Daily Archives: January 22, 2023

2023-01-22: News Headlines

SouthFront5 (2023-01-22). War To Last Ukrainian As It Is. Violent Handout Of Draft Notices, January 2023 (Videos). southfront.org The people of Ukraine have become hostages of the non-Ukrainian ruling regime. | Oleksiy Arestovich, who resigned from his position as advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine a few days ago, correctly noted that the Kiev regime is completely under external control. | Even sadder is that this regime is made up of sectarians who hate the vast majority of the people of Ukraine fiercely. The nominal leader of the sect, President Zelensky, might have been a good guy, or thought he was. | Now he is a drug addi…

_____ (2023-01-22). Zelensky's Wunderwaffe Weapons. strategic-culture.org The Ukrainian war is in its end game. Checkmate is at hand, Declan Hayes writes. | March 20, 1945. With Berlin in critical danger, the Fàºhrer chooses

SouthFront5 (2023-01-22). War To Last Ukrainian As It Is. Violent Handout Of Draft Notices, January 2023 (Videos). southfront.org The people of Ukraine have become hostages of the non-Ukrainian ruling regime. | Oleksiy Arestovich, who resigned from his position as advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine a few days ago, correctly noted that the Kiev regime is completely under external control. | Even sadder is that this regime is made up of sectarians who hate the vast majority of the people of Ukraine fiercely. The nominal leader of the sect, President Zelensky, might have been a good guy, or thought he was. | Now he is a drug addi…

_____ (2023-01-22). Zelensky's Wunderwaffe Weapons. strategic-culture.org The Ukrainian war is in its end game. Checkmate is at hand, Declan Hayes writes. | March 20, 1945. With Berlin in critical danger, the Fàºhrer chooses

Anonymous103 (2023-01-22). How the U.S. Obtains New NATO Members by Subversion, Followed by Coup, Followed by Ethnic Cleansing. southfront.org Written by Eric Zuesse This is the pattern that has been used ever since the Soviet Union ended in 1991 when…

americanthinker (2023-01-22). More classified material found in Biden's Delaware home from his tenure as vice president and senator. americanthinker.com and the questions surrounding this new discovery multiply.

_____ (2023-01-22). U.S. May Help Ukraine Launch an Offensive on Crimea. strategic-culture.org

Lyynda Carson (2023-01-22). Unveiling the local fascist Republican Party. indybay.org Nazis And Republicans Appear To Be One, And The Same:…

Binoy Kampmark (2023-01-22). When Good Refugees Turn Bad. dissidentvoice.org When the first Russian forces began entering Ukrainian territory in February 2022, the instant reaction from Europe, the UK, Canada and Australia, was one of open commitment to Ukraine's refugees. The relentless human trains heading westwards were initially embraced by Poles, whose history with Ukraine is, at best, tense and sketchy. Across Europe, walls came …

Peter Becker, Gen. Erich Vad (2023-01-22). Russia's war against Ukraine and What are the war aims? indybay.org Erich Vad is an ex-brigade general. From 2006 to 2013, he was the military policy advisor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. He is one of the rare voices who spoke out publicly against arms deliveries to Ukraine early on, without political strategy or diplomatic efforts. Even now he speaks an uncomfortable truth. | This is a military escalation. We are going down a slippery slope.

Xiaolu Sun (2023-01-22). Poland to permit Ukrainian soldiers to train with Leopard tanks. america.cgtn.com Despite last Friday's failure to reach a decision to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Ukraine's troops will get to train on the modern tanks in Poland. See the latest.

Fight Back (2023-01-22). Hundreds take to the streets in Detroit for 20th annual MLK day rally and march. fightbacknews.org Detroit, Michigan – On January 16, Martin Luther King Jr Day, the Detroit MLK Day Committee organized a large gathering, which took place at Historic Saint Matthew's-Saint Joseph's Episcopal Church with the theme of "Six Decades of Mass Movements, The Struggle Continues." Issues addressed included winning full funding for the Right to Counsel Ordinance and ensuring that all Detroit residents have access to quality housing, water services, good schools, environmentally sound communities, and healthy food. Marchers also demanded an end to police crimes, no more funds to NATO and ending the proxy war in Uk…

Hank Greenberg (2023-01-22). California's record high gas prices have set the stage for showdown with oil companies and. indybay.org On November 19th, Californians paid $5.30 per gallon of gasoline, while Texans paid $3.02. Stopping this price gouging with a windfall profit cap has become a priority of the governor. If Gov. Newsom can pass a windfall profits cap, it will be viewed as a major victory over the California oil industry. | California Governor Gavin Newsom's official plan to combat these high prices was introduced by State Senator Nancy Skinner, on the day the legislature reconvened to swear in members, December 5, 2022.

Ramon du Houx (2023-01-22). 80 environmental groups & elected officials support price gouging penalty on oil companies. indybay.org 80 environmental and public health advocacy groups and elected officials have sent a letter of support to Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), author of legislation setting a price gouging penalty on refiners to be taken up in a special legislative session called for by Governor Gavin Newsom.

Robert Norse (2023-01-22). Stop Felton's Mountain Community Resource Center Driving Homeless Out Into the Rain. indybay.org Charges of cruel, discriminatory, and unnecessary evictions of unhoused folks into survival-threatening weather at Felton's Mountain Community Resource Center have prompted this protest. Two fliers describe the situation and ask the community to respond.

Juan Cole (2023-01-22). Is Israel becoming a Middle East Dictatorship under Netanyahu? 110,000 Rally against Gov't. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Some 110,000 Israelis protested Saturday night at two big rallies in Tel Aviv. So reports Al Jazeera. The larger of the two was attended by opposition politicians Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz. Lapid told Israeli radio, "We will defend the nation and democracy. We will not surrender before we reach …

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_____ (2023-01-22). China is becoming increasingly involved in Central Asia. journal-neo.org Over the last two decades, China's economic and political rise has made it a key player in global politics, particularly for neighboring Central Asia (CA). China's desire for active economic cooperation with the region, as well as its willingness to invest large sums in the implementation of projects that Central Asian countries require, are encouraging …

____ (2023-01-22). Selected outbound tours given go-ahead. ecns.cn The National Health Commission announced on Dec 26 that China would scrap the quarantine requirement for international arrivals starting on Jan 8, as it downgraded management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B.

____ (2023-01-22). China Focus: Chinese rejoice in first holiday after COVID response change. ecns.cn Starting from Saturday, the Lunar New Year's Eve or "Chuxi" in Chinese, hundreds of millions of people are celebrating the Spring Festival in China, the grandest holiday for the Chinese.

____ (2023-01-22). China rallies past South Korea for women's curling gold at Winter World University Games. ecns.cn China rallied past South Korea 6-4 in the final in Lake Placid on Saturday to win the women's curling gold medal of the 31st Winter World University Games.

____ (2023-01-22). Domestic sci-fi hit leads China's advance holiday box office. ecns.cn As of 12 a.m. Sunday, advance box office sales for China's Spring Festival holiday hit 901 million yuan (nearly 133 million U.S.The prequel to China's all-time highest-grossing sci-fi epic "The Wandering Earth" raked in 257 million yuan, accounting for about 28 percent of total bookings.

____ (2023-01-22). Expanding railway network makes China's Spring Festival travel easier. ecns.cn From 2012 to 2022, China's railway expanded from 98,000 km to 155,000 km, in which high-speed railway rose from 9,000 km to 42,000 km, a world record length, according to the National Railway Administration.

____ (2023-01-22). China's digital yuan proves its cash-like qualities with offline payments. ecns.cn "Only by taking into account these scenarios, will the digital yuan be readily available, just like paper currency.""Plus, those who have lost their phone can suspend the offline payment function by logging into the app from another mobile phone," he added.

____ (2023-01-22). IMF predicts better prospects for world economy. ecns.cn The global economic outlook might not be as bad as previously feared, with China's optimized COVID-19 measures expected to boost growth, said the IMF chief on Friday.

____ (2023-01-22). FM expresses appreciation to diplomats. ecns.cn China will deepen friendship and cooperation with all countries to jointly make new and greater contributions to world peace and prosperity, Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Friday in a festive greeting message to diplomatic corps in China.

____ (2023-01-22). COVID's peak behind us, officials say. ecns.cn China has passed its recent peak COVID-19 period for fever clinic and emergency room visits and intensive care unit admissions, and concerted efforts are being made to protect the nation's vast rural areas against the disease ahead of a major holiday, officials said on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-22). Green light for pursuit of sustainable development. ecns.cn China's State Council Information Office released a white paper titled "China's Green Development in the New Era" on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-22). Spending on R&D in China hits new high. ecns.cn China spent a record 3.09 trillion yuan ($443 billion) on research and development in 2022, a 10.4 percent year-on-year increase that came from the nation's accelerated efforts to enhance its innovation capability for more breakthroughs.

____ (2023-01-22). XAY.2 variant not detected in China. ecns.cn The COVID-19 XAY.2 variant has not been detected in China yet and the country will continue to trace it and make scientific analysis, said Chang Zhaorui from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in an interview with Xinhua.

mforinoco (2023-01-22). The IMF's Ironic Take on the Looming World Recession. orinocotribune.com By Prabhat Patanik — Jan 16, 2023 | The admission that the US labor market's resilience greatly determines the recovery of the world economy fundamentally runs counter to the IMF's own neoliberal agenda. | International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva has now openly admitted that the year 2023 will witness the slowing down of the world economy to a point where as much as one-third of the world will see an actual contraction in gross domestic product. This is because all three major economic powers in the world—the US, the European Union, and China—will witness slowd…

____ (2023-01-22). Ethnic groups in Guangxi welcome Chinese New Year. ecns.cn People of Zhuang, Miao, Yao and Dong ethnic groups put on their costumes and dance together to welcome Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, at an village in Rongan county, Liuzhou city, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, Jan. 18, 2023.

____ (2023-01-22). Xi urges hard work for bright future. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping called on the whole nation to work hard for an even brighter future on Friday, saying that China will deepen reform and opening up across the board,strive to attain better performance of the economy and keep improving the living standards of the people in 2023.

____ (2023-01-22). China tops world in key green areas, report says. ecns.cn With intensified efforts to promote green transitions, China has topped the world in many fields concerning environmental conservation and low-carbon development, according to a white paper released on Thursday by the State Council Information Office.

____ (2023-01-22). U.S.-listed Chinese firms trade mostly higher. ecns.cn U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mostly higher on Friday, with eight of the top 10 stocks by weight in the S&P U.S. Listed China index ending the day on an upbeat note.

____ (2023-01-22). China CDC releases monthly COVID-19 figures. ecns.cn China reported 12,658 COVID-19 related deaths at hospitals from Jan 13 to 19, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.As of Jan 19, there were nearly 472,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China including about 51,700 in severe condition.

____ (2023-01-22). Fuxing bullet train runs in nation's coldest region. ecns.cn A Fuxing CR400BF-GZ train — the smartest and most frost-resistant bullet train model of the Fuxing family — left Harbin Railway Station at 9: 30 am on Thursday for the city of Shuangyashan, starting its service in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province.

____ (2023-01-22). They Say: More investors from Laos want to invest in China in future. ecns.cn China has eased its pandemic control policy, which is very good news for us. We expect more communication from people-to-people to cultural exchanges.

____ (2023-01-22). Xi extends Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese, urging solid work to create better future. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council, extended Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese Friday at a reception in Beijing.

____ (2023-01-22). China trims U.S. Treasury bond holdings. ecns.cn China continued to lower its holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds as the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to maintain its hawkish stance over the following months, market observers said on Thursday.

Brandon Caldwell (2023-01-22). Houston Restaurant With Controversial Dress Code Is Sued For $1.3M Over Grocery Bill. newsone.com Houston's popular Turkey Leg Hut restaurant is facing a seven-figure lawsuit over an unpaid balance with US Foods. It previously faced backlash due to a controversial dress code.

Bruce C.T. Wright (2023-01-22). 'They Don't Want Me': Ed Reed Says Bethune-Cookman Won't Hire Him As Football Coach. newsone.com Ed Reed attends the Fan Controlled Football Season v2.0 Playoffs on June 4, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Source: Brett Davis/Fan Controlled Football / Getty | During an expletive-laden, impassioned address in front of recruits, players and parents that was also streamed on social media, Reed is shown on a…

Cronkite News Arizona PBS (2023-01-22). Plant northwest of Flagstaff expected to Avoid 1 billion pounds of CO2 Emissions each Year. juancole.com By Sydnee Wilson ( Cronkite News ) FLAGSTAFF Salt River Project has partnered with Clenera, a private renewable energy company, to bring Arizona its largest plant in 2024. Construction of the CO Bar plant will begin in 2023 on 2,400 acres of private land northwest of Flagstaff in Coconino County. Upon …

David Sirota (2023-01-22). LEVER WEEKLY: How Billionaires Shape The News They Own. levernews.com This is Lever Weekly, a recap of our work from the past week. If you only read one email from us all week, this should be it.Below you will find a breakdown of our reporting, podcasts, videos, and live events — a feature now open to all subscribers. Following that, we are providing paid subscribers with an original column, written by a member of The Lever, connecting the dots on our coverage to deliver important takeaways.In this week's column, exclusively for paid subscribers, David Sirota explores why billionaire Jeff Bezos' visit to his Washington Post newsroom exemplifies how the discourse is influen…

Editor at Global Grind (2023-01-22). Disney, Black-Owned Business Team Up To Reimagine Disney Princesses As Diverse Dolls. newsone.com Disney shares its collaboration with CreativeSoul Photography, featuring gorgeous reimagined diverse dolls inspired by the iconic Disney Princesses we know and love. Check out the photos and read more details on the special edition artist series inside. | CreativeSoul Photography is a Black-owned business that has joined forces with Disney in an exclusive artist series debuting at shopDisney, Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort on Feb. 3. | The company announced the collaboration on Friday. It features a special collection of dolls across the African diaspora, inspired by Disney Princesses. The Creativ…

Jonathan Feingold (2023-01-22). Op-Ed: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Leads GOP Charge Against Racial And Gender Equity Ahead Of 2024. newsone.com Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' disdain for "woke ideology" is on full display. At a January 2023 inaugural event, the governor boasted that "Florida is where woke goes to die." This is more than political bluster. In just the past month, DeSantis has stacked the board of the New College of Florida, a well-known liberal arts …

Kenny Stancil (2023-01-22). Outrage as Biden Admin Refuses to Shield Right Whales From Lethal Vessel Strikes. commondreams.org

_____ (2023-01-22). What Prompted the Urgent, Secretive Summit in Abu Dhabi? strategic-culture.org Key Arab heads of state convened this week for an emergency meeting that excluded the Saudis and Kuwaitis. The likely hot topics under discussion were Egypt's economic collapse and Israel's aggressive escalations. | By Abdel Bari ATWAN | On 18 January, the United Arab Emirates hastily arranged a consultative summit in Abu Dhabi, which included the leaders of four member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). | Heads of state of the Sultanate of Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, and the UAE attended the urgent summit, along with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II. | The absence of Cro…

Alex Salmon & Mark Tan (2023-01-22). Artists protest Woodside's destruction of the Burrup Hub. greenleft.org.au Two activists from the Disrupt Burrup Hub campaign staged a protest at the Art Galley of Western Australia against Woodside Energy's proposed Burrup Gas hub project. Alex Salmon reports.

americanthinker (2023-01-22). Progress Toward Terminal Dumbness. americanthinker.com Young people are being discouraged from thinking in this day.

americanthinker (2023-01-22). UN Security Council Resolution 242 and the Misrule of Law. americanthinker.com Israel is the legal owner of all lands west of the Jordan River, as the San Remo Resolution of 1920, The Palestine Mandate of 1922 and Section 80 of the United Nations Charter prove.

americanthinker (2023-01-22). What is the Vision for Christian Education? americanthinker.com If Christian education just seeks excellence in earthly matters, then there is nothing that distinguishes it from its failing alternatives. There needs to be something more.

americanthinker (2023-01-22). What Secondary Victims of Homicide Have to Deal With. americanthinker.com The secondary victims of homicide, find themselves part of a unique category of victims that they never asked to join…

americanthinker (2023-01-22). Fifty years after Lyndon Johnson. americanthinker.com Talk about a volatile presidency.

americanthinker (2023-01-22). Has artificial intelligence become dangerously woke? americanthinker.com If these trends in A.I. continue along their present course, things could get ugly fast.

americanthinker (2023-01-22). Hypocrisy 101: Joe Biden scuppered Jimmy Carter's CIA nominee over mishandling of classified documents. americanthinker.com Joe Biden was front-running for the deep state as early as 1977.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-01-22). Concerns of Growth, Pandemic, War and Inflation Top World Economic Forum Agenda. indybay.org World Bank Cuts Global Growth Forecast as Developing Countries Struggle with Debt…

Brenda Norrell (2023-01-22). Today is Joye Braun Day — We Remember the Lakota Pipeline Fighter: In Her Own Words. indybay.org Today is Joye Braun Day, Lakota mother and activist of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation in South Dakota. We remember Joye, in her own words, from stopping mega loads, protesting the KXL pipeline, and ultimately setting up the first tipi at the resistance to Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock.

Brenda Norrell (2023-01-22). Driver of Truck Killing Paiute Journalist Myron Dewey Seeks Plea Deal. indybay.org The driver of the truck that killed Paiute journalist Myron Dewey is seeking a plea deal, Myron's daughter Taylor Dewey said following a pre-trial hearing at Tonopah Justice Court in Nye County, Nevada. Myron was killed when John David Walsh of Reno pulled into his lane on an isolated dirt road near his family's home in Yomba, Nevada on Sept. 26, 2021. The day before, Myron live streamed from the Fallon bombing range, opposing its expansion, and urged protection of the Paiute Massacre Site at Thacker Pass from lithium mining.

Californians for Pesticide Reform (2023-01-22). Farmworker communities call on the State to Rewrite Regulation of Cancer-Causing Pesticide. indybay.org One hundred farmworker community residents and their allies filled Cal EPA's Byron Sher Auditorium, as well as participated through zoom, protesting the Department of Pesticide Regulation's (DPR) proposed regulation for the cancer-causing pesticide 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D, brand name Telone). The Wednesday morning public hearing saw testimony from dozens of speakers asserting that their lives were "not worth 14 times less than other Californians." The phrase was in reference to DPR's choosing a 1,3-D regulatory target concentration 14 times higher than the "safe harbor level" established by the Office of Envir…

canarias alternativa (2023-01-22). ALFONSO CANALES SEGOVIA, EXPULSADO DE LA COPE-OPUS DEI. indybay.org

CIIS Public Programs (2023-01-22). Thursday 2/16: On Healing the Trauma of Caste. indybay.org

City of Sunnyvale (2023-01-22). Saturday 3/11: EV Ride and Drive: Electrify your Ride. indybay.org Located at the Sunnyvale Community Center, 5 E. Remington Dr., Sunnyvale, CA…

CSCPA (2023-01-22). Thursday 2/9: Special EVent: Purchasing an Electric Vehicle w/ Gov. Rebates & Tax Credits Workshop. indybay.org Virtual workshop (FREE)…

____ (2023-01-22). CCTV Spting Festival Gala captures audiences. ecns.cn The annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala offered people a unique and warm cultural feast on Saturday.For example, Japanese video platform Niconico has reported on the gala for the eighth time consecutively, attracting 124,000 people, and 93 percent of them praised the show.

____ (2023-01-22). Is water life-threatening to rabbits. ecns.cn Have you ever been told that rabbits can't drink water or take baths? Of course they can! A rabbit consumes -1 milliliters of water per kilogram of body weight per day. But if you place rabbits in water, they may panic and it can even be fatal.

____ (2023-01-22). Movie box office ready to soar over holiday. ecns.cn Recently, Deep Seawas nominated to be screened at the 73rd Berlin International FilmFestival's Generation Kplus, a competitive program that screens state-of-the-art international cinema.This is the first such price decline in seven years, said Chen Jin, an analyst with Beacon.

____ (2023-01-22). More classified documents found in DOJ search of Biden's home. ecns.cn The US Department of Justice (DOJ) conducted a search at President Joe Biden's home in Wilmington on Friday and found additional classified documents, Biden's lawyer said on Saturday night.

____ (2023-01-22). Spring Festival in ancient Chinese poem. ecns.cn Spring Festival, also known as Chinese Lunar New Year, is the most important festivity among Chinese. Get a glimpse of the ancient festive scene from the poem "Chinese New Year's Day," written by Wang Anshi from the Song Dynasty (960-1279). Let's appreciate it.

Fight Back (2023-01-22). Depraved cis/straight literature rampant in Louisiana libraries. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – On January 13, concerned Louisiana residents began submitting online tips flagging perverse heterosexual books in school libraries. They responded to state Attorney General Jeff Landry, who on November 28 set up a "tip line" for reporting "taxpayer-subsidized sexualization of children." | Landry was calling on concerned citizens to report books with LGBTQ-related themes. Landry claimed in a Times Picayune op-ed that these books provoke "increasingly violent and criminal sexual desires." | The most hardcore Landry supporters ask: Why stop there? LGBTQ sexual orientations, genders and relationshi…

Fight Back (2023-01-22). Palestine solidarity week of action across SE Michigan. fightbacknews.org Dearborn, MI – The Palestinian Youth Movement-Detroit and Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, with support from Freedom Road Socialist Organization members, kicked off the week of solidarity work on January 12 supporting a demonstration by Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE). When U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visited the University of Michigan for a speaking event on the environment, SAFE took the opportunity to let passersby on campus know that VP Harris is a stalwart supporter of genocide in Palestine. | Harris, a beneficiary of the hundreds of millions in AIPAC (American Israel Public Af…

Fight Back (2023-01-22). Tampa protesters condemn Mayor Castor's veto of democracy. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL- Dozens of outraged protesters gathered in an emergency action at Tampa City Hall on January 18, hours after Mayor Jane Castor vetoed all five proposed city charter amendments. The unprecedented veto marks the first time in Tampa history where the mayor vetoed all the city charter amendments, putting Tampa voters in the crossfire between the between the city council and the mayor. Voters had called for an end to the blatant ballot suppression, to have their rights put first, and overwhelmingly demanded an opportunity to vote for greater police oversight. | Two weeks before, on January 5, the Tampa city…

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-22). Wearable tech, AI and clinical teams join to change the face of trial monitoring. imperial.ac.uk

indybay (2023-01-22). Sunday 2/12: Winter SF World Naked Bike Ride #WNBRsf2023 #StValentinesDayWeekend. indybay.org 11am Gathering / 12pm/Noon Start | Rincon "Cupid's Arrow" Park | The Embarcadero & Folsom Steet…

It's Going Down (2023-01-22). Bank Backing 'Cop City' Targeted as Hundreds Take to Streets of Atlanta Following Police Killing. itsgoingdown.org photo: Unicorn Riot On January 21st, about 400 people gathered in Underground Atlanta, where people shared their love and memories of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, also known as Tortuguita, and called for justice in the wake of their death at the hands of the police. Video: On Jan. 21, 100s of protestors gathered in downtown…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-01-22). Newly Declassified Documents Reveal that President George W. Bush Authorized Shootdown of Hijacked Airplanes on 9/11—But Only After Three Planes Had Already Crashed. covertactionmagazine.com Bush's delayed actions point to failure of government response. 9/11 families are at the forefront in pressing for a new congressional investigation which could help unravel many mysteries about deadly terrorist attacks. Newly released documents from the National Archives detail how President George W. Bush authorized the shootdown of hijacked airplanes at 10: 00 a.m. EDT …

John Feffer (2023-01-22). Economic Growth is killing the Planet. How do we Engineer an Alternative? juancole.com ( Foreign Policy in Focus) In 1972, the Club of Rome released a report called The Limits to Growth that laid out the damage to the planet and to human beings of unrestrained increases in economic production and population. It was a straightforward extrapolation from then-current trends that took into account limited resources like …

long haul infoshop (2023-01-22). Monday 1/30: Visionary sharing circle – staying strong in turbulent times. indybay.org Long Haul Infoshop – 3124 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley – 510-540-0751…

Lynda Carson (2023-01-22). Debt limit crisis threatens Social Security and Bay Area subsidized housing renters. indybay.org Lydia Gans Photo Of A San Rafael Tenant Meeting In 2005 That I Helped To Organize With Housing Activist Marion Brady, To Help Save Section 8 Tenants From Losing Their Housing Vouchers. That's Me Standing Near The Back Of The Room In A Red Top And Black Sweater Reading Some Information That I Helped Pass Out To The Tenants:…

Mothers on the March (2023-01-22). Friday 1/20: POA: Shut it DOWN! indybay.org On the sidewalk in front of the San Francisco Police Officers Association: 800 Bryant @ 6th Street in San Francisco…

news.un (2023-01-22). Fulfilling the UN dreams of Kale, a teenager battling cancer. news.un.org A lifelong ambition of 16-year-old Kaloenic Ilac, or Kale, has been to travel to New York and visit the UN. In January, the Make-a-Wish Foundation made his dream a reality with a bespoke tour involving an ambassador and a senior UN official.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: What are eye floaters? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Spots, flashes of light or darkness on any side of your vision could be a sign of eye floaters. Most often noticeable when looking at a plain, bright background, such as a blue sky or a white wall, eye floaters are a symptom of age, according to Dr. Amir Khan, a Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist. And they can lead to a sight-threatening condition that requires immediate attention. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/-C5TdVUTR-Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Consumer Health: Why your child's weight matters. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Healthy Weight Week will be observed Jan. 15—21, so this is a good time for a reminder of the connection between weight and health during childhood. The prevalence of obesity in adults in the U.S. increased from 30.5% to 41.9% from 1999—2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2% in the same time frame. And the rate of childhood obesity is a serious…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Consumer Health: What happens if your thyroid is too active or not active enough? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is Thyroid Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more how important it is that your thyroid functions properly. The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland at the base of your neck. It produces hormones that regulate your heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and weight. When your thyroid isn't functioning properly, whether it's too active or not active enough, all these functions are affected. Hyperthyroidism Hyperthyroidism, or overactive thyroid, occurs when your…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Boost your brain with boredom. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Even though my kids got many gifts during the holidays, they complained about how bored they were at home. I can't and don't want to constantly entertain them. I remember being bored as a child and the need to find ways to occupy my time. Do you have tips for managing boredom in kids? ANSWER: You are certainly not alone when you heard, "Mom, Dad, I'm bored!" during the holiday break. It's not the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Cervical cancer and HPV screening. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Since age 20, I have had annual visits with a gynecologist. I am now in my late 30s, and my physician recommended that I get an HPV test in addition to a Pap test to check for cervical cancer. What is the importance of both? And what is my risk of cervical cancer? ANSWER: Screening for cervical cancer can cause a lot of confusion because guidelines and tests have evolved over the years. A…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Science Saturday: Removal of both ovaries in younger women associated with increased risk of Parkinson's. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Surgical removal of both ovaries is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism in women younger than 43, Mayo Clinic researchers report in JAMA Network Open. Using health record data from the Rochester Epidemiology Project, the study included 2,750 women who had undergone surgery to remove both ovaries, a procedure called bilateral oophorectomy, and 2,749 who had not. The reasons for the surgery were either a benign (noncancerous) condition — such as endometriosis, cyst, or other reason —…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: Weight loss and willpower. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org What does it take to make meaningful, lasting lifestyle changes? Some may argue it takes a fair amount of willpower to develop new habits, but a person can't rely on willpower alone. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic physician specializing in nutrition and editor of "The Mayo Clinic Diet," offers strategies that can help people achieve their weight loss goals. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/oxLwLnvU6vA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 10)…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: Why wrists are a common casualty of winter. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Winter weather tends to cause a spike in visits to the emergency department, and wrist injuries are one of the biggest reasons. Dr. Sanj Kakar, an orthopedic hand and wrist surgeon at Mayo Clinic, says walking on ice and snow can be treacherous and force people to make tough split-second decisions. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/B7AFVPAu448 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: Screening for cervical cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that more than 12,500 cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed, and more than 4,000 women died from the disease in 2019, the latest year of available data. Dr. Olivia Cardenas-Trowers, a Mayo Clinic urogynecologist, explains the importance of screening for cervical cancer. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/qBJBz_D88sg Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: Is tinnitus causing that ringing in your ear? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Have you ever experienced a constant ringing in your ears that you can't pinpoint the cause? It might be tinnitus ('tin-nƒ≠-tus) — the sensation of hearing a sound when no external sound is present. In most cases, tinnitus can be managed, but for some, it's a chronic condition that can affect sleep and everyday function. Fortunately, there are options to reduce its effects. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/iUdi361LMz4 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 03) is…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert explains why reflux disease isn't 'just' heartburn. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org LONDON — Gastroesophageal reflux disease is one of the most common digestive disorders in the world. It happens when acid comes up from the stomach into the esophagus: The stomach can resist acid but the esophagus is less acid-resistant. James East, M.D., a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, says reflux disease may be common, but there can be severe complications if it is ongoing and left untreated. Heartburn is a key symptom of reflux disease, but…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Menopause symptoms: Mayo Clinic expert outlines hormone and nonhormonal therapies. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Menopause, the end of menstrual cycles, can produce symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia and mood changes. Women do not need to suffer in silence: Many treatment options are available. Jewel Kling, M.D., chair of the Division of Women's Health at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, describes hormonal and nonhormonal therapies. "We sometimes hear the question, 'Do I need to treat hot flashes or night sweats?' and the answer for…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). 6 tips to keep your brain healthy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Changes to your body and brain are normal as you age. However, there are some things you can do to help slow any decline in memory and lower your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or other dementias. Here are six things I recommend to my patients in order of importance: 1. Exercise regularly. Exercise has many known benefits, and regular physical activity also benefits the brain. Multiple research studies show that physical active people are…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: The need for blood donations is now. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org While the holiday season is a time of giving, that's not usually the case when it comes to giving blood. Dr. Justin Juskewitch, associate medical director of the Blood Donor Center at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, says the center experiences a shortage of blood donations every year after the winter holidays. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/p8SiEpReuT0 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 07) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please "Courtesy: Mayo…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Soggy sheets, embarrassed kids: Tips for overcoming bed-wetting. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org "Mom, dad? I'm wet." Parents quickly spring into action when they hear these words. Changing wet sheets and comforting an upset or embarrassed child isn't fun for anyone in the middle of the night. Many families struggle with bed-wetting. It's a normal part of child development. It isn't anyone's fault, but that doesn't mean it can't be stressful, especially for older kids. Here's what you need to know about this common condition. Types of bed-wetting…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: Role for opioids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Drug overdoses from opioids have been linked to a decreased life span, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ongoing opioid crisis has been a complicated one for more than a decade. Death rates continue to rise, despite national medical guidelines for prescribing the pain medication. Dr. Holly Geyer leads the opioid stewardship program at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She says there is an important role for opioids in patient…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). 10 weight training tips for beginners. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Years ago, weightlifting was thought to be reserved solely for bodybuilders and athletes. However, there has been significant research on the medical benefits of lifting weights. Everyone benefits from stronger bones and muscles. Plan to incorporate weight training into your routine, regardless of your age, ability or fitness level. Weight training is a type of strength training that uses weights for resistance. This could be weight machines or free weights, like dumbbells or barbells, at…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Mayo Clinic researchers link ovarian cancer to bacteria colonization in microbiome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — A specific colonization of microbes in the reproductive tract is commonly found in women with ovarian cancer, according to a new study from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine. The discovery, published in Scientific Reports, strengthens evidence that the bacterial component of the microbiome — a community of microorganisms that also consists of viruses, yeasts and fungi — is an important indicator for early detection, diagnosis and prognosis of ovarian cancer. Abigail…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Can blood donors suffer iron deficiency? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With the constant need for blood and platelet donations, frequent, regular blood donors are crucial to having a continuous national blood supply. Across Mayo Clinic in Rochester, for example, anywhere between 50 and 70 units of red cells and between 20 and 30 units of platelets are used daily to help save lives. Watch: Dr. Justin Juskewitch discusses red blood cell donation youtu.be/yDXneutyCdc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video is available in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-22). Mayo Clinic researchers identify women with twice the risk of cancer in both breasts. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Women with cancer in one breast may be at higher risk of developing cancer in the opposite breast if they are carriers of specific genetic changes that predispose them to develop breast cancer, according to a study led by the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. The findings, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, will help personalize approaches to breast cancer screening and risk factors, study authors say. The study used data…

Oakland Privacy (2023-01-22). Wednesday 2/15: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State. indybay.org Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.

Revolution Club, Bay Area ( (2023-01-22). Saturday 1/21: Protest the Christian Fascist "Walk for Life"! indybay.org Powell Street cable car turnaround (1 Powell Street)…

Revolution Club, Bay Area (2023-01-22). Tuesday 1/24: We Refuse To Accept A "Doomsday" Future, It's Time to Get Organized For A Real Revolution! indybay.org Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley…

RiseUp4AbortionRights Bay Area (2023-01-22). Saturday 1/21: Protest The So-Called "Walk For Life" & Demand Legal Abortion Nationwide Now! indybay.org 4 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco | 1: 30 – march from Civic Center Plaza…

Sonoma Valley Democrats (2023-01-22). Sunday 1/22: Sonoma: Women's March – Bigger Than Roe! indybay.org Sonoma Plaza | Downtown Sonoma, CA 95476…

Staff (2023-01-22). Venezuela and Colombia Build Comprehensive Cooperation Framework (+Investments Protection). orinocotribune.com On Friday, January 20, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez met with the minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia, Germán Umaña Mendoza, for advancing in the construction of a comprehensive cooperation framework, as well as in the reestablishment of full diplomatic, political and commercial relations. | Venezuela's Minister for Productive Agriculture and Land Wilmar Castro Soteldo; Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and Investment Promotion Johan àÅlvarez; and the superintendent of the National Integrated Customs and Tax Administration Service (SENIAT), José David Cabello were present at t…

Staff (2023-01-22). Kevin Gosztola On 'The Chris Hedges Report'. shadowproof.com Chris Hedges, longtime journalist and host of "The Chris Hedges Report," had Shadowproof editor Kevin Gosztola on his show to discuss his book, Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange.

The Green Arcade (2023-01-22). Wednesday 2/8: Local author Moazzam Sheikh presents his new novella A Footbridge to Hell Called Love. indybay.org The Green Arcade | 1680 Market Street | SF, CA 94102…

The Green Arcade (2023-01-22). Thursday 2/9: Three Local Poets Read – With Lorraine Lupo, Sunnylyn Thibodeux and Rod Roland. indybay.org The Green Arcade | 1680 Market Street | San Francisco, CA 94102…

Thomas Schwendener (2023-01-22). The Club of Right-Wing Apostles. indybay.org Two chief advisers to Donald Trump have launched a think tank for "global freedom" in Zug. At the founding event, the Swiss U.S. ambassador spoke about the "woke inquisition."

Unicorn Riot (2023-01-22). Anti-LGBTQ Far-Right Continues Harassing Santee YMCA. unicornriot.ninja

Uniting for Peace, GAMIP (2023-01-22). Wednesday 2/8: Establishing Ministries / Departments for Peace – GAMIP India Chapter. indybay.org Online event – 8 February 2023, 14: 30 – 17: 00 (UK Time) | Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/3482765417?pwd=dXI1WXJRUS9TbHowWVhVNDVMRlR5QT09

Watsonville is in the Heart (2023-01-22). Thursday 1/26: Tobera Project Talk Story: 1930 Anti-Filipino Watsonville Race Riots. indybay.org Webinar Registration: | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ff0MDTM1SdO0dKVH7tDT3w

WSWS (2023-01-22). Firefighters exposed to toxins at Grenfell Tower fire diagnosed with incurable cancers. wsws.org The suffering and illness of a significant number of the Grenfell firefighters makes even more the filthy moves by the authorities and Grenfell Inquiry to scapegoat them for the disaster.

WSWS (2023-01-22). UK: Starmer pledges Labour's support for NHS privatisation. wsws.org The few remaining labour "lefts" grouped around former party leader Jeremy Corbyn strike an outraged pose at Starmer's pro-privatisation comments, but remain loyal advocates of his party of austerity, militarism and war.

Jim Spellman (2023-01-22). First U.S. COVID-19 case reported three years ago. america.cgtn.com Three long years ago, the U.S. CDC announced the first confirmed case of what would soon be called COVID-19. Three years on, more than a million people in the U.S. have died from the virus, and the pandemic is far from over.

Mark Niu (2023-01-22). Lion dance troupe celebrates Chinese New Year in California. america.cgtn.com With the Chinese New Year holiday season upon us, scenes of Chinese culture are popping up across the United States, especially in the state of California. It's home to some highly skilled lion dance troupes that are entertaining new audiences. CGTN's Mark Niu reports.

Sean Callebs (2023-01-22). The NBA celebrates Chinese New Year in DC. america.cgtn.com Fans came to see Wizards and Magic and celebrated the Chinese New Year at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC on Jan. 21. Find out more.

LAURA (2023-01-22). Abortion Saved My Life Banners Appear Across Bay Area Freeways. indybay.org Banners declaring "Abortion Saved My Life" emblazon freeways across 5 Bay Area cities. Protest against anti-abortion, far-right agenda in SF today, Jan 21, at noon.

____ (2023-01-22). HK places high value on traditions. ecns.cn The topic of intangible cultural heritage, or ICH, is as crucial to Hong Kong as a cup of milk tea, one of the city's favorite beverages.

____ (2023-01-22). Overseas orders light up sales of fireworks. ecns.cn As "the world's fireworks capital", Liuyang — which manufactures more than 60 percent of the fireworks for global markets — saw its exports surge 84.9 percent on a yearly basis to 6 billion yuan ($885 million) in 2022, statistics from the city government showed.

____ (2023-01-22). 24 Terms: Major Cold. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-22). Xi unanimously elected NPC deputy. ecns.cn Xi Jinping was elected on Thursday as a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress by a unanimous vote at the first session of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.

____ (2023-01-22). Growth role of digital economy emphasized. ecns.cn Related stocks surged on Thursday as the digital economy was highlighted in multiple local governments' plans for boosting growth in 2023.

____ (2023-01-22). Cradle of civilization: Maijishan Grottoes. ecns.cn

teleSUR, JCM, MER (2023-01-22). Presidente Lula destituye al comandante del Ejército brasileño. telesurtv.net El ministro de Defensa de Brasil, José Múcio, destacó que están invirtiendo en la aproximación de las Fuerzas Armadas con el Gobierno de Lula.

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-22). Continúa represión policial contra las movilizaciones en Lima, Perú. telesurtv.net La Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos confirmó que 205 personas fueron detenidas tras la intervención policial en la Universidad de San Marcos.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-22). Reportan nuevos actos de represión en la región peruana de Puno. telesurtv.net A altas horas de la noche se conoció que la policía seguía realizando actos que perjudican la integridad de los manifestantes en Llave, Puno.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-22). Asesinan tropas israelíes a palestino en Ramalá tras incidente. telesurtv.net Un comunicado del Ministerio de Salud palestino reportó que el ejército israelí mató a un hombre palestino de 41 años cerca de Kufr Nimeh, al noroeste de Ramalá.

Staff (2023-01-22). Cada razón nueva de querer. cubadebate.cu Cubadebate regala a sus lectores una pequeña joya del pensamiento de Martí, como homenaje al más grande de los cubanos en el año del aniversario 170 de su natalicio y como llamado a hacer el bien, bajo el amparo ético y humanista que nos legó el Héroe Nacional. También les recordamos algunos momentos de la vida de Martí un día como hoy.

Staff (2023-01-22). La Celac y la imperiosa necesidad de "andar en cuadro apretado" cubadebate.cu La VII Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac), que sesionará este 24 de enero en Buenos Aires, Argentina, se desarrollará en un contexto regional marcado por el ascenso de nuevos gobiernos en los últimos meses, conflictos internos y disputas entre países vecinos, así como por los incesantes intentos de los sectores de derecha de boicotear el avance de los proyectos progresistas y populares.

Staff (2023-01-22). La Tira de los Lectores: Mi papalote. cubadebate.cu Hace unos días la convocamos y hoy regresa La Tira de los Lectores, dedicada a los papalotes que adornan el cielo por esta temporada. Recuerda que puedes comunicarte con nuestro equipo a través del correo comentacubadebate@gmail.com o mediante nuestros perfiles en redes sociales.

Staff (2023-01-22). Opiniones antes del Clásico (II). cubadebate.cu El área de pitcheo es una de las más fuertes de la preselección cubana de cara al V Clásico Mundial de Béisbol. Concentrados la mayoría de los lanzadores en el estadio Latinoamericano, se aprecia un trabajo específico, dirigidos por los entrenadores de esa área, que encabeza el pinareño Pedro Luis Lazo.

Staff (2023-01-22). Agricultores lo gritó fuerte: °Habrá séptimo juego para ir a Caracas! cubadebate.cu Ante una afición que repletó el estadio Mártires de Barbados, en Bayamo, el equipo de Agricultores despachó 9-1 a Portuarios, con pitcheo impresionante de Carlos Juan Viera, en tanto Yosvani Alarcón no quiso ser menos protagonista y empujó cuatro. El equipo a coro gritó tras el out 27: °Habrá séptimo juego este domingo para ir a la Serie del Caribe en Caracas!

Staff (2023-01-22). Antonio Guerrero: Nuevo presidente de la Unión Nacional de Arquitectos e Ingenieros de la Construcción de Cuba. cubadebate.cu El Héroe de la República Antonio Guerrero fue elegido este viernes presidente de la Unión Nacional de Arquitectos e Ingenieros de la Construcción de Cuba (UNAICC), en la clausura del IX Congreso de esa asociación. "Constituye un alto honor el que me hayan escogido para la responsabilidad de representarlos", dijo en una información televisiva.

Staff (2023-01-22). Cuba contará con su primer hotel "pet friendly" cubadebate.cu El Grupo Hotelero Gran Caribe llega a la edición 43 de la Feria Internacional de Turismo, Fitur 2023, con la primicia de nuevos productos en su oferta turística. El grupo abrirá la primera instalación hotelera "pet friendly" en Cuba, en el hotel Villa Tortuga, Varadero, ideal para aquellos viajeros que desean vacacionar con sus mascotas.

Staff (2023-01-22). Aramís Delgado, Premio Nacional de Teatro 2023. cubadebate.cu El actor Aramís Delgado ha sido reconocido con el Premio Nacional de Teatro 2022, según la decisión de un jurado que sesionó en Camagàºey, ciudad que acoge los actos centrales por el Día del Teatro Cubano. Se premia un relevante itinerario de la escena cubana. Se trata de un actor que ha integrado reconocidas agrupaciones cubanas.

Staff (2023-01-22). Argentina y Brasil iniciarán proceso para crear una moneda común. cubadebate.cu Brasil y Argentina podrían anunciar esta semana los preparativos para lanzar un proyecto de moneda común que convertiría a ambos países, las dos principales economías sudamericanas, en el segundo bloque monetario más grande del mundo.

Staff (2023-01-22). Estados Unidos: Más de un millón vidas perdidas por armas de fuego en 30 años, según estudio. cubadebate.cu Las estadísticas salieron a la luz tras el tiroteo masivo registrado anoche en la ciudad californiana de Monterey Park, El estudio publicado esta semana en JAMA Network Open analizó que esa cantidad de decesos ocurrió desde 1990.

Staff (2023-01-22). Inicia visita a Cuba Gabriela Ramos, subdirectora general de la UNESCO. cubadebate.cu La subdirectora general de la Unesco para las Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, Gabriela Ramos, viaja este domingo a Cuba para cumplir una amplia agenda, que incluirá la entrega del Premio Internacional José Martí. Ramos estará en Cuba hasta el 25 de enero.

Staff (2023-01-22). Oros de Luis Orta y Oscar Pino marcan el debut internacional de la lucha cubana en 2023. cubadebate.cu Los grequistas cubanos Luis Orta (67 kg) y Oscar Pino (130 kg) ganaron las medallas de oro en sus respectivas divisones en el Grand Prix Henri Deglane, un torneo con sede en la ciudad francesa de Niza y que significó el debut internacional de los luchadores cubanos en la actual temporada.

Staff (2023-01-22). Unión Eléctrica pronostica para este domingo un déficit de generación de 60 MW. cubadebate.cu Se estima para la hora pico una disponibilidad de 2666 MW y una demanda máxima de 2650 MW, para una reserva de 16 MW, por lo que de mantenerse las condiciones previstas se pronostica una afectación al servicio por déficit de capacidad de 60 MW en este horario.

Staff (2023-01-22). Ha muerto Chomi Miyar, mi rector, mi maestro, mi amigo. cubadebate.cu Sabía que esa infausta noticia estaba por llegar, pero no por eso deja de doler mucho. No puedo, no quiero dejar de escribir algunos de mis recuerdos, de mis consideraciones sobre el querido compañero José Miguel Miyar Barruecos. Como suelo hacer, revelaré anécdotas trascendentes y otras sencillas algunas en que se pone de manifiesto su extraordinario humor criollo.

Staff (2023-01-22). Palabras de Martí, del Carlos que sabe de pelota. cubadebate.cu Carlos no anduvo con medias tintas ante los periodistas. Dijo que para una justa superior como se pretende debe haber mejor atención al pelotero, más comodidades, mejores salarios y que no debía obnubilarnos la afición que regresó a los estadios en los play off porque "lo demás fue un desastre".

Staff (2023-01-22). Las mentiras de las grandes petroleras y la crisis del cambio climático (+ Video). cubadebate.cu El Foro Económico Mundial ha estado debatiendo sobre los problemas mundiales durante casi tanto tiempo como la empresa ExxonMobil ha estado mintiendo sobre el cambio climático. Los científicos revelaron esta semana que Groenlandia acaba de registrar su década más cálida en 1 000 años y que su enorme capa de hielo se está derritiendo rápidamente, lo que elevará el nivel del mar aún más.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-22). Sindicatos se movilizan contra reforma de pensiones en Francia. telesurtv.net Estas manifestaciones tienen lugar dos días antes de que el Consejo de Ministros apruebe el proyecto.

teleSUR, lvm, MER (2023-01-22). Gobierno de Chile prorroga estado de excepción en Viña del Mar. telesurtv.net El Ministerio del Interior precisó que la medida responde a que se mantienen las condiciones que dieron origen a la declaración de la calamidad pública.

teleSUR, lvm, MER (2023-01-22). Inicia proceso de inscripción de candidatos en Guatemala. telesurtv.net Las autoridades electorales indicaron que el proceso para la inscripción de los candidatos se extenderá hasta el próximo 26 de marzo.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-22). Haití roza las 0 muertes por brote de cólera en cuatro meses. telesurtv.net Las autoridades sanitarias de Haití indicaron que la capital Puerto Príncipe es una de las zonas más golpeada por el reciente brote de cólera.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-22). Presidente boliviano llama a la unidad frente a golpistas. telesurtv.net El presidente Luis Arce afirmó que el sector que apoya al exgobernador Camacho se encuentra lastimado tras fracasar en sus intentos desestabilizadores.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-22). Enfrentamiento armado deja tres muertos en el sur de Tailandia. telesurtv.net La policía tailandesa precisó que los tres fallecidos en el tiroteo eran rebeldes musulmanes que exigen la independencia del sur del país.

Staff (2023-01-22). Aramís Delgado, Premio Nacional de Teatro 2022. cubadebate.cu El actor Aramís Delgado ha sido reconocido con el Premio Nacional de Teatro 2022, según la decisión de un jurado que sesionó en Camagàºey, ciudad que acoge los actos centrales por el Día del Teatro Cubano. Se premia un relevante itinerario de la escena cubana. Se trata de un actor que ha integrado reconocidas agrupaciones cubanas.

Staff (2023-01-22). Tiroteo en California deja un saldo preliminar de 10 muertos y cerca de 16 heridos. cubadebate.cu Un tiroteo masivo en las cercanías de Los àÅngeles, California, dejó un saldo preliminar de al menos 10 muertos y alrededor 16 heridos. Las autoridades policiales llamaron a la comunidad a mantenerse en sus hogares ya que aún no han detenido al autor de la masacre.

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-01-22). Colombia arresta a sospechosa de asesinato de fiscal paraguayo. telesurtv.net Margareth Chacón es la pareja de Andrés Felipe Pérez, quien planeó y coordinó junto a su hermano Ramón el asesinato del fiscal Pecci.

Staff (2023-01-22). El cardenal Beniamino Stella visitará Cuba, enviado por el papa Francisco. cubadebate.cu El cardenal Beniamino Stella realizará una visita a Cuba a partir del próximo 23 de enero, como enviado del papa Francisco, informó hoy el Ministerio cubano de Relaciones Exteriores. De acuerdo con el texto, publicado en Cubaminrex, durante su estancia, el distinguido visitante sostendrá conversaciones con autoridades cubanas y realizará otras actividades pastorales.

teleSUR, AC, JGN (2023-01-22). 5 frases para recordar a Lenin a 99 años de su partida física. telesurtv.net "No hay teoría revolucionaria sin práctica revolucionaria y viceversa", llegó a subrayar el fundador de la URSS, quien falleció el 21 de enero de 1924.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-22). Burkina Faso exige salida de tropas francesas de su territorio. telesurtv.net Desde Burkina Faso acusan a las fuerzas francesas de no hacer lo suficiente para combatir a los yihadistas en la región del Sahel.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-22). Rusia realiza ejercicios de defensa aérea en la región de Moscú. telesurtv.net En el ejercicio participaron más de 1 efectivos y más de 30 equipos militares, incluida una batería de sistemas de defensa antiaérea S-300.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-22). Tàºrkiye cancela visita de ministro de Defensa sueco. telesurtv.net La medida fue en respuesta al permiso de Suecia para una quema planificada del Corán, el libro sagrado del Islam, cerca de la embajada de Türkiye en Estocolmo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-22). Presidente Lula visita comunidad indígena Yanomami. telesurtv.net El objetivo es monitorear la situación de desnutrición de los niños comunitarios en el estado y elaborar un plan de acción para erradicar el problema.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-22). Brasil inicia investigación sobre genocidio contra indígenas Yanomami. telesurtv.net La desnutrición, las muertes por enfermedades prevenibles y la violencia minera azotan a los pueblos indígenas abandonados por la administración de Bolsonaro…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-22). Rusia reporta avances importantes en Zaporiyia y Donestk. telesurtv.net Los combates entre las fuerzas rusas y ucranianas se han intensificado en la región de Zaporiyia, al sureste de Ucrania.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-22). Exigen la liberación de estudiantes detenidos en Lima, Perú. telesurtv.net Organizaciones defensoras de derechos humanos denunciaron varias violaciones a la integridad y los derechos de los estudiantes por parte de los policías.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-22). Represión policial deja al menos dos fallecidos en Virú, Perú. telesurtv.net La Fiscalía peruana registra 55 fallecidos y más de 1.200 heridos desde el inicio de las manifestaciones en el país.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-22). Presidente de Gobierno español rechaza protesta conservadora. telesurtv.net Miles de personas se manifestaron este sábado en la céntrica la plaza de Cibeles de Madrid, convocados por diversas asociaciones conservadoras y de ultraderecha.

teleSUR, lvm, JCM, MER (2023-01-22). Gobierno colombiano y ELN retomarán diálogo en México. telesurtv.net Ambas partes esperan comenzar un segundo ciclo de conversaciones en 13 de febrero en México.

teleSUR, lvm, MER (2023-01-22). Emiten alerta roja en cuatro provincias argentinas por calor extremo. telesurtv.net En la provincia de Formosa prevén altas temperaturas en Bermejo, Patiño, Ramajo y Ramón Lista.

teleSUR, lvm, MER (2023-01-22). Reportan 25 muertos por brote de difteria en Nigeria. telesurtv.net El Centro de Control y Prevención de Enfermedades de Nigeria también monitorea la situación en los estados de Osun y Yobe.

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-01-22). Ejército de Burkina Faso libera a 60 mujeres secuestradas. telesurtv.net Hombres armados habían secuestrado a 66 personas el 12 y 13 de enero en las afueras de dos aldeas en el distrito de Arbinda.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-22). Finaliza caravana humanitaria por el pacífico colombiano. telesurtv.net La caravana humanitaria busca conocer la situación de las comunidades indígenas y afrodescendientes en el pacífico colombiano.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-22). Presidente Lula inicia en Argentina primera gira internacional. telesurtv.net Lula, de 77 años, comenzará en Argentina, como es tradición para mandatarios brasileños, donde participará en la séptima cumbre de la Celac.

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-01-22). Registran propiedades de aliados de Bolsonaro en Brasil. telesurtv.net Ambos son investigados para determinar por qué los mandos estatales permitieron el asalto contra las tres sedes emblemáticas del poder político en Brasilia…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-22). Policía peruana interviene Universidad de San Marcos en Lima. telesurtv.net La policía derrumbó la reja e ingresó con tanques a la Universidad de San Marcos para desalojar a los manifestantes.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-22). Asesinan a candidato a alcalde en Ecuador. telesurtv.net Autoridades policiales se aproximaron al lugar del homicidio para avanzar en las primeras investigaciones del asesinato de Julio César Farachio.

teleSUR, lvm, JCM (2023-01-22). Dictaminan prisión preventiva para 942 bolsonaristas en Brasil. telesurtv.net El juez del STF Alexandre de Moraes dictaminó la medida tras concluir un proceso de investigación de 1.406 ciudadanos…

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-01-22). Al menos 16 muertos tras derrumbe de edificio en Alepo, Siria. telesurtv.net La catástrofe ocurrió en la madrugada de este domingo.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-22). Accidente de transito deja al menos siete muertos en Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net Al momento del accidente, el autobús escolar transportaba a estudiantes de un colegio de Colombo, capital del país.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-22). Tiroteo deja al menos diez muertos en California, EE.UU. telesurtv.net El tiroteo masivo se registró en la localidad estadounidense de Monterey Park en medio de las celebraciones del Año Nuevo chino.

Staff (2023-01-22). Autoridades estadounidenses devuelven a 68 migrantes irregulares cubanos. cubadebate.cu Este domingo el Servicio de Guardacostas (SGC) de Estados Unidos, devolvió a las autoridades cubanas un grupo de 68 migrantes irregulares por el puerto de Orozco, en Bahía Honda, Artemisa. Esas personas habían participado en cinco salidas ilegales del país.

Staff (2023-01-22). Tasas vigentes en el mercado cambiario cubano este 22 de enero. cubadebate.cu Con el objetivo de mantener informados a sus lectores, Cubadebate comparte las tasas de cambio para diferentes divisas extranjeras vigentes este domingo 22 de enero en el mercado cambiario del país.

Roy Landersen (2023-01-21). Defend Ukraine independence! Moscow troops get out now! themilitant.com Moscow's larger and better armed military continues to fail to make any substantial gains against determined and motivated Ukrainian workers and soldiers defending their country's independence. | Russian President Vladimir Putin has turned to a protracted war of attrition, seeking a way to restart his drive to reassert Moscow's domination over this former part of the czarist Russian empire. Russian workers-in-uniform drafted as cannon fodder are bearing the brunt of Putin's new strategy, especially in Moscow's relentless siege on Bakhmut and nearby Soledar in the Donetsk region. | Sending wave after wave of new R…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-21). In Video: Gentle Wagner Sent Corpses Of Dead AFU Soldiers To Ukraine. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-01-21). Military Situation In Bakhmut-Soledar Region On January 21, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-01-21). Military Overview: Russian Forces Launched Offensive In Zaporozhie. southfront.org | In 2023, Russian forces switched to active offensive operations on the Ukrainian front lines. Since the beginning of the year, Russian Wagner fighters managed to take control of the city of Soledar and continued their offensive to the west. They continued to surround the Ukrainian grouping in Bakhmut, destroying the Seversk-Soledar-Bakhmut defense line of the AFU. | The successes of the Russians in the area of Bakhmut and Soledar forced the Ukrainian command to strengthen the grouping…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-21). Military Situation In Ukraine On January 21, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU positions near Kotlyarovka with high-precision missiles; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Kupyansk; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Bakhmut; | Russian-led forces reportedly took control of Mali Shcherbaky; | Russian-led forces reportedly took control of Novodanylivka and Malaya Tokmachka; | Russia artillery struck the AFU po…

WSWS (2023-01-21). Bowing to coup threats, Lula promises massive investments in Brazil's armed forces. wsws.org As it seeks to placate the military, the Lula government is using the coup threats to declare any infringement upon capitalist profit interests impossible.

Vivian Sahner (2023-01-21). Protests, strikes in Latin America reflect deepening crisis of capitalism. themilitant.com On Jan. 8, some 5,000 people stormed Brazil's Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential offices. Many were supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro. This drew immediate comparison in the liberal press to the Jan. 6, 2021, melee at the U.S. Capitol. According to the New York Times, the largely working-class and small-proprietor protesters were partisans of "far-right extremism, inspired by antidemocratic leaders and fed by conspiracy theories." | Many protesters demanded the military remove President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was sworn into office a week earlier. Lula called the protesters "vandals, n…

Editor (2023-01-21). When the People Have Nothing More to Eat, They Will Eat the Rich. scheerpost.com By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 8 January, large crowds of people dressed in colours of the Brazilian flag descended on the country's capital, Brasília. They invaded federal buildings, including the Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace, and vandalised public property. The attack, carried out by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, came as no …

news.un (2023-01-21). 'We are not afraid': Indigenous Brazilian women stand up to gender violence. news.un.org Women from Brazil's indigenous communities are particularly vulnerable to gender-based violence, but UN-backed initiatives, and a change in the law, are encouraging them to seek protection.

WSWS (2023-01-21). Spain's Podemos backs Brazilian PT's accommodation to far right coup plotters. wsws.org The fascistic coup attempt in Brasilia and the PT's craven response expose the bankruptcy of pseudo-left organizations like Spain's "left populist" Podemos party.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-21). In Video: Russia's Newest T-90M Main Battle Tank Destroying Ukrainian Positions. southfront.org T-90M. IMAGE: Uralvagonzavod | A drone filmed Russian T-90M Proryv (Breakthrough) main battle tank in action on the Donbass front lines. Russian sources shared both the videos made by the drone and by a camera installed on the tank. | Another video showing Russian T-90M tanks in battle was earlier made in the village of Maryinka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The village suffered heavy damage during the ongoing fighting. Probably, new videos were also made in Maryinka. | They show direct fire on Ukrainian positions in…

Jim McIlroy (2023-01-21). Protest calls for end to Peruvian coup regime, elections. greenleft.org.au Latin American-Australians and supporters gathered in front of the Peruvian Consulate to demand an end to the illegal Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra coup regime in Peru. Jim McIlroy and Fred Fuentes report.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-21). Daily Round-up | French workers take to the streets against pension reforms & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of protests in France and Peru, a study on food insecurity in Lebanon, and the criticism leveled by the Venezuelan government against the opposition and the US…

Editor (2023-01-21). Peru's natural resources: CIA-linked U.S. ambassador meets with mining and energy ministers to talk 'investments'. mronline.org Peru has large reserves of copper, gold, zinc, silver, lead, iron, and natural gas. After a coup overthrew left-wing President Pedro Castillo, the US ambassador, CIA veteran Lisa Kenna, met with mining and energy ministers to discuss "investments". Europe is importing Peruvian LNG to replace Russian energy.

F. William Engdahl (2023-01-21). How Blackrock Investment Fund Triggered the Global Energy Crisis. globalresearch.ca The energy crisis is a long-planned strategy of western corporate capital to dismantle industrial economies in the name of a dystopian Green Agenda. That has its roots well before February 2022, when Russia launched its military action in Ukraine.

Staff (2023-01-21). After Ukraine, Karabakh, Libya, Syria wars: Kuwait to get Turkish Bayraktar drones. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Middle East EyeJanuary 20, 2023 Bayraktar TB2: Kuwait purchases Turkish-made drones in $370m deal Kuwait has signed a deal to purchase the Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 armed drones, the arms manufacturer Baykar announced on Wednesday. The company said in a tweet that it secured the deal, worth $370m, ahead of companies from the US, Europe and …

Staff (2023-01-21). Ukrainian troops to train on German tanks in Poland: defense chief. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformJanuary 21, 2023 Reznikov: Ukrainian troops will train on German tanks in Poland Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov has said that Ukrainian forces will train on Leopard 2 battle tanks in Poland, despite Western allies' failure to reach a decision on whether to supply Kyiv with the German-made tanks. *** "Countries that already have Leopard …

WSWS (2023-01-21). Spanish-Russian journalist Pablo González held in Polish prison for nearly a year on bogus spy charges. wsws.org The imprisonment of González has far-reaching implications for the ability of journalists to report on and criticise the actions of the imperialist powers globally, amid a concerted campaign to obscure and falsify the real origins of the war in Ukraine.

SAM (2023-01-21). In A Protracted Ukraine War, Everyone Loses. progressivehub.net SUZANNE LOFTUS | RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT…

Staff (2023-01-21). nation Ramstein meeting: Netherlands mulls sending F-16s, tanks to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian News AgencyJanuary 20, 2023 Netherlands Could Transfer To Ukraine F-16 Fighters And Leopard 2 Tanks Media The Dutch Cabinet will consider the issue of supplying F-16 fighters to Ukraine if the Kyiv government makes such a request. This was reported by the NL Times on Friday, January 20, citing a statement by Foreign …

Manlio Dinucci (2023-01-21). Ukraine, It Was All Written in the Rand Corp Plan. "the U.S. Plan against Russia was Formulated 3 Years Ago" globalresearch.ca

mforinoco (2023-01-21). "War is an Enemy of the Poor:" US Activists Honor the Anti-War Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. orinocotribune.com Although seldom recognized, Martin Luther King Jr. was anti-war. His politics should be applied to demand an end to NATO and the war in Ukraine, say activists | "We are here, honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.," said co-executive director of The People's Forum, Claudia De La Cruz, to a crowd of hundreds gathered in Times Square, in front of the US Army Recruiting Station, on January 14. "We are here to reclaim his legacy and say: no to war." | The organizers and workers mobilized to demand an end to NATO and a peaceful resolution to the ongoing war in Ukraine. The rally and march was organized b…

Ajamu Baraka (2023-01-21). The Ukrainian Solidarity Network: The highest stage of White Western social imperialism. mronline.org The Ukraine conflict was caused by the U.S. backed right wing coup in 2014 and the duplicity of Europeans who claimed to be working for peace. Anyone who supports these actions but claims leftist credentials must be challenged.

news.un (2023-01-21). UN refugee chief praises Moldova for opening the country to Ukrainians fleeing war. news.un.org The UN High Commissioner for Refugees congratulated Moldova on Saturday, for its decision to initiate temporary protection for refugees fleeing Ukraine.

Editor (2023-01-21). US Announces Massive $2.5 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine. scheerpost.com

_____ (2023-01-21). What's the Best Way to End a War? strategic-culture.org Sending more weapons to Ukraine isn't the answer | W.J. ASTORE | U.S. foreign policy is a place where logic goes to die. | Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, said yesterday that the quickest way to end the Russia-Ukraine War is "to give Ukraine a strong hand on the battlefield," by which he meant more and more weaponry, including Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles and Patriot missile systems together with Challenger II tanks from Great Britain. Not surprisingly, then, the White House also hinted at yet another aid package for Ukraine, which may be announced "as soon as the end of this week." | Logic sug…

Anonymous669 (2023-01-21). One Of Ukraine's New Senator Vehicles Spotted On Fire After Russian Strike. southfront.org The Russian military has destroyed one of few Roshel Senator armoured personnel carrier (APC) Canada supplied to Ukraine last year. | On January 21, footage showing the Canadian-made 4×4 APC on fire surfaced online. The vehicle was reportedly destroyed on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic in a Russian artillery strike. | The Senator, which can carry up to 12 troops, is based on the Ford F-5 pickup chasses chassis and powered by a Ford 6.7L Power Stroke diesel with 330 h…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-21). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On January 21, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Staff (2023-01-21). European Council calls for rallying Africa, Latin America, C. Asia for rules-based int'l order, "victory for Ukraine" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineJanuary 20, 2023 European Council President notes importance of involving Latin American, African and Central Asian countries in implementation of Zelensky's Peace Formula President of the European Council Charles Michel has said that the countries of the whole world should be involved in the implementation of the Peace Formula proposed by President of Ukraine Volodymyr …

WSWS (2023-01-21). US pledges to "go on the offensive" against Russia. wsws.org On Friday, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley gave a briefing at Ramstein air force base in Germany, where they pledged the United States to the military defeat of Russia and the reconquest of all territory claimed by Ukraine.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-21). Russian Su-35 Multirole Fighter (Infoghraphics). southfront.org

Editor (2023-01-21). "Golden ruble 3.0" — How Russia can change the infrastructure of foreign trade. mronline.org According to preliminary estimates of the Bank of Russia, in January-September 2022, it strengthened to $198.4 billion, which is $123.1 billion more than in the same period last year. This surplus was taken out of the country (at the same time, half went to pay off the external debts of Russian companies with their replacement by domestic ruble lending) and is reflected in the balance of payments item "net capital outflow".

Omali Yeshitela (2023-01-21). FBI Wants to Put Me On Trial for Fighting for Black Freedom: Instead Put the Colonizer State on Trial! covertactionmagazine.com There are strong indications that in early 2023, I, Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party, founder of the Uhuru ("Freedom") Movement, will be indicted, along with other Uhuru leaders and members, by the federal government of the United States. Using the bogus and slanderous charge that we are "Russian agents," the U.S. …

_____ (2023-01-21). West Asia in a tangled web of lies and deceit due to US propaganda. journal-neo.org The leadership of the social media giant Twitter (access to this social network is prohibited in the Russian Federation on the basis of Article 15.3 of the Federal Law "On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection") stated before the New Year that it had long adhered to clear positions on the spread of American influence abroad, …

WSWS (2023-01-21). Sweden and Finland negotiating bilateral military agreements with the US. wsws.org The defence cooperation agreements, grant effective immunity to US troops active in the country, enable them to pre-position weaponry at forward bases, and are aimed at setting the stage for an opening of another front in the war with Russia.

Andrew Korybko (2023-01-21). India and NATO's Indo-Pacific Plans. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-01-21). NATO: squeezing Russia out of the South Caucasus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOJanuary 20, 2023 NATO strengthens political dialogue with partners Armenia and Azerbaijan The NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, Javier Colomina, travelled to the South Caucasus this week, visiting Armenia and Azerbaijan. The visit was part of Mr Colomina's regular political consultations in these two important NATO partner countries. In …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-21). Military Situation In Syria On January 21, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On January 21, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded 4 cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Aleppo region in the past 24 hours; | On January 21, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SAA positions in Hazarin; | On January 21, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Darat Izza; | On January 21, 11 SDF servicemen were killed in Turkish artillery shelling near Tal Rafaat, according to the Turkish MOD; | On January 20, the US mil…

monthlyreview (2023-01-21). NATO and the Long War on the Third World. monthlyreview.org For the first time in capitalism's long history, the global economic center of gravity is shifting decisively eastward.

____ (2023-01-21). Restrictions on Chinese tourists discriminatory, will do no good. ecns.cn Most countries have welcomed China's move to optimize its pandemic prevention and control measures, but some have adopted discriminatory entry measures against Chinese tourists in violation of science and facts.

_____ (2023-01-21). How Washington Led the Purge of Christians From Its 'New Middle East' — Part 2. strategic-culture.org Christians in Syria were attacked and purged in the west of the country by US and NATO-backed sectarian Islamists and in the east by the death cult ISIS. | By Tim ANDERSON | Purging the Christians of Syria | The US role in the purge of Syrian Christians was apparent from the first months of 2011, but warnings came earlier. In 2005, CNN's Christine Amanpour, closely linked to senior Washington officials, At about the s…

Ben Norton (2023-01-21). BRICS challenges US 'dollar dominance', Saudi considers selling oil in other currencies: New multipolar economic order. geopoliticaleconomy.com BRICS is "developing a fairer system of monetary exchange" to challenge the "dominance of the dollar", South Africa revealed. Saudi Arabia is considering selling oil in other currencies. Economist Zoltan Pozsar says the US "unipolar era" is over.

Benjamin Norton (2023-01-21). Richest 1% Took 2/3rds of Global Wealth Since 2020 — Twice as Much as 99% Of Population Earned. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton Jan 17, 2023 | In 2020 and 2021, the wealthiest 1% of the world's population took nearly two-thirds of all new wealth — six times greater than the wealth made by the poorest 90% of workers. And while billionaires get richer, global poverty is increasing, Oxfam warns. | In the past decade, the richest 1% of people on Earth sucked up half of all new wealth. In 2020 and 2021, the richest 1% took nearly two-thirds of all new wealth — six times greater than the wealth made by the poorest 90% of the global population. | "Since 2020, for every dollar of new global wealth gained by someone…

Benjamin Norton (2023-01-21). Richest 1% Took 2/3 of Global Wealth Since 2020 — Twice as Much as 99% of Population Earned. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton Jan 17, 2023 | In 2020 and 2021, the wealthiest 1% of the world's population took nearly two-thirds of all new wealth — six times greater than the wealth made by the poorest 90% of workers. And while billionaires get richer, global poverty is increasing, Oxfam warns. | In the past decade, the richest 1% of people on Earth sucked up half of all new wealth. In 2020 and 2021, the richest 1% took nearly two-thirds of all new wealth — six times greater than the wealth made by the poorest 90% of the global population. | "Since 2020, for every dollar of new global wealth gained by someone…

Staff (2023-01-21). Lowkey And Alan MacLeod Discuss Elon Musk Role In The Military Industrial Complex. youtube.com Elon Musk has revealed several key elements of the National Security State operations on Twitter, however the overall thrust of his career has been as a small but important component in the US military industrial complex. Lowkey is on tour in January across England. You can get tickets here linktr.ee/lowkeyonline Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews

Staff (2023-01-21). Why Understanding Limits Is the Key to Humanity's Future. commondreams.org Recent news articles about a breakthrough in nuclear fusion research heralded the potential for "limitless" energy. Whenever I read that word limitless I wince, because I've learned to view it as a subtle instruction to readers to "please stop thinking now." After decades of false promises to deliver limitless energy, we need to start thinking …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-01-21). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

Robert Hunziker (2023-01-21). Fukushima's Toxic Dumping Flashpoint. dissidentvoice.org "We must remind Japan that if the radioactive nuclear wastewater is safe, just dump it in Tokyo, test it in Paris and store it in Washington, but keep our Pacific nuclear-free." (Vanuatu's celebrated former 'Turaga Chief' Motarilavoa Hilda Lini) In the face of considerable worldwide criticism, TEPCO is moving ahead with its well-advertised plans to …

_____ (2023-01-21). Direct Air Capture: Five Things You Need To Know About This Climate Scam. popularresistance.org We know that the window is quickly closing for us to slash emissions and avoid climate change's worst effects. So it's easy to get excited about direct air capture: technology designed to suck carbon dioxide straight from the atmosphere. | But oil and gas companies have vested interests in DAC. As a kind of carbon capture and sequestration technology, DAC projects will receive hefty federal tax credits. | Now, DAC boosters are drumming up hype that masks real problems — notably, that direct air capture is a scam that won't help solve the climate crisis. With time running out on climate change, we can't wast…

_____ (2023-01-21). Washington DC: Belmarsh Tribunal Calls For Assange's Release. popularresistance.org On Friday, January 20, progressive groups in the United States will be hosting the third Belmarsh Tribunal in the capital, Washington DC. The 17-member Belmarsh Tribunal is hosted by Progressive International along with the Wau Holland Foundation. | The DC Tribunal will be held at the National Press Club, close to the US Capitol building, which houses the US Congress. The Club was where Assange first screened Collateral Murder over a decade ago. Collateral Murder is 39 minutes of unedited, leaked footage from a gun cam that showed a US military drone attacking Al-Amin al-Thaniyah, a suburb of Baghdad, and killing…

_____ (2023-01-21). A Community Archive Documents Decades Of Radical Activism Against Police Brutality. popularresistance.org Tucked away in Park Slope, Brooklyn, since 2011, Interference Archive tells the stories of people imagining and fighting for a better world in the face of hostile power structures. Pulling from decades of American social movements, the archive's materials often reveal deeply intimate insights into long-gone individuals, groups and subcultures‚Äâ—‚Äâsome of which can be found nowhere else. Run entirely by volunteers, it started with the personal collections of Dara Greenwald and Josh MacPhee, along with two other cofounders, Kevin Caplicki and Molly Fair. | Interference Arch…

_____ (2023-01-21). Iran's Unrest Triggers Explosion Of Fake News. popularresistance.org Protests in Iran that ostensibly began as a reaction to the death of a woman in police custody in September 2022 have prompted unprecedented international opposition to its government, not only from the usual Western, Israeli and Saudi suspects, but from celebrity social media influencers with no previous record of commenting on Iranian affairs. | Iran is now the target of a carefully coordinated information war with a single goal to drive international support for regime change by any means — whether through sanctions, armed insurrection, military intervention, or some combination of the three. | Before a…

_____ (2023-01-21). Activists Demand Independent Investigation After Cops Kill Protester. popularresistance.org Atlanta, Georgia – An activist was shot and killed by police on Wednesday during a violent raid of the protest camp and community gathering space that has blocked construction of an enormous police training facility known as "Cop City" on roughly 100 acres of public forest in southeast Atlanta. | The Georgia Bureau of Investigation initially said a suspect was shot and killed after allegedly firing a gun and injuring a Georgia state trooper during the raid, but fellow protesters and community activists doubt the official narrative and are calling on journalists and legal observers to investigate. Tensions between…

_____ (2023-01-21). The Zero-Fare Public Transit Movement Is Picking Up Momentum. popularresistance.org Washington, D.C. – Washington, D.C., is on the verge of eliminating bus fares for city residents, joining other U.S. cities that are working to make metro bus and rail systems free to ride. | Already, Boston, San Francisco and Denver are experimenting with zero fare. In late 2019, Kansas City, Missouri, became the first major U.S. city to approve a fare-free public transit system. | The "zero-fare" movement has garnered support among business groups, environmental advocates, Democratic leaders and others who say that public transit boosts local economies, mitigates climate change and is a basic necessity for many…

_____ (2023-01-21). Mexico: Battleground For Independent Union's First Contract Fight. popularresistance.org Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico – In the Mexican border city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, auto parts workers are throwing down yet again against their employer, Michigan-based VU Manufacturing, and its chosen union, the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM). | Last August, VU workers voted to form an independent union, the Mexican Workers' League (la Liga), defeating management's effort to impose an employer-friendly union affiliated with the CTM. | After a union wins an election, Mexican labor law grants six months to bargain a contract. In the League's case, the timetable runs through March 6. Bargaining a ne…

_____ (2023-01-21). Keith Davis, Jr. And Black Political Corruption. popularresistance.org Baltimore, Maryland – Keith Davis, Jr. is free after an ordeal which began when he was shot by Baltimore, Maryland police on June 7, 2015. The police claimed to be looking for a robbery suspect and chased Davis into a garage where they fired 44 shots, three of which struck him. The robbery victim testified that Davis was not the perpetrator who attacked him, but the police charged Davis with another crime, a murder which took place in a different part of the city. They did this despite evidence showing he was also innocent of that charge as well. Five trials resulted in either hung juries or judges overturning ve…

Anand Naidoo (2023-01-21). The Heat: World Economic Forum. america.cgtn.com The World Economic Forum closes in Davos, after candid talks about the global economy, China's reopening and climate change. Global leaders and business executives gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, to discuss some of the biggest issues of 2023. Among the …

americanthinker (2023-01-21). Nobody mentioned China at Davos. americanthinker.com The big problem is China, and no one wants to say it.

____ (2023-01-21). China secures maximum outcomes at minimum costs with COVID response. ecns.cn Over the past three years, China made the best efforts to save lives and protect public health, while keeping the social and economic impacts of the pandemic at the lowest possible levels.

Helena Hui Wang, Esther Lau, Baoguo Jiang, Richard Horton (2023-01-21). [Comment] Winner of the 2022 Wakley—Wu Lien Teh Prize: the dutiful son by his father's bedside. thelancet.com The 2022 Wakley—Wu Lien Teh Prize invited submissions sharing ideas of "a heart full of great compassion and empathy" in modern Chinese clinical practice.1 We are pleased and grateful to have received 187 submissions—twice the number of submissions in 2021—telling touching and provocative stories about all aspects of medical practice in China. Essays were shortlisted by two editors at The Lancet Group and anonymised essays were sent to external advisers in China for their reflections and thoughts.

Dongsheng News (2023-01-21). Historic Population Decline. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China in 2 minutes. ‚Ä¢ GDP increased 3% in 2022 ‚Ä¢ Historic population decline ‚Ä¢ Nearly 60,000 COVID-19 related deaths in the last month ‚Ä¢ The 'Three Body Problem' debuts on TV…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-01-21). Seattle, WA: Mourners Arrested at Vigil for Tort. itsgoingdown.org Report on Seattle vigil in solidarity with Tortuguita and the struggle against Cop City in Atlanta. Around folks showed up for a somber and angry candlelight vigil at Cal Anderson park in so-called Seattle. We gathered to remember Tort, murdered by Atlanta PD for defending the forest against Cop City. People expressed their rage…

Brian Williams (2023-01-21). Help 'Militant' win renewals, get new book out to workers. themilitant.com

WSWS (2023-01-21). UAW bureaucrats collaborate with UC to retroactively dock strikers' pay. wsws.org Only weeks after betraying the historic strike of 48,000 academic workers at the University of California, the United Auto Workers is assisting UC in collecting attestation payback forms to retroactively dock wages.

Joe Young (2023-01-21). End forced sterilization of Native women in Canada! themilitant.com MONTREAL — Two recent reports document the longstanding practice of the capitalist rulers in Canada to promote forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women. And the numbers reported are just the tip of the iceberg. This is part of the long history of oppression against Native people by the Canadian state. | An inquiry last November by the First Nations of Quebec and the Labrador Health and Social Services Commission, documents 22 cases since 1980 where Indigenous women were sterilized without their consent, most recently in 2019. Many of the women had gone to the hospital to give birth. There were three cases of f…

Rick Thomas (2023-01-21). Davos 2023: Fragmenting the World. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-01-21). Letters to the Canary: your chance to be published by us. thecanary.co The Canary receives a lot of emails from members and subscribers, on various topics — which the team are really grateful for. We always aim to respond. However, we thought what a waste it was that we're the only ones that get to read your opinions and musings on politics, society, and the world. So, …

WSWS (2023-01-21). Harvard forced to reverse decision denying fellowship to critic of Israel. wsws.org The dean of the Harvard Kennedy School reversed his decision to deny a fellowship to Kenneth Roth on the grounds that his criticism of the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians was "biased."

Kelley Beaucar Vlahos (2023-01-21). How foreign policy elites are losing contact with their citizens. indybay.org In addition to the destruction of two countries, trillions of squandered dollars, a massive refugee crisis, a new generation of U.S. war veterans in need of lifelong assistance, and countless dead as well as wounded, these "elites" are largely responsible for the distrust of Washington that has eaten culture and politics in this country to the core. Trust in American institutions is dwindling.

Anonymous669 (2023-01-21). Turkey Steps Up Artillery, Rocket Strikes On Northern Syria After Attack On Border Base (Video). southfront.org The aftermath of the rocket attack on the Turkish base near Bab al-Salam crossing in northern Syria. Via Twitter. | Late on January 20, the Turkish military stepped up its artillery and rocket strikes on areas held by Kurdish forces in Syria northern region following an indirect fire attack that targeted one of its border bases. | A salvo of rockets hit the Turkish base, which is located near the Bab al-Salam border crossing in the northern Aleppo countryside. | In a sta…

Marsha Badger (2023-01-21). Storm Reid Talks Power Of Social Media And New Film 'Missing'. newsone.com Storm Reid and Nia Long are the mother/daughter duo we didn't know we needed. The pair join forces onscreen in Missing, a thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. In the film, June, played by Storm Reid, goes into detective mode when her mother, Grace Allen, played by Nia Long, goes missing after a baecation with her boyfriend in Colombia. | When Grace doesn't appear after her flight pickup, June resorts to her mother and her boyfriend's digital footprint to locate her. From soliciting help in another country to hacking emails and watching online video footage, June is as good as any FBI agent. Th…

WSWS (2023-01-21). Australia: Betrayal of workers at Pampas is nothing new for the United Workers Union. wsws.org The need for rank-and-file committees is underscored by the fact that the Pampas sell-out followed a blueprint the union has established in other significant disputes in recent years.

Peter Koenig (2023-01-21). Prelude to the 2023 WEF Davos Meetings. "Cooperation" in Triggering "Depopulation" and a "Fractured World" globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-01-21). Sri Lankan parliament passes draconian "rehabilitation" law. wsws.org The government's new law has nothing to do with "rehabilitating" drug addicts but is to incarcerate workers, youth and political opponents, without any judicial determination, in military-run centres.

WSWS (2023-01-21). Thailand: Bid for Chinese New Year tourists threatens new COVID surge. wsws.org In Thailand, the true picture of daily COVID cases is masked behind a complete dismantling of testing and tracing.

F. William Engdahl (2023-01-21). The Dark Origins of the Davos Great Reset. globalresearch.ca Klaus Schwab is little more than a slick PR agent for a global technocratic agenda, a corporatist unity of corporate power with government, including the UN, an agenda whose origins go back to the beginning of the 1970s, and even earlier.

americanthinker (2023-01-21). A celebration and a new initiative in Colorado. americanthinker.com The New Year brought to Colorado a celebration of an effective tax policy and a new take on an old idea.

K.J. Noh (2023-01-21). South Korean Dictator Dies, Western Media resurrects a Myth. mronline.org The Death of South Korean dictator Chun Doo Hwan signals the consolidation of a false media narrative that is misleading and dangerous.

Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, UCSC, UC Berkeley (2023-01-21). Saturday 1/21: Dancing with Sea, Land, & Fire: Monterey Bay Native Land Management and Food Security. indybay.org Seymour Marine Discovery Center | 100 McAllister Way | Santa Cruz, CA 9 60 | Or join online via Zoom…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-21). A severe cold wave is freezing the already starving people of Afghanistan. peoplesdispatch.org Over the past two weeks, the freezing cold has reportedly killed at least 70 Afghans and over 70,000 livestock. The freezing temperatures have worsened the plight of Afghans who are already facing an economic crisis…

Staff (2023-01-21). Manchin-Romney Attack on Social Security Is 'Last Thing We Need': Sanders. commondreams.org Progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday slammed right-wing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin's widely panned proposal to explore slashing Social Security benefits as part of a debt ceiling pact with Republicans. During a Wednesday interview with Fox Business at the ruling class' annual gathering in Davos for the World Economic Forum, Manchin (W.Va.) suggested that members …

Thomas L Perry (2023-01-21). [Correspondence] Who really benefits from drug combinations and long titrations for pain? thelancet.com Findings from Solomon Tesfaye and colleagues' OPTION-DM trial1 are a useful but intellectually challenging contribution to understanding drug treatment of painful neuropathy. It reiterates a popular expert opinion that gabapentin must be given three times daily and "requires a long titration period of up to 2 months to avoid toxicity".1 Gabapentin and pregabalin have similar elimination half-lives, via renal excretion. Twice daily administration gave pregabalin a marketing advantage when the patent on gabapentin expired.

WSWS (2023-01-21). The Fabelmans: Steven Spielberg's family drama. wsws.org The film is a highly personal account of…

americanthinker (2023-01-21). Guerrilla Information War. americanthinker.com Countering the lies of the fascist far-left from Hitler to today.

Anonymous669 (2023-01-21). ISIS Says Its Cells In Southern Syria Carried Out 34 Attacks In Past Seven Months, Killed Over. southfront.org ISIS cells in Syrian southern region carried out 34 operations over the past seven months, the terrorist group's official al-Naba…

Angela (2023-01-21). Sunday 1/22: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Tantura" indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

americanthinker (2023-01-21). Many states will soon have a budget problem. The culprit is clearly too much spending, not tax cuts as WaPo columnist claims. americanthinker.com Sheer coincidence? The high tax/high spending states also pay their state legislators the most.

americanthinker (2023-01-21). Wokester Inferno: DeSantis junks woke pension investing and woke educational courses in Florida. americanthinker.com 'Where woke goes to die' is more than a slogan in Ron DeSantis's state of Florida.

americanthinker (2023-01-21). The BBC capitulates after outrage over 'sexist' Jacinda Ardern headline. americanthinker.com The BBC ran a cheesy headline that read: "Jacinda Ardern resigns: Can women really have it all?"

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-21). Mayo Clinic Laboratories and Helix collaborate to provide comprehensive suite of laboratory services to biopharma customers. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic Laboratories, a leading reference laboratory, and Helix, the nation's leading population genomics and viral surveillance company, today announced a new strategic collaboration that will provide biopharma customers access to a comprehensive joint laboratory offering for research and development initiatives across the drug development lifecycle. The offering will include a full spectrum of testing capabilities that leverages both Helix's suite of next generation sequencing capabilities and Mayo Clinic Laboratories' portfolio of more than 3,800…

Jacob Nordangard (2023-01-21). World Economic Forum's "Young Global Leaders" Revealed. globalresearch.ca For several decades, this program has nurtured compliant leaders acting as WEF agents in governments around the world. The consequences are far-reaching and may turn out to be devastating for humanity.

WSWS (2023-01-21). BBC documentary indicts Modi for 2002 anti-Muslim Gujarat pogrom. wsws.org India's Hindu supremacist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has responded with vitriol to a BBC documentary that examines prime minister Modi's role in facilitating and overseeing the 2002 Gujarat anti-Muslim pogrom.

Anonymous669 (2023-01-21). ISIS Suicide Bomber Eliminated In Syria's Daraa. southfront.org On January 21, a man known to be a member of ISIS was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in the southern Syrian city of Daraa. | The dead body of the terrorist, identified as Rabie al-Masalmah, was found in the area of al-Nakhlah in southern part of Daraa city, commonly known as Daraa al-Balad. An explosive belt was found on the body. | The slain terrorist was reportedly working with Mohamad al-Masalmah, a local commander of ISIS who is also known as "Hafu". Between August and November,…

Shannon Dawson (2023-01-21). Community Group Helps Family Of Marcus Golden Secure $1.3 Million Settlement Eight Years After Police Killed Him. newsone.com As part of the settlement, city officials will reserve space for Golden's family to build a memorial bench and plaque to honor his legacy.

Editor (2023-01-21). Medicare Advantage Is Neither Medicare Nor an Advantage. scheerpost.com

Mike Ludwig (2023-01-21). Activists Call for Mass Rallies on Sunday to Protest Abortion Bans. truthout.org Abortion rights activists are holding mass rallies across the country on Sunday to mark what would be the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Courtruling that enshrined the constitutional right to abortion until right-wing justices struck it down last year. In Louisiana, one of at least 13 states that banned most abortions since the ruling, Nancy Davis will be a leader at the march in the… |

Manlio Dinucci (2023-01-21). L'Intera Europa Campo di Battaglia. globalresearch.ca La Federazione degli Scienziati Americani conferma in gennaio la notizia data da Grandangolo nel dicembre 2022 in base a un documento della US Air Force: l'aereo C-17A Globemaster è stato autorizzato a trasportare in Italia e altri paesi europei la …

Olga Eyre, Vikram Patel, David Brent, Anita Thapar (2023-01-21). [Correspondence] Latent bipolar depression — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Takeshi Terao for their response to our Seminar on depression in young people.1 Terao highlights that depression is often the first manifestation of bipolar disorder and early-onset depression is a risk factor for switching to bipolar disorder. This clinical point is important.

Shannon Kelleher (2023-01-21). Report Shows "Vicious Cycle" Between Pesticide Dependence and Climate Crisis. truthout.org This story was originally published by The New Lede. Pesticide use is a significant factor in harmful climate change, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions in multiple ways, according to a report issued this week. The report released by the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) found that greenhouse gases are emitted during production of these pesticides as well as when they are… |

Staff (2023-01-21). 21 January, NYC: Day of Rage Free Ahmad Sa'adat, Free Ahmad Manasra, Honor the Martyrs of Palestine. samidoun.net Saturday, 21 January 2 pm Grand Central Station, Main Concourse NYC Info: www.instagram.com/p/Cnim_b-LwgY/ Rally to demand the immediate release of Ahmad Sa'adat, Ahmad Manasra, and all Palestinian prisoners, and to honor the martyrs of Palestine! Come out and have your voice be heard! Join Samidoun NY/NJ and Within Our Lifetime United for Palestine! Free …

Takeshi Terao (2023-01-21). [Correspondence] Latent bipolar depression. thelancet.com I read with much interest the excellent and comprehensive Seminar about depression in young people by Anita Thapar and colleagues.1 Although the authors simply mentioned the increased rates of diagnostic conversion from depression to bipolar disorder in adolescents with depression, it should be emphasised more. For example, of 72 patients diagnosed with depression at a mean age of 10 ∑3 years (SD 1 ∑5), 48 ∑6% (n=35) of patients were diagnostically changed to bipolar disorder during the subsequent 10 years.

WSWS (2023-01-21). Google carries out mass layoffs of 12,000 workers as global jobs massacre continues. wsws.org The tech cuts are only the beginning of a broader offensive against jobs by the entire capitalist elite, who are determined to use unemployment as a weapon against the rise of strike activity.

_____ (2023-01-21). Mexico Pulled Between Bright Multipolar Future and Feudal North America Union. strategic-culture.org The spirits of great leaders like Lincoln, Juarez, FDR, and Cardenas would certainly smile at Mexico's emerging potential. | Last week's meeting of Justin Trudeau, Joe Biden and Lopez Obrador in Mexico City saw several dynamics clashing. On the one hand, the oligarchist demands of global governance, population reduction (under the guise of "sustainable development") were advanced with a

Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt (2023-01-21). [World Report] One Health in Kenya. thelancet.com Policy makers and researchers have long argued for the importance of One Health. Kenya is putting the principles into practice. Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt reports.

Ramona Wadi (2023-01-21). Israeli Security Minister Ben-Gvir's Efforts in the Erasure of Palestinian Identity. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) Tying in to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement that "the Jewish people have an exclusive and unquestionable right to all areas of the land of Israel" is the recent order by Israel's Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to remove Palestinian flags that are publicly displayed. At face value, …

Richard Horton (2023-01-21). [Comment] Offline: Rethinking the world. thelancet.com "The horror is that for the first time we live in a world in which we can no longer imagine a better one." Theodor Adorno, in conversation with Max Horkheimer, in March, 1956. Adorno succeeded Horkheimer as Director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt in 1959. Their discussions, published in Towards a New Manifesto (Verso, 2019), ranged across several themes—freedom, work, needs. Horkheimer, living in the shadow of war, seemed preoccupied with the conditions necessary for the stability of human civilisation.

Fred Wertheimer (2023-01-21). Can a Discharge Petition Save Economy From GOP Hostage-Taking Over Debt Ceiling? commondreams.org

We knew this was coming.Last year, there were signals that

Scott L Delp, Eric J Topol (2023-01-21). [Perspectives] Digitising tremor. thelancet.com The nervous system speaks a digital language. A heathy nervous system orchestrates a vast array of action potentials to produce a repertoire of voluntary movements. Neurological diseases such as parkinson's disease and essential tremor (ET), however, disrupt the execution of smooth voluntary movements and hinder the performance of even simple tasks, like holding a cup of coffee. ET, the most common movement disorder, affects an estimated 5% of people aged 60 years and older globally. Although the complete set of neurological mechanisms that cause ET are yet to be elucidated, oscillatory signalling within the vent…

Dorothee Benz (2023-01-21). NYT worries Big Brother is not watching you. mronline.org You might think, Wow, I didn't think the Times had it in it to take on Google, Meta and Amazon so directly. Well… you'd be right.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-21). Science Saturday: MayoComplete next-generation sequencing — Transforming comprehensive cancer care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For patients facing a cancer journey, navigating diagnosis and treatment can be extremely daunting. Fear of the unknown is compounded by a confusing ocean of emerging information on discoveries and technological advancements. While each wave of progress brings about new types of treatment, including targeted and immune therapies linked to improved outcomes, the cancer's nuances must be understood for these pioneering treatments to work. Laboratory testing offers crucial information to help patients traverse the shifting…

Udani Samarasekera (2023-01-21). [Perspectives] Carlos E Rodríguez-Díaz: community centred public health scientist. thelancet.com "I am a community centred scientist, meaning I don't do any public health work that is not relevant to the community", says Carlos E Rodríguez-Díaz, Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Prevention and Community Health at George Washington University—Milken Institute School of Public Health in Washington, DC, USA. His research focuses on public health intervention development with and for populations made socially vulnerable in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean region, and the USA, including people with HIV, incarcerated individuals, Latinx people, and sexual and gender minority groups.

Michael Guger, Gerhard Ransmayr, Michael Sonnberger, Simon Hametner, Serge Weis, Thomas Berger, Christian Enzinger (2023-01-21). [Clinical Picture] Tumefactive multiple sclerosis presents with painless progressive hemiparesis and aphasia. thelancet.com A 20-year-old man presented at our emergency department with a progressive painless paralysis of his right arm and right leg. The patient reported that difficulties began approximately 48 h before, while he was sleeping. He had no medical history.

americanthinker (2023-01-21). Friday's March for Life was a huge success (as always). americanthinker.com Of course, no one who pays attention only to the mainstream media will ever know how many people show up every year for this event.

Dan Fein (2023-01-21). Chicago health care workers strike over layoffs, contract. themilitant.com CHICAGO — Some 440 health care workers, members of the Illinois Nurses Association at Howard Brown Health, carried out a three-day strike Jan. 3-5, protesting the layoff of 61 union workers. Strikers include therapists, health educators and greeters, among others, who work at Howard Brown's 11 medical centers, retail stores and a youth center. The nurses at the clinics have a different Illinois Nurses Association contract. Howard Brown Health uses federal funds to specialize in treatment of gay and lesbian patients. | Clinic bosses say they face a $12 million shortfall due to losses in pandemic and other fe…

Anonymous669 (2023-01-21). Mysterious Explosions Reported Near Syria's Damascus. southfront.org Early on January 21, a series of explosions rocked the town of al-Mleha which is located to the east of the Syrian capital, Damascus. | A report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that the explosion emanated from an ammunition depot of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the outskirts of the town. According to the London-based monitoring group, the explosions resulted in some material losses only. | These SOHR's claims are yet to be verified. The Syrian Ministry of Defense has n…

Fight Back (2023-01-21). Tallahassee mourns the loss of Manny Paez, killed by Georgia state troopers. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – The Tallahassee community convened a somber vigil, January 19, to pay tribute to the life of Manuel "Manny" "Tortuguita" "Teran" Paez, who was taken from us too soon when Georgia state troopers killed them as they were defending Atlanta Forest from the proposed construction of "Cop City." The gathering was a poignant demonstration of collective grief and solidarity in the face of such a terrible loss. | The ceremony was an incredibly emotional occasion, with people lighting candles and providing heartfelt words of sympathy and comfort to Manny's family and their community. | Attendees recit…

Gavin de Becker (2023-01-21). Seeing Is Believing: What the Data Reveal About Deaths Following COVID Vaccine Rollouts Around the World. globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-21). Rising cases of COVID-19 variant, XBB.1.5. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Flu cases and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) rates are beginning to drop in the U.S.; however, reported cases of COVID-19 are increasing. A new COVID-19 omicron variant, XBB.1.5, is spreading quickly and being closely monitored, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "What we are learning about this new variant, XBB.1.5, is that it spreads much more easily compared to the previous variants, and almost twice more likely to spread compared to the previous variants," says Dr. Raj Palraj, an infectious diseases…

It's Going Down (2023-01-21). This Is America #180: An Antifascist Got 20 Years in Prison For Defending Counter-Protesters on J20; Report from Rural PNW. itsgoingdown.org Welcome, to This Is America, January 20th, 2023. On today's episode, first we speak with autonomous organizers in the rural Pacific Northwest town of Aberdeen, WA. We then talk to a supporter of antifascist political prisoner Alex Stokes, who has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for standing up to protect his friends from…

Staff (2023-01-21). Turkey boasts of killing more Kurds in attacks inside Syria. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahJanuary 20, 2023 Tàºrkiye eliminates 11 YPG/PKK terrorists after rocket attack The Turkish military eliminated 11 YPG/PKK terrorists in retaliation for rockets fired into the Tàºrkiye-Syria border area, the Defense Ministry said Friday. *** Since 2016, Turkey has launched a trio of successful counterterrorism operations across its border in northern Syria…namely, Euphrates Shield in …

americanthinker (2023-01-21). The Fed's false memory syndrome sparks recessions. americanthinker.com At present, there is little cause for optimism about the U.S. economy.

americanthinker (2023-01-21). Just say 'no!' to the guilt trip. americanthinker.com The future of woke culturalism is contingent upon its degree of success in feisting its guilt burden upon us, the apostates. | Ôªø…

Andreína Chávez Alava (2023-01-21). Venezuela: PDVSA Reviews Oil Exports, US Refineries Buy Chevron Cargoes. venezuelanalysis.com President Maduro appoints new oil executives to put PDVSA "on the path of definitive recovery" as output remains below 700,000 bpd.

Terry Evans (2023-01-21). 2022 elections yield political gridlock, heighten conflicts in capitalist parties. themilitant.com Congress opened in 2023 with a slim Republican majority in the House and a Democratic Senate and conflicts between and within both of the capitalist rulers' parties. Neither looks to do much to pass legislation. Both have their eyes on using their thin majorities — and the Democrats' hold on the presidency — to strengthen their hand in capturing the White House in 2024 and finding ways to go after their political opponents. As they do so, they're dealing blows to constitutional freedoms working people need as we fight to defend the interests of our class and all those oppressed by capital. | The sharp…

James Temple (2023-01-21). A Startup Says It's Begun Releasing Particles Into the Atmosphere, in an Effort to Tweak the Climate. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-01-21). The billionaires at Davos protect themselves from COVID-19, while declaring the pandemic "over" for working people. wsws.org The first in-person gathering of world leaders and billionaires at Davos during the COVID-19 pandemic was remarkable for the comprehensive infection control measures taken to protect the super-rich from the virus.

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-01-21). The abuse of the concept of "populism" mronline.org ALL regimes based on class antagonism require a discourse to legitimise class oppression and this discourse in turn requires a vocabulary of its own. The neoliberal regime too has developed its own discourse and vocabulary and a key concept in this vocabulary is "populism".

americanthinker (2023-01-21). The Agent Orange precedent is helping the military come to terms with the potential health issues created by the COVID vaccine mandate. americanthinker.com Now all that Veterans' Affairs secretary McDonough has to do is state that there is the potential for adverse health effects on our troops from the mandatory vaccine to structure scientific epidemiological research to help all exposed to the vaccine.

William Manson (2023-01-21). Social Media: "Who Would You Like Me to Be?" dissidentvoice.org Way back in the 1830s, the brilliant Alexis de Tocqueville, visiting the American experiment of "democracy," found a nation of persons afraid to disagree with the "tyranny of the majority." Despite Ralph Waldo Emerson's inspiring Self-Reliance of 1841, there remained very few free-thinking individualists to be found. Some 10 years later, when Thoreau published Walden …

Guy Hatchard (2023-01-21). The New Zealand Government Reaches for Total Medical Control. globalresearch.ca

Joel Richards (2023-01-21). Over % of Argentina's farmland lacks water. america.cgtn.com Nearly 55% of Argentina's arable land has been affected by drought conditions. Find out more.

WSWS (2023-01-21). "Vote against war! Vote SGP!": SGP election spot for the Berlin election. wsws.org The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei is running in the Berlin elections to give a voice and a socialist perspective to the opposition to the hated policies of war and social devastation.

Joel Britton (2023-01-21). San Francisco Bay cargo ship fuelers demand 'No pay cuts!'. themilitant.com ALAMEDA, Calif. — "Leo Marine workers responsible for all cargo ship fueling in the San Francisco Bay voted to join IBU-ILWU last year," read the call for a Jan. 11 rally here in support of the 30 workers fighting for their first contract. The Inlandboatmen's Union is affiliated to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. | "We have met with Leo Marine managers 13 times," ILWU organizer Evan McLaughlin told the nearly three dozen unionists and other workers who joined Leo Marine fuelers on their lunch-break rally. | The company is offering a 3% wage hike, but cutting overtime, resulting in "a 3% wag…

americanthinker (2023-01-21). A Sailor's Reflections on Race and the Navy. americanthinker.com It is not the Navy's mission or responsibility to solve residual cultural problems with some minority groups that may still exist.

WSWS (2023-01-21). Immigrant worker shot dead by police at Oklahoma meatpacking plant. wsws.org A worker who filmed the incident said Chiewalthap Mariar was fired by his supervisor and then told to finish his shift by human resources. Workers were kept on the job by management after the shooting.

mforinoco (2023-01-21). Latin American Leaders To Participate In CELAC Summit. orinocotribune.com

Colin Todhunter (2023-01-21). A Hard-Edged Rock: Waging Economic Warfare on Humanity. dissidentvoice.org Why is much modern food of inferior quality? Why is health suffering and smallholder farmers who feed most of the world being forced out of agriculture? Mainly because of the mindset of the likes of Larry Fink of BlackRock — the world's biggest asset management firm — and the economic system they profit from and promote. In …

Jan Claassen, Soojin Park (2023-01-21). [Correspondence] Convexity subarachnoid haemorrhage — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank David Werring and Gargi Banerjee for their kind comments on our Seminar,1 and for highlighting the important topic of convexity subarachnoid haemorrhage (cSAH). Due to space limitations, the nuances of the diagnostic approach and thorough reporting of clinical characteristics of the wide differential for non-traumatic, non-aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) did not extend beyond the most common category (perimesencephalic). The differential for non-aneurysmal SAH can be brought into greater focus when considering convexity distribution.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: When chest discomfort becomes something to worry about. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Chest discomfort and pain account for more than 6.5 million emergency department visits in the U.S. each year. Discomfort can be the first sign of a serious heart event or a symptom of other medical conditions. Dr. Regis Fernandes, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says people should seek medical care at the first sign of chest pain. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/Of7FXH2aJTY Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 03) is in the downloads at the end of this…

____ (2023-01-21). Xi Jinping unanimously elected deputy to 14th NPC. ecns.cn Xi Jinping was elected deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) by a unanimous vote at the first session of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress on Thursday.

isj.org.uk (2023-01-21). Capitalism and Slavery revisited. isj.org.uk The reprint of the book, written by Eric Williams, comes in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Ellen Brown (2023-01-21). Solving the Debt Crisis the American Way. dissidentvoice.org Our forefathers turned their debts into currency. That Constitutional approach could work today. On Friday, Jan. 13, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wrote to Congress that the U.S. government will hit its borrowing limit on Jan. 19, forcing the new Congress into negotiations over the debt limit much sooner than expected. She said she will use accounting …

JCOG-HBPOG (2023-01-21). [Articles] Adjuvant S-1 compared with observation in resected biliary tract cancer (JCOG1202, ASCOT): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial. thelancet.com Although long-term clinical benefit would be needed for a definitive conclusion, a significant improvement in survival suggested adjuvant S-1 could be considered a standard of care for resected biliary tract cancer in Asian patients.

Sophie Cousins (2023-01-21). [World Report] Birthing on Country: improving maternal care in Australia. thelancet.com First Nations mothers and babies in Australia have long suffered inequities. A set of new initiatives is aiming to reverse this trend. Sophie Cousins reports.

Pepe Escobar (2023-01-21). All Quiet (Panic) On the Western Front. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar Jan 16, 2023 | Shadows are falling / And I've been here all day / It's too hot to sleep / And time is running away / Feel like my soul / has turned into steel /I've still got the scars / That the sun didn't heal / There's not even room enough / To be anywhere / Lord it's not dark yet, / but it's getting there | Bob Dylan, Lights! Action! Reset! | The The mai…

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-01-21). Ed Reed To Players After Being Pushed Out As Coach Of Bethune-Cookman: 'I Don't Want To Leave'. moguldom.com NFL Hall-of-Famer Ed Reed broke the news to 26 recruits on Saturday that he would no longer be taking the reins of Bethune-Cookman University's football team nearly a month after he was announced as the school's next head coach. He did so in an impassioned speech that was streamed live on Instagram. Some players could be heard …

Unicorn Riot (2023-01-21). GOP Politicians Join White Supremacists at YMCA Hate Rally in Santee. unicornriot.ninja

Danielle Atkinson (2023-01-21). Op-Ed: The Federal Government Must Strengthen And Protect Policies That Help Families And Early Childhood Educators. newsone.com "Our nation has a system that is grossly unfair and disproportionately problematic for Black children and families of low income," writes Danielle Atkinson.

americanthinker (2023-01-21). Artificial intelligence versus real humanity. americanthinker.com It oddly has a lot in common with the lunacies of the transgender movement.

Juan Cole (2023-01-21). Nearly 20% of New Vehicles in California Last Year were Zero-Emission, as Peak Oil nears. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The office of California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that nearly 1 in 5 of new vehicles purchased in that state in 2022 were zero emission (ZEVs). Nationwide, nearly 6 percent of new vehicle registrations were electric. This statistic of 18.8% ZEVs did not represent business as usual for California. The …

SAM (2023-01-21). Pete Buttigieg Has Aided And Abetted Airlines' Fraud Schemes. progressivehub.net REBECCA BURNS AND ANDREW PEREZ | THE LEVER…

americanthinker (2023-01-21). Israel-haters Also Glorify Cop Killers. americanthinker.com The history here is long and ugly.

scorinoco (2023-01-21). Venezuela Evaluates Relaunching Petrocaribe. orinocotribune.com The government of Venezuela, together with the other countries of the Caribbean region, is carrying out an evaluation process for the relaunching of Petrocaribe as a key organization for the economic development of the region. | This was announced by Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil on Friday, January 20, after he held a meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions of Caribbean countries accredited to Venezuela, at Casa Amarilla, headquarters of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Venezuela. Apart from the Petrocaribe issue, the participants of the meeting also forwarded proposals regarding the incentive…

Carlos Lopes Pereira (2023-01-21). Amílcar Cabral — African Marxist liberation leader — murdered years ago by agents of Portuguese colonialism. workers.org The author, a former member of the Secretariat of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), writes of African events for Avante, the newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party. Translation: John Catalinotto. Half a century ago, on Jan. 20, 1973, Amílcar Cabral, a prominent leader . . . |

Staff (2023-01-21). EPA Plan for Forever Chemical Discharges 'Lacks the Urgency' Needed, Watchdog Says. commondreams.org The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's newly released plan for regulating wastewater pollution, including discharges of toxic "forever chemicals," is far too muted and sluggish, a progressive advocacy group warned Friday. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) detailed how the EPA's long-awaited Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 postpones sorely needed action to rein in widespread contamination from …

Ese Olumhense (2023-01-21). Texas GOP Seeks to Override Local Prosecutors Who Oppose "Voter Fraud" Agenda. truthout.org Under new legislation proposed in Texas, the state's Republican attorney general could send prosecutors from neighboring counties to investigate suspected cases of voter fraud in the state's large Democratic counties. The bill is one of at least nine filed in Texas since the November midterm elections that would increase criminal penalties for voting-related infractions or extend law enforcement's… |

Editor at Global Grind (2023-01-21). Did You Know? The Original 'Lion King' Movie Is Based On The First Ruler Of The Mali Empire. newsone.com Fans might be shocked at this Disney fun fact about its popular animated film franchise 'The Lion King' and what inspired the original movie.

Luis Chirino (2023-01-21). U.S. baseball players join Cuba's team for 2023 World Baseball Classic. america.cgtn.com As the 2023 World Baseball Classic approaches, the Biden administration has granted permission for Cuban baseball players living in the U.S. to join the Cuban national team. Cuba will face the Netherlands in the first game. See more.

WSWS (2023-01-21). Three active-duty Marines arrested for storming the Capitol on January 6. wsws.org The arrests indicate the significant level of support Trump's coup, and fascism, have within the US military.

americanthinker (2023-01-21). The Disturbing Precedent behind Dangerous COVID Shots. americanthinker.com A shocking and heartbreaking incident from 1923 sheds light on what we're going through now.

americanthinker (2023-01-21). The Real Purpose of Drag Queen Story Hour. americanthinker.com It's not about "education" or "tolerance," and it's not benign.

Mikhal Weiner (2023-01-21). Queer and Trans Elders in Search of Safe Housing Face Barriers, Discrimination. truthout.org As the baby boom generation enters its golden years and average lifespans increase, the U.S. is becoming home to more older adults. In 2019, there were over 74.6 million Americans over the age of 60, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS). The agency projects that there will be 80.8 million seniors in the U.S. by 2040, a demographic trend that has… |

Common Dreams (2023-01-21). 'Cancel This Failed Experiment': Physicians Tell Biden HHS to End Medicare Privatization Pilot. juancole.com By Jake Johnson | ( Commondreams.org) A national physician group this week called for the complete termination of a Medicare privatization scheme that the Biden White House inherited from the Trump administration and later rebranded—while keeping intact its most dangerous components. Now known as the Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community …

americanthinker (2023-01-21). How the 'vaccine lies' will play out. americanthinker.com One conservative podcaster has a compelling theory — one that requires Trump to take action right now.

Nai-Jung Chiang, Li-Tzong Chen (2023-01-21). [Comment] Adjuvant therapy in biliary tract cancers: oral fluoropyrimidine as a beginning. thelancet.com Biliary tract cancer is a group of malignant tumours, mostly adenocarcinoma, arising from different sites of the biliary tract with diverse aetiology, molecular profiling, TNM classification, and surgical procedures and outcomes of resectable diseases.1 Radical surgical resection remains the only curative treatment, but postoperative relapse is common.1 Developing effective adjuvant therapy is mandatory. However, two modern observation-controlled phase 3 trials, the BCAT trial2 and the PRODIGE 12-ACCORD 18 trial,3 did not show the benefit of adjuvant gemcitabine-based chemotherapy in resected biliary tract cancer…

Sara Lobman (2023-01-21). New York nurses strike, solidarity, force more hiring and higher pay. themilitant.com NEW YORK — More than 7,000 nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx returned to work Jan. 12 after a successful three-day strike. The members of the New York State Nurses Association will now vote on the tentative agreement. According to the union website, hospital bosses agreed to "increase staffing levels and enforcement, increase salaries by approximately 19% over the three-year contract, [and] protect health-care benefits." | The key issue in the strike was enforceable patient-to-nurse ratio staffing levels that give nurses the capacity to responsibly care f…

Anonymous669 (2023-01-21). Turkey In Talks To Purchase Typhoon Fighter Jets, Other Weapons From The UK. southfront.org RAF Typhoon fighter jet. Source: Flickr: 359B9923 / user www.flickr.com/people/41279068@N08 | Turkey has held talks with the United Kingdom over the possible purchase of fighter jets, transport planes, frigates and tank engines, the Three separate sources told the London-based news outlet that Turkish defence minister Hulusi Akar discussed t…

Kerstin Chavent, Thomas Schwendener (2023-01-21). The Octopus of Davos and The club of right-wing apostles, 1/18. indybay.org Decisions affecting all of humanity are being made undemocratically by a wealthy global elite. And yet most of us look the other way, as if the Gates, Rockefellers and Buffets of this world were philanthropists giving back to the public what they have received from it, and the WEF a charity that wants to make the world a better place – and not an unscrupulous community…

Staff (2023-01-21). Chevron Unloads Venezuelan Crude in US Territory After 4-Year Hiatus. orinocotribune.com

news.un (2023-01-21). Cabo Verde 'on the frontlines' of climate crisis, says Guterres ahead of Ocean Summit. news.un.org How can a country secure a sustainable future if 99.3 per cent of its territory is water? UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday arrived in Cabo Verde, the 10-island archipelago off West Africa's Atlantic coast that is exploring innovative solutions to help answer that important question.

The Green Arcade (2023-01-21). Tuesday 2/14: Dancing with History: A Life for Peace and Justice with Author/Activist George Lakey. indybay.org The Green Arcade | 1680 Market Street | SF, CA 94102…

Staff (2023-01-21). We Must Stop Thinking of About This as a "Border Crisis" commondreams.org Most of us agree that the U.S. immigration system is in dire need of reform. But inflammatory rhetoric and policies designed to keep immigrants away won't get us there. When I was in law school, I witnessed firsthand the difficulties faced by asylum seekers. These desperate people had already endured terrifying conditions in their home …

Solomon Tesfaye, Gordon Sloan, David White, Mike Bradburn, Didier Bouhassira, Dinesh Selvarajah, OPTION-DM trial group (2023-01-21). [Correspondence] Who really benefits from drug combinations and long titrations for pain? — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Thomas Perry for taking the time to read and respond to our work. In the OPTION-DM trial,1 we included pregabalin rather than gabapentin as pregabalin is a twice-daily drug that made blinded dosing easier for the trial, has 3—4 times faster absorption after oral administration, has dose-dependent predictable plasma concentration, and requires a shorter titration period.2,3 Moreover, there was little rationale in having two drugs with a similar mechanism of action. We disagree with the statement "evidence for dose response from analgesics is tenuous" as some analgesics, such as pregabalin, have dose…

Ann Brown (2023-01-21). Reporters Pull Up On Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla at Davos Over Vaccine Protection Claims. moguldom.com Albert Bourla, the CEO of American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, was confronted by reporters in Davos over vaccine protection claims. Bourla was in Davos for the World Economic Forum. The World Economic Forum in Davos, a town in the Swiss Alps, kicked off on Jan. 16 and ended Jan. 20. Business and political leaders gathered for the annual …

Robert J. Burrowes (2023-01-21). Historical Analysis of the Global Elites: Ransacking the World Economy Until 'You'll Own Nothing'. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-01-21). French unions impose wage rises well below inflation. wsws.org After millions across France joined a one-day strike against Emmanuel Macron's pension reform on January 19, a confrontation is rapidly emerging between the government and the working class.

David J Werring, Gargi Banerjee (2023-01-21). [Correspondence] Convexity subarachnoid haemorrhage. thelancet.com We congratulate Jan Claassen and Soojin Park on their Seminar on spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH);1 however, we found no mention of non-aneurysmal convexity subarachnoid haemorrhage (cSAH), a SAH subtype associated with a short, but important, list of underlying diagnoses, which require quite different investigation and management.

Jessica Corbett (2023-01-21). 'Open Admission of Fraud': United CEO Says Airlines Are Scheduling Flights They Can't Fulfill. commondreams.org

| Three unidentified U.S. airlines are under federal investigation for potentially scheduling flights the companies know they ultimately will not be able to fly—a revelation | The New York Times The | Times focused largely on how air travel issues—including

The Lancet (2023-01-21). [Editorial] One Health: a call for ecological equity. thelancet.com The notion that the wellbeing of an individual is directly connected to the wellbeing of the land has a long history in Indigenous societies. Nowadays, the term One Health has become an important concept in global health. The One Health High-Level Expert panel defines One Health as "an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimise the health of people, animals, and ecosystems. It recognises the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the wider environment (including ecosystems) are closely linked and inter-dependent." On Jan 19, we published a new four-part Series on…

Radhika Desai (2023-01-21). The Historical Road Leading to Today's Crises and Beyond. globalresearch.ca

Colin Todhunter (2023-01-21). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

thecommunists (2023-01-21). Remembering the history and achievements of Italy's communists. thecommunists.org The following letter was sent to comrades in Italy's Partito Comunista to mark the anniversary of the founding of the original Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921. ***** The central committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) sends warm and fraternal greetings to the leaders and militants of the Partito Comunista …

Jake Johnson (2023-01-21). Iowa GOP Pushes "Profoundly Cruel and Petty" Food Benefit Restrictions. truthout.org Republicans in the Iowa House introduced legislation this month that would impose a slew of fresh restrictions on the kinds of food people can purchase using SNAP benefits, sparking outrage among local groups who say the measure would exacerbate hunger in the GOP-dominated state. The Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC), an interfaith group that operates the largest food pantry network in… |

Nathan King (2023-01-21). President Biden celebrates two years in office. america.cgtn.com A look at U.S. President Joe Biden's first two years in office.

WSWS (2023-01-21). New laws targeting the homeless passed in multiple US states. wsws.org In Tennessee, a law passed last July makes sleeping in a tent on public property, under a bridge, or on an interstate exit a felony punishable by imprisonment, the first of its kind in the nation.

Xiaolu Sun (2023-01-21). Abortion restrictions limit training of future U.S. doctors. america.cgtn.com See how the abortion restrictions are affecting training for some OB-GYN residents in the U.S.

JANET (2023-01-21). Amílcar Cabral — African Marxist liberation leader — murdered 50 years ago by agents of Portuguese colonialism. iacenter.org By Carlos Lopes Pereira January 20, 2023 The author, a former member of the Secretariat of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), writes of African events for Avante, the newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party. Translation: John Catalinotto. Half a century ago, on Jan. 20, 1973, Amílcar Cabral, a prominent leader of the national liberation movement, was assassinated in Conakry [Guinea] by agents of colonialism on behalf of the fascist government of Portugal. The crime provoked revulsion and indignation throughout progressive humanity. The United Nations, the Organizat…

americanthinker (2023-01-21). Diversity fellowships: an exclusive club. americanthinker.com Many institutions are blatantly and illegally discriminating when it comes to their fellowship programs.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-21). Consumer Health: What do you know about blood donation? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is National Blood Donor Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about blood types and the need for blood donation. Nearly 16 million blood components are transfused each year in the U.S., according to the American Red Cross. Daily needs include 29,000 units of red blood cells, 5,000 units of platelets and 6,500 units of plasma. People need a blood transfusion for many reasons. Some may need blood during surgery. Others depend on it after an…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-01-21). WHO Fraud. There Never Was A Pandemic! globalresearch.ca

Joyce Chediac (2023-01-21). NYC retirees fight mayor & Wall St., score key victory to keep their healthcare. liberationnews.org Privatized Medicare Advantage plans are cash cows for insurance companies and profit from denying seniors care.

Mary-Alice Waters (2023-01-21). The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us. themilitant.com This activity by party members, shoulder to shoulder with other working people and youth, is being carried out amid mounting global conflicts among rival capitalis…

WSWS (2023-01-21). Australia: NSW leader Chris Minns typifies Labor's right-wing, pro-business character. wsws.org In the NSW election, working people confront a "choice" between an extreme right-wing Liberal premier and a Labor leader who agrees with him on all substantive issues.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-21). Nasrallah: The New Netanyahu Government Will Hasten Israel's Demise. southfront.org Click to see full-size image"There is reason to be optimistic: when a new government is composed of corrupt people and raving lunatics, with the grace of God, it will only hasten the end of this temporary entity." | Source : Translation: Speech of Hezbollah Secretary General, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, on January 3, 2023, during the commemoration of the third annivers…

Lyn Neeley (2023-01-21). Cuba's new Family Code, a law of love. workers.org Members of the 51st Venceremos Brigade were invited to an open-air meeting to learn about the passage of Cuba's new Family Code — the most inclusive, progressive and revolutionary law in Latin America and, indeed, the world, because of who it protects. Speakers from Cuba's trans community and CENESEX addressing . . . |

americanthinker (2023-01-21). How to tell that the climate alarmists aren't serious. americanthinker.com If "climate change" is the existential crisis of our time, you'd think these people's math would check out.

scorinoco (2023-01-21). Argentina Government Yet to Clarify Position as Right Wing Threatens to Bar Presidents Maduro, Ortega and Díaz-Canel From Attending CELAC Summit. orinocotribune.com Presidents and prime ministers of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are scheduled to attend the 7th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 24. Argentina is the host country this year because it holds the pro tempore presidency of the CELAC. | However, a situation has arisen that threatens to bar the presidents of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro; of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel; and of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, from setting foot in Argentina and attending the summit, and the Argentinian government has not ye…

Seth Galinsky (2023-01-21). Iran unrest fueled by attacks on labor, women, nationalities. themilitant.com Dozens demonstrated outside Rajai Shahr jail near Tehran Jan. 8 and 9 to demand an end to the death penalty, including the mother of Mohammad Ghobadlou, one of several anti-government protesters convicted of "enmity to God" and sentenced to death. | The protest began the day after the Iranian government executed political prisoners Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini Jan. 7, bringing to four the number of recent protesters executed since Dec. 8. The courts have since put several executions on hold or ordered new trials. | The bourgeois-clerical regime hoped the executions would push back the movement acro…

Abby Zimet (2023-01-21). Mogadishu Redux: Bring In the Malignant Clowns. commondreams.org

Hoo boy. Now that Kevin McCarthy's sold the farm and House Oversight Committee to a ragtag band of shouty MAGA "chuckleheads" – Gym, Lauren, MTG who's finally gonna get Hillary for killing RFK – the House is working hard to expose "the Biden crime family," shred the safety net, and ignore news that serial fabulist George Santos was a drag queen. Their buffoonery offers black comic relief, but many warn the chaos also signals a perilous "slow civil war." Jon Stewart: "We cannot mistake absurdity for lack of danger."Promising what one pundit calls a looming "year of the asshole," the GOP House sorrowfully…

Xóchitl Bada (2023-01-21). Farmworkers Deserve a Living Wage. progressive.org Lawmakers should take up measures that ensure union representation and better pay for these workers.

Editor (2023-01-21). Patrick Lawrence: Japan Reenlists as Washington's Spear-Carrier. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost It is always the same when Japanese premiers travel to Washington to summit at the White House. Nothing seems to happen and nobody pays much attention even when important things happen, when we should all pay attention, and, when we do pay passing attention, we usually get it …

americanthinker (2023-01-21). The WEF, hate speech, and virtue-signaling. americanthinker.com Some unelected people in Europe would like to tell us how to live.

Staff (2023-01-21). Ben-Gvir Escalates Religious War Against Palestinians. commondreams.org In a self-congratulatory article published in the Atlantic in 2017, Yossi Klein Halevi describes Israeli behavior at the just-conquered holy Muslim shrines in Occupied East Jerusalem in 1967 as "an astonishing moment of religious restraint". "The Jewish people had just returned to its holiest site, from which it had been denied access for centuries, only …

americanthinker (2023-01-21). At the border, Biden confirms the Democratic Party's Anti-Semitism and Anti-Americanism. americanthinker.com During his visit to U.S.-Mexican border in January 2023, President Biden brought up an ugly chapter in the history of Democrat rule in America.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-21). 4 ways to reduce risks of cervical cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org HPV plays a role in causing most cervical cancer. Cervical cancer occurs in the cells of the cervix, the lower part of the uterus that connects to the vagina. "While it isn't clear what sparks the cervical cells to change their DNA, it is certain that HPV plays a role," says Kristina Butler, M.D., a Mayo Clinic gynecologic oncologist. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the U.S. "Over 85% of the general…

WSWS (2023-01-21). Michigan mother and sons freeze to death. wsws.org Such tragic "accidents" can only happen in a society where conditions are ripe for tragedy.

Emily Drabinski (2023-01-21). As the Public Focuses on Book Bans, the Right Is Quietly Defunding Libraries. truthout.org The war on libraries is being fought on two fronts. On the first, we have extremists calling on librarians to repent for the sin of building collections and offering programming related to LGBTQ+ experiences. Proud Boys show up armed to protest Drag Queen Story Hours. The cops are called to investigate allegedly "obscene" materials on the shelves during Pride month. The second front… |

Réiltín Tynan (2023-01-21). [Perspectives] Can I listen to your heart now? thelancet.com The first person to call me doctor changed the course of my career. My fleeting encounter with Mary will be one of many transient ties that ultimately sustain a lifetime in health care. Like many patients, hers was an uneventful hospital stay. She had recovered well postoperatively, and treated the staff who cared for her with affection and patience. It was my first day, and my title was so heavy and unwieldy. Doctor. I felt like it should come with an exclusion clause: a banner that screamed that I was little more than the student who had graduated in a whirlwind of exams, at the start of a COVID-19 pandemic.

____ (2023-01-21). Chinese leaders extend Spring Festival greetings to veteran comrades. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders have extended festive greetings over the phone or via other means to veteran comrades ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year.

James A. Lucas (2023-01-21). The U.S. Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 "Victim Nations" Since World War II. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-01-21). Presidente Lula destituye al jefe del Ejército de Brasil tras disturbios. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, destituyó hoy al general Júlio César de Arruda de su cargo de comandante del Ejército. Su puesto será ocupado por el actual jefe militar del Comando Sudeste, el general Tomás Miguel Ribeiro Paiva, que había comandado la región desde el año 2021, según publicó el sitio oficial de las fuerzas armadas brasileñas.

Staff (2023-01-21). Policía peruana irrumpe violentamente en la Universidad de San Marcos en Lima (+ Video). cubadebate.cu La Policía Nacional de Perú ingresó este sábado a la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos en Lima, donde se encuentran alojados peruanos de diferentes regiones que vinieron a Lima a manifestarse contra el gobierno de Dina Boluarte. Los elementos de la policía entraron con violencia y sometieron a los líderes estudiantiles y sociales.

Staff (2023-01-21). Argentina asegura que Cumbre de la Celac abordará preocupaciones de los pueblos. cubadebate.cu La VII Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac), que se celebrará el próximo 24 de enero en Buenos Aires, abordará las preocupaciones de nuestros pueblos, aseguró hoy el coordinador argentino de ese organismo, Gustavo Martínez.

Staff (2023-01-21). Sol, Luna, eclipses y cometas: Los fenómenos astronómicos de 2023. cubadebate.cu La bóveda celeste será el escenario este 2023 de eventos astronómicos que siempre impresionan y maravillan a los habitantes de la Tierra, máxime cuando algunos de ellos ocurren cada miles de años o se prevé que sucedan por última vez. Entre ellos, para este 2023 se espera que se produzca un eclipse híbrido, cuatro superlunas y el paso de un cometa milenario.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-21). Anuncian uso de vacunas bivalentes contra la Covid-19 en Argentina. telesurtv.net La ministra resaltó que estos inmunizantes serán distribuidos desde la semana próxima en todas las provincias y se aplicarán de acuerdo a los planes de las mismas.

Staff (2023-01-21). Devuelven desde EEUU a otro grupo de 83 migrantes irregulares. cubadebate.cu El Ministerio del Interior informó que el Servicio de Guardacostas (SGC) devolvió hoy a 83 migrantes irregulares por el puerto de Orozco, en Bahía Honda, provincia de Artemisa.La decisión en ese sentido está en correspondencia con los acuerdos migratorios entre Cuba y Estados Unidos, añadió el organismo en una nota oficial.

Rubén Armendáriz (2023-01-21). Sigue el escándalo del Fifagate: øSolo los sudamericanos son corruptos? globalizacion.ca Un Tribunal Federal de Brooklyn continúa los juicios por el caso del llamado FIFA Gate, uno de los escándalos de corrupción más importantes en la historia del deporte que incluyó casos de soborno, fraude y lavado de dinero al interior…

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-01-21). Alemania rechaza, por ahora, el envío de tanques a Ucrania. telesurtv.net El titular de la cartera castrense alemana señaló que "estamos sopesando cuidadosamente todos los pros y contras".

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-21). Tormenta invernal deja más de 40 muertos en Búfalo, EE.UU. telesurtv.net El ejecutivo del condado de Erie, Mark Polonkarz informó que la cifra oficial se sitúa en 46 aunque advirtió que en las próximas jornadas pudiera aumentar.

Staff (2023-01-21). Cosmética artesanal en Cuba: øEn qué punto estamos? cubadebate.cu El desarrollo de la cosmética artesanal en Cuba es un campo relativamente joven que está teniendo un auge significativo en los últimos tiempos. Sobre dos emprendimientos en esa rama, los debates en cuanto al concepto de cosmética y los avances y desafíos pendientes en materia de regulación, responsabilidad y conocimiento se presentan varios criterios en este reportaje de Cubadebate.

Eros Labara (2023-01-21). Redes sociales y publicidad: Los aliados del hiperconsumo que calienta el planeta. globalizacion.ca Cuando los algoritmos de las redes sociales tratan de robar más tiempo al usuario solo sirven a un solo fin: el de generar grandes beneficios a las grandes tecnológicas, inversores y anunciantes. Hay una necesidad de regular los algoritmos y…

Staff (2023-01-21). Ni contemplativos ni pasivos ante las ilegalidades. cubadebate.cu El panorama actual de desabastecimiento ha generado en Holguín un incremento de las actividades ilícitas relacionadas con productos de primera necesidad. El territorrio ha adecuado a sus particularidades un programa de acción, que si bien a los ojos de muchos aún no ha sido todo lo efectivo que demanda el momento, lo cierto es que no se ha estado de brazos cruzados.

Staff (2023-01-21). Usain Bolt fue víctima de estafa millonaria en Jamaica, afirman abogados. cubadebate.cu Los abogados de Usain Bolt, el ocho veces campeón olímpico en las pruebas de velocidad, revelaron que más de 12.7 millones de dólares han desaparecido de la cuenta que mantenía en una firma privada de inversiones en su natal Jamaica y que las autoridades de la isla están investigando.

Staff (2023-01-21). Unas 12 000 personas serán despedidas de Alphabet (Google). cubadebate.cu La compañía estadounidense Alphabet (Google) anunció que reducirá su plantilla en unas 12 000 personas, el 6,4 %, después de años de un crecimiento "espectacular" que se ha topado con una "realidad económica diferente" como la actual. Todo ello sucede tras un 2022 en el que las grandes tecnológicas han despedido a más de 150 000 empleados en el mundo.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-21). Groenlandia alcanza su temperatura más alta en mil años. telesurtv.net Este estudio logró reconstruir las condiciones que existían hace varios siglos atrás, mediante perforaciones profundas en el hielo.

Mariana àÅlvarez Orellana (2023-01-21). Dura represión de Boluarte contra los manifestantes que tomaron Lima. globalizacion.ca Una multitud proveniente de distintas regiones de Perú llegó a la capital para pedir la renuncia de la presidenta Dina Boluarte, el cierre del Congreso, la convocatoria de nuevas elecciones y la instalación de una Asamblea Constituyente. | Los manifestantes se…

Staff (2023-01-21). Escasez de huevos en EE.UU: Se disparan los precios y aumenta el contrabando desde México. cubadebate.cu Ese es un problema que ha ido en aumento en los últimos meses en Estados Unidos, donde contrabandear este alimento a través de la frontera de México o Canadá puede resultar en multas de hasta US$10.000. øPor qué se animan a correr este riesgo? La respuesta parece estar en la gran diferencia de precios, pues los que se compran al otro lado de la frontera pueden costar la mitad.

Julio García Camarero (2023-01-21). La Cumbre de Davos de 2023. globalizacion.ca El lunes 16 de enero de 2023 comenzó la 53 ™ Reunión Anual del Foro Económico Mundial que se ha venido realizando cada tercer lunes del mes de enero en Davos (Suiza). | En realidad es una reunión en la que se…

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-01-21). Concluye XVI Congreso del Frente Polisario saharaui en Argelia. telesurtv.net Los delegados señalaron que los saharauis se enfrentarán a la ocupación marroquí aunque estén en inferioridad militar.

Staff (2023-01-21). Concluye con éxito reunión extraordinaria en Caracas entre las delegaciones del Gobierno colombiano y el ELN. cubadebate.cu Las delegaciones del Gobierno de Colombia y de la guerrilla del Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) han ofrecido este sábado una declaración conjunta al término de la reunión extraordinaria que se celebró en Caracas, la capital venezolana. Las partes fijaron el segundo ciclo de conversaciones para el próximo 13 de febrero en México.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-21). Organizaciones exigen excarcelar líderes sociales salvadoreños. telesurtv.net Provienen de 29 países y piden al Gobierno del presidente Nayib Bukele que retire los cargos contra defensores del agua detenidos el 11 de enero pasado en Santa Marta.

Staff (2023-01-21). "Para que nos siga ayudando": Eustacio regresa al Calvario. cubadebate.cu Eustacio Ramón González, perdió cuanto tenía al paso del huracán Ian. Estuvo desde finales de septiembre en un sitio habilitado para albergue de damnificados en el Consejo Popular El Moncada, Viñales, Pinar del Río. Contó a Radio Guamá, que fue el último en salir de allí. Pasados tres meses, inaugura una vivienda y afirma que "ahora sí tiene casa y nos invita a pasar": Gracias.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-21). Brasil recibe 7,7 millones de dosis de vacunas contra Covid-19. telesurtv.net Se trata de la vacuna de Pfizer, que será aplicada en niños de seis meses a 11 años.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-01-21). Médicos de atención primaria inician huelga indefinida en Andalucía. telesurtv.net El sindicato refirió que es irregular el seguimiento que se ha realizado de la jornada de la huelga.

Staff (2023-01-21). Justicia de Brasil mantiene prisión preventiva para 942 bolsonaristas por actos golpistas. cubadebate.cu El juez del Supremo Tribunal Federal de Brasil (STF), Alexandre de Moraes, dictaminó mantener prisión preventiva para 942 personas que participaron en la toma bolsonarista del pasado 8 de enero de las sedes del Congreso, el Palacio de Planalto y STF, en Brasilia. La decisión se tomó tras concluir el análisis de la situación de 1 406 encarcelados tras los desmanes.

Mouris Salloum George (2023-01-21). México Salud, la promesa y la realidad. globalizacion.ca La atención médica a las enfermedades de todo tipo y los riesgos asociados, representa para los mexicanos un serio déficit. La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) ha recomendado a los gobiernos invertir al menos el 6% de su Producto…

Staff (2023-01-21). Comisiones de la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular informan de su labor ante el Consejo de Estado. cubadebate.cu El Consejo de Estado acordó convocar a la sesión extraordinaria de las asambleas municipales para la nominación de los candidatos a diputados a la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular el próximo 5 de febrero.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-21). Presidente de Venezuela dialoga con Rodríguez Zapatero. telesurtv.net En la cita, el mandatario venezolano reiteró su disposición a un diálogo nacional con todos los sectores de las oposiciones.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-21). Gremios convocan marchas contra reforma de pensiones en Francia. telesurtv.net Luego de las grandes movilizaciones del 19 de enero, las ocho centrales sindicales acordaron una nueva fecha para la movilización unitaria. Será el 31 de enero.

Staff (2023-01-21). Las protestas en Francia contra la reforma de la jubilación podrían escalar cada semana. cubadebate.cu El secretario general de la CGT de Francia, Philippe Martinez, calificó de arrogante el comportamiento del presidente Emmanuel Macron, quien ayer ratificó la continuidad de la reforma, cuyo punto más polémico es la extensión de la edad legal de retiro de 62 a 64 años. Siete gremios principales convocaron a una nueva jornada de protestas.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-21). Avanza juicio contra exsecretario de Seguridad mexicano en EE.UU. telesurtv.net El jurado lo conforman siete mujeres y cinco hombres, con tres mujeres y tres hombres como suplentes.

Staff (2023-01-21). Conozca la historia de OpenAI, la creadora de la inteligencia artificial ChatGPT. cubadebate.cu Un grupo con los principales inversores de Silicon Valley fundó OpenAI como un laboratorio "sin ánimo de lucro", pero la iniciativa ha derivado en empresa privada valorada en miles de millones de euros. Musk, Thiel, Altman, Livingston, Hoffman y Brockman configuraron OpenAI como "empresa de investigación en inteligencia artificial sin ánimo de lucro".

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-21). Declaran alertas por tormentas en nueve provincias de Argentina. telesurtv.net El SMN colocó en alerta amarilla al área metropolitana de Buenos Aires y en alerta naranja a provincias como Chubut, Río Negro, La Pampa y Santa Fe.

Staff (2023-01-21). Opiniones antes del Clásico (I). cubadebate.cu Desde el lunes 15 de enero varios peloteros de la preselección cubana al Clásico Mundial de Béisbol entrenan en el estadio Latinoamericano. Pruebas físicas, versatilidad de jugadores en varias posiciones, definiciones de roles para los lanzadores, trabajo intensivo a la defensa y muchas otras estrategias se entrenan bajo la guía de un grupo de expertos y la dirección técnica del equipo.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-21). Bandas criminales asesinan a tres policías en Haití. telesurtv.net Los delincuentes armados intentaron tomar el control de la comuna Pétionville y atacaron a los agentes de policía en la localidad de Metivier.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-21). TSE de Guatemala convoca a las elecciones generales 2023. telesurtv.net Se elegirán al presidente y vicepresidente de la nación, a los diputados del Congreso, el Parlamento Centroamericano, alcaldes e integrantes de las corporaciones municipales.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-21). Registran afectaciones por sequía en México. telesurtv.net Según el informe expuesto este viernes, el 79,51 de los suelos mexicanos se encuentra categorizado entre anormalmente seco y en sequía extrema.

teleSUR, lvm, SH (2023-01-21). Registran sismo de magnitud 6.4 en Argentina. telesurtv.net El movimiento telúrico se sintió en las regiones chilenas de Arica, Parinacota, Tarapacá y Antofagasta.

Staff (2023-01-21). Isabel Santos debuta en la serie de dibujos animados TITOVERSE (+ Video). cubadebate.cu La actriz cubana Isabel Santos, protagonista de memorables filmes como "Clandestinos" o largometrajes de reciente estreno como "Oscuros Amores", debuta como actriz para dibujos animados en la serie de dibujos animados TITOVERSE, creada, coescrita y dirigida por Daniel Martín Subiaut, la cual coproduce junto a los Estudios de Animación del ICAIC.

Staff (2023-01-21). Accidente de tránsito en Las Tunas deja 52 lesionados. cubadebate.cu Unas 52 personas resultaron lesionadas en el accidente masivo acontecido hoy pasadas las 3: 30 p.m. en el Kilómetro 21, de la carretera Amancio-Colombia, al sur de la provincia. Entre los pacientes se encuentran seis con peligro para la vida, de ellos, dos infantes con trauma craneal (uno de 8 y otro menor de 1 año); además de dos embarazadas y otros ocho pacientes en edades pediátricas.

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-21). Continúan movilizaciones para exigir renuncia de la presidenta peruana. telesurtv.net En la Plaza Dos de Mayo, en Lima, se han concentrado delegaciones provenientes de varias regiones del país para sumarse a la marcha.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-21). Alto comisionado ONU califica de inaceptables muertes en Perú. telesurtv.net El enviado especial de la ONU a Perú llamó a poner fin a la estigmatización a los manifestantes por parte de las autoridades del país.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-01-21). Movimientos populares se solidarizan con el pueblo peruano. telesurtv.net Diversas organizaciones tanto de la región como de Europa han calificado como dictadura al Gobierno encabezado por la presidenta Dina Boluarte.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-01-21). Asciende a 13 los fallecidos por avalancha en el Tíbet, China. telesurtv.net Los servicios de emergencia han rescatado a 53 personas, cinco con lesiones graves, mientras continúan las labores.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-01-21). Presidente boliviano destaca era de industrialización del litio. telesurtv.net La empresa YLB controlará la construcción de los complejos industriales.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-01-21). Ecuatorianos se movilizan en defensa de la seguridad social. telesurtv.net Los trabajadores también rechazaron de manera rotunda el nombramiento de Richard Gómez como vocal de los obreros.

Staff (2023-01-21). Tasas vigentes en el mercado cambiario cubano este 21 de enero. cubadebate.cu Con el objetivo de mantener informados a sus lectores, Cubadebate comparte las tasas de cambio para diferentes divisas extranjeras vigentes este sábado 21 de enero en el mercado cambiario del país.

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