease complications. These are some of the topics discussed: …

DMG (2021-05-09). Myanmar: Dozens Of Sittwe University Staff Dismissed For Joining Civil Disobedience Movement. eurasiareview.com Thirty-five instructors from Sittwe University in the Arakan State capital have been dismissed for joining the civil disobedience movement, according to a letter signed by Dr. Khin Maung Zaw, acting rector of the University. | The letter released on May 6 said those absent on May 3 without excuse were dismissed from that day onward. | A list of staff joining the CDM is being compiled and sent to the Ministry of Education daily, and the 35 teachers dismissed were included on the list, an official of Sittwe University told DMG. | "We have to send a list of teachers who are joining the CDM and not joining the CDM…

Dr. Gary G. Kohls (2021-05-09). Women's Rights and Social Justice: Julia Ward Howe's 1870 Anti-War Mother's Day Proclamation, A Day of Peace. globalresearch.ca Julia Ward Howe was a humanist who cared about suffering people, a feminist, a social justice activist & suffragette, and it was because of her anti-war commitment that she wrote the famous "Mother's Day Proclamation" 5 years after the Civil War, which resulted in 600,000 dead American soldiers…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-09). Science Saturday: Researchers explore personalized approach to anti-obesity medications. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Individualized medicine initiatives mainly focus on rare diseases or cancer. Little has been attempted to individualize treatment for noncommunicable chronic diseases such as obesity — a chronic, relapsing disease, and a primary cause of Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, cardiovascular disease and cancer. There are many obesity interventions, such as diets, devices, surgery and …

Brian Berletic (2021-05-09). US Encirclement of China: A Progress Report. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Tensions between Washington …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-09). New therapy shortens treatment for HPV-related cancers of the tonsils, tongue. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Patients with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer who undergo surgery and are treated with chemotherapy, may be able to forgo significant radiation therapy without increasing the risk of their cancer spreading, according to the results of a clinical trial led by researchers at Mayo Clinic. "We found that decreasing the amount of radiation therapy after a minimally invasive robotic …

Staff (2021-05-09). IRGC, Army made great strides in field of defense systems. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — "Over the past years, we have made great strides in the field of research and producing of defense systems, including missile, radar, and electronic warfare systems", IRGC Aerospace Force Commander said.

Eurasia Review (2021-05-09). Cricket Bats Should Be Made From Bamboo Not Willow. eurasiareview.com Bamboo cricket bats are stronger, offer a better 'sweet spot' and deliver more energy to the ball than those made from traditional willow, tests conducted by the University of Cambridge show. Bamboo could, the study argues, help cricket to expand faster in poorer parts of the world and make the sport more environmentally friendly. | "The sound of leather on willow" may have delighted cricket lovers for generations but the sport should now consider making the blades of its bats with bamboo, say researchers from Cambridge's Centre for Natural Material Innovation. | Dr Darshil Shah and Ben Tinkler-Davies compared…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-09). Dinosaurs That Hunted In The Dark. eurasiareview.com Today's 10,000 species of birds live in virtually every habitat on Earth, but only a handful have adaptations enabling them to hunt active prey in the dark of night. Scientists have long wondered whether theropod dinosaurs – the group that gave rise to modern birds – had similar sensory adaptations. | A new study led by University of the Witwatersrand scientist, Professor Jonah Choiniere, sought to investigate how vision and hearing abilities of dinosaurs and birds compared. The international team of researchers used CT scanning and detailed measurements to collect information on the relative size of the eyes…

Published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute (2021-05-09). The US-Japan Summit: Uneventful And Indecisive — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By June Teufel Dreyer* | (

Eurasia Review (2021-05-09). Hologram Experts Can Now Create Real-Life Images That Move In The Air. eurasiareview.com They may be tiny weapons, but Brigham Young University's holography research group has figured out how to create lightsabers — green for Yoda and red for Darth Vader, naturally — with actual luminous beams rising from them. | Inspired by the displays of science fiction, the researchers have also engineered battles between equally small versions of the Starship Enterprise and a Klingon Battle Cruiser that incorporate photon torpedoes launching and striking the enemy vessel that you can see with the naked eye. | "What you're seeing in the scenes we create is real; there is nothing computer generated about them…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-09). New Weather Warning Gauge. eurasiareview.com Australia, the driest inhabited continent, is prone to natural disasters and wild swings in weather conditions – from floods to droughts, heatwaves and bushfires. | Now two new Flinders University studies of long-term hydro-climatic patterns provide fresh insights into the causes of the island continent's strong climate variability which affect extreme wet or dry weather and other conditions vital to water supply, agriculture, the environment and the nation's future. | For the first time, researchers from the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT) at Flinders have revealed a vegetation-m…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-09). Soybean And Linseed Oils Added To Cows' Diet Improve Quality Of Milk. eurasiareview.com Inclusion of soybean and linseed oils in the diet of dairy cows made the fatty acid content of their milk even healthier for human nutrition. It also increased the proportions of omega-6 and omega-3, which in the right balance play a key role in preventing cardiovascular diseases, for example, as well as chronic inflammation and some kinds of cancer. | Cardiovascular diseases are one of the world's main public health problems. In Brazil, they are among the foremost causes of death. Each year some 300,000 Brazilians have heart attacks, dying in 30% of cases, according to the Health Ministry. | Research led by A…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-09). With Bacteria Against Coral Bleaching. eurasiareview.com Corals are the backbone of marine ecosystems in the tropics. They are threatened by rising water temperatures caused by global warming and they are among the first ecosystems worldwide that are on the verge of ecological collapse. Coral bleaching, which is becoming stronger and more frequent due to heat stress, has already wiped out corals at many locations globally. With the help of a microbiome-targeting strategy developed by an international team led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, it could become feasible to help protect corals from heat stress. The work has now been published in the in…

sputniknews (2021-05-09). Scenarios of Chinese Rocket Debris Fall Emerge as Israel, Saudi Arabia, N Zealand Possibly at Risk. sputniknews.com A Chinese CZ-5B rocket is in the spotlight of global attention as it tumbles through the atmosphere approaching Earth, with its final destination yet unknown, keeping scientists and skywatchers around the world guessing.

sputniknews (2021-05-09). Big Brother In Space: Satellite Photos Could Help Combat Illegal Gold Mining in Peru. sputniknews.com The new methodology essentially allows the relatively subtle signs of mining activity to be detected on satellite photos of our planet's surface, thus allowing the authorities to track down possible illegal operations.

sputniknews (2021-05-09). 'Failing to Meet Responsible Standards': NASA Slams China Over Rocket Debris. sputniknews.com The main module carried by the rocket is poised to be the control hub for the Tiangong (or "Heavenly Palace") orbital station that China wants to finish assembling by 2022.

sputniknews (2021-05-09). South Korea Reportedly Cracks Down on Online Cryptocurrency Phishing Scams. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The South Korean government intends to join hands with the national police to battle the rise of phishing websites linked to cryptocurrencies as prices of virtual money soar, the Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday, citing the ministry of communication technologies.

Kids Rise Up (2021-05-09). Harvey Milk Students Protest at Castro Safeway After Racial Profiling Incident. indybay.org After a Black 11-year-old boy was falsely accused of stealing a sandwich at a Castro neighborhood Safeway, security guards detained him even though he showed his receipt. Fellow students at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academic Elementary, with help from parents and staff, marched on the Safeway and demonstrated in front of the store.

Labor Video Project (2021-05-09). CCSF Students Rally At Mission High & March To Save City College. indybay.org Students and supporters of San Francisco City College rallied at Mission High and then marched to CCSF Board of Trustees member Tom Temprano's home. Temprano has supported the shutdown of campuses and the layoffs of 160 faculty members which would close many departments and ethnic studies. He works for SF Supervisor Rafael Mandelman who supports the privatization of the college and pushed the sale of the Balboa reservoir to a for profit developer Avalon.

Student Led March (2021-05-09). From Fruitvale BART to Alameda Police Department: Justice 4 Mario Gonzalez. indybay.org March 3: A student-led rally, vigil, and march for Mario Gonzalez, who died on April 19 while in custody of the Alameda, CA, Police Department.

sputniknews (2021-05-09). NYC Teacher Reportedly Caught in Foreplay With Topless Man During Zoom Class. sputniknews.com As classes, job assignments and a variety of other activities are being transferred from the real world to the virtual, a bunch of funny (or not so much) incidents have taken place, in some instances causing grave repercussions for those involved.

Dr. Azly Rahman (2021-05-09). Discover Personacracy, Not Demon-cracy: A Mother's Day Musing — OpEd. eurasiareview.com How do welearn to tolerate each other in the scheme of our daily existence, and in our journey towards realising the full potential of our emerging brand of multiculturalism, in any pluralistic nation? | How do we begin to think like a transculturalist in a nation that is increasingly becoming more and more diverse and in need of radical changes in the way we live, work, and play? | How do we teach ourselves the notion of meaningful democracy, one that is alive and closer to our heart's desire so that we may feel it and become its good participants? | How do we make democracy personal and not, as a friend of m…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-08). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ramping up COVID-19 vaccination rate in race against virus. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 cases are falling in the U.S. because 245 million doses of one of the available COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, according to Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "But at the same time, there are still people who need more information about the safety and the value …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-08). When will COVID-19 vaccines be available for children? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Anyone 16 and older is now approved to be vaccinated for COVID-19, but researchers hope to open up vaccinations for those under 16 soon. Clinical trials for the Pfizer vaccine with children ages 12-15 have shown promising results. "In the last month or so we have seen Pfizer release some really exciting data in the …

WSWS (2021-05-08). Los Angeles teacher describes unsafe and intolerable working conditions. wsws.org LAUSD educators face not only unsafe conditions, but longer hours, increased workloads, requirements to get COVID-19 tests on their own time and added duties that they did not previously have to perform.

Shawgi Tell (2021-05-08). More Than 1,650 Charter Schools Closed in Seven Years. dissidentvoice.org According to the U.S. Department of Education, 1,654 charter schools closed between 2010-2011 and 2016-2017. That is an average of 236 charter school closures per year, which is a big bite out of the total number of charter schools in a short period of time. Today there exist roughly 7,300 charter schools, which is less …

Robert Hunziker (2021-05-08). An Urgent Call for Action by Nobel Laureates. dissidentvoice.org "Our Planet, Our Future, An Urgent Call for Action" is the title of the 2021 Nobel Prize Summit. As a follow up to that summit, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recently published Our Planet, Our Future: An Urgent Call for Action d/d April 29th 2021. The opening paragraph of the Noble Laureate …

Jupiter Brown (2021-05-08). Black student, 17, killed by cops in Knoxville, Tenn; community demands justice. liberationnews.org On April 12, police killed Anthony Thompson Jr., a 17-year-old Black student.

Zack Linly (2021-05-08). Kansas Baseball Coach Suspended, Facing Termination Over Allegations That He Told a Black Student to Turn Off His 'N-Word Music'. theroot.com Another day, another mediocre white man joins the "

Zack Linly (2021-05-08). Mitch McConnell's Own Alma Mater Knows He Doesn't Know WTF He's Talking About When it Comes to The 1619 Project. theroot.com By now, you must be aware of what I call the Republican war on blackness in education. GOPropagandists with GOPoor critical thinking skills have been GO

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-05-08). The Spoils of War: Afghanistan's Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade. globalresearch.ca Since the US led invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, the Golden Crescent opium trade has soared. According to the US media, this lucrative contraband is protected by Osama, the Taliban, not to mention, of course, the regional warlords, in defiance of the "international community".

South Front (2021-05-08). Video: The Al Qaeda Affiliated "Moderate Opposition" in Northern Syria. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. As soon as …

Anonymous669 (2021-05-08). Massacre In Kabul: At Least 40 Killed In Girl School Bombing (Video). southfront.org Screen grab from TOLO News video. | At least 40 people were killed on May 8 when three explosions rocked the Sayed ul Shuhada school to the west of the Afghan capital Kabul. | The first explosion was caused by a booby-trapped car. Later, two rockets landed near the school, which hosts mostly female students. | A spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Tariq Arian, said that 25 people were killed. However, Ghulam Dastagir Nazari, a spokesman for the Health Ministry, put the death toll at 46 people. Most of the victims…

Peter Koenig (2021-05-08). Beware of Covid PCR Testing and the Relentless "Vaccinate Vaccinate Vaccinate" Campaign. globalresearch.ca This therapy is untested. No substantial animal trials. In the few animal trials carried out, all animals died. Claiming an emergency, the FDA recognizes the gravity of the current public health emergency and has granted a so-called Emergency Use Application (EUA) for what effectively is a gene-therapy, not a vaccine.

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2021-05-08: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-05-08). Los Angeles teacher describes unsafe and intolerable working conditions. wsws.org LAUSD educators face not only unsafe conditions, but longer hours, increased workloads, requirements to get COVID-19 tests on their own time and added duties that they did not previously have to perform.

Peter Koenig (2021-05-08). Beware of Covid PCR Testing and the Relentless "Vaccinate Vaccinate Vaccinate" Campaign. globalresearch.ca This therapy is untested. No substantial animal trials. In the few animal trials carried out, all animals died. Claiming an emergency, the FDA recognizes the gravity of the current public health emergency and has granted a so-called Emergency Use Application (EUA) for what effectively is a gene-therapy, not a vaccine.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-08). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ramping up COVID-19 vaccination rate in race against virus. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 cases are falling in the U.S. because 245 million doses of one of the available COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, according to Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "But at the same time, there are still people who need more information about the safety and the value …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-08). When will COVID-19 vaccines be available for children? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Anyone 16 and older is now approved to be vaccinated for COVID-19, but researchers hope to open up vaccinations for those under 16 soon. Clinical trials for the Pfizer vaccine with children ages 12-15 have shown promising results. "In the last month or so we have seen Pfizer release some really exciting data in the …

Shawgi Tell (2021-05-08). More Than 1,650 Charter Schools Closed in Seven Years. dissidentvoice.org According to the U.S. Department of Education, 1,654 charter schools closed between 2010-2011 and 2016-2017. That is an average of 236 charter school closures per year, which is a big bite out of the total number of charter schools in a short period of time. Today there exist roughly 7,300 charter schools, which is less …

Jupiter Brown (2021-05-08). Black student, 17, killed by cops in Knoxville, Tenn; community demands justice. liberationnews.org On April 12, police killed Anthony Thompson Jr., a 17-year-old Black student.

Zack Linly (2021-05-08). Kansas Baseball Coach Suspended, Facing Termination Over Allegations That He Told a Black Student to Turn Off His 'N-Word Music'. theroot.com Another day, another mediocre white man joins the "

Zack Linly (2021-05-08). Mitch McConnell's Own Alma Mater Knows He Doesn't Know WTF He's Talking About When it Comes to The 1619 Project. theroot.com By now, you must be aware of what I call the Republican war on blackness in education. GOPropagandists with GOPoor critical thinking skills have been GO

Anonymous669 (2021-05-08). Massacre In Kabul: At Least 40 Killed In Girl School Bombing (Video). southfront.org Screen grab from TOLO News video. | At least 40 people were killed on May 8 when three explosions rocked the Sayed ul Shuhada school to the west of the Afghan capital Kabul. | The first explosion was caused by a booby-trapped car. Later, two rockets landed near the school, which hosts mostly female students. | A spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Tariq Arian, said that 25 people were killed. However, Ghulam Dastagir Nazari, a spokesman for the Health Ministry, put the death toll at 46 people. Most of the victims…

South Front (2021-05-08). Video: The Al Qaeda Affiliated "Moderate Opposition" in Northern Syria. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. As soon as …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-05-08). The Spoils of War: Afghanistan's Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade. globalresearch.ca Since the US led invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, the Golden Crescent opium trade has soared. According to the US media, this lucrative contraband is protected by Osama, the Taliban, not to mention, of course, the regional warlords, in defiance of the "international community".

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-05-08). Iran condemns terrorist attack on Kabul school. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh condemned a terrorist attack on an educational center in the west of the Afghan capital of Kabul.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-08). Exploring health care disparities in minority populations. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In recognition of National Minority Health Month, a number of Mayo Clinic experts participated in a virtual Mayo Clinic media briefing to discuss health care disparities that affect racial and ethnic minority populations in the U.S. The experts addressed health education, early detection and control of disease complications. These are some of the topics discussed: …

Editor2 (2021-05-08). Days Against Homophobia and Transphobia Began in Cuba. orinocotribune.com HAVANA, Cuba, May 5 (ACN) With the purpose of contributing to the development of comprehensive education on sexuality and the recognition and guarantee of the sexual rights of all people, the 14th edition of the Cuban Conference against Homophobia and Transphobia began on Tuesday, scheduled to last until May 31. | Specialists from the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX), who coordinate and organize the activities together with civil society institutions and the Cuban State, in a press conference said that this year the awareness-raising actions are framed in the process of modification of the Family Code,…

Michael Welch (2021-05-08). Let Mumia Out! Exploring Racial Justice as the Sun Sets over George Floyd. globalresearch.ca In recent days, Mumia Abu-Jamal, the former Black Panther and radio journalist who was arrested and charged under suspicious conditions, was taken to a hospital. Mumia has just entered his 40th year as an incarcerated prisoner.

Eurasia Review (2021-05-08). Exploring Functionality In Aquatic Ecosystems. eurasiareview.com The functions of water-dominated ecosystems can be considerably influenced and changed by hydrological fluctuation. The varying states of redox-active substances are of crucial importance here. Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have discovered this, in cooperation with partners from the Universities of Tàºbingen and Bristol and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle-Leipzig. They present their discovery in the journal Nature Geoscience. The new study enables a more precise understanding of the biogeochemical processes that contribute to the degradation of pollutants and the reducti…

Paul Goble (2021-05-08). EU-Russian Trans-Border Cooperation Continues But Increasingly Reflects Civilizational Divide — OpEd. eurasiareview.com Many cooperation programs between the European Union and Russia have been discontinued. Trans-border cooperation, however, continues, although largely by inertia and increasingly reflecting the civilizational divide between the EU with its participatory democracy and Russia with its "unworthy government," Gleb Yarovoy says. | Yarovoy, a former instructor at Petrozavodsk State University and now a researcher at the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu, is the author of Regionalism and Trans-Border Cooperation in Europe (in Russian, St. Petersburg, 2007). He assesses the current situation in an essay for the…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-08). Study Tracked Large Sharks During Hurricanes. eurasiareview.com A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science tracked large sharks in Miami and The Bahamas to understand how these migratory animals respond to major storms, like hurricanes. | The researchers analyzed acoustic tag data from tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier), bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas), nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum), and great hammerheads (Sphyrna mokarran) before, during, and after Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Irma in 2017. They found that they behaved differently by species and location. | For example, in response t…

Eurasia Review (2021-05-08). 'Natural Disasters' Increase Triggers For Violence Against Women And Girls. eurasiareview.com 'Natural disasters,' sparked by climate change and other natural hazards, increase the triggers for violence against women and girls by boosting the means, opportunity, and underlying drivers, finds a review of the available evidence, published in the online journal BMJ Global Health. | As these disasters are increasing in frequency, severity, and duration worldwide, this consequence must now be formally recognised in public health, violence prevention, and disaster management strategies, urge the researchers. | Over the past two decades, 7348 disasters precipitated by natural hazards were recorded. This is ne…

Observer Research Foundation (2021-05-08). US Backs Plan To Waive Vaccine Patents, Ball In EU Court — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Seema Sirohi | After months of indecision, the United States has finally It's a significant move in all its manifestations. Credit must go to strong and persistent advocacy by Democratic Party progressives and advocates of patient rights and to Indian and South African diplomats for…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-08). Science Saturday: Researchers explore personalized approach to anti-obesity medications. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Individualized medicine initiatives mainly focus on rare diseases or cancer. Little has been attempted to individualize treatment for noncommunicable chronic diseases such as obesity — a chronic, relapsing disease, and a primary cause of Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, cardiovascular disease and cancer. There are many obesity interventions, such as diets, devices, surgery and …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-08). New therapy shortens treatment for HPV-related cancers of the tonsils, tongue. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Patients with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer who undergo surgery and are treated with chemotherapy, may be able to forgo significant radiation therapy without increasing the risk of their cancer spreading, according to the results of a clinical trial led by researchers at Mayo Clinic. "We found that decreasing the amount of radiation therapy after a minimally invasive robotic …

sputniknews (2021-05-08). Hunter Biden's Secretary Reportedly Sent Him Flirty Emails. sputniknews.com The assistant also reportedly sent Hunter Biden research on Donald Trump to help Joe Biden's 2020 election bid during the campaign.

sputniknews (2021-05-08). Strange New Brain Disease Leaves Doctors in Canada Scratching Their Heads. sputniknews.com While researchers hunting for the cause of the new disease have already come up with several theories, one neurologist has pointed out that "nothing can be excluded" at this point.

sputniknews (2021-05-08). New Study Claiming 'Fungus' Spotted on Mars Met With Scepticism Among Scholars. sputniknews.com The team behind the new research did admit that the objects of their study may be "abiotic", since they cannot rule out "minerals, weathering, and unknown geological forces that are unique to Mars and unknown and alien to Earth."

Edward Curtin (2021-05-08). Walking with Fr. Daniel Berrigan, S.J., a Criminal for Peace. globalresearch.ca Today is a day to celebrate the prophetic voice and witness of Fr. Daniel Berrigan, the non-violent anti-war activist and poet, whose life and witness has touched so many lives. He was born on May 9, 1921 and would …

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2021-05-08). Holocaustàºberlebende Vera Sharav: Stoppt den Masterplan Eugenik! globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Die ‚ÄûNeue Rheinische …

WSWS (2021-05-08). Attack on Bristol University Professor David Miller spearheads national anti-Semitism witch-hunt. wsws.org Miller's important research made him the target of a rotten smear campaign by the Labour Party, falsely alleging anti-Semitism, and earned him the enmity of the pro-Israel lobby and parliamentary war hawks of both parties, as well as the Israeli government.

Ding Ding, I-Min Lee, Adrian E Bauman, Ulf Ekelund, Emmanuel Stamatakis (2021-05-08). [Correspondence] Dietary risk versus physical inactivity: a forced comparison with policy implications? thelancet.com The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study1 has an ongoing commitment to global health. We respect the huge efforts of GBD researchers, but we are concerned about how the risk factor burden estimates inform the non-communicable disease prevention agenda. For example, diet and physical activity, which are both established components of healthy lifestyles, but the GBD estimated that deaths and disability-adjusted life-years attributable to physical inactivity are less than 10% of those attributable to diet (derived from figure 3 in the GBD study).

Eurasia Review (2021-05-08). New English Premier League Soccer Ball More Stable, Drags More. eurasiareview.com Scientists from the Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences at the University of Tsukuba used aerodynamics experiments to empirically test the flight properties of a new four-panel soccer ball adopted by the English Premier League this year. Based on projectile and wind-tunnel data, they computed the drag and side forces and found that the new ball was marginally more stable than previous versions but may not fly as far. This work may help improve the design of future sports equipment. | Sports players know that millions of dollars in salary and potential endorsement deals can be at stake during each match. Socc…

sputniknews (2021-05-08). Destiny Calling? 'Elon' Predicted to 'Lead Humans on Mars' in Book by Legendary Rocket Physicist. sputniknews.com SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has long nurtured ambitious hopes of one day colonising Mars and sustaining human life there. Recently he took to Twitter to say that launching an uncrewed flight mission to the Red Planet in 2024 was "not out of the question".

sputniknews (2021-05-08). Silence, Venus is Speaking! NASA Turns Planet's Radio Signals Into Sound. sputniknews.com Data obtained by a probe has helped NASA determine an apparent correlation between the solar cycle and the thickness of the Venusian ionosphere.

sputniknews (2021-05-08). Bill Gates Names Three Most Important Inventions of All Time. sputniknews.com Among other things, Bill Gates, who has just written a book about fighting climate change, said there is an urgent need to act on the matter.

WSWS (2021-05-08). NYU graduate student strike set to enter its third week as union seeks to officially end strike at Columbia. wsws.org Late Thursday night, NYU raised its offered increase of hourly wages from $21.50 to $25, beginning September 2020, with a following yearly raise of 2.5 percent, which is the equivalent of the projected inflation rate.

Staff (2021-05-08). Iranian Students Association in Moscow observe Quds Day. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) — Members of the Iranian Students Association in Moscow observed International Quds Day by gathering in a Mosque in Moscow.

Student Led March (2021-05-08). From Fruitvale BART to Alameda Police Department: Justice 4 Mario Gonzalez. indybay.org March 3: A student-led rally, vigil, and march for Mario Gonzalez, who died on April 19 while in custody of the Alameda, CA, Police Department.

sputniknews (2021-05-08). Scandal in French Air Force as Pilots Tie Pilot to Pole at Firing Range and Drop Bombs Around Him. sputniknews.com The French Penal Code punishes acts of hazing ('bizutage') with up to six months in prison and a 7,500 euro fine. Until recently, hazing had been seen as a 'rite of passage' symbolising a person's integration into their peer group, with soldiers, students and workers in some professions subjected to the humiliating and potentially deadly practice.

Jared Sacks (2021-05-08). Columbia student workers are taking back their union. zcomm.org In a historic vote, student workers at Columbia University reclaim their union from the bureaucrats, reversing a trend of top-down union organizing…

Labor Video Project (2021-05-08). CCSF Students Rally At Mission High & March To Save City College. indybay.org Students and supporters of San Francisco City College rallied at Mission High and then marched to CCSF Board of Trustees member Tom Temprano's home. Temprano has supported the shutdown of campuses and the layoffs of 160 faculty members which would close many departments and ethnic studies. He works for SF Supervisor Rafael Mandelman who supports the privatization of the college and pushed the sale of the Balboa reservoir to a for profit developer Avalon.

Sophia Purdy-Moore (2021-05-08). This charity is teaching children that Black British history is British history. thecanary.co AQA has approved The importance of teaching Black history: | The charity works to support and uplift marginalised young people through a ra…

Staff (2021-05-07). Iran coronavirus update: 17,076 news cases, 335 deaths. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) — According to the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, 17,076 new cases of COVID-19 infections have been detected across the country in the past 24 hours.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-07). High vaccination rate is key to future course of COVID-19 pandemic, Mayo Clinic computer modeling shows. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Mayo Clinic data scientists who developed highly accurate computer modeling to predict trends for COVID-19 cases nationwide have new research that shows how important a high rate of vaccination is to reducing case numbers and controlling the pandemic. Vaccination is making a striking difference in Minnesota and keeping the current level of positive cases …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-07). Mayo Clinic researchers question effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for solid organ transplant patients. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A small study from Mayo Clinic researchers raises the concern that some transplant patients may have a limited immune response after being vaccinated for COVID-19 with an mRNA vaccine. Their findings are published as a letter to the editor in the American Journal of Transplantation. The letter covers seven organ transplant recipients …

Simon Black (2021-05-07). Children Are Far More Likely to Die from Diarrhea than COVID-19. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. In the winter …

Swiss Policy Research (2021-05-07). COVID Vaccines: The Tip of the Iceberg. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Preface | SPR carefully …

Michael Hiltzik (2021-05-07). Biden's Plan to Waive Vaccine Patents Is Good News, but Not Enough to Beat the Pandemic Within a Privatized Pharmaceutical System. commondreams.org "The best thing that may come out of the patent waiver debate could be a fresh look at how pharmaceutical research and development is funded, and how its benefits should be distributed." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

G. Dunkel (2021-05-07). New York union protests racist austerity. workers.org New York City A New York State budget that underfunds education was denounced as racist austerity by union members and allies at an April 27 rally and march in Manhattan. The Professional Staff Congress-CUNY rallies, with president Barbara Bowman on the bullhorn, New York City, April 27. WW Photo: G.Dunkel . . . |

Zack Linly (2021-05-07). Alaska Teacher Caught on Video Victim Blaming George Floyd, Telling Students That Dressing Like a 'Thug' Attracts Cops. theroot.com Booooy, when I tell you these white "educators" are going to learn to keep the names of Black victims of police violence out of their mouths.

Staff (2021-05-07). #FreePalestinianStudents campaign update: Join a letter-writing action online; Israeli attacks on students continue. samidoun.net There are hundreds of Palestinian high school and university students among the approximately 4,500 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails, in many cases specifically targeted for Israeli colonial imprisonment and repression for their student activism, organizing student events and participation in student elections and other political and social activities on campus. As Israeli settlers rampage through Jerusalem and Palestinians resist the threatened impending forced transfer and ethnic cleansing in Sheikh Jarrah, occupied Jerusalem, the attacks on Palestinian students — and their organizing and…

Global Research News (2021-05-07). Selected Articles: As NATO Summit Approaches: Will Biden Keep U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Turkey? globalresearch.ca By It has been estimated that the Pentagon maintains 50 B61 tactical nuclear weapons at the ƒ∞ncirlik Air Base in the country …

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