Monthly Archives: January 2023

2023-01-11: News Headlines

WSWS (2023-01-11). German politicians and media demand Leopard battle tanks for Kiev, further escalating danger of world war. wsws.org The announcement that Germany will supply Ukraine with Marder fighting vehicles is part of a spiral of escalation raising the danger of a third nuclear war. Politicians and the media are conducting an aggressive campaign for this to be followed by the delivery of battle tanks and other heavy weaponry.

WSWS (2023-01-11). How the German government is reigniting the conflict in Kosovo. wsws.org The renewed escalation of the Kosovo conflict is a direct result of the aggressive policy of the European Union, which is using the Ukraine war to reinforce its political and economic dominance over the Western Balkans. Germany is playing the leading role in this process.

WSWS (2023-01-11). Canada escalates war in Ukraine with purchase of surface-to-air missile system for Kiev. wsws.org The announcement came after a bilateral meeting between Canadian Prime Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden, where the two allies discussed waging war on Russia, thwarting China, securing access to critical raw materials and "friendshoring" supply chains.

infobrics (2023-01-11). Russia Asia Relations: The Emerging International Order. infobrics.org Russia-Asia relations are considered one of the highest priorities in Russian foreign policy. Russia's pivot to Asia entails a wider regional policy involving key Asian states, writes Nivedita Das Kundu, Senior Researcher at York University, Academic Director at Liaison College…

infobrics (2023-01-11). Chinese Yuan Overtakes Euro in Russian Foreign Trade Business Settlements. infobrics.org The Chinese Yuan has become more popular than the Euro in foreign exchange settlements of Russian SMEs, according to a study by Promsvyazbank…

WSWS (2023-01-11). Zelensky government expands media censorship. wsws.org Amidst death and destruction at the front, the Zelensky government is engaged in far-reaching attacks on democratic rights.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-01-11). India's Got the BRICS Blues. orinocotribune.com By M. K. Bhadrakumar Jan 6, 2023 | The Brazilian news agency reported that Lula da Silva's inauguration as the new president on January 1 for a historic third term amidst a carnival-like backdrop was attended by over five dozen foreign delegations, composed of heads of government, vice presidents, foreign ministers, special envoys and representatives of international organisations. It was the largest event with high-level international figures in Brazil since the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. | The BRICS leaders flocked to Brasilia — the vice-presidents of China and Russia and the foreign minister of South…

____ (2023-01-11). Brazil's Bolsonaro leaves Florida hospital. ecns.cn The former Brazilian leader was stabbed in the abdomen in an attack that nearly claimed his life during his winning campaign in 2018.

WorkWeek (2023-01-11). Brazil Coup & Labor, US CIA AFL-CIO Attack On Mexico Ford Workers, TWU Pres & MLK & ILWU10. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the Brazil Coup & Labor, The US CIA AFL-CIO Attack On Mexico Ford Workers, TWU President John Samuelson On SWA meltdown, MLK, Labor & The ILWU With Retired ILWU 10 Secretary Treasurer Clarence Thomas…

Staff (2023-01-11). Peru's Juliaca Massacre: Death Toll Rises to 17 (+State of Siege). orinocotribune.com At least 17 deaths were reported this Monday night, January 9, in Juliaca, Peru, during protests demanding the resignation of Dina Boluarte; the release of President Pedro Castillo, overthrown on December 7; and a Constituent Assembly to draw up a new constitution. With this new massacre, the official number of deaths as the result of the crisis triggered by the coup of President Pedro Castillo has risen to 46. | The Peruvian Ombudsman's Office confirmed at first that there were nine deaths caused by clashes between protesters and security forces in the vicinity of the Juliaca airport, in the department of Puno,…

SouthFront5 (2023-01-11). Volhynia Turned Into Solid Cemetery. Cry From Soul Of Ukrainian Policewoman (18+). southfront.org Globalists of the New World Order continue to successfully pursue their real goal in the Ukrainian conflict the cleansing of Ukrainian territory from the local Slavic population. | All indications are that apparently this is the minimum globalists' goal in the Ukrainian conflict. The goal of the maximum is likely to achieve the same result on Russian territory. This, by the way, was once mentioned by Margaret Thatcher, who said that it was economically justified to have 15 million people living on the territ…

Roger Keeran (2023-01-11). Review of Russia without Blinders. dissidentvoice.org Russia without Blinders: From the Conflict in Ukraine to a Turning Point in World Politics [Original title: La Russie Sans Oeilleres: Du conflit en Ukraine au tournant geopolitique mondial] edited by Maxime Vivas, Aymeric Monville and Jean-Pierre Page. (Paris, France: Editions Delga, 2022.) Today the conflict in Ukraine advances every day and intensifies with Russian destruction of the Ukrainian …

_____ (2023-01-11). Ukraine And Russia Agree — Russia Is Fighting NATO. popularresistance.org Russia and Ukraine have publicly agreed on a fundamental and important issue. | The question is who Russia is fighting in Ukraine. | During an interview with a Ukrainian TV station the Oleksii Reznikov, the defense minister of Ukraine, answered that the Ukraine has "already become a de facto member of the NATO alliance."

WSWS (2023-01-11). NATO to train hundreds of Ukrainian troops in US, Germany. wsws.org The United States and Germany have announced they will expand their training of Ukrainian troops inside their own borders, further embroiling them in a war with Russia.

Kyle Anzalone (2023-01-11). Senator Says US Should Remain in Ukraine Until 'Putin Is Out'. globalresearch.ca

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-01-11). Biden's Existential Angst in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-11). Russia's Wagner Group Says It Now Controls Town of Soledar in Donetsk. news.antiwar.com The head of the private Russian military firm Wagner Group said Tuesday that the mercenaries have taken control of the town of Soledar in the eastern Ukrainian oblast of Donetsk. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said that fighting was still ongoing in the center of the town but said the Ukrainian forces were surrounded. "Units of …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-11). German Foreign Minister Appears in Kharkiv as Pressure to Provide Ukraine Tanks Mounts. news.antiwar.com German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock made an unannounced visit to the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Tuesday as Berlin is under growing pressure to provide Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks. Berlin recently pledged to send Ukraine its Marder armored infantry fighting vehicle but has held off on sending the Leopards. When explaining his opposition …

_____ (2023-01-11). Spies & Their Pride Sure They Carry Out Espionage Against Russia? journal-neo.org America's CIA, the FBI, and other powerful agencies of the U.S. have been under fire recently for a range of questionable acts, being undertaken both inside and outside America's borders. Recently, the release of the so-called "Twitter files" seems to prove massive interference in social media from what's come to be known as the "Deep State." …

infobrics (2023-01-11). South Africa to Use BRICS Chair Role to Advance Africa Interests. infobrics.org South Africa will use its role as the 2023 chair of the BRICS grouping of nations to advance the interest of Africa as a whole, President Cyril Ramaphosa said…

____ (2023-01-11). China opposes discriminatory entry restrictions: spokesperson. ecns.cn

Judy Greenspan (2023-01-11). Sunday 1/22: Stop US Wars! Disband NATO! Money for Jobs and Education Not for the Pentagon! indybay.org Gather at the Lake Merritt Columns, Oakland at 1 p.m. March to the Lake Merritt Amphitheater, Oakland…

Otis Grotewohl (2023-01-11). Stop Israel's racist genocide! Free Palestine! workers.org The racist, apartheid government of Israel wasted no time in starting off the new year by murdering two young Palestinian men, while threatening further Zionist settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces murdered 22-year-old Mohammad Samer Hoshiyeh and 25-year-old Fouad Mohammad Abed on Jan. 2 in Kufr Dan, . . . |

Ali Abunimah (2023-01-11). How Carrefour profits from Israel's war crimes. electronicintifada.net Labour unions and rights groups in France and Palestine want the retailer to end its partnership with settlement profiteers.

_____ (2023-01-11). Mass rallies across Yemen denounce Saudi-led war and blockade. popularresistance.org On Sunday, January 8, president of the Sanaa-based government in Yemen, Mahdi al-Mashat, congratulated the thousands of protesters who participated in the "siege is war" rallies held across the country a day earlier to denounce the Saudi-led war and blockade. | Al-Mashat said that by participating in the rallies, the Yemeni people had once again shown their united opposition to the external aggression directed at their country and the suffering that the war has unleashed on millions of people.

_____ (2023-01-11). Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy. popularresistance.org Sanctions imposed without United Nations endorsement are illegal. That is why they could be legally imposed on South Africa by a resolution of the UN General Assembly in 1962, but are unlawful when imposed by one government, often with selected allies, against any other country, for whatever reason. Known correctly as "unilateral coercive measures," such actions are not only contrary to international law in themselves, but may lead to other breaches of the law if their effects are so severe as to become "crimes against humanity." | The report, Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy, is a comprehensive ove…

WSWS (2023-01-11). China fully reopens borders amid devastating COVID-19 surge. wsws.org The ditching of the final restrictions from the Zero-COVID policy takes place two weeks before the Lunar New Year holiday, historically the largest annual human migration, which will deepen the spread of COVID-19 across China.

____ (2023-01-11). International travel expected to accelerate. ecns.cn China's civil aviation authority has examined applications for the resumption of international flights by Chinese and foreign airlines after China's recent optimization of its COVID-19 management.

____ (2023-01-11). China's assistance boosts Cambodia's economic development: Cambodian PM. ecns.cn Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Monday thanked China for providing assistance to the country's infrastructure construction, which has greatly promoted the development of Cambodia's economy.

____ (2023-01-11). Chinese provinces surmount first infection wave since COVID control measure adjustment. ecns.cn Many provinces and municipalities in China announced that they have successfully surmounted the first round of COVID-19 infection peaks after assessing the data from fever clinics.

____ (2023-01-11). Supervision set to guide platforms. ecns.cn China's supervision of platform companies' financial activities will normalize with more targeted efforts to guide them toward better compliance, promote the healthy development of the sector and better serve the real economy.

____ (2023-01-11). John Lee says Hong Kong-mainland border reopening situation orderly, smooth. ecns.cn John Lee, chief executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), said on Tuesday that the situation of border reopening with the Chinese mainland at various control points in the past two days has been smooth, safe and orderly.

____ (2023-01-11). Shanghai targets GDP growth at over 5.5 pct in 2023. ecns.cn China's financial hub Shanghai expects to notch a year-on-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth of over 5.5 percent this year, according to a government work report delivered by the city's mayor, Gong Zheng, on Wednesday.

____ (2023-01-11). China's C919 receives 1,035 orders: report. ecns.cn As of the end of 2022, manu China's first homegrown C919 large passenger plane had netted a total of 1,035 orders from 32 customers, according to a report released by Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality on Tuesday…

____ (2023-01-11). EU issues COVID-19 response guidelines. ecns.cn Europe has agreed on measures to be applied in aviation in response to the COVID-19 situation in China.

____ (2023-01-11). Aerospace industry base starts operation in south China. ecns.cn China's first commercial aerospace industrial base, which is mainly used for the production, testing and assembly of solid and liquid-fuel carrier rocket, has begun operations in the Nansha district of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.

____ (2023-01-11). Cloud-shrouded Huangyujiang Bridge under construction in Guizhou. ecns.cn Clouds-shrouded Huangyujiang Bridge is under construction in Zunyi, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 10, 2023. The bridge, an important part of the Tongzi to Puxin Highway is expected to open to traffic in July 2023.

____ (2023-01-11). Paleolithic period site discovered in Sichuan. ecns.cn Photo released on Jan. 11, 2023 shows Wuyang excavation site dating back to the Paleolithic period of 50,000 years ago in Jiangkou County of Meishan, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

____ (2023-01-11). Children make red lanterns to greet Spring Festival. ecns.cn Children learns to make traditional red lanterns to greet the upcoming Spring Festival in Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 10, 2023. This year's Spring Festival will fall on Jan. 22, 2023.

____ (2023-01-11). Ongoing COVID surge in China not expected to significantly impact Europe: WHO official. ecns.cn The COVID surge in China won't have significant influence on the COVID-19 pandemic situation in Europe, said Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, on Tuesday at a press conference.

____ (2023-01-11). East China city offers support to families with multiple children. ecns.cn Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, began to hand out cash subsidies starting this year to encourage families to have more children.

____ (2023-01-11). China suspends visa-free transit policy for citizens of ROK, Japan. ecns.cn China on Wednesday announced the suspension of the issuance of port visas and the 72/144-hour visa-free transit policy for citizens of the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan.

____ (2023-01-11). China's space-based camera publishes data on atmosphere. ecns.cn A China-developed space-borne camera studying the transition region released its first group of scientific data on Wednesday.

____ (2023-01-11). China in talks with Pfizer to manufacture COVID-19 drug domestically. ecns.cn Authorities are in talks with the company to facilitate the local manufacturing of the drug, a medical expert said on Wednesday.

____ (2023-01-11). 5 killed, 13 injured in Guangzhou car crash. ecns.cn A car accelerated and hit pedestrians in South China's Guangzhou city at around 17: 25 on Wednesday.

____ (2023-01-11). China's COVID response policies are science-based, effective: FM. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-11). China's COVID-19 management adjustment beneficial to world economy. ecns.cn The International Department of the CPC Central Committee holds a briefing on China's COVID-19 management on Jan 10, 2023.A briefing was held by the International Department of the CPC Central Committee for foreign business representatives in China on Tuesday.

A Guest Author (2023-01-11). Palestinian political prisoner to be freed. workers.org The longest-held Palestinian prisoner, Kareem Younes, age 66, is scheduled to be released following 40 years in the Zionist prisons of the occupation. He wrote a letter to his people Jan. 2, 2023, while awaiting his freedom: Kareem Younes (Source: Resistance News Network) I will leave my cell after a . . . |

Anand Naidoo (2023-01-11). The Heat: Israel's New Government. america.cgtn.com Just days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's return to power, Israel's new far-right government takes action against the Palestinians. Israel's Security Cabinet has approved a series of punitive measures against the Palestinian Authority. It comes a week after the UN General Assembly voted and approved …

Ellen Catalinotto (2023-01-11). New York City nurses strike. workers.org Some 7,000 nurses at two major New York City hospitals, including Mount Sinai, walked out at 6 a.m. Jan. 9. Their crucial issue is safer staffing with better nurse-to-patient ratios. Represented by the New York State Nurses Association, nurses voted by almost 99% to authorize a strike if no contract . . . |

Workers World Party (2023-01-11). Capitalists wage class war: Organize resistance! workers.org Billionaire Warren Buffett admitted in a 2006 interview that he and his fellow billionaires waged class war against the workers. The U.S. federal government, representing the interests of the U.S.-based imperialist ruling class, makes it a global war against all workers and poor people and most nations. The U.S. rockets . . . |

Canadian Tire Fire (2023-01-11). Canadian Tire Fire #51: New Years Noise Demos, a Deadly Month Inside Canadian Prisons. itsgoingdown.org This week, we recap New Years Eve prison noise demos that took place across so-called Canada. We also look at a string of recent deaths in prisons and migrant detention centres, as well as prisoners' ongoing struggles to keep each other safe and have their voices heard. New Years Eve Noise Demonstrations This year, cities…

_____ (2023-01-11). Turkey's energy strategy as a means of boosting security and shifting the balance of power. journal-neo.org In today's world, the security of a country consists of various components, where energy plays a crucial role. The effectiveness of a country's energy security is determined by its resource capabilities, its scientific and technological base, its geographic location and its access to strategic communications. Turkey does not possess all of these components in equal …

Kaden Thaxton (2023-01-11). Climate change, capitalism threaten food security for millions in Texas. liberationnews.org At the heart of the issue is capitalist big agriculture.

Victoria Torres (2023-01-11). Venezuela's Minister of Petroleum Swears In New PDVSA Board. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's minister for petroleum, Tareck El Aissami, swore in the new Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA, Venezuela's publicly owned petroleum company) board of directors this Monday, January 9. Through a joint statement, El Aissami announced that the decision was taken following instructions by President Nicolás Maduro, and that the new executive board members come from within the state-owned oil corporation. | "Today, in the presence of our new president of PDVSA, Pedro Rafael Tellechea, a new board of directors was sworn in," said El Aissami. "He promised to continue leading the most important industry in Venezue…

Steve Gillis (2023-01-11). Bangladeshi community in Cambridge demands "justice for Arif Sayed Faisal!" workers.org Cambridge, Massachusetts On a sunny afternoon of Jan. 4, a Cambridge cop, accompanied by others also armed with lethal and nonlethal weapons, gunned down and killed 20-year-old Arif Sayed Faisal. By all accounts, after receiving a 911 call about a person in distress and hurting themself, police followed and directly . . . |

WSWS (2023-01-11). New York City nurses determined to win safe staffing levels. wsws.org More than 7,000 nurses are standing strong on the picket line even as the New York State Nurses Association seeks to isolate and shut down the strike.

WSWS (2023-01-11). A significant exhibition of Puerto Rican art—and the nationalist outlook that mars it. wsws.org Many of the pieces powerfully convey the intensity of Hurricane Maria, the Category 5 hurricane that struck the island in September 2017.

WSWS (2023-01-11). Thousands of Sri Lankan health workers strike against austerity measures. wsws.org The strike was the first this year and expressed the growing anger of workers over the deepening assault on their basic social and democratic rights by the government as it imposes the IMF's austerity agenda.

WSWS (2023-01-11). Biden advances US interests and attack on immigrants at North American summit. wsws.org While the stated topics of discussion at the gathering included economic partnership and cooperation, stopping drug and human trafficking, promotion of clean energy and addressing the humanitarian crisis at the US-Mexico border, the agenda subordinated all of these issues to the strategic interests of US imperialism, with Canada playing a supporting role.

WSWS (2023-01-11). Teacher shot by first grade student in Virginia elementary school. wsws.org While specific details of the incident at Richneck Elementary School have not been released by authorities, the police allege that the shooting was intentional.

WSWS (2023-01-11). US House passes rules package dictated by Republican far right. wsws.org The basic thrust of the rules changes is to slash federal spending on social programs, block tax increases on the wealthy, and make it easier to block federal government funding and any increase in the debt limit.

WSWS (2023-01-11). Family sues Disney over production worker's COVID-19 death. wsws.org The family of a 67-year-old driver for Walt Disney Company in Massachusetts has filed a wrongful death suit with management over his death from COVID-19.

WSWS (2023-01-11). The New York City nurses and the fight against the pandemic. wsws.org The central issue in the strike is chronic understaffing and the catastrophic state of the health care system in the US, as the fourth year of the global pandemic begins.

WSWS (2023-01-11). Union imposes sell-out contract on Renault-Nissan India workers through sham vote. wsws.org Working in close concert with management, the union effectively ambushed the workers, forcing them to immediately vote on a contract they had not seen.

WSWS (2023-01-11). Management issues ultimatum as strike by Fort Wayne Philharmonic musicians enters second month. wsws.org In response to management's presentation of its "best and final" offer, musicians say they will continue to fight for their demand for restoration of pay cut due to the pandemic and the defense of full-time orchestra positions.

WSWS (2023-01-11). Australian union/Pampas management demand a real wage cut—why should workers sacrifice? wsws.org A 4.5 percent pay "rise" for Pampas workers would only amount to an extra $44 to $59 per week, a figure which has already been outweighed many times over by skyrocketing inflation.

WSWS (2023-01-11). Teacher describes struggle to get treated for Long COVID in New Zealand. wsws.org An Auckland-based teacher told the WSWS how his increasingly severe Long COVID symptoms were misdiagnosed by doctors who said he had mental health issues. He said the government was allowing COVID to spread and ignoring the consequences for people's health.

and Matt Huffaker (2023-01-11). Santa Cruz City Mangler Closes Civic Auditorium Shelter. indybay.org Yesterday, City Manager Matt Huffaker sent me his first-ever e-mail in response to my denunciation of the closing of the Civic Auditorium Emergency Shelter as torrential rains approach.

CIIS Public Programs (2023-01-11). Thursday 2/2: On Healing Justice Lineages. indybay.org

____ (2023-01-11). Chinese cities write to Merck for procurement of COVID treatment molnupiravir. ecns.cn Chinese cities including Tianjin, Shanghai, and Suzhou have sent letters to Merck & Co.'s for the procurement of COVID-19 antiviral treatment molnupiravir.

____ (2023-01-11). Ex-official's graft aired in documentary. ecns.cn Former vice-minister of culture and tourism Li Jinzao used his power to indulge in luxuries and he forged evidence to deny receiving bribes such as gold bars, according to a TV documentary aired on Monday night.

____ (2023-01-11). Chinese firms' role in global economy bigger. ecns.cn Chinese enterprises, both State-owned and private, are striving to play a bigger role in promoting global economic development and will further accelerate their steps going global.

____ (2023-01-11). South Africa not to impose travel restrictions for other countries. ecns.cn South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla said Tuesday that there is no need to impose restrictions for other countries with high COVID-19 infections following the detection of the Omicron XBB.1.5 variant in his country.

____ (2023-01-11). U.S. Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over homeless crisis. ecns.cn Los Angeles County in the United States approved a motion on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over the region's homeless crisis.

____ (2023-01-11). Biden says 'surprised' to learn classified documents taken to his private office. ecns.cn U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he was "surprised" that government records were taken to one of his former private offices.

____ (2023-01-11). U.S., Canada and Mexico differ at summit. ecns.cn While U.S. President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were meeting on Tuesday for a series of talks on migration, trade and climate change at the North American Leaders Summit in Mexico City.

____ (2023-01-11). Authorities can take action to limit COVID-19 spread in rural areas. ecns.cn Local authorities can limit the scale, duration and frequency of events including fairs, weddings and funerals to control COVID-19 in rural areas, according to a guideline released on Wednesday.

____ (2023-01-11). Local gov'ts issue vouchers to boost consumption. ecns.cn As the Spring Festival approaches, many local governments have stepped up their efforts to boost consumption by issuing vouchers and launching a range of promotion activities, Securities Daily reported on Wednesday.

____ (2023-01-11). Ethiopian PM meets Chinese FM on bilateral ties. ecns.cn Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday met with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

____ (2023-01-11). Visitors flock to Palace Museum Post Office in Beijing on opening day. ecns.cn A variety of themed cultural products including post cards, stamps, souvenir envelopes as well as other cultural products are sold in the Palace Museum Post Office which opened on Tuesday.

____ (2023-01-11). Cable car resumes operation after maintenance in Chongqing. ecns.cn The 1,166-meter long cable car, also known as the "First Air Corridor across the Yangtze River", or the "Air Bus in Mountain City", resumed operation on Monday after maintenance.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-11). The National Student Survey 2023 launches at Imperial. imperial.ac.uk Final year undergraduates are asked to rate their experience at Imperial as the 2023 National Student Survey opens for responses.

Labor & Community Studies Department CCSF (2023-01-11). Thursday 2/2: Essential: How the Pandemic Spurred A Radical New Phase in the Labor Movement with Author. indybay.org The Green Arcade | 1680 Market Street | San Francisco, CA 94102…

Norman Solomon (2023-01-11). Biden to Democrats: Nominate Me, Whether You Like It or Not. indybay.org Sleepwalking to disaster…

Piedmont Anti-Racism, Diversity Committee (2023-01-11). Monday 1/16: 26th Annual MLK Celebration. indybay.org Alan Harvey Theater | 800 Magnolia Ave | Piedmont, CA 94611…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-01-11). Documental : øQuien sostiene la vida cuando las mujeres migran? indybay.org Recomendamos Documental : øQuien sostiene la vida cuando las mujeres migran?>

Slingshot Collective (2023-01-11). Saturday 1/28: Article deadline for Slingshot issue #137. indybay.org Long Haul infoshop – 3124 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, CA 94705 – 510 540 0751 – 2 blocks from Ashby BART – corner of Shattuck and Woolsey across from La Pena…

T Regenauer, A Landgraf & V Grossmann (2023-01-11). Cacophony of Corporatism, Subsidies & Inheritance Tax. indybay.org History is written by the winners. In times of total digitalization, the civilizational kamikaze course to the periphery of a Third World War harbors unprecedented risks. After all, the Orwellian "memory hole" has long been a reality and could soon lead to subsequent generations no longer being able to develop any awareness at all of what it means to lead a free and dignified life.

Uhuru Furniture Oakland, APEDF (2023-01-11). Monday 1/16: MLK Day Event & Volunteer Project. indybay.org Akwaaba Hall, 7911 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland…

Wendy Craig (2023-01-11). Press Conference: Defend the African Community's Right to Economic Self-Determination. indybay.org What: Press Conference: Defend the African Community's Right to Economic Self-Determination, and Human and Civil Rights on this MLK Day! | When: Friday, January 13th, 2023 at 10am | Where: Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles, 3742 Grand Ave., Oakland, CA 94610 | Who: African People's Education & Defense Fund and Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles | Black Star Industries and Uhuru Foods and Pies…

Women's March & partners (2023-01-11). Sunday 1/22: Women's March: Bigger Than Roe – Roe's th Anniversary Nationwide Marches & Rallies. indybay.org Protest in San Francisco is on Saturday the 21st see | www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/12/21/18853531.php | For other locations visit the site here…

WorkWeek (2023-01-11). Matt Witt The On 33rd Year Anniversary Of Mexico Ford Workers Attack By US CIA AFL-CIO. indybay.org January 8, 1990 is the 33rd anniversary of the brutal assault on Mexico City Ford Cuautitlán plant by 1 thugs which injured many workers and killed 1. The assault it was later learned was funded and organized by the CIA and the AFL-CIO leadership and the National Endowment For Democracy which is still giving the AFL-CIO's "Solidarity Center" $75 million.

Dr. Josh Guetzkow (2023-01-11). CDC Finally Released Its VAERS Safety Monitoring Analyses for COVID Vaccines Via FOIA. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-11). Ministry requires regular operation of cultural and tourist activities. ecns.cn The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has required local authorities to ensure the regular operation of cultural and tourist activities and traveler mobility under optimized COVID-19 controls.

____ (2023-01-11). Belt and Road cooperation injects new impetus into world economic recovery: Chinese FM. ecns.cn

Felicity Arbuthnot (2023-01-11). The War on Iraq : Five US Presidents, Five British Prime Ministers, More than Thirty Years of Duplicity, and Counting…. globalresearch.ca Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. He had walked into possibly the biggest trap in modern history…

Gavin de Becker (2023-01-11). Seeing Is Believing: What the Data Reveal About Deaths Following COVID Vaccine Rollouts Around the World. globalresearch.ca

Manlio Dinucci (2023-01-11). 32 Years Years Ago: The Gulf War. globalresearch.ca Thirty years ago, in the early hours of January 17, 1991, Operation "Desert Storm" began in the Persian Gulf, this war against Iraq opened the sequence of wars after the Cold War. The USA and its allies launched it at …

Michael Nevradakis (2023-01-11). White House Colluded with Twitter to Censor RFK, Jr., Emails Reveal. globalresearch.ca

Sen. Rand Paul (2023-01-11). Against Undiplomatic Diplomacy. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-01-11). A New Book, A Trip, and a Plea. davidswanson.org

Staff (2023-01-11). Talk World Radio: Everything You've Heard About Canada Is Wrong. davidswanson.org

Emir Sader (2023-01-11). Brasil El golpe fallido. globalizacion.ca Fue un intento de golpe de Estado, fruto de la no aceptación de los resultados electorales, algo que ya se había expresado de diversas formas, desde el no reconocimiento de la victoria de Lula a su toma de posesión. | Ocurrió…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-11). Gobierno de Puno declara tres días de luto por matanza en Juliaca, Perú. telesurtv.net El gobernador de Puno, Richard Hancco Soncco, indicó que su administración inició investigaciones por la matanza.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-11). China niega visas a coreanos y japoneses por medidas anticovid. telesurtv.net También volvió a pedir a los países que basen sus medidas de respuesta a la Covid-19 en la ciencia y no recurran a la manipulación política o medidas discriminatorias.

Staff (2023-01-11). Al encuentro de Julio Antonio Mella. cubadebate.cu Cercano al Café La Habana, a una cuadra, doblas a izquierda y topas con el sitio exacto donde fue abaleado Julio Antonio Mella el 10 de enero de 1929. Una calle cualquiera de una ciudad cosmopolita y gigante que tiene el día a día de la vida… Pero allí está la tarja que recuerda a Mella, al día infausto de su asesinato y a los asesinos que planearon y acabaron con su fecunda vida.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-11). Legislativo respalda intervención federal en Brasilia. telesurtv.net La Constitución Federal determina que el decreto de intervención federal debe ser aprobado dentro de las 24 horas por el Congreso.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-11). Decretan alerta por intensas lluvias en California, EE.UU. telesurtv.net El estado está siendo azotado nuevamente por aguaceros torrenciales y vientos fuertes, lo que provoca cortes de energía y malas condiciones de viaje.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-11). Francia Márquez denuncia nuevo plan para atentar contra su vida. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta colombiana explicó que "no dejaremos de trabajar, día tras día, hasta alcanzar la paz total que sueña y necesita" el país.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-11). Presidente Petro suspende visita a Chile por emergencia en Cauca. telesurtv.net La Casa de Nariño comunicó que el mandatario quiere evaluar de primera mano los daños provocados por el deslizamiento.

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-01-11). Aprueban extensión de estado de excepción en Macrozona Sur, Chile. telesurtv.net En la petición, el presidente Gabriel Boric alega que se busca atender al orden público de la región por ataques incendiarios.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-11). Garantizan atención a afectados por alud en Cauca, Colombia. telesurtv.net Pava hizo referencia también a la prioridad que constituye para los entes gubernamentales el reubicar a las familias para no mantenerlas en albergues.

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2023-01-11). Argentina mantiene alertas meteorológicas por altas temperaturas. telesurtv.net El SMN subrayó que en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, el centro de Córdoba y el noroeste de Neuquén están bajo alerta amarilla.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-11). Cepal estima que exportaciones de la región crecieron un 20 % en 2022. telesurtv.net América Latina y el Caribe se alzó con el 14 por ciento de los precios y una ampliación del 6 por ciento del volumen exportado.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-11). Guatemala registra inflación de 9,2 % en 2022. telesurtv.net La inflación interanual en Guatemala se elevó al 9,2 por ciento, la más alta desde que se alzó a 9,8 por ciento en el 2008.

Staff (2023-01-11). Lo que dijo Fidel sobre Ana Belén Montes hace 20 años (+ Video). cubadebate.cu El 12 de diciembre de 2002, durante un recorrido por la naciente Universidad de Ciencias Informáticas con la reconocida periodista estadounidense Andrea Mitchell, el Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz, respondiendo a una pregunta de la periodista, dijo sobre Ana Belén Montes, detenida en 2001 en Estados Unidos:…

Staff (2023-01-11). Banco Metropolitano S.A informa a sus clientes acerca de límites para las operaciones bancarias. cubadebate.cu El Banco Metropolitano ha establecido límites para las operaciones bancarias de extracción de efectivo y transferencias, que realizan a través de los canales de pago electrónicos los clientes, del segmento de personas naturales, con cuentas soportadas en tarjetas magnéticas (cuenta de salario, jubilación, de ahorro, de formación de fondos y colaboración).

Staff (2023-01-11). Moscú denuncia injerencia de Washington y la OTAN en Ucrania. cubadebate.cu Estados Unidos y la Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte participan directa e indirectamente en el conflicto en Ucrania, suministrando armas, tecnologías y datos de inteligencia, dijo hoy el portavoz del Kremlin, Dmitri Peskov. El hecho de que la alianza atlántica y Washington participan en el conflicto es cada vez más evidente.

Gerardo Villagrán del Corral (2023-01-11). Nuevas medidas del gobierno de Biden: La zanahoria y el palo en la frontera. globalizacion.ca El presidente estadounidense Joe Biden, anunció un nuevo paquete de políticas migratorias. A partir de su entrada en vigor, los ciudadanos de Venezuela, Nicaragua, Haití y Cuba que intenten cruzar ilegalmente serán expulsados en caliente. | Y como castigo se enfrentarán…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-11). Ataque en estación de trenes de París deja seis heridos. telesurtv.net La policía abrió fuego contra el sospechoso, que fue neutralizado, y el pronóstico sobre su estado de salud es incierto.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-11). Argentina, 1985 gana Globo de Oro a mejor película de lengua no inglesa. telesurtv.net Argentina, 1985 aborda la historia de los fiscales Julio Strassera y Luis Moreno Ocampo, que encabezaron el juicio a las juntas de la última dictadura militar en el país.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-11). Congreso de Perú respalda el gabinete represivo de Boluarte y concede voto de confianza. telesurtv.net En la sesión, la fracción parlamentaria de la izquierda mantuvo su rechazo al gobierno de la presidenta designada Dina Boluarte.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-01-11). Presidente venezolano recibe cartas credenciales de embajadores. telesurtv.net El mandatario destacó su voluntad de fortalecer los lazos de amistad y cooperación con las naciones de los nuevos embajadores.

Staff (2023-01-11). Entregan el Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas 2022 a Flora Fong. cubadebate.cu Flora Fong constituye una de las grandes exponentes de la cultura visual cubana desde hace más de medio siglo. Dada su prolífica trayectoria dentro de la escena pictórica, sus aportes a la visibilidad de la cultura asiática en Cuba y su labor como formadora de varias promociones de artistas en el sistema nacional de enseñanza, la pintora e ilustradora fue galardonada con el Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas 2022.

Staff (2023-01-11). Mensajes de Biden, Trudeau y López Obrador por senderos distintos. cubadebate.cu Los mensajes de los presidentes estadounidense, Joe Biden, de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, y el primer ministro canadiense Justin Trudeau, al finalizar la Cumbre de América del Norte, marcharon por sendas distintas. Por su propia iniciativa, Biden habló ligeramente de los documentos clasificados encontrados en la Casa Blanca, y dijo desconocer de qué se trata y se sorprendió cuando le dieron esa noticia.

Staff (2023-01-11). Anuncian ganadores de los Globos de Oro 2023. cubadebate.cu Los Globos de Oro y su alfombra roja regresaron para su 80 ∫ edición. La ceremonia, considerada la antesala de los Oscar volvió a transmitirse por televisión. A continuación te presentamos la lista completa de ganadores de los Globos de Oro 2023.La película "Los espíritus de la isla" fue una de las grandes triunfadoras de la noche.

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-11). Fiscalía de Perú abre segunda investigación contra presidenta Dina Boluarte tras masacre en Puno. telesurtv.net El Ministerio Público confirmó el inicio de una investigación preliminar por los presuntos delitos de genocidio, homicidio calificado y lesiones graves.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-11). Retornan a Venezuela 88 connacionales desde Ecuador. telesurtv.net Los repatriados arribaron por el Aeropuerto Nacional Simón Bolívar, en Maiquetía, a bordo de una aeronave de Conviasa.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-01-11). Inicia construcción de planta piscícola en Beni, Bolivia. telesurtv.net Las instalaciones contarán con una inversión de 87,1 millones de pesos bolivianos.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-11). Otorgan a 3 ciudades el título de Capitales Europeas de la Cultura. telesurtv.net Una ciudad griega, una ciudad romana y una húngara recibieron el título en el Museo de la Acrópolis de Atenas, en Grecia.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-11). Inundaciones causan al menos 14 muertes en California, EE.UU. telesurtv.net Según pronósticos de meteorología, se esperan días de intensas lluvias, tormentas eléctricas y fuertes vientos.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-11). Miles de enfermeras continúan en huelga en Nueva York, EE.UU. telesurtv.net El problema en los hospitales privados son poco personal calificado y salarios bajos, según el sindicato de la Asociación de Enfermeras del Estado de Nueva York.

teleSUR- hvh -JCM (2023-01-11). ONU alerta sobre alta mortalidad infantil durante 2021. telesurtv.net Murieron entre 2,1 millones de niños y jóvenes de entre cinco y 14 años, así como 1,9 millones de bebés recién nacidos.

Staff (2023-01-11). La ciencia cubana en 2022: Verdadero ejemplo de cátedra. cubadebate.cu øCómo crecer en los demás ámbitos del país, con resultados a la altura de lo logrado por la ciencia cubana en materia de salud?, preguntó en la tarde de este martes, desde el Palacio de la Revolución, el primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, durante la habitual reunión con los expertos y los científicos.

Staff (2023-01-11). Denuncia canciller de Cuba carrera armamentista. cubadebate.cu El enriquecimiento de las principales empresas fabricantes de armamentos en el mundo y sus consecuencias negativas para la paz en el planeta fueron denunciados por el canciller de Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez. Ese porcentaje representa cerca de 98 mil millones de dólares según reveló el diario mexicano La Jornada, al cual hizo alusión el titular cubano.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-11). Ecuador reporta el primer caso de gripe aviar en humanos. telesurtv.net Las autoridades sanitarias y la Agencia de Regulación y Control Fito y Zoosanitario ejecutaron un cerco epidemiológico.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-11). Concluye cumbre entre México, EE.UU. y Canadá. telesurtv.net Acciones en los temas de diversidad, equidad e inclusión; cambio climático; competitividad; migración y desarrollo; salud; y seguridad, fue el acuerdo alcanzado por los líderes de América del Norte.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-11). Expondrán en ONU informe sobre política de paz total en Colombia. telesurtv.net Consejo de Seguridad analiza informe sobre los pasos para detener la violencia y articular la paz emprendidos por el Gobierno de Gustavo Petro.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-11). Piden congelar cuentas de expresidente brasileño Bolsonaro. telesurtv.net Un ministro del Supremo Tribunal Federal ordenó la prisión de Anderson Torres, quien hasta el domingo se desempeñaba como secretario de Seguridad Pública de Brasília.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-11). Siria denuncia medidas coercitivas impuestas por Occidente. telesurtv.net El diplomático denunció los daños ocasionados por las medidas coercitivas unilaterales impuestas por Occidente.

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-01-11). Reportan daños a cientos de viviendas tras sismo en Indonesia. telesurtv.net La mayor parte de la destrucción fue registrada en el distrito de Kepulauan Tanimbar con 92 viviendas afectadas.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-11). Aumentan a 30 los fallecidos por meningitis en Durango, México. telesurtv.net Hasta el momento, se reportan 78 casos confirmados de la enfermedad.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-11). Francia presenta controvertida reforma al sistema de pensiones. telesurtv.net Los ocho principales sindicatos planeaban reunirse para fijar la fecha de la primera jornada de protesta contra los cambios en las pensiones.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-01-11). Sindicatos convocan a huelga contra reforma de pensiones en Francia. telesurtv.net El Gobierno de Francia aumentará la edad mínima de jubilación desde los 62 a los 64 años en 2030.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-11). Presidente de Argentina sostiene encuentro con canciller de Japón. telesurtv.net En las conversaciones se exaltaron las potencialidades de los vínculos bilaterales.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-01-11). CSE de Nicaragua juramenta a más de 6.000 autoridades locales. telesurtv.net Las autoridades tomaron promesa de Ley tras ser convocados a la plataforma institucional del Consejo Supremo.

Kurt Nimmo (2023-01-10). Usual Suspects in the Attempted Coup Against Lula in Brazil. globalresearch.ca

unitedEditor (2023-01-10). Brazil: Lula and actions of overthrowing. uwidata.com By Oscar Rotundo * Bolsonaro's defeat caused various actions, many of them violent, which clearly showed that the fascist sectors were not going to allow governability. They advanced their claims of fraud and military intervention with blockades of roads and camps that, over the course of the days, multiplied in cities across the country. Since …

_____ (2023-01-10). Coup attempt in Brazil condemned by leaders from across the globe. popularresistance.org On Sunday January 8, supporters of former far-right Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Supreme Federal Court, the National Congress, and the Planalto Palace, the office of the president, breaking through the blockade of the Military Police and the National Security Force at the Esplanade of Ministers in the capital Brasília. After invading the headquarters of the three branches of government, the violent groups vandalized the buildings, looted the armory at the Planalto Palace, and caused tremendous damage to public institutions. | Following the acts of violence, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva co…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-10). Political Chaos Shaking Brazil. southfront.org Click to see full-size imagePro-Bolsonaro demonstrations in Brasília justify Lula's exceptional law and order measures — but his greatest task will be to pacify the country. | Written by Brazilian political scenario is increasingly tense. Anti-Lula protests grow day after day, with thousands of people taking to the streets in several cities to demand the re…

Codepink (2023-01-10). CODEPINK Rejects Attempted Coup against Brazil's Democracy! dissidentvoice.org CODEPINK is appalled and outraged at the attempted coup in Brazil that took place on January 8 by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Emulating the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack, fascist and extreme-right groups stormed Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court and presidential offices to subvert the constitutional order and call for a military intervention. The …

Brittani Banks (2023-01-10). The Brazilian Hard Right Are Already a Political Cliché. independentmediainstitute.org

Labor Video Project (2023-01-10). Fascist Coup & Lessons For Brazilian Working Class With Fabio Bosco of Conlutas Union Fed. indybay.org Fabio Bosco and transit worker from Sao Paulo and with the independent Conlutas trade union federation reports on the results of the attempted coup in Brazil and what this means for the working class.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). Human Trafficking in Ukraine: Illegal Organ Harvest. libya360.wordpress.com Deborah L. Armstrong Col. Vitaly Kiselev of Lugansk Police speaks to media about black-market organ harvesting in Bakhmut. Photo: Voice of Sevastopol "Every Day We Were Working Like Frankenstein's Slaves" Few things in our world are so horrifying as human trafficking. It's a worldwide scourge, and according to some reports, Ukraine is one of the worst…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-10). Military Situation In Bakhmut-Soledar Region, Ukraine, On January 10, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian fighters gained a foothold in the center of Soledar; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in eastern part of Bakhmut; | Russian-led forces are storming the AFU positions near the Krasna Hora village on the north-western outskirts of Bakhmut; | Russian-led forces are storming the AFU positions near Klishchiivka village on the southern outskirts of Bakhmut; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near…

Anonymous765 (2023-01-10). Fighting For Offensive Initiative On Donbass Front Lines. southfront.org |

Anonymous103 (2023-01-10). Kiev Regime Preparing Another 'Russian War Crime' False Flag In Kharkov. southfront.org The Neo-Nazi junta's special services are taking photos and videos of the deceased Ukrainians, while feigning the work of "forensic medical experts" in the presence of staged witnesses, all in an attempt of fabricating "evidence" of supposed "Russian war crimes". | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst | Faced with mounting losses, particularly in the contested areas of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Kiev regime is desperate to divert domestic and international…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-10). Ukrainian Nazis Hit Civilians In Donetsk With 44 Rockets In 10 Minutes. Casualties Reported. southfront.org Click to see full-sie image | Ukrainian soldiers continue heavy shelling of residential areas in the city of Donetsk and settlements located nearby. Today, Ukrainian Nazis have already killed one civilian and wounded 10 others. | Donetsk is under artillery and rocket fire since midday. Ukrainian servicemen have already struck residential buildings in Kirov, Petrov, Kuibyshev, Lenin districts of the city with 155mm guns and MLRS. The Ukrainian Nazis fired 44 rockets from a multiple rocket launcher system at Donetsk in 10 min…

_____ (2023-01-10). Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire. strategic-culture.org Although many Nazis were brought to book for their crimes, no British were, Declan Hayes writes. | Caroline Elkins' accounts of British soldiers ramming broken bottles into the vaginas of female Kenyan prisoners during the Kikuyus' Mau Mau revolt is not, by any stretch, the worst example of Albion's imperial violence she recounts. Because this 870 page book is awash with similar instances of systematic war crimes by the British administration in Kenya, in Nigeria, Jamaica, South Africa, Malaya, Palestine, Cyprus, Nyasaland, India and countless other outposts of empire, justifiable comparisons between the British…

Andy Higginbottom (2023-01-10). Peru and capitalist extraction—the imperial mining powers behind the throne. mronline.org As a rainbow of social movements in Peru prepare for a general strike starting on 4 January the country is polarised between party politicians' intrigues and action of the masses on the streets.

_____ (2023-01-10). Peru: General Strike Continues Despite Repression. popularresistance.org The general strike against Peru's coup regime is on its sixth consecutive day with barricades and roadblocks erected across the country. The weekend also saw countless illegal arrests of protesters and journalists. | According to authorities, protesters have blocked highways at 45 different points. The indigenous Aymara region of Puno is the center of opposition to the regime, with the highest number of barricades erected along highways. The roads connecting Puno to Arequipa, Cusco, and the Amazon, are among those currently blocked. | In Lima, 224 people were detained on Friday for participating in protests organ…

_____ (2023-01-10). Peru: Mass Protests And Major Challenges Ahead For The Left. popularresistance.org On December 7, 2022, the President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, was removed from power, arrested and imprisoned in what is being called a coup. This followed multiple attempts by the right-wing political parties and members of Congress to oust him. In response, more than a dozen Latin American and Caribbean nations refuse to recognize Dina Boluarte, who took over as president, and large numbers of people have mobilized throughout the country in protest. A general strike was declared on January 4, 2023. To help untangle the complicated political and social situation in Peru, Clearing the FOG speaks with Francesca Eman…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). Peru: Juliaca Massacre Death Toll Rises to 17. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa Peruvian security forces brutally repressed an anti-government protest in Juliaca city, in Puno region, on January 9. Photo: Mas Nina/Pachamama Radio With the victims of the massacre in Juliace, the death toll from state repression of the anti-government protests rises to 46 On Monday, January 9, Peruvian security forces brutally repressed an anti-government…

Staff (2023-01-10). Britain mulls sending first NATO nations' tanks to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense PostJanuary 10, 2023 UK Considering Sending First Western Tanks to Ukraine: Report The UK is considering sending Challenger II tanks to Ukraine, potentially overcoming the West's previous reluctance to send "offensive" weapons to Kyiv. The British government has been discussing sending 10 Challengers to Ukraine, Sky News reported, citing sources. A government spokesperson [said] …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-10). Military Situation In Ukraine On January 10, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU positions near Konstantinovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Orekhov with high-precision missiles; | Russia artillery destroyed 2 US-manufactured M-777 near Avdeyevka; | Russia artillery destroyed 4 Krab self-propelled howitzers near Seversk; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Kupyansk; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Stelmakhovka; | Clashes between the Russ…

SouthFront5 (2023-01-10). BREAKING. Russians Captured AFU Stronghold Soledar. southfront.org On 10 January 2022, in the late afternoon, official media sources of the Russian Wagner PMC stated that the cirty of Soledar had been captured by Russian units. | Soledar was one of the key points of defence of the AFU in the East of Ukraine. The city is home to Europe's largest salt production facility. | Evgeny Prigoggin, head of the Wagner PMC, announced: | "Wagner PMC units have taken control of the entire territory of Soledar. A cauldron has been formed in the centre of the city, where urban fighting is taki…

WSWS (2023-01-10). Britain prepares to send battle tanks to Ukraine as war against Russia escalates. wsws.org Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said, "We will continue to speak with the Ukrainians about what they need for the next phase of their self-defence and we will continue working with our international partners about ensuring that we provide that. Tanks might well be part of that."

Anonymous103 (2023-01-10). Conflict In Ukraine Accelerated India's Global Rise. southfront.org Moscow could support India as a mediator but Kiev shows no interest. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The international order maintains exclusively Western features, but this is quickly disappearing because of the impact the conflict in Ukraine has had in advancing multipolarity. In the context of a rapidly changing global system, India is set to gain more so than any other country as it was presented with an opportunity to consolidate its importance i…

Staff (2023-01-10). German tanks, U.S. armored combat vehicles, Patriot missiles may be headed to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish Press AgencyJanuary 9, 2023 Poland may offer Ukraine some Leopard tanks under broader coalition Discussions about handing German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine continue, and Poland would like to be part of a group of Western donors, the presidential foreign policy advisor has said. Jakub Kumoch told the private broadcaster Radio Zet on Monday that …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-10). Ukrainians To Be Trained On Patriot Systems At Oklahoma Base. southfront.org | The Biden administration first unveiled its plan to transfer Patriot missile systems to Ukraine in Initially, a base in Germany was floated as the likely place, but also amid conjecture that training could actually happen in th…

_____ (2023-01-10). My Evening With A Ukrainian Propaganda/Agitation Unit. popularresistance.org On the night of January 6, I was invited to participate in a panel discussion on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine organized by Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace (BN4P), a local antiwar group I've had connections with since the leadup to the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, and the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), a national organization founded and headed by Joe Lombardo, a long-time peace activist whose resume of activism dates back to the Vietnam War. Joe was set to moderate the event, where I was to join Dan Kovalik, an American lawyer and Human Rights advocate who currently teaches International Human Rights…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-10). Ukraine FM Says 'No One Has Done Enough' to Support Ukraine. southfront.org The US has authorized around $112 billion to spend on the war | Originally published by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Monday that none of Ukraine's Western backers has "done enough" to support Kyiv in a call for more military aid. | "Ukraine is grateful to partners for their military aid, but we should remain honest with one another: no one has done enough as long…

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-10). Former High-Level US Officials Warn Time Is Not on Ukraine's Side in the Conflict. news.antiwar.com Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned in an op-ed published by The Washington Post on Saturday that "time is not on Ukraine's side" as its economy is in shambles and the country is entirely reliant on foreign aid. The former officials said Russian President Vladimir Putin …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-10). In Video: Group Of Ukrainian Servicemen Destroyed By Anti-Tank Missile Strike. southfront.org

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-10). US to Begin Training Ukrainians on Patriot Missiles in Oklahoma Next Week. news.antiwar.com The Pentagon announced on Tuesday that the US will begin training 100 Ukrainian soldiers how to use Patriot missile defense systems as soon as next week on US soil at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Patriots are considered the most advanced US-made air defense system. Maintaining and operating one system requires about 90 soldiers, and military experts …

WSWS (2023-01-10). SGP holds powerful Berlin election rally against war. wsws.org The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei rally in the Spandau district gave a strong political lead in opposition to the German government sending tanks to Ukraine.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). What (More Reasonable) Western Analysts Say Comes Next for Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Some Western analysts have been providing a more accurate picture of the conflict in Ukraine than the general barrage of Western war propaganda. They seem to agree that: — There is no path for Ukraine to win militarily; — Russia is nowhere near as incompetent and ill-prepared as the Western media suggests; — Russia is…

Staff (2023-01-10). German tanks, U.S. armored combat vehicles may be headed to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish Press AgencyJanuary 9, 2023 Poland may offer Ukraine some Leopard tanks under broader coalition Discussions about handing German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine continue, and Poland would like to be part of a group of Western donors, the presidential foreign policy advisor has said. Jakub Kumoch told the private broadcaster Radio Zet on Monday that …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-10). US Might Send Ukraine Stryker Fighting Vehicles in Next Arms Package. news.antiwar.com The US is considering sending Stryker armored combat vehicles to Kyiv as part of a new weapons package that is expected to be announced next week, POLITICO reported on Monday. An unnamed Pentagon official said an arms package that may or may not include the Strykers will be announced next week during a meeting of …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). Sweden Hustled into Military Pact with US. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Remote land and people of the Russian Arctic The Biden Administration's efforts to put on fast track Sweden's accession as a NATO member petered out as Turkiye balked, exercising its prerogative to withhold approval unless its conditions regarding Stockholm's past dalliance with Kurdish separatist elements is fully addressed. President Biden was bullish…

_____ (2023-01-10). Why BRI Is Back With a Bang in 2023. strategic-culture.org As Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative enters its 10th year, a strong Sino-Russian geostrategic partnership has revitalized the BRI across the Global South. | By Pepe ESCOBAR | The year 2022 ended with a Zoom call to end all Zoom calls: Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping discussing all aspects of the Russia-China strategic partnership in an exclusive video call. | Putin told Xi how "Russia and China managed to ensure record high growth rates of mutual trade," meaning "we will be able to reach our target of $200 billion by 2024 ahead of schedule." | On their coordination to "form a just world order based on i…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-10). Military Equipment Russian Army Will Receive In 2023 (Infographics). southfront.org

Renate Bridenthal (2023-01-10). How Western sanctions blow back, hurting Europe, deepening Asian integration. geopoliticaleconomy.com Western sanctions led Russia to greatly increase trade with Asia, while devastating Europe's economy. The US tech war against China is damaging its own industry.

infobrics (2023-01-10). Economic Corridor "China — Mongolia — Russia": Infrastructure in Focus. infobrics.org With logistical flows redirected, Russia's interest in the opportunities of east-bound transport routes, including transit via Mongolia to China and on to other destinations in Asia, has dramatically increased…

SouthFront5 (2023-01-10). Russian Soldiers Assembled Hand-Made Automatic Turret (Video). southfront.org

_____ (2023-01-10). On developments in the IPR over the past year and Russia's place there. journal-neo.org This article offers the author's perspective on some of the past year's outcomes with regard to developments in the Indo-Pacific region (IPR). It is where the focus of the current phase of the "Great World Game" shifts irreversibly. But first, a few words about the term itself. The public introduction of its shortened version is …

infobrics (2023-01-10). Named the Most Popular Chinese Cars from Experienced Russian Drivers in 2022. infobrics.org Chinese cars in 2022 were popular with Russian drivers who have been driving for more than 10 years…

infobrics (2023-01-10). BRICS at the G20 and the Centrality of the Unated Nations Development Agenda. infobrics.org BRICS has an important role in the G20, precisely guided by its own resolutions on the pursuit of development, to drive the agenda and keep pushing until it is done, writes Mikatekiso Kubayi, Researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue associated with UNISA (South Africa)…

unitedEditor (2023-01-10). Are the US preparing to expel Tàºrkiye from NATO? uwidata.com The former US security advisor John Bolton made a striking comment on Tàºrkiye about a week ago. He said "Unfortunately, this includes Tàºrkiye, whose NATO membership should be in doubt in 2023 if [Turkish] President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — probably through fraud — will be re-elected in the elections scheduled for June." Political scientist and …

Staff (2023-01-10). EU, NATO, U.S. pursue common policy in Kosovo, broader Balkans. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOJanuary 9, 2023 NATO, EU and US consult on developments in Kosovo, Western Balkans Deputy Secretary General Mircea GeoanƒÉ welcomed US Deputy Assistant Secretary Gabriel Escobar and the EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues, Miroslav Lajƒçák, to NATO Headquarters on Monday (9 January 2023)…. Deputy Secretary General GeoanƒÉ …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-10). US, Sweden Open Talks on Military Cooperation Agreement. news.antiwar.com The US and Sweden on Monday opened talks on a military cooperation agreement that will pave the way for a US troop presence in the country as Stockholm is preparing to become a NATO member. Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson told AFP that the details of the agreement still need to be worked out but that it …

unitedEditor (2023-01-10). Erdogan calls for climate change; Tàºrkiye-NATO relations; Istanbul derby win of Galatasaray FC. uwidata.com The public agenda in Turkiye was been relatively calmer for the first days of the New Year, when compared to the previous year. The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has welcomed the new year with his speech on the climate change. The contradictions over the NATO membership of Sweden and Finland has started to deepen …

Kevin Keating (2023-01-10). San Francisco's leading neo-con Alice Cooper impersonator, the former Steve Schwartz! indybay.org This cheerleader for United States foreign policy crimes on three continents changes personas more frequently than most yuppies change their socks!

Staff (2023-01-10). NATO HQ hosts China's ambassador to EU. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOJanuary 10, 2023 NATO Deputy Secretary General meets new Chinese Ambassador NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea GeoanƒÉ welcomed Ambassador Fu Cong, Head of the Chinese Mission to the EU, to NATO Headquarters in Brussels for the first time on Tuesday (10 January 2023). The Deputy Secretary General and Ambassador Cong discussed priorities for NATO-China engagement…. …

Staff (2023-01-10). Poland building NATO's third largest army. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com By way of comparison, France has an army of 200,000 troops, Germany of 180,000 and Britain 148,000. Only the armed forces of the U.S. and Turkey (425,000) are larger than 300,000 personnel. — RR ==== Radio PolandJanuary 10, 2022 Poland builds a 300,000-strong army: defence minister Poland's defence minister has said that the government aims …

Andrew Korybko (2023-01-10). The Upcoming Global South Summit Paves the Path for India's Permanent UNSC Seat. asia-pacificresearch.com

Ben Norton (2023-01-10). Analyst suffered 20 years in US prison for helping Cuba, still condemns 'suffocating' blockade. geopoliticaleconomy.com Former DIA analyst Ana Belén Montes was imprisoned for 20 years for sharing intelligence with Cuba that helped it prevent US attacks and sabotage. Upon being released, she condemned the "suffocating embargo" that makes Cubans "suffer."

Brian Berletic (2023-01-10). China's COMAC C919 Passenger Jet and a Leap for Multipolarism. asia-pacificresearch.com

David Cronin (2023-01-10). Why is EU sharing secrets with Israel lobby? electronicintifada.net European Leadership Network has defended Itamar Ben-Gvir's al-Aqsa invasion.

Sara Flounders (2023-01-10). Biden Administration Tramples on Japan's Post-World War II Pacifist Constitution by Pushing Country's Rearmament. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-01-10). Iran-US: the Future of Nuclear Negotiations. journal-neo.org While Iran has repeatedly expressed its willingness to resume talks in Vienna on the continuation of the nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Joe Biden administration has virtually put those talks on hold. Undoubtedly, as many political analysts and experts say, this stoppage is a negotiating tactic on the …

_____ (2023-01-10). Nicaragua Is World's Number One Country Where Citizens Feel At Peace. popularresistance.org A poll found that Nicaragua is the top country in the world where citizens feel at peace. | The United States and Western media outlets have long demonized Nicaragua's Sandinista government and its President Daniel Ortega, sponsoring violent coup attempts against him and imposing illegal unilateral sanctions aimed at hurting the Central American nation's economy. | But studies show that the Sandinista Front is very popular among the Nicaraguan people, who enjoy a high quality of life compared to their neighbors. | CNBC reported this January that Nicaragua is the "No. 1 country where people say they are 'always' a…

_____ (2023-01-10). Europe And The Legitimization Of Deception. popularresistance.org The U.S., having no need of or gift for statecraft, has long practiced what I've taken to calling the diplomacy of no diplomacy. You can't expect much from bimbos such as Antony Blinken or Wendy Sherman, Blinken's No. 2 at the State Department. All they can do is roar, even if they are mice next to any serious diplomat. | But have the European powers now followed along? I fear to ask because I fear the answer. But I must, given recent events. | Early last year, when Petro Poroshenko stated publicly that…

_____ (2023-01-10). 7,000 New York Nurses Go On Strike. popularresistance.org New York City, New York – Over 7,000 nurses across two hospitals in New York City went on strike early Monday morning after contract negotiations broke down over the hospitals' refusal to meet nurses' staffing demands. | Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai in Manhattan walked out at 6 am, saying they are forced to work long hours with huge workloads that leave them burnt out, which could potentially put patients in danger. | The workers "have been put in the unfortunate position of having no other choice than to strike," said Mario Cilento, president of the New York AFL-CIO, of which…

_____ (2023-01-10). How Sanctions Contributed to Venezuela's Economic Collapse. popularresistance.org During the past decade, Venezuela lived through the largest economic contraction documented in the history of the Western Hemisphere. The implosion took place at the same time as the U.S. government barred oil purchases, froze government bank accounts, prohibited the country from issuing new debt, and seized tankers bound for Venezuela. One would think it should be self-evident that any account of Venezuela's economic contraction would place economic sanctions in a central role. | However, sanctions play a surprisingly limited role in most mainstream accounts of the Venezuelan crisis. A recent Council on Foreign…

Editor (2023-01-10). Pentagon Doc Reveals US Lied About Afghan Civilians Killed in 2021 Drone Strike. scheerpost.com One Amnesty International campaigner called the new report "more evidence that we need a huge change in how the U.S. uses lethal force and assesses and reveals its consequences."

It's Going Down (2023-01-10). Defending Encampments and Fighting Evictions in Minneapolis: An Interview. itsgoingdown.org Over the past several years, various groups have mobilized in defense of encampments in so-called Minneapolis, working to provide mutual aid, standing in solidarity with the houseless, and fighting against evictions. Wanting to know more about this organizing, especially in the wake of a recent campaign in solidarity with the Quarry encampment, we caught up…

____ (2023-01-10). China to see overall stability in employment in 2023: minister. ecns.cn China's overall employment situation will stay stable in 2023 as the economy continues to recover with optimized COVID response and pro-growth policies, a senior official has said.

____ (2023-01-10). Exit-entry applications resume in Shanghai. ecns.cn Starting on Jan. 8, China downgraded COVID control measures from Class A to B, and applications for exit-entry services resumed in Shanghai.

____ (2023-01-10). First group of Chinese tourists lands in Thailand Monday, following China's anti-COVID policy shift. ecns.cn A total of 269 Chinese passengers, travelling on a Xiamen Airlines flight, landed in Thailand on Monday, marking the first group of Chinese tourists arriving in the Southeast Asian nation after the adjustment of China's policy shift on COVID-19 shift.

Tings Chak (2023-01-10). A look back on three years of China's anti-COVID-19 fight. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in MR Online on Jan. 1, 2023. It is shared here under Creative Commons | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | I arrived in Shanghai, 36 hours after leaving Sà£o Paulo, a near deportation in South Africa, and a canceled connecting flight. It was March 21, 2020. In the following days, China implemented its mandatory centrali…

____ (2023-01-10). CO2 level in 2021 highest in human history. ecns.cn The global carbon dioxide level has hit a record high, the China Meteorological Administration said on Monday, further demonstrating that climate change remains a global challenge.

____ (2023-01-10). Role in supply chains grows. ecns.cn As China moves up the value chain, the country is becoming more of an exporter than importer of intermediate goods used by manufacturers elsewhere, helping strengthen the connectivity and hence competitiveness of regional supply chains.

____ (2023-01-10). Foreign Ministry calls on U.S. to share data. ecns.cn China urged the United States on Monday to share its epidemic information and data with the World Health Organization and the international community in a timely.

____ (2023-01-10). Another 20 companies sign up for 6th CIIE. ecns.cn A new batch of 20 exhibitors signed up for the 6th China International Import Expo on Monday, bringing the total number of exhibitors signing up for the annual event this year to more than 300, said the event organizer.

____ (2023-01-10). China's 2022 domestic grain purchases estimated at 400 billion kg. ecns.cn China's 2022 domestic grain purchases are expected to reach 800 billion jin or 400 billion kilograms, keeping in line with the same level seen in previous years.

____ (2023-01-10). China's border reopening significant for Singapore: Health Minister. ecns.cn China's borders reopening is an important milestone for the world to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, and also what many countries, industries, enterprises, families, and people have long expected, manifesting a significant stage for Singapore, said Ong Ye Kung, Singapore's Minister for Health on Monday.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-10). US Wants to Deploy Missile-Armed Marines Along Japan's Okinawa Islands. news.antiwar.com The US wants to deploy units of Marines armed with missiles along Japan's Okinawa islands as part of a military buildup aimed at China, the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun has reported. The report said that the US is looking to deploy the Marines by 2026 and that Japan is already aware of the plan. It …

____ (2023-01-10). U.S. president declares emergency in California as winter storms continue. ecns.cn China has decided to suspend the issuing of short-term visas for South Korean citizens to visit China for visit, business, tourism, medical services, transit or other personal affairs, the Chinese embassy in Seoul said in a statement on Tuesday.

____ (2023-01-10). Major hydrogen power test center starts operation in southwest China. ecns.cn National Hydrogen Power Quality Inspection and Testing Center, an organization dedicated to boosting the development of China's hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle industry, started operation Monday in Chongqing Municipality.

____ (2023-01-10). President vows to advance Sino-Czech relations. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping pledged on Monday to push forward the steady development of relations between China and the Czech Republic, saying that more measures will be unveiled to promote cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries.

____ (2023-01-10). International tourism markets welcome Chinese tourists with open arms. ecns.cn Many countries welcomed Chinese tourists as China announced to downgrade management of COVID-19 infection and resume outbound tourism for Chinese citizensorderly.

____ (2023-01-10). Islamic scholars from 14 countries visit Xinjiang region, praise efforts on countering terrorism, extremism. ecns.cn A group of Islamic figures and scholars are paying a visit to Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to get a clear and better understanding of the region in contrast to the U.S.-led smear campaign.

____ (2023-01-10). First carrier rockets of the year blast off. ecns.cn China launched two carrier rockets on Monday, its first space missions for 2023.

____ (2023-01-10). Multitude Chinese cities say they have past first COVID peak. ecns.cn Beijing, Chongqing, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Sichuan, Hainan……a number of provinces and regions across China report that they have already past the first peak of COVID-19 infections as number of patients at fever clinics in these regions continues to fall.

____ (2023-01-10). China halts issuance of short-term visas to South Koreans. ecns.cn

Editor (2023-01-10). Matt Taibbi Calls Out MSNBC as a Shill for the Intelligence Community. scheerpost.com

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Pulmonary Vein Isolation With vs Without Posterior Left Atrial Wall Isolation for Persistent AF. jamanetwork.com This randomized clinical trial compares pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) vs PVI with posterior wall isolation for achieving freedom from atrial arrhythmia in adult patients with persistent atrial fibrillation undergoing first-time catheter ablation in Australia, the UK, and Canada.

manager (2023-01-10). CEPR Spotlight: Latin America. cepr.net CEPR has long been a leader in examining economic and political developments in Latin America. Highlights of our work in 2022 included the following: Co-Director Mark Weisbrot joined Joseph E. Stiglitz to author this op-ed for Foreign Policy on the February 2022 agreement between Argentina and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The piece highlighted that …

____ (2023-01-10). Nation's casualties from natural disasters at record low in 2022. ecns.cn Casualties caused by natural disasters across the country came in at a record low in 2022, despite increasing extreme weather events due to climate change and the impacts of COVID-19 on rescue operations.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Glaucoma — the 'silent thief of sight'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: During my recent eye exam, the eye doctor used a machine to blow a puff of air into each of my eyes. It felt like I was in a video game, but I was the target. It didn't hurt, but it did startle me. What does this test measure and how is it helpful in evaluating my vision? Is this something I need to have regularly repeated? ANSWER: Vision tests are always important to…

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). The Quest of Potential Energy. jamanetwork.com During the nineteenth century, the science of physiology learned the significance of the energy aspects of nutrition. As Lusk has recently reminded us anew, in a delightful review of the history of metabolism, Rubner was the first to solve the problem initiated by Lavoisier, of demonstrating that the law of the conservation of energy held true for the animal organism. The crucial experiments were conducted within the memory of many persons still living. Calorimetry has attained large importance not only in the study of the chemical changes taking place in the organism but also in determining the possible value of…

Sasha Abramsky (2023-01-10). UK Nurses and Ambulance Workers Are Striking for a Fully Funded NHS. truthout.org Ambulance drivers in the U.K. are slated to strike on January 11 and 23, following a strike in December, when tens of thousands walked out, protesting low pay (the average salary for an ambulance worker is £25,000) and the inability to deliver prompt, safe services to patients. Thousands of nurses also walked off the job to protest similarly abysmal conditions — as they have done in New York… |

Marilyn Bechtel (2023-01-10). 'Democracy Bowl' rally pits 'Team Freedom' against 'Team Fascism'. peoplesworld.org OAKLAND, Calif.—As advocates for democracy were coming together nationwide under the auspices of Indivisible and Public Citizen to commemorate the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, some 60 demonstrators defied winter winds and threatening rain to gather at Lake Merritt's Pergola here on Jan. 7. The rally's "Democracy Bowl" theme …

Lynda Carson (2023-01-10). Election deniers and Freedom Caucus extort more power through Kevin McCarthy. indybay.org Recent Battle Over The Speaker Of The House Is A Continuation Of The January 6 Attack On The Capitol!

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Minute: Hearty and heart-smart winter soups. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org By December, the summer vegetable gardens have all been harvested. Winter fruits and vegetables are now on the menu. Elizabeth J. Bailey, a Mayo Clinic dietitian, says traditional winter vegetables can be satisfying and healthy in meals like salads and soups. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/LOWujA2zjrI Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-10). Colombia's ELN guerrillas claim ceasefire triggered crisis in peace talks. colombiareports.com Colombia's ELN guerrillas claimed that the government's decision to declare a bilateral ceasefire created a "crisis" in ongoing peace talks. The guerrillas' claim comes days after the government of Mexico…

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-10). Former Rep. Ron Paul: The Mother Of Economic Crises Will Hit America, Expect Social Unrest, Violence. moguldom.com In a weekly column, Libertarian and former Texas congressman Ron Paul echoed the words of economist Nouriel "Dr. Doom" Roubini, who has warned that the massive debt held by individuals, businesses, and the government will soon lead to the "mother of all economic crises." A former member of President Bill Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors, …

WSWS (2023-01-10). UC workers must organize a re-vote on the fraudulent contract ratification! wsws.org Elect rank-and-file committees and organize for a re-vote of both the ratification vote and the national officers election! There must be rank-and-file oversight of both elections!

Volunteer organized (2023-01-10). Monday 1/9: January 6th Justice: Our Freedoms, Our Vote – 2nd Anniversary Virtual Rally. indybay.org Virtual / Online event (hosted from Fremont, CA)…

_____ (2023-01-10). Apple: Forced Labor in India With Foxconn. strategic-culture.org Is the assembly of Apple iPhones in India " | good corporate governance"? | Apple has its latest iPhones 12 and 13, and since this year also iPhone 14, finally assembled in the South Indian special economic zone Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu. Numerous Indian electronics companies are established here, supplying Western car companies such as BMW and Ford, and digital companies such as Nokia, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft and Apple. | In the U.S., the Western world's best-looking, best smartphone from the "world's largest democracy" costs from $1, 0 — up to $2,099 depending on the model. | For this Appl…

____ (2023-01-10). Chinese, Bangladeshi FMs meet on ties. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with his Bangladeshi counterpart Abdul Momen briefly at the airport in the Bangladeshi capital early Tuesday on further improving bilateral relations.

Chris Walker (2023-01-10). Biden Kept Classified Documents at Think Tank Office in DC. truthout.org A small number of documents marked as classified were found at a Washington, D.C.-based think tank linked to President Joe Biden. Fewer than a dozen documents were found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, where Biden had an office. The documents, reportedly found in a closet, were from the Obama administration, in which Biden served as vice president. |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). New year, new goals, new edition of 'The Mayo Clinic Diet'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Each new year brings new hope and many weight loss goals that often go unrealized. "The foundation of any weight loss program, whether it involves different types of programs, medications, procedures ≠ ≠— it does get down to lifestyle and diet and physical activity. The way people go about this sometimes isn't productive. Just starving and trying to exercise for a couple of hours a day usually doesn't work well," says Dr. Donald Hensrud, an internal…

Rhythmix Cultural Works (2023-01-10). Saturday 2/18: Mardi Gras Party with CHELLE! & Friends. indybay.org Rhythmix Cultural Works | 2513 Blanding Ave | Alameda CA 94 1…

Jake Johnson (2023-01-10). Moderna Faces Backlash for Plans to Markup COVID Vaccine by 4,000 Percent. truthout.org The Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical giant Moderna faced angry backlash on Tuesday following the CEO's announcement that the firm is considering pricing its Covid-19 vaccine somewhere between $100 and $130 per dose in the United States. The upper end of that range, according to the People's Vaccine Alliance (PVA), would represent a 4,000% markup above the cost of manufacturing the shot… |

Stuart Trew, Manuel Perez-Rocha, Karen Hansen-Kuhn (2023-01-10). Three Amigos or Fair-Weather Friends? fpif.org Canada, Mexico and the United States have all, in some way, officially acknowledged the social and environmental toll that This week, Canadian Prime Minister…

WSWS (2023-01-10). UK government brings anti-strike bill before Parliament. wsws.org The measures outlined by Shapps are part of the turn in the ruling class internationally to authoritarian forms of rule, which has seen the outright banning of critical strikes.

WSWS (2023-01-10). Mandatory overtime is increasingly the norm for Canadian workers. wsws.org The eight-hour working day and forty-hour workweek are increasingly becoming a relic of the past in Canada and internationally. These fundamental advances, which workers fought and died for over the course of a century and a half, are now effectively a dead letter.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-10). Military Situation In Syria On January 10, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Pediatric pectus excavatum. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: We've noticed an indent in our son's chest since he was about 6 years old. Our pediatrician diagnosed this as pectus excavatum but said that it was nothing to worry about. Six years later, he's starting to complain that his heart is racing, and he experiences loss of endurance and shortness of breath with exercise. We are very concerned and wondering if we need another opinion. I've heard surgery may be necessary for…

WSWS (2023-01-10). University of California to invest $4 billion in private equity giant Blackstone. wsws.org Emboldened by the UAW's sellout, the University of California has made a substantial investment in a company that profits from the maintenance of high rent.

Isaac Nellist (2023-01-10). Frances Peters-Little on the 1967 referendum, Voice and the struggle for Black rights. greenleft.org.au Frances Peters-Little, director of Vote Yes For Aboriginies, a film about the 1967 referendum, discusses the political context of the vote and the upcoming referendum on the Voice to Parliament with Isaac Nellist.

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Twenty-Strain "Universal" mRNA Flu Vaccine Effective in Animal Studies. jamanetwork.com An investigational messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine encoding hemagglutinin antigens from all 20 known influenza A virus subtypes and B virus lineages protected mice and ferrets from a wide range of matched and mismatched virus strains in a recent study.

Editor (2023-01-10). Netflix's 'Descendant' shows capitalism continues to oppress African descendants. mronline.org In the spring of 1860, wealthy businessman Timothy Meaher made a bet that he could illegally kidnap and ship Africans from Africa to Mobile, Alabama, without being detected by federal officials.

Ismet Tashtan (2023-01-10). Protest demands justice for assassinated Kurdish activists in Paris. greenleft.org.au Members of Sydney's Kurdish community and their supporters held a peaceful protest outside the French consulate in Sydney to call for justice for Kurdish activists assassinated in Paris by the Turkish state.

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Association Between Regulatory Submission Characteristics and Recalls of Medical Devices With 510(k) Clearance. jamanetwork.com This study uses US Food and Drug Administration data and examines the association between characteristics of predicate medical devices and recall probability for applicant medical devices cleared for use via the 510(k) regulatory submission pathway.

____ (2023-01-10). Patrushev Framed The Narrative… smoothiex12.blogspot.com

David Giesen (2023-01-10). Sunday 1/8: The Pursuit of Happiness framed in political-economic terms. indybay.org Virtual through Google Meet: The Pursuit of Happiness framed in political-economic terms | Sunday, January 8 ∑ 7: 00 — 8: 00pm | Google Meet joining info | Video call link: meet.google.com/mqd-jtmf-gkk

Editor (2023-01-10). The lesson we should have learned from 'Silent Spring'. mronline.org We have to address the way that corporations create, shape, and control demand, leveraging the state as a tool.

_____ (2023-01-10). Japan's Defense Strategy: A View from the Korean Corner. journal-neo.org On December 16, 2022, Japan's Cabinet approved amendments to three key national security and defense documents. First, an increase in the military budget is envisaged. The Japanese government has previously announced plans to increase defense spending to 2% of GDP by 2027 (it is currently 1% of GDP). If Japan does so, its defense spending …

Federico Fuentes (2023-01-10). Razem: Building a left alternative in Poland. greenleft.org.au Polish left-wing party

WSWS (2023-01-10). New York City nurses take a stand against deadly understaffing. wsws.org The walkout of 7,000 nurses marks the first major strike of the new year in the United States and signals a new stage in the growing rebellion of health care workers.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…

____ (2023-01-10). Classified documents found at Biden think tank. ecns.cn A special counsel to U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that classified documents had been found at a private office here used while he was vice president.

Esho Tammary, Kumar Manasi (2023-01-10). [Review] Mental and sexual health outcomes associated with FGM/C in Africa: a systematic narrative synthesis. thelancet.com There are gaps in evidence regarding mental and sexual outcomes and associated interventions for women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) living in Africa. This study employed a narrative synthesis to collate evidence on mental and sexual health outcomes. A systematic search of bibliographic databases and websites was performed using appropriate keywords and studies published in English from January 1, 2010 to March 25, 2022. 25 studies were retrieved and reported mental and sexual health complications associated with FGM/C.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Minute: Be realistic with New Year's health resolutions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Getting in better shape is consistently one of the most common New Year's resolutions people make each year, but many have a hard time following through. Dani Johnson, a wellness physical therapist with the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program, offers tips to make it easier to stick to a resolution to get in shape. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/9UcuKAFFISg Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…

WSWS (2023-01-10). Sri Lankan president demands more austerity. wsws.org Wickremesinghe's message underscores his determination to impose the burden of the deepening economic crisis gripping Sri Lanka onto the working class and the poor.

Editor (2023-01-10). Itamar Ben Gvir Just Banned the Palestinian Flag. scheerpost.com The new Israeli Minister of National Security banned the display of the colors of the Palestinian flag in public spaces. It is the latest Israeli attempt to erase Palestinian identity.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Advances in screening for colon cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A friend of mine passed away recently after receiving a colon cancer diagnosis. Who is at risk for this cancer, and should I be screened? ANSWER: Colorectal cancer includes colon and rectal cancers, both originating in the lower portion of the large intestine and into the rectum. Estimates are that about 1 in 20 individuals in the U.S. will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in their life. Men are slightly more likely than women…

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Catheter Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation. jamanetwork.com Compared with treatments for other cardiac arrhythmias, the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) has changed dramatically in the last 25 years. The landmark work of HaàØssaguerre et al established the pulmonary veins as the initiation site of AF in the majority of cases and launched the era of ablative therapies for this most common of arrhythmias. In parallel with these developments, clinical trials have demonstrated higher success rates with ablation compared with antiarrhythmic drugs, while the debate over rate vs rhythm control has tilted to favor the latter in light of studies showing improved outcom…

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Effect of an Individualized Audit and Feedback Intervention on Rates of Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Imaging Requests. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent study is one of a series of interventions by the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care intended to "nudge" Australian general practitioners (GPs) who are higher users of certain billing items, medicines, or investigations to reduce their use. We have several concerns about this trial.

Amy Goodman (2023-01-10). Migration, the Economy, Trade and Security on the Agenda at Mexico City Summit. truthout.org We go to Mexico City for an update on the North American Leaders' Summit, where the presidents of Mexico, the United States and Canada are discussing migration, the economy, trade and security. The summit comes just days after Biden announced that the United States will start to block migrants from Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba from applying for asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. |

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Effect of an Individualized Audit and Feedback Intervention on Rates of Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Imaging Requests—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply On behalf of the study team, we thank Dr Stone and colleagues for providing this opportunity to address several misconceptions about our study.

Climate Nexus (2023-01-10). Vicious storms keep pummeling California. peoplesworld.org The sixth atmospheric river, of an expected nine, slammed California with even more destruction, and the worst is yet to come. The strongest storm yet — of the barrage responsible for the deaths of at least 14 people, including a 5-year-old swept away by floodwaters in Paso Robles on Monday — also forced the evacuation of the …

WSWS (2023-01-10). New Zealand: Reject sellout of Wellington rail workers! wsws.org The Socialist Equality Group calls on rail workers in Wellington to reject the sellout agreement presented by the Rail and Maritime Transport Union, which constitutes a real wage cut, and to form a rank-and-file committee independent of the pro-capitalist union.

Editor (2023-01-10). Under Musk, Twitter Continues to Promote US Propaganda Networks. scheerpost.com

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Use of Recalled Devices in FDA New Device Authorizations and Risk of Subsequent Recalls. jamanetwork.com This cross-sectional study evaluates the frequency of new devices receiving US Food and Drug Administration approval through its 510(k) pathway based on predicate devices that had been subject to a Class 1 recall.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-10). Former Israeli Intel Chief Says Israel Convinced US to Kill Soleimani. news.antiwar.com Israel's former military intelligence chief has said Israel convinced the US that Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani posed an "immediate threat" to American soldiers, the same language former President Trump used to justify his assassination at the time, although no evidence was ever provided for the claim. Soleimani was the commander of Iran's IRGC Quds Force …

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-01-10). Meek Mill Apologizes To The People Of Ghana After Music Video Thought To Be Disrespectful. moguldom.com Meek Mill has apologized for "any disrespect" after filming an unauthorized music video in Ghana's presidential palace. Mill traveled to Ghana in December 2022 after learning he had Ghanaian ancestry. The Philly MC made his apologies in a series of tweets on Monday, Jan. 9, after receiving backlash for a music video in which he's …

Alex Bainbridge (2023-01-10). Labor drip feeds justice to refugees. greenleft.org.au Labor promised to end the cruel practice of imposing temporary protection visas. Alex Bainbridge argues its announcement concerning 19,000 refugees is welcome, but does not go far enough.

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-10). Violence in Colombia soared victimization of civilians in 2022: UN. colombiareports.com A surge in violence and armed conflict in Colombia last year affected almost 3.2 million people compared to almost 284 thousand the year before. According to the OCHA, 2022 was…

Olivia Rosane (2023-01-10). Ozone layer is tracking toward recovery by 2040, UN report finds. nationofchange.org the ozone layer should recover to 1980 levels by around 2040 for most of the globe, around 2045 for the Arctic and around 2066 for Antarctica.

Peter Boyle (2023-01-10). France: 25,000 march in Paris to demand justice for assassinated Kurdish activists. greenleft.org.au A large march took place in Paris, on January 7, to demand justice for three Kurdish female activists assassinated by a Turkish gunman in that city 10 years ago. Peter Boyle spoke to Kurdish solidarity activist and writer Sarah Glynn who participated in the march.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). 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…

Brett Wilkins (2023-01-10). Dems blast House GOP for bill adding $114 billion to deficit by enabling tax cheatsÔøº. nationofchange.org "Once again," said Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal, Republicans are "putting politics over poor and working people."

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). A Review of Autism Spectrum Disorder. jamanetwork.com This review discusses current evidence on the diagnosis and management of autism spectrum disorder.

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-10). Republicans Vote to Revoke IRS Funding, Which Would Raise Deficit by $114B. truthout.org After a week-long scuffle over the House speakership, House Republicans held their first vote with their new majority on a bill to slash over $70 billion for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) — funding that was pegged to allow the agency to go after wealthy tax cheats. Republicans have specifically targeted the IRS funding that Democrats passed in last year's Inflation Reduction Act… |

Karsten Riise (2023-01-10). South Korea Wants to be World's Fourth Arms Exporter. globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Minute: Winter skin protection tips. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Winter weather changes can negatively affect the skin — the body's largest organ. Colder temperatures and a lack of moisture in the air can damage unprotected skin, especially on the face and hands. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/ppcOBDumjMc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Home Sleep Apnea Testing for the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. jamanetwork.com A 50-year-old patient with epilepsy, hypertension, loud snoring, recent 50-lb weight gain, and abrupt awakenings with a feeling of breathlessness but no headaches or excessive daytime sleepiness presented with concerns. What would you do next?

Staff (2023-01-10). Samidoun salutes Jose Maria "Ka Joma" Sison during weeks of tributes. samidoun.net Since the passing of Filipino leader, comrade Jose Maria "Ka Joma" Sison, in the Netherlands on 16 December 2022, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network had the honor of participating in tributes and events celebrating the life of the co-founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines and one of the greatest revolutionaries of the past …

Editor (2023-01-10). How Big Pharma actually spends its massive profits. mronline.org New research shows that pharmaceutical companies have spent more on enriching shareholders than drug research and development over the past decade.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Minute: Treating skin cancer with Mohs surgery. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Nearly 5 million people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with a form of skin cancer this year, according to the American Cancer Society. Dr. Naiara Sbroggio Barbosa, a Mayo Clinic dermatologist, explains how Mohs surgery can be used to treat basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and some types of melanoma. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/IB8JeZ4nhkY Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of…

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). I Wonder If You Get Points in Heaven for This. jamanetwork.com It's just after 2 am…

Roger D. Harris (2023-01-10). Washington's 'Democracy Promotion' Spectacularly Fails in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com

____ (2023-01-10). FM Qin's trip to cement ties with African, Arab nations. ecns.cn Beijing pins high hopes on partnership and collaboration with African and Arab countries at the start of the new year as Foreign Minister Qin Gang embarks on his first trip abroad since being appointed to…

Lynda Carson (2023-01-10). Outing the Bay Area evil doers supporting the election deniers and rabid Freedom Caucus. indybay.org Members Of The House Freedom Caucus Who Seized Power, And Held The House Of Representatives Hostage For Four Days, While Extorting Political Concessions From Kevin McCarthy By Withholding Their Vote To Make Him The Speaker Of The House, In The New Congress:…

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Narrative Insights Into Schizoaffective Disorder. jamanetwork.com This Arts and Medicine feature reviews The Collected Schizophrenias, a 2019 essay collection by Esmé Weijun Wang about her experiences living with schizoaffective disorder.

Peter Boyle (2023-01-10). Invasion Day 2023: The struggle for First Nations justice and sovereignty continues. greenleft.org.au History shows that governments have consistently resisted any proposals from First Nations advisory bodies to deliver real justice. Peter Boyle argues that the Voice to parliament could end up another token gesture, unless there is a strong and independent movement for First Nations justice.

Boothdw (2023-01-10). Land of the Fee, Home of the Depraved. scheerpost.com

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Noninvasive Sensory Stimulation With Light and Sound Tested in Alzheimer Disease. jamanetwork.com Two early clinical studies suggest that sensory stimulation with light and sound should be studied further for its potential to slow neurodegeneration and improve behavioral function in mild Alzheimer disease, according to a report in PLOS ONE.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Reducing stress in the new year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a working mom of two teenagers. I have a career that requires long hours, and I struggle with juggling work and home responsibilities. I don't get to the gym as often as I'd like. I'm having more episodes of headache and struggling with sleep. I also realized I am coping with stress by eating more than normal. With the new year, I'd like to find ways to improve my health and…

The Associated Press (2023-01-10). Puerto Rico Reggaetón Singer Accused of Domestic Violence. latinorebels.com Authorities in Puerto Rico arrested Randy Ortiz Acevedo of the popular reggaetón duo Jowell & Randy on domestic violence charges after a judge on Monday ruled there was sufficient evidence against the singer.

WSWS (2023-01-10). PCS union sits on strike action by 100,000 civil servants against UK government. wsws.org Of the 100,000 civil service workers who can strike, no more than 5,000 PCS members have taken part in the "rolling action" until now.

Rhythmix Cultural Works (2023-01-10). Let It Rock! The Mt Olympus of American Rock Bands, 1965-1995. indybay.org

Deion Scott Hawkins (2023-01-10). Not all insurrections are equalÔøºÔøº. nationofchange.org Rebellions of the enslaved can aptly be classified as insurrections. This much is clear as we debate the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-10). Colombia's VP says police prevented assassination attempt. colombiareports.com Colombia's Vice-President Francia Marquez said Tuesday that police prevented an assassination attempt. According to the VP, the allegedly botched bomb attack wasn't the first attempt on her life. A police…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-10). Military Situation In Iraq On January 10, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Arturo Domínguez (2023-01-10). White House Pushes to Further Criminalize Asylum-Seekers (OPINION). latinorebels.com President Biden's new border policy is being met with mixed reviews as heavy criticism is lobbed at the administration for continuing Trump-era guidelines.

WSWS (2023-01-10). Japan's healthcare system pushed to collapse by COVID-19 cases. wsws.org The number of COVID-19 cases are close to record-highs as nearly all measures to stop the spread of the virus have been removed in Japan.

WSWS (2023-01-10). Mobilize the working class behind the New York nurses strike! wsws.org To wage a successful struggle, the New York City nurses must overcome the isolation and division that the New York State Nurses Association has imposed upon them.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). Burkina Faso: A Blow to French Control in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com The French Foreign Ministry said Tuesday (Jan. 3) that it had received a letter in December from Burkina Faso authorities requesting that the French ambassador be recalled from Burkina Faso, a move the ministry called "non-standard practice." Earlier, several media outlets reported that the military authorities of an African country demanded that Ambassador Luc Hallad…

WSWS (2023-01-10). Japan's health care system pushed to collapse by COVID-19 cases. wsws.org The number of COVID-19 cases are close to record-highs as nearly all measures to stop the spread of the virus have been removed in Japan.

____ (2023-01-10). Winter view of Gongga Mountain in Sichuan. ecns.cn Aerial photo taken on Jan. 9, 2023 shows an icefall coming down from Gongga Mountain in Hailuogou Glacier Park of Luding County, Sichuan Province, four months after the park was rattled by a magnitude-6.8 earthquake.

Ismet Tashtan (2023-01-10). Video: Sydney protest demands justice for assassinated Kurdish activists. greenleft.org.au Members of Sydney's Kurdish community and their supporters held a peaceful protest outside the French Consulate to call for justice for Kurdish activists assassinated in Paris by the Turkish state. Ismet Tashtan and Peter Boyle report.

Hendrik Sybrandy (2023-01-10). Southwest Airlines tries to rebuild reputation after holiday meltdown. america.cgtn.com Operations have returned to normal at Southwest Airlines after a holiday meltdown that saw thousands of U.S. flights canceled.

Peter Koenig (2023-01-10). The WEF and WHO — Are They Running a Death Cult? A WHO / Pharma controlled Worldwide Tyrannical "health system" globalresearch.ca

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-10). Imperial civil engineer honoured by President of Kenya. imperial.ac.uk The Head of Imperial's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has received one of Kenya's highest honours from its President.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). Scott Ritter: Death is on a Pale Horse Riding Towards Us Now. libya360.wordpress.com Deborah L. Armstrong 2023 Will Be Our Last Year on the Planet "And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts And I looked, and behold a pale horse And his name that sat on him was death, and hell followed with him" — Johnny Cash, The Man Comes Around Scott Ritter, former…

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-01-10). Texans Coach Lovie Smith Loses No. 1 Draft Pick By Going For 2 And Winning Game, Gets Fired Immediately. moguldom.com Houston Texans Coach Lovie Smith was fired after having a 3-13-1 season. Smith is the team's second head coach to be fired in just two years. Smith's season culminated with a shocking win over the Indianapolis Colts, but the move sparked different theories on social media since he was fired after the game. Some people …

Mike Ludwig (2023-01-10). House Republicans Just Made It Easier for Congress to Give Away Public Lands. truthout.org Republicans approved new House rules on Monday making it easier for lawmakers to cede federal public lands to state and local governments without accounting for the costs to taxpayers. Conservationists warn that cash-strapped cities and states could then sell off natural areas that were previously protected to private developers and extractive industries. Passing a rules package for House business… |

Peter Wilson (2023-01-10). Payment Processing Company Closes Account of Former Canada Freedom Convoy Organizer Chris Barber for 'Security Reasons': Report. globalresearch.ca

Ann Brown (2023-01-10). Popular Influencer Chef Cooked Up A Cancel: Past Colorism, Anti-Black Women Tweets Surface. moguldom.com Social media sensation Chef Way seems to have canceled himself. The Chef, who is popular for his cooking videos on social media, didn't have too many kind words for Black women back in the day. His former tweets bashing mainly dark-skinned Black women have resurfaced, and they have derailed his standing as a popular food …

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-01-10). Organizing workers from Amazon to Minor League Baseball. therealnews.com Last month Working People hit a new milestone: We recorded our first live episode in front of an audience! Organized by the Action Builder / Action Network team and hosted by Busboys & Poets in Washington, DC, we got to speak with Michelle Valentin Nieves of the Amazon Labor Union and Harry Marino of the Major League Baseball Players Association about the incredible worker organizing victories for Amazon workers and minor league baseball players, and about lessons we have learned from an intense year of grassroots struggle that we will be carrying into 2023. | Michelle Valentin Nieves is the Executive Secre…

____ (2023-01-10). U.S. House adopts rules package after dysfunctional opening week. ecns.cn The U.S. House of Representatives adopted a rules package on Monday after the dysfunctional opening week.

Mark Gruenberg (2023-01-10). CWA gains Microsoft subsidiary's workers through card-check; Proletariat employees still fighting. peoplesworld.org ROCKVILLE, Md. — The Communications Workers have gained at least 300 workers at ZeniMax Media Studios, a video game production company with two plants in Rockville, Md., and others in Hunt Valley, Md., and Dallas. All are a Microsoft subsidiary and all went union through card-check recognition, CWA said on Jan. 3. Card check verified …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Minute: Signs that stress is becoming toxic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With a new year right around the corner, it might be time to reset when it comes to your mental health. Stress is a normal physical and psychological response to the everyday demands of life. Small amounts of stress can motivate you to face daily challenges. But when stress becomes too much to manage, it can be unhealthy. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/h-YvtbADf3M Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end…

Staff (2023-01-10). President Maduro: Trump's Strategy to Defeat Us Failed (+Teacher's Strike). orinocotribune.com This Monday, January 9, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, said that Washington's Trumpist strategy to defeat his country had failed. "It collided with the democratic operations of this republic," Maduro said. | Maduro also noted that it will be likely be a long time before US representatives acknowledge their failure. | "It failed and someone has to pick up the broken glass in Washington," Maduro said. "It seems that there are no volunteers with enough intelligence and courage to pick up the broken glass. They secretly try to act without showing their faces, without the purpose of amendment, without sel…

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-10). House Republicans Divided Over Potential Military Budget Cut. news.antiwar.com Republicans in the House are divided over a deal Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) made with conservative GOP members to secure enough votes to win the speakership that could potentially bring this year's military budget down by about $75 billion, although the chances of the cut making it through Congress are unlikely. One of the concessions …

Ethan Huff (2023-01-10). Australia Sees 63% Drop in Births After Introduction of COVID "Vaccines" — What Will the Government's Excuse be? globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Osteoporosis and supplements for bone health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother had osteoporosis and suffered a devastating fall in her early 60s that she never recovered from. I am 42, and I want to be proactive about my bone health. What screening do I need, and what if any supplements are necessary to optimize my bone health? What factors can help me maintain strong bones as I age? ANSWER: Osteoporosis is a condition that causes the bones to thin and lose their strength….

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Socioeconomic status measure helps researchers develop artificial intelligence models, improving equity in health care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Social determinants of health impact people's well-being and quality of life. These social determinants — conditions such as access to nutrition, safe and affordable housing, jobs, transportation, and access to health care — are some of the factors that lead to disparities in health and health care if they are not addressed. "Defining and assessing social determinants of health really invites clinicians, educators, and researchers to embrace a broader understanding of health in the social…

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Hearing Loss and Dementia Prevalence in Older Adults in the US. jamanetwork.com This study assesses the association of audiometric hearing loss and hearing aid use with dementia among community-dwelling older US Medicare beneficiaries.

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-10). "A Total Fraud": Democrats File an Ethics Complaint Against George Santos. truthout.org Rep. George Santos (New York) is facing several government investigations and an increasing number of legal complaints, including the first one filed in Congress on Tuesday. Two House Democrats have filed an official complaint against Santos with the House Committee on Ethics, asking the committee to investigate him for potential violations of campaign finance laws in relation to his $705,000… |

Ann Brown (2023-01-10). Dispute With Gucci Mane Over Paying For Funeral Expenses Brings Life Insurance Policies Into Focus. moguldom.com Memphis hip-hop artist Big Scarr died on Dec. 22 as a result of a fatal prescription pain medication overdose, his family told TMZ. Big Scarr was an up-and-coming artist signed to hip-hop veteran Gucci Mane's 1017 Global record label. And some family members are arguing with Mane over covering funeral costs, which would indicate that Big …

Anonymous Contributor (2023-01-10). Fighting Fascism from the Age of Reagan to the Present. itsgoingdown.org

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-10). Fed's Raphael Bostic: Interest Rates Will Remain High, Over 5 Percent Well Into 2024. moguldom.com Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said Friday that better-than-expected employment growth in December hasn't changed his mind on monetary policy. He still sees interest rates rising higher than 5 percent and staying there "for a long time." Bostic said the Fed was committed to fighting high inflation and driving down demand in the economy. …

____ (2023-01-10). Gov't to cover treatment costs until at least March. ecns.cn Patients needing treatment for COVID-19 will not have to foot pricey bills for hospitalization out of their own pockets until at least the end of March, according to authorities.

John Bachtell (2023-01-10). The anti-MAGA majority can stop GOP House madness. peoplesworld.org It is important to congratulate the tens of thousands of grassroots activists who helped mobilize the vote and participated in the Mid-term elections. All the voter mobilization, door-to-door canvassing, leafleting, phone banking, texting, rallying, and poll observing paid off in a great, though not complete, victory. Consider what obstacles the pro-democracy movement faced. There was …

____ (2023-01-10). First main tower of Huangmaohai cross-sea link capped. ecns.cn The first main tower of the Gaolangang Bridge as part of Huangmaohai cross-sea link was successfully capped on Monday.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Consumer Health: When is a hangover an emergency? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org During the holiday season, it may seem like opportunities to celebrate are everywhere, and alcohol is often part of the festivities. When it comes to alcohol, though, the key is moderation. Besides the long-term risks of alcohol use, an immediate consequence is often a hangover. What is a hangover? A hangover is a group of unpleasant signs and symptoms that can develop after drinking too much alcohol. As a general rule, the more alcohol you drink,…

The Associated Press (2023-01-10). US Law Based on Anti-Latino Racism Fuels Immigration Fight. latinorebels.com As thousands of children were taken from their parents at the southern border during a Trump administration crackdown on illegal crossings, a federal public defender in San Diego set out to find new strategies to go after the longstanding deportation law fueling the family separations.

Editor (2023-01-10). McKinsey's Addiction Corporations. scheerpost.com By Thomas Klikauer / CounterPunch Almost 30 years ago, tobacco CEOs were forced to answer questions — under oath. For the first time, corporate bosses had to admit that tobacco companies were designing cigarettes to sustain addiction — a dark day for corporate profits, tobacco corporations, and the ever supportive management consultancy firm: McKinsey. Yet, it was a good day for everyone else. …

manager (2023-01-10). Inflation Preview: What to Look for in the December CPI. cepr.net (The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday, January 12th at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time.) The overall inflation rate in November was just 0.1 percent, held down by a 2.0 percent drop in gas prices. However, inflation in the core index was also moderate, coming …

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-10). GOP Votes to Kill Congressional Workers' Union in New Rules Package. truthout.org In their new rules package passed on Monday, House Republicans moved to eliminate the union formed by congressional workers in recent years — a blatantly anti-worker move that signals their intentions for workers across the country under GOP House control. The Congressional Workers Union, which has successfully unionized six offices so far, all belonging to Democrats, was given the go-ahead to… |

Marjorie Cohn (2023-01-10). Cuba Says Biden Applies Blockade Even More Aggressively Than His Predecessors. orinocotribune.com By Marjorie Cohn Jan 5, 2023 | Biden has maintained many of Trump's sanctions against Cuba. He must fulfill his promise to reverse Trump's actions. | The current U.S. government, the one of Joseph Biden, of all those that the Cuban Revolution has known, is the one that has most aggressively and effectively applied the economic blockade," Carlos Fernández de Cossío, vice minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba,

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Comparison of the Financial and Operational Characteristics of For-Profit and Nonprofit Hospitals Receiving Federal GME Payments, 2011-2020. jamanetwork.com This study compares graduate medical education (GME) payments between nonprofit and for-profit hospitals between 2011 and 2020 to assess how hospitals value GME.

Chris Walker (2023-01-10). Trump Sued by Partner of Capitol Police Officer Who Died After Jan. 6. truthout.org The longtime partner of a U.S. Capitol Police officer who died as a result of the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a mob of loyalists to Donald Trump is suing the former president for millions of dollars, alleging that his actions led to her partner's death. Sandra Garza, whose partner Brian Sicknick died the day after the Capitol attack, is also suing two members of the Trump-inspired… |

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Aspirin vs Enoxaparin and Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism in Hip or Knee Arthroplasty—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply First, we would like to address some of the concerns about the issue of confounding from unmeasured variables (anesthesia type and postoperative rehabilitation) that was mentioned by Dr Chia-Chien Hsu and colleagues. Due to the randomized, crossover design of our study, each participating cluster (hospital) served as its own control. This design provided balancing of baseline variables (Table 1 in the article) and likely also resulted in balancing of unmeasured covariates.

Ari Paul (2023-01-10). The right turns anti-LGBTQ hate up to 11. mronline.org In the past few years, the right-wing media have become laser-focused on transgender issues, not always attacking trans people individually, but instead claiming that children are being "groomed" to adopt "radical gender ideology," and that rights for the trans community are infringing on the rights of children, women and Christians.

____ (2023-01-10). Renminbi on rebound as recovery sets. ecns.cn The renminbi's offshore exchange rate against the greenback, which reflects international investors' outlook on the Chinese currency, once touched 6.7669 during afternoon trading, with an intraday surge of more than 600 basis points.

WSWS (2023-01-10). Details emerge of union sell-out at Pampas as voting begins. wsws.org The proposed agreement contains changes that workers were told nothing about, while the gains promoted by the union as a "historic win" are exposed as a fraud.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-10). Israel imposes more repressive measures on Palestinians following UNGA vote. mronline.org Apart from imposing travel restrictions on Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, Israel has confiscated USD 39 million from the body which will be transferred to the 'victims of terrorism' fund for Israeli citizens.

WSWS (2023-01-10). FTX bankruptcy fallout continues unchecked in crypto market. wsws.org The significance of the crypto debacle, marked by ongoing bankruptcies, lies in the fact that it is the most egregious expression of processes in the broader financial system.

Mark Niu (2023-01-10). Wild and unpredictable winter weather slams California. america.cgtn.com The normally dry and sunny state of California is facing what weather forecasters say is a "relentless parade of cyclones over the coming days."

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Incorrect Data, Investigator Name, and eFigure. jamanetwork.com In the Original Investigation titled "Effect of Ivermectin vs Placebo on Time to Sustained Recovery in Outpatients With Mild to Moderate COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial," published in the October 25, 2022, issue of JAMA, the number of participating sites was incorrect in the Abstract and Methods section (93 has been changed to 91). Additionally, a grant number was fixed in the Funding/Support section, as well as an investigator name and eFigure 3 in Supplement 3. This article was corrected online.

Marc Saxer, Rainer Hank (2023-01-10). Battle for Social Democracy and Unfettered Capitalism. indybay.org Two opposing schools of thought face each other at the sickbed: neoliberalism and social democracy. But didn't the death-bells of neoliberalism ring in the course of the financial market crisis? Were not neoliberals unmasked as charlatans who first caused the whole mess with their deregulation medicine?

Ann Brown (2023-01-10). El Chapo's Cartel Starts War Against Mexican Military After His Son Is Arrested Again. moguldom.com On Jan. 5, Mexican authorities arrested the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán. Ovidio Guzmán, who has been described as "a high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel" by the United States State Department, was arrested. The arrest sparked violence in the street as the cartel started a war with the Mexican military. Ovidio was previously …

Cassidy Kakin (2023-01-10). Watzreal Satisfies with "Dark Album: Remaster," an Underground San Francisco Rap Gem. indybay.org On the remastered re-release of his gem "The Dark Album," San Francisco's Watzreal adds a handful of can't miss tracks and a true underground hit of an album.

Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović (2023-01-10). "The Republic of Kosovo", A Classical Mafia State. The History of Kosovo and Metohia. globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Celebrating international relationships, past, present and future. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It was 100 years ago that Dr. Charles Mayo visited France and met with famed physicist Marie Curie, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize. That meeting helped to set the stage for her research collaboration with Mayo and the relationship between Mayo and France that continues today. Celebrating those past, present and future relationships was the reason for a news conference held at Mayo Clinic on Friday, Jan. 6. Ambassador of France to…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Minute: What are superbugs? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Antibiotics treat bacterial infections, prevent the spread of disease and reduce serious complications of disease. But misusing antibiotics can lead to drug resistance and strains of superbugs. Dr. John Presutti, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, explains what your care team may ask of you before prescribing an antibiotic. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/N1nL8S0fVWo Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network."…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). 1-2-3 approach to eating fruits and veggies. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Is it a challenge for you to eat all five servings of fruits and vegetables every day? The 1-2-3 approach can help you pack in all your servings — and more — throughout the day. Get six servings by eating: 1 serving with breakfast 2 with lunch 3 with dinner and snacks Remember that the serving size for fruits and vegetables is about 4 to 6 ounces. Measurements for one serving can differ depending on…

PINE (2023-01-10). New Revelations Must Stop Concord NWS Negotiations. indybay.org The negotiations between the city of Concord and the developers that comprise Concord First Partners should be stopped. New revelations brought forth by reporter Dan Borenstein reveal legal entanglements regarding Albert Seeno the 3rd. The fiscal and organizational stability of Seeno's Discovery Builders is in question.

Censored News (2023-01-10). Live Reno: Paiute and Shoshone Rally to Halt Lithium Mine at Thacker Pass as Court Begins. indybay.org The Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and other opponents of the planned Thacker Pass lithium mine marched to the Bruce R. Thompson Courthouse on Thursday morning and are now rallying outside. | Inside the building, a federal judge is now scheduled to hear arguments from attorneys representing tribes, environmental groups, and a local rancher who have all sued to halt the mine, as well as from Lithium Nevada—the company behind the mine— and the Bureau of Land Management, which permitted the project.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Why does my shoulder ache? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you find yourself rubbing your shoulder after reaching up to take a coffee mug off the shelf, hammering in a nail just over your head or climbing into a pickup cab, you're among millions of Americans — particularly those over 60 — with a shoulder issue. Shoulder pain could be a sign of arthritis, tendonitis, a rotator cuff tear or shoulder instability. Whatever the cause, you may want to consult with an orthopedic professional….

JANET (2023-01-10). STOP U.S. Wars: MLK Week of Actions — Jan 13 — 22. iacenter.org

WSWS (2023-01-10). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org The Independent Union of Workers of Audi Mexico (SITAUDI) unilaterally extended a January 1 strike deadline by 10 days, despite two decisive contract rejection votes by workers, while 440 workers at Howard Brown Health clinics in Chicago returned after a three-day walkout.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Science Saturday: Aspiring to deliver new cures for complex conditions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic is building toward a future when biologics can cure cancer, kidney disease and diabetes. Mayo marks 2022 as a year of significant strides in accelerating science to make and deliver regenerative biotherapeutics. The goal is to offer new options, based on rigorous research in cell and gene therapies, for disorders with few available treatments. The Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics has a new strategy of advancing regenerative discoveries toward early-stage clinical trials and industry…

John Wojcik (2023-01-10). Republicans unite behind fascists and approve new House rules. peoplesworld.org Once again a major premise of the major media — that there is a "moderate" wing of the GOP that might be counted on to resist the party's insurrectionists — was proven false yesterday as all but one of the 220 Republican representatives united behind the rules the extreme right crafted for Speaker Kevin McCarthy. …

manager (2023-01-10). Stock Market Index Funds Can Beat Crypto: On Cryptocurrency Investing and Building Black Wealth. cepr.net From a public relations perspective, 2022 was an awful year for the cryptocurrency industry. The value of Bitcoin and other popular currencies lost more than half their value. Several major bankruptcies, scams, and frauds associated with the industry surfaced with the FTX-Sam-Bankman-Fried scandal only being the most sensational. While 2022 was bad for the crypto …

Ben Radford (2023-01-10). Peaceful activists arrested resisting native logging in Bulga State Forest. greenleft.org.au Police arrested two activists peacefully protesting the NSW Forestry Corporation's logging of Bulga State Forest. Ben Radford reports.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Minute: Update adult vaccinations for a new year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Personal health is often among the top New Year's resolutions each January. Beyond diet and exercise, Dr. John Presutti, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, says the new year is a good calendar reminder to update adult vaccinations. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/R8WuQQINFi4 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 05) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Whether it's the annual flu shot, latest COVID-19…

Mothers on the March (2023-01-10). Wednesday 1/11: Stand Up for Justice, Not Jenkins! indybay.org Herbst Theatre/sidewalk | 401 Van Ness Avenue | (across the street from SF City Hall)…

Staff (2023-01-10). Venezuela's National Assembly May Appoint New CNE Board in Response to Opposition Requests. orinocotribune.com Caracas, January 9, 2023 ( "In the round of conversations that President Maduro undertook with different sectors of the opposition, in the private meetings that were held with representatives of the Unitary Platform, in some of these conversations, not a few, the pr…

Dean Baker (2023-01-10). The Good and Better News About the Economy. cepr.net Everyone who carefully follows the news about the economy knows that we are in the middle of the Second Great Depression. On the other hand, those who read less news, but deal with things like jobs, wages, and bills probably think the economy is pretty damn good. We got more evidence on the pretty damn …

City of Sunnyvale (2023-01-10). Thursday 2/9: Special EVent: The Ultimate Guide to Purchasing an EV in 2023. indybay.org Zoom Webinar…

SC News (2023-01-10). Tuesday 1/10: Revisions to Downtown Expansion Plan at Santa Cruz City Council. indybay.org Attend meeting in person: Council Chambers, 809 Center Street, Santa Cruz | The Downtown Plan Expansion project is #30 on the City Council meeting agenda, and will be heard sometime after 5 PM, following oral communications. See meeting agenda for information on participating virtually/phoning in:…

Jamal Rich (2023-01-10). Black D.C. youth, 13, shot dead; 'homeowner' vigilante identity protected by police. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—This past weekend in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, D.C., a local resident confronted and murdered a 13-year-old African American boy who was allegedly attempting to break into vehicles in the community. The boy shot to death was identified as Karon Blake of Northeast Washington, a student at Brookland Middle School. The shooter, who has …

____ (2023-01-10). Wanderlust unleashed after restrictions eased. ecns.cn Chinese tourists have shown their enthusiasm to once again venture overseas after the government eased COVID-19 restrictions on international travel on Sunday.

_____ (2023-01-10). What to Expect From the Government in 2023? More of the Same. strategic-culture.org By John & Nisha WHITEHEAD | For those wondering what to expect from the government in 2023, it looks like we're going to be in for more of the same in terms of the government's brand of madness, mayhem, corruption and brutality. | Digital prisons. Unceasingly, the government and its corporate partners are pushing for a national digital ID system. Eventually, a digital ID will be required to gain access to all aspects of life: government, work, travel, healthcare, financial services, shopping, etc. | Precrime. Under the pretext of helping overwhelmed government agencies work more efficiently, AI predictive and sur…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic expert provides perspective on FDA approval of another experimental Alzheimer's drug. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval of a disease-modifying treatment that could potentially give some patients with Alzheimer's disease something they haven't had before: a medication that may slow the decline of memory and thinking. A monoclonal antibody, lecanemab, shows promise in removing amyloid plaques from the brain, according to phase 3 trial results. Amyloid plaques are one of the defining features of Alzheimer's disease, according to Dr. Ronald Petersen, a neurologist…

Sasha Latypova (2023-01-10). Video: US Military Oversaw Secret Contents of COVID Jabs. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2023-01-10). New York nurses on strike. fightbacknews.org New York, NY — On December 30, nurses at eight hospitals, including New York City's largest, representing approximately 16,000 members submitted their ten-day notice to strike beginning January 9. As of Monday, January 9, all but three hospitals have reached a tentative agreement. This means that nurses represented by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) are beginning their strike at four different locations. | Nurses throughout the city are fighting for a decent union contract. | While building up towards the strike, nurses have repeated time and time again that their primary concerns are severe…

Philip Giraldi (2023-01-10). Will 2023 be Worse Than 2022? "Stepping into World War III" globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Enlarged veins can cause pain, infertility. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Many people have heard of varicose veins before. But it's not just the leg veins that can become twisted, enlarged, and feel achy or itchy. Any vein can become varicose, including veins in the scrotum. About 30% of men have enlarged and twisted veins in their scrotums. These are called varicoceles. They develop when blood pools in the veins instead of circulating out of the scrotum. Varicoceles usually develop over time, beginning in puberty, but…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-01-10). The Year of Growing Insurrection and Threats of Foreign Intervention. orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-01-10). 140+ organizations from 25 countries join the call for the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net 140 organizations from 25 countries have already joined the call for the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian prisoners from 14-24 January 2023. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all who stand with Palestine and justice for the Palestinian people to join us in the week. Palestine Chronicle published a new …

Chris Walker (2023-01-10). Students at McGill University in Montreal Protest Anti-Trans Speaker. truthout.org Students and student-run organizations at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, are protesting the institution's decision to invite a noted anti-trans activist to speak on campus on Tuesday. Lawyer Robert Wintemute is giving a speech at the university entitled "The Sex vs. Gender (Identity) Debate In the United Kingdom and the Divorce of LGB from T." Wintemute is a member of the United Kingdom… |

Matthew Cunningham-Cook (2023-01-10). As Nurses Strike, Hospital CEOs Pocket Millions. levernews.com

WSWS (2023-01-10). The fascist storming of Brasilia: A warning to the working class. wsws.org The organizers of the fascist assault in Brasilia are deeply entrenched in the state and especially in the military.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Healthy Weight Awareness Month. Mayo Clinic innovations can help you lose weight, keep it off. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org MEDIA ADVISORY: Mayo Clinic experts available to talk about obesity epidemic in America and innovations in weight loss procedures January is Healthy Weight Awareness Month — and a time when many consider a fresh start with healthier eating and exercise habits. Consider these stats on obesity in America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Forty-one percent of Americans are considered obese. And by 2030, an estimated 50% of Americans will be obese….

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). Promoting Hunger and Impoverishment in Somalia. libya360.wordpress.com Mark Duffield and Nicholas Stockton Mark Duffield and Nicholas Stockton write how the ecologically sustainable, communally managed subsistence pastoralism in Somalia has been displaced by militarised extractive ranching. Challenging mainstream accounts of the "drought" Duffield and Stockton argue the current crisis is the result of decades of bad development and relief interventions that have promoted…

Speak Out Now (2023-01-10). Saturday 1/21: 2023: A Coming Economic Crisis? Who Will Pay? with Richard Wolff (Online). indybay.org Online townhall, see website for details…

____ (2023-01-10). Duty-free shopping heats up in tropical province. ecns.cn The offshore duty-free shopping market in Hainan province has continued to embrace a rosy sales performance following the approaching winter tourist season and the optimization of COVID-19 prevention and control measures.

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Whole-Sporozoite Malaria Vaccine Candidate Shows Real-world Promise. jamanetwork.com An experimental malaria vaccine using whole, inactivated Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites reduced the risk of natural infection among adults in a malaria-endemic region, according to a report in Science Translational Medicine.

kwjorinoco (2023-01-10). Taking Stock of Bolivarian Diplomacy in 2022. orinocotribune.com By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Jan 10, 2023 | During this past year, the Venezuelan government developed strong international relations with the aim of continuing to break the overwhelming blockade enforced by Washington, as part of the US government's isolation strategy, part of a broader policy aimed at overthrowing the government of President Nicolás Maduro. | Overcoming the exclusion that Venezuela was subjected to required learning, developing, and practicing an adequate methodology and an intelligent strategy that abandoned some of the traditional forms of diplomacy, This made it possible to successf…

Global Research News (2023-01-10). Selected Articles: Video: Bombshell Docs Reveal COVID-19 Cover-Up Goes Straight to the Top. Redacted with Clayton Morris. globalresearch.ca By A BOMBSHELL new report claims shows that the Department of Defense [mda…

Andy Kroll (2023-01-10). An American New Deal for An Entire Continent? tomdispatch.com A few recent headlines reveal the painfully inhumane, dangerously volatile state of U.S. relations with its own home region, the continent of North America. A record-breaking 2.76 million border crossings from Mexico filled homeless shelters to the bursting point in cities nationwide in 2022. This year, the possible cessation of Covid restrictions could allow tens of thousands more migrants, now huddling in the cold of northern Mexico, to surge across the border, as some are already able to do. Most of those refugees are Central Americans, fleeing cities ravaged by gang warfare and farms devastated by climate cha…

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Aspirin vs Enoxaparin and Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism in Hip or Knee Arthroplasty. jamanetwork.com To the Editor We have some comments about the limitations of the CRISTAL trial, which evaluated the effect of aspirin vs enoxaparin on symptomatic VTE in patients undergoing hip or knee arthroplasty.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Consumer Health: Do you know the symptoms of glaucoma? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating this group of eye conditions. About 3 million people in the U.S. have glaucoma, and it's the second-leading cause of blindness worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, often due to abnormally high pressure in your eye. Elevated eye pressure is due to a buildup of…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-01-10). Honoring MLK Six Decades After the Mass Struggles of 1963. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-01-10). Presidente de Brasil reitera su compromiso por la democracia. telesurtv.net Lula ratificó que no serán autoritarios, pero tampoco serán tibios con los perpetradores del intento de interrumpir el sistema democrático.

Staff (2023-01-10). Congreso brasileño revisa decreto de intervención en seguridad del Distrito Federal. cubadebate.cu El presidente del Senado de Brasil, Rodrigo Pacheco, convocó al Congreso Nacional para funcionar en régimen extraordinario y deliberar sobre un decreto que determina la intervención federal en la Seguridad Pública del Distrito Federal (DF). En ese encuentro acordaron, por unanimidad, votar el decreto del presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Staff (2023-01-10). Ratifica Lula compromiso con la democracia. cubadebate.cu En reunión efectuada con gobernadores y los líderes de las cámaras legislativas, el presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ratificó su compromiso con el reforzamiento de la democracia en la nación suramericana. Al mismo tiempo dijo que se actuará sin extremismo, pero con firmeza frente a los perpetradores del desorden público y los actos terroristas.

Staff (2023-01-10). La nueva ultraderecha y la rebelión de las masas conspiranoicas en Brasil. cubadebate.cu Decía Lula el pasado domingo 8 de enero, cuando aún las turbas extremistas de los revoltosos bolsonaristas seguían ocupando y destrozando las tres sedes del poder en Brasilia, que "nunca la izquierda tomó por asalto las sedes del Congreso, del Tribunal Supremo y de la Presidencia", ni siquiera cuando él mismo perdió, en circunstancias discutibles, varias elecciones presidenciales (1989, 1994, 1998), o cuando lo encarcelaron para impedir que se presentase a las elecciones de 2018…

C.J. Atkins (2023-01-10). Partidarios de Bolsonaro ejecutan intento de golpe fascista al estilo del 6 de enero en Brasil. peoplesworld.org Foto: Partidarios del expresidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, asaltan el edificio del Congreso Nacional en Brasilia, Brasil, el domingo 8 de enero de 2023. | Eraldo Pérez/AP En una escena que recuerda el intento de golpe de Estado de Trump del 6 de enero de 2021, los partidarios del derrotado presidente brasileño Jair Bolsonaro intentaron …

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-10). Líderes mundiales condenan intentona golpista en Brasil. telesurtv.net El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden calificó la situación en Brasil como "escandalosa" y algunos legisladores pidieron que Jair Bolsonaro fuera extraditado a Brasil.

Staff (2023-01-10). Protestas en Perú provocan 17 muertes más, tras represión brutal. cubadebate.cu La tensión y la incertidumbre marcan una nueva jornada de crisis en Perú, tras 45 muertes acumuladas en un mes y una jornada sangrienta a la que el Gobierno respondió con un discurso muy criticado. Alberto Otárola, deberá dar explicaciones sobre las 17 muertes de ayer en la ciudad surandina de Juliaca.

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-10). Represión contra manifestaciones deja 14 fallecidos en Juliaca, Perú. telesurtv.net La Defensoría del Pueblo exhortó a la Fiscalía a realizar una investigación que permita esclarecer los hechos.

Staff (2023-01-10). Messi y Cristiano Ronaldo podrían verse las caras en partido amistoso. cubadebate.cu Un mes después de haber levantado la Copa del Mundo, Lionel Messi regresa a Catar, pero esta vez será en el marco de una gira comercial con el PSG. La visita por Medio Oriente está programada para el próximo 18 y 19 de enero, que contemplará un partido amistoso entre el crack argentino y Cristiano Ronaldo, flamante jugador del Al Nassr.

Atilio A. Boron (2023-01-10). Brasil — Crónica de un ensayo anunciado. globalizacion.ca En este artículo el autor analiza 'el clima de esta época', en la que la intentona golpista en Brasil es el resultado de un acontecimiento largamente preparado y en sintonía con la estrategia neofascista internacional. | Lo ocurrido en Brasil es…

Atilio A. Boron (2023-01-10). Brasil Crónica de un ensayo anunciado. globalizacion.ca En este artículo el autor analiza 'el clima de esta época', en la que la intentona golpista en Brasil es el resultado de un acontecimiento largamente preparado y en sintonía con la estrategia neofascista internacional. | Lo ocurrido en Brasil es…

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-10). FIFA designa árbitras para mundial femenino de 2023. telesurtv.net El grupo está conformado por 33 árbitras, 55 árbitras asistentes y 19 miembros del equipo arbitral de vídeo, que fueron elegidas luego de analizar su trayectoria.

Staff (2023-01-10). La energía, nuestros techos… y los apagones. cubadebate.cu Parece que un metro cuadrado de paneles fotovoltaicos puede generar unos 150 Wh de energía eléctrica, y hasta bastante más. Supongamos que de los cerca de 4 000 000 de viviendas que hay en Cuba, la mitad tiene un techo expuesto al sol. En ese caso, 2 metros cuadrados de paneles es en cada una de ellas podría producir un total de 600 MWh durante todo el día.

Julio Zamora (2023-01-10). Repudio al intento golpista en Brasil: Los ataques contra la democracia. globalizacion.ca Con profunda consternación, hemos presenciado este domingo pasado las imágenes de los hechos de violencia contra las instituciones democráticas de la hermana República Federativa de Brasil. | Que semejante ataque tenga lugar en la capital del país que es la quinta…

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-10). Presidente de Nicaragua advierte sobre el fascismo en el mundo. telesurtv.net El mandatario de Nicaragua aseguró que así como se defiende la paz, también se debe defender la justicia.

Staff (2023-01-10). Grupo Gaviota de Cuba acuerda contrato con Roc Hotels. cubadebate.cu El Grupo de Turismo Gaviota de este país y la cadena española Roc Hotels acordaron firmar un contrato de administración y comercialización hotelera, indicó un mensaje distribuido en La Habana. Dicho comunicado de las partes señala que el trato apunta al Hotel Lagunas del Este II (Ex Ocean Casa del Mar) que será comercializado bajo el nombre de Hotel Roc Casa del Mar.

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-10). Venezuela califica de fracaso la política asumida por EE.UU. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado afirmó que fracasó el intento de asaltar y sustituir los Poderes Públicos de Venezuela.

Staff (2023-01-10). Presidente cubano evoca al líder estudiantil Julio Antonio Mella. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, recordó en su cuenta de Twitter al líder estudiantil y dirigente comunista Julio Antonio Mella, asesinado en México hace 94 años por esbirros del dictador Gerardo Machado (1925-1933). El 10 de enero de 1929 en Ciudad de México, Julio Antonio Mella recibió varios disparos que terminaron causándole la muerte pocas horas después.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-10). Autoridad del Canal de Suez reflota buque encallado. telesurtv.net Las autoridades del Canal de Suez reflotaron el barco MV Glorym luego de que este encallara cerca de Al-Qantara.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-01-10). Indepaz denuncia segunda masacre en Colombia durante 2023. telesurtv.net Tres personas fueron asesinadas en el barrio Alfonso Gómez, incluida una mujer que murió durante el viaje al hospital.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-10). Gobierno brasileño denuncia el robo de armas por bolsonaristas. telesurtv.net Paulo Pimenta indicó que el armamento robado se encontraba almacenado en el Gabinete de Seguridad Institucional, en el Palacio del Planalto.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-10). Bolivia reporta disminución de casos de Covid-19 en una semana. telesurtv.net El titular de la cartera sanitaria refirió que la disminución equivale a 5.131 casos menos en la semana epidemiológica 52.

Victoria Korn (2023-01-10). Comunicación directa permanente: Nuevo cónclave Petro-Maduro. globalizacion.ca Los presidentes de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, y, Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, se reunieron este sábado en el Palacio de Miraflores, en Caracas, para hacer una evaluación sobre la agenda binacional desde que se reactivó la correspondencia entre ambos países, y los…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-10). Gobierno de Reino Unido intenta poner fin a la ola de huelgas. telesurtv.net Sin embargo, uno de los sindicatos involucrados en conversaciones describió lo que se puso sobre la mesa como un "insulto" a los miembros.

Staff (2023-01-10). Capa de ozono está en vías de recuperación, afirma Organización Meteorológica Mundial. cubadebate.cu La Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM) anunció este lunes que la capa de ozono está en vías de recuperación para las próximas cuatro décadas, y que la eliminación de los químicos que la dañan contribuye a mitigar los efectos del cambio climático.

Eduardo Febbro (2023-01-10). Brasil hoy: El macabro montaje tecno de la ultraderecha. globalizacion.ca Por cuarta vez en el siglo XXI, la ultraderecha aliada con la tecnología condujo a una democracia al colapso: el montaje macabro se inició a gran escala en 2016 con las tecno manipulaciones a que dio lugar el voto a…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-10). Palestina denuncia política israelí como intento de socavarla. telesurtv.net El nuevo ministro de Seguridad de Israel ordenó a la Policía que retire cualquier bandera palestina que ondee en espacios públicos del país.

John Wojcik (2023-01-10). Los republicanos se unen detrás de los fascistas y aprueban nuevas reglas de la Cámara. peoplesworld.org Foto: El presidente de la Cámara de Representantes Kevin McCarthy, republicano por California, habla con los reporteros mientras camina hacia la oficina ceremonial del presidente en el Capitolio en Washington, el lunes 9 de enero de 2023. | José Luis Magaña/AP Una vez más, una premisa importante de los principales medios de comunicación, que existe …

Staff (2023-01-10). øPuede ser la ciencia un elemento de alto impacto en la sociedad? cubadebate.cu En el caso específico de la meteorología, también Cuba puede enorgullecerse de tener un sistema que funciona perfectamente, a pesar de las limitaciones tecnológicas. Los tiempos que corren requieren del concurso de los científicos para producir nuestros propios radares meteorológicos, así como intentar llevar a la población un servicio de calidad.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-10). OMM: capa de ozono está en vías de recuperarse en próximas 4 décadas. telesurtv.net La OMM asegura que, de conservarse las medidas actuales, la capa de ozono recuperaría los valores que tenía en 1980 antes de la aparición del agujero.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-10). Venezuela ordena arrestar a exdiputadas de la Asamblea Nacional. telesurtv.net El fiscal agregó que por delitos de usurpación de funciones, traición a la patria, legitimación de capitales y asociación, se solicitaron órdenes de aprehensión contra tres exdiputadas.

Jeferson Miola (2023-01-10). Brasil: øIntento de golpe? globalizacion.ca El asalto al Capitolio de Brasilia, que fue pronosticado durante tanto tiempo, finalmente sucedió. Y con refinamientos de gravedad en relación a la inspiración original, el asalto al Congreso de los Estados Unidos, el 6 de enero de 2021. | El…

Staff (2023-01-10). La Casa Blanca publica acuerdos antes de comenzar cumbre con México. cubadebate.cu La Casa Blanca publicó, mucho antes de empezar la Cumbre del Norte, los acuerdos a los que llegarán Estados Unidos, México y Canadá. El comunicado oficial de Washington se basa en generalidades como el intercambio de información, cambio climático, narcotráfico, migración y salud, así como la renovación de compromisos existentes.

Raúl Zibechi (2023-01-10). Geopolítica y conflicto social. globalizacion.ca En algún momento deberíamos comprender que la crítica no es solo éticamente defendible, sino políticamente decisiva para forjar las fuerzas del cambio. No se consigue avanzar en esa dirección eludiendo debates. | Creo que las luchas de las personas oprimidas se…

Staff (2023-01-10). Play off de la Liga Élite: Agricultores ya está en la final, Centrales aún vive. cubadebate.cu Agricultores se convirtió hoy en el primer clasificado a la final de la I Liga Élite de Beisbol Cubano, tras barrer a Tabacaleros, en un cuarto juego que terminó por la mínima, 5×4. Mientras que Centrales logró una victoriasobre los Portuarios, en el noveno inning, que les permite seguir con vida e ir al sexto juego de la semifinal, al derrotarlos con pizarra de 8×6.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-10). Protestas en Perú continúan en su sexto día consecutivo. telesurtv.net Puno es la ciudad con mayor obstrucciones cuando permanecen cerradas las vías hacia Arequipa, Cusco y Madre de Dios.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-10). Cristina Fernández recusa a jueza del caso del atentado en su contra. telesurtv.net La recusación se basa en la relación de Capuchetti con el Instituto Superior de Seguridad Pública de Buenos Aires.

teleSUR, NA, JGN (2023-01-10). Gabriela Mistral, poetisa extraordinaria. telesurtv.net Este martes se conmemora el 66 aniversario de la muerte de Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, mejor conocida como Gabriela Mistral. Su obra poética revolucionó el mundo literario y en 1945 recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura, el primer galardón para un autor latinoamericano. Este día la recordamos con tres fragmentos de sus grandes poemas.

Staff (2023-01-10). Hoy en la Mesa Redonda: Estados Unidos y sus encrucijadas. mesaredonda.cubadebate.cu El gobierno de Biden inicia su tercer año de mandato enfrentando la difícil situación económica internacional, un congreso dividido y cuestionado, los desafíos a su hegemonía política, económica y militar, la saga del asalto al Capitolio el 6 de enero de 2021 y la persistencia del trumpismo con su carga de odio y supremacismo. Sobre estos temas de hablará este martes en la Mesa Redonda, con la participación de periodistas y académicos.

Juraima Almeida (2023-01-10). El terror fascista y golpista sigue estremeciendo Brasil. globalizacion.ca Miles de seguidores del ultraderchista expresidente de Brasil Jair Bolsonaro sumieron el domingo al país en la crisis más grave desde el fin de la dictadura militar hace 38 años. Una multitud de bolsonaristas asaltó las sedes del Congreso, del…

Staff (2023-01-10). La Unión Eléctrica estima una afectación de 118 MW para el horario pico nocturno. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica estima para el horario pico nocturno de este martes una disponibilidad de 2602 MW y una demanda máxima de 2650 MW, para un déficit de 48 MW, por lo que, de mantenerse las condiciones previstas, se pronostica una afectación de 118 MW en este horario.

Staff (2023-01-10). Gareth Bale se despide del fútbol. cubadebate.cu El futbolista Gareth Bale, gran estandarte de Gales, decidió hoy retirarse del deporte activo y poner fin así a una excelente carrera profesional. El internacional de 33 años colgó las botas tras jugar durante 17 años en Southampton, Tottenham, Real Madrid y Los àÅngeles FC.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-10). Colombia y Chile coordinan estrategias de trabajo bilateral. telesurtv.net En el cónclave, Petro y Boric firmaron una declaración conjunta en pos de la paz y los derechos humanos.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-10). Presidente mexicano pide a Biden finalizar "desdén" hacia América Latina. telesurtv.net Biden y AMLO sostuvieron un encuentro bilateral en Palacio Nacional, sede del poder Ejecutivo ubicado en el centro de la capital mexicana, en la víspera de la Cumbre de Líderes de América del Norte.

Staff (2023-01-10). Fidel, Martí y el aporte de Cuba al mundo. cubadebate.cu La experiencia histórica única de Cuba no se puede copiar en ninguna parte, pero la pequeña nación ofrece al mundo algunas lecciones tremendas sobre los valores del socialismo humanista combinados con el pensamiento y la práctica antiimperialistas. La experiencia histórica única de Cuba no se puede copiar en ninguna parte, pero la pequeña nación ofrece al mundo algunas lecciones tremendas sobre los valores del socialismo humanista.

teleSUR, odr, JGN (2023-01-10). Al menos 10 jóvenes palestinos son detenidos por fuerzas israelíes. telesurtv.net En el hecho las fuerzas especiales israelíes allanaron los hogares y redujeron las manifestaciones con agua mofeta.

Staff (2023-01-10). Las 3 del día: øCómo se conformó la nómina cubana de 50 peloteros al Clásico Mundial? (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu En Las 3 del día abordamos este lunes cómo fue el proceso de la integración de la preselección al Clásico Mundial, con declaraciones del presidente de la Federación Cubana de Beisbol Juan Reinaldo Pérez Pardo, y Armando Johnson, entrenador del equipo Cuba. Luego, pasamos al resumen informativo.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-10). Movimiento popular repudia intentona golpista en Brasil. telesurtv.net El presidente Lula da Silva decretó la intervención federal en la seguridad pública del Distrito Federal hasta el 31 de enero.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-10). Aumenta a 17 la cifra de muertos por represión policial en Juliaca, Perú. telesurtv.net El número acumulado de fallecidos por la represión policial desde el comienzo de las protestas en Perú ascendería a 46.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-10). Poderes del Estado llaman a defender la democracia en Brasil. telesurtv.net Los jefes de los tres poderes del Estado en Brasil rechazaron los actos terroristas de los bolsonaristas radicales en Brasilia.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-01-10). Tropas israelíes hieren a dos palestinos en Aqqaba, Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Los jóvenes fueron trasladados a la instalación hospitalaria más cercana donde fueron reportados en condición moderada.

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-10). Realizan movilización en defensa de la democracia en Brasil. telesurtv.net Los actos se han registrado en varias partes del país como Manaos, Alagoas, Pernambuco, Avenida Paulista de Sao Paulo, Brasilia, entre otras.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-10). Panamá confirma segundo caso de influenza aviar. telesurtv.net Se trata de un ave silvestre ubicada en la cercanía del área del puerto de Vacamonte, distrito de Arraiján, en Panamá Oeste.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-10). Policía detienen a 1.200 bolsonaristas tras desmantelar campamentos en Brasilia. telesurtv.net El campamento de militantes bolsonaristas delante del cuartel general del Ejército fue desmontado sin uso de la violencia.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-01-10). Registran sismo de magnitud 7,6 cerca de islas Tanimbar, Indonesia. telesurtv.net Hasta el momento, las autoridades indonesas no han notificado daños materiales ni humanos.

Staff (2023-01-10). Tasas vigentes en el mercado cambiario cubano este martes 10 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 lunes 9 de enero en el mercado cambiario del país.

Amy Goodman (2023-01-09). Bolsonaro Backers Storm Government Buildings in January 6-Style Attempted Coup. truthout.org Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is condemning thousands of supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed the Brazilian Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace Sunday in a scene reminiscent of the U.S. Capitol insurrection. Rioters smashed windows, ransacked offices and set fire to a carpet inside the Congress building before authorities made over 400… |

Editor (2023-01-09). No fascist coup in Brazil an editorial. workers.org Just a week after the inauguration of Brazil's newly elected and former President Luis Ignacio "Lula" da Silva, a pro-fascist mob attempted Jan. 8, 2023, to provoke a military coup against his government, by attacking key government buildings in Brasilia, the capital. As of the morning of Jan. 9, this . . . |

____ (2023-01-09). Brazil Has a New President, and a Renewed Chance to Save the Amazon. transcend.org 5 Jan 2023 – The victory in Brazil's presidential race by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva may be one of the most momentous events in modern world history. Lula returned for a third term and has pledged to protect the Amazon and the indigenous communities that have long stewarded the forest.

____ (2023-01-09). Brazil Protests: Lula Vows to Punish 'Neo-Fascists' after Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Congress. transcend.org 9 Jan 2023 – President tours scene of riot and orders federal government to take control of policing in capital Brasília as extremists refuse to accept his presidency.

Editor (2023-01-09). No to fascist coup in Brazil an editorial. workers.org Just a week after the inauguration of Brazil's newly elected and former President Luis Ignacio "Lula" da Silva, a pro-fascist mob attempted Jan. 8, 2023, to provoke a military coup against his government, by attacking key government buildings in Brasilia, the capital. As of the morning of Jan. 9, this . . . |

____ (2023-01-09). Brazil's Lula: "Join Us in a Great Collective Effort against Inequality" transcend.org 6 Jan 2023 – In a landmark inauguration speech, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva lays out his agenda for a more just Brazil and a new internationalism.

Fabiano Maisonnave, Tatiana Pollastri, Eraldo Peres (2023-01-09). Brazil's Lula vows no deforestation but challenges loom. peoplesworld.org XAPURI, Brazil (AP) — Since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as president of the second most populous country in the western hemisphere Jan. 1, few challenges have been greater than fulfilling his promise to end all deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon by 2030. To understand why, consider the vastly different visions of …

Editor (2023-01-09). Stop fascist coup in Brazil an editorial. workers.org Just a week after the inauguration of Brazil's newly elected and former President Luis Ignacio "Lula" da Silva, a pro-fascist mob attempted Jan. 8, 2023, to provoke a military coup against his government, by attacking key government buildings in Brasilia, the capital. As of the morning of Jan. 9, this . . . |

Sarah Anderson (2023-01-09). For Lula, Fighting Against Fascism and For Economic Justice is Nothing New. inequality.org

Staff (2023-01-09). Lula Restores Order After Rabid Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Brazil's Capital. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, January 8, groups of supporters of the former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, forcibly seized several buildings in the capital, Brasilia, taking control of the Congress building, the Supreme Palace of the Federal Court (Supreme Court of Justice), and the Palace of Planalto, which houses both the president's office and headquarters of the three branches of government. They demanded the nullification of the recent presidential election results, which gave the victory to Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva, and have been stationed for weeks in front of the military barracks. However, by 5: 30 in the afternoon o…

Ann Brown (2023-01-09). Brazilians Loyal to Ousted President Go Full MAGA, Assault Capitol: 5 Things To Know. moguldom.com Supporters of far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Brazil's Capitol building on Jan 8 in a scene reminiscent of the Jan. 6, 2021, attempted siege on the U.S. Capitol by former President Donald Trump supporters. On Oct. 30, 2022, former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reclaimed the office. He ran on a …

Editor (2023-01-09). With Echoes of Jan. 6, Thousands of Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Presidential Offices. scheerpost.com

Federico Fuentes (2023-01-09). Brazil: 'Stop the coup offensive' says Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) as extreme right protesters storm Congress. greenleft.org.au Brazil's Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) has condemned the invasion by former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro supporters of the country's National Congress, Federal Supreme Court and presidencial residency, arguing it "represents an attempted coup d'état", reports Federico Fuentes.

C.J. Atkins (2023-01-09). Bolsonaro supporters execute Jan. 6-style fascist coup attempt in Brazil. peoplesworld.org In a scene reminiscent of the Trump coup attempt of Jan. 6, 2021, supporters of defeated Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tried to pull off their own overthrow of democracy on Sunday by storming the Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace. Thousands of right-wing demonstrators muscled their way past light security in the capital …

The Associated Press (2023-01-09). Brazil Cracks Down Post-Riot, Vows to Protect Democracy. latinorebels.com Brazilian authorities vowed Monday to protect democracy and punish thousands of supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed and trashed the nation's highest seats of power in chaos with striking similarities to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Federico Fuentes (2023-01-09). Brazil: Socialists say 'Stop the coup offensive' as extreme right protesters storm Congress. greenleft.org.au Brazil's Socialism and Liberty Party has condemned the invasion by former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro supporters of the country's National Congress, arguing it "represents an attempted coup d'état", reports Federico Fuentes.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-09). Coup attempt: Bolsonaro supporters invade Congress, Supreme Court, and office of President in Brasilia. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Supporters of the former president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Supreme Federal Court, National Congress, and the Planalto Palace, the office of the president, this Sunday January 8, breaking through the blockade of the Military Police and the National Security Force of the Esplanade of Ministers in Brasília. | The Planalto P…

WSWS (2023-01-09). Fascists storm Brazilian government buildings two years after attempted coup at US Capitol. wsws.org Sunday's events mark a new stage in the explosive political crisis in Brazil and throughout Latin America.

____ (2023-01-09). World leaders condemn supporters of Brazilian ex-president storming national seats of power. ecns.cn World leaders repudiated the protesters' acts and expressed their support for the incumbent Brazilian government.

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-09). Colombia condemns far-right attacks on Brazil's democratic institutions. colombiareports.com Colombia's Foreign Ministry condemned far-right attacks on government buildings in Brazil and called on other governments to do the same. In a message on social media platform Twitter, the Foreign…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2023-01-09). Venezuela's Maduro Denounces 'Neo-Fascist' Coup Attempt in Brazil. venezuelanalysis.com The Brasilia events could lead to a long destabilization campaign by right-wing forces as has been done by their counterparts in Venezuela and Bolivia.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Military Situation In Ukraine On January 9, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU positions near Novomikhaylovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Kharkov with high-precision missiles; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Sinkovka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Bakhmut; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Russian air defense systems shot down 10 HIMARS and Uragan rockets near Zugres, Dokuchayevsk in the DPR…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Military Situation In Donbass On January 9, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian-led forces reportedly took control of Pidgorodne; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in the center of Soledar; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Bakhmut and its outskirts; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Novomikhaylovka with high-precision missiles; | Up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 armored vehicle and 3 pickups were destroyed by Russ…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). In Video: 'This Is What Defence Of Bakhmut Looks Like'. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Military Overview: Battle For Soledar On January 9, 2022. southfront.org On January 9, the headquarters of the DPR Defense Ministry officially confirmed that the Russian armed forces took control of the village of Bakhmutskoye located on the outskirts of Soledar. | The first reports about the Russian control of the village came about a week ago. Today, the information was confirmed by local military officials. In their turn, Wagner fighters have earlier claimed that they do not claim control of a settlement immediately after the enemy leaves it but wait for severa…

infobrics (2023-01-09). Ukrainian forces provoke Russia despite Moscow's effort for religious armistice. infobrics.org Kiev's rejection of Christmas truce shows that the neo-Nazi regime does not want any type of dialogue.

_____ (2023-01-09). Tanks for the Memories!.. German and NATO Tanks to Roll in Ukraine. strategic-culture.org German, American and French tanks are supporting a regime that openly glorifies its Nazi collaborators. They say history never repeats exactly. It certainly rhymes though. | German tanks rolling into Ukraine to fight Russian troops would have seemed an unbelievable scenario given the dreadful history of World War Two. Yet that scenario is where the NATO proxy war against Moscow is headed. The development has the disturbing echo of Operation Barbarossa when the Nazi Wehrmacht launched its offensive on the Soviet Union in 1941. | Instead of Panzer Tiger tanks, we will see German Marder "fighting vehicles" trundling…

_____ (2023-01-09). Peru: Social Movements Declare National Strike. popularresistance.org The indefinite national strike in Peru, called by various social movements of the country, has been continuing since January 4, in demand of a constituent assembly, the release of President Pedro Castillo from prison, and the resignation of de facto President Dina Boluarte and her illegitimate government. | The strike has spread through the country, with the greatest presence in the departments of Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Puno, Cusco, and Tacna. The protesters demand the closing of the Congress, dominated by the ultra-right, which removed the democratically elected president, Pedro Castillo on December 7, 20…

Zoe Alexandra (2023-01-09). 'They Shot Them Down Like Animals': Massacre in Peru's Ayacucho. orinocotribune.com

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-01-09). Friday 1/13: SF Rally-Smash US Supported Coup In Peru, US Gov & Biden Get Bloody Hands Off Peru. indybay.org Peru Consulate | 790 Market St. | San Francisco…

Margaret Kimberley (2023-01-09). White Lives Matter More in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-01-09). After McCarthy election, Republicans, Democrats outline right-wing budget agendas. wsws.org The Republicans said they would seek major cuts in domestic social spending, while the Democrats emphasized protecting Wall Street and funding the war in Ukraine.

_____ (2023-01-09). "I Speak For The Georgian Legion — We Don't Take Russian Soldiers Prisoner!" journal-neo.org Reports of Georgian soldiers dying in the fight for Ukraine's independence are at first impression heartwarming, at least for the naàØve. BUT when you dig deeper into this story, you soon realise that their plight is of their own choice, and motivated by financial considerations, not solidarity or standing up for a fledgling democracy. As …

____ (2023-01-09). Can NATO and the Pentagon Find a Diplomatic Off-Ramp from the Ukraine War? transcend.org 3 Jan 2023 – The precarious fine line the US and NATO are walking in Ukraine, caught between their commitment to an open-ended, ever-escalating war and the existential danger of nuclear war. The dichotomy between the sober assessments of senior military officials and the policy choices of their political bosses.

WSWS (2023-01-09). No tank deliveries to Ukraine! Stop the threat of a third world war! wsws.org Eighty-two years after the beginning of the German war of extermination against the Soviet Union, German tanks are again rolling against Russia. The German government is thereby risking a nuclear world war.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Military Situation In Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, On January 9, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Troubled Way To NATO For Sweden And Finland. southfront.org | Since Sweden and Finland announced their bids to join NATO in May, citing the dangers of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Turkey has been the key holdout 'veto', complaining that the two countries and Sweden especially have played host to Kurdish "terrorists". | Ankara has since demanded sweeping changes, including the request that Sweden extradite individuals who are wanted in Turkey. Some of the Turkish requirements would require Sweden to even crackdown on the ability to protest among Kurdish…

_____ (2023-01-09). The Trillion Dollar Silencer. popularresistance.org Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across the U.S. in the last few years to decry police brutality, to oppose the Supreme Court's decision to restrict abortion rights, and to contest what they believed was a rigged election (the January 2021 Capitol riots). | Only small hardy bands by comparison have taken to the streets to protest record military budgets—approaching $1 trillion under Joe Biden—or the illegal bombing of Syria, expansion of U.S. troops in Africa, provision of $20 billion in U.S. military aid to Ukraine, and military provocations directed against China. | Joan Roe…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-09). Context and Practice of International Politics: Experience in 2022 and Expectations for 2023. libya360.wordpress.com Timofei Bordachev The dramatic events of 2022, centred on the military-political conflict between Russia and the West over the Ukrainian issue, are a vivid example of the interaction of context and practice in international politics. The global context, within which one cannot help but consider the most acute manifestation of the current clash of interests,…

Editor (2023-01-09). Caitlin Johnstone: Unprovoked! scheerpost.com In the mass media you're not allowed to talk about the U.S.-NATO actions that diplomats, politicians, academics — even the head of the C.I.A. — have long warned would lead to war in Ukraine.

WSWS (2023-01-09). The Makeevka missile attack and the political crisis in Russia. wsws.org In an effort to deflect blame for the deaths of likely hundreds of Russian soldiers in a Ukrainian missile strike, the Kremlin is insisting that Ukraine was able to hit the barracks because the men were using their cell phones in contravention of military policy.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-09). Ukraine Sanctions Dozens of Russian Artists for Allegedly Supporting the War. news.antiwar.com Ukraine on Saturday placed over 100 Russian artists and public figures on a sanctions list for their alleged support for the Russian invasion. The list includes TV presenters, singers, and musicians who Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, called "propagandists of death." Anna Netrebko, a Vienna-based opera singer, is one of the …

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-09). Star Morgan Stanley Analyst Mike Wilson: America's Stock Market Will Likely Fall 22%. moguldom.com The year 2022 ranked among the worst in Wall Street history, with decades-high inflation, a hawkish Fed, skyrocketing commodity prices and a war in Ukraine revving up fears of a recession. Some bulls predict inflation will crash much faster than expected and the Fed will pause its interest rate hikes. Historically, stocks have rallied when …

_____ (2023-01-09). The Ukrainian crisis as perceived by Mongolian society. journal-neo.org The significant changes seen in the Ukrainian crisis in 2022 are being actively discussed all over the world. Mongolia, a small but no less important neighbor of the Russian Federation, is no exception in this regard. The unique features of Mongolia's historical development, its relations with Russia, its geographical location and the political and social …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Ukraine Under The Control Of Blackrock. $7 Billion For Post-War Reconstruction. southfront.org Larry Fink | Written by Piero Messina | Is there a borderline between finance and terrorism? It probably doesn't exist anymore. War has become the best business of a dying capitalist world. And when a business is truly succulent, BlackRock, the most important global investment fund, is never missing. Even Ukraine will be their thing, even Ukraine is destined to end up in the customer portfolio of the company led by Larry Fink. There's not much to be surprised at. The rule is simple: destroy or have a nation destroye…

infobrics (2023-01-09). Russia-India Trade to Break Record in 2022. infobrics.org Russian and Indian relations are developing as the world tries to isolate Moscow in light of the Ukraine war…

WSWS (2023-01-09). Massive German arms exports in 2022. wsws.org Between January 1 and December 22, 2022, the German ruling coalition approved arms exports totaling upwards of 8.35 billion euros. Ukraine received the highest total of arms of any country.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-09). Britain Considering Supplying Ukraine With Challenger 2 Tanks. news.antiwar.com The UK is considering sending Ukraine its main battle tank, the Challenger 2, which would mark a significant escalation of military aid and would be the first time Kyiv would receive a Western-made heavy tank. British sources told The Guardian that the UK has been discussing sending the tanks since the summer, but no final decision …

____ (2023-01-09). Russia Offering 'Korea-style' Peace Deal — Kiev. transcend.org 8 Jan 2023 – Moscow wants to formalize the status quo on the ground, Ukraine's top security official said.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Military Situation In Syria On January 9, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On January 9, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded 1 case of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On January 8, Turkish artillery shelled SDF positions near Ain Issa; | On January 9, SDF artillery shelled a Turkish base near Azaz city. Several Turkish servicemen reportedly were wounded; | Two SDF members were killed by the Turkish Army in the Olive Branch area in the northern Syria, according to the Turkish MOD; | The UN S…

WSWS (2023-01-09). NATO recklessly escalates war against Russia. wsws.org At a certain point, the escalation of the US-NATO war against Russia begets escalation, creating a chain reaction that cannot be contained.

_____ (2023-01-09). The FBI Wants To Put Me On Trial For Fighting For Black Freedom. popularresistance.org There are strong indications that in early 2023, I, Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP), 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. government and its "Department of Justice" will attempt to put us on trial and imprison us for fighting for the liberation of African people in the U.S. and around the world. | But they will fail. We will win. | I am 81 years old. My political work for the last…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-09). The Smoldering Moldovan Crisis. libya360.wordpress.com GORDON M. HAHN The battle between Russia and the West for Moldova has been ongoing since the Soviet collapse, despite the country's constitutional ban on joining alliances, presumably applying only to military ones. That battle has been slowly escalating ever since the February 2014 Western-backed Maidan putsch, rise of the oligarchic-ultranationalist Maidan regime, Russia's annexation…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). BREAKING: Series Of Mining Threats On Russian Planes. southfront.org | On January 9, a plane belonging to Azur Air which was flying from Moscow to Goa made an emergency landing in the Indian state of Gujarat after a report of mining, the Ministry of Civil Aviation of India reported. The state of Gujarat is located in the north-west of India. | Azur Air told that they received information from unidentified persons "about the alleged mining of one of their aircraft" and took necessary measures "according to the established procedure." According to the company, the aviatio…

Ukrinform (2023-01-09). Zelensky Strips 13 Pro-Russia Priests of Citizenship — Media. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Why Won't Russia Offer Sweden & Finland A Deal To NOT Join NATO? southfront.org | Written by Sweden and Finland have jointly and together been seeking membership in NATO, but Turkiye is blocking Sweden's bid unless and until Sweden will comply with Turkiye's own national-security demands. Russia would be severely endangered if Finland joins NATO — much more than if Sweden does — but it's a joint bid, and Finland has said they won't join unless bot…

Mike Whitney (2023-01-09). The Plan to Carve Up Russia. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-01-09). Russia Wants to Further Cut Its Dependence on the US Dollar by Buying up Chinese Yuan. infobrics.org Russia will start purchasing yuan on the currency market in 2023 if the country's oil and gas revenues meet expectations, Reuters reported…

_____ (2023-01-09). U.S. Strategic Aim: Break and Dismember Russia; Or Maintain U.S. Dollar Hegemony? Or a Muddled 'Both'? strategic-culture.org The West cannot relinquish the sense of itself at the centre of the Universe, albeit no longer in a racial sense, Alastair Crooke writes. | A strategic aim would require a unitary purpose that could be succinctly outlined. It would require additionally a compelling clarity about the means by which the aim would be achieved and a coherent vision about what a successful outcome would actually look like. | Winston Churchill described the aim of WW2 as the destruction of Germany. But this was 'platitude', and no strategy. Why was Germany to be destroyed? What interest did destroying such a major trading partner achie…

_____ (2023-01-09). The January 2017 'Assessment' On Russiagate. popularresistance.org The banner headline atop page one of The New York Times print edition [now six] years ago today, on Jan. 7, 2017, set the tone for two years of Dick Cheney-like chicanery: "Putin Led Scheme to Aid Trump, Report Says." | Under a media drumbeat of anti-Russian hysteria, credulous Americans were led to believe that Donald Trump owed his election victory to the president of Russia, whose "influence campaign" according to the Times quoting the intelligence report*,* helped *"*President-elect Trump's election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton." | Hard evidence supporting the media and political rh…

infobrics (2023-01-09). Russia's Rosatom Sends 'More Advanced' Fuel Option for Indian Nuclear Plant. infobrics.org Russia's state-owned nuclear energy company Rosatom earlier this year sent a "more advanced" fuel option for a nuclear power plant in southern India, an Indian government minister told parliament…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-09). Predictions for 2023? Annus Horribilis with Some Surprising Upsides. libya360.wordpress.com Sharmine Narwani This isn't going to be an easy year, anywhere. The constellation of events in the recent past — wars in Syria, Yemen, Libya; the targeting of Iran, China, Russia; the global pandemic and the securitization that ensued; the re-emergence of Salafi terrorism; widespread economic recession; failure of globalization; replacement of international law with…

____ (2023-01-09). The Sino-Russian Summit You Didn't Read About. transcend.org 4 Jan 2023 – The New York Times coverage of the recent summit between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping misses some of its most important details.

unitedEditor (2023-01-09). "Time for the US to leave the region" unitedworldint.com Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar and Turkish National Intelligence Director Fidan met with Syrian Defense Minister Ali Mahmoud Abbas and Syrian intelligence heads in Moscow. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Russian intelligence officials were also attended the meeting. The meeting caused a worldwide echo. It is considered of turning point for the …

Kurt Nimmo (2023-01-09). Children of Azov Conscripted to Die. globalresearch.ca

Lucy Stock (2023-01-09). Weekly Round-up: Russian cease fire, 'minimum service levels' legislation, and a junior doctors' strike. ukhumanrightsblog.com Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images | In the news: |

infobrics (2023-01-09). US shale oil boom has already come to an end. infobrics.org American shale oil failed to replace Russian energy sources for Europe.

Jacob G. Hornberger (2023-01-09). The Evil Strategy of "Degrading" Russia. globalresearch.ca

Ray McGovern (2023-01-09). The Jan. 2017 'Assessment' on Russiagate. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-01-09). China's normalization overtures rejected as US opts for another Taiwan escalation. infobrics.org Only three days after the new Chinese Foreign Minister's positive overtures, Washington DC insulted Beijing by ordering its warship to pass through the Taiwan Strait.

Ben Norton (2023-01-09). China 'counters US dollar hegemony' with gold reserves, Argentina yuan currency swap deal. geopoliticaleconomy.com Advancing global de-dollarization, China's central bank is boosting its gold reserves while signing currency swap deals in yuan with countries like Argentina, encouraging the use of renminbi instead of US dollars.

Ben Norton (2023-01-09). China pushes de-dollarization with gold reserves, Argentina yuan currency swap deal. geopoliticaleconomy.com Advancing global de-dollarization, China's central bank is boosting its gold reserves while signing currency swap deals in yuan with countries like Argentina, encouraging the use of renminbi instead of US dollars.

Ben Norton (2023-01-09). Nicaragua is world's #1 country where citizens feel at peace, Gallup poll shows. geopoliticaleconomy.com A poll by mainstream firm Gallup found that Nicaragua is the No. 1 country in the world where citizens feel at peace. Nine of the top 14 countries are in Latin America. But the US constantly attacks the Sandinista government and imposes sanctions on it.

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-01-09). Prince Harry's Great Afghan Shooting Party. globalresearch.ca

Kurt Nimmo (2023-01-09). Medvedev Suggests Parking Hypersonic Missiles Near the Potomac. globalresearch.ca

Robert S. Becker (2023-01-09). House demolition fits the Trump stunt dump: Déjà vu all over again. nationofchange.org Yet nihilism makes its own reward,/ To trigger mayhem & lift the overlord.

Sara Flounders (2023-01-09). Congressional chaos — deals and trades. workers.org The U.S. Congress' dysfunction was on full display through 15 rounds of votes for the "Speaker of the House" position. The rivalry, trading, dealing, secret and public concessions, within the Republican Party, and even physical scuffles were in clear view. The multiple votes and the open floor fights are a . . . |

Franàßois Diaz-Maurin (2023-01-09). Nowhere to Hide: How a Nuclear War Would Kill You — And Almost Everyone Else. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-01-09). Uranium Water Contamination In US Far More Prevalent Than Believed. popularresistance.org Maybe it's the good kind of uranium that turns you into Spider-Man or the Incredible Hulk and not the bad kind of uranium that turns you into Thyroid Cancer Man — one of the lesser-known Marvel superheroes. | ProPublica has come out with an investigation entitled "The Cold War Legacy Lurking in U.S. Groundwater." After World War II, the Cold War started between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. because the rich needed to stop the damn Communists from pushing their furry hats on everyone! There was a feverish need to build loads of nuclear weapons. To do that, the U.S. needed uranium, and its ruling class didn't car…

_____ (2023-01-09). China Pushes De-Dollarization With Gold, Currency Swap Deal. popularresistance.org China's central bank has taken a series of steps to accelerate the global drive toward de-dollarization, challenging the hegemony of the greenback. | The People's Bank of China is increasing the share of gold in its foreign-exchange holdings, bucking the US dollar, which has for decades been dominant in reserves. | This January, China also signed an agreement with Argentina's central bank for a currency swap deal, in which Beijing will provide 130 billion Chinese yuan (roughly $19 billion USD) to help Buenos Aires stabilize its currency and economy. | The South American nation said it is "committed to deepen the…

_____ (2023-01-09). Bolivian Unions Mobilize For President Luis Arce. popularresistance.org Bolivia's social movements have declared a state of emergency and permanent mobilization in support of President Luis Arce in response to riots in Santa Cruz by groups loyal to arrested coup leader, Luis Fernando Camacho. Social movements that made the declaration include the COB workers confederation, the campesino confederations (CSTUCB, Interculturales), and indigenous organizations (CONAMAQ, Bartolinas). | Executive Secretary of the COB, Juan Carlos Huarachi, held a press conference late last night after a meeting President Luis Arce, he said, "Today, all the social movements agree to declare ourselves in a s…

_____ (2023-01-09). Preparing To Strike: An Interview With A Bronx Nurse. popularresistance.org Left Voice spoke with Michelle Gonzalez, an ICU nurse at Montefiore Hospital and NYSNA union Executive Committee member, about the impending nurses' strike in New York City. | How did you get involved as a union activist? How long have you been organizing at your hospital? | I started advocating for the union about ten years ago, and this is the second time being on the executive committee of my union. I got into organizing because there were all these issues, particularly issues related to understaffing, that affected us in the hospital. We were taking out our frustration on each other instead of coming together…

____ (2023-01-09). Timing of China's COVID response shift related to elderly vaccination: expert. ecns.cn The reason that China chose to adjust its COVID-19 response measures at this juncture is directly related to national elderly vaccination, said Liang Wannian, head of the COVID-19 response expert panel under China's National Health Commission when interviewed by state broadcaster CCTV.

____ (2023-01-09). China's commercial rocket CERES-1 Y5 launches 5 satellites. ecns.cn China on Monday launched the CERES-1 Y5 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

____ (2023-01-09). Economy grows despite COVID headwinds. ecns.cn Containers from all over the world wait to be loaded or unloaded at Yangshan Port near Shanghai on April 24.A worker collects helmets at a construction site in the Yizhuang area in Beijing on March 16, 2020. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily]…

____ (2023-01-09). Ice dragon boat race held in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Racers compete on a 400-meter round ice track during an ice dragon boat race on Ulungur Lake in Fuhai County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Jan. 8, 2023.

____ (2023-01-09). Azvudine producer cuts price, boosts access. ecns.cn China's first oral anti-COVID-19 drug Azvudine will be covered by China's national medical insurance system after negotiations, China's National Healthcare Security Administration said Sunday evening.

____ (2023-01-09). House remains dating back around 6,000 yrs found in central China. ecns.cn Archaeologists have unearthed the foundations of seven houses dating back around 6,000 years in central China's Henan Province.

____ (2023-01-09). Water conservancy ruins found in ancient capital in central China. ecns.cn The ancient capital Luoyang site in today's Henan Province has recently discovered over 80 meters of water channels dating back to the Wei and Jin dynasties (220-420).

____ (2023-01-09). China sends three satellites into space. ecns.cn The Shijian-23 satellite is mainly used for scientific experiments and technical verification, while the Shiyan-22A and Shiyan-22B satellites serve the in-orbit verification tests of new technologies such as space environment monitoring.

____ (2023-01-09). Chinese palaeontologists identify new shrimp species. ecns.cn Chinese palaeontologists have established a new species of a shrimp fossil unearthed in southwest China's Yunnan Province, dating back 518 million years.

____ (2023-01-09). China's CERES-1 Y5 carrier rocket sends 5 satellites into space. ecns.cn China's CERES-1 Y5 carrier rocket carrying 5 satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Jan. 9, 2023. The rocket sent five satellites into the planned orbit.

____ (2023-01-09). Summer, autumn of 2022 hottest in over 60 years for China. ecns.cn The number of days with an average temperature across China above 35 degrees Celsius hit 16.4 in 2022, the highest since 1961, said the China Meteorological Administration on Monday.

____ (2023-01-09). Multiple ports in China witness influx of travelers on 1st day of COVID downgrading. ecns.cn Shuttle bus service between Hong Kong and Zhuhai through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge resumed round-the-clock operation on Sunday, with the number of routes increasing to 168.

Pepe Escobar (2023-01-09). Why China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Is Back with a Bang. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-09). US Military Increasing Cooperation With Japan to Prepare for War With China. news.antiwar.com The US and Japanese militaries are increasing cooperation to prepare for a possible war with China over Taiwan or other areas in the Asia Pacific, the top US Marine Corps general in Japan told Financial Times. Lt. Gen. James Bierman, commander of the Third Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) and of Marine Forces Japan, said …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-09). China Launches More Military Drills Around Taiwan Over 'Collusion' Between Taipei and 'External Forces'. news.antiwar.com

____ (2023-01-09). 1.52 mln people sit China's civil servant exam. ecns.cn More than 1.52 million people sat at China's annual civil service recruitment examination to compete for vacancies with the central authorities and their branches.

____ (2023-01-09). More Chinese cities break 2t yuan GDP mark. ecns.cn Seven cities in China registered GDP of over 2 trillion yuan ($294.4 billion) in 2022, according to a report by media outlet Yicai on Jan 8.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-09). The Bubble of Prejudice vs the Light of Hope in China's COVID Fight. libya360.wordpress.com Editorial Comment: I have only praise for China's response to Covid and their commitment to internationalism. My condemnation of Covid policies has been solely directed at Western nations (and the faux left supporting fascism and imperialism) that have exploited the pandemic to further anti-democratic agendas, extensively violate human rights, and promote dangerous escalations of military…

____ (2023-01-09). XBB will not cause large-scale infection in China: expert. ecns.cn The COVID-19 Omicron XBB sub-variant will not cause large-scale infection in China right now, said Chen Cao, a research fellow with the National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention under the China CDC on Sunday.

____ (2023-01-09). Mulberry, cypress foundation discovered below ancient Chinese city wall. ecns.cn Archaeologists in central China's Henan Province have uncovered a sprawling layer of mulberry and cypress branches, believed to be the foundation of an ancient city wall.

____ (2023-01-09). Dinosaur footprint fossils found for the 1st time in Zigui Basin in C.China's Hubei Province. ecns.cn Footprint fossils of dinosaurs from the Jurassic period were discovered in Zigui Basin in Central China's Hubei Province for the first time.

____ (2023-01-09). Foxconn's Zhengzhou factory resumes production to peak capacity. ecns.cn Foxconn Technology Group, the world's leading contract electronics maker, has resumed its production capacity to peak season at its major manufacturing factory in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province.

____ (2023-01-09). Prehistoric ruins discovered in east China. ecns.cn An ancient hominid site dating back some 13,200 years ago has been unveiled in east China's Shandong Province, with over 1,000 relics, including pottery sculptures.

____ (2023-01-09). China's first breaking national team eyes Paris 2024. ecns.cn Eight breakdancers will represent China in Olympic qualifications, as the first ever Chinese national team of the new Olympic sport was established on Monday.

____ (2023-01-09). China launches Shijian-23 satellite into space. ecns.cn A Shijian-23 satellite was launched aboard a modified version of the Long March-7 carrier rocket into space from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province at 6: 00 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Monday and entered its planned orbit successfully.

unitedEditor (2023-01-09). Imperialism and narco-terrorism. uwidata.com On January 4, Mexican authorities arrested Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of notorious drug cartel leader "El Chapo". Lopez' cartel reacted violently, blocking highways, torching vehicles, shooting at civilian airplanes. In the following clashed, 29 people lost their lives according to Mexico's Minister of Defense. On January 8, U.S. President Joseph Biden arrived in Mexico to …

Cynthia Papermaster (2023-01-09). Wednesday 1/11: Close Guantanamo/ Prosecute Yoo for Torture. indybay.org U.C. Berkeley Law School, Bancroft Way @ College Ave., Berkeley…

Editor (2023-01-09). Free Speech and Academic Freedom in the American Corporate University. scheerpost.com By David Schultz / CounterPunch Free speech and academic freedom are under attack in American higher education. From the right the allegation is that wokeness and political correctness have taken over, articulating a political agenda that is anti-white, anti-Christian, anti-capitalism, and pro LGBTQ. From the left the indictment is that schools continue to replicate stereotypes …

John Leake (2023-01-09). Dr. Jordan Peterson Accused of Heresy by Ontario College of Psychologists. globalresearch.ca

Nova 'Jade' Sobieralski (2023-01-09). AUWU: 'Cut the crap, raise the rate'. greenleft.org.au The Australian Unemployed Workers Union says it is "time for DJ Albo to stop spinning and start acting on the anti-poverty rhetoric he conveniently spouted from opposition," reports Nova 'Jade' Sobieralski.

Charles Kennedy (2023-01-09). OPEC's Second-Largest Oil Producer Issues Arrest Warrant for Donald Trump. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). Peace Disruption: Incursion, Insurrection, Intifada. transcend.org "The 131/2-minute incursion that will change the Middle East forever."

____ (2023-01-09). Harvard University Succumbs. transcend.org 7 Jan 2023 – Harvard University Withdraws a Fellowship from Kenneth Roth & Human Rights Watch…

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-09). George Santos Hit With Campaign Finance Complaint 2 Days After Being Sworn In. truthout.org Rep. George Santos (R-New York) appears to have broken campaign finance laws with a questionable loan and suspiciously-valued expenditures, according to a new complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by a government watchdog. On top of the numerous fabrications that Santos created about his resume and religious and racial identity, the Republican appears to have told "equally… |

Mark Niu (2023-01-09). Companies showcase tech innovations at CES. america.cgtn.com At the world' largest personal electronics show, over 3,000 companies from 174 countries are showing off their technology, many of them for the first time. Check it out.

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-09). Colombia's biggest money laundering case of 2022. colombiareports.com Colombia's prosecution seized assets worth almost $246 million (COP1.2 trillion) of an alleged money laundering ring with ties to the international drug trade in the United States and Asia. The…

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-09). Imperial experts recognised in New Year's Honours. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's academics are among those to be recognised in the 2023 New Year's Honours List.

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-09). 7,000 New York Nurses Go on Strike, Decrying "Unimaginable" Working Conditions. truthout.org Over 7,000 nurses across two hospitals in New York City went on strike early Monday morning after contract negotiations broke down over the hospitals' refusal to meet nurses' staffing demands. Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai in Manhattan walked out at 6 am, saying they are forced to work long hours with huge workloads that leave them burnt out… |

____ (2023-01-09). Higher elderly vaccination rate aided change in COVID management. ecns.cn Downgrading the COVID-19 management from Class A to Class B is a proactive measure taken in view of the higher vaccination rate among the elderly, said a health expert from the National Health Commission.

Editor (2023-01-09). Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King: Unite to fight racism, fascism and war. mronline.org Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said in 1967, "The bombs dropped on Vietnam explode at home." Malcolm X expressed something similar when he said, "Chickens come home to roost."

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-09). SDG7: The Impossible Energy Transformation. libya360.wordpress.com Iain Davis The alleged purpose of the United Nation's (UN's) Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) is to "ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all." In keeping with Agenda 2030, the target date to achieve this goal is, as you might expect, 2030. As previously discussed, UN documents are couched in fluffy rhetoric. The disarming…

Jacob G. Hornberger (2023-01-09). A Major Shift in the JFK Assassination. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-01-09). California Democrats Have Legislated Control Over Medical Practice Out of the Hands of Doctors. globalresearch.ca

Ahmed D Dardir (2023-01-09). Jean-Luc Godard's Revolution: Marxism, Palestine and the Working Classes. globalresearch.ca

Michael Berkowitz (2023-01-09). 'Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical': Thoroughly modern Matilda. peoplesworld.org You simply cannot escape the zeitgeist of Matilda. Against all odds, Matilda Wormwood in the new Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical is an unqualified triumph. Director Matthew Warchus and writers Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin's revival of Roald Dahl's semi-classical book Matilda is a spirited morality play, another milestone in the never-ending struggle of democracy …

Editor (2023-01-09). Patrick Lawrence: Europe and the Legitimization of Deception. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost The U.S., having no need of or gift for statecraft, has long practiced what I've taken to calling the diplomacy of no diplomacy. You can't expect much from bimbos such as Antony Blinken or Wendy Sherman, Blinken's No. 2 at the State Department. All they can do is …

Arsenio Toledo (2023-01-09). Pfizer Has a Shockingly Long History of Engaging in Illegal Activities and Human Experimentation. globalresearch.ca

Cristina Escobar (2023-01-09). 'Children of Las Brisas' Shows Complicated Nature of Venezuela Crisis (INTERVIEW). latinorebels.com In 2009, Venezuelan filmmaker Marianela Maldonado set out to tell an inspirational story of her country's famed music program, known simply as El Sistema, or "The System." After 10 years of filming, her documentary 'Children of Las Brisas' tells quite a different tale.

Jake Johnson (2023-01-09). What Did McCarthy Promise GOP Extremists in Backroom Deals? truthout.org Rep. Kevin McCarthy finally seized the House speaker's gavel in the early hours of Saturday morning, capping off a chaotic week of voting and heated floor confrontations that were nationally televised and closely documented by reporters stationed at the U.S. Capitol. What remains less clear, though, is how much McCarthy (R-Calif.) conceded to his far-right detractors behind closed doors to win… |

____ (2023-01-09). US, Israel Vote No as UN Approves World Court Resolution on Illegal Occupation. transcend.org 2 Jan 2023 – The UNGA on 30 Dec 2022 approved a resolution that asks the ICJ to issue an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories. It passed with 87 in favor, 26 opposed and 53 abstaining. Among those opposed were USA, Israel, UK and Germany.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-09). Imperial's first Turing Scheme recipients celebrate international ties. imperial.ac.uk The first wave of Imperial's Turing scheme recipients celebrated the international ties they formed during placements abroad.

Olivia Rosane (2023-01-09). World's glaciers at serious risk from climate crisis. nationofchange.org "Significant loss of glaciers means that we are not only witnessing a change in landscape or a loss of natural resources, it means that we are actively complicit in robbing the future from our children."

____ (2023-01-09). U.S. Spreads Misery across the Globe Imposing Sanctions on a Third of Humanity. transcend.org The U.S. may try piously to defend sanctions as a 'response to foreign tyranny,' but they are really a pretext to steal foreign bank accounts and cripple commercial rivals of U.S. corporations–a true fascist tyranny.

Marie Hawthorne (2023-01-09). EctoLife: Does this "Fiction" Foreshadow Artificial Wombs and Pod Babies? globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-01-09). Why the Godfather of Human Rights Is Not Welcome at Harvard. scheerpost.com

Neturei Karta (2023-01-09). Video: Anti-Zionist Jewish Community Flying Palestinian Flags in Jerusalem. globalresearch.ca

JANET (2023-01-09). Join anti war actions Jan. 13-22. iacenter.org December 21, 2022 "The greatest purveyor of violence in the world: my own Government; I cannot be silent." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., April 4, 1967 Minneapolis, October 2022. One of 70 local UNAC-coordinated antiwar actions. With this quote, the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) announced its call for coordinated actions in cities across the United States for the period of Jan. 13-22, the period around the holiday celebrating Dr. King's life. It is fitting that UNAC together with World Beyond War, Code Pink, Black Alliance for Peace and many others have called actions during that 10-day period, focusing o…

John Cooper (2023-01-09). "How World Governments Are Run by Multinational Companies" globalresearch.ca

James Roguski (2023-01-09). Secret Negotiations for the Amendments to the International Health Regulations. globalresearch.ca

Jennifer Gerson (2023-01-09). Texas Lawsuit Against Planned Parenthood Challenges Medicaid Reimbursements. truthout.org Originally published by The 19th. Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Texas Planned Parenthood affiliates have asked a judge for a ruling in their favor in a lawsuit brought by the state of Texas that accused Planned Parenthood of Medicaid fraud. The suit was filed in January 2022 by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, but the situation goes back to 2016, when the state of Texas barred… |

John Klar (2023-01-09). The Myth of GMOs Saving the Planet. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-01-09). What is behind the United Workers' Union sell-out of Pampas workers? wsws.org An examination of the union's financial records makes clear that the union has far more in common with the corporate world than with the workers it supposedly represents.

Kit Knightly (2023-01-09). Yet Another COVID "Variant": Omicron XBB & the Self-driving Narrative. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). PLA conducts patrols and exercises near Taiwan. ecns.cn The People's Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command carried out patrols and combat exercises on Sunday in the air and waters near Taiwan, according to a command spokesman.

____ (2023-01-09). Outbound Chinese tourists prefer policy-friendly destinations. ecns.cn Chinese tourists flocked to policy-friendly destinations such as Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia after the country eased restrictions on overseas travel.

WSWS (2023-01-09). Australian life expectancy declines as a result of COVID "let it rip" policy. wsws.org As in the US, Europe and elsewhere, the fall in life expectancy is a historical retrogression reversing a decades-long trend.

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-09). Colombia suspends arrest warrants for dissident FARC guerrillas. colombiareports.com Colombia's Prosecutor General's Office suspended the arrest warrants for three dissident FARC guerrillas who have been appointed to negotiate peace with the government. The three guerrilla are leaders of the…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). How General Soleimani Kick-Started The Multipolar World. southfront.org | Written by The consensus among future historians will be inevitable: the 2020s started with a diabolic murder.: | Baghdad airport, January 3, 2020, 00: 52 a.m. local time. The assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), alongside Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iraq's Hashd…

____ (2023-01-09). If You Wouldn't Ask Hannibal Lecter to Stop Mass Atrocities, Don't Ask "The International Community" transcend.org 4 Jan 2023 – The hope that the U.S. will intervene anywhere in the world for humanitarian reasons is misguided in the extreme. Claims of concern are always a ruse hiding ulterior motives. Imperialist actions are antithetical to human needs.

____ (2023-01-09). Fog possible cause of truck tragedy. ecns.cn The number of casualties in a deadly traffic accident in the small hours on Sunday in Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi province, has increased to 19, according to local authorities.

Ryan Wyatt Turbeville (2023-01-09). University of Florida Officials Have No 'Standing' to Review Ladapo's COVID Vaccine Guidance. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). (Norsk-Norwegian) Fredspioneren Johan Galtung 92 à•r! transcend.org 'Fader of Peace Studies' feirer sin 92-à•rsdag. Som 24-à•ring ble han fengslet i 6 mà•neder som milità¶rnekter i Norge. I fengsel skrev han, sammen med Arne Nà¶ss, sin fà∏rste bok: Gandhi's Political Ethics. I dag har han bidratt med mer enn 170 bà∏ker; over 1 0 artikler, artikler og bokkapitler; og over 0 redaksjoner for TRANSCEND Media Service om freds- og konfliktstudier, mekling og relaterte spà∏rsmà•l. GRATULERER med dagen, JOHAN!

____ (2023-01-09). PLA announces 1st joint drill around Taiwan island in 2023. ecns.cn The PLA Eastern Theater Command organized cross-service joint alert patrol and realistic combat-oriented exercises in sea and aerial areas around the island of Taiwan on Sunday…

Vigilent Citizen (2023-01-09). Video: Japan Orders Investigation Into COVID Vaccine Deaths as MSM Admit "The Jabs Are Killing Us" globalresearch.ca

Norman Solomon (2023-01-09). Biden to Democrats: nominate me, whether you like it or notÔøº. nationofchange.org Is such leadership representing progressives to the establishment or the other way around?>

CodePink (2023-01-09). Friday 1/13: Media: Stop Cheerleading for War! indybay.org San Francisco Chronicle Bldg., 901 Mission St @ 5th, San Francisco…

manager (2023-01-09). The Grand Switcheroo: Escobari and Hoover Reinterpret Their Results to Misidentify Fraud. cepr.net In the previous post , we looked at the difference-in-difference models of Escobari and Hoover. We noted that they all show the same thing, suffering from the same problem. To identify fraud, they require that however much more the results at the late-transmitting polling stations favored Morales when contrasted with the early ones, they ought …

Editor (2023-01-09). Chris Hedges: America's Theater of the Absurd. scheerpost.com

WSWS (2023-01-09). Washington, D.C. police officers found guilty in 2020 traffic death of Karon Hylton-Brown. wsws.org The verdict last December is the first time a Washington D.C. police officer has been charged and found guilty of murder.

Final Straw (2023-01-09). Final Straw: Mutual Aid Groups Mobilize in Face of Asheville Water Crisis. itsgoingdown.org Long-running anarchist radio and podcast show, The Final Straw, speaks with local organizers about the Asheville Survival Program and the city's ongoing water crisis. Listen and Download HERE This week on the show, we're sharing two local conversations with community organizers providing mutual aid in Asheville, NC. First up, we're sharing a short interview with…

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-01-09). The COVID "Vaccine" Is an Intentional Effort at World Genocide. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). 8% of Chinese COVID-19 patients develop pneumonia: NHC official. ecns.cn The proportion of COVID-19 patients of common type who developed pneumonia is about 8 percent of the total.

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-09). "The Rent Is Too High": Warren, Bowman Ask Biden to Fight Crushing Housing Costs. truthout.org A group of 50 Democrats has urged President Joe Biden to take aggressive action to ensure that renters are able to stay housed as rent and house prices have soared across the U.S. with little to no mitigation in recent years, creating a major housing crisis with no end in sight. In a letter sent Monday, spearheaded by Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-New York) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts)… |

Eric Zuesse (2023-01-09). The U.S. Regime Made me a Non-Person. dissidentvoice.org This is what happens to anyone who happens to report the types of things that America's billionaires want to be hidden from the public. To understand how it happened to me (and has happened to lots of others), an introduction is needed, first, about the American Government: America's First Amendment to its Constitution is this …

Mickey Z. (2023-01-09). "The walls are the publishers of the poor" dissidentvoice.org all we are saying… Today, I took a photo walk around the Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, Queens, NYC. "Imagine a city where graffiti wasn't illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colors and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was …

____ (2023-01-09). (Franàßais) Dans l'Attente de 2023. transcend.org 1er janvier 2023 – Avant d'envisager 2023, regardons 2022 du point de vue de la culture de la paix.

Chris Walker (2023-01-09). Georgia Grand Jury Completes Final Report on Trump's Efforts to Overturn Election. truthout.org A special grand jury in Georgia tasked with investigating attempts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state has completed its work, according to a judge overseeing the inquiry. On Monday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney announced that the special grand jury had completed a final report on its investigation. |

____ (2023-01-09). Senior expert: Timing of COVID downgrade 'appropriate'. ecns.cn The timing of the decision to downgrade COVID-19 management to Class B was appropriate and met scientific standards, a top expert said in response to concerns that winter was not a good moment, especially with Spring Festival approaching.

WSWS (2023-01-09). The XBB.1.5 "Kraken" subvariant of Omicron takes hold in the US. wsws.org The latest and most dangerous subvariant of Omicron is leading to high levels of hospitalization across the Northeast. The winter surge of COVID will likely overtake the rest of the country over the next few weeks.

____ (2023-01-09). Qingdao hospital tears down rumor of detecting 3 XBB patients. ecns.cn The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University denied Monday there are three COVID patients infected with XBB variant.

WSWS (2023-01-09). Britain's trade unions attend government strike talks, desperate for a sellout. wsws.org To have even attended these talks shows the treacherous intentions of the union bureaucracy. In the same statement as it extended its invitation, the government announced plans for the swift implementation of widely expanded anti-strike laws.

Brittani Banks (2023-01-09). Why the Climate Justice March in South Korea Could Be a Game Changer for the Environment. independentmediainstitute.org On September 24, 2022, more than 30,000 people occupied the main roads of downtown Seoul, South Korea, for the nation's largest climate justice march. The sheer turnout of people from all walks of life and the participation by a wide range of advocacy groups were a testament to the impact of climate change on every …

____ (2023-01-09). George Harrison's Search for a Higher Truth. transcend.org An eye-opening and moving talk from Beatle George Harrison (1943-2001) on truth, life, change and consciousness. Let's remember the messages he had to share with the world: "It's all in the mind."

____ (2023-01-09). The Old Use the Young to Wage War: "Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?" transcend.org "With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone." Oscar Wilde's wry observation highlights an obvious truth: age alone does not confer wisdom or any other desirable trait. The powerful and elderly decision-makers of the world demonstrate the disconnect between age and wisdom with every war.

Georgi Boorman (2023-01-09). Poll: 1 In 4 Americans Thinks Someone They Know May Have Died Due to COVID Shot. globalresearch.ca

The Associated Press (2023-01-09). Biden Visits US-Mexico Border in Face of GOP Criticism. latinorebels.com President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy port of entry Sunday on his first trip to the region after two years in office, a visit shadowed by the fraught politics of immigration as Republicans blame him for record numbers of migrants crossing into the country.

Editor (2023-01-09). Inside Southwest's horrific holidays. mronline.org Blame the wealthy, not the weather.

Peter McLaren (2023-01-09). A Review of Derek R. Ford's 'Teaching the Actuality of Revolution: Aesthetics, Unlearning, and the Sensations of Struggle'. mronline.org History doesn't happen because a small group of people share a complete political identity; it happens because masses of people shed their timidity, risk their reputations, livings, freedom, and lives, and let the actuality of revolution guide their every move.

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-01-09). Propaganda Perpetuates the Pandemic and Censorship. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-01-09). University of California workers fight to appeal UAW-sellout contract, following anti-democratic union betrayal. wsws.org The appeal details the anti-democratic measures the union took to ram through a "yes" vote in the disputed contract.

____ (2023-01-09). 'Hallelujah Chorus' from Handel's Messiah (Music Video of the Week). transcend.org The Royal Choral Society has performed Handel's Messiah on Good Friday at the Royal Albert Hall every year since 1876. This clip features the glorious Hallelujah Chorus with the choir. Students from the City of London School for Girls joined the choir for this performance.

James Roguski (2023-01-09). The Top 100 Reasons to #StopThe Pandemic Treaty, #StopTheAmendments, and #ExitTheWHO. globalresearch.ca

Frances Kuo (2023-01-09). Imaging technology detects truth of paintings. america.cgtn.com See how art researchers discovered that the famous Vermeer painting 'Girl with a Flute' is not his work.

____ (2023-01-09). Trying to Predict the Future. transcend.org 3 Jan 2023 – I announce the publication of a new eBook entitled "Trying to Predict the Future". It may be downloaded and circulated free of charge.

Edward Curtin (2023-01-09). Is a Happy New Year Possible? Sisyphus and the Feeling of the Absurd are Entwined. globalresearch.ca

Matt Kennard (2023-01-09). UK Loaned Military Adviser to British UN Envoy in Yemen. globalresearch.ca

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-09). 7,000 New York nurses go on strike, decrying 'unimaginable' working conditions. therealnews.com

____ (2023-01-09). Goat grabbing competition in snow adds fun in winter. ecns.cn Goat grabbing, or kok-boru, is a traditional Central Asian team sport played by herdsmen from the Kazak, Uzbek, Uygur and Mongolian ethnic groups.

Mark H. Gaffney (2023-01-09). When Bankers Choose War Over Peace: Learning From History, Lest We Are Doomed to Repeat It. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Peter McCullough (2023-01-09). Explosive Increase in Cardiac Symptoms After Second Injection. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-01-09). Selected Articles: The COVID "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's a Criminal Undertaking. globalresearch.ca By We are being accused of "spreading disinformation" regarding the Covid-19 vacci…

____ (2023-01-09). Study reveals grasslands biodiversity help control plant diseases. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have newly confirmed the significance of spatial scale-dependent dilution effects of biodiversity on plant diseases in grasslands, according to the Lanzhou University.

Katie Rose Quandt (2023-01-09). Far Right GOP Now Champions Jail Reforms — But Only for January Sixers. truthout.org This article was published in partnership with Solitary Watch. Republicans are not known for championing the rights of incarcerated people. Doing so would run counter to their purposefully cultivated "tough on crime" image, which often includes a penchant for harsh prison and jail conditions. But in the two years since the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the party — and especially its most… |

WSWS (2023-01-09). Seven thousand nurses at two New York hospitals launch open ended strike. wsws.org Nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai Hospital are set to strike on Monday in a struggle over safe staffing.

____ (2023-01-09). They Write Themselves (Part 2). transcend.org 2 Jan 2023 – Are You Kidding?>

Rachel Ida Buff (2023-01-09). Biden's Expansion of Title 42 Takes Us Further From Humane Border Policy. truthout.org Before heading to El Paso, Texas, on January 8 for his first presidential visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, President Joe Biden announced a trifecta of hideous immigration policies, along with a familiar "crackdown" on "illegal" border crossings. The new initiatives include expanding the controversial Trump-era Title 42 to migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti as well as refusing… |

Anadolu Agency (2023-01-09). Jerusalem Churches in Crosshairs of Escalating Extremist Attacks: Churches Council. globalresearch.ca

Waukegan Liberation Staff (2023-01-09). Charges filed against killer cop in Waukegan, Illinois, after two years of community struggle. liberationnews.org On Oct. 20, 2020, Waukegan police officer Dante Salinas killed 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette and injured his girlfriend Tafara Williams.

____ (2023-01-09). The UN General Assembly Drags Israel to the World Court. transcend.org 4 Jan 2023 – The UNGA voted last week to refer Israel to the ICC (World Court) for its ongoing violation of the right of the Palestinian people in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza. Before we analyse the significance of the vote, let us probe the actual voting pattern.

Dr. Suzanne Burdick (2023-01-09). New Analysis Shows Studies of COVID Vaccine-Induced Myocarditis Hid Critical Safety Signal. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). Chinese Foreign Minister to visit Africa. ecns.cn Foreign Minister Qin Gang will visit Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin, Egypt, the African Union Headquarters and the League of Arab States Headquarters from Jan 9 to 16, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin announced on Monday.

Middle East Eye (2023-01-09). Taliban Condemns Prince Harry's Comment on Afghan Killings. globalresearch.ca

Marie Kelly (2023-01-09). News whiteout of Pennsylvania prison strike. workers.org Philadelphia Incarcerated workers held captive in Pennsylvania prisons called a labor strike in the name of Subaltern Peoples Abolitionist Revolutionary Collective (SPARC). The demonstration "to protest against the State's oppressive policies" was called last year and set to begin this Jan. 6. (tinyurl.com/52m3n4t5) As of this writing, the outcome of . . . |

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-09). Netanyahu Tells AIPAC It's Time for the US and Israel to 'Close Ranks' on Iran. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Monday and said it was time for the US and Israel to become more closely aligned on Iran. "It's time to close ranks between Israel and the United States — and others. And I look forward to discussing this issue with …

manager (2023-01-09). CEPR Spotlight: Intellectual Property. cepr.net Nothing shines a brighter light on the harmful effects of bad intellectual property law than an ongoing pandemic. CEPR's researchers continue to advocate for reform of this broken system which causes so much damage here in the US and abroad. This year saw some success from the long campaign to waive COVID vaccine patents for …

WSWS (2023-01-09). "The contract was a joke": CNH workers reject pro-company agreement, extend 8-month strike. wsws.org The most important step now is to break the imposed isolation of the UAW apparatus by developing rank-and-file committees to link up with workers at different plants in different industries.

Jamal Rich (2023-01-09). Washington, D.C.'s last Burger King closes, firing workers without notice. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—On New Year's Eve, the oldest and last Burger King location in D.C. closed its doors to the public, firing its entire staff in the process. The location was on upper Connecticut Ave. NW, just a few blocks from the University of the District of Columbia, and had existed for several decades at the same …

John Wojcik (2023-01-09). Insurrectionists who failed in 2021 took over the House last Friday. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON — With an incredible 15-ballot election of Kevin McCarthy as House speaker the insurrectionists who failed to pull off their Jan.6, 2021 coup at the Capitol managed to take over the House of Representatives last Friday and are planning to cement their success with passage of new rules this week. Those rules will give …

scorinoco (2023-01-09). Soleimani Assassination Commemorated in Mass Rallies Across Middle East. orinocotribune.com On Januray 3, 2023, the martyrdom of the anti-imperialist hero, Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was commemorated in Iran, Iraq, Syria and several other countries of West Asia and across the world. | As Iranians and Iraqis commemorate the three-year anniversary of Washington's illegal assassination of Iran's Quds Force Commander General Soleimani and Iraq's Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, scores of people rallied in the streets of both countries. | On January 3, people from all over the Islamic Republic of Iran, and particularly in Soleimani's hometown of Qanat-e Malek in Kerman province, gathered to remember the fallen c…

_____ (2023-01-09). Elon Musk's Twitter Is Still U.S. State-Affiliated Media. strategic-culture.org A couple of months into Elon Musk's control of Twitter, it's fair to say that from an anti-censorship, pro-transparency perspective there have been a few positive results of the platform coming under new management. The revelations from the Twitter Files about US government involvement in influencing a massive social media company's policies and actions have been indisputably newsworthy information that's absolutely in the public interest to have, and some anti-establishment voices have been saying their accounts have been noticeably more visible since the changeover.

DailyClout (2023-01-09). A 'Cover-Up of Evidence of Mass Murder': The CDC Appears to be Removing VAERS Records. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). Kinmen, Matsu ferry resumes after 3 years. ecns.cn The ferry services between the coastal areas of Fujian province and the outlying islands of Kinmen and Matsu, which are governed by Taiwan authorities, resumed over the weekend after a suspension of nearly three years.

Editor (2023-01-09). Maduro: Venezuela produces 94% of its own food in 2022 after importing 80% for over 100 years. mronline.org "Venezuela is experiencing the first stage of a long recovery cycle," said President Maduro.

Emma-Louise Fenelon (2023-01-09). Law Pod UK latest: Expert Evidence. ukhumanrightsblog.com In Episode 177 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Margaret Bowron KC about how to avoid disastrous expert evidence. This episode is an update to the popular 2019 episode with Neil Sheldon KC, available here. Margaret and Emma discuss mistakes in expert reports, the standard to be applied to expert reports, actual and potential conflicts of interest, the …

WSWS (2023-01-09). Nepali prime minister sworn in amid growing political instability. wsws.org The sordid flip-flopping alliances of the Maoist Centre and the Stalinist Communist Party of Nepal with the Nepali Congress and other bourgeois parties further expose the thoroughly corrupt character of these formations.

Ann Brown (2023-01-09). HBCU Enrollment Up 57% Nationally As Top Students Embrace Sense Of Belonging. moguldom.com An embrace of Blackness is in part to account for rising enrollment at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), according to Dillard University president Dr. Rochelle Ford and other observers. Meanwhile, non-HBCU U.S. colleges and universities saw a drop of 1.1 percent of undergraduate students between the fall of 2021 and 2022. This comes on …

Paul Joseph Watson (2023-01-09). WHO: Anti-Vaccine Activism Is Deadlier Than Global Terrorism. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). 'Train runs over cloud' in Chongqing. ecns.cn A metro train runs in advection fog shrouded Caijia Rail Transit Bridge in Chongqing, creating an amazing scenery of "train running over the could", Jan. 7, 2023.

____ (2023-01-09). House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy. ecns.cn The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country's "confrontational democracy".

Mansa Musa (2023-01-09). Louisiana to imprison juveniles at Angola Prison's death row. therealnews.com The state of Louisiana is considering transferring at least 20 minors incarcerated in its juvenile correction system to be housed on death row. The state alleges these children are amongst its most problematic incarcerated minors, and that placing them on death row is in line with government obligations to rehabilitate juvenile offenders. Lana Charles, who has worked to provide arts programs in Louisiana's juvenile justice system for 15 years, joins Rattling the Bars to explain the situation of incarcerated youth in her state. | Luliana "Lana" Charles has worked with youth for over 15 years in the capacity…

One People's Project (2023-01-09). Alex Stokes Should Not Be in Prison. itsgoingdown.org Report from One People's Project about the case of antifascist prisoner, Alex Stokes, who faces 20 years for defending counter-protesters on January 6th in Albany, New York. On Friday, many in the nation observed the second anniversary of what might have been the biggest threat to democracy since perhaps the Civil War: the Insurrection at…

Chris Walker (2023-01-09). Lauren Boebert Says Republicans Will Push for Term Limits in Congress. truthout.org On Sunday, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) said that Republican lawmakers would pursue changes to federal elections law to impose term limits on members of Congress, an action that would curtail the rights of U.S. voters. "The 118th Congress WILL vote on Term Limits for lawmakers. After years and years of talk, we'll finally see where people truly stand on this issue," Boebert tweeted on Sunday… |

____ (2023-01-09). Visiting Foxconn Zhengzhou Science and Technology Park. ecns.cn

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-09). Forests recovering from logging act as a source of carbon. imperial.ac.uk Tropical forests recovering from logging are sources of carbon for years afterwards, contrary to previous assumptions, finds a new study.

Clayton Morris (2023-01-09). Video: Bombshell Docs Reveal COVID-19 Cover-Up Goes Straight to the Top. Redacted with Clayton Morris. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). No plan to launch IPO, Ant Group says. ecns.cn Alibaba's financial arm Ant Group said on Monday that it has no plan to initiate an initial public offering following a series of shareholding adjustments recently.

WSWS (2023-01-09). Visiting US-Mexico border, Biden seeks bipartisan unity in attack on migrants. wsws.org President Biden's trip to El Paso, his first to the southern border since taking office, is aimed at solidifying the collaboration of the White House with the Republicans in attacking the basic rights of migrant workers and their families to seek asylum in the US.

Kurt Nimmo (2023-01-09). Republican Warmonger Wins Contest to Become House Speaker. globalresearch.ca

Martin Hart-Landsberg (2023-01-09). In the U.S. you can be fired for any or no reason—it doesn't have to be this way. mronline.org The United States is an employment "at-will" country. That means, absent a union contract, a boss can fire a worker for almost any, or even no reason, and without advance notice. Well—with the exception of Montana.

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-01-09). What factors impacting food prices. america.cgtn.com Grocery store prices around the world remain high. A U.N. organization has been tracking global food prices since the 1990s, and in the past year, it's recorded a 13.5 percent increase in the cost of groceries, the largest increase in more than four decades. …

WSWS (2023-01-09). Netanyahu's far right government plans political control over Israel's judiciary. wsws.org The proposed legislation paves the way for the government, made up of fascistic, ultra-nationalist and religious forces, to assume dictatorial powers.

Pip Hinman (2023-01-09). Resistance to logging continues in Bulga State Forest. greenleft.org.au A camp has been set up to support protesters trying to stop native forests being logged in Bulga State Forest. Kerry Smith reports.

WSWS (2023-01-09). 200 Meters: A Palestinian father separated from his family by a wall. wsws.org A Palestinian construction worker lives in a West Bank home 200 meters away from his wife and three children on the other side of the Israeli border wall.

Editor (2023-01-09). Why is the West Lamenting the End of 'Liberal' Israel? scheerpost.com Israel's new extremist government maybe coming under fire now, but it is only a matter of time before it is whitewashed as more proof that Israel can strike a balance between being Jewish and democratic.

____ (2023-01-09). Allen Ginsberg's Self-Recording Sessions. transcend.org 6 Jan 2023 – In the late sixties, Ginsberg began taping many of his public appearances, as well as his casual and private conversations. He used the recordings to compose his greatest work.

Angela (2023-01-09). Saturday 1/7: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "My Ramleh," directed by Lubna Dajani. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Mark Taliano (2023-01-09). COVID-19 Pandemic Psychological Warfare. globalresearch.ca

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-09). Rental Housing Prices Are Falling Fast: Good For Renters, Hard Landing For Investors And Developers. moguldom.com In a typical year, the cost of rental housing increases by about 3 percent, but in the last three months of 2022, rents fell by 3 percent. That's good news for tenants but a concern for investors and developers unprepared for risks that seem to have come out of nowhere in the housing market. While …

Ann Brown (2023-01-09). A Look Back: Granddaughter Of Elijah Muhammad Drops Science On The Legacy And Accomplishments Of His Economic Program. moguldom.com In a resurfaced interview, the granddaughter of the late Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad speaks about the legacy of her grandfather and the accomplishments of his economic program. The interview is from 2016 but has recently been posted on Twitter by user Ma'rifatullah (Knowledge in Allah). Amirah Muhammad, who was born in 1965, was …

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-01-09). Presidente Lula da Silva decreta intervención en Distrito Federal de Brasil tras ataque bolsonarista. telesurtv.net El decreto, firmado por el mandatario brasileño y que entra en vigor este domingo, enuncia que esta intervención tiene lugar hasta el 31 de enero de 2023.

Staff (2023-01-09). Lula ordena tomar el control de Brasilia y advierte a Bolsonaro de las consecuencias del asalto. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ha responsabilizado al expresidente Jair Bolsonaro del asalto al Congreso, al Tribunal Supremo y a la sede del poder ejecutivo por parte de miles de bolsonaristas radicales este domingo. "Aprovecharon el silencio dominical, cuando aún estábamos constituyendo el Gobierno, para hacer lo que hicieron. Hay varios discursos del expresidente animando a ello y esto también es responsabilidad suya y de los partidos que le apoyaron", ha señalado.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-09). Seguidores de Bolsonaro invaden sedes de poderes del Estado en Brasil. telesurtv.net El ministro de Justicia de Brasil, Flávio Dino, afirmó este domingo que "no prevalecerá" la voluntad de los bolsonaristas radicales que han invadido el Congreso Nacional.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-01-09). Asesinan a firmante de paz en Valle de Cauca, Colombia. telesurtv.net Cristian Salinas fue asesinado en el corregimiento de Costa Rica, Ginebra. Se trata del tercer líder asesinado en lo que va de 2023 y el 1.412 desde 2016 hasta la fecha.

Staff (2023-01-09). Se logra la mejor sincronización entre el central Ciro Redondo y la primera bioeléctrica del país. cubadebate.cu Luego de no pocos obstáculos que han impedido el funcionamiento estable de ambas industrias, técnicos y especialistas aseguran que se ha logrado la mejor sincronización entre el Central Ciro Redondo y la bioeléctrica aledaña, primera experiencia en Cuba de generar energía eléctrica a partir de la biomasa cañera y de marabú.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-09). Gobierno brasileño denuncia el robo de armas por bolsoneristas. telesurtv.net Paulo Pimenta indicó que el armamento robado se encontraba almacenado en el Gabinete de Seguridad Institucional, en el Palacio del Planalto.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-09). Fallecen ocho mineros ilegales en Sudáfrica tras derrumbe. telesurtv.net Mueren un sudafricano, tres mozambiqueños y cuatro zimbabuenses. Lluvias probablemente causaron el derrumbe que los dejó atrapados.

Staff (2023-01-09). Defender nuestros derechos. cubadebate.cu Cubadebate regala a sus lectores cada día una pequeña joya del pensamiento de José Martí, como homenaje al más grande de los cubanos en el año del aniversario 170 de su natalicio y como llamado a cada ciudadano a hacer el bien todos los días, bajo el amparo ético y humanista que nos legó el Héroe Nacional de Cuba. También les recordamos algunos momentos de la vida de Martí un día como hoy…

Staff (2023-01-09). Más de 1 200 detenidos por el intento de golpe de Estado en Brasil. cubadebate.cu Al menos 1 200 bolsonaristas fueron detenidos este lunes en el campamento que habían montado frente al cuartel general del Ejército en Brasilia desde las elecciones de octubre y desde el que fueron lanzados los ataques del domingo contra las sedes de los tres poderes en Brasil. Los presos se sumarán a las cerca de 300 personas que fueron detenidas el domingo por su responsabilidad en los ataques.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-09). Reportan cientos de miles de hogares sin electricidad en California. telesurtv.net Los meteorólogos advirtieron que el norte y el centro de California todavía estaban en el camino de un "desfile implacable de ciclones" , lo que prometía poco alivio para la región.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-09). Presidente de Senado haitiano resulta herido en ataque armado. telesurtv.net El hecho fue perpetrado en una zona de Puerto Príncipe que está controlada por pandillas armadas.

Staff (2023-01-09). Mañana habrá afectaciones en el servicio de agua en el oeste de La Habana. cubadebate.cu La Empresa Aguas de La Habana informa que mañana martes 10 de enero se interrumpirá el servicio de agua en el horario comprendido entre las 06: 00 y las 18: 00 horas, en zonas de los municipios de La Lisa, Playa y Marianao. Las afectaciones serán a causa de trabajos de mantenimiento y reparaciones en las conductoras y líneas eléctricas que alimentan a la fuente de abasto Ariguanabo.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-09). Derrumbe de un edificio deja al menos cuatro muertos en Egipto. telesurtv.net Las autoridades de la ciudad egipcia de Assiut, indicaron que han logrado rescatar de los escombros del edificio a una niña y a una anciana con vida.

Staff (2023-01-09). Listo diseño de vestuario para participación cubana en Clásico Mundial de Béisbol. cubadebate.cu Cubanía mostrará en su vestuario la selección de la Isla en el venidero V Clásico Mundial de Béisbol.Tras meses de arduo trabajo entre JIT, el Inder, la Federación Cubana de Beisbol (FCB) y la empresa patrocinadora TeamMate Sports Internacional, hoy podemos presentar la línea de diseño que por estos días empieza a salir de fábrica.

Staff (2023-01-09). Asiste Díaz-Canel a la ceremonia de apertura del año judicial 2023 en Cuba. cubadebate.cu Con la presencia del primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido y presidente de la República Miguel Díaz-Canel comenzó la ceremonia de apertura del año judicial 2023 en Cuba, acto que se desarrolla en el salón principal del Tribunal Supremo Popular. La sesión solemne se efectúa en el marco del 50 aniversario del Sistema de Tribunales de Justicia.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-01-09). Presidente de Cuba exhorta a EE.UU. a cumplir pactos migratorios. telesurtv.net Miguel Díaz-Canel puntualiza que una relación migratoria que facilite todo tipo de viajes posibilitará la reducción drástica de los flujos migratorios irregulares.

Staff (2023-01-09). Fidel, la caravana y una nota a Camilo (+ Nota original de Fidel). cubadebate.cu øVoy bien, Camilo? La interrogante histórica a Camilo no es casual. Se sabe de la confianza y la lealtad entre ambos, y ahora se confirma con esta nota que escribió y le envió Fidel el día antes de su arribo a La Habana, encomendándole los preparativos. Movilizar a las masas, prever todo: es Fidel. Por eso aquel fue un 8 de enero de palomas sobre el hombro del Jefe, de los sueños y las esperanzas de la patria, y del "vas bien, Fidel".

Staff (2023-01-09). Comienza mantenimiento de unidad 3 de termoeléctrica cienfueguera Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. cubadebate.cu La unidad número 3 de la termoeléctrica Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, en la provincia de Cienfuegos, salió hoy del sistema eléctrico nacional y entró en mantenimiento planificado por 10 días. Luego de que se reincorpore este bloque a la generación, saldrá del sistema la unidad 4, por 90 días, para un mantenimiento de mayor envergadura.

Staff (2023-01-09). Ana Belén Montes: " øQuién ha preguntado al pueblo cubano si quiere que Estados Unidos le imponga un embargo asfixiante?" cubadebate.cu Tras pasar más de 21 años en prisión, Montes llegó a Puerto Rico y difundió un mensaje en el que asegura ser "irrelevante" y pide que se ponga el foco en Cuba, los "serios problemas" de Puerto Rico y en el medio ambiente. Su mensaje lo concluyó con las siguientes palabras: "No tengo importancia mientras existan problemas graves en nuestro terruño mundial".

Editor (2023-01-09). Aprobado el presupuesto de guerra. workers.org Días antes de Año Nuevo, el presidente Joe Biden firmó un proyecto de ley ómnibus de 1,7 billones de dólares para el año fiscal 2023, asignando el presupuesto para ese sector del gasto federal llamado "discrecional". Si uno tuviera que describir el proyecto de ley en dos palabras, serían: "crimen . . . |

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-09). Luis Arce afirmó que bolivianos no permitirán un nuevo atentado. telesurtv.net Las organizaciones sociales de El Torno emitieron un comunicado en donde ratificaron su apoyo al presidente Arce y al vicepresidente David Choquehuanca.

Staff (2023-01-09). Más de 1.200 detenidos por el intento de golpe de Estado en Brasil. cubadebate.cu Al menos 1.200 bolsonaristas fueron detenidos este lunes en el campamento que habían montado frente al cuartel general del Ejército en Brasilia desde las elecciones de octubre y desde el que fueron lanzados los ataques del domingo contra las sedes de los tres poderes en Brasil. Los presos se sumarán a las cerca de 300 personas que fueron detenidas el domingo por su responsabilidad en los ataques.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-09). Supremo brasileño suspende a gobernador de Brasilia por 90 días. telesurtv.net El juez Moraes, resaltó que la organización de los actos golpistas era un hecho notorio y sabido, que fue divulgado por la prensa hegemónica de Brasil.

teleSUR- jah, SH (2023-01-09). Conoce cinco obras esenciales del escritor Rodolfo Walsh. telesurtv.net Rodolfo Walsh conjugó su rol intelectual con el talento periodístico en función de aportar a la lucha contra la dictadura militar.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-09). Bolivia prepara informe sobre salud del gobernador Camacho. telesurtv.net Luis Fernando Camacho, preso por su vinculación al golpe de Estado contra Evo Morales,…

Staff (2023-01-09). José Pertierra: "La Ley de Ajuste no está sometida a norma obligatoria. El presidente puede desestimar su uso" cubadebate.cu Entre las voces más autorizadas para explicar el complejo fenómeno de la migración, este abogado cubanoamericano reúne raras cualidades. Puede explicar la cuestión migratoria cubana en términos comparativos, por haber ejercido su oficio con migrantes de otros países. Y hacerlo en un lenguaje claro y conciso, distante de las retóricas de su oficio.

Staff (2023-01-09). Cojímar: Constituido el Consejo Popular y su nueva dirección. cubadebate.cu Este domingo, bajo la conducción de Irma Soriano Sifonte, presidenta de la Asamblea Municipal del Poder Popular de La Habana del Este, los delegados de la comunidad costera de Cojímar, además de dejar constituido su Consejo Popular y la nueva dirección, subrayaron cómo en tan poco tiempo gracias a la unidad se respiran aires de esperanza y confianza.

Staff (2023-01-09). Repatrian a 273 cubanos interceptados cerca de las costas de Florida según medios estadounidenses. cubadebate.cu Este domingo 273 migrantes cubanos fueron repatriados por los guardacostas de Estados Unidos, informan medios de la Florida. Los ciudadanos fueron interceptados al intentar arribar a las costas estadounidenses en 12 grupos diferentes, entre el 31 de diciembre y el 1 de enero en su mayoría. Los migrantes fueron trasladados a la ciudad de Matanzas.

teleSUR, lvm, JCM (2023-01-09). Rusia confirma eliminación de 600 soldados ucranianos en Kramatorsk. telesurtv.net En la noche del Año Nuevo las tropas ucranianas atacaron una escuela de formación profesional donde permanecía acuartelado un grupo de militares rusos.

Staff (2023-01-09). La Unión Eléctrica estima una afectación de 265 MW para el horario pico nocturno. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica estima para el horario pico nocturno de este lunes una disponibilidad de 2555 MW y una demanda máxima de 2750 MW, para un déficit de 195 MW, por lo que, de mantenerse las condiciones previstas, se pronostica una afectación de 265 MW en este horario.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-09). Presidente Lula da Silva visita el Palacio de Planalto tras ataque de bolsonaristas. telesurtv.net Lula da Silva calificó de "barbarie" el intento de golpe de Estado promovido por simpatizantes de Jair Bolsonaro y lo acuso de estimular los actos vandálicos.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-09). Con paros y bloqueos siguen protestas contra Gobierno en Perú. telesurtv.net Este domingo, los bloqueos se han endurecido en la región de Ica, al sur de Lima, y la próxima semana se han anunciado marchas y convocatorias de medidas de fuerza en Lima y Cuzco.

Staff (2023-01-09). El Barcelona gana y vuelve a liderar LaLiga en solitario. cubadebate.cu El Barcelona aprovechó la derrota del Real Madrid en Villarreal para, con un ajustado pero importantísimo triunfo en el Cívitas Metropolitano ante el Atlético de Madrid (0-1), volver a situarse como líder en solitario de LaLiga Santander, ahora con tres puntos de ventaja.

teleSUR, rzr, DRL (2023-01-09). Exigen justicia en Ecuador para víctima de feminicidio. telesurtv.net Familiares de la víctima y organizaciones por los derechos de la mujer convocaron a congregarse en la institución judicial para exigir justicia.

Staff (2023-01-09). El argentino Lionel Scaloni: Mejor director técnico de selecciones de 2022. cubadebate.cu Lionel Scaloni fue elegido como el mejor entrenador de un seleccionado masculino en 2022 por la Federación Internacional de Historia y Estadística de Fútbol, tras superar en la votación al francés Didier Deschamps, por 240 votos contra 45. Scaloni desplazó al italiano Roberto Mancini, ganador del premio en 2021 por la victoria de Italia en la Eurocopa.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-09). António Guterres condena asalto al Congreso brasileño. telesurtv.net "Brasil es un gran país democrático" y "la voluntad del pueblo brasileño y sus instituciones democráticas deben ser respetadas", señaló el Secretario General de la ONU.

Staff (2023-01-09). Muebles Ludema oferta a la población tunera mobiliario para el hogar (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Una variada línea de muebles para el hogar se oferta a la población de la ciudad de las Tunas en el punto de venta de la Unidad Empresarial de Base (UEB) Ludema, perteneciente a la empresa cubana del mueble Dujo. Juegos para sala y comedor, repisas, respaldos para camas, sillones de aluminio, mesas para diversos usos, cojines y almohadas son algunos de los productos en venta.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-09). Rusia y Ucrania intercambian prisioneros, el primero del año. telesurtv.net La liberación de los militares fue resultado de las intensas negociaciones mantenidas en los últimos días entre Moscú y Kiev, precisó.

Staff (2023-01-09). Hoy en la Mesa Redonda: El intento de golpe en Brasil. mesaredonda.cubadebate.cu Las causas, impacto y consecuencias del intento de Golpe de Estado ejecutado por las fuerzas bolsonaristas en Brasil serán analizados este lunes en la Mesa Redonda con la participación de periodistas y académicos.

Staff (2023-01-09). Muebles Ludema presenta variadas ofertas a la población tunera (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Una variada línea de muebles para el hogar se oferta a la población de la ciudad de las Tunas en el punto de venta de la Unidad Empresarial de Base (UEB) Ludema. Juegos para sala y comedor, repisas, respaldos para camas, sillones de aluminio, mesas para diversos usos, cojines y almohadas son algunos de los productos en venta.

teleSUR- lvm, JCM (2023-01-09). Regresan partidos opositores a elecciones legislativas en Benín. telesurtv.net El horario establecido para la apertura y cierre de los colegios electorales es desde las 07H00 hora local hasta las 16H00 hora local.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-09). Guatemala captura a tres reos extraditables a EE.UU en 2023. telesurtv.net Durante el 2022, las fuerzas de seguridad del país centroamericano capturaron a 27 personas solicitadas por EE.UU. por diferentes delitos.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-09). Líderes de A. Latina rechazan golpe antidemocrático en Brasil. telesurtv.net Rechazan enérgicamente la invasión de las sedes de los tres poderes del Estado en la capital de esa nación, Brasilia.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-09). Secuestran a más de 30 personas en el sur de Nigeria. telesurtv.net Según fuentes oficiales, varios hombres armados habrían atacado a un grupo de viajeros en el estado nigeriano de Edo.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-09). Biden arriba a México para Cumbre de América de Norte. telesurtv.net López Obrador le dio la bienvenida. La Cumbre tendrá lugar el martes próximo. También participará el primer ministro de Canadá, Justin Trudeau.

Staff (2023-01-09). Clásicos en la Habana (+ Fotos). cubadebate.cu Espectaculares coches antiguos: Plymouth, Mercury, Oldsmobile, Ford, Cadillac, Chevrolet o Dodge, entre otras marcas, transitan por las calles habaneras a diario, como si se hubiera detenido el tiempo en este museo al aire libre.

Staff (2023-01-09). Qué trae la prensa cubana, lunes 9 de enero de 2023. cubadebate.cu

Staff (2023-01-09). Tasas vigentes en el mercado cambiario cubano este 9 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 lunes 9 de enero en el mercado cambiario del país.

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2023-01-10: News Headlines

_____ (2023-01-10). Coup attempt in Brazil condemned by leaders from across the globe. popularresistance.org On Sunday January 8, supporters of former far-right Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Supreme Federal Court, the National Congress, and the Planalto Palace, the office of the president, breaking through the blockade of the Military Police and the National Security Force at the Esplanade of Ministers in the capital Brasília. After invading the headquarters of the three branches of government, the violent groups vandalized the buildings, looted the armory at the Planalto Palace, and caused tremendous damage to public institutions. | Following the acts of violence, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva co…

Kurt Nimmo (2023-01-10). Usual Suspects in the Attempted Coup Against Lula in Brazil. globalresearch.ca

Codepink (2023-01-10). CODEPINK Rejects Attempted Coup against Brazil's Democracy! dissidentvoice.org CODEPINK is appalled and outraged at the attempted coup in Brazil that took place on January 8 by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Emulating the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack, fascist and extreme-right groups stormed Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court and presidential offices to subvert the constitutional order and call for a military intervention. The …

Labor Video Project (2023-01-10). Fascist Coup & Lessons For Brazilian Working Class With Fabio Bosco of Conlutas Union Fed. indybay.org Fabio Bosco and transit worker from Sao Paulo and with the independent Conlutas trade union federation reports on the results of the attempted coup in Brazil and what this means for the working class.

_____ (2023-01-10). Peru: General Strike Continues Despite Repression. popularresistance.org The general strike against Peru's coup regime is on its sixth consecutive day with barricades and roadblocks erected across the country. The weekend also saw countless illegal arrests of protesters and journalists. | According to authorities, protesters have blocked highways at 45 different points. The indigenous Aymara region of Puno is the center of opposition to the regime, with the highest number of barricades erected along highways. The roads connecting Puno to Arequipa, Cusco, and the Amazon, are among those currently blocked. | In Lima, 224 people were detained on Friday for participating in protests organ…

_____ (2023-01-10). Peru: Mass Protests And Major Challenges Ahead For The Left. popularresistance.org On December 7, 2022, the President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, was removed from power, arrested and imprisoned in what is being called a coup. This followed multiple attempts by the right-wing political parties and members of Congress to oust him. In response, more than a dozen Latin American and Caribbean nations refuse to recognize Dina Boluarte, who took over as president, and large numbers of people have mobilized throughout the country in protest. A general strike was declared on January 4, 2023. To help untangle the complicated political and social situation in Peru, Clearing the FOG speaks with Francesca Eman…

WSWS (2023-01-10). SGP holds powerful Berlin election rally against war. wsws.org The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei rally in the Spandau district gave a strong political lead in opposition to the German government sending tanks to Ukraine.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-10). US Might Send Ukraine Stryker Fighting Vehicles in Next Arms Package. news.antiwar.com The US is considering sending Stryker armored combat vehicles to Kyiv as part of a new weapons package that is expected to be announced next week, POLITICO reported on Monday. An unnamed Pentagon official said an arms package that may or may not include the Strykers will be announced next week during a meeting of …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-10). Former High-Level US Officials Warn Time Is Not on Ukraine's Side in the Conflict. news.antiwar.com Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned in an op-ed published by The Washington Post on Saturday that "time is not on Ukraine's side" as its economy is in shambles and the country is entirely reliant on foreign aid. The former officials said Russian President Vladimir Putin …

_____ (2023-01-10). On developments in the IPR over the past year and Russia's place there. journal-neo.org This article offers the author's perspective on some of the past year's outcomes with regard to developments in the Indo-Pacific region (IPR). It is where the focus of the current phase of the "Great World Game" shifts irreversibly. But first, a few words about the term itself. The public introduction of its shortened version is …

infobrics (2023-01-10). Named the Most Popular Chinese Cars from Experienced Russian Drivers in 2022. infobrics.org Chinese cars in 2022 were popular with Russian drivers who have been driving for more than 10 years…

infobrics (2023-01-10). Economic Corridor "China — Mongolia — Russia": Infrastructure in Focus. infobrics.org With logistical flows redirected, Russia's interest in the opportunities of east-bound transport routes, including transit via Mongolia to China and on to other destinations in Asia, has dramatically increased…

SouthFront5 (2023-01-10). Russian Soldiers Assembled Hand-Made Automatic Turret (Video). southfront.org

infobrics (2023-01-10). BRICS at the G20 and the Centrality of the Unated Nations Development Agenda. infobrics.org BRICS has an important role in the G20, precisely guided by its own resolutions on the pursuit of development, to drive the agenda and keep pushing until it is done, writes Mikatekiso Kubayi, Researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue associated with UNISA (South Africa)…

Kevin Keating (2023-01-10). San Francisco's leading neo-con Alice Cooper impersonator, the former Steve Schwartz! indybay.org This cheerleader for United States foreign policy crimes on three continents changes personas more frequently than most yuppies change their socks!

Sara Flounders (2023-01-10). Biden Administration Tramples on Japan's Post-World War II Pacifist Constitution by Pushing Country's Rearmament. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-01-10). How Sanctions Contributed to Venezuela's Economic Collapse. popularresistance.org During the past decade, Venezuela lived through the largest economic contraction documented in the history of the Western Hemisphere. The implosion took place at the same time as the U.S. government barred oil purchases, froze government bank accounts, prohibited the country from issuing new debt, and seized tankers bound for Venezuela. One would think it should be self-evident that any account of Venezuela's economic contraction would place economic sanctions in a central role. | However, sanctions play a surprisingly limited role in most mainstream accounts of the Venezuelan crisis. A recent Council on Foreign…

It's Going Down (2023-01-10). Defending Encampments and Fighting Evictions in Minneapolis: An Interview. itsgoingdown.org Over the past several years, various groups have mobilized in defense of encampments in so-called Minneapolis, working to provide mutual aid, standing in solidarity with the houseless, and fighting against evictions. Wanting to know more about this organizing, especially in the wake of a recent campaign in solidarity with the Quarry encampment, we caught up…

____ (2023-01-10). Role in supply chains grows. ecns.cn As China moves up the value chain, the country is becoming more of an exporter than importer of intermediate goods used by manufacturers elsewhere, helping strengthen the connectivity and hence competitiveness of regional supply chains.

____ (2023-01-10). Another 20 companies sign up for 6th CIIE. ecns.cn A new batch of 20 exhibitors signed up for the 6th China International Import Expo on Monday, bringing the total number of exhibitors signing up for the annual event this year to more than 300, said the event organizer.

____ (2023-01-10). China halts issuance of short-term visas to South Koreans. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-10). Foreign Ministry calls on U.S. to share data. ecns.cn China urged the United States on Monday to share its epidemic information and data with the World Health Organization and the international community in a timely.

____ (2023-01-10). President vows to advance Sino-Czech relations. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping pledged on Monday to push forward the steady development of relations between China and the Czech Republic, saying that more measures will be unveiled to promote cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries.

____ (2023-01-10). CO2 level in 2021 highest in human history. ecns.cn The global carbon dioxide level has hit a record high, the China Meteorological Administration said on Monday, further demonstrating that climate change remains a global challenge.

____ (2023-01-10). First carrier rockets of the year blast off. ecns.cn China launched two carrier rockets on Monday, its first space missions for 2023.

____ (2023-01-10). U.S. president declares emergency in California as winter storms continue. ecns.cn China has decided to suspend the issuing of short-term visas for South Korean citizens to visit China for visit, business, tourism, medical services, transit or other personal affairs, the Chinese embassy in Seoul said in a statement on Tuesday.

____ (2023-01-10). International tourism markets welcome Chinese tourists with open arms. ecns.cn Many countries welcomed Chinese tourists as China announced to downgrade management of COVID-19 infection and resume outbound tourism for Chinese citizensorderly.

____ (2023-01-10). China's border reopening significant for Singapore: Health Minister. ecns.cn China's borders reopening is an important milestone for the world to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, and also what many countries, industries, enterprises, families, and people have long expected, manifesting a significant stage for Singapore, said Ong Ye Kung, Singapore's Minister for Health on Monday.

____ (2023-01-10). China to see overall stability in employment in 2023: minister. ecns.cn China's overall employment situation will stay stable in 2023 as the economy continues to recover with optimized COVID response and pro-growth policies, a senior official has said.

____ (2023-01-10). China's 2022 domestic grain purchases estimated at 400 billion kg. ecns.cn China's 2022 domestic grain purchases are expected to reach 800 billion jin or 400 billion kilograms, keeping in line with the same level seen in previous years.

____ (2023-01-10). Islamic scholars from 14 countries visit Xinjiang region, praise efforts on countering terrorism, extremism. ecns.cn A group of Islamic figures and scholars are paying a visit to Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to get a clear and better understanding of the region in contrast to the U.S.-led smear campaign.

____ (2023-01-10). Multitude Chinese cities say they have past first COVID peak. ecns.cn Beijing, Chongqing, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Sichuan, Hainan……a number of provinces and regions across China report that they have already past the first peak of COVID-19 infections as number of patients at fever clinics in these regions continues to fall.

____ (2023-01-10). Exit-entry applications resume in Shanghai. ecns.cn Starting on Jan. 8, China downgraded COVID control measures from Class A to B, and applications for exit-entry services resumed in Shanghai.

____ (2023-01-10). First group of Chinese tourists lands in Thailand Monday, following China's anti-COVID policy shift. ecns.cn A total of 269 Chinese passengers, travelling on a Xiamen Airlines flight, landed in Thailand on Monday, marking the first group of Chinese tourists arriving in the Southeast Asian nation after the adjustment of China's policy shift on COVID-19 shift.

____ (2023-01-10). Major hydrogen power test center starts operation in southwest China. ecns.cn National Hydrogen Power Quality Inspection and Testing Center, an organization dedicated to boosting the development of China's hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle industry, started operation Monday in Chongqing Municipality.

Ari Paul (2023-01-10). The right turns anti-LGBTQ hate up to 11. mronline.org In the past few years, the right-wing media have become laser-focused on transgender issues, not always attacking trans people individually, but instead claiming that children are being "groomed" to adopt "radical gender ideology," and that rights for the trans community are infringing on the rights of children, women and Christians.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-10). Israel imposes more repressive measures on Palestinians following UNGA vote. mronline.org Apart from imposing travel restrictions on Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, Israel has confiscated USD 39 million from the body which will be transferred to the 'victims of terrorism' fund for Israeli citizens.

Staff (2023-01-10). President Maduro: Trump's Strategy to Defeat Us Failed (+Teacher's Strike). orinocotribune.com This Monday, January 9, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, said that Washington's Trumpist strategy to defeat his country had failed. "It collided with the democratic operations of this republic," Maduro said. | Maduro also noted that it will be likely be a long time before US representatives acknowledge their failure. | "It failed and someone has to pick up the broken glass in Washington," Maduro said. "It seems that there are no volunteers with enough intelligence and courage to pick up the broken glass. They secretly try to act without showing their faces, without the purpose of amendment, without sel…

Matthew Cunningham-Cook (2023-01-10). As Nurses Strike, Hospital CEOs Pocket Millions. levernews.com

Peter Boyle (2023-01-10). Invasion Day 2023: The struggle for First Nations justice and sovereignty continues. greenleft.org.au History shows that governments have consistently resisted any proposals from First Nations advisory bodies to deliver real justice. Peter Boyle argues that the Voice to parliament could end up another token gesture, unless there is a strong and independent movement for First Nations justice.

Lynda Carson (2023-01-10). Outing the Bay Area evil doers supporting the election deniers and rabid Freedom Caucus. indybay.org Members Of The House Freedom Caucus Who Seized Power, And Held The House Of Representatives Hostage For Four Days, While Extorting Political Concessions From Kevin McCarthy By Withholding Their Vote To Make Him The Speaker Of The House, In The New Congress:…

City of Sunnyvale (2023-01-10). Thursday 2/9: Special EVent: The Ultimate Guide to Purchasing an EV in 2023. indybay.org Zoom Webinar…

Mothers on the March (2023-01-10). Wednesday 1/11: Stand Up for Justice, Not Jenkins! indybay.org Herbst Theatre/sidewalk | 401 Van Ness Avenue | (across the street from SF City Hall)…

Rhythmix Cultural Works (2023-01-10). Let It Rock! The Mt Olympus of American Rock Bands, 1965-1995. indybay.org

Rhythmix Cultural Works (2023-01-10). Saturday 2/18: Mardi Gras Party with CHELLE! & Friends. indybay.org Rhythmix Cultural Works | 2513 Blanding Ave | Alameda CA 94 1…

Speak Out Now (2023-01-10). Saturday 1/21: 2023: A Coming Economic Crisis? Who Will Pay? with Richard Wolff (Online). indybay.org Online townhall, see website for details…

Lynda Carson (2023-01-10). Election deniers and Freedom Caucus extort more power through Kevin McCarthy. indybay.org Recent Battle Over The Speaker Of The House Is A Continuation Of The January 6 Attack On The Capitol!

Volunteer organized (2023-01-10). Monday 1/9: January 6th Justice: Our Freedoms, Our Vote – 2nd Anniversary Virtual Rally. indybay.org Virtual / Online event (hosted from Fremont, CA)…

Marc Saxer, Rainer Hank (2023-01-10). Battle for Social Democracy and Unfettered Capitalism. indybay.org Two opposing schools of thought face each other at the sickbed: neoliberalism and social democracy. But didn't the death-bells of neoliberalism ring in the course of the financial market crisis? Were not neoliberals unmasked as charlatans who first caused the whole mess with their deregulation medicine?

SC News (2023-01-10). Tuesday 1/10: Revisions to Downtown Expansion Plan at Santa Cruz City Council. indybay.org Attend meeting in person: Council Chambers, 809 Center Street, Santa Cruz | The Downtown Plan Expansion project is #30 on the City Council meeting agenda, and will be heard sometime after 5 PM, following oral communications. See meeting agenda for information on participating virtually/phoning in:…

PINE (2023-01-10). New Revelations Must Stop Concord NWS Negotiations. indybay.org The negotiations between the city of Concord and the developers that comprise Concord First Partners should be stopped. New revelations brought forth by reporter Dan Borenstein reveal legal entanglements regarding Albert Seeno the 3rd. The fiscal and organizational stability of Seeno's Discovery Builders is in question.

Cassidy Kakin (2023-01-10). Watzreal Satisfies with "Dark Album: Remaster," an Underground San Francisco Rap Gem. indybay.org On the remastered re-release of his gem "The Dark Album," San Francisco's Watzreal adds a handful of can't miss tracks and a true underground hit of an album.

Censored News (2023-01-10). Live Reno: Paiute and Shoshone Rally to Halt Lithium Mine at Thacker Pass as Court Begins. indybay.org The Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and other opponents of the planned Thacker Pass lithium mine marched to the Bruce R. Thompson Courthouse on Thursday morning and are now rallying outside. | Inside the building, a federal judge is now scheduled to hear arguments from attorneys representing tribes, environmental groups, and a local rancher who have all sued to halt the mine, as well as from Lithium Nevada—the company behind the mine— and the Bureau of Land Management, which permitted the project.

David Giesen (2023-01-10). Sunday 1/8: The Pursuit of Happiness framed in political-economic terms. indybay.org Virtual through Google Meet: The Pursuit of Happiness framed in political-economic terms | Sunday, January 8 ∑ 7: 00 — 8: 00pm | Google Meet joining info | Video call link: meet.google.com/mqd-jtmf-gkk

Dean Baker (2023-01-10). The Good and Better News About the Economy. cepr.net Everyone who carefully follows the news about the economy knows that we are in the middle of the Second Great Depression. On the other hand, those who read less news, but deal with things like jobs, wages, and bills probably think the economy is pretty damn good. We got more evidence on the pretty damn …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Minute: Signs that stress is becoming toxic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With a new year right around the corner, it might be time to reset when it comes to your mental health. Stress is a normal physical and psychological response to the everyday demands of life. Small amounts of stress can motivate you to face daily challenges. But when stress becomes too much to manage, it can be unhealthy. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/h-YvtbADf3M Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Minute: Be realistic with New Year's health resolutions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Getting in better shape is consistently one of the most common New Year's resolutions people make each year, but many have a hard time following through. Dani Johnson, a wellness physical therapist with the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program, offers tips to make it easier to stick to a resolution to get in shape. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/9UcuKAFFISg Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Osteoporosis and supplements for bone health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother had osteoporosis and suffered a devastating fall in her early 60s that she never recovered from. I am 42, and I want to be proactive about my bone health. What screening do I need, and what if any supplements are necessary to optimize my bone health? What factors can help me maintain strong bones as I age? ANSWER: Osteoporosis is a condition that causes the bones to thin and lose their strength….

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Minute: Treating skin cancer with Mohs surgery. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Nearly 5 million people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with a form of skin cancer this year, according to the American Cancer Society. Dr. Naiara Sbroggio Barbosa, a Mayo Clinic dermatologist, explains how Mohs surgery can be used to treat basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and some types of melanoma. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/IB8JeZ4nhkY Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Glaucoma — the 'silent thief of sight'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: During my recent eye exam, the eye doctor used a machine to blow a puff of air into each of my eyes. It felt like I was in a video game, but I was the target. It didn't hurt, but it did startle me. What does this test measure and how is it helpful in evaluating my vision? Is this something I need to have regularly repeated? ANSWER: Vision tests are always important to…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Socioeconomic status measure helps researchers develop artificial intelligence models, improving equity in health care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Social determinants of health impact people's well-being and quality of life. These social determinants — conditions such as access to nutrition, safe and affordable housing, jobs, transportation, and access to health care — are some of the factors that lead to disparities in health and health care if they are not addressed. "Defining and assessing social determinants of health really invites clinicians, educators, and researchers to embrace a broader understanding of health in the social…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Consumer Health: When is a hangover an emergency? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org During the holiday season, it may seem like opportunities to celebrate are everywhere, and alcohol is often part of the festivities. When it comes to alcohol, though, the key is moderation. Besides the long-term risks of alcohol use, an immediate consequence is often a hangover. What is a hangover? A hangover is a group of unpleasant signs and symptoms that can develop after drinking too much alcohol. As a general rule, the more alcohol you drink,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Consumer Health: Do you know the symptoms of glaucoma? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating this group of eye conditions. About 3 million people in the U.S. have glaucoma, and it's the second-leading cause of blindness worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, often due to abnormally high pressure in your eye. Elevated eye pressure is due to a buildup of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Why does my shoulder ache? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you find yourself rubbing your shoulder after reaching up to take a coffee mug off the shelf, hammering in a nail just over your head or climbing into a pickup cab, you're among millions of Americans — particularly those over 60 — with a shoulder issue. Shoulder pain could be a sign of arthritis, tendonitis, a rotator cuff tear or shoulder instability. Whatever the cause, you may want to consult with an orthopedic professional….

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Enlarged veins can cause pain, infertility. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Many people have heard of varicose veins before. But it's not just the leg veins that can become twisted, enlarged, and feel achy or itchy. Any vein can become varicose, including veins in the scrotum. About 30% of men have enlarged and twisted veins in their scrotums. These are called varicoceles. They develop when blood pools in the veins instead of circulating out of the scrotum. Varicoceles usually develop over time, beginning in puberty, but…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Minute: Update adult vaccinations for a new year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Personal health is often among the top New Year's resolutions each January. Beyond diet and exercise, Dr. John Presutti, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, says the new year is a good calendar reminder to update adult vaccinations. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/R8WuQQINFi4 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 05) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Whether it's the annual flu shot, latest COVID-19…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Advances in screening for colon cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A friend of mine passed away recently after receiving a colon cancer diagnosis. Who is at risk for this cancer, and should I be screened? ANSWER: Colorectal cancer includes colon and rectal cancers, both originating in the lower portion of the large intestine and into the rectum. Estimates are that about 1 in 20 individuals in the U.S. will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in their life. Men are slightly more likely than women…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Reducing stress in the new year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a working mom of two teenagers. I have a career that requires long hours, and I struggle with juggling work and home responsibilities. I don't get to the gym as often as I'd like. I'm having more episodes of headache and struggling with sleep. I also realized I am coping with stress by eating more than normal. With the new year, I'd like to find ways to improve my health and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Science Saturday: Aspiring to deliver new cures for complex conditions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic is building toward a future when biologics can cure cancer, kidney disease and diabetes. Mayo marks 2022 as a year of significant strides in accelerating science to make and deliver regenerative biotherapeutics. The goal is to offer new options, based on rigorous research in cell and gene therapies, for disorders with few available treatments. The Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics has a new strategy of advancing regenerative discoveries toward early-stage clinical trials and industry…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Minute: What are superbugs? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Antibiotics treat bacterial infections, prevent the spread of disease and reduce serious complications of disease. But misusing antibiotics can lead to drug resistance and strains of superbugs. Dr. John Presutti, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, explains what your care team may ask of you before prescribing an antibiotic. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/N1nL8S0fVWo Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network."…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). New year, new goals, new edition of 'The Mayo Clinic Diet'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Each new year brings new hope and many weight loss goals that often go unrealized. "The foundation of any weight loss program, whether it involves different types of programs, medications, procedures ≠ ≠— it does get down to lifestyle and diet and physical activity. The way people go about this sometimes isn't productive. Just starving and trying to exercise for a couple of hours a day usually doesn't work well," says Dr. Donald Hensrud, an internal…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Minute: Winter skin protection tips. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Winter weather changes can negatively affect the skin — the body's largest organ. Colder temperatures and a lack of moisture in the air can damage unprotected skin, especially on the face and hands. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/ppcOBDumjMc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). 1-2-3 approach to eating fruits and veggies. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Is it a challenge for you to eat all five servings of fruits and vegetables every day? The 1-2-3 approach can help you pack in all your servings — and more — throughout the day. Get six servings by eating: 1 serving with breakfast 2 with lunch 3 with dinner and snacks Remember that the serving size for fruits and vegetables is about 4 to 6 ounces. Measurements for one serving can differ depending on…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Healthy Weight Awareness Month. Mayo Clinic innovations can help you lose weight, keep it off. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org MEDIA ADVISORY: Mayo Clinic experts available to talk about obesity epidemic in America and innovations in weight loss procedures January is Healthy Weight Awareness Month — and a time when many consider a fresh start with healthier eating and exercise habits. Consider these stats on obesity in America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Forty-one percent of Americans are considered obese. And by 2030, an estimated 50% of Americans will be obese….

WSWS (2023-01-10). FTX bankruptcy fallout continues unchecked in crypto market. wsws.org The significance of the crypto debacle, marked by ongoing bankruptcies, lies in the fact that it is the most egregious expression of processes in the broader financial system.

WSWS (2023-01-10). New York City nurses take a stand against deadly understaffing. wsws.org The walkout of 7,000 nurses marks the first major strike of the new year in the United States and signals a new stage in the growing rebellion of health care workers.

WSWS (2023-01-10). Sri Lankan president demands more austerity. wsws.org Wickremesinghe's message underscores his determination to impose the burden of the deepening economic crisis gripping Sri Lanka onto the working class and the poor.

WSWS (2023-01-10). Mobilize the working class behind the New York nurses strike! wsws.org To wage a successful struggle, the New York City nurses must overcome the isolation and division that the New York State Nurses Association has imposed upon them.

WSWS (2023-01-10). Details emerge of union sell-out at Pampas as voting begins. wsws.org The proposed agreement contains changes that workers were told nothing about, while the gains promoted by the union as a "historic win" are exposed as a fraud.

WSWS (2023-01-10). Japan's healthcare system pushed to collapse by COVID-19 cases. wsws.org The number of COVID-19 cases are close to record-highs as nearly all measures to stop the spread of the virus have been removed in Japan.

WSWS (2023-01-10). New Zealand: Reject sellout of Wellington rail workers! wsws.org The Socialist Equality Group calls on rail workers in Wellington to reject the sellout agreement presented by the Rail and Maritime Transport Union, which constitutes a real wage cut, and to form a rank-and-file committee independent of the pro-capitalist union.

WSWS (2023-01-10). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org The Independent Union of Workers of Audi Mexico (SITAUDI) unilaterally extended a January 1 strike deadline by 10 days, despite two decisive contract rejection votes by workers, while 440 workers at Howard Brown Health clinics in Chicago returned after a three-day walkout.

WSWS (2023-01-10). Mandatory overtime is increasingly the norm for Canadian workers. wsws.org The eight-hour working day and forty-hour workweek are increasingly becoming a relic of the past in Canada and internationally. These fundamental advances, which workers fought and died for over the course of a century and a half, are now effectively a dead letter.

WSWS (2023-01-10). University of California to invest $4 billion in private equity giant Blackstone. wsws.org Emboldened by the UAW's sellout, the University of California has made a substantial investment in a company that profits from the maintenance of high rent.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-01-10). Honoring MLK Six Decades After the Mass Struggles of 1963. globalresearch.ca

Alex Bainbridge (2023-01-10). Labor drip feeds justice to refugees. greenleft.org.au Labor promised to end the cruel practice of imposing temporary protection visas. Alex Bainbridge argues its announcement concerning 19,000 refugees is welcome, but does not go far enough.

Anonymous Contributor (2023-01-10). Fighting Fascism from the Age of Reagan to the Present. itsgoingdown.org

Ben Radford (2023-01-10). Peaceful activists arrested resisting native logging in Bulga State Forest. greenleft.org.au Police arrested two activists peacefully protesting the NSW Forestry Corporation's logging of Bulga State Forest. Ben Radford reports.

____ (2023-01-10). Duty-free shopping heats up in tropical province. ecns.cn The offshore duty-free shopping market in Hainan province has continued to embrace a rosy sales performance following the approaching winter tourist season and the optimization of COVID-19 prevention and control measures.

____ (2023-01-10). FM Qin's trip to cement ties with African, Arab nations. ecns.cn Beijing pins high hopes on partnership and collaboration with African and Arab countries at the start of the new year as Foreign Minister Qin Gang embarks on his first trip abroad since being appointed to…

____ (2023-01-10). Nation's casualties from natural disasters at record low in 2022. ecns.cn Casualties caused by natural disasters across the country came in at a record low in 2022, despite increasing extreme weather events due to climate change and the impacts of COVID-19 on rescue operations.

____ (2023-01-10). Renminbi on rebound as recovery sets. ecns.cn The renminbi's offshore exchange rate against the greenback, which reflects international investors' outlook on the Chinese currency, once touched 6.7669 during afternoon trading, with an intraday surge of more than 600 basis points.

____ (2023-01-10). Wanderlust unleashed after restrictions eased. ecns.cn Chinese tourists have shown their enthusiasm to once again venture overseas after the government eased COVID-19 restrictions on international travel on Sunday.

____ (2023-01-10). Gov't to cover treatment costs until at least March. ecns.cn Patients needing treatment for COVID-19 will not have to foot pricey bills for hospitalization out of their own pockets until at least the end of March, according to authorities.

____ (2023-01-10). First main tower of Huangmaohai cross-sea link capped. ecns.cn The first main tower of the Gaolangang Bridge as part of Huangmaohai cross-sea link was successfully capped on Monday.

____ (2023-01-10). Winter view of Gongga Mountain in Sichuan. ecns.cn Aerial photo taken on Jan. 9, 2023 shows an icefall coming down from Gongga Mountain in Hailuogou Glacier Park of Luding County, Sichuan Province, four months after the park was rattled by a magnitude-6.8 earthquake.

Federico Fuentes (2023-01-10). Razem: Building a left alternative in Poland. greenleft.org.au Polish left-wing party

Isaac Nellist (2023-01-10). Frances Peters-Little on the 1967 referendum, Voice and the struggle for Black rights. greenleft.org.au Frances Peters-Little, director of Vote Yes For Aboriginies, a film about the 1967 referendum, discusses the political context of the vote and the upcoming referendum on the Voice to Parliament with Isaac Nellist.

Ismet Tashtan (2023-01-10). Protest demands justice for assassinated Kurdish activists in Paris. greenleft.org.au Members of Sydney's Kurdish community and their supporters held a peaceful protest outside the French consulate in Sydney to call for justice for Kurdish activists assassinated in Paris by the Turkish state.

Karsten Riise (2023-01-10). South Korea Wants to be World's Fourth Arms Exporter. globalresearch.ca

Peter Boyle (2023-01-10). France: 25,000 march in Paris to demand justice for assassinated Kurdish activists. greenleft.org.au A large march took place in Paris, on January 7, to demand justice for three Kurdish female activists assassinated by a Turkish gunman in that city 10 years ago. Peter Boyle spoke to Kurdish solidarity activist and writer Sarah Glynn who participated in the march.

Philip Giraldi (2023-01-10). Will 2023 be Worse Than 2022? "Stepping into World War III" globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-01-10). Venezuela's National Assembly May Appoint New CNE Board in Response to Opposition Requests. orinocotribune.com Caracas, January 9, 2023 ( "In the round of conversations that President Maduro undertook with different sectors of the opposition, in the private meetings that were held with representatives of the Unitary Platform, in some of these conversations, not a few, the pr…

WSWS (2023-01-10). The fascist storming of Brasilia: A warning to the working class. wsws.org The organizers of the fascist assault in Brasilia are deeply entrenched in the state and especially in the military.

WSWS (2023-01-10). Japan's health care system pushed to collapse by COVID-19 cases. wsws.org The number of COVID-19 cases are close to record-highs as nearly all measures to stop the spread of the virus have been removed in Japan.

____ (2023-01-10). Classified documents found at Biden think tank. ecns.cn A special counsel to U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that classified documents had been found at a private office here used while he was vice president.

____ (2023-01-10). U.S. House adopts rules package after dysfunctional opening week. ecns.cn The U.S. House of Representatives adopted a rules package on Monday after the dysfunctional opening week.

____ (2023-01-10). Chinese, Bangladeshi FMs meet on ties. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with his Bangladeshi counterpart Abdul Momen briefly at the airport in the Bangladeshi capital early Tuesday on further improving bilateral relations.

Esho Tammary, Kumar Manasi (2023-01-10). [Review] Mental and sexual health outcomes associated with FGM/C in Africa: a systematic narrative synthesis. thelancet.com There are gaps in evidence regarding mental and sexual outcomes and associated interventions for women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) living in Africa. This study employed a narrative synthesis to collate evidence on mental and sexual health outcomes. A systematic search of bibliographic databases and websites was performed using appropriate keywords and studies published in English from January 1, 2010 to March 25, 2022. 25 studies were retrieved and reported mental and sexual health complications associated with FGM/C.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-10). Imperial civil engineer honoured by President of Kenya. imperial.ac.uk The Head of Imperial's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has received one of Kenya's highest honours from its President.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Minute: Hearty and heart-smart winter soups. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org By December, the summer vegetable gardens have all been harvested. Winter fruits and vegetables are now on the menu. Elizabeth J. Bailey, a Mayo Clinic dietitian, says traditional winter vegetables can be satisfying and healthy in meals like salads and soups. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/LOWujA2zjrI Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Pediatric pectus excavatum. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: We've noticed an indent in our son's chest since he was about 6 years old. Our pediatrician diagnosed this as pectus excavatum but said that it was nothing to worry about. Six years later, he's starting to complain that his heart is racing, and he experiences loss of endurance and shortness of breath with exercise. We are very concerned and wondering if we need another opinion. I've heard surgery may be necessary for…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic expert provides perspective on FDA approval of another experimental Alzheimer's drug. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval of a disease-modifying treatment that could potentially give some patients with Alzheimer's disease something they haven't had before: a medication that may slow the decline of memory and thinking. A monoclonal antibody, lecanemab, shows promise in removing amyloid plaques from the brain, according to phase 3 trial results. Amyloid plaques are one of the defining features of Alzheimer's disease, according to Dr. Ronald Petersen, a neurologist…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Celebrating international relationships, past, present and future. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It was 100 years ago that Dr. Charles Mayo visited France and met with famed physicist Marie Curie, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize. That meeting helped to set the stage for her research collaboration with Mayo and the relationship between Mayo and France that continues today. Celebrating those past, present and future relationships was the reason for a news conference held at Mayo Clinic on Friday, Jan. 6. Ambassador of France to…

Global Research News (2023-01-10). Selected Articles: Video: Bombshell Docs Reveal COVID-19 Cover-Up Goes Straight to the Top. Redacted with Clayton Morris. globalresearch.ca By A BOMBSHELL new report claims shows that the Department of Defense [mda…

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-10). House Republicans Divided Over Potential Military Budget Cut. news.antiwar.com Republicans in the House are divided over a deal Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) made with conservative GOP members to secure enough votes to win the speakership that could potentially bring this year's military budget down by about $75 billion, although the chances of the cut making it through Congress are unlikely. One of the concessions …

Staff (2023-01-10). Samidoun salutes Jose Maria "Ka Joma" Sison during weeks of tributes. samidoun.net Since the passing of Filipino leader, comrade Jose Maria "Ka Joma" Sison, in the Netherlands on 16 December 2022, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network had the honor of participating in tributes and events celebrating the life of the co-founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines and one of the greatest revolutionaries of the past …

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-01-10). Presidente de Brasil reitera su compromiso por la democracia. telesurtv.net Lula ratificó que no serán autoritarios, pero tampoco serán tibios con los perpetradores del intento de interrumpir el sistema democrático.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-10). Líderes mundiales condenan intentona golpista en Brasil. telesurtv.net El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden calificó la situación en Brasil como "escandalosa" y algunos legisladores pidieron que Jair Bolsonaro fuera extraditado a Brasil.

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-10). Represión contra manifestaciones deja 14 fallecidos en Juliaca, Perú. telesurtv.net La Defensoría del Pueblo exhortó a la Fiscalía a realizar una investigación que permita esclarecer los hechos.

Staff (2023-01-10). Capa de ozono está en vías de recuperación, afirma Organización Meteorológica Mundial. cubadebate.cu La Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM) anunció este lunes que la capa de ozono está en vías de recuperación para las próximas cuatro décadas, y que la eliminación de los químicos que la dañan contribuye a mitigar los efectos del cambio climático.

Staff (2023-01-10). Messi y Cristiano Ronaldo podrían verse las caras en partido amistoso. cubadebate.cu Un mes después de haber levantado la Copa del Mundo, Lionel Messi regresa a Catar, pero esta vez será en el marco de una gira comercial con el PSG. La visita por Medio Oriente está programada para el próximo 18 y 19 de enero, que contemplará un partido amistoso entre el crack argentino y Cristiano Ronaldo, flamante jugador del Al Nassr.

Staff (2023-01-10). Play off de la Liga Élite: Agricultores ya está en la final, Centrales aún vive. cubadebate.cu Agricultores se convirtió hoy en el primer clasificado a la final de la I Liga Élite de Beisbol Cubano, tras barrer a Tabacaleros, en un cuarto juego que terminó por la mínima, 5×4. Mientras que Centrales logró una victoriasobre los Portuarios, en el noveno inning, que les permite seguir con vida e ir al sexto juego de la semifinal, al derrotarlos con pizarra de 8×6.

Staff (2023-01-10). La energía, nuestros techos… y los apagones. cubadebate.cu Parece que un metro cuadrado de paneles fotovoltaicos puede generar unos 150 Wh de energía eléctrica, y hasta bastante más. Supongamos que de los cerca de 4 000 000 de viviendas que hay en Cuba, la mitad tiene un techo expuesto al sol. En ese caso, 2 metros cuadrados de paneles es en cada una de ellas podría producir un total de 600 MWh durante todo el día.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-10). Palestina denuncia política israelí como intento de socavarla. telesurtv.net El nuevo ministro de Seguridad de Israel ordenó a la Policía que retire cualquier bandera palestina que ondee en espacios públicos del país.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-10). Gobierno de Reino Unido intenta poner fin a la ola de huelgas. telesurtv.net Sin embargo, uno de los sindicatos involucrados en conversaciones describió lo que se puso sobre la mesa como un "insulto" a los miembros.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-10). Autoridad del Canal de Suez reflota buque encallado. telesurtv.net Las autoridades del Canal de Suez reflotaron el barco MV Glorym luego de que este encallara cerca de Al-Qantara.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-10). FIFA designa árbitras para mundial femenino de 2023. telesurtv.net El grupo está conformado por 33 árbitras, 55 árbitras asistentes y 19 miembros del equipo arbitral de vídeo, que fueron elegidas luego de analizar su trayectoria.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-10). Venezuela ordena arrestar a exdiputadas de la Asamblea Nacional. telesurtv.net El fiscal agregó que por delitos de usurpación de funciones, traición a la patria, legitimación de capitales y asociación, se solicitaron órdenes de aprehensión contra tres exdiputadas.

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-10). Presidente de Nicaragua advierte sobre el fascismo en el mundo. telesurtv.net El mandatario de Nicaragua aseguró que así como se defiende la paz, también se debe defender la justicia.

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-10). Venezuela califica de fracaso la política asumida por EE.UU. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado afirmó que fracasó el intento de asaltar y sustituir los Poderes Públicos de Venezuela.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-10). Bolivia reporta disminución de casos de Covid-19 en una semana. telesurtv.net El titular de la cartera sanitaria refirió que la disminución equivale a 5.131 casos menos en la semana epidemiológica 52.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-10). OMM: capa de ozono está en vías de recuperarse en próximas 4 décadas. telesurtv.net La OMM asegura que, de conservarse las medidas actuales, la capa de ozono recuperaría los valores que tenía en 1980 antes de la aparición del agujero.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-10). Gobierno brasileño denuncia el robo de armas por bolsonaristas. telesurtv.net Paulo Pimenta indicó que el armamento robado se encontraba almacenado en el Gabinete de Seguridad Institucional, en el Palacio del Planalto.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-01-10). Indepaz denuncia segunda masacre en Colombia durante 2023. telesurtv.net Tres personas fueron asesinadas en el barrio Alfonso Gómez, incluida una mujer que murió durante el viaje al hospital.

Atilio A. Boron (2023-01-10). Brasil — Crónica de un ensayo anunciado. globalizacion.ca En este artículo el autor analiza 'el clima de esta época', en la que la intentona golpista en Brasil es el resultado de un acontecimiento largamente preparado y en sintonía con la estrategia neofascista internacional. | Lo ocurrido en Brasil es…

Jeferson Miola (2023-01-10). Brasil: øIntento de golpe? globalizacion.ca El asalto al Capitolio de Brasilia, que fue pronosticado durante tanto tiempo, finalmente sucedió. Y con refinamientos de gravedad en relación a la inspiración original, el asalto al Congreso de los Estados Unidos, el 6 de enero de 2021. | El…

Raúl Zibechi (2023-01-10). Geopolítica y conflicto social. globalizacion.ca En algún momento deberíamos comprender que la crítica no es solo éticamente defendible, sino políticamente decisiva para forjar las fuerzas del cambio. No se consigue avanzar en esa dirección eludiendo debates. | Creo que las luchas de las personas oprimidas se…

Victoria Korn (2023-01-10). Comunicación directa permanente: Nuevo cónclave Petro-Maduro. globalizacion.ca Los presidentes de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, y, Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, se reunieron este sábado en el Palacio de Miraflores, en Caracas, para hacer una evaluación sobre la agenda binacional desde que se reactivó la correspondencia entre ambos países, y los…

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-10). Protestas en Perú continúan en su sexto día consecutivo. telesurtv.net Puno es la ciudad con mayor obstrucciones cuando permanecen cerradas las vías hacia Arequipa, Cusco y Madre de Dios.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-10). Cristina Fernández recusa a jueza del caso del atentado en su contra. telesurtv.net La recusación se basa en la relación de Capuchetti con el Instituto Superior de Seguridad Pública de Buenos Aires.

teleSUR, NA, JGN (2023-01-10). Gabriela Mistral, poetisa extraordinaria. telesurtv.net Este martes se conmemora el 66 aniversario de la muerte de Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, mejor conocida como Gabriela Mistral. Su obra poética revolucionó el mundo literario y en 1945 recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura, el primer galardón para un autor latinoamericano. Este día la recordamos con tres fragmentos de sus grandes poemas.

Juraima Almeida (2023-01-10). El terror fascista y golpista sigue estremeciendo Brasil. globalizacion.ca Miles de seguidores del ultraderchista expresidente de Brasil Jair Bolsonaro sumieron el domingo al país en la crisis más grave desde el fin de la dictadura militar hace 38 años. Una multitud de bolsonaristas asaltó las sedes del Congreso, del…

Staff (2023-01-10). Gareth Bale se despide del fútbol. cubadebate.cu El futbolista Gareth Bale, gran estandarte de Gales, decidió hoy retirarse del deporte activo y poner fin así a una excelente carrera profesional. El internacional de 33 años colgó las botas tras jugar durante 17 años en Southampton, Tottenham, Real Madrid y Los àÅngeles FC.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-10). Colombia y Chile coordinan estrategias de trabajo bilateral. telesurtv.net En el cónclave, Petro y Boric firmaron una declaración conjunta en pos de la paz y los derechos humanos.

Staff (2023-01-10). Las 3 del día: øCómo se conformó la nómina cubana de 50 peloteros al Clásico Mundial? (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu En Las 3 del día abordamos este lunes cómo fue el proceso de la integración de la preselección al Clásico Mundial, con declaraciones del presidente de la Federación Cubana de Beisbol Juan Reinaldo Pérez Pardo, y Armando Johnson, entrenador del equipo Cuba. Luego, pasamos al resumen informativo.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-10). Presidente mexicano pide a Biden finalizar "desdén" hacia América Latina. telesurtv.net Biden y AMLO sostuvieron un encuentro bilateral en Palacio Nacional, sede del poder Ejecutivo ubicado en el centro de la capital mexicana, en la víspera de la Cumbre de Líderes de América del Norte.

teleSUR, odr, JGN (2023-01-10). Al menos 10 jóvenes palestinos son detenidos por fuerzas israelíes. telesurtv.net En el hecho las fuerzas especiales israelíes allanaron los hogares y redujeron las manifestaciones con agua mofeta.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-10). Movimiento popular repudia intentona golpista en Brasil. telesurtv.net El presidente Lula da Silva decretó la intervención federal en la seguridad pública del Distrito Federal hasta el 31 de enero.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-10). Aumenta a 17 la cifra de muertos por represión policial en Juliaca, Perú. telesurtv.net El número acumulado de fallecidos por la represión policial desde el comienzo de las protestas en Perú ascendería a 46.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-10). Policía detienen a 1.200 bolsonaristas tras desmantelar campamentos en Brasilia. telesurtv.net El campamento de militantes bolsonaristas delante del cuartel general del Ejército fue desmontado sin uso de la violencia.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-10). Poderes del Estado llaman a defender la democracia en Brasil. telesurtv.net Los jefes de los tres poderes del Estado en Brasil rechazaron los actos terroristas de los bolsonaristas radicales en Brasilia.

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-10). Realizan movilización en defensa de la democracia en Brasil. telesurtv.net Los actos se han registrado en varias partes del país como Manaos, Alagoas, Pernambuco, Avenida Paulista de Sao Paulo, Brasilia, entre otras.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-10). Panamá confirma segundo caso de influenza aviar. telesurtv.net Se trata de un ave silvestre ubicada en la cercanía del área del puerto de Vacamonte, distrito de Arraiján, en Panamá Oeste.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-01-10). Registran sismo de magnitud 7,6 cerca de islas Tanimbar, Indonesia. telesurtv.net Hasta el momento, las autoridades indonesas no han notificado daños materiales ni humanos.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-01-10). Tropas israelíes hieren a dos palestinos en Aqqaba, Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Los jóvenes fueron trasladados a la instalación hospitalaria más cercana donde fueron reportados en condición moderada.

Staff (2023-01-09). Lula Restores Order After Rabid Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Brazil's Capital. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, January 8, groups of supporters of the former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, forcibly seized several buildings in the capital, Brasilia, taking control of the Congress building, the Supreme Palace of the Federal Court (Supreme Court of Justice), and the Palace of Planalto, which houses both the president's office and headquarters of the three branches of government. They demanded the nullification of the recent presidential election results, which gave the victory to Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva, and have been stationed for weeks in front of the military barracks. However, by 5: 30 in the afternoon o…

____ (2023-01-09). Brazil Has a New President, and a Renewed Chance to Save the Amazon. transcend.org 5 Jan 2023 – The victory in Brazil's presidential race by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva may be one of the most momentous events in modern world history. Lula returned for a third term and has pledged to protect the Amazon and the indigenous communities that have long stewarded the forest.

____ (2023-01-09). Brazil Protests: Lula Vows to Punish 'Neo-Fascists' after Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Congress. transcend.org 9 Jan 2023 – President tours scene of riot and orders federal government to take control of policing in capital Brasília as extremists refuse to accept his presidency.

____ (2023-01-09). Brazil's Lula: "Join Us in a Great Collective Effort against Inequality" transcend.org 6 Jan 2023 – In a landmark inauguration speech, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva lays out his agenda for a more just Brazil and a new internationalism.

____ (2023-01-09). With Echoes of Jan. 6, Thousands of Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Presidential Offices. transcend.org 9 Jan 2023 – "The insurrection in Brazil can be directly tied to Trump and the Republicans' emboldening of fascism and violent extremism," said one progressive U.S. lawmaker. Lula was in Sà£o Paulo at the time of the attack and Congress was not in session.

Federico Fuentes (2023-01-09). Brazil: 'Stop the coup offensive' says Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) as extreme right protesters storm Congress. greenleft.org.au Brazil's Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) has condemned the invasion by former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro supporters of the country's National Congress, Federal Supreme Court and presidencial residency, arguing it "represents an attempted coup d'état", reports Federico Fuentes.

Federico Fuentes (2023-01-09). Brazil: Socialists say 'Stop the coup offensive' as extreme right protesters storm Congress. greenleft.org.au Brazil's Socialism and Liberty Party has condemned the invasion by former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro supporters of the country's National Congress, arguing it "represents an attempted coup d'état", reports Federico Fuentes.

____ (2023-01-09). World leaders condemn supporters of Brazilian ex-president storming national seats of power. ecns.cn World leaders repudiated the protesters' acts and expressed their support for the incumbent Brazilian government.

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-09). Colombia condemns far-right attacks on Brazil's democratic institutions. colombiareports.com Colombia's Foreign Ministry condemned far-right attacks on government buildings in Brazil and called on other governments to do the same. In a message on social media platform Twitter, the Foreign…

_____ (2023-01-09). Peru: Social Movements Declare National Strike. popularresistance.org The indefinite national strike in Peru, called by various social movements of the country, has been continuing since January 4, in demand of a constituent assembly, the release of President Pedro Castillo from prison, and the resignation of de facto President Dina Boluarte and her illegitimate government. | The strike has spread through the country, with the greatest presence in the departments of Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Puno, Cusco, and Tacna. The protesters demand the closing of the Congress, dominated by the ultra-right, which removed the democratically elected president, Pedro Castillo on December 7, 20…

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-01-09). Friday 1/13: SF Rally-Smash US Supported Coup In Peru, US Gov & Biden Get Bloody Hands Off Peru. indybay.org Peru Consulate | 790 Market St. | San Francisco…

Editor (2023-01-09). Stop fascist coup in Brazil an editorial. workers.org Just a week after the inauguration of Brazil's newly elected and former President Luis Ignacio "Lula" da Silva, a pro-fascist mob attempted Jan. 8, 2023, to provoke a military coup against his government, by attacking key government buildings in Brasilia, the capital. As of the morning of Jan. 9, this . . . |

Ann Brown (2023-01-09). Brazilians Loyal to Ousted President Go Full MAGA, Assault Capitol: 5 Things To Know. moguldom.com Supporters of far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Brazil's Capitol building on Jan 8 in a scene reminiscent of the Jan. 6, 2021, attempted siege on the U.S. Capitol by former President Donald Trump supporters. On Oct. 30, 2022, former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reclaimed the office. He ran on a …

Amy Goodman (2023-01-09). Bolsonaro Backers Storm Government Buildings in January 6-Style Attempted Coup. truthout.org Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is condemning thousands of supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed the Brazilian Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace Sunday in a scene reminiscent of the U.S. Capitol insurrection. Rioters smashed windows, ransacked offices and set fire to a carpet inside the Congress building before authorities made over 400… |

Sarah Anderson (2023-01-09). For Lula, Fighting Against Fascism and For Economic Justice is Nothing New. inequality.org

Fabiano Maisonnave, Tatiana Pollastri, Eraldo Peres (2023-01-09). Brazil's Lula vows no deforestation but challenges loom. peoplesworld.org XAPURI, Brazil (AP) — Since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as president of the second most populous country in the western hemisphere Jan. 1, few challenges have been greater than fulfilling his promise to end all deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon by 2030. To understand why, consider the vastly different visions of …

C.J. Atkins (2023-01-09). Bolsonaro supporters execute Jan. 6-style fascist coup attempt in Brazil. peoplesworld.org In a scene reminiscent of the Trump coup attempt of Jan. 6, 2021, supporters of defeated Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tried to pull off their own overthrow of democracy on Sunday by storming the Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace. Thousands of right-wing demonstrators muscled their way past light security in the capital …

The Associated Press (2023-01-09). Brazil Cracks Down Post-Riot, Vows to Protect Democracy. latinorebels.com Brazilian authorities vowed Monday to protect democracy and punish thousands of supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed and trashed the nation's highest seats of power in chaos with striking similarities to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

WSWS (2023-01-09). Fascists storm Brazilian government buildings two years after attempted coup at US Capitol. wsws.org Sunday's events mark a new stage in the explosive political crisis in Brazil and throughout Latin America.

José Luis Granados Ceja (2023-01-09). Venezuela's Maduro Denounces 'Neo-Fascist' Coup Attempt in Brazil. venezuelanalysis.com The Brasilia events could lead to a long destabilization campaign by right-wing forces as has been done by their counterparts in Venezuela and Bolivia.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). In Video: 'This Is What Defence Of Bakhmut Looks Like'. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Military Situation In Ukraine On January 9, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU positions near Novomikhaylovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Kharkov with high-precision missiles; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Sinkovka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Bakhmut; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Russian air defense systems shot down 10 HIMARS and Uragan rockets near Zugres, Dokuchayevsk in the DPR…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Military Overview: Battle For Soledar On January 9, 2022. southfront.org On January 9, the headquarters of the DPR Defense Ministry officially confirmed that the Russian armed forces took control of the village of Bakhmutskoye located on the outskirts of Soledar. | The first reports about the Russian control of the village came about a week ago. Today, the information was confirmed by local military officials. In their turn, Wagner fighters have earlier claimed that they do not claim control of a settlement immediately after the enemy leaves it but wait for severa…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Military Situation In Donbass On January 9, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian-led forces reportedly took control of Pidgorodne; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in the center of Soledar; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Bakhmut and its outskirts; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Novomikhaylovka with high-precision missiles; | Up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 armored vehicle and 3 pickups were destroyed by Russ…

_____ (2023-01-09). Tanks for the Memories!.. German and NATO Tanks to Roll in Ukraine. strategic-culture.org German, American and French tanks are supporting a regime that openly glorifies its Nazi collaborators. They say history never repeats exactly. It certainly rhymes though. | German tanks rolling into Ukraine to fight Russian troops would have seemed an unbelievable scenario given the dreadful history of World War Two. Yet that scenario is where the NATO proxy war against Moscow is headed. The development has the disturbing echo of Operation Barbarossa when the Nazi Wehrmacht launched its offensive on the Soviet Union in 1941. | Instead of Panzer Tiger tanks, we will see German Marder "fighting vehicles" trundling…

infobrics (2023-01-09). Ukrainian forces provoke Russia despite Moscow's effort for religious armistice. infobrics.org Kiev's rejection of Christmas truce shows that the neo-Nazi regime does not want any type of dialogue.

Zoe Alexandra (2023-01-09). 'They Shot Them Down Like Animals': Massacre in Peru's Ayacucho. orinocotribune.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-09). Context and Practice of International Politics: Experience in 2022 and Expectations for 2023. libya360.wordpress.com Timofei Bordachev The dramatic events of 2022, centred on the military-political conflict between Russia and the West over the Ukrainian issue, are a vivid example of the interaction of context and practice in international politics. The global context, within which one cannot help but consider the most acute manifestation of the current clash of interests,…

_____ (2023-01-09). "I Speak For The Georgian Legion — We Don't Take Russian Soldiers Prisoner!" journal-neo.org Reports of Georgian soldiers dying in the fight for Ukraine's independence are at first impression heartwarming, at least for the naàØve. BUT when you dig deeper into this story, you soon realise that their plight is of their own choice, and motivated by financial considerations, not solidarity or standing up for a fledgling democracy. As …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Ukraine Under The Control Of Blackrock. $7 Billion For Post-War Reconstruction. southfront.org Larry Fink | Written by Piero Messina | Is there a borderline between finance and terrorism? It probably doesn't exist anymore. War has become the best business of a dying capitalist world. And when a business is truly succulent, BlackRock, the most important global investment fund, is never missing. Even Ukraine will be their thing, even Ukraine is destined to end up in the customer portfolio of the company led by Larry Fink. There's not much to be surprised at. The rule is simple: destroy or have a nation destroye…

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-09). Star Morgan Stanley Analyst Mike Wilson: America's Stock Market Will Likely Fall 22%. moguldom.com The year 2022 ranked among the worst in Wall Street history, with decades-high inflation, a hawkish Fed, skyrocketing commodity prices and a war in Ukraine revving up fears of a recession. Some bulls predict inflation will crash much faster than expected and the Fed will pause its interest rate hikes. Historically, stocks have rallied when …

____ (2023-01-09). Can NATO and the Pentagon Find a Diplomatic Off-Ramp from the Ukraine War? transcend.org 3 Jan 2023 – The precarious fine line the US and NATO are walking in Ukraine, caught between their commitment to an open-ended, ever-escalating war and the existential danger of nuclear war. The dichotomy between the sober assessments of senior military officials and the policy choices of their political bosses.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-09). Ukraine Sanctions Dozens of Russian Artists for Allegedly Supporting the War. news.antiwar.com Ukraine on Saturday placed over 100 Russian artists and public figures on a sanctions list for their alleged support for the Russian invasion. The list includes TV presenters, singers, and musicians who Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, called "propagandists of death." Anna Netrebko, a Vienna-based opera singer, is one of the …

____ (2023-01-09). Russia Offering 'Korea-style' Peace Deal — Kiev. transcend.org 8 Jan 2023 – Moscow wants to formalize the status quo on the ground, Ukraine's top security official said.

WSWS (2023-01-09). Massive German arms exports in 2022. wsws.org Between January 1 and December 22, 2022, the German ruling coalition approved arms exports totaling upwards of 8.35 billion euros. Ukraine received the highest total of arms of any country.

_____ (2023-01-09). The Ukrainian crisis as perceived by Mongolian society. journal-neo.org The significant changes seen in the Ukrainian crisis in 2022 are being actively discussed all over the world. Mongolia, a small but no less important neighbor of the Russian Federation, is no exception in this regard. The unique features of Mongolia's historical development, its relations with Russia, its geographical location and the political and social …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-09). Ukraine FM Says 'No One Has Done Enough' to Support Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Monday that none of Ukraine's Western backers has "done enough" to support Kyiv in a call for more military aid. "Ukraine is grateful to partners for their military aid, but we should remain honest with one another: no one has done enough as long as Russian boots remain on …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-09). Britain Considering Supplying Ukraine With Challenger 2 Tanks. news.antiwar.com The UK is considering sending Ukraine its main battle tank, the Challenger 2, which would mark a significant escalation of military aid and would be the first time Kyiv would receive a Western-made heavy tank. British sources told The Guardian that the UK has been discussing sending the tanks since the summer, but no final decision …

_____ (2023-01-09). The Trillion Dollar Silencer. popularresistance.org Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across the U.S. in the last few years to decry police brutality, to oppose the Supreme Court's decision to restrict abortion rights, and to contest what they believed was a rigged election (the January 2021 Capitol riots). | Only small hardy bands by comparison have taken to the streets to protest record military budgets—approaching $1 trillion under Joe Biden—or the illegal bombing of Syria, expansion of U.S. troops in Africa, provision of $20 billion in U.S. military aid to Ukraine, and military provocations directed against China. | Joan Roe…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Military Situation In Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, On January 9, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

WSWS (2023-01-09). The Makeevka missile attack and the political crisis in Russia. wsws.org In an effort to deflect blame for the deaths of likely hundreds of Russian soldiers in a Ukrainian missile strike, the Kremlin is insisting that Ukraine was able to hit the barracks because the men were using their cell phones in contravention of military policy.

WSWS (2023-01-09). No tank deliveries to Ukraine! Stop the threat of a third world war! wsws.org Eighty-two years after the beginning of the German war of extermination against the Soviet Union, German tanks are again rolling against Russia. The German government is thereby risking a nuclear world war.

infobrics (2023-01-09). Russia-India Trade to Break Record in 2022. infobrics.org Russian and Indian relations are developing as the world tries to isolate Moscow in light of the Ukraine war…

Margaret Kimberley (2023-01-09). White Lives Matter More in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-01-09). After McCarthy election, Republicans, Democrats outline right-wing budget agendas. wsws.org The Republicans said they would seek major cuts in domestic social spending, while the Democrats emphasized protecting Wall Street and funding the war in Ukraine.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Troubled Way To NATO For Sweden And Finland. southfront.org | Since Sweden and Finland announced their bids to join NATO in May, citing the dangers of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Turkey has been the key holdout 'veto', complaining that the two countries and Sweden especially have played host to Kurdish "terrorists". | Ankara has since demanded sweeping changes, including the request that Sweden extradite individuals who are wanted in Turkey. Some of the Turkish requirements would require Sweden to even crackdown on the ability to protest among Kurdish…

Editor (2023-01-09). Caitlin Johnstone: Unprovoked! scheerpost.com In the mass media you're not allowed to talk about the U.S.-NATO actions that diplomats, politicians, academics — even the head of the C.I.A. — have long warned would lead to war in Ukraine.

_____ (2023-01-09). The January 2017 'Assessment' On Russiagate. popularresistance.org The banner headline atop page one of The New York Times print edition [now six] years ago today, on Jan. 7, 2017, set the tone for two years of Dick Cheney-like chicanery: "Putin Led Scheme to Aid Trump, Report Says." | Under a media drumbeat of anti-Russian hysteria, credulous Americans were led to believe that Donald Trump owed his election victory to the president of Russia, whose "influence campaign" according to the Times quoting the intelligence report*,* helped *"*President-elect Trump's election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton." | Hard evidence supporting the media and political rh…

Jacob G. Hornberger (2023-01-09). The Evil Strategy of "Degrading" Russia. globalresearch.ca

Mike Whitney (2023-01-09). The Plan to Carve Up Russia. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-09). Predictions for 2023? Annus Horribilis with Some Surprising Upsides. libya360.wordpress.com Sharmine Narwani This isn't going to be an easy year, anywhere. The constellation of events in the recent past — wars in Syria, Yemen, Libya; the targeting of Iran, China, Russia; the global pandemic and the securitization that ensued; the re-emergence of Salafi terrorism; widespread economic recession; failure of globalization; replacement of international law with…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Why Won't Russia Offer Sweden & Finland A Deal To NOT Join NATO? southfront.org | Written by Sweden and Finland have jointly and together been seeking membership in NATO, but Turkiye is blocking Sweden's bid unless and until Sweden will comply with Turkiye's own national-security demands. Russia would be severely endangered if Finland joins NATO — much more than if Sweden does — but it's a joint bid, and Finland has said they won't join unless bot…

Ukrinform (2023-01-09). Zelensky Strips 13 Pro-Russia Priests of Citizenship — Media. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). BREAKING: Series Of Mining Threats On Russian Planes. southfront.org | On January 9, a plane belonging to Azur Air which was flying from Moscow to Goa made an emergency landing in the Indian state of Gujarat after a report of mining, the Ministry of Civil Aviation of India reported. The state of Gujarat is located in the north-west of India. | Azur Air told that they received information from unidentified persons "about the alleged mining of one of their aircraft" and took necessary measures "according to the established procedure." According to the company, the aviatio…

Ray McGovern (2023-01-09). The Jan. 2017 'Assessment' on Russiagate. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-01-09). Russia Wants to Further Cut Its Dependence on the US Dollar by Buying up Chinese Yuan. infobrics.org Russia will start purchasing yuan on the currency market in 2023 if the country's oil and gas revenues meet expectations, Reuters reported…

Lucy Stock (2023-01-09). Weekly Round-up: Russian cease fire, 'minimum service levels' legislation, and a junior doctors' strike. ukhumanrightsblog.com Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images | In the news: |

unitedEditor (2023-01-09). "Time for the US to leave the region" unitedworldint.com Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar and Turkish National Intelligence Director Fidan met with Syrian Defense Minister Ali Mahmoud Abbas and Syrian intelligence heads in Moscow. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Russian intelligence officials were also attended the meeting. The meeting caused a worldwide echo. It is considered of turning point for the …

_____ (2023-01-09). U.S. Strategic Aim: Break and Dismember Russia; Or Maintain U.S. Dollar Hegemony? Or a Muddled 'Both'? strategic-culture.org The West cannot relinquish the sense of itself at the centre of the Universe, albeit no longer in a racial sense, Alastair Crooke writes. | A strategic aim would require a unitary purpose that could be succinctly outlined. It would require additionally a compelling clarity about the means by which the aim would be achieved and a coherent vision about what a successful outcome would actually look like. | Winston Churchill described the aim of WW2 as the destruction of Germany. But this was 'platitude', and no strategy. Why was Germany to be destroyed? What interest did destroying such a major trading partner achie…

_____ (2023-01-09). The FBI Wants To Put Me On Trial For Fighting For Black Freedom. popularresistance.org There are strong indications that in early 2023, I, Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP), 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. government and its "Department of Justice" will attempt to put us on trial and imprison us for fighting for the liberation of African people in the U.S. and around the world. | But they will fail. We will win. | I am 81 years old. My political work for the last…

____ (2023-01-09). The Sino-Russian Summit You Didn't Read About. transcend.org 4 Jan 2023 – The New York Times coverage of the recent summit between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping misses some of its most important details.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-09). The Smoldering Moldovan Crisis. libya360.wordpress.com GORDON M. HAHN The battle between Russia and the West for Moldova has been ongoing since the Soviet collapse, despite the country's constitutional ban on joining alliances, presumably applying only to military ones. That battle has been slowly escalating ever since the February 2014 Western-backed Maidan putsch, rise of the oligarchic-ultranationalist Maidan regime, Russia's annexation…

WSWS (2023-01-09). NATO recklessly escalates war against Russia. wsws.org At a certain point, the escalation of the US-NATO war against Russia begets escalation, creating a chain reaction that cannot be contained.

infobrics (2023-01-09). US shale oil boom has already come to an end. infobrics.org American shale oil failed to replace Russian energy sources for Europe.

Kurt Nimmo (2023-01-09). Children of Azov Conscripted to Die. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-01-09). Russia's Rosatom Sends 'More Advanced' Fuel Option for Indian Nuclear Plant. infobrics.org Russia's state-owned nuclear energy company Rosatom earlier this year sent a "more advanced" fuel option for a nuclear power plant in southern India, an Indian government minister told parliament…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Military Situation In Syria On January 9, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On January 9, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded 1 case of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On January 8, Turkish artillery shelled SDF positions near Ain Issa; | On January 9, SDF artillery shelled a Turkish base near Azaz city. Several Turkish servicemen reportedly were wounded; | Two SDF members were killed by the Turkish Army in the Olive Branch area in the northern Syria, according to the Turkish MOD; | The UN S…

infobrics (2023-01-09). China's normalization overtures rejected as US opts for another Taiwan escalation. infobrics.org Only three days after the new Chinese Foreign Minister's positive overtures, Washington DC insulted Beijing by ordering its warship to pass through the Taiwan Strait.

Ben Norton (2023-01-09). Nicaragua is world's #1 country where citizens feel at peace, Gallup poll shows. geopoliticaleconomy.com A poll by mainstream firm Gallup found that Nicaragua is the No. 1 country in the world where citizens feel at peace. Nine of the top 14 countries are in Latin America. But the US constantly attacks the Sandinista government and imposes sanctions on it.

Ben Norton (2023-01-09). China 'counters US dollar hegemony' with gold reserves, Argentina yuan currency swap deal. geopoliticaleconomy.com Advancing global de-dollarization, China's central bank is boosting its gold reserves while signing currency swap deals in yuan with countries like Argentina, encouraging the use of renminbi instead of US dollars.

Ben Norton (2023-01-09). China pushes de-dollarization with gold reserves, Argentina yuan currency swap deal. geopoliticaleconomy.com Advancing global de-dollarization, China's central bank is boosting its gold reserves while signing currency swap deals in yuan with countries like Argentina, encouraging the use of renminbi instead of US dollars.

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-01-09). Prince Harry's Great Afghan Shooting Party. globalresearch.ca

Kurt Nimmo (2023-01-09). Medvedev Suggests Parking Hypersonic Missiles Near the Potomac. globalresearch.ca

Robert S. Becker (2023-01-09). House demolition fits the Trump stunt dump: Déjà vu all over again. nationofchange.org Yet nihilism makes its own reward,/ To trigger mayhem & lift the overlord.

Sara Flounders (2023-01-09). Congressional chaos — deals and trades. workers.org The U.S. Congress' dysfunction was on full display through 15 rounds of votes for the "Speaker of the House" position. The rivalry, trading, dealing, secret and public concessions, within the Republican Party, and even physical scuffles were in clear view. The multiple votes and the open floor fights are a . . . |

_____ (2023-01-09). Uranium Water Contamination In US Far More Prevalent Than Believed. popularresistance.org Maybe it's the good kind of uranium that turns you into Spider-Man or the Incredible Hulk and not the bad kind of uranium that turns you into Thyroid Cancer Man — one of the lesser-known Marvel superheroes. | ProPublica has come out with an investigation entitled "The Cold War Legacy Lurking in U.S. Groundwater." After World War II, the Cold War started between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. because the rich needed to stop the damn Communists from pushing their furry hats on everyone! There was a feverish need to build loads of nuclear weapons. To do that, the U.S. needed uranium, and its ruling class didn't car…

Franàßois Diaz-Maurin (2023-01-09). Nowhere to Hide: How a Nuclear War Would Kill You — And Almost Everyone Else. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-01-09). Washington's 'Democracy Promotion' Spectacularly Fails In Venezuela. popularresistance.org The Los Angeles Times reports that "the audacious gamble by the U.S. government to…restore democracy" suffered a "spectacular failure" in Venezuela. What this State Department stenographer masquerading as a newspaper considers a "democratic" setback consisted of failing to impose unknown US security asset Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's president. | This man just got the boot from his own fractious opposition group, which voted 72-29 to disband his "interim government." The Hill reports that the pretend president still claims…

_____ (2023-01-09). Bolivian Unions Mobilize For President Luis Arce. popularresistance.org Bolivia's social movements have declared a state of emergency and permanent mobilization in support of President Luis Arce in response to riots in Santa Cruz by groups loyal to arrested coup leader, Luis Fernando Camacho. Social movements that made the declaration include the COB workers confederation, the campesino confederations (CSTUCB, Interculturales), and indigenous organizations (CONAMAQ, Bartolinas). | Executive Secretary of the COB, Juan Carlos Huarachi, held a press conference late last night after a meeting President Luis Arce, he said, "Today, all the social movements agree to declare ourselves in a s…

_____ (2023-01-09). Preparing To Strike: An Interview With A Bronx Nurse. popularresistance.org Left Voice spoke with Michelle Gonzalez, an ICU nurse at Montefiore Hospital and NYSNA union Executive Committee member, about the impending nurses' strike in New York City. | How did you get involved as a union activist? How long have you been organizing at your hospital? | I started advocating for the union about ten years ago, and this is the second time being on the executive committee of my union. I got into organizing because there were all these issues, particularly issues related to understaffing, that affected us in the hospital. We were taking out our frustration on each other instead of coming together…

_____ (2023-01-09). China Pushes De-Dollarization With Gold, Currency Swap Deal. popularresistance.org China's central bank has taken a series of steps to accelerate the global drive toward de-dollarization, challenging the hegemony of the greenback. | The People's Bank of China is increasing the share of gold in its foreign-exchange holdings, bucking the US dollar, which has for decades been dominant in reserves. | This January, China also signed an agreement with Argentina's central bank for a currency swap deal, in which Beijing will provide 130 billion Chinese yuan (roughly $19 billion USD) to help Buenos Aires stabilize its currency and economy. | The South American nation said it is "committed to deepen the…

Brett Wilkins (2023-01-09). Pentagon doc reveals US lied about Afghan civilians killed in 2021 drone strike. nationofchange.org One Amnesty International campaigner called the new report "more evidence that we need a huge change in how the U.S. uses lethal force and assesses and reveals its consequences."

____ (2023-01-09). Azvudine producer cuts price, boosts access. ecns.cn China's first oral anti-COVID-19 drug Azvudine will be covered by China's national medical insurance system after negotiations, China's National Healthcare Security Administration said Sunday evening.

____ (2023-01-09). Chinese palaeontologists identify new shrimp species. ecns.cn Chinese palaeontologists have established a new species of a shrimp fossil unearthed in southwest China's Yunnan Province, dating back 518 million years.

____ (2023-01-09). Timing of China's COVID response shift related to elderly vaccination: expert. ecns.cn The reason that China chose to adjust its COVID-19 response measures at this juncture is directly related to national elderly vaccination, said Liang Wannian, head of the COVID-19 response expert panel under China's National Health Commission when interviewed by state broadcaster CCTV.

____ (2023-01-09). China's commercial rocket CERES-1 Y5 launches 5 satellites. ecns.cn China on Monday launched the CERES-1 Y5 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

____ (2023-01-09). China's first breaking national team eyes Paris 2024. ecns.cn Eight breakdancers will represent China in Olympic qualifications, as the first ever Chinese national team of the new Olympic sport was established on Monday.

____ (2023-01-09). Economy grows despite COVID headwinds. ecns.cn Containers from all over the world wait to be loaded or unloaded at Yangshan Port near Shanghai on April 24.A worker collects helmets at a construction site in the Yizhuang area in Beijing on March 16, 2020. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily]…

____ (2023-01-09). 1.52 mln people sit China's civil servant exam. ecns.cn More than 1.52 million people sat at China's annual civil service recruitment examination to compete for vacancies with the central authorities and their branches.

____ (2023-01-09). Mulberry, cypress foundation discovered below ancient Chinese city wall. ecns.cn Archaeologists in central China's Henan Province have uncovered a sprawling layer of mulberry and cypress branches, believed to be the foundation of an ancient city wall.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-09). China Launches More Military Drills Around Taiwan Over 'Collusion' Between Taipei and 'External Forces'. news.antiwar.com

____ (2023-01-09). Ice dragon boat race held in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Racers compete on a 400-meter round ice track during an ice dragon boat race on Ulungur Lake in Fuhai County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Jan. 8, 2023.

____ (2023-01-09). China launches Shijian-23 satellite into space. ecns.cn A Shijian-23 satellite was launched aboard a modified version of the Long March-7 carrier rocket into space from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province at 6: 00 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Monday and entered its planned orbit successfully.

____ (2023-01-09). More Chinese cities break 2t yuan GDP mark. ecns.cn Seven cities in China registered GDP of over 2 trillion yuan ($294.4 billion) in 2022, according to a report by media outlet Yicai on Jan 8.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-09). The Bubble of Prejudice vs the Light of Hope in China's COVID Fight. libya360.wordpress.com Editorial Comment: I have only praise for China's response to Covid and their commitment to internationalism. My condemnation of Covid policies has been solely directed at Western nations (and the faux left supporting fascism and imperialism) that have exploited the pandemic to further anti-democratic agendas, extensively violate human rights, and promote dangerous escalations of military…

____ (2023-01-09). Summer, autumn of 2022 hottest in over 60 years for China. ecns.cn The number of days with an average temperature across China above 35 degrees Celsius hit 16.4 in 2022, the highest since 1961, said the China Meteorological Administration on Monday.

____ (2023-01-09). Foxconn's Zhengzhou factory resumes production to peak capacity. ecns.cn Foxconn Technology Group, the world's leading contract electronics maker, has resumed its production capacity to peak season at its major manufacturing factory in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province.

Pepe Escobar (2023-01-09). Why China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Is Back with a Bang. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). XBB will not cause large-scale infection in China: expert. ecns.cn The COVID-19 Omicron XBB sub-variant will not cause large-scale infection in China right now, said Chen Cao, a research fellow with the National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention under the China CDC on Sunday.

____ (2023-01-09). Prehistoric ruins discovered in east China. ecns.cn An ancient hominid site dating back some 13,200 years ago has been unveiled in east China's Shandong Province, with over 1,000 relics, including pottery sculptures.

____ (2023-01-09). Dinosaur footprint fossils found for the 1st time in Zigui Basin in C.China's Hubei Province. ecns.cn Footprint fossils of dinosaurs from the Jurassic period were discovered in Zigui Basin in Central China's Hubei Province for the first time.

____ (2023-01-09). Water conservancy ruins found in ancient capital in central China. ecns.cn The ancient capital Luoyang site in today's Henan Province has recently discovered over 80 meters of water channels dating back to the Wei and Jin dynasties (220-420).

____ (2023-01-09). China's CERES-1 Y5 carrier rocket sends 5 satellites into space. ecns.cn China's CERES-1 Y5 carrier rocket carrying 5 satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Jan. 9, 2023. The rocket sent five satellites into the planned orbit.

____ (2023-01-09). China sends three satellites into space. ecns.cn The Shijian-23 satellite is mainly used for scientific experiments and technical verification, while the Shiyan-22A and Shiyan-22B satellites serve the in-orbit verification tests of new technologies such as space environment monitoring.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-09). US Military Increasing Cooperation With Japan to Prepare for War With China. news.antiwar.com The US and Japanese militaries are increasing cooperation to prepare for a possible war with China over Taiwan or other areas in the Asia Pacific, the top US Marine Corps general in Japan told Financial Times. Lt. Gen. James Bierman, commander of the Third Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) and of Marine Forces Japan, said …

____ (2023-01-09). Multiple ports in China witness influx of travelers on 1st day of COVID downgrading. ecns.cn Shuttle bus service between Hong Kong and Zhuhai through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge resumed round-the-clock operation on Sunday, with the number of routes increasing to 168.

____ (2023-01-09). House remains dating back around 6,000 yrs found in central China. ecns.cn Archaeologists have unearthed the foundations of seven houses dating back around 6,000 years in central China's Henan Province.

John Leake (2023-01-09). Dr. Jordan Peterson Accused of Heresy by Ontario College of Psychologists. globalresearch.ca

WorkWeek (2023-01-09). Matt Witt The On 33rd Year Anniversary Of Mexico Ford Workers Attack By US CIA AFL-CIO. indybay.org January 8, 1990 is the 33rd anniversary of the brutal assault on Mexico City Ford Cuautitlán plant by 1 thugs which injured many workers and killed 1. The assault it was later learned was funded and organized by the CIA and the AFL-CIO leadership and the National Endowment For Democracy which is still giving the AFL-CIO's "Solidarity Center" $75 million.

Kerry Smith (2023-01-09). Resistance to logging continues in Bulga State Forest. greenleft.org.au A camp has been set up to support protesters trying to stop native forests being logged in Bulga State Forest. Kerry Smith reports.

CodePink (2023-01-09). Friday 1/13: Media: Stop Cheerleading for War! indybay.org San Francisco Chronicle Bldg., 901 Mission St @ 5th, San Francisco…

Mark H. Gaffney (2023-01-09). When Bankers Choose War Over Peace: Learning From History, Lest We Are Doomed to Repeat It. globalresearch.ca

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-09). 7,000 New York Nurses Go on Strike, Decrying "Unimaginable" Working Conditions. truthout.org Over 7,000 nurses across two hospitals in New York City went on strike early Monday morning after contract negotiations broke down over the hospitals' refusal to meet nurses' staffing demands. Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai in Manhattan walked out at 6 am, saying they are forced to work long hours with huge workloads that leave them burnt out… |

Ahmed D Dardir (2023-01-09). Jean-Luc Godard's Revolution: Marxism, Palestine and the Working Classes. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). Study reveals grasslands biodiversity help control plant diseases. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have newly confirmed the significance of spatial scale-dependent dilution effects of biodiversity on plant diseases in grasslands, according to the Lanzhou University.

Editor (2023-01-09). Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King: Unite to fight racism, fascism and war. mronline.org Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said in 1967, "The bombs dropped on Vietnam explode at home." Malcolm X expressed something similar when he said, "Chickens come home to roost."

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-01-09). What factors impacting food prices. america.cgtn.com Grocery store prices around the world remain high. A U.N. organization has been tracking global food prices since the 1990s, and in the past year, it's recorded a 13.5 percent increase in the cost of groceries, the largest increase in more than four decades. …

John Klar (2023-01-09). The Myth of GMOs Saving the Planet. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-01-09). 200 Meters: A Palestinian father separated from his family by a wall. wsws.org A Palestinian construction worker lives in a West Bank home 200 meters away from his wife and three children on the other side of the Israeli border wall.

Kit Knightly (2023-01-09). Yet Another COVID "Variant": Omicron XBB & the Self-driving Narrative. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). Senior expert: Timing of COVID downgrade 'appropriate'. ecns.cn The timing of the decision to downgrade COVID-19 management to Class B was appropriate and met scientific standards, a top expert said in response to concerns that winter was not a good moment, especially with Spring Festival approaching.

____ (2023-01-09). 'Train runs over cloud' in Chongqing. ecns.cn A metro train runs in advection fog shrouded Caijia Rail Transit Bridge in Chongqing, creating an amazing scenery of "train running over the could", Jan. 7, 2023.

____ (2023-01-09). 8% of Chinese COVID-19 patients develop pneumonia: NHC official. ecns.cn The proportion of COVID-19 patients of common type who developed pneumonia is about 8 percent of the total.

Mansa Musa (2023-01-09). Louisiana to imprison juveniles at Angola Prison's death row. therealnews.com The state of Louisiana is considering transferring at least 20 minors incarcerated in its juvenile correction system to be housed on death row. The state alleges these children are amongst its most problematic incarcerated minors, and that placing them on death row is in line with government obligations to rehabilitate juvenile offenders. Lana Charles, who has worked to provide arts programs in Louisiana's juvenile justice system for 15 years, joins Rattling the Bars to explain the situation of incarcerated youth in her state. | Luliana "Lana" Charles has worked with youth for over 15 years in the capacity…

Vigilent Citizen (2023-01-09). Video: Japan Orders Investigation Into COVID Vaccine Deaths as MSM Admit "The Jabs Are Killing Us" globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-01-09). Nepali prime minister sworn in amid growing political instability. wsws.org The sordid flip-flopping alliances of the Maoist Centre and the Stalinist Communist Party of Nepal with the Nepali Congress and other bourgeois parties further expose the thoroughly corrupt character of these formations.

Edward Curtin (2023-01-09). Is a Happy New Year Possible? Sisyphus and the Feeling of the Absurd are Entwined. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-01-09). Elon Musk's Twitter Is Still U.S. State-Affiliated Media. strategic-culture.org A couple of months into Elon Musk's control of Twitter, it's fair to say that from an anti-censorship, pro-transparency perspective there have been a few positive results of the platform coming under new management. The revelations from the Twitter Files about US government involvement in influencing a massive social media company's policies and actions have been indisputably newsworthy information that's absolutely in the public interest to have, and some anti-establishment voices have been saying their accounts have been noticeably more visible since the changeover.

Nova 'Jade' Sobieralski (2023-01-09). AUWU: 'Cut the crap, raise the rate'. greenleft.org.au While some benefits are automatically indexed, JobSeeker is not. Nova 'Jade' Sobieralski reports that the Australian Unemployed Workers Union is demanding more from a Labor government.

Jamal Rich (2023-01-09). Washington, D.C.'s last Burger King closes, firing workers without notice. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—On New Year's Eve, the oldest and last Burger King location in D.C. closed its doors to the public, firing its entire staff in the process. The location was on upper Connecticut Ave. NW, just a few blocks from the University of the District of Columbia, and had existed for several decades at the same …

John Cooper (2023-01-09). "How World Governments Are Run by Multinational Companies" globalresearch.ca

Olivia Rosane (2023-01-09). World's glaciers at serious risk from climate crisis. nationofchange.org "Significant loss of glaciers means that we are not only witnessing a change in landscape or a loss of natural resources, it means that we are actively complicit in robbing the future from our children."

Mark Niu (2023-01-09). Companies showcase tech innovations at CES. america.cgtn.com At the world' largest personal electronics show, over 3,000 companies from 174 countries are showing off their technology, many of them for the first time. Check it out.

James Roguski (2023-01-09). Secret Negotiations for the Amendments to the International Health Regulations. globalresearch.ca

manager (2023-01-09). CEPR Spotlight: Intellectual Property. cepr.net Nothing shines a brighter light on the harmful effects of bad intellectual property law than an ongoing pandemic. CEPR's researchers continue to advocate for reform of this broken system which causes so much damage here in the US and abroad. This year saw some success from the long campaign to waive COVID vaccine patents for …

____ (2023-01-09). Trying to Predict the Future. transcend.org 3 Jan 2023 – I announce the publication of a new eBook entitled "Trying to Predict the Future". It may be downloaded and circulated free of charge.

Neturei Karta (2023-01-09). Video: Anti-Zionist Jewish Community Flying Palestinian Flags in Jerusalem. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-09). Netanyahu Tells AIPAC It's Time for the US and Israel to 'Close Ranks' on Iran. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Monday and said it was time for the US and Israel to become more closely aligned on Iran. "It's time to close ranks between Israel and the United States — and others. And I look forward to discussing this issue with …

One People's Project (2023-01-09). Alex Stokes Should Not Be in Prison. itsgoingdown.org Report from One People's Project about the case of antifascist prisoner, Alex Stokes, who faces 20 years for defending counter-protesters on January 6th in Albany, New York. On Friday, many in the nation observed the second anniversary of what might have been the biggest threat to democracy since perhaps the Civil War: the Insurrection at…

____ (2023-01-09). The UN General Assembly Drags Israel to the World Court. transcend.org 4 Jan 2023 – The UNGA voted last week to refer Israel to the ICC (World Court) for its ongoing violation of the right of the Palestinian people in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza. Before we analyse the significance of the vote, let us probe the actual voting pattern.

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-09). "The Rent Is Too High": Warren, Bowman Ask Biden to Fight Crushing Housing Costs. truthout.org A group of 50 Democrats has urged President Joe Biden to take aggressive action to ensure that renters are able to stay housed as rent and house prices have soared across the U.S. with little to no mitigation in recent years, creating a major housing crisis with no end in sight. In a letter sent Monday, spearheaded by Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-New York) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts)… |

____ (2023-01-09). Kinmen, Matsu ferry resumes after 3 years. ecns.cn The ferry services between the coastal areas of Fujian province and the outlying islands of Kinmen and Matsu, which are governed by Taiwan authorities, resumed over the weekend after a suspension of nearly three years.

Editor (2023-01-09). Why is the West Lamenting the End of 'Liberal' Israel? scheerpost.com Israel's new extremist government maybe coming under fire now, but it is only a matter of time before it is whitewashed as more proof that Israel can strike a balance between being Jewish and democratic.

Jennifer Gerson (2023-01-09). Texas Lawsuit Against Planned Parenthood Challenges Medicaid Reimbursements. truthout.org Originally published by The 19th. Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Texas Planned Parenthood affiliates have asked a judge for a ruling in their favor in a lawsuit brought by the state of Texas that accused Planned Parenthood of Medicaid fraud. The suit was filed in January 2022 by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, but the situation goes back to 2016, when the state of Texas barred… |

____ (2023-01-09). Allen Ginsberg's Self-Recording Sessions. transcend.org 6 Jan 2023 – In the late sixties, Ginsberg began taping many of his public appearances, as well as his casual and private conversations. He used the recordings to compose his greatest work.

Ann Brown (2023-01-09). HBCU Enrollment Up 57% Nationally As Top Students Embrace Sense Of Belonging. moguldom.com An embrace of Blackness is in part to account for rising enrollment at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), according to Dillard University president Dr. Rochelle Ford and other observers. Meanwhile, non-HBCU U.S. colleges and universities saw a drop of 1.1 percent of undergraduate students between the fall of 2021 and 2022. This comes on …

Final Straw (2023-01-09). Final Straw: Mutual Aid Groups Mobilize in Face of Asheville Water Crisis. itsgoingdown.org Long-running anarchist radio and podcast show, The Final Straw, speaks with local organizers about the Asheville Survival Program and the city's ongoing water crisis. Listen and Download HERE This week on the show, we're sharing two local conversations with community organizers providing mutual aid in Asheville, NC. First up, we're sharing a short interview with…

WSWS (2023-01-09). Visiting US-Mexico border, Biden seeks bipartisan unity in attack on migrants. wsws.org President Biden's trip to El Paso, his first to the southern border since taking office, is aimed at solidifying the collaboration of the White House with the Republicans in attacking the basic rights of migrant workers and their families to seek asylum in the US.

Jacob G. Hornberger (2023-01-09). A Major Shift in the JFK Assassination. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-01-09). Inside Southwest's horrific holidays. mronline.org Blame the wealthy, not the weather.

James Roguski (2023-01-09). The Top 100 Reasons to #StopThe Pandemic Treaty, #StopTheAmendments, and #ExitTheWHO. globalresearch.ca

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-01-09). Documental : øQuien sostiene la vida cuando las mujeres migran? indybay.org Recomendamos Documental : øQuien sostiene la vida cuando las mujeres migran?>

WSWS (2023-01-09). University of California workers fight to appeal UAW-sellout contract, following anti-democratic union betrayal. wsws.org The appeal details the anti-democratic measures the union took to ram through a "yes" vote in the disputed contract.

____ (2023-01-09). The Old Use the Young to Wage War: "Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?" transcend.org "With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone." Oscar Wilde's wry observation highlights an obvious truth: age alone does not confer wisdom or any other desirable trait. The powerful and elderly decision-makers of the world demonstrate the disconnect between age and wisdom with every war.

Frances Kuo (2023-01-09). Imaging technology detects truth of paintings. america.cgtn.com See how art researchers discovered that the famous Vermeer painting 'Girl with a Flute' is not his work.

Editor (2023-01-09). Chris Hedges: America's Theater of the Absurd. scheerpost.com

manager (2023-01-09). The Grand Switcheroo: Escobari and Hoover Reinterpret Their Results to Misidentify Fraud. cepr.net In the previous post, we looked at the difference-in-difference models of Escobari and Hoover. We noted that they all show the same thing, suffering from the same problem. To identify fraud, they require that however much more the results at the late-transmitting polling stations favored Morales when contrasted with the early ones, they ought to …

Matt Kennard (2023-01-09). UK Loaned Military Adviser to British UN Envoy in Yemen. globalresearch.ca

Norman Solomon (2023-01-09). Biden to Democrats: nominate me, whether you like it or notÔøº. nationofchange.org Is such leadership representing progressives to the establishment or the other way around?>

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-09). Imperial's first Turing Scheme recipients celebrate international ties. imperial.ac.uk The first wave of Imperial's Turing scheme recipients celebrated the international ties they formed during placements abroad.

Marie Kelly (2023-01-09). News whiteout of Pennsylvania prison strike. workers.org Philadelphia Incarcerated workers held captive in Pennsylvania prisons called a labor strike in the name of Subaltern Peoples Abolitionist Revolutionary Collective (SPARC). The demonstration "to protest against the State's oppressive policies" was called last year and set to begin this Jan. 6. (tinyurl.com/52m3n4t5) As of this writing, the outcome of . . . |

____ (2023-01-09). Goat grabbing competition in snow adds fun in winter. ecns.cn Goat grabbing, or kok-boru, is a traditional Central Asian team sport played by herdsmen from the Kazak, Uzbek, Uygur and Mongolian ethnic groups.

Jake Johnson (2023-01-09). What Did McCarthy Promise GOP Extremists in Backroom Deals? truthout.org Rep. Kevin McCarthy finally seized the House speaker's gavel in the early hours of Saturday morning, capping off a chaotic week of voting and heated floor confrontations that were nationally televised and closely documented by reporters stationed at the U.S. Capitol. What remains less clear, though, is how much McCarthy (R-Calif.) conceded to his far-right detractors behind closed doors to win… |

Dr. Peter McCullough (2023-01-09). Explosive Increase in Cardiac Symptoms After Second Injection. globalresearch.ca

Georgi Boorman (2023-01-09). Poll: 1 In 4 Americans Thinks Someone They Know May Have Died Due to COVID Shot. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). No plan to launch IPO, Ant Group says. ecns.cn Alibaba's financial arm Ant Group said on Monday that it has no plan to initiate an initial public offering following a series of shareholding adjustments recently.

____ (2023-01-09). 'Hallelujah Chorus' from Handel's Messiah (Music Video of the Week). transcend.org The Royal Choral Society has performed Handel's Messiah on Good Friday at the Royal Albert Hall every year since 1876. This clip features the glorious Hallelujah Chorus with the choir. Students from the City of London School for Girls joined the choir for this performance.

WSWS (2023-01-09). Britain's trade unions attend government strike talks, desperate for a sellout. wsws.org To have even attended these talks shows the treacherous intentions of the union bureaucracy. In the same statement as it extended its invitation, the government announced plans for the swift implementation of widely expanded anti-strike laws.

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-01-09). California Democrats Have Legislated Control Over Medical Practice Out of the Hands of Doctors. globalresearch.ca

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-09). Forests recovering from logging act as a source of carbon. imperial.ac.uk Tropical forests recovering from logging are sources of carbon for years afterwards, contrary to previous assumptions, finds a new study.

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-01-09). The COVID "Vaccine" Is an Intentional Effort at World Genocide. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). Higher elderly vaccination rate aided change in COVID management. ecns.cn Downgrading the COVID-19 management from Class A to Class B is a proactive measure taken in view of the higher vaccination rate among the elderly, said a health expert from the National Health Commission.

____ (2023-01-09). House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy. ecns.cn The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country's "confrontational democracy".

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-09). Imperial experts recognised in New Year's Honours. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's academics are among those to be recognised in the 2023 New Year's Honours List.

John Wojcik (2023-01-09). Insurrectionists who failed in 2021 took over the House last Friday. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON — With an incredible 15-ballot election of Kevin McCarthy as House speaker the insurrectionists who failed to pull off their Jan.6, 2021 coup at the Capitol managed to take over the House of Representatives last Friday and are planning to cement their success with passage of new rules this week. Those rules will give …

Cynthia Papermaster (2023-01-09). Wednesday 1/11: Close Guantanamo/ Prosecute Yoo for Torture. indybay.org U.C. Berkeley Law School, Bancroft Way @ College Ave., Berkeley…

WSWS (2023-01-09). What is behind the United Workers' Union sell-out of Pampas workers? wsws.org An examination of the union's financial records makes clear that the union has far more in common with the corporate world than with the workers it supposedly represents.

Cristina Escobar (2023-01-09). 'Children of Las Brisas' Shows Complicated Nature of Venezuela Crisis (INTERVIEW). latinorebels.com In 2009, Venezuelan filmmaker Marianela Maldonado set out to tell an inspirational story of her country's famed music program, known simply as El Sistema, or "The System." After 10 years of filming, her documentary 'Children of Las Brisas' tells quite a different tale.

unitedEditor (2023-01-09). Imperialism and narco-terrorism. uwidata.com On January 4, Mexican authorities arrested Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of notorious drug cartel leader "El Chapo". Lopez' cartel reacted violently, blocking highways, torching vehicles, shooting at civilian airplanes. In the following clashed, 29 people lost their lives according to Mexico's Minister of Defense. On January 8, U.S. President Joseph Biden arrived in Mexico to …

____ (2023-01-09). U.S. Spreads Misery across the Globe Imposing Sanctions on a Third of Humanity. transcend.org The U.S. may try piously to defend sanctions as a 'response to foreign tyranny,' but they are really a pretext to steal foreign bank accounts and cripple commercial rivals of U.S. corporations–a true fascist tyranny.

____ (2023-01-09). Fog possible cause of truck tragedy. ecns.cn The number of casualties in a deadly traffic accident in the small hours on Sunday in Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi province, has increased to 19, according to local authorities.

Eric Zuesse (2023-01-09). The U.S. Regime Made me a Non-Person. dissidentvoice.org This is what happens to anyone who happens to report the types of things that America's billionaires want to be hidden from the public. To understand how it happened to me (and has happened to lots of others), an introduction is needed, first, about the American Government: America's First Amendment to its Constitution is this …

Kurt Nimmo (2023-01-09). Republican Warmonger Wins Contest to Become House Speaker. globalresearch.ca

Anadolu Agency (2023-01-09). Jerusalem Churches in Crosshairs of Escalating Extremist Attacks: Churches Council. globalresearch.ca

Peter McLaren (2023-01-09). A Review of Derek R. Ford's 'Teaching the Actuality of Revolution: Aesthetics, Unlearning, and the Sensations of Struggle'. mronline.org History doesn't happen because a small group of people share a complete political identity; it happens because masses of people shed their timidity, risk their reputations, livings, freedom, and lives, and let the actuality of revolution guide their every move.

WSWS (2023-01-09). The XBB.1.5 "Kraken" subvariant of Omicron takes hold in the US. wsws.org The latest and most dangerous subvariant of Omicron is leading to high levels of hospitalization across the Northeast. The winter surge of COVID will likely overtake the rest of the country over the next few weeks.

WSWS (2023-01-09). Netanyahu's far right government plans political control over Israel's judiciary. wsws.org The proposed legislation paves the way for the government, made up of fascistic, ultra-nationalist and religious forces, to assume dictatorial powers.

WSWS (2023-01-09). Washington, D.C. police officers found guilty in 2020 traffic death of Karon Hylton-Brown. wsws.org The verdict last December is the first time a Washington D.C. police officer has been charged and found guilty of murder.

Uhuru Furniture Oakland, APEDF (2023-01-09). Monday 1/16: MLK Day Event & Volunteer Project. indybay.org Akwaaba Hall, 7911 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland…

____ (2023-01-09). Visiting Foxconn Zhengzhou Science and Technology Park. ecns.cn

The Associated Press (2023-01-09). Biden Visits US-Mexico Border in Face of GOP Criticism. latinorebels.com President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy port of entry Sunday on his first trip to the region after two years in office, a visit shadowed by the fraught politics of immigration as Republicans blame him for record numbers of migrants crossing into the country.

Katie Rose Quandt (2023-01-09). Far Right GOP Now Champions Jail Reforms — But Only for January Sixers. truthout.org This article was published in partnership with Solitary Watch. Republicans are not known for championing the rights of incarcerated people. Doing so would run counter to their purposefully cultivated "tough on crime" image, which often includes a penchant for harsh prison and jail conditions. But in the two years since the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the party — and especially its most… |

Global Research News (2023-01-09). Selected Articles: The COVID "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's a Criminal Undertaking. globalresearch.ca By We are being accused of "spreading disinformation" regarding the Covid-19 vacci…

scorinoco (2023-01-09). Soleimani Assassination Commemorated in Mass Rallies Across Middle East. orinocotribune.com On Januray 3, 2023, the martyrdom of the anti-imperialist hero, Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was commemorated in Iran, Iraq, Syria and several other countries of West Asia and across the world. | As Iranians and Iraqis commemorate the three-year anniversary of Washington's illegal assassination of Iran's Quds Force Commander General Soleimani and Iraq's Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, scores of people rallied in the streets of both countries. | On January 3, people from all over the Islamic Republic of Iran, and particularly in Soleimani's hometown of Qanat-e Malek in Kerman province, gathered to remember the fallen c…

DailyClout (2023-01-09). A 'Cover-Up of Evidence of Mass Murder': The CDC Appears to be Removing VAERS Records. globalresearch.ca

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-09). Rental Housing Prices Are Falling Fast: Good For Renters, Hard Landing For Investors And Developers. moguldom.com In a typical year, the cost of rental housing increases by about 3 percent, but in the last three months of 2022, rents fell by 3 percent. That's good news for tenants but a concern for investors and developers unprepared for risks that seem to have come out of nowhere in the housing market. While …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-09). SDG7: The Impossible Energy Transformation. libya360.wordpress.com Iain Davis The alleged purpose of the United Nation's (UN's) Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) is to "ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all." In keeping with Agenda 2030, the target date to achieve this goal is, as you might expect, 2030. As previously discussed, UN documents are couched in fluffy rhetoric. The disarming…

WSWS (2023-01-09). Seven thousand nurses at two New York hospitals launch open ended strike. wsws.org Nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai Hospital are set to strike on Monday in a struggle over safe staffing.

Middle East Eye (2023-01-09). Taliban Condemns Prince Harry's Comment on Afghan Killings. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). If You Wouldn't Ask Hannibal Lecter to Stop Mass Atrocities, Don't Ask "The International Community" transcend.org 4 Jan 2023 – The hope that the U.S. will intervene anywhere in the world for humanitarian reasons is misguided in the extreme. Claims of concern are always a ruse hiding ulterior motives. Imperialist actions are antithetical to human needs.

Paul Joseph Watson (2023-01-09). WHO: Anti-Vaccine Activism Is Deadlier Than Global Terrorism. globalresearch.ca

Ann Brown (2023-01-09). A Look Back: Granddaughter Of Elijah Muhammad Drops Science On The Legacy And Accomplishments Of His Economic Program. moguldom.com In a resurfaced interview, the granddaughter of the late Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad speaks about the legacy of her grandfather and the accomplishments of his economic program. The interview is from 2016 but has recently been posted on Twitter by user Ma'rifatullah (Knowledge in Allah). Amirah Muhammad, who was born in 1965, was …

Chris Walker (2023-01-09). Lauren Boebert Says Republicans Will Push for Term Limits in Congress. truthout.org On Sunday, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) said that Republican lawmakers would pursue changes to federal elections law to impose term limits on members of Congress, an action that would curtail the rights of U.S. voters. "The 118th Congress WILL vote on Term Limits for lawmakers. After years and years of talk, we'll finally see where people truly stand on this issue," Boebert tweeted on Sunday… |

Martin Hart-Landsberg (2023-01-09). In the U.S. you can be fired for any or no reason—it doesn't have to be this way. mronline.org The United States is an employment "at-will" country. That means, absent a union contract, a boss can fire a worker for almost any, or even no reason, and without advance notice. Well—with the exception of Montana.

____ (2023-01-09). PLA announces 1st joint drill around Taiwan island in 2023. ecns.cn The PLA Eastern Theater Command organized cross-service joint alert patrol and realistic combat-oriented exercises in sea and aerial areas around the island of Taiwan on Sunday…

____ (2023-01-09). George Harrison's Search for a Higher Truth. transcend.org An eye-opening and moving talk from Beatle George Harrison (1943-2001) on truth, life, change and consciousness. Let's remember the messages he had to share with the world: "It's all in the mind."

____ (2023-01-09). (Franàßais) Dans l'Attente de 2023. transcend.org 1er janvier 2023 – Avant d'envisager 2023, regardons 2022 du point de vue de la culture de la paix.

____ (2023-01-09). Peace Disruption: Incursion, Insurrection, Intifada. transcend.org "The 131/2-minute incursion that will change the Middle East forever."

Clayton Morris (2023-01-09). Video: Bombshell Docs Reveal COVID-19 Cover-Up Goes Straight to the Top. Redacted with Clayton Morris. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). Qingdao hospital tears down rumor of detecting 3 XBB patients. ecns.cn The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University denied Monday there are three COVID patients infected with XBB variant.

Michael Berkowitz (2023-01-09). 'Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical': Thoroughly modern Matilda. peoplesworld.org You simply cannot escape the zeitgeist of Matilda. Against all odds, Matilda Wormwood in the new Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical is an unqualified triumph. Director Matthew Warchus and writers Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin's revival of Roald Dahl's semi-classical book Matilda is a spirited morality play, another milestone in the never-ending struggle of democracy …

____ (2023-01-09). PLA conducts patrols and exercises near Taiwan. ecns.cn The People's Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command carried out patrols and combat exercises on Sunday in the air and waters near Taiwan, according to a command spokesman.

____ (2023-01-09). Outbound Chinese tourists prefer policy-friendly destinations. ecns.cn Chinese tourists flocked to policy-friendly destinations such as Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia after the country eased restrictions on overseas travel.

Angela (2023-01-09). Saturday 1/7: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "My Ramleh," directed by Lubna Dajani. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Women's March & partners (2023-01-09). Sunday 1/22: Women's March: Bigger Than Roe – Roe's th Anniversary Nationwide Marches & Rallies. indybay.org Protests in SF Bay Area and beyond…

Ryan Wyatt Turbeville (2023-01-09). University of Florida Officials Have No 'Standing' to Review Ladapo's COVID Vaccine Guidance. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-01-09). Propaganda Perpetuates the Pandemic and Censorship. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Suzanne Burdick (2023-01-09). New Analysis Shows Studies of COVID Vaccine-Induced Myocarditis Hid Critical Safety Signal. globalresearch.ca

Mickey Z. (2023-01-09). "The walls are the publishers of the poor" dissidentvoice.org all we are saying… Today, I took a photo walk around the Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, Queens, NYC. "Imagine a city where graffiti wasn't illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colors and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was …

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-09). George Santos Hit With Campaign Finance Complaint 2 Days After Being Sworn In. truthout.org Rep. George Santos (R-New York) appears to have broken campaign finance laws with a questionable loan and suspiciously-valued expenditures, according to a new complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by a government watchdog. On top of the numerous fabrications that Santos created about his resume and religious and racial identity, the Republican appears to have told "equally… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-09). 7,000 New York nurses go on strike, decrying 'unimaginable' working conditions. therealnews.com

Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). How General Soleimani Kick-Started The Multipolar World. southfront.org | Written by The consensus among future historians will be inevitable: the 2020s started with a diabolic murder.: | Baghdad airport, January 3, 2020, 00: 52 a.m. local time. The assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), alongside Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iraq's Hashd…

____ (2023-01-09). They Write Themselves (Part 2). transcend.org 2 Jan 2023 – Are You Kidding?>

WSWS (2023-01-09). Australian life expectancy declines as a result of COVID "let it rip" policy. wsws.org As in the US, Europe and elsewhere, the fall in life expectancy is a historical retrogression reversing a decades-long trend.

Editor (2023-01-09). Maduro: Venezuela produces 94% of its own food in 2022 after importing 80% for over 100 years. mronline.org "Venezuela is experiencing the first stage of a long recovery cycle," said President Maduro.

Brittani Banks (2023-01-09). Why the Climate Justice March in South Korea Could Be a Game Changer for the Environment. independentmediainstitute.org On September 24, 2022, more than 30,000 people occupied the main roads of downtown Seoul, South Korea, for the nation's largest climate justice march. The sheer turnout of people from all walks of life and the participation by a wide range of advocacy groups were a testament to the impact of climate change on every …

____ (2023-01-09). US, Israel Vote No as UN Approves World Court Resolution on Illegal Occupation. transcend.org 2 Jan 2023 – The UNGA on 30 Dec 2022 approved a resolution that asks the ICJ to issue an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories. It passed with 87 in favor, 26 opposed and 53 abstaining. Among those opposed were USA, Israel, UK and Germany.

Waukegan Liberation Staff (2023-01-09). Charges filed against killer cop in Waukegan, Illinois, after two years of community struggle. liberationnews.org On Oct. 20, 2020, Waukegan police officer Dante Salinas killed 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette and injured his girlfriend Tafara Williams.

Emma-Louise Fenelon (2023-01-09). Law Pod UK latest: Expert Evidence. ukhumanrightsblog.com In Episode 177 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Margaret Bowron KC about how to avoid disastrous expert evidence. This episode is an update to the popular 2019 episode with Neil Sheldon KC, available here. Margaret and Emma discuss mistakes in expert reports, the standard to be applied to expert reports, actual and potential conflicts of interest, the …

Mark Taliano (2023-01-09). COVID-19 Pandemic Psychological Warfare. globalresearch.ca

Marie Hawthorne (2023-01-09). EctoLife: Does this "Fiction" Foreshadow Artificial Wombs and Pod Babies? globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). (Norsk-Norwegian) Fredspioneren Johan Galtung 92 à•r! transcend.org 'Fader of Peace Studies' feirer sin 92-à•rsdag. Som 24-à•ring ble han fengslet i 6 mà•neder som milità¶rnekter i Norge. I fengsel skrev han, sammen med Arne Nà¶ss, sin fà∏rste bok: Gandhi's Political Ethics. I dag har han bidratt med mer enn 170 bà∏ker; over 1 0 artikler, artikler og bokkapitler; og over 0 redaksjoner for TRANSCEND Media Service om freds- og konfliktstudier, mekling og relaterte spà∏rsmà•l. GRATULERER med dagen, JOHAN!

Chris Walker (2023-01-09). Georgia Grand Jury Completes Final Report on Trump's Efforts to Overturn Election. truthout.org A special grand jury in Georgia tasked with investigating attempts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state has completed its work, according to a judge overseeing the inquiry. On Monday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney announced that the special grand jury had completed a final report on its investigation. |

WSWS (2023-01-09). "The contract was a joke": CNH workers reject pro-company agreement, extend 8-month strike. wsws.org The most important step now is to break the imposed isolation of the UAW apparatus by developing rank-and-file committees to link up with workers at different plants in different industries.

Editor (2023-01-09). Why the Godfather of Human Rights Is Not Welcome at Harvard. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-09). Free Speech and Academic Freedom in the American Corporate University. scheerpost.com By David Schultz / CounterPunch Free speech and academic freedom are under attack in American higher education. From the right the allegation is that wokeness and political correctness have taken over, articulating a political agenda that is anti-white, anti-Christian, anti-capitalism, and pro LGBTQ. From the left the indictment is that schools continue to replicate stereotypes …

Norman Solomon (2023-01-09). Biden to Democrats: Nominate Me, Whether You Like It or Not. indybay.org Sleepwalking to disaster…

Rachel Ida Buff (2023-01-09). Biden's Expansion of Title 42 Takes Us Further From Humane Border Policy. truthout.org Before heading to El Paso, Texas, on January 8 for his first presidential visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, President Joe Biden announced a trifecta of hideous immigration policies, along with a familiar "crackdown" on "illegal" border crossings. The new initiatives include expanding the controversial Trump-era Title 42 to migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti as well as refusing… |

____ (2023-01-09). Harvard University Succumbs. transcend.org 7 Jan 2023 – Harvard University Withdraws a Fellowship from Kenneth Roth & Human Rights Watch…

and Matt Huffaker (2023-01-09). Santa Cruz City Mangler Closes Civic Auditorium Shelter. indybay.org Yesterday, City Manager Matt Huffaker sent me his first-ever e-mail in response to my denunciation of the closing of the Civic Auditorium Emergency Shelter as torrential rains approach.

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-09). Colombia suspends arrest warrants for dissident FARC guerrillas. colombiareports.com Colombia's Prosecutor General's Office suspended the arrest warrants for three dissident FARC guerrillas who have been appointed to negotiate peace with the government. The three guerrilla are leaders of the…

____ (2023-01-09). Chinese Foreign Minister to visit Africa. ecns.cn Foreign Minister Qin Gang will visit Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin, Egypt, the African Union Headquarters and the League of Arab States Headquarters from Jan 9 to 16, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin announced on Monday.

Charles Kennedy (2023-01-09). OPEC's Second-Largest Oil Producer Issues Arrest Warrant for Donald Trump. globalresearch.ca

Arsenio Toledo (2023-01-09). Pfizer Has a Shockingly Long History of Engaging in Illegal Activities and Human Experimentation. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-01-09). Patrick Lawrence: Europe and the Legitimization of Deception. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost The U.S., having no need of or gift for statecraft, has long practiced what I've taken to calling the diplomacy of no diplomacy. You can't expect much from bimbos such as Antony Blinken or Wendy Sherman, Blinken's No. 2 at the State Department. All they can do is …

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-09). Colombia's biggest money laundering case of 2022. colombiareports.com Colombia's prosecution seized assets worth almost $246 million (COP1.2 trillion) of an alleged money laundering ring with ties to the international drug trade in the United States and Asia. The…

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-01-09). Presidente Lula da Silva decreta intervención en Distrito Federal de Brasil tras ataque bolsonarista. telesurtv.net El decreto, firmado por el mandatario brasileño y que entra en vigor este domingo, enuncia que esta intervención tiene lugar hasta el 31 de enero de 2023.

Staff (2023-01-09). Lula ordena tomar el control de Brasilia y advierte a Bolsonaro de las consecuencias del asalto. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ha responsabilizado al expresidente Jair Bolsonaro del asalto al Congreso, al Tribunal Supremo y a la sede del poder ejecutivo por parte de miles de bolsonaristas radicales este domingo. "Aprovecharon el silencio dominical, cuando aún estábamos constituyendo el Gobierno, para hacer lo que hicieron. Hay varios discursos del expresidente animando a ello y esto también es responsabilidad suya y de los partidos que le apoyaron", ha señalado.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-09). Seguidores de Bolsonaro invaden sedes de poderes del Estado en Brasil. telesurtv.net El ministro de Justicia de Brasil, Flávio Dino, afirmó este domingo que "no prevalecerá" la voluntad de los bolsonaristas radicales que han invadido el Congreso Nacional.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-01-09). Asesinan a firmante de paz en Valle de Cauca, Colombia. telesurtv.net Cristian Salinas fue asesinado en el corregimiento de Costa Rica, Ginebra. Se trata del tercer líder asesinado en lo que va de 2023 y el 1.412 desde 2016 hasta la fecha.

Staff (2023-01-09). Asiste Díaz-Canel a la ceremonia de apertura del año judicial 2023 en Cuba. cubadebate.cu Con la presencia del primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido y presidente de la República Miguel Díaz-Canel comenzó la ceremonia de apertura del año judicial 2023 en Cuba, acto que se desarrolla en el salón principal del Tribunal Supremo Popular. La sesión solemne se efectúa en el marco del 50 aniversario del Sistema de Tribunales de Justicia.

Staff (2023-01-09). Se logra la mejor sincronización entre el central Ciro Redondo y la primera bioeléctrica del país. cubadebate.cu Luego de no pocos obstáculos que han impedido el funcionamiento estable de ambas industrias, técnicos y especialistas aseguran que se ha logrado la mejor sincronización entre el Central Ciro Redondo y la bioeléctrica aledaña, primera experiencia en Cuba de generar energía eléctrica a partir de la biomasa cañera y de marabú.

Editor (2023-01-09). Aprobado el presupuesto de guerra. workers.org Días antes de Año Nuevo, el presidente Joe Biden firmó un proyecto de ley ómnibus de 1,7 billones de dólares para el año fiscal 2023, asignando el presupuesto para ese sector del gasto federal llamado "discrecional". Si uno tuviera que describir el proyecto de ley en dos palabras, serían: "crimen . . . |

Staff (2023-01-09). Más de 1.200 detenidos por el intento de golpe de Estado en Brasil. cubadebate.cu Al menos 1.200 bolsonaristas fueron detenidos este lunes en el campamento que habían montado frente al cuartel general del Ejército en Brasilia desde las elecciones de octubre y desde el que fueron lanzados los ataques del domingo contra las sedes de los tres poderes en Brasil. Los presos se sumarán a las cerca de 300 personas que fueron detenidas el domingo por su responsabilidad en los ataques.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-09). Presidente de Senado haitiano resulta herido en ataque armado. telesurtv.net El hecho fue perpetrado en una zona de Puerto Príncipe que está controlada por pandillas armadas.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-09). Supremo brasileño suspende a gobernador de Brasilia por 90 días. telesurtv.net El juez Moraes, resaltó que la organización de los actos golpistas era un hecho notorio y sabido, que fue divulgado por la prensa hegemónica de Brasil.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-01-09). Presidente de Cuba exhorta a EE.UU. a cumplir pactos migratorios. telesurtv.net Miguel Díaz-Canel puntualiza que una relación migratoria que facilite todo tipo de viajes posibilitará la reducción drástica de los flujos migratorios irregulares.

Staff (2023-01-09). Más de 1 200 detenidos por el intento de golpe de Estado en Brasil. cubadebate.cu Al menos 1 200 bolsonaristas fueron detenidos este lunes en el campamento que habían montado frente al cuartel general del Ejército en Brasilia desde las elecciones de octubre y desde el que fueron lanzados los ataques del domingo contra las sedes de los tres poderes en Brasil. Los presos se sumarán a las cerca de 300 personas que fueron detenidas el domingo por su responsabilidad en los ataques.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-09). Derrumbe de un edificio deja al menos cuatro muertos en Egipto. telesurtv.net Las autoridades de la ciudad egipcia de Assiut, indicaron que han logrado rescatar de los escombros del edificio a una niña y a una anciana con vida.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-09). Gobierno brasileño denuncia el robo de armas por bolsoneristas. telesurtv.net Paulo Pimenta indicó que el armamento robado se encontraba almacenado en el Gabinete de Seguridad Institucional, en el Palacio del Planalto.

Staff (2023-01-09). Defender nuestros derechos. cubadebate.cu Cubadebate regala a sus lectores cada día una pequeña joya del pensamiento de José Martí, como homenaje al más grande de los cubanos en el año del aniversario 170 de su natalicio y como llamado a cada ciudadano a hacer el bien todos los días, bajo el amparo ético y humanista que nos legó el Héroe Nacional de Cuba. También les recordamos algunos momentos de la vida de Martí un día como hoy…

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-09). Luis Arce afirmó que bolivianos no permitirán un nuevo atentado. telesurtv.net Las organizaciones sociales de El Torno emitieron un comunicado en donde ratificaron su apoyo al presidente Arce y al vicepresidente David Choquehuanca.

Staff (2023-01-09). Fidel, la caravana y una nota a Camilo (+ Nota original de Fidel). cubadebate.cu øVoy bien, Camilo? La interrogante histórica a Camilo no es casual. Se sabe de la confianza y la lealtad entre ambos, y ahora se confirma con esta nota que escribió y le envió Fidel el día antes de su arribo a La Habana, encomendándole los preparativos. Movilizar a las masas, prever todo: es Fidel. Por eso aquel fue un 8 de enero de palomas sobre el hombro del Jefe, de los sueños y las esperanzas de la patria, y del "vas bien, Fidel".

Staff (2023-01-09). Mañana habrá afectaciones en el servicio de agua en el oeste de La Habana. cubadebate.cu La Empresa Aguas de La Habana informa que mañana martes 10 de enero se interrumpirá el servicio de agua en el horario comprendido entre las 06: 00 y las 18: 00 horas, en zonas de los municipios de La Lisa, Playa y Marianao. Las afectaciones serán a causa de trabajos de mantenimiento y reparaciones en las conductoras y líneas eléctricas que alimentan a la fuente de abasto Ariguanabo.

Staff (2023-01-09). Listo diseño de vestuario para participación cubana en Clásico Mundial de Béisbol. cubadebate.cu Cubanía mostrará en su vestuario la selección de la Isla en el venidero V Clásico Mundial de Béisbol.Tras meses de arduo trabajo entre JIT, el Inder, la Federación Cubana de Beisbol (FCB) y la empresa patrocinadora TeamMate Sports Internacional, hoy podemos presentar la línea de diseño que por estos días empieza a salir de fábrica.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-09). Reportan cientos de miles de hogares sin electricidad en California. telesurtv.net Los meteorólogos advirtieron que el norte y el centro de California todavía estaban en el camino de un "desfile implacable de ciclones" , lo que prometía poco alivio para la región.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-09). Fallecen ocho mineros ilegales en Sudáfrica tras derrumbe. telesurtv.net Mueren un sudafricano, tres mozambiqueños y cuatro zimbabuenses. Lluvias probablemente causaron el derrumbe que los dejó atrapados.

Staff (2023-01-09). Comienza mantenimiento de unidad 3 de termoeléctrica cienfueguera Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. cubadebate.cu La unidad número 3 de la termoeléctrica Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, en la provincia de Cienfuegos, salió hoy del sistema eléctrico nacional y entró en mantenimiento planificado por 10 días. Luego de que se reincorpore este bloque a la generación, saldrá del sistema la unidad 4, por 90 días, para un mantenimiento de mayor envergadura.

Staff (2023-01-09). Ana Belén Montes: " øQuién ha preguntado al pueblo cubano si quiere que Estados Unidos le imponga un embargo asfixiante?" cubadebate.cu Tras pasar más de 21 años en prisión, Montes llegó a Puerto Rico y difundió un mensaje en el que asegura ser "irrelevante" y pide que se ponga el foco en Cuba, los "serios problemas" de Puerto Rico y en el medio ambiente. Su mensaje lo concluyó con las siguientes palabras: "No tengo importancia mientras existan problemas graves en nuestro terruño mundial".

teleSUR- jah, SH (2023-01-09). Conoce cinco obras esenciales del escritor Rodolfo Walsh. telesurtv.net Rodolfo Walsh conjugó su rol intelectual con el talento periodístico en función de aportar a la lucha contra la dictadura militar.

Staff (2023-01-09). Repatrian a 273 cubanos interceptados cerca de las costas de Florida según medios estadounidenses. cubadebate.cu Este domingo 273 migrantes cubanos fueron repatriados por los guardacostas de Estados Unidos, informan medios de la Florida. Los ciudadanos fueron interceptados al intentar arribar a las costas estadounidenses en 12 grupos diferentes, entre el 31 de diciembre y el 1 de enero en su mayoría. Los migrantes fueron trasladados a la ciudad de Matanzas.

Staff (2023-01-09). José Pertierra: "La Ley de Ajuste no está sometida a norma obligatoria. El presidente puede desestimar su uso" cubadebate.cu Entre las voces más autorizadas para explicar el complejo fenómeno de la migración, este abogado cubanoamericano reúne raras cualidades. Puede explicar la cuestión migratoria cubana en términos comparativos, por haber ejercido su oficio con migrantes de otros países. Y hacerlo en un lenguaje claro y conciso, distante de las retóricas de su oficio.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-09). Bolivia prepara informe sobre salud del gobernador Camacho. telesurtv.net Luis Fernando Camacho, preso por su vinculación al golpe de Estado contra Evo Morales,…

Staff (2023-01-09). Cojímar: Constituido el Consejo Popular y su nueva dirección. cubadebate.cu Este domingo, bajo la conducción de Irma Soriano Sifonte, presidenta de la Asamblea Municipal del Poder Popular de La Habana del Este, los delegados de la comunidad costera de Cojímar, además de dejar constituido su Consejo Popular y la nueva dirección, subrayaron cómo en tan poco tiempo gracias a la unidad se respiran aires de esperanza y confianza.

teleSUR, lvm, JCM (2023-01-09). Rusia confirma eliminación de 600 soldados ucranianos en Kramatorsk. telesurtv.net En la noche del Año Nuevo las tropas ucranianas atacaron una escuela de formación profesional donde permanecía acuartelado un grupo de militares rusos.

Staff (2023-01-09). La Unión Eléctrica estima una afectación de 265 MW para el horario pico nocturno. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica estima para el horario pico nocturno de este lunes una disponibilidad de 2555 MW y una demanda máxima de 2750 MW, para un déficit de 195 MW, por lo que, de mantenerse las condiciones previstas, se pronostica una afectación de 265 MW en este horario.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-09). Presidente Lula da Silva visita el Palacio de Planalto tras ataque de bolsonaristas. telesurtv.net Lula da Silva calificó de "barbarie" el intento de golpe de Estado promovido por simpatizantes de Jair Bolsonaro y lo acuso de estimular los actos vandálicos.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-09). Con paros y bloqueos siguen protestas contra Gobierno en Perú. telesurtv.net Este domingo, los bloqueos se han endurecido en la región de Ica, al sur de Lima, y la próxima semana se han anunciado marchas y convocatorias de medidas de fuerza en Lima y Cuzco.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-09). Rusia y Ucrania intercambian prisioneros, el primero del año. telesurtv.net La liberación de los militares fue resultado de las intensas negociaciones mantenidas en los últimos días entre Moscú y Kiev, precisó.

teleSUR, rzr, DRL (2023-01-09). Exigen justicia en Ecuador para víctima de feminicidio. telesurtv.net Familiares de la víctima y organizaciones por los derechos de la mujer convocaron a congregarse en la institución judicial para exigir justicia.

Staff (2023-01-09). El Barcelona gana y vuelve a liderar LaLiga en solitario. cubadebate.cu El Barcelona aprovechó la derrota del Real Madrid en Villarreal para, con un ajustado pero importantísimo triunfo en el Cívitas Metropolitano ante el Atlético de Madrid (0-1), volver a situarse como líder en solitario de LaLiga Santander, ahora con tres puntos de ventaja.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-09). António Guterres condena asalto al Congreso brasileño. telesurtv.net "Brasil es un gran país democrático" y "la voluntad del pueblo brasileño y sus instituciones democráticas deben ser respetadas", señaló el Secretario General de la ONU.

teleSUR- lvm, JCM (2023-01-09). Regresan partidos opositores a elecciones legislativas en Benín. telesurtv.net El horario establecido para la apertura y cierre de los colegios electorales es desde las 07H00 hora local hasta las 16H00 hora local.

Staff (2023-01-09). Muebles Ludema presenta variadas ofertas a la población tunera (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Una variada línea de muebles para el hogar se oferta a la población de la ciudad de las Tunas en el punto de venta de la Unidad Empresarial de Base (UEB) Ludema. Juegos para sala y comedor, repisas, respaldos para camas, sillones de aluminio, mesas para diversos usos, cojines y almohadas son algunos de los productos en venta.

Staff (2023-01-09). Muebles Ludema oferta a la población tunera mobiliario para el hogar (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Una variada línea de muebles para el hogar se oferta a la población de la ciudad de las Tunas en el punto de venta de la Unidad Empresarial de Base (UEB) Ludema, perteneciente a la empresa cubana del mueble Dujo. Juegos para sala y comedor, repisas, respaldos para camas, sillones de aluminio, mesas para diversos usos, cojines y almohadas son algunos de los productos en venta.

Staff (2023-01-09). El argentino Lionel Scaloni: Mejor director técnico de selecciones de 2022. cubadebate.cu Lionel Scaloni fue elegido como el mejor entrenador de un seleccionado masculino en 2022 por la Federación Internacional de Historia y Estadística de Fútbol, tras superar en la votación al francés Didier Deschamps, por 240 votos contra 45. Scaloni desplazó al italiano Roberto Mancini, ganador del premio en 2021 por la victoria de Italia en la Eurocopa.

Staff (2023-01-09). Hoy en la Mesa Redonda: El intento de golpe en Brasil. mesaredonda.cubadebate.cu Las causas, impacto y consecuencias del intento de Golpe de Estado ejecutado por las fuerzas bolsonaristas en Brasil serán analizados este lunes en la Mesa Redonda con la participación de periodistas y académicos.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-09). Biden arriba a México para Cumbre de América de Norte. telesurtv.net López Obrador le dio la bienvenida. La Cumbre tendrá lugar el martes próximo. También participará el primer ministro de Canadá, Justin Trudeau.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-09). Líderes de A. Latina rechazan golpe antidemocrático en Brasil. telesurtv.net Rechazan enérgicamente la invasión de las sedes de los tres poderes del Estado en la capital de esa nación, Brasilia.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-09). Guatemala captura a tres reos extraditables a EE.UU en 2023. telesurtv.net Durante el 2022, las fuerzas de seguridad del país centroamericano capturaron a 27 personas solicitadas por EE.UU. por diferentes delitos.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-09). Secuestran a más de 30 personas en el sur de Nigeria. telesurtv.net Según fuentes oficiales, varios hombres armados habrían atacado a un grupo de viajeros en el estado nigeriano de Edo.

Staff (2023-01-09). Qué trae la prensa cubana, lunes 9 de enero de 2023. cubadebate.cu

Staff (2023-01-09). Tasas vigentes en el mercado cambiario cubano este 9 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 lunes 9 de enero en el mercado cambiario del país.

Staff (2023-01-09). Clásicos en la Habana (+ Fotos). cubadebate.cu Espectaculares coches antiguos: Plymouth, Mercury, Oldsmobile, Ford, Cadillac, Chevrolet o Dodge, entre otras marcas, transitan por las calles habaneras a diario, como si se hubiera detenido el tiempo en este museo al aire libre.

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2023-01-08). PSL statement: Far-right coup attempt vs. democracy in Brazil. liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation joins with countless progressive people and organizations around the world in expressing our outrage over the coup attempt underway in Brazil by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro.

The Associated Press (2023-01-08). Pro-Bolsonaro Protesters Storm Brazil's Congress, High Court. latinorebels.com RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his electoral defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace in the capital Sunday, just a week after the inauguration of his leftist rival, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-08). Coup Attempt: Bolsonaro Supporters Invade Congress, Supreme Court, and Office of President in Brasilia. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Bolsonaro supporters invade the three powers in Brasilia. Photo: Matheus Alves Dozens of buses had arrived on Saturday January 7 to the Federal District to carry out what appears to be a planned-out coup attempt Supporters of the former president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Supreme Federal Court, National Congress, and the Planalto Palace,…

Maria Parazo Rose (2023-01-08). Despite Indigenous Land Protections, Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon Continues. truthout.org This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here. Indigenous territories and protected areas in Brazil's Amazon forest see higher and faster rates of deforestation than unprotected areas. That's according to a new study in Nature that says despite an expansion of protected areas and increased recognition of Indigenous territory across 52 percent of the… |

Anonymous103 (2023-01-08). Military Situation In Ukraine On January 8, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU positions near Konstantinovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Krasniy Liman with high-precision missiles; | Russian-led forces reportedly captured most of Soledar town. Clashes continue in the northern areas; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Sinkovka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Bakhmut; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrov…

Staff (2023-01-08). Activist Silenced for Questioning German Support for Ukrainian Neo-Nazis (Coop Anti-War Cafe Berlin Statement). orinocotribune.com Caracas, January 8, 2023 ( Among those organizations is the Coop Anti-War Café Berlin. One of its organizers, Heinrich Buecker, now faces criminal charges that could result in a punishment of up to three years in prison or fines.This is…

scorinoco (2023-01-08). Police Repression in Southern Peru Injures at Least 14 People. orinocotribune.com On Friday, January 6, the Peruvian Ombudsperson's Office reported that at least 14 people were injured as a result of police repression during a demonstration against de facto President Dina Boluarte in the Puno region of southern Peru. | The Peruvian Ombudsperson's Office confirmed through a statement that 10 civilians and four policemen are receiving treatment in the Carlos Monge Medrano hospital in the city of Julicaca. These 14 people were injured when the security forces tried to suppress a protest against the government with demonstrators supporting the liberation of the deposed president, Pedro Castillo. <...

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-08). Putin's Christmas Ceasefire Doesn't Hold. news.antiwar.com The ceasefire ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin for Orthodox Christmas did not hold, as heavy shelling was reported in eastern Ukraine on Friday and Saturday. The ceasefire was to be held from noon on Friday through midnight on Saturday. The Russian military insisted that it observed the ceasefire but said it did respond to …

Staff (2023-01-08). Pentagon pressures NATO allies to boost arms flow to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineJanuary 7, 2023 USA to seek from its allies to expand military aid to Ukraine — Pentagon U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, in a phone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov, said the United States will convince its allies of the need to increase military assistance to Kyiv, according to the Pentagon. Austin …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-08). The High Cost of Blowing Up the World: Ukraine and the 2023 NDAA. southfront.org | Written by Bipartisan insanity was on display again this week as the U.S. congress responded to Biden's requested $37 billion in additional aid to Ukraine by giving him

Anonymous103 (2023-01-08). In Video 18+: Heavy Losses Of The AFU In Soledar. southfront.org

Anonymous669 (2023-01-08). Italy, France Are In Talks To Provide Air Defense Systems To Ukraine. southfront.org The SAMP/T Mamba system. Source: MBDA Systems. | Italy is in talks with France to supply Ukraine with jointly produced air defense systems, Italian Foreign Minister said in an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper that was published on January 8."The sixth package [of military assistance to Kiev] is still at the phase of discussion, and, as has been said, there will be no sending [of weapons] before a relevant report to the parliament," Antonio Tajani said. "We are…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-08). First Prisoners Exchanged In 2023. southfront.org Russian servicemen | On January 8, Russia and Ukraine held another prisoner exchange which became the first one in 2023. This time, the exchange was equal, both of the warring sides got servicemen back from enemy prisons. | The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed that Russian servicemen came back home as a result of the exchange. The Russian side traditionally did not reveal the military ranks of the released prisoners of war (POWs). All of them will be taken to Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation. |

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-08). Russia Claims 600 Ukrainian Troops Dead in Strikes, Kyiv Denies Anyone Was Killed. news.antiwar.com Russia on Sunday claimed its forces killed over 600 Ukrainian troops in missile strikes, while Kyiv denies that there were any casualties at all. The Russian Defense Ministry said that missile strikes hit two facilities in Kramatorsk, Donetsk, that were housing 1,300 Ukrainian troops as retaliation for Ukrainian strikes that used US-provided HIMARS rocket systems …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-08). Zelensky Thanks US for Over $3 Billion Arms Package, Calls It an 'Awesome Christmas Present'. news.antiwar.com The US on Friday pledged a new $3.075 billion weapons package for Ukraine that includes Bradley Fighting Vehicles for the first time, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called an "awesome Christmas present" as it was announced on the eve of Orthodox Christmas. The aid marks the single largest arms package the US has pledged to …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-08). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On January 8, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous669 (2023-01-08). Ukraine Shot Down Own MiG-29 Fighter Jet Over Donetsk. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | Ukrainian forces have shot down one of their own MiG-29 fighter jets over the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic in a friendly fire accident, Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Defense Committee revealed on January 8. | Dmitry Sablin, who is permanently present in the special military operation zone, said on his official

Anonymous103 (2023-01-08). BREAKING: Russian Military Warns Of Upcoming Provocations In Ukraine. southfront.org | The Russian Ministry of Defence released an urgent statement of the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response in Ukraine, warning of the upcoming provocations prepared by the Kiev regime. | According to the Russian military, special services of Ukraine have prepared a new large-scale anti-Russian provocation aimed at discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and accusing Russian servicemen of allegedly committing war crimes. | On t…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-08). Russian 'Retaliation Strike' Killed Hundreds Of Ukrainian Servicemen In Kramatorsk -Russian MoD. southfront.org | On January 8th, the Russian Defense Ministry revealed a "retaliation operation" for the Ukrainian strike in Makeyevka at New Year's midnight. According to the statement of the Russian military department, Russian forces struck at two dormitories in the town of Kramatorsk, which housed more than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers, of whom over 600 died as a result of the strikes. | At night, at least 5 explosions were reported in the area of Kramatorsk. According to various reports, among the…

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-01-08). Russia Consolidates in East Mediterranean. orinocotribune.com By M.K. Bhadrakumar Dec 31, 2022 | The curtain is coming down on the brutal 11-year old Syrian conflict, which former US President and Nobel Laureate Barack Obama initiated, as the Arab Spring swept through West Asia two decades ago. The United States has suffered yet another big setback in West Asia as the year 2022 draws to a close. The unfolding Turkish-Syrian reconciliation process under Russian mediation is to be seen as a saga of betrayal and vengeance. | Ankara came under immense pressure from the Obama Administration in 2011 to spearhead the regime change project in Syria. Obama blithely assumed tha…

Steve Lalla (2023-01-08). Blows Against the Empire—2022 In Memoriam. orinocotribune.com By Steve Lalla Jan 6, 2023 | Throughout 2022, monopoly capitalism, with the US at its core, continued to erode from within and buckle under pressure exerted by sovereign states and peoples' movements alike. Relentless blows reigned down on the empire. These were some of the most memorable: | January 30: Prior to the Winter Olympics in Beijing, the leaders of China and Russia meet, the first visit between Xi Jinping and any world leader in over two years. A Russia—China joint statement heralded the dawning of a "new era," warned against "the negative impact of the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy o…

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-08). Sweden Says It Can't Meet Some of Turkey's Demands to Join NATO. news.antiwar.com Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Sunday that Turkey has made demands for Sweden that it cannot fulfill as part of Ankara's conditions for the Nordic nation to join NATO. "Turkey confirms that we have done what we said we would do. But they also say that they want things that we can't and won't give …

Ben Norton (2023-01-08). Introducing Geopolitical Economy Report: Multipolarista is evolving. geopoliticaleconomy.com We are excited to announce the creation of the independent media outlet Geopolitical Economy Report an evolution and expansion of Multipolarista. | Our team will be growing, and we have exciting new projects planned, including a regular show with economists Editor-in-chief Ben Norton explains the changes (and the continuity) in the video and podcast below: | Video: | Podcast:…

_____ (2023-01-08). CNN Recruits Washington's Worst Warmonger the Instant He Leaves Congress. strategic-culture.org By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | CNN has shattered the speed of light in its haste to recruit former representative Adam Kinzinger to its punditry lineup the millisecond he left congress. | Kinzinger, who prior to being

_____ (2023-01-08). How Do You Mourn the Death of an Israeli Democracy That Never Was? strategic-culture.org If we are to believe that Israel's exclusivist and racially based "democracy" is a democracy at all, then we are justified to also believe that Israel's new government is neither less nor more democratic than the previous governments. | By Ramzy BAROUD | Even before the new Israeli government was officially

____ (2023-01-08). China National Nuclear Corporation reports steady growth in power generation. ecns.cn China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), one of the country's largest nuclear power operators, said the company had generated nearly 218.74 kilowatt-hours of electricity from commercial operation in 2022, up 11.17 percent year on year.

_____ (2023-01-08). Peace Activists Take On The Pentagon's Corporate 'Merchants Of Death'. popularresistance.org Days after a U.S. warplane bombed a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing forty-two people, twenty-four of them patients, the international president of MSF, Dr. Joanne Liu walked through the wreckage and prepared to deliver condolences to family members of those who had been killed. A brief video, taped in October, 2015, captures her nearly unutterable sadness as she speaks about a family who, the day before the bombing, had been prepared to bring their daughter home. Doctors had helped the young girl recover, but because war was raging outside the hospit…

_____ (2023-01-08). Under Musk, Twitter Continues To Promote US Propaganda Networks. popularresistance.org Elon Musk's controlled release of the documents known as the "Twitter Files" has given us some insight into the inner workings of the social media platform. The batch of docs released on December 20 is arguably the most explosive, detailing Twitter's deliberate shielding of US propaganda operations. After getting limited access to Twitter's internal systems, Lee Fang of the Intercept (12/20/22) detailed how Twitter staff "whitelisted" accounts run by US Central Command (CENTCOM), the unit of the US military that oversees the Middle East, as part of covert propaganda campaigns. In other words, Twitter protected ac…

_____ (2023-01-08). Could Julian Assange Be Released In Two Months? popularresistance.org As the new year began, ABC Global Affairs Editor John Lyons stated during a broadcast segment that he expected WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would be released "within the next two months or so." | "I know [Australia Prime Minister] Anthony Albanese. He's working strongly behind the scenes," Lyons added. "He has said as much, but enough is enough." | Lyons is sympathetic to Assange's plight, making him one of the few correspondents in the world working for establishment news media who is willing to endorse calls to end the United States case against him. | But the key question is whether Lyons knows about some…

____ (2023-01-08). Spring Festival travel rush begins amid COVID-19 response shift. ecns.cn China's Spring Festival travel rush, the largest annual human migration worldwide, kicked off Saturday after the world's most populous country adjusted its COVID-19 response.

____ (2023-01-08). Chinese, Turkmen presidents hold talks, elevating ties to comprehensive strategic partnership. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with visiting Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov in Beijing on Friday, and the two heads of state announced the elevation of China-Turkmenistan relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership.

____ (2023-01-08). China's big-data tech industry improves greatly. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-08). Reporting system helps monitor virus. ecns.cn China has been recording and sharing COVID-19 epidemic information consistently and has deployed extensive tools to monitor viral mutations as its virus control work enters a new phase, officials and experts said on Friday.

____ (2023-01-08). EU urged to view response fairly. ecns.cn The Foreign Ministry urged the European Union on Friday to view China's pandemic response in an objective and fair manner, saying that it will take corresponding measures based on the principle of reciprocity in response to unreasonable measures taken by some countries toward travelers from China.

____ (2023-01-08). Pakistani PM hails China's great help for flood relief aid. ecns.cn Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has appreciated China and Chinese enterprises' great help to the flood-affected people of the country.

____ (2023-01-08). Spring Festival goods market booms as the festival approaches. ecns.cn As the Spring Festival approaches, the festival atmosphere becomes strong in north China's Tianjin. In the Spring Festival goods market at the historic canal town Yangliuqing, various red lanterns were hung.

____ (2023-01-08). 12,000-metric-ton arch bridge installed in place. ecns.cn China Railway 17th Bureau Group Co., Ltd fully connected the Shuanggang Bridge in Quzhou city, east China's Zhejiang Province on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-08). Xinjiang's installed new-energy power generation capacity tops 40 mln kW. ecns.cn Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has seen its energy mix constantly improving, with its installed capacity of new-energy power generation topping 40 million kilowatts for the first time in January 2023.

____ (2023-01-08). Cultural relics to get better protection. ecns.cn The fourth national census of cultural relics in China will be organized this year by the National Cultural Heritage Administration, it was announced at a national conference on cultural relics in Beijing on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-08). Several cities may relax home buying environment. ecns.cn Home sales in China are likely to recover as some cities are being allowed to relax mortgage rate minimums for first-time homebuyers, adding fuel to the country's unfolding economic rebound, analysts said on Friday.

____ (2023-01-08). Locals prepare special purchases‚ÄÇfor‚ÄÇSpring‚ÄÇFestival‚ÄÇin Changchun. ecns.cn People have been busy purchasing New Year goods, including candies, wine, and meat in Changchun city, northeast China's Jilin Province.

____ (2023-01-08). People receive inhaled COVID-19 vaccines in Fuzhou. ecns.cn Fuzhou City in east China's Fujian Province started vaccination with inhaled COVID-19 vaccines.

____ (2023-01-08). Residents enter shopping mall on ice slide in NE China. ecns.cn An ice slide made its debut in a shopping mall in Changchun city, northeast China's Jilin Province, on Friday. Both adults and children can slide into the mall, which adds great fun to their shopping experience.

Allen Forrest (2023-01-08). A Roller Coaster Ride to Easy Street… or? dissidentvoice.org Was the so-called pandemic, the lockdowns, the mandates just a one-off? Or was it a rehearsal for something else?

Chris Garaffa (2023-01-08). What progressive people should know about the "Twitter Files" liberationnews.org The "Twitter Files" are a set of internal communications including emails between company executives as well as with politicians, the FBI, Pentagon and other agencies.

Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center (2023-01-08). Saturday 1/21: Barbara Lee & Elihu Harris Lecture Series Presents Bishop Nathan D. Baxter. indybay.org Beebe Memorial Cathedral | 3900 Telegraph Avenue | Oakland, CA 94609…

____ (2023-01-08). (W. E. Talk) Why are CPC's policies on developing Tibet a success. ecns.cn Why do we say these policies are successful in terms of practical effects, historical achievements, and a comparison between the East and the West?

Anonymous669 (2023-01-08). ISIS Cells Attack Syrian Army Position In Deir Ezzor, Kill Or Wound Three Service Members. southfront.org . | On January 8, ISIS cells in Syria's central region took advantage of poor weather conditions and carried out an attack in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor. | The terrorists attacked a position of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) 17th Division in the desert area of al-Fayda. Heavy clashes broke out around the position between the terrorists and army troops, who eventually repelled the attack. | A service member of the SAA, Captain Mahmoud Ali Al-Zamam, was allegedly kill…

Andre E. (2023-01-08). "We have the power, we run this": Thousands of New York nurses go out on strike. liberationnews.org More than 7,000 nurses are on strike for fair contracts to hire more staff to improve patient care and nurses' working conditions.

Staff (2023-01-08). Colombia's President Petro Meets President Maduro for 2nd Time in Miraflores (+ELN). orinocotribune.com On Saturday, January 7, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, received Colombian President Gustavo Petro at Miraflores Palace, where the two presidents held a meeting. After it ended, President Maduro announced that there is a clear path for joint work and cooperation between the two nations on different issues that will continue to yield positive results for both countries. | President Maduro wrote on his social media accounts that the meeting he had with his Colombian counterpart was exhaustive and very fruitful. | "With the President of the Republic of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, we had a broad and very fru…

George Yancy (2023-01-08). Incarceration and Ableism Go Hand in Hand, Says Abolitionist Talila Lewis. truthout.org Disability, carceral violence and problematic forms of racialization constitute a profound and hegemonic labyrinth, Talila A. Lewis argues. So what are the intersections between disability, criminalization, institutionalization and incarceration? How do these sites function as overlapping and inextricable forms of mutually compounded violence? And how do we go beyond theorizing how these phenomena… |

Staff (2023-01-08). Colombia's President Petro Meets President Maduro for Second Time in Miraflores (+ELN). orinocotribune.com On Saturday, January 7, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, received Colombian President Gustavo Petro at Miraflores Palace, where the two presidents held a meeting. After it ended, President Maduro announced that there is a clear path for joint work and cooperation between the two nations on different issues that will continue to yield positive results for both countries. | President Maduro wrote on his social media accounts that the meeting he had with his Colombian counterpart was exhaustive and very fruitful. | "With the President of the Republic of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, we had a broad and very fru…

Dr. Paul Elias Alexander (2023-01-08). mRNA/DNA Gene Injection "Vaccine": Murder Charges against Pfizer, Moderna, FDA, CDC,NIH, NIAID. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2023-01-08). Milwaukee: WFNHP Local 00 leads a picket outside of Ascension CEO's home. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – The Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Healthcare Professionals (WFNHP) Local 00 held a rally and picket outside of the Milwaukee home of Bernie Sherry, the CEO of Ascension Wisconsin, one of his many houses. The January 4 action was in response to the abrupt announcement of the December 23 closure of St. Francis Hospital's Labor and Delivery (L+D) Unit. | The staff losing their jobs as a result of this closure wants their union to back them in fighting to have their services reopen. WFNHP- a union of fighters- will do whatever it takes to reopen St. Francis's L+D unit. This is not just standing…

_____ (2023-01-08). "Human Rights" and the fight against them by the West. journal-neo.org December 10, as is well known, is observed around the world as Human Rights Day, designated as such by the UN. But one of the features of the modern world, thanks to the "efforts" of the West, is the discrepancy between phrases and their true meaning: Freedom, democracy, human rights, and so on. Today the West, …

Revolution Books (2023-01-08). Sunday 1/8: Watch Livestream to raise $100,000 to put Revolution on the Map. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-08). Military Situation In Iraq On January 8, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Rhythmix Cultural Works (2023-01-08). Friday 2/3: MoToR/dance: Water in the Kettle (World Premiere). indybay.org 2513 Blanding Ave | Alameda, CA 94501…

____ (2023-01-08). Museum exhibits 2, 0-year-old ritual vessel with tigers. ecns.cn Shanxi Museum exhibited a bronze tiger Yi, an elegant utensil that ancient nobles used to wash their hands during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC).

KQED Live (2023-01-08). Wednesday 3/15: Kim Stanley Robinson's Half Century Love Affair With the Sierra Nevada. indybay.org Herbst Theatre | 401 Van Ness Ave | San Francisco, CA 94102…

Editor (2023-01-08). Trumpism: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. scheerpost.com By Michael Brenner | Trump is dead — long live Trumpism! Donald Trump's political demise is a personal implosion his narcissistic self punctured by a thousand wounds from the slings and arrows of his vengeful victims, his erstwhile collaborators and scheming usurpers. Yet, the movement he inspired and instigated is very much alive. It is a grave error to equate the man's fate with the fate of the vast body of followers who -at this time constitute the most potent force in the country's public life. That error is manifest in the celebration by Democrats at their 'triumph' in losing only on…

Rosa Parks Day Committee (2023-01-08). Friday 2/3: 23rd Annual Rosa Parks Day in California and Transit Equity Day Kickoff Celebration. indybay.org SMICS Bar | 12th & K st. | Sacramento, CA…

David Giesen (2023-01-08). Wednesday 1/18: Solon's Salon. indybay.org Notable House | 189 Ellsworth St. | San Francisco…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-08). United States: Two Barrels Aim at African People's Socialist Party. libya360.wordpress.com Don Fitz With new FBI and Department of "Justice" (DOJ) attacks expected in early January, a defense, mobilization and information session attracted hundreds of allies of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP). On December 23 they zoomed into the "Emergency Mass Meeting: Hands Off Uhuru! Hands Off Africa!" The APSP told its supporters that it…

____ (2023-01-08). Larry Raises A Valid Point. smoothiex12.blogspot.com

Lynzy Billing (2023-01-08). CIA-Backed Units Killed Hundreds of Afghan Civilians in Brutal Night Raids. truthout.org This story was originally published by ProPublica. In 2019, reporter Lynzy Billing returned to Afghanistan to research the murders of her mother and sister nearly 30 years earlier. Instead, in the country's remote reaches, she stumbled upon the CIA-backed Zero Units, who conducted night raids — quick, brutal operations designed to have resounding psychological impacts while ostensibly removing… |

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-08). US Airstrikes in Somalia Increased By 30% in 2022. news.antiwar.com US airstrikes in Somalia rose by 30% in 2022 as the Biden administration has escalated its involvement in the war against al-Shabaab, Military Times reported on Sunday. According to data compiled by the Long War Journal, a project of the hawkish Foundation for the Defense of Democracies think tank, US Africa Command launched at least …

Revolution Books (2023-01-08). Saturday 1/14: Film Screening:The Circle, banned in Iran, directed by Afar Panahi, imprisoned in Iran. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Ave | Berkeley…

Anti Police-Terror Project (2023-01-08). Monday 1/16: SAVE THE DATE for the 9th Annual Reclaim MLK's Radical Legacy Weekend! indybay.org Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, 2777 Middle Harbor Rd, Oakland, California.

Anonymous669 (2023-01-08). Israeli Army Foils Attempt To Smuggle Handguns From Jordan. southfront.org . Source: the Israeli Defense Forces. | On January 8, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that another attempt to smuggle handguns from Jordan into Israel had been foiled. | The army said in a statement that soldiers monitoring surveillance cameras on January 5 spotted two suspects along the border, near Kibbutz Ashdot Ya'akov Ihud. Both men were arrested by Israeli troops, police officers and border guards, who were quickly dispatched to the…

_____ (2023-01-08). Dr Doom's Mother of All Crises Looming. strategic-culture.org

WSWS (2023-01-08). Interview with Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly on the COVID pandemic and Long COVID: Part two. wsws.org "This was a historic moment in the annals of medicine… when patients came to the fore and alerted all of us scientists that something here is wrong and needs to be investigated and researched and gave the entity its name."

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-08). Guaidó is Gone, but We Shouldn't Forget Canada's Interference in Venezuela. libya360.wordpress.com Owen Schalk Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez. Ottawa's support for Guaidó was vocal, unwavering, and rooted in a decades-long alliance with right-wing forces in Venezuela The Juan Guaidó farce has, finally, come to an end. The hardline Venezuelan opposition, which has long sought the overthrow of the Bolivarian Revolution even during…

____ (2023-01-08). Daxing int'l airport to resume international passenger flights. ecns.cn Beijing Daxing International Airport will resume international passenger flights from Jan. 17.

WSWS (2023-01-08). Pennsylvania's Democratic governor ramps up police funding. wsws.org Governor Tom Wolf last month announced the disbursement of $170 million in special funding for Pennsylvania law enforcement agencies.

WSWS (2023-01-08). This week in history: January 9-15. wsws.org

Ann Brown (2023-01-08). Getting Into The Science Of Whether Or Not Dr. Maulana Karenga Was A US Government Informant. moguldom.com Every year, Kwanzaa is celebrated by some African-Americans from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. And every year, the rumor that the creator of Kwanzaa, activist Dr. Maulana Karenga, had been a government informer arises. There is also rumors that the holiday, which is based on seven principles centered around African harvest festival traditions from various …

Fight Back (2023-01-08). Venezuela economy surges, U.S. sanction policy crumbling. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL- 2022 was a banner year for the Venezuelan economy. The Venezuelan Central Bank recorded a 19% growth rate, while the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America put it at 12%. While inflation of food and gas prices ate at workers' income in the U.S. and much of the world this past year, Venezuela inflation was low compared with previous years. This is due to booms in both food and oil sectors in Venezuela owing to the ability of the Bolivarian Revolution to overcome U.S. sanctions. | Oil industry recovery | PDVSA oil started flowing to the U.S. and EU again after March, when the Biden…

Hartmut Reiners, Andrej Holm (2023-01-08). Rethinking the State and Rent Madness. indybay.org The right to housing for everyone must be understood as a public challenge and presupposes the de-commodification of the housing supply, a democratization of urban policy, and breach with the real estate exploitation coalition.

Deion Scott Hawkins (2023-01-08). Not All Insurrections Are Equal — for Enslaved Americans, It Was the Only Option. truthout.org For most Americans, Jan. 6 was once an ordinary, ho-hum day. That changed in 2021 when millions of television viewers watched thousands of Trump supporters assault the U.S. Capitol in their violent attempt to stop Joe Biden's presidential victory. Legislators fled for their lives as the mob shattered windows and vandalized congressional offices. While those images and subsequent congressional… |

Californians United for a Responsible Budget (2023-01-08). Thursday 1/12: Rally & Press Conference Demands More Prison Closures Across California. indybay.org California State Capitol (West Steps) | 1315 10th St | Sacramento, CA 95814…

The Lever (2023-01-08). LEVER WEEKLY: Finding The Right Focus In 2023. levernews.com

Bill Fletcher Jr. (2023-01-08). "Thirst" Updates the Vampire Genre for Our Age of Rising Fascism. truthout.org Let's start with my admission that I do not read horror. While I loved all of the Alien films and I was enthralled by the Blade trilogy, it is typically not a genre I seek out. Nicholas Powers changed all that with his new novel, Thirst. What attracted me at first was not the content but the author. Nicholas Powers is an exceptionally good writer whose political and cultural commentaries on the… |

Gérard Delépine (2023-01-08). Covid-19 Vaccines Lead to New Infections and Mortality: The Evidence is Overwhelming. globalresearch.ca Vaccination has spread worldwide. And everywhere it has been followed by a dramatic rise in new infections and mortality. How many deaths and severe accidents will it take for governments, WHO, health agencies FDA, EMA, to look at the proven results of this experimental pseudo-vaccination?

unitedEditor (2023-01-08). Sport and Art, Pt. 2: The Aesthetics of the Sports Spectacle. unitedworldint.com By Ljubodrag Simonovic * A sports spectacle is the climax of the sports aesthetics. To direct a spectacle is the highest form of manipulation with highly developed technical equipment and scientific methods. A sports spectacle tends to raise the marginal to the level of fatal, in order to marginalize the crucial social issues and leave …

____ (2023-01-08). Punishments for breaking COVID rules revoked. ecns.cn Starting from Jan 8, people who violate COVID-19 prevention measures will not be convicted or punished for obstructing the control of infectious diseases, according to a notification issued on Saturday.

Lynda Carson (2023-01-08). Tentative court ruling spares People's Park for the moment. indybay.org Food Not Bombs, Feeding The Hungry In People's Park:…

Paul Gregoire (2023-01-08). Qld Labor announces draconian penalties for youth crime. greenleft.org.au Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced that her government will enact laws to crack down ever harder on youth offenders. Paul Gregoire reports.

Anonymous669 (2023-01-08). In Video: Turkey's BARKAN Unmanned Ground Vehicle Test-Fires Mini Guided Missile. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. ( HAVELSAN Anadolu Agncy) | Turkey's BARKAN unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) has successfully tested Roketsan's Laser Guided Mini Missile System, also known as Mete, the Anadolu Agency reported on January 8. | The state-run news agency released footage from the live-fire test, which saw the UGV scoring a pinpoint hit on a static target with a single missile. The 40 mm Mete has an effective range of one kilometer and a circular error probability of one meter…

Edward Curtin (2023-01-08). Is a Happy New Year Possible? dissidentvoice.org Albert Camus and Edward Curtin, Sr. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy. — Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus Really? Or was he joking? Whenever January rolls around and a new year begins with its implied ending, I think of my father and Albert …

Orion Rummler (2023-01-08). State Legislatures Are Now Targeting Health Care for Transgender Adults. truthout.org Originally published by The 19th. Lawmakers in at least eight states used the last two months of 2022 to prefile anti-transgender bills ahead of state legislative sessions convening this month — setting up another year of statehouse battles over trans rights, while targeting health care for trans adults in new ways. Most states moving early on anti-trans bills focused on banning gender-affirming… |

WSWS (2023-01-08). UK rail workers speak from the picket lines during most sustained action since start of dispute. wsws.org The collective power of rail workers and their determination to fight was clearly demonstrated, but they remained divided by the leadership of both unions.

Mohammad Elnaiem (2023-01-08). African Roots of MLK Vision – 2023 Journey to Atlanta, Georgia and Gold Coast, Ghana. indybay.org Historical sojourn on the African continent exposed SNCC to a larger world infused with new possibility and hope, thus solidifying Africa's symbolic and political importance to struggles for freedom in the United States and around the world, revisited in 2023.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-08). Crisis in Bolivia: Santa Cruz Isolates Itself to Economically Attack La Paz. libya360.wordpress.com Sofia i Arena More than a week after the arrest of Governor Fernando Camacho, the opposition department has deepened its confrontation with the national government and seeks to "choke" the Bolivian economy. A little more than a week after the arrest of the governor of Santa Cruz, Fernando Camacho, the richest department of Bolivia deepens…

Staff (2023-01-08). De las nubes de esperanza a la dura realidad en Brasil. cubadebate.cu Luego de la asunción presidencial más multitudinaria de la historia de Brasil el pasado 1 de enero y de una fiesta popular que sacudió a todo el país, Lula da Silva empezó a gobernar. El presidente y sus ministros sabían que el escenario de la herencia recibida del ultraderechista Jair Bolsonaro sería tenebroso: un país literalmente destrozado en cada aspecto de la vida pública. Pero aun así, hubo sorpresas y ninguna fue agradable.

Staff (2023-01-08). Partidarios de Bolsonaro intentan tomar en el Palacio de Planalto, el Tribunal Supremo y el Congreso de Brasil. cubadebate.cu Bolsonaristas radicales han conseguido romper los cordones de seguridad alrededor del Congreso Nacional de Brasil e irrumpir en el edificio del órgano legislativo. En la Esplanada dos Ministérios, en Brasilia, se han producido enfrentamientos de manifestantes con la Policía, que trató de dispersar a la multitud con gas pimienta.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-08). Manifestantes mantienen el bloqueo de carreteras en Perú. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Salud de Perú indicó que en la última semana se han registrado 36 personas hospitalizadas a causa de la represión policial.

Staff (2023-01-08). Manifestantes peruanos mantienen movilizaciones y bloqueos de carreteras en varias regiones. cubadebate.cu En Perú continúan este domingo las protestas que demandan la salida de la presidenta, Dina Boluarte, el adelanto de las elecciones y otras exigencias. Los participantes protagonizan bloqueos de carreteras y movilizaciones masivas en varias regiones del país.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-08). Gremio periodístico denuncia ataque contra reportero en Perú. telesurtv.net Mejía, que trabaja para la agencia de prensa EFE ostentaba visiblemente su identificación de periodista.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-08). China reabre sus fronteras tras estar cerradas por la pandemia. telesurtv.net Las autoridades chinas indicaron que seguirán exigiendo a los viajeros una prueba negativa de Covid-19 para entrar al territorio chino.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-08). Accidente de tránsito deja 17 muertos en el este de China. telesurtv.net Medios chinos indicaron que el accidente ocurrió cuando un camión arrolló a una procesión fúnebre en el condado de Nanchang, provincia de Jiangxi.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-08). Explosión de un edificio deja cinco heridos en el sur de Rusia. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Situaciones de Emergencia de Daguestán informó que diez personas fueron evacuadas del edificio por motivos de seguridad.

Staff (2023-01-08). øCuáles son los objetivos de la visita que inicia Joe Biden a México? cubadebate.cu En la víspera, Biden destacó que una parte importante de su próxima visita a México será "fortalecer" la frontera común, con el objetivo de atender la migración irregular. En este sentido, el mandatario estadounidense aseguró que el país latinoamericano habría aceptado recibir hasta a 30.000 personas deportadas desde EE.UU. al mes.

Staff (2023-01-08). Deschamps extiende su contrato como técnico de Francia hasta el 2026. cubadebate.cu El contrato de Didier Deschamps como seleccionador francés se prolongó hasta julio de 2026, anunció la Federación Francesa de Fútbol (FFF), menos de tres semanas después del Mundial de Catar 2022 en el que Francia terminó en segunda posición. La intención del estratega es estar al frente de la selección francesa en el próximo Mundial.

Staff (2023-01-08). Informan sobre liberación de Ana Belén Montes de cárcel de EEUU. cubadebate.cu Agencias de prensa reportan este sábado que el Buró Federal de Prisiones de Estados Unidos confirmó que Ana Belén Montes, ex analista de la Agencia de Inteligencia de Defensa de ese país, abandonó el penal de Carswell, en Forth Worth, Texas, aunque comenzará un régimen de libertad condicional por cinco años.

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-01-08). Detienen a niño de 6 años que disparó a una profesora en EE.UU. telesurtv.net La profesora se encuentra reportada de estado crítico, con peligro para la vida.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-08). Presidente Fernández acelera juicio político contra el Supremo. telesurtv.net Se espera que la próxima semana se eleve el pedido de sesiones extraordinarias para que el Congreso argentino inicie el análisis de la proyecto.

teleSUR, odr, JDO (2023-01-08). Grecia niega jurisdicción británica sobre Mármoles del Partenón. telesurtv.net Ministerio de Cultura griego dejó claro que no le reconoce al Museo Británico ningún derecho sobre las reliquias, robadas a Grecia en el siglo XIX.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-08). Al menos 21 muertos deja accidente de autobús en Kenia. telesurtv.net Patrict Kitau, comandante de policía del distrito de Bungoma en Kenia, dijo que el accidente ocurrió alrededor de las 21H00 horas locales de este sábado en Lwakhaha.

Staff (2023-01-08). El tiempo: Algunas lluvias en el norte oriental y temperaturas cálidas. cubadebate.cu En la tarde se nublará ocasionalmente en localidades del interior y hacia la costa norte occidental con algunas lluvias hasta el anochecer, las que serán escasas en el resto del archipiélago.

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-01-08). Rusia afirma que sus militares respetan tregua y Kiev sigue atacando. telesurtv.net Los militares de Ucrania no han respetado el alto al fuego, lanzando al menos 60 proyectiles sobre Donetsk.

Staff (2023-01-08). Caravana de la Libertad llega a La Habana y es recibida por miles de personas. cubadebate.cu Los vítores, las consignas, banderas y melodías acompañaron a los caravanistas a su paso por diversos puntos de la ciudad como las céntricas avenidas de Malecón o 23, marcada también por la euforia de niños y población en general que saludaba la marcha desde las calles o sus hogares.

Staff (2023-01-08). Top 10 de los momentos del 2022 de Cubajoven. cubadebate.cu Si creíamos que el 2021 había sido un año duro, baff, anda pa' allá bobo (pequeña referencia a cierta frase populariza por el 10 y que nos gusta mucho). El 2022 traía las buenas vibras de control de la pandemia, pero se torció en algún punto. Reímos, vivimos momentos épicos, lloramos, se nos estrujo un poco el alma al extrañar a los que queremos, y se vio mucha solidaridad y cariño entre todos los que vivimos en esta isla del mar Caribe.

teleSUR, odr, JDO (2023-01-08). Rechazan reforma judicial de nuevo Gobierno de Israel. telesurtv.net Cerca de 10.000 personas se movilizaron para oponerse al proyecto que anunció esta semana el nuevo ministro de Justicia.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-08). Honduras extiende el estado de excepción contra crimen organizado. telesurtv.net Desde el Gobierno hondureño indicaron que la medida estará vigente hasta el próximo 20 de febrero de 2023.

Staff (2023-01-08). Ministerio de Cultura griego niega jurisdicción británica sobre mármoles del Partenón. cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Cultura de Grecia señaló este sábado que no reconoce la jurisdicción, posesión y propiedad de las esculturas del Partenón por el Museo Británico, pronunciamiento público que tuvo lugar luego de publicaciones de medios británicos que aluden supuestas negociaciones entre Grecia y la referida institución en torno a dichas reliquias.

Staff (2023-01-08). Informe revela que Estados Unidos conocía planes terroristas de Orlando Bosch contra un avión de Cubana. cubadebate.cu Un documento desclasificado del Departamento de Estado, circulado hoy, reconoce que agencias de inteligencia de Estados Unidos conocían que el terrorista de origen cubano Orlando Bosch planeaba atentar contra un avión de Cubana de Aviación. Sin embargo, ninguna de estas autoridades a sabiendas de los planes terroristas evitó el crimen de Barbados.

Staff (2023-01-08). La voluntad firme y unánime del pueblo cubano. cubadebate.cu Cubadebate regala a sus lectores cada día una pequeña joya del pensamiento de José Martí, como homenaje al más grande de los cubanos en el año del aniversario 170 de su natalicio y como llamado a cada ciudadano a hacer el bien todos los días, bajo el amparo ético y humanista que nos legó el Héroe Nacional de Cuba. También les recordamos algunos momentos de la vida de Martí un día como hoy…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-08). Vinculan a Camacho a régimen de facto de Bolivia. telesurtv.net La hija de Jeanine Añez, Carolina Ribera, afirmó que el gobernador de Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, en prisión desde la semana pasada, fue parte del antiguo Gobierno de facto…

Staff (2023-01-08). Top 10 de los momentos del 2022 de Cuba Joven. cubadebate.cu Si creíamos que el 2021 había sido un año duro, baff, anda pa' allá bobo (pequeña referencia a cierta frase populariza por el 10 y que nos gusta mucho). El 2022 traía las buenas vibras de control de la pandemia, pero se torció en algún punto. Reímos, vivimos momentos épicos, lloramos, se nos estrujo un poco el alma al extrañar a los que queremos, y se vio mucha solidaridad y cariño entre todos los que vivimos en esta isla del mar Caribe.

Staff (2023-01-08). 1959: Un año decisivo para Fidel. cubadebate.cu Uno de los años más importantes en la vida del Comandante fue, sin dudas, 1959. El triunfo revolucionario imponía asumir nuevas responsabilidades, enfrentar obstáculos y desafíos. Uno de los primeros, y más significativos, fue desmantelar el plan golpista del general Eulogio Cantillo en Columbia, que se daría a conocer públicamente en el memorable discurso de Fidel en el Parque Céspedes en Santiago de Cuba el 1ro. de enero.

Staff (2023-01-08). La Tira de los Lectores: Mi foto de fin de año. cubadebate.cu Hace unos días la convocamos y hoy regresa La Tira de los Lectores, esta vez dedicada a los festejos por fin de año. Recuerda que puedes comunicarte con nosotros a través del correo comentacubadebate@gmail.com o mediante nuestros perfiles en redes sociales.

Staff (2023-01-08). "La alegría es inmensa", entrada de Fidel a La Habana (+Fotos y Video). cubadebate.cu La Habana, jueves 8 de enero de 1959. Las principales calles se engalanaron colocando banderas cubanas y del 26 de Julio en dependencias estatales, en comercios y viviendas. Así se dispuso para que todo el pueblo pudiese dar una calurosa y hermosa bienvenida a Fidel Castro y los barbudos de la Sierra Maestra. Siete días tardó Fidel Castro, luego del Primero de Enero, en llegar a La Habana. Salió de Santiago de Cuba el 2 y entró en la capital del país el 8.

Staff (2023-01-08). Lionel Scaloni sobre su renovación en la selección Argentina: "Estoy en el lugar soñado" cubadebate.cu Sin todavía confirmarlo, el técnico afirmó: Estamos en eso", con respecto a su renovación en la Argentina y reiteró: " La verdad que estoy, lo dije hace tiempo, en el lugar soñado para cualquier argentino. Es es un lugar increíble después de haber ganado el Mundial. Es evidente que es un lugar en el que cualquiera quiere estar y en este caso estoy encantado".

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-01-08). Presidente Putin felicita a cristianos ortodoxos por Navidad. telesurtv.net "Deseo a los cristianos ortodoxos, a todos los que celebran la Navidad, buena salud, éxito y todo lo mejor", afirmó Vladimir Putin.

Staff (2023-01-08). El Real Madrid pierde la oportunidad de alcanzar cima de la Liga española de fútbol. cubadebate.cu El Real Madrid perdió hoy la posibilidad de alcanzar el primer puesto en la Liga española de fútbol, al perder 1-2 ante el Villarreal por la jornada 16 y sufrió su primera derrota del año. El partido de los merengues quedará además en los libros de historia por ser el primero del Real Madrid en sus 121 años de vida sin un solo jugador español en su once inicial.

Staff (2023-01-08). Play off de la Liga Élite: Agricultores vence a Tabacaleros y pone pie y medio en la final. cubadebate.cu Los Agricultores incrementaron hoy su presión sobre los Tabacaleros, al derrotarlos con pizarra de 7×2. Los Agricultores conectaron nueve hits, cuatro extrabases, dos dobles, siete carreras y dos jonrones, para conseguir su triunfo ante los Tabacaleros, quienes solo pegaron seis hits frente a dos lanzadores.

Staff (2023-01-08). Play off de la Liga Élite: Portuarios gana en extrainnings el tercer juego. cubadebate.cu Portuarios ganó un cerrado tercer juego de su semifinal ante Centrales, el partido se decidió 1×0 en extrainnings en el estadio Nelson Fernández, en un encuentro cerrado hasta el final y donde cada equipo bateó seis hits.

Staff (2023-01-08). El descanso de los hebreos. cubadebate.cu Los restos del cineasta cubano Saúl Yelín y un monumento con seis jabones fabricados con grasa de víctimas del holocausto, se encuentran en la necrópolis hebrea de Guanabacoa, la más antigua de su tipo en el país.

Mariana àÅlvarez Orellana (2023-01-08). Incierto futuro para un Perú en paro. globalizacion.ca Luego de la tregua por Navidad y Año Nuevo, las protestas populares para exigir la renuncia de la presidenta Dina Boluarte, el adelanto de elecciones para el 2023 y una nueva Constitución se reiniciaron en todo Perú, esta vez sin…

Staff (2023-01-08). Amazonía brasileña: Deforestación aumentó en 150 por ciento en diciembre. cubadebate.cu La Amazonía brasileña perdió 10.267 kilómetros de cobertura vegetal en 2022, una extensión equivalente a la de un país como Líbano. El monitoreo satelital detectó 218.4 kilómetros cuadrados de cubierta forestal destruida en la parte de Brasil de la selva tropical más grande del mundo el mes pasado.

Staff (2023-01-08). Messi seleccionado como "Mejor Creador de Juego" de 2022. cubadebate.cu Lionel Messi sigue llenándose de reconocimientos a nivel internacional tras la conquista del Mundial de Qatar 2022 con la selección Argentina y este sábado la la Federación Internacional de Historia y Estadística del fútbol (IFFHS) otorgó al astro argentino un nuevo distintivo, el cual supone una nueva marca histórica para el jugador del PSG.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-08). Paraguay reporta 53 contagios de mpox. telesurtv.net Los positivos son del género masculino, con una media de edad de 36 años. No se registran fallecidos ni hospitalizados.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-08). Represión policial deja al menos 14 heridos en el sur de Perú. telesurtv.net En la capital Lima, la represión policial dejó un saldo de al menos cinco heridos y más 40 detenidos.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-08). Protestas contra presidenta Boluarte se intensifican en Perú. telesurtv.net Puno amaneció completamente paralizada por el cuarto día de paro nacional. Los negocios, mercados y servicios están cerrados por temor a represalias.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-08). Honduras y EE.UU. debatirán sobre migración y otros temas bilaterales. telesurtv.net La agenda de debates incluye la lucha contra la corrupción, gobernanza, seguridad, derechos humanos y violencia de género, entre otros.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-08). Chalecos amarillos rechazan inflación y costo de la vida en Francia. telesurtv.net Los organizadores preveían la realización de más de 40 marchas, actos de protesta y otros eventos en diez regiones del país.

Staff (2023-01-08). Cuatro grandes organizaciones de solidaridad con Cuba piden a las instituciones europeas acciones contra el bloqueo estadounidense. cubadebate.cu El documento presentado por Cuba Coopération France, el Movimiento Estatal de Solidaridad con Cuba en España, la Asociación Nacional de Amistad Italia-Cuba y la Asociación Sueco-Cubana de Solidaridad solicita a instituciones de la Unión Europea (UE) respuestas concretas y el uso de las herramientas legales disponibles para enfrentar el cerco y sus consecuencias.

Staff (2023-01-08). Mandatario cubano reitera a Estados Unidos la importancia de respetar los acuerdos migratorios. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, reiteró este domingo la necesidad del cumplimiento integral de los acuerdos migratorios firmados con Estados Unidos como única vía para alcanzar flujos migratorios regulares, ordenados y seguros entre ambos países.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-08). Cólera deja más de 400 muertos en el último trimestre en Haití. telesurtv.net Hay un total de 1.570 casos confirmados de 22.575 sospechosos y son 18.360 las personas hospitalizadas con síntomas.

teleSUR, JCM, JDO (2023-01-08). Presidentes de Venezuela y Colombia se reúnen en Caracas. telesurtv.net Revisan exhaustivamente temas de la relación bilateral. Adoptan acuerdos para fomentar el desarrollo y la complementariedad entre ambas naciones.

Staff (2023-01-08). Unión Eléctrica no pronostica afectaciones al servicio por déficit de generación. cubadebate.cu En la generación distribuida, están indisponibles por avería 826 MW y en mantenimiento 391 MW. Para el horario pico se estima el completamiento del ciclo combinado de Energas Boca de Jaruco (30 MW) y la entrada de 329 MW en motores diésel.

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-01-08). Rusia denuncia ataque ucraniano contra central térmica de Donetsk. telesurtv.net En Novy Svet presumiblemente dos empleados de la central termoeléctrica pudieran estar aún bajo los escombros.

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-01-08). Gobierno palestino denuncia medidas punitivas israelíes. telesurtv.net El Gobierno ultraderechista de Benjamin Netanyahu anunció la semana pasada un paquete de medidas contra la Autoridad Nacional Palestina (ANP).

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-08). Renuncia ministra de Justicia de Chile por presiones opositoras. telesurtv.net La dimisión de la funcionaria ocurrió por la decisión del presidente chileno de indultar a 12 detenidos durante el estallido social de 2019.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-08). ONU condena medida de EE.UU. por violar derechos de refugiados. telesurtv.net Recientes medidas fronterizas promovidas por la administración Biden "no se ajustan a las normas del derecho de los refugiados", según ACNUR.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-08). Accidente de tráfico en el centro de Senegal deja 40 fallecidos. telesurtv.net El suceso ha ocurrido en torno a la localidad de Sikilo durante la madrugada de este domingo.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-08). Confirman liberación de Ana Belén Montes de cárcel de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Fue acusada de cometer espionaje a favor de Cuba. Declaró haber ayudado a la Isla a contrarrestar las amenazas de los EE.UU.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-08). Presidente boliviano llamó a luchar por la estabilidad del país. telesurtv.net La Amdebeni condenó las acciones violentas en la ciudad de Santa Cruz protagonizada por seguidores del gobernador, Luis Fernando Camacho.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-08). Al menos un muerto tras choque de trenes en la Ciudad de México. telesurtv.net El metro de la Ciudad de México suspendió el servicio de Indios Verdes a Guerrera de la Línea 3 debido al incidente.

teleSUR, odr, JDO (2023-01-08). Ferroviarios británicos continúan paro en defensa de derechos. telesurtv.net Alrededor de 40.000 trabajadores afiliados al Sindicato RMT cumplen la cuarta jornada de huelga.

teleSUR, EOS, JGN (2023-01-08). Conoce cinco frases del escritor mexicano Juan Rulfo. telesurtv.net Juan Rulfo falleció el 7 de enero de 1986 a los 67 años de edad a causa de un cáncer de pulmón en la capital mexicana.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-08). Deforestación de Amazonía brasileña aumentó 1 % en diciembre. telesurtv.net El monitoreo satelital detectó el mes pasado 218,4 kilómetros cuadrados de cubierta forestal destruida en la parte de Brasil de la selva tropical más grande del mundo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-08). Grupos de derecha continúan violentas protestas en Santa Cruz. telesurtv.net Grupo violentos de la derechista Unión Juvenil Cruceñista (UJC) nuevamente incendiaron el edificio de la Fiscalía Departamental de la provincia de Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

teleSUR, jdo, SH (2023-01-08). øQué se sabe sobre la desaparición de los hermanos Restrepo en Ecuador. telesurtv.net La desaparición de los hermanos Restrepo por las fuerzas de seguridad de Ecuador hace 35 años ha sido calificado como un crimen de Estado.

Staff (2023-01-08). China reabre sus fronteras este domingo luego de tres años de aislamiento por covid-19. cubadebate.cu

Staff (2023-01-08). Tasas vigentes en el mercado cambiario cubano este domingo 8 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 8 de enero en el mercado cambiario del país.

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2023-01-09: News Headlines

Staff (2023-01-09). Lula Restores Order After Rabid Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Brazil's Capital. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, January 8, groups of supporters of the former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, forcibly seized several buildings in the capital, Brasilia, taking control of the Congress building, the Supreme Palace of the Federal Court (Supreme Court of Justice), and the Palace of Planalto, which houses both the president's office and headquarters of the three branches of government. They demanded the nullification of the recent presidential election results, which gave the victory to Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva, and have been stationed for weeks in front of the military barracks. However, by 5: 30 in the afternoon o…

Juan Cole (2023-01-09). Brazil's Jan. 6: Right wing Mob invades Nat'l Congress, Tries to Stop Progressive Policies like Saving Amazon. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil, denounced the invasion of the national Congress and some ministry buildings in Brasilia on Sunday by a far right wing mob as "reprehensible and anti-democratic coup attempt by conservatives in Brazil, incited by the leaders of oligarchic power, its spokespersons and …

____ (2023-01-09). Brazil Has a New President, and a Renewed Chance to Save the Amazon. transcend.org 5 Jan 2023 – The victory in Brazil's presidential race by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva may be one of the most momentous events in modern world history. Lula returned for a third term and has pledged to protect the Amazon and the indigenous communities that have long stewarded the forest.

____ (2023-01-09). Brazil Protests: Lula Vows to Punish 'Neo-Fascists' after Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Congress. transcend.org 9 Jan 2023 – President tours scene of riot and orders federal government to take control of policing in capital Brasília as extremists refuse to accept his presidency.

____ (2023-01-09). Brazil's Lula: "Join Us in a Great Collective Effort against Inequality" transcend.org 6 Jan 2023 – In a landmark inauguration speech, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva lays out his agenda for a more just Brazil and a new internationalism.

____ (2023-01-09). With Echoes of Jan. 6, Thousands of Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Presidential Offices. transcend.org 9 Jan 2023 – "The insurrection in Brazil can be directly tied to Trump and the Republicans' emboldening of fascism and violent extremism," said one progressive U.S. lawmaker. Lula was in Sà£o Paulo at the time of the attack and Congress was not in session.

Federico Fuentes (2023-01-09). Brazil: 'Stop the coup offensive' says Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) as extreme right protesters storm Congress. greenleft.org.au Brazil's Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) has condemned the invasion by former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro supporters of the country's National Congress, Federal Supreme Court and presidencial residency, arguing it "represents an attempted coup d'état", reports Federico Fuentes.

Federico Fuentes (2023-01-09). Brazil: Socialists say 'Stop the coup offensive' as extreme right protesters storm Congress. greenleft.org.au Brazil's Socialism and Liberty Party has condemned the invasion by former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro supporters of the country's National Congress, arguing it "represents an attempted coup d'état", reports Federico Fuentes.

____ (2023-01-09). World leaders condemn supporters of Brazilian ex-president storming national seats of power. ecns.cn World leaders repudiated the protesters' acts and expressed their support for the incumbent Brazilian government.

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-09). Colombia condemns far-right attacks on Brazil's democratic institutions. colombiareports.com Colombia's Foreign Ministry condemned far-right attacks on government buildings in Brazil and called on other governments to do the same. In a message on social media platform Twitter, the Foreign…

_____ (2023-01-09). Peru: Social Movements Declare National Strike. popularresistance.org The indefinite national strike in Peru, called by various social movements of the country, has been continuing since January 4, in demand of a constituent assembly, the release of President Pedro Castillo from prison, and the resignation of de facto President Dina Boluarte and her illegitimate government. | The strike has spread through the country, with the greatest presence in the departments of Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Puno, Cusco, and Tacna. The protesters demand the closing of the Congress, dominated by the ultra-right, which removed the democratically elected president, Pedro Castillo on December 7, 20…

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-01-09). Friday 1/13: SF Rally-Smash US Supported Coup In Peru, US Gov & Biden Get Bloody Hands Off Peru. indybay.org Peru Consulate | 790 Market St. | San Francisco…

Fabiano Maisonnave, Tatiana Pollastri, Eraldo Peres (2023-01-09). Brazil's Lula vows no deforestation but challenges loom. peoplesworld.org XAPURI, Brazil (AP) — Since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as president of the second most populous country in the western hemisphere Jan. 1, few challenges have been greater than fulfilling his promise to end all deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon by 2030. To understand why, consider the vastly different visions of …

Sarah Anderson (2023-01-09). For Lula, Fighting Against Fascism and For Economic Justice is Nothing New. inequality.org

C.J. Atkins (2023-01-09). Bolsonaro supporters execute Jan. 6-style fascist coup attempt in Brazil. peoplesworld.org In a scene reminiscent of the Trump coup attempt of Jan. 6, 2021, supporters of defeated Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tried to pull off their own overthrow of democracy on Sunday by storming the Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace. Thousands of right-wing demonstrators muscled their way past light security in the capital …

José Luis Granados Ceja (2023-01-09). Venezuela's Maduro Denounces 'Neo-Fascist' Coup Attempt in Brazil. venezuelanalysis.com The Brasilia events could lead to a long destabilization campaign by right-wing forces as has been done by their counterparts in Venezuela and Bolivia.

infobrics (2023-01-09). Ukrainian forces provoke Russia despite Moscow's effort for religious armistice. infobrics.org Kiev's rejection of Christmas truce shows that the neo-Nazi regime does not want any type of dialogue.

_____ (2023-01-09). "I Speak For The Georgian Legion — We Don't Take Russian Soldiers Prisoner!" journal-neo.org Reports of Georgian soldiers dying in the fight for Ukraine's independence are at first impression heartwarming, at least for the naàØve. BUT when you dig deeper into this story, you soon realise that their plight is of their own choice, and motivated by financial considerations, not solidarity or standing up for a fledgling democracy. As …

_____ (2023-01-09). The Ukrainian crisis as perceived by Mongolian society. journal-neo.org The significant changes seen in the Ukrainian crisis in 2022 are being actively discussed all over the world. Mongolia, a small but no less important neighbor of the Russian Federation, is no exception in this regard. The unique features of Mongolia's historical development, its relations with Russia, its geographical location and the political and social …

WSWS (2023-01-09). No tank deliveries to Ukraine! Stop the threat of a third world war! wsws.org Eighty-two years after the beginning of the German war of extermination against the Soviet Union, German tanks are again rolling against Russia. The German government is thereby risking a nuclear world war.

____ (2023-01-09). Can NATO and the Pentagon Find a Diplomatic Off-Ramp from the Ukraine War? transcend.org 3 Jan 2023 – The precarious fine line the US and NATO are walking in Ukraine, caught between their commitment to an open-ended, ever-escalating war and the existential danger of nuclear war. The dichotomy between the sober assessments of senior military officials and the policy choices of their political bosses.

_____ (2023-01-09). The Trillion Dollar Silencer. popularresistance.org Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across the U.S. in the last few years to decry police brutality, to oppose the Supreme Court's decision to restrict abortion rights, and to contest what they believed was a rigged election (the January 2021 Capitol riots). | Only small hardy bands by comparison have taken to the streets to protest record military budgets—approaching $1 trillion under Joe Biden—or the illegal bombing of Syria, expansion of U.S. troops in Africa, provision of $20 billion in U.S. military aid to Ukraine, and military provocations directed against China. | Joan Roe…

infobrics (2023-01-09). Russia-India Trade to Break Record in 2022. infobrics.org Russian and Indian relations are developing as the world tries to isolate Moscow in light of the Ukraine war…

WSWS (2023-01-09). Massive German arms exports in 2022. wsws.org Between January 1 and December 22, 2022, the German ruling coalition approved arms exports totaling upwards of 8.35 billion euros. Ukraine received the highest total of arms of any country.

WSWS (2023-01-09). After McCarthy election, Republicans, Democrats outline right-wing budget agendas. wsws.org The Republicans said they would seek major cuts in domestic social spending, while the Democrats emphasized protecting Wall Street and funding the war in Ukraine.

____ (2023-01-09). Russia Offering 'Korea-style' Peace Deal — Kiev. transcend.org 8 Jan 2023 – Moscow wants to formalize the status quo on the ground, Ukraine's top security official said.

WSWS (2023-01-09). The Makeevka missile attack and the political crisis in Russia. wsws.org In an effort to deflect blame for the deaths of likely hundreds of Russian soldiers in a Ukrainian missile strike, the Kremlin is insisting that Ukraine was able to hit the barracks because the men were using their cell phones in contravention of military policy.

Margaret Kimberley (2023-01-09). White Lives Matter More in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-09). Context and Practice of International Politics: Experience in 2022 and Expectations for 2023. libya360.wordpress.com Timofei Bordachev The dramatic events of 2022, centred on the military-political conflict between Russia and the West over the Ukrainian issue, are a vivid example of the interaction of context and practice in international politics. The global context, within which one cannot help but consider the most acute manifestation of the current clash of interests,…

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-09). Ukraine Sanctions Dozens of Russian Artists for Allegedly Supporting the War. news.antiwar.com Ukraine on Saturday placed over 100 Russian artists and public figures on a sanctions list for their alleged support for the Russian invasion. The list includes TV presenters, singers, and musicians who Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, called "propagandists of death." Anna Netrebko, a Vienna-based opera singer, is one of the …

infobrics (2023-01-09). Russia's Rosatom Sends 'More Advanced' Fuel Option for Indian Nuclear Plant. infobrics.org Russia's state-owned nuclear energy company Rosatom earlier this year sent a "more advanced" fuel option for a nuclear power plant in southern India, an Indian government minister told parliament…

_____ (2023-01-09). The January 2017 'Assessment' On Russiagate. popularresistance.org The banner headline atop page one of The New York Times print edition [now six] years ago today, on Jan. 7, 2017, set the tone for two years of Dick Cheney-like chicanery: "Putin Led Scheme to Aid Trump, Report Says." | Under a media drumbeat of anti-Russian hysteria, credulous Americans were led to believe that Donald Trump owed his election victory to the president of Russia, whose "influence campaign" according to the Times quoting the intelligence report*,* helped *"*President-elect Trump's election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton." | Hard evidence supporting the media and political rh…

infobrics (2023-01-09). Russia Wants to Further Cut Its Dependence on the US Dollar by Buying up Chinese Yuan. infobrics.org Russia will start purchasing yuan on the currency market in 2023 if the country's oil and gas revenues meet expectations, Reuters reported…

WSWS (2023-01-09). NATO recklessly escalates war against Russia. wsws.org At a certain point, the escalation of the US-NATO war against Russia begets escalation, creating a chain reaction that cannot be contained.

unitedEditor (2023-01-09). "Time for the US to leave the region" unitedworldint.com Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar and Turkish National Intelligence Director Fidan met with Syrian Defense Minister Ali Mahmoud Abbas and Syrian intelligence heads in Moscow. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Russian intelligence officials were also attended the meeting. The meeting caused a worldwide echo. It is considered of turning point for the …

____ (2023-01-09). The Sino-Russian Summit You Didn't Read About. transcend.org 4 Jan 2023 – The New York Times coverage of the recent summit between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping misses some of its most important details.

Kurt Nimmo (2023-01-09). Children of Azov Conscripted to Die. globalresearch.ca

Mike Whitney (2023-01-09). The Plan to Carve Up Russia. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-01-09). US shale oil boom has already come to an end. infobrics.org American shale oil failed to replace Russian energy sources for Europe.

Ukrinform (2023-01-09). Zelensky Strips 13 Pro-Russia Priests of Citizenship — Media. globalresearch.ca

Ray McGovern (2023-01-09). The Jan. 2017 'Assessment' on Russiagate. globalresearch.ca

Jacob G. Hornberger (2023-01-09). The Evil Strategy of "Degrading" Russia. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-09). Predictions for 2023? Annus Horribilis with Some Surprising Upsides. libya360.wordpress.com Sharmine Narwani This isn't going to be an easy year, anywhere. The constellation of events in the recent past — wars in Syria, Yemen, Libya; the targeting of Iran, China, Russia; the global pandemic and the securitization that ensued; the re-emergence of Salafi terrorism; widespread economic recession; failure of globalization; replacement of international law with…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-09). The Smoldering Moldovan Crisis. libya360.wordpress.com GORDON M. HAHN The battle between Russia and the West for Moldova has been ongoing since the Soviet collapse, despite the country's constitutional ban on joining alliances, presumably applying only to military ones. That battle has been slowly escalating ever since the February 2014 Western-backed Maidan putsch, rise of the oligarchic-ultranationalist Maidan regime, Russia's annexation…

infobrics (2023-01-09). China's normalization overtures rejected as US opts for another Taiwan escalation. infobrics.org Only three days after the new Chinese Foreign Minister's positive overtures, Washington DC insulted Beijing by ordering its warship to pass through the Taiwan Strait.

Ben Norton (2023-01-09). China pushes de-dollarization with gold reserves, Argentina yuan currency swap deal. geopoliticaleconomy.com Advancing global de-dollarization, China's central bank is boosting its gold reserves while signing currency swap deals in yuan with countries like Argentina, encouraging the use of renminbi instead of US dollars.

Ben Norton (2023-01-09). Nicaragua is world's #1 country where citizens feel at peace, Gallup poll shows. geopoliticaleconomy.com A poll by mainstream firm Gallup found that Nicaragua is the No. 1 country in the world where citizens feel at peace. Nine of the top 14 countries are in Latin America. But the US constantly attacks the Sandinista government and imposes sanctions on it.

Ben Norton (2023-01-09). China 'counters US dollar hegemony' with gold reserves, Argentina yuan currency swap deal. geopoliticaleconomy.com Advancing global de-dollarization, China's central bank is boosting its gold reserves while signing currency swap deals in yuan with countries like Argentina, encouraging the use of renminbi instead of US dollars.

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-01-09). Prince Harry's Great Afghan Shooting Party. globalresearch.ca

Kurt Nimmo (2023-01-09). Medvedev Suggests Parking Hypersonic Missiles Near the Potomac. globalresearch.ca

Robert S. Becker (2023-01-09). House demolition fits the Trump stunt dump: Déjà vu all over again. nationofchange.org Yet nihilism makes its own reward,/ To trigger mayhem & lift the overlord.

Middle East Monitor (2023-01-09). Is Israel Being Turned into a Jewish Theocracy? juancole.com By Mohammad Makram Balawi | ( Middle East Monitor ) = Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest serving prime minister of Israel, built his entire career on confronting Iran. His argument is, Iran is building a nuclear weapon and its intent on using it against Israel and wiping out the Jewish people and he is the …

_____ (2023-01-09). Uranium Water Contamination In US Far More Prevalent Than Believed. popularresistance.org Maybe it's the good kind of uranium that turns you into Spider-Man or the Incredible Hulk and not the bad kind of uranium that turns you into Thyroid Cancer Man — one of the lesser-known Marvel superheroes. | ProPublica has come out with an investigation entitled "The Cold War Legacy Lurking in U.S. Groundwater." After World War II, the Cold War started between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. because the rich needed to stop the damn Communists from pushing their furry hats on everyone! There was a feverish need to build loads of nuclear weapons. To do that, the U.S. needed uranium, and its ruling class didn't car…

Franàßois Diaz-Maurin (2023-01-09). Nowhere to Hide: How a Nuclear War Would Kill You — And Almost Everyone Else. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-01-09). Bolivian Unions Mobilize For President Luis Arce. popularresistance.org Bolivia's social movements have declared a state of emergency and permanent mobilization in support of President Luis Arce in response to riots in Santa Cruz by groups loyal to arrested coup leader, Luis Fernando Camacho. Social movements that made the declaration include the COB workers confederation, the campesino confederations (CSTUCB, Interculturales), and indigenous organizations (CONAMAQ, Bartolinas). | Executive Secretary of the COB, Juan Carlos Huarachi, held a press conference late last night after a meeting President Luis Arce, he said, "Today, all the social movements agree to declare ourselves in a s…

_____ (2023-01-09). Washington's 'Democracy Promotion' Spectacularly Fails In Venezuela. popularresistance.org The Los Angeles Times reports that "the audacious gamble by the U.S. government to…restore democracy" suffered a "spectacular failure" in Venezuela. What this State Department stenographer masquerading as a newspaper considers a "democratic" setback consisted of failing to impose unknown US security asset Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's president. | This man just got the boot from his own fractious opposition group, which voted 72-29 to disband his "interim government." The Hill reports that the pretend president still claims…

Brett Wilkins (2023-01-09). Pentagon doc reveals US lied about Afghan civilians killed in 2021 drone strike. nationofchange.org One Amnesty International campaigner called the new report "more evidence that we need a huge change in how the U.S. uses lethal force and assesses and reveals its consequences."

____ (2023-01-09). Foxconn's Zhengzhou factory resumes production to peak capacity. ecns.cn Foxconn Technology Group, the world's leading contract electronics maker, has resumed its production capacity to peak season at its major manufacturing factory in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province.

____ (2023-01-09). China launches Shijian-23 satellite into space. ecns.cn A Shijian-23 satellite was launched aboard a modified version of the Long March-7 carrier rocket into space from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province at 6: 00 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Monday and entered its planned orbit successfully.

____ (2023-01-09). Azvudine producer cuts price, boosts access. ecns.cn China's first oral anti-COVID-19 drug Azvudine will be covered by China's national medical insurance system after negotiations, China's National Healthcare Security Administration said Sunday evening.

____ (2023-01-09). Economy grows despite COVID headwinds. ecns.cn Containers from all over the world wait to be loaded or unloaded at Yangshan Port near Shanghai on April 24.A worker collects helmets at a construction site in the Yizhuang area in Beijing on March 16, 2020. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily]…

____ (2023-01-09). 1.52 mln people sit China's civil servant exam. ecns.cn More than 1.52 million people sat at China's annual civil service recruitment examination to compete for vacancies with the central authorities and their branches.

____ (2023-01-09). House remains dating back around 6,000 yrs found in central China. ecns.cn Archaeologists have unearthed the foundations of seven houses dating back around 6,000 years in central China's Henan Province.

____ (2023-01-09). More Chinese cities break 2t yuan GDP mark. ecns.cn Seven cities in China registered GDP of over 2 trillion yuan ($294.4 billion) in 2022, according to a report by media outlet Yicai on Jan 8.

____ (2023-01-09). Mulberry, cypress foundation discovered below ancient Chinese city wall. ecns.cn Archaeologists in central China's Henan Province have uncovered a sprawling layer of mulberry and cypress branches, believed to be the foundation of an ancient city wall.

____ (2023-01-09). China's commercial rocket CERES-1 Y5 launches 5 satellites. ecns.cn China on Monday launched the CERES-1 Y5 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

____ (2023-01-09). Summer, autumn of 2022 hottest in over 60 years for China. ecns.cn The number of days with an average temperature across China above 35 degrees Celsius hit 16.4 in 2022, the highest since 1961, said the China Meteorological Administration on Monday.

____ (2023-01-09). Chinese palaeontologists identify new shrimp species. ecns.cn Chinese palaeontologists have established a new species of a shrimp fossil unearthed in southwest China's Yunnan Province, dating back 518 million years.

____ (2023-01-09). China's first breaking national team eyes Paris 2024. ecns.cn Eight breakdancers will represent China in Olympic qualifications, as the first ever Chinese national team of the new Olympic sport was established on Monday.

____ (2023-01-09). Timing of China's COVID response shift related to elderly vaccination: expert. ecns.cn The reason that China chose to adjust its COVID-19 response measures at this juncture is directly related to national elderly vaccination, said Liang Wannian, head of the COVID-19 response expert panel under China's National Health Commission when interviewed by state broadcaster CCTV.

____ (2023-01-09). XBB will not cause large-scale infection in China: expert. ecns.cn The COVID-19 Omicron XBB sub-variant will not cause large-scale infection in China right now, said Chen Cao, a research fellow with the National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention under the China CDC on Sunday.

____ (2023-01-09). Prehistoric ruins discovered in east China. ecns.cn An ancient hominid site dating back some 13,200 years ago has been unveiled in east China's Shandong Province, with over 1,000 relics, including pottery sculptures.

____ (2023-01-09). Water conservancy ruins found in ancient capital in central China. ecns.cn The ancient capital Luoyang site in today's Henan Province has recently discovered over 80 meters of water channels dating back to the Wei and Jin dynasties (220-420).

____ (2023-01-09). Dinosaur footprint fossils found for the 1st time in Zigui Basin in C.China's Hubei Province. ecns.cn Footprint fossils of dinosaurs from the Jurassic period were discovered in Zigui Basin in Central China's Hubei Province for the first time.

____ (2023-01-09). Ice dragon boat race held in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Racers compete on a 400-meter round ice track during an ice dragon boat race on Ulungur Lake in Fuhai County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Jan. 8, 2023.

____ (2023-01-09). Multiple ports in China witness influx of travelers on 1st day of COVID downgrading. ecns.cn Shuttle bus service between Hong Kong and Zhuhai through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge resumed round-the-clock operation on Sunday, with the number of routes increasing to 168.

____ (2023-01-09). China sends three satellites into space. ecns.cn The Shijian-23 satellite is mainly used for scientific experiments and technical verification, while the Shiyan-22A and Shiyan-22B satellites serve the in-orbit verification tests of new technologies such as space environment monitoring.

____ (2023-01-09). China's CERES-1 Y5 carrier rocket sends 5 satellites into space. ecns.cn China's CERES-1 Y5 carrier rocket carrying 5 satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Jan. 9, 2023. The rocket sent five satellites into the planned orbit.

Pepe Escobar (2023-01-09). Why China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Is Back with a Bang. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-09). The Bubble of Prejudice vs the Light of Hope in China's COVID Fight. libya360.wordpress.com Editorial Comment: I have only praise for China's response to Covid and their commitment to internationalism. My condemnation of Covid policies has been solely directed at Western nations (and the faux left supporting fascism and imperialism) that have exploited the pandemic to further anti-democratic agendas, extensively violate human rights, and promote dangerous escalations of military…

The Conversation (2023-01-09). Who will Help Rohingya Women and Demonstrate Global Leadership? juancole.com By Deeplina Banerjee, Western University | The UN Security Council recently adopted its first resolution on Myanmar in more than seven decades. The resolution demanded an end to the violence and called on Myamnar's military junta to release all political prisoners. In 2021, the military seized power in the country in a violent coup …

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-09). Colombia's biggest money laundering case of 2022. colombiareports.com Colombia's prosecution seized assets worth almost $246 million (COP1.2 trillion) of an alleged money laundering ring with ties to the international drug trade in the United States and Asia. The…

Editor (2023-01-09). Chris Hedges: America's Theater of the Absurd. scheerpost.com

Global Research News (2023-01-09). Selected Articles: The COVID "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's a Criminal Undertaking. globalresearch.ca By We are being accused of "spreading disinformation" regarding the Covid-19 vacci…

scorinoco (2023-01-09). Soleimani Assassination Commemorated in Mass Rallies Across Middle East. orinocotribune.com On Januray 3, 2023, the martyrdom of the anti-imperialist hero, Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was commemorated in Iran, Iraq, Syria and several other countries of West Asia and across the world. | As Iranians and Iraqis commemorate the three-year anniversary of Washington's illegal assassination of Iran's Quds Force Commander General Soleimani and Iraq's Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, scores of people rallied in the streets of both countries. | On January 3, people from all over the Islamic Republic of Iran, and particularly in Soleimani's hometown of Qanat-e Malek in Kerman province, gathered to remember the fallen c…

Waukegan Liberation Staff (2023-01-09). Charges filed against killer cop in Waukegan, Illinois, after two years of community struggle. liberationnews.org On Oct. 20, 2020, Waukegan police officer Dante Salinas killed 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette and injured his girlfriend Tafara Williams.

Mickey Z. (2023-01-09). "The walls are the publishers of the poor" dissidentvoice.org all we are saying… Today, I took a photo walk around the Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, Queens, NYC. "Imagine a city where graffiti wasn't illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colors and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was …

manager (2023-01-09). The Grand Switcheroo: Escobari and Hoover Reinterpret Their Results to Misidentify Fraud. cepr.net In the previous post, we looked at the difference-in-difference models of Escobari and Hoover. We noted that they all show the same thing, suffering from the same problem. To identify fraud, they require that however much more the results at the late-transmitting polling stations favored Morales when contrasted with the early ones, they ought to …

Michael Berkowitz (2023-01-09). 'Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical': Thoroughly modern Matilda. peoplesworld.org You simply cannot escape the zeitgeist of Matilda. Against all odds, Matilda Wormwood in the new Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical is an unqualified triumph. Director Matthew Warchus and writers Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin's revival of Roald Dahl's semi-classical book Matilda is a spirited morality play, another milestone in the never-ending struggle of democracy …

Jamal Rich (2023-01-09). Washington, D.C.'s last Burger King closes, firing workers without notice. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—On New Year's Eve, the oldest and last Burger King location in D.C. closed its doors to the public, firing its entire staff in the process. The location was on upper Connecticut Ave. NW, just a few blocks from the University of the District of Columbia, and had existed for several decades at the same …

John Wojcik (2023-01-09). Insurrectionists who failed in 2021 took over the House last Friday. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON — With an incredible 15-ballot election of Kevin McCarthy as House speaker the insurrectionists who failed to pull off their Jan.6, 2021 coup at the Capitol managed to take over the House of Representatives last Friday and are planning to cement their success with passage of new rules this week. Those rules will give …

Editor (2023-01-09). Maduro: Venezuela produces 94% of its own food in 2022 after importing 80% for over 100 years. mronline.org "Venezuela is experiencing the first stage of a long recovery cycle," said President Maduro.

Editor (2023-01-09). Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King: Unite to fight racism, fascism and war. mronline.org Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said in 1967, "The bombs dropped on Vietnam explode at home." Malcolm X expressed something similar when he said, "Chickens come home to roost."

Martin Hart-Landsberg (2023-01-09). In the U.S. you can be fired for any or no reason—it doesn't have to be this way. mronline.org The United States is an employment "at-will" country. That means, absent a union contract, a boss can fire a worker for almost any, or even no reason, and without advance notice. Well—with the exception of Montana.

Editor (2023-01-09). Inside Southwest's horrific holidays. mronline.org Blame the wealthy, not the weather.

Peter McLaren (2023-01-09). A Review of Derek R. Ford's 'Teaching the Actuality of Revolution: Aesthetics, Unlearning, and the Sensations of Struggle'. mronline.org History doesn't happen because a small group of people share a complete political identity; it happens because masses of people shed their timidity, risk their reputations, livings, freedom, and lives, and let the actuality of revolution guide their every move.

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-01-09). What factors impacting food prices. america.cgtn.com Grocery store prices around the world remain high. A U.N. organization has been tracking global food prices since the 1990s, and in the past year, it's recorded a 13.5 percent increase in the cost of groceries, the largest increase in more than four decades. …

Kerry Smith (2023-01-09). Resistance to logging continues in Bulga State Forest. greenleft.org.au A camp has been set up to support protesters trying to stop native forests being logged in Bulga State Forest. Kerry Smith reports.

Mark Niu (2023-01-09). Companies showcase tech innovations at CES. america.cgtn.com At the world' largest personal electronics show, over 3,000 companies from 174 countries are showing off their technology, many of them for the first time. Check it out.

Nova 'Jade' Sobieralski (2023-01-09). AUWU: 'Cut the crap, raise the rate'. greenleft.org.au While some benefits are automatically indexed, JobSeeker is not. Nova 'Jade' Sobieralski reports that the Australian Unemployed Workers Union is demanding more from a Labor government.

WSWS (2023-01-09). "The contract was a joke": CNH workers reject pro-company agreement, extend 8-month strike. wsws.org The most important step now is to break the imposed isolation of the UAW apparatus by developing rank-and-file committees to link up with workers at different plants in different industries.

WSWS (2023-01-09). University of California workers fight to appeal UAW-sellout contract, following anti-democratic union betrayal. wsws.org The appeal details the anti-democratic measures the union took to ram through a "yes" vote in the disputed contract.

WSWS (2023-01-09). The XBB.1.5 "Kraken" subvariant of Omicron takes hold in the US. wsws.org The latest and most dangerous subvariant of Omicron is leading to high levels of hospitalization across the Northeast. The winter surge of COVID will likely overtake the rest of the country over the next few weeks.

WSWS (2023-01-09). Washington, D.C. police officers found guilty in 2020 traffic death of Karon Hylton-Brown. wsws.org The verdict last December is the first time a Washington D.C. police officer has been charged and found guilty of murder.

WSWS (2023-01-09). Australian life expectancy declines as a result of COVID "let it rip" policy. wsws.org As in the US, Europe and elsewhere, the fall in life expectancy is a historical retrogression reversing a decades-long trend.

WSWS (2023-01-09). Visiting US-Mexico border, Biden seeks bipartisan unity in attack on migrants. wsws.org President Biden's trip to El Paso, his first to the southern border since taking office, is aimed at solidifying the collaboration of the White House with the Republicans in attacking the basic rights of migrant workers and their families to seek asylum in the US.

WSWS (2023-01-09). Nepali prime minister sworn in amid growing political instability. wsws.org The sordid flip-flopping alliances of the Maoist Centre and the Stalinist Communist Party of Nepal with the Nepali Congress and other bourgeois parties further expose the thoroughly corrupt character of these formations.

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-09). Colombia suspends arrest warrants for dissident FARC guerrillas. colombiareports.com Colombia's Prosecutor General's Office suspended the arrest warrants for three dissident FARC guerrillas who have been appointed to negotiate peace with the government. The three guerrilla are leaders of the…

and Matt Huffaker (2023-01-09). Santa Cruz City Mangler Closes Civic Auditorium Shelter. indybay.org Yesterday, City Manager Matt Huffaker sent me his first-ever e-mail in response to my denunciation of the closing of the Civic Auditorium Emergency Shelter as torrential rains approach.

Angela (2023-01-09). Saturday 1/7: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "My Ramleh," directed by Lubna Dajani. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

____ (2023-01-09). Allen Ginsberg's Self-Recording Sessions. transcend.org 6 Jan 2023 – In the late sixties, Ginsberg began taping many of his public appearances, as well as his casual and private conversations. He used the recordings to compose his greatest work.

____ (2023-01-09). (Franàßais) Dans l'Attente de 2023. transcend.org 1er janvier 2023 – Avant d'envisager 2023, regardons 2022 du point de vue de la culture de la paix.

____ (2023-01-09). George Harrison's Search for a Higher Truth. transcend.org An eye-opening and moving talk from Beatle George Harrison (1943-2001) on truth, life, change and consciousness. Let's remember the messages he had to share with the world: "It's all in the mind."

____ (2023-01-09). 'Hallelujah Chorus' from Handel's Messiah (Music Video of the Week). transcend.org The Royal Choral Society has performed Handel's Messiah on Good Friday at the Royal Albert Hall every year since 1876. This clip features the glorious Hallelujah Chorus with the choir. Students from the City of London School for Girls joined the choir for this performance.

____ (2023-01-09). Harvard University Succumbs. transcend.org 7 Jan 2023 – Harvard University Withdraws a Fellowship from Kenneth Roth & Human Rights Watch…

____ (2023-01-09). If You Wouldn't Ask Hannibal Lecter to Stop Mass Atrocities, Don't Ask "The International Community" transcend.org 4 Jan 2023 – The hope that the U.S. will intervene anywhere in the world for humanitarian reasons is misguided in the extreme. Claims of concern are always a ruse hiding ulterior motives. Imperialist actions are antithetical to human needs.

____ (2023-01-09). (Norsk-Norwegian) Fredspioneren Johan Galtung 92 à•r! transcend.org 'Fader of Peace Studies' feirer sin 92-à•rsdag. Som 24-à•ring ble han fengslet i 6 mà•neder som milità¶rnekter i Norge. I fengsel skrev han, sammen med Arne Nà¶ss, sin fà∏rste bok: Gandhi's Political Ethics. I dag har han bidratt med mer enn 170 bà∏ker; over 1 0 artikler, artikler og bokkapitler; og over 0 redaksjoner for TRANSCEND Media Service om freds- og konfliktstudier, mekling og relaterte spà∏rsmà•l. GRATULERER med dagen, JOHAN!

____ (2023-01-09). Peace Disruption: Incursion, Insurrection, Intifada. transcend.org "The 131/2-minute incursion that will change the Middle East forever."

____ (2023-01-09). The Old Use the Young to Wage War: "Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?" transcend.org "With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone." Oscar Wilde's wry observation highlights an obvious truth: age alone does not confer wisdom or any other desirable trait. The powerful and elderly decision-makers of the world demonstrate the disconnect between age and wisdom with every war.

____ (2023-01-09). The UN General Assembly Drags Israel to the World Court. transcend.org 4 Jan 2023 – The UNGA voted last week to refer Israel to the ICC (World Court) for its ongoing violation of the right of the Palestinian people in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza. Before we analyse the significance of the vote, let us probe the actual voting pattern.

____ (2023-01-09). They Write Themselves (Part 2). transcend.org 2 Jan 2023 – Are You Kidding?>

____ (2023-01-09). Trying to Predict the Future. transcend.org 3 Jan 2023 – I announce the publication of a new eBook entitled "Trying to Predict the Future". It may be downloaded and circulated free of charge.

____ (2023-01-09). U.S. Spreads Misery across the Globe Imposing Sanctions on a Third of Humanity. transcend.org The U.S. may try piously to defend sanctions as a 'response to foreign tyranny,' but they are really a pretext to steal foreign bank accounts and cripple commercial rivals of U.S. corporations–a true fascist tyranny.

____ (2023-01-09). US, Israel Vote No as UN Approves World Court Resolution on Illegal Occupation. transcend.org 2 Jan 2023 – The UNGA on 30 Dec 2022 approved a resolution that asks the ICJ to issue an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories. It passed with 87 in favor, 26 opposed and 53 abstaining. Among those opposed were USA, Israel, UK and Germany.

Arsenio Toledo (2023-01-09). Pfizer Has a Shockingly Long History of Engaging in Illegal Activities and Human Experimentation. globalresearch.ca

Clayton Morris (2023-01-09). Video: Bombshell Docs Reveal COVID-19 Cover-Up Goes Straight to the Top. Redacted with Clayton Morris. globalresearch.ca

CodePink (2023-01-09). Friday 1/13: Media: Stop Cheerleading for War! indybay.org San Francisco Chronicle Bldg., 901 Mission St @ 5th, San Francisco…

Cynthia Papermaster (2023-01-09). Wednesday 1/11: Close Guantanamo/ Prosecute Yoo for Torture. indybay.org U.C. Berkeley Law School, Bancroft Way @ College Ave., Berkeley…

DailyClout (2023-01-09). A 'Cover-Up of Evidence of Mass Murder': The CDC Appears to be Removing VAERS Records. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-01-09). Propaganda Perpetuates the Pandemic and Censorship. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-01-09). The COVID "Vaccine" Is an Intentional Effort at World Genocide. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-09). No plan to launch IPO, Ant Group says. ecns.cn Alibaba's financial arm Ant Group said on Monday that it has no plan to initiate an initial public offering following a series of shareholding adjustments recently.

____ (2023-01-09). Qingdao hospital tears down rumor of detecting 3 XBB patients. ecns.cn The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University denied Monday there are three COVID patients infected with XBB variant.

____ (2023-01-09). House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy. ecns.cn The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country's "confrontational democracy".

____ (2023-01-09). Fog possible cause of truck tragedy. ecns.cn The number of casualties in a deadly traffic accident in the small hours on Sunday in Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi province, has increased to 19, according to local authorities.

____ (2023-01-09). PLA conducts patrols and exercises near Taiwan. ecns.cn The People's Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command carried out patrols and combat exercises on Sunday in the air and waters near Taiwan, according to a command spokesman.

____ (2023-01-09). Kinmen, Matsu ferry resumes after 3 years. ecns.cn The ferry services between the coastal areas of Fujian province and the outlying islands of Kinmen and Matsu, which are governed by Taiwan authorities, resumed over the weekend after a suspension of nearly three years.

____ (2023-01-09). Study reveals grasslands biodiversity help control plant diseases. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have newly confirmed the significance of spatial scale-dependent dilution effects of biodiversity on plant diseases in grasslands, according to the Lanzhou University.

____ (2023-01-09). Higher elderly vaccination rate aided change in COVID management. ecns.cn Downgrading the COVID-19 management from Class A to Class B is a proactive measure taken in view of the higher vaccination rate among the elderly, said a health expert from the National Health Commission.

____ (2023-01-09). Chinese Foreign Minister to visit Africa. ecns.cn Foreign Minister Qin Gang will visit Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin, Egypt, the African Union Headquarters and the League of Arab States Headquarters from Jan 9 to 16, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin announced on Monday.

____ (2023-01-09). Outbound Chinese tourists prefer policy-friendly destinations. ecns.cn Chinese tourists flocked to policy-friendly destinations such as Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia after the country eased restrictions on overseas travel.

____ (2023-01-09). PLA announces 1st joint drill around Taiwan island in 2023. ecns.cn The PLA Eastern Theater Command organized cross-service joint alert patrol and realistic combat-oriented exercises in sea and aerial areas around the island of Taiwan on Sunday…

____ (2023-01-09). 8% of Chinese COVID-19 patients develop pneumonia: NHC official. ecns.cn The proportion of COVID-19 patients of common type who developed pneumonia is about 8 percent of the total.

____ (2023-01-09). Senior expert: Timing of COVID downgrade 'appropriate'. ecns.cn The timing of the decision to downgrade COVID-19 management to Class B was appropriate and met scientific standards, a top expert said in response to concerns that winter was not a good moment, especially with Spring Festival approaching.

____ (2023-01-09). 'Train runs over cloud' in Chongqing. ecns.cn A metro train runs in advection fog shrouded Caijia Rail Transit Bridge in Chongqing, creating an amazing scenery of "train running over the could", Jan. 7, 2023.

____ (2023-01-09). Goat grabbing competition in snow adds fun in winter. ecns.cn Goat grabbing, or kok-boru, is a traditional Central Asian team sport played by herdsmen from the Kazak, Uzbek, Uygur and Mongolian ethnic groups.

____ (2023-01-09). Visiting Foxconn Zhengzhou Science and Technology Park. ecns.cn

Edward Curtin (2023-01-09). Is a Happy New Year Possible? Sisyphus and the Feeling of the Absurd are Entwined. globalresearch.ca

Final Straw (2023-01-09). Final Straw: Mutual Aid Groups Mobilize in Face of Asheville Water Crisis. itsgoingdown.org Long-running anarchist radio and podcast show, The Final Straw, speaks with local organizers about the Asheville Survival Program and the city's ongoing water crisis. Listen and Download HERE This week on the show, we're sharing two local conversations with community organizers providing mutual aid in Asheville, NC. First up, we're sharing a short interview with…

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-09). Imperial's first Turing Scheme recipients celebrate international ties. imperial.ac.uk The first wave of Imperial's Turing scheme recipients celebrated the international ties they formed during placements abroad.

Inequality (2023-01-09). America's Racial Wealth Divide. juancole.com ( Inequality.org ) By the middle of the 21st century, the United States will be a "majority minority" nation. If we hope to ensure a strong middle class, historically the backbone of the national economy, then improving the financial health of households of color will become even more urgent than it is today. Closing the …

James Roguski (2023-01-09). Secret Negotiations for the Amendments to the International Health Regulations. globalresearch.ca

James Roguski (2023-01-09). The Top 100 Reasons to #StopThe Pandemic Treaty, #StopTheAmendments, and #ExitTheWHO. globalresearch.ca

John Klar (2023-01-09). The Myth of GMOs Saving the Planet. globalresearch.ca

John Leake (2023-01-09). Dr. Jordan Peterson Accused of Heresy by Ontario College of Psychologists. globalresearch.ca

Kit Knightly (2023-01-09). Yet Another COVID "Variant": Omicron XBB & the Self-driving Narrative. globalresearch.ca

Kurt Nimmo (2023-01-09). Republican Warmonger Wins Contest to Become House Speaker. globalresearch.ca

Mark H. Gaffney (2023-01-09). When Bankers Choose War Over Peace: Learning From History, Lest We Are Doomed to Repeat It. globalresearch.ca

Mark Taliano (2023-01-09). COVID-19 Pandemic Psychological Warfare. globalresearch.ca

Neturei Karta (2023-01-09). Video: Anti-Zionist Jewish Community Flying Palestinian Flags in Jerusalem. globalresearch.ca

Norman Solomon (2023-01-09). Biden to Democrats: Nominate Me, Whether You Like It or Not. indybay.org Sleepwalking to disaster…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-01-09). Documental : øQuien sostiene la vida cuando las mujeres migran? indybay.org Recomendamos Documental : øQuien sostiene la vida cuando las mujeres migran?>

Uhuru Furniture Oakland, APEDF (2023-01-09). Monday 1/16: MLK Day Event & Volunteer Project. indybay.org Akwaaba Hall, 7911 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland…

Vigilent Citizen (2023-01-09). Video: Japan Orders Investigation Into COVID Vaccine Deaths as MSM Admit "The Jabs Are Killing Us" globalresearch.ca

Women's March & partners (2023-01-09). Sunday 1/22: Women's March: Bigger Than Roe – Roe's th Anniversary Nationwide Marches & Rallies. indybay.org Protests in SF Bay Area and beyond…

WorkWeek (2023-01-09). Matt Witt The On 33rd Year Anniversary Of Mexico Ford Workers Attack By US CIA AFL-CIO. indybay.org January 8, 1990 is the 33rd anniversary of the brutal assault on Mexico City Ford Cuautitlán plant by 1 thugs which injured many workers and killed 1. The assault it was later learned was funded and organized by the CIA and the AFL-CIO leadership and the National Endowment For Democracy which is still giving the AFL-CIO's "Solidarity Center" $75 million.

WSWS (2023-01-09). Seven thousand nurses at two New York hospitals launch open ended strike. wsws.org Nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai Hospital are set to strike on Monday in a struggle over safe staffing.

WSWS (2023-01-09). What is behind the United Workers' Union sell-out of Pampas workers? wsws.org An examination of the union's financial records makes clear that the union has far more in common with the corporate world than with the workers it supposedly represents.

Eric Zuesse (2023-01-09). The U.S. Regime Made me a Non-Person. dissidentvoice.org This is what happens to anyone who happens to report the types of things that America's billionaires want to be hidden from the public. To understand how it happened to me (and has happened to lots of others), an introduction is needed, first, about the American Government: America's First Amendment to its Constitution is this …

Frances Kuo (2023-01-09). Imaging technology detects truth of paintings. america.cgtn.com See how art researchers discovered that the famous Vermeer painting 'Girl with a Flute' is not his work.

Brittani Banks (2023-01-09). Why the Climate Justice March in South Korea Could Be a Game Changer for the Environment. independentmediainstitute.org On September 24, 2022, more than 30,000 people occupied the main roads of downtown Seoul, South Korea, for the nation's largest climate justice march. The sheer turnout of people from all walks of life and the participation by a wide range of advocacy groups were a testament to the impact of climate change on every …

Dr. Suzanne Burdick (2023-01-09). New Analysis Shows Studies of COVID Vaccine-Induced Myocarditis Hid Critical Safety Signal. globalresearch.ca

Georgi Boorman (2023-01-09). Poll: 1 In 4 Americans Thinks Someone They Know May Have Died Due to COVID Shot. globalresearch.ca

Ahmed D Dardir (2023-01-09). Jean-Luc Godard's Revolution: Marxism, Palestine and the Working Classes. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-01-09). California Democrats Have Legislated Control Over Medical Practice Out of the Hands of Doctors. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Peter McCullough (2023-01-09). Explosive Increase in Cardiac Symptoms After Second Injection. globalresearch.ca

Matt Kennard (2023-01-09). UK Loaned Military Adviser to British UN Envoy in Yemen. globalresearch.ca

Marie Hawthorne (2023-01-09). EctoLife: Does this "Fiction" Foreshadow Artificial Wombs and Pod Babies? globalresearch.ca

Middle East Eye (2023-01-09). Taliban Condemns Prince Harry's Comment on Afghan Killings. globalresearch.ca

Jacob G. Hornberger (2023-01-09). A Major Shift in the JFK Assassination. globalresearch.ca

Ryan Wyatt Turbeville (2023-01-09). University of Florida Officials Have No 'Standing' to Review Ladapo's COVID Vaccine Guidance. globalresearch.ca

Anadolu Agency (2023-01-09). Jerusalem Churches in Crosshairs of Escalating Extremist Attacks: Churches Council. globalresearch.ca

Charles Kennedy (2023-01-09). OPEC's Second-Largest Oil Producer Issues Arrest Warrant for Donald Trump. globalresearch.ca

John Cooper (2023-01-09). "How World Governments Are Run by Multinational Companies" globalresearch.ca

Paul Joseph Watson (2023-01-09). WHO: Anti-Vaccine Activism Is Deadlier Than Global Terrorism. globalresearch.ca

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-09). Forests recovering from logging act as a source of carbon. imperial.ac.uk Tropical forests recovering from logging are sources of carbon for years afterwards, contrary to previous assumptions, finds a new study.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-09). Imperial experts recognised in New Year's Honours. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's academics are among those to be recognised in the 2023 New Year's Honours List.

Norman Solomon (2023-01-09). Biden to Democrats: nominate me, whether you like it or notÔøº. nationofchange.org Is such leadership representing progressives to the establishment or the other way around?>

Olivia Rosane (2023-01-09). World's glaciers at serious risk from climate crisis. nationofchange.org "Significant loss of glaciers means that we are not only witnessing a change in landscape or a loss of natural resources, it means that we are actively complicit in robbing the future from our children."

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-09). SDG7: The Impossible Energy Transformation. libya360.wordpress.com Iain Davis The alleged purpose of the United Nation's (UN's) Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) is to "ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all." In keeping with Agenda 2030, the target date to achieve this goal is, as you might expect, 2030. As previously discussed, UN documents are couched in fluffy rhetoric. The disarming…

One People's Project (2023-01-09). Alex Stokes Should Not Be in Prison. itsgoingdown.org Report from One People's Project about the case of antifascist prisoner, Alex Stokes, who faces 20 years for defending counter-protesters on January 6th in Albany, New York. On Friday, many in the nation observed the second anniversary of what might have been the biggest threat to democracy since perhaps the Civil War: the Insurrection at…

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-01-09). Presidente Lula da Silva decreta intervención en Distrito Federal de Brasil tras ataque bolsonarista. telesurtv.net El decreto, firmado por el mandatario brasileño y que entra en vigor este domingo, enuncia que esta intervención tiene lugar hasta el 31 de enero de 2023.

Staff (2023-01-09). Lula ordena tomar el control de Brasilia y advierte a Bolsonaro de las consecuencias del asalto. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ha responsabilizado al expresidente Jair Bolsonaro del asalto al Congreso, al Tribunal Supremo y a la sede del poder ejecutivo por parte de miles de bolsonaristas radicales este domingo. "Aprovecharon el silencio dominical, cuando aún estábamos constituyendo el Gobierno, para hacer lo que hicieron. Hay varios discursos del expresidente animando a ello y esto también es responsabilidad suya y de los partidos que le apoyaron", ha señalado.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-09). Seguidores de Bolsonaro invaden sedes de poderes del Estado en Brasil. telesurtv.net El ministro de Justicia de Brasil, Flávio Dino, afirmó este domingo que "no prevalecerá" la voluntad de los bolsonaristas radicales que han invadido el Congreso Nacional.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-01-09). Asesinan a firmante de paz en Valle de Cauca, Colombia. telesurtv.net Cristian Salinas fue asesinado en el corregimiento de Costa Rica, Ginebra. Se trata del tercer líder asesinado en lo que va de 2023 y el 1.412 desde 2016 hasta la fecha.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-09). Reportan cientos de miles de hogares sin electricidad en California. telesurtv.net Los meteorólogos advirtieron que el norte y el centro de California todavía estaban en el camino de un "desfile implacable de ciclones" , lo que prometía poco alivio para la región.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-09). Presidente de Senado haitiano resulta herido en ataque armado. telesurtv.net El hecho fue perpetrado en una zona de Puerto Príncipe que está controlada por pandillas armadas.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-09). Fallecen ocho mineros ilegales en Sudáfrica tras derrumbe. telesurtv.net Mueren un sudafricano, tres mozambiqueños y cuatro zimbabuenses. Lluvias probablemente causaron el derrumbe que los dejó atrapados.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-01-09). Presidente de Cuba exhorta a EE.UU. a cumplir pactos migratorios. telesurtv.net Miguel Díaz-Canel puntualiza que una relación migratoria que facilite todo tipo de viajes posibilitará la reducción drástica de los flujos migratorios irregulares.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-09). Luis Arce afirmó que bolivianos no permitirán un nuevo atentado. telesurtv.net Las organizaciones sociales de El Torno emitieron un comunicado en donde ratificaron su apoyo al presidente Arce y al vicepresidente David Choquehuanca.

Staff (2023-01-09). Fidel, la caravana y una nota a Camilo (+ Nota original de Fidel). cubadebate.cu øVoy bien, Camilo? La interrogante histórica a Camilo no es casual. Se sabe de la confianza y la lealtad entre ambos, y ahora se confirma con esta nota que escribió y le envió Fidel el día antes de su arribo a La Habana, encomendándole los preparativos. Movilizar a las masas, prever todo: es Fidel. Por eso aquel fue un 8 de enero de palomas sobre el hombro del Jefe, de los sueños y las esperanzas de la patria, y del "vas bien, Fidel".

Staff (2023-01-09). Comienza mantenimiento de unidad 3 de termoeléctrica cienfueguera Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. cubadebate.cu La unidad número 3 de la termoeléctrica Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, en la provincia de Cienfuegos, salió hoy del sistema eléctrico nacional y entró en mantenimiento planificado por 10 días. Luego de que se reincorpore este bloque a la generación, saldrá del sistema la unidad 4, por 90 días, para un mantenimiento de mayor envergadura.

Staff (2023-01-09). Asiste Díaz-Canel a la ceremonia de apertura del año judicial 2023 en Cuba. cubadebate.cu Con la presencia del primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido y presidente de la República Miguel Díaz-Canel comenzó la ceremonia de apertura del año judicial 2023 en Cuba, acto que se desarrolla en el salón principal del Tribunal Supremo Popular. La sesión solemne se efectúa en el marco del 50 aniversario del Sistema de Tribunales de Justicia.

Staff (2023-01-09). Se logra la mejor sincronización entre el central Ciro Redondo y la primera bioeléctrica del país. cubadebate.cu Luego de no pocos obstáculos que han impedido el funcionamiento estable de ambas industrias, técnicos y especialistas aseguran que se ha logrado la mejor sincronización entre el Central Ciro Redondo y la bioeléctrica aledaña, primera experiencia en Cuba de generar energía eléctrica a partir de la biomasa cañera y de marabú.

Staff (2023-01-09). Listo diseño de vestuario para participación cubana en Clásico Mundial de Béisbol. cubadebate.cu Cubanía mostrará en su vestuario la selección de la Isla en el venidero V Clásico Mundial de Béisbol.Tras meses de arduo trabajo entre JIT, el Inder, la Federación Cubana de Beisbol (FCB) y la empresa patrocinadora TeamMate Sports Internacional, hoy podemos presentar la línea de diseño que por estos días empieza a salir de fábrica.

Staff (2023-01-09). Más de 1 200 detenidos por el intento de golpe de Estado en Brasil. cubadebate.cu Al menos 1 200 bolsonaristas fueron detenidos este lunes en el campamento que habían montado frente al cuartel general del Ejército en Brasilia desde las elecciones de octubre y desde el que fueron lanzados los ataques del domingo contra las sedes de los tres poderes en Brasil. Los presos se sumarán a las cerca de 300 personas que fueron detenidas el domingo por su responsabilidad en los ataques.

Staff (2023-01-09). Defender nuestros derechos. cubadebate.cu Cubadebate regala a sus lectores cada día una pequeña joya del pensamiento de José Martí, como homenaje al más grande de los cubanos en el año del aniversario 170 de su natalicio y como llamado a cada ciudadano a hacer el bien todos los días, bajo el amparo ético y humanista que nos legó el Héroe Nacional de Cuba. También les recordamos algunos momentos de la vida de Martí un día como hoy…

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-09). Derrumbe de un edificio deja al menos cuatro muertos en Egipto. telesurtv.net Las autoridades de la ciudad egipcia de Assiut, indicaron que han logrado rescatar de los escombros del edificio a una niña y a una anciana con vida.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-09). Gobierno brasileño denuncia el robo de armas por bolsoneristas. telesurtv.net Paulo Pimenta indicó que el armamento robado se encontraba almacenado en el Gabinete de Seguridad Institucional, en el Palacio del Planalto.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-09). Supremo brasileño suspende a gobernador de Brasilia por 90 días. telesurtv.net El juez Moraes, resaltó que la organización de los actos golpistas era un hecho notorio y sabido, que fue divulgado por la prensa hegemónica de Brasil.

Staff (2023-01-09). Más de 1.200 detenidos por el intento de golpe de Estado en Brasil. cubadebate.cu Al menos 1.200 bolsonaristas fueron detenidos este lunes en el campamento que habían montado frente al cuartel general del Ejército en Brasilia desde las elecciones de octubre y desde el que fueron lanzados los ataques del domingo contra las sedes de los tres poderes en Brasil. Los presos se sumarán a las cerca de 300 personas que fueron detenidas el domingo por su responsabilidad en los ataques.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-09). Bolivia prepara informe sobre salud del gobernador Camacho. telesurtv.net Luis Fernando Camacho, preso por su vinculación al golpe de Estado contra Evo Morales,…

Staff (2023-01-09). Repatrian a 273 cubanos interceptados cerca de las costas de Florida según medios estadounidenses. cubadebate.cu Este domingo 273 migrantes cubanos fueron repatriados por los guardacostas de Estados Unidos, informan medios de la Florida. Los ciudadanos fueron interceptados al intentar arribar a las costas estadounidenses en 12 grupos diferentes, entre el 31 de diciembre y el 1 de enero en su mayoría. Los migrantes fueron trasladados a la ciudad de Matanzas.

Staff (2023-01-09). José Pertierra: "La Ley de Ajuste no está sometida a norma obligatoria. El presidente puede desestimar su uso" cubadebate.cu Entre las voces más autorizadas para explicar el complejo fenómeno de la migración, este abogado cubanoamericano reúne raras cualidades. Puede explicar la cuestión migratoria cubana en términos comparativos, por haber ejercido su oficio con migrantes de otros países. Y hacerlo en un lenguaje claro y conciso, distante de las retóricas de su oficio.

teleSUR- jah, SH (2023-01-09). Conoce cinco obras esenciales del escritor Rodolfo Walsh. telesurtv.net Rodolfo Walsh conjugó su rol intelectual con el talento periodístico en función de aportar a la lucha contra la dictadura militar.

teleSUR, lvm, JCM (2023-01-09). Rusia confirma eliminación de 600 soldados ucranianos en Kramatorsk. telesurtv.net En la noche del Año Nuevo las tropas ucranianas atacaron una escuela de formación profesional donde permanecía acuartelado un grupo de militares rusos.

Staff (2023-01-09). La Unión Eléctrica estima una afectación de 265 MW para el horario pico nocturno. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica estima para el horario pico nocturno de este lunes una disponibilidad de 2555 MW y una demanda máxima de 2750 MW, para un déficit de 195 MW, por lo que, de mantenerse las condiciones previstas, se pronostica una afectación de 265 MW en este horario.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-09). Presidente Lula da Silva visita el Palacio de Planalto tras ataque de bolsonaristas. telesurtv.net Lula da Silva calificó de "barbarie" el intento de golpe de Estado promovido por simpatizantes de Jair Bolsonaro y lo acuso de estimular los actos vandálicos.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-09). Con paros y bloqueos siguen protestas contra Gobierno en Perú. telesurtv.net Este domingo, los bloqueos se han endurecido en la región de Ica, al sur de Lima, y la próxima semana se han anunciado marchas y convocatorias de medidas de fuerza en Lima y Cuzco.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-09). Rusia y Ucrania intercambian prisioneros, el primero del año. telesurtv.net La liberación de los militares fue resultado de las intensas negociaciones mantenidas en los últimos días entre Moscú y Kiev, precisó.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-09). António Guterres condena asalto al Congreso brasileño. telesurtv.net "Brasil es un gran país democrático" y "la voluntad del pueblo brasileño y sus instituciones democráticas deben ser respetadas", señaló el Secretario General de la ONU.

teleSUR- lvm, JCM (2023-01-09). Regresan partidos opositores a elecciones legislativas en Benín. telesurtv.net El horario establecido para la apertura y cierre de los colegios electorales es desde las 07H00 hora local hasta las 16H00 hora local.

Staff (2023-01-09). El Barcelona gana y vuelve a liderar LaLiga en solitario. cubadebate.cu El Barcelona aprovechó la derrota del Real Madrid en Villarreal para, con un ajustado pero importantísimo triunfo en el Cívitas Metropolitano ante el Atlético de Madrid (0-1), volver a situarse como líder en solitario de LaLiga Santander, ahora con tres puntos de ventaja.

Staff (2023-01-09). El argentino Lionel Scaloni: Mejor director técnico de selecciones de 2022. cubadebate.cu Lionel Scaloni fue elegido como el mejor entrenador de un seleccionado masculino en 2022 por la Federación Internacional de Historia y Estadística de Fútbol, tras superar en la votación al francés Didier Deschamps, por 240 votos contra 45. Scaloni desplazó al italiano Roberto Mancini, ganador del premio en 2021 por la victoria de Italia en la Eurocopa.

Staff (2023-01-09). Muebles Ludema presenta variadas ofertas a la población tunera (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Una variada línea de muebles para el hogar se oferta a la población de la ciudad de las Tunas en el punto de venta de la Unidad Empresarial de Base (UEB) Ludema. Juegos para sala y comedor, repisas, respaldos para camas, sillones de aluminio, mesas para diversos usos, cojines y almohadas son algunos de los productos en venta.

teleSUR, rzr, DRL (2023-01-09). Exigen justicia en Ecuador para víctima de feminicidio. telesurtv.net Familiares de la víctima y organizaciones por los derechos de la mujer convocaron a congregarse en la institución judicial para exigir justicia.

Staff (2023-01-09). Muebles Ludema oferta a la población tunera mobiliario para el hogar (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Una variada línea de muebles para el hogar se oferta a la población de la ciudad de las Tunas en el punto de venta de la Unidad Empresarial de Base (UEB) Ludema, perteneciente a la empresa cubana del mueble Dujo. Juegos para sala y comedor, repisas, respaldos para camas, sillones de aluminio, mesas para diversos usos, cojines y almohadas son algunos de los productos en venta.

Staff (2023-01-09). Hoy en la Mesa Redonda: El intento de golpe en Brasil. mesaredonda.cubadebate.cu Las causas, impacto y consecuencias del intento de Golpe de Estado ejecutado por las fuerzas bolsonaristas en Brasil serán analizados este lunes en la Mesa Redonda con la participación de periodistas y académicos.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-09). Líderes de A. Latina rechazan golpe antidemocrático en Brasil. telesurtv.net Rechazan enérgicamente la invasión de las sedes de los tres poderes del Estado en la capital de esa nación, Brasilia.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-09). Biden arriba a México para Cumbre de América de Norte. telesurtv.net López Obrador le dio la bienvenida. La Cumbre tendrá lugar el martes próximo. También participará el primer ministro de Canadá, Justin Trudeau.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-09). Guatemala captura a tres reos extraditables a EE.UU en 2023. telesurtv.net Durante el 2022, las fuerzas de seguridad del país centroamericano capturaron a 27 personas solicitadas por EE.UU. por diferentes delitos.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-09). Secuestran a más de 30 personas en el sur de Nigeria. telesurtv.net Según fuentes oficiales, varios hombres armados habrían atacado a un grupo de viajeros en el estado nigeriano de Edo.

Staff (2023-01-09). Tasas vigentes en el mercado cambiario cubano este 9 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 lunes 9 de enero en el mercado cambiario del país.

Staff (2023-01-09). Qué trae la prensa cubana, lunes 9 de enero de 2023. cubadebate.cu

The Associated Press (2023-01-08). Pro-Bolsonaro Protesters Storm Brazil's Congress, High Court. latinorebels.com RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his electoral defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace in the capital Sunday, just a week after the inauguration of his leftist rival, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2023-01-08). PSL statement: Far-right coup attempt vs. democracy in Brazil. liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation joins with countless progressive people and organizations around the world in expressing our outrage over the coup attempt underway in Brazil by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-08). Coup Attempt: Bolsonaro Supporters Invade Congress, Supreme Court, and Office of President in Brasilia. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Bolsonaro supporters invade the three powers in Brasilia. Photo: Matheus Alves Dozens of buses had arrived on Saturday January 7 to the Federal District to carry out what appears to be a planned-out coup attempt Supporters of the former president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Supreme Federal Court, National Congress, and the Planalto Palace,…

Maria Parazo Rose (2023-01-08). Despite Indigenous Land Protections, Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon Continues. truthout.org This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here. Indigenous territories and protected areas in Brazil's Amazon forest see higher and faster rates of deforestation than unprotected areas. That's according to a new study in Nature that says despite an expansion of protected areas and increased recognition of Indigenous territory across 52 percent of the… |

Anonymous103 (2023-01-08). Military Situation In Ukraine On January 8, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU positions near Konstantinovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Krasniy Liman with high-precision missiles; | Russian-led forces reportedly captured most of Soledar town. Clashes continue in the northern areas; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Sinkovka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Bakhmut; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrov…

Staff (2023-01-08). Activist Silenced for Questioning German Support for Ukrainian Neo-Nazis (Coop Anti-War Cafe Berlin Statement). orinocotribune.com Caracas, January 8, 2023 ( Among those organizations is the Coop Anti-War Café Berlin. One of its organizers, Heinrich Buecker, now faces criminal charges that could result in a punishment of up to three years in prison or fines.This is…

scorinoco (2023-01-08). Police Repression in Southern Peru Injures at Least 14 People. orinocotribune.com On Friday, January 6, the Peruvian Ombudsperson's Office reported that at least 14 people were injured as a result of police repression during a demonstration against de facto President Dina Boluarte in the Puno region of southern Peru. | The Peruvian Ombudsperson's Office confirmed through a statement that 10 civilians and four policemen are receiving treatment in the Carlos Monge Medrano hospital in the city of Julicaca. These 14 people were injured when the security forces tried to suppress a protest against the government with demonstrators supporting the liberation of the deposed president, Pedro Castillo. <...

Staff (2023-01-08). Pentagon pressures NATO allies to boost arms flow to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineJanuary 7, 2023 USA to seek from its allies to expand military aid to Ukraine — Pentagon U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, in a phone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov, said the United States will convince its allies of the need to increase military assistance to Kyiv, according to the Pentagon. Austin …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-08). In Video 18+: Heavy Losses Of The AFU In Soledar. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-01-08). Russian 'Retaliation Strike' Killed Hundreds Of Ukrainian Servicemen In Kramatorsk -Russian MoD. southfront.org | On January 8th, the Russian Defense Ministry revealed a "retaliation operation" for the Ukrainian strike in Makeyevka at New Year's midnight. According to the statement of the Russian military department, Russian forces struck at two dormitories in the town of Kramatorsk, which housed more than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers, of whom over 600 died as a result of the strikes. | At night, at least 5 explosions were reported in the area of Kramatorsk. According to various reports, among the…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-08). First Prisoners Exchanged In 2023. southfront.org Russian servicemen | On January 8, Russia and Ukraine held another prisoner exchange which became the first one in 2023. This time, the exchange was equal, both of the warring sides got servicemen back from enemy prisons. | The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed that Russian servicemen came back home as a result of the exchange. The Russian side traditionally did not reveal the military ranks of the released prisoners of war (POWs). All of them will be taken to Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation. |

Andy Kroll (2023-01-08). American Exceptionalism on Full Display. tomdispatch.com Let me start with a confession: I no longer read all the way through newspaper stories about the war in Ukraine. After years of writing about war and torture, I've reached my limit. These days, I just can't pore through the details of the ongoing nightmare there. It's shameful, but I don't want to know the names of the dead or examine images caught by brave photographers of half-exploded buildings, exposing details — a shoe, a chair, a doll, some half-destroyed possessions — of lives lost, while I remain safe and warm in San Francisco. Increasingly, I find that I just can't bear it. And so I scan the…

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-08). Russia Claims 600 Ukrainian Troops Dead in Strikes, Kyiv Denies Anyone Was Killed. news.antiwar.com Russia on Sunday claimed its forces killed over 600 Ukrainian troops in missile strikes, while Kyiv denies that there were any casualties at all. The Russian Defense Ministry said that missile strikes hit two facilities in Kramatorsk, Donetsk, that were housing 1,300 Ukrainian troops as retaliation for Ukrainian strikes that used US-provided HIMARS rocket systems …

Anonymous669 (2023-01-08). Ukraine Shot Down Own MiG-29 Fighter Jet Over Donetsk. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | Ukrainian forces have shot down one of their own MiG-29 fighter jets over the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic in a friendly fire accident, Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Defense Committee revealed on January 8. | Dmitry Sablin, who is permanently present in the special military operation zone, said on his official

Anonymous669 (2023-01-08). Italy, France Are In Talks To Provide Air Defense Systems To Ukraine. southfront.org The SAMP/T Mamba system. Source: MBDA Systems. | Italy is in talks with France to supply Ukraine with jointly produced air defense systems, Italian Foreign Minister said in an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper that was published on January 8."The sixth package [of military assistance to Kiev] is still at the phase of discussion, and, as has been said, there will be no sending [of weapons] before a relevant report to the parliament," Antonio Tajani said. "We are…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-08). The High Cost of Blowing Up the World: Ukraine and the 2023 NDAA. southfront.org | Written by Bipartisan insanity was on display again this week as the U.S. congress responded to Biden's requested $37 billion in additional aid to Ukraine by giving him

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-08). Zelensky Thanks US for Over $3 Billion Arms Package, Calls It an 'Awesome Christmas Present'. news.antiwar.com The US on Friday pledged a new $3.075 billion weapons package for Ukraine that includes Bradley Fighting Vehicles for the first time, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called an "awesome Christmas present" as it was announced on the eve of Orthodox Christmas. The aid marks the single largest arms package the US has pledged to …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-08). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On January 8, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-08). Putin's Christmas Ceasefire Doesn't Hold. news.antiwar.com The ceasefire ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin for Orthodox Christmas did not hold, as heavy shelling was reported in eastern Ukraine on Friday and Saturday. The ceasefire was to be held from noon on Friday through midnight on Saturday. The Russian military insisted that it observed the ceasefire but said it did respond to …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-08). BREAKING: Russian Military Warns Of Upcoming Provocations In Ukraine. southfront.org | The Russian Ministry of Defence released an urgent statement of the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response in Ukraine, warning of the upcoming provocations prepared by the Kiev regime. | According to the Russian military, special services of Ukraine have prepared a new large-scale anti-Russian provocation aimed at discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and accusing Russian servicemen of allegedly committing war crimes. | On t…

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-01-08). Russia Consolidates in East Mediterranean. orinocotribune.com By M.K. Bhadrakumar Dec 31, 2022 | The curtain is coming down on the brutal 11-year old Syrian conflict, which former US President and Nobel Laureate Barack Obama initiated, as the Arab Spring swept through West Asia two decades ago. The United States has suffered yet another big setback in West Asia as the year 2022 draws to a close. The unfolding Turkish-Syrian reconciliation process under Russian mediation is to be seen as a saga of betrayal and vengeance. | Ankara came under immense pressure from the Obama Administration in 2011 to spearhead the regime change project in Syria. Obama blithely assumed tha…

Steve Lalla (2023-01-08). Blows Against the Empire—2022 In Memoriam. orinocotribune.com By Steve Lalla Jan 6, 2023 | Throughout 2022, monopoly capitalism, with the US at its core, continued to erode from within and buckle under pressure exerted by sovereign states and peoples' movements alike. Relentless blows reigned down on the empire. These were some of the most memorable: | January 30: Prior to the Winter Olympics in Beijing, the leaders of China and Russia meet, the first visit between Xi Jinping and any world leader in over two years. A Russia—China joint statement heralded the dawning of a "new era," warned against "the negative impact of the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy o…

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-08). Sweden Says It Can't Meet Some of Turkey's Demands to Join NATO. news.antiwar.com Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Sunday that Turkey has made demands for Sweden that it cannot fulfill as part of Ankara's conditions for the Nordic nation to join NATO. "Turkey confirms that we have done what we said we would do. But they also say that they want things that we can't and won't give …

Kevin Keating (2023-01-08). San Francisco's leading neo-con Alice Cooper impersonator, the former Steve Schwartz! indybay.org This cheerleader for United States foreign policy crimes on three continents changes personas more frequently than most yuppies change their socks!

Ben Norton (2023-01-08). Introducing Geopolitical Economy Report: Multipolarista is evolving. geopoliticaleconomy.com We are excited to announce the creation of the independent media outlet Geopolitical Economy Report an evolution and expansion of Multipolarista. | Our team will be growing, and we have exciting new projects planned, including a regular show with economists Editor-in-chief Ben Norton explains the changes (and the continuity) in the video and podcast below: | Video: | Podcast:…

_____ (2023-01-08). CNN Recruits Washington's Worst Warmonger the Instant He Leaves Congress. strategic-culture.org By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | Kinzinger, who prior to being Nobody in congress lobbied as aggressively to start World War Three as Kinzinger…

_____ (2023-01-08). How Do You Mourn the Death of an Israeli Democracy That Never Was? strategic-culture.org If we are to believe that Israel's exclusivist and racially based "democracy" is a democracy at all, then we are justified to also believe that Israel's new government is neither less nor more democratic than the previous governments. | By Ramzy BAROUD | Even before the new Israeli government was officially

____ (2023-01-08). China National Nuclear Corporation reports steady growth in power generation. ecns.cn China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), one of the country's largest nuclear power operators, said the company had generated nearly 218.74 kilowatt-hours of electricity from commercial operation in 2022, up 11.17 percent year on year.

_____ (2023-01-08). Under Musk, Twitter Continues To Promote US Propaganda Networks. popularresistance.org Elon Musk's controlled release of the documents known as the "Twitter Files" has given us some insight into the inner workings of the social media platform. The batch of docs released on December 20 is arguably the most explosive, detailing Twitter's deliberate shielding of US propaganda operations. After getting limited access to Twitter's internal systems, Lee Fang of the Intercept (12/20/22) detailed how Twitter staff "whitelisted" accounts run by US Central Command (CENTCOM), the unit of the US military that oversees the Middle East, as part of covert propaganda campaigns. In other words, Twitter protected ac…

_____ (2023-01-08). Peace Activists Take On The Pentagon's Corporate 'Merchants Of Death'. popularresistance.org Days after a U.S. warplane bombed a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing forty-two people, twenty-four of them patients, the international president of MSF, Dr. Joanne Liu walked through the wreckage and prepared to deliver condolences to family members of those who had been killed. A brief video, taped in October, 2015, captures her nearly unutterable sadness as she speaks about a family who, the day before the bombing, had been prepared to bring their daughter home. Doctors had helped the young girl recover, but because war was raging outside the hospit…

_____ (2023-01-08). Could Julian Assange Be Released In Two Months? popularresistance.org As the new year began, ABC Global Affairs Editor John Lyons stated during a broadcast segment that he expected WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would be released "within the next two months or so." | "I know [Australia Prime Minister] Anthony Albanese. He's working strongly behind the scenes," Lyons added. "He has said as much, but enough is enough." | Lyons is sympathetic to Assange's plight, making him one of the few correspondents in the world working for establishment news media who is willing to endorse calls to end the United States case against him. | But the key question is whether Lyons knows about some…

____ (2023-01-08). China's big-data tech industry improves greatly. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-08). Cultural relics to get better protection. ecns.cn The fourth national census of cultural relics in China will be organized this year by the National Cultural Heritage Administration, it was announced at a national conference on cultural relics in Beijing on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-08). Spring Festival goods market booms as the festival approaches. ecns.cn As the Spring Festival approaches, the festival atmosphere becomes strong in north China's Tianjin. In the Spring Festival goods market at the historic canal town Yangliuqing, various red lanterns were hung.

____ (2023-01-08). Xinjiang's installed new-energy power generation capacity tops 40 mln kW. ecns.cn Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has seen its energy mix constantly improving, with its installed capacity of new-energy power generation topping 40 million kilowatts for the first time in January 2023.

____ (2023-01-08). People receive inhaled COVID-19 vaccines in Fuzhou. ecns.cn Fuzhou City in east China's Fujian Province started vaccination with inhaled COVID-19 vaccines.

____ (2023-01-08). Chinese, Turkmen presidents hold talks, elevating ties to comprehensive strategic partnership. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with visiting Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov in Beijing on Friday, and the two heads of state announced the elevation of China-Turkmenistan relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership.

____ (2023-01-08). Locals prepare special purchases‚ÄÇfor‚ÄÇSpring‚ÄÇFestival‚ÄÇin Changchun. ecns.cn People have been busy purchasing New Year goods, including candies, wine, and meat in Changchun city, northeast China's Jilin Province.

____ (2023-01-08). Spring Festival travel rush begins amid COVID-19 response shift. ecns.cn China's Spring Festival travel rush, the largest annual human migration worldwide, kicked off Saturday after the world's most populous country adjusted its COVID-19 response.

____ (2023-01-08). Reporting system helps monitor virus. ecns.cn China has been recording and sharing COVID-19 epidemic information consistently and has deployed extensive tools to monitor viral mutations as its virus control work enters a new phase, officials and experts said on Friday.

____ (2023-01-08). EU urged to view response fairly. ecns.cn The Foreign Ministry urged the European Union on Friday to view China's pandemic response in an objective and fair manner, saying that it will take corresponding measures based on the principle of reciprocity in response to unreasonable measures taken by some countries toward travelers from China.

____ (2023-01-08). 12,000-metric-ton arch bridge installed in place. ecns.cn China Railway 17th Bureau Group Co., Ltd fully connected the Shuanggang Bridge in Quzhou city, east China's Zhejiang Province on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-08). Pakistani PM hails China's great help for flood relief aid. ecns.cn Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has appreciated China and Chinese enterprises' great help to the flood-affected people of the country.

____ (2023-01-08). Residents enter shopping mall on ice slide in NE China. ecns.cn An ice slide made its debut in a shopping mall in Changchun city, northeast China's Jilin Province, on Friday. Both adults and children can slide into the mall, which adds great fun to their shopping experience.

____ (2023-01-08). Several cities may relax home buying environment. ecns.cn Home sales in China are likely to recover as some cities are being allowed to relax mortgage rate minimums for first-time homebuyers, adding fuel to the country's unfolding economic rebound, analysts said on Friday.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Science Saturday: Aspiring to deliver new cures for complex conditions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic is building toward a future when biologics can cure cancer, kidney disease and diabetes. Mayo marks 2022 as a year of significant strides in accelerating science to make and deliver regenerative biotherapeutics. The goal is to offer new options, based on rigorous research in cell and gene therapies, for disorders with few available treatments. The Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics has a new strategy of advancing regenerative discoveries toward early-stage clinical trials and industry…

WSWS (2023-01-08). UK rail workers speak from the picket lines during most sustained action since start of dispute. wsws.org The collective power of rail workers and their determination to fight was clearly demonstrated, but they remained divided by the leadership of both unions.

Rhythmix Cultural Works (2023-01-08). Friday 2/3: MoToR/dance: Water in the Kettle (World Premiere). indybay.org 2513 Blanding Ave | Alameda, CA 94501…

Deion Scott Hawkins (2023-01-08). Not All Insurrections Are Equal — for Enslaved Americans, It Was the Only Option. truthout.org For most Americans, Jan. 6 was once an ordinary, ho-hum day. That changed in 2021 when millions of television viewers watched thousands of Trump supporters assault the U.S. Capitol in their violent attempt to stop Joe Biden's presidential victory. Legislators fled for their lives as the mob shattered windows and vandalized congressional offices. While those images and subsequent congressional… |

Fight Back (2023-01-08). Milwaukee: WFNHP Local 00 leads a picket outside of Ascension CEO's home. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – The Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Healthcare Professionals (WFNHP) Local 00 held a rally and picket outside of the Milwaukee home of Bernie Sherry, the CEO of Ascension Wisconsin, one of his many houses. The January 4 action was in response to the abrupt announcement of the December 23 closure of St. Francis Hospital's Labor and Delivery (L+D) Unit. | The staff losing their jobs as a result of this closure wants their union to back them in fighting to have their services reopen. WFNHP- a union of fighters- will do whatever it takes to reopen St. Francis's L+D unit. This is not just standing…

Lynzy Billing (2023-01-08). CIA-Backed Units Killed Hundreds of Afghan Civilians in Brutal Night Raids. truthout.org This story was originally published by ProPublica. In 2019, reporter Lynzy Billing returned to Afghanistan to research the murders of her mother and sister nearly 30 years earlier. Instead, in the country's remote reaches, she stumbled upon the CIA-backed Zero Units, who conducted night raids — quick, brutal operations designed to have resounding psychological impacts while ostensibly removing… |

____ (2023-01-08). Museum exhibits 2, 0-year-old ritual vessel with tigers. ecns.cn Shanxi Museum exhibited a bronze tiger Yi, an elegant utensil that ancient nobles used to wash their hands during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC).

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Mayo Clinic Minute: Be realistic with New Year's health resolutions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Getting in better shape is consistently one of the most common New Year's resolutions people make each year, but many have a hard time following through. Dani Johnson, a wellness physical therapist with the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program, offers tips to make it easier to stick to a resolution to get in shape. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/9UcuKAFFISg Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-08). Guaidó is Gone, but We Shouldn't Forget Canada's Interference in Venezuela. libya360.wordpress.com Owen Schalk Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez. Ottawa's support for Guaidó was vocal, unwavering, and rooted in a decades-long alliance with right-wing forces in Venezuela The Juan Guaidó farce has, finally, come to an end. The hardline Venezuelan opposition, which has long sought the overthrow of the Bolivarian Revolution even during…

KQED Live (2023-01-08). Wednesday 3/15: Kim Stanley Robinson's Half Century Love Affair With the Sierra Nevada. indybay.org Herbst Theatre | 401 Van Ness Ave | San Francisco, CA 94102…

Lynda Carson (2023-01-08). Tentative court ruling spares People's Park for the moment. indybay.org Food Not Bombs, Feeding The Hungry In People's Park:…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Mayo Clinic Minute: Winter skin protection tips. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Winter weather changes can negatively affect the skin — the body's largest organ. Colder temperatures and a lack of moisture in the air can damage unprotected skin, especially on the face and hands. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/ppcOBDumjMc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…

_____ (2023-01-08). Dr Doom's Mother of All Crises Looming. strategic-culture.org

____ (2023-01-08). Daxing int'l airport to resume international passenger flights. ecns.cn Beijing Daxing International Airport will resume international passenger flights from Jan. 17.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Advances in screening for colon cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A friend of mine passed away recently after receiving a colon cancer diagnosis. Who is at risk for this cancer, and should I be screened? ANSWER: Colorectal cancer includes colon and rectal cancers, both originating in the lower portion of the large intestine and into the rectum. Estimates are that about 1 in 20 individuals in the U.S. will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in their life. Men are slightly more likely than women…

Anonymous669 (2023-01-08). ISIS Cells Attack Syrian Army Position In Deir Ezzor, Kill Or Wound Three Service Members. southfront.org . | On January 8, ISIS cells in Syria's central region took advantage of poor weather conditions and carried out an attack in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor. | The terrorists attacked a position of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) 17th Division in the desert area of al-Fayda. Heavy clashes broke out around the position between the terrorists and army troops, who eventually repelled the attack. | A service member of the SAA, Captain Mahmoud Ali Al-Zamam, was allegedly kill…

____ (2023-01-08). (W. E. Talk) Why are CPC's policies on developing Tibet a success. ecns.cn Why do we say these policies are successful in terms of practical effects, historical achievements, and a comparison between the East and the West?

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-08). US Airstrikes in Somalia Increased By 30% in 2022. news.antiwar.com US airstrikes in Somalia rose by 30% in 2022 as the Biden administration has escalated its involvement in the war against al-Shabaab, Military Times reported on Sunday. According to data compiled by the Long War Journal, a project of the hawkish Foundation for the Defense of Democracies think tank, US Africa Command launched at least …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Consumer Health: When is a hangover an emergency? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org During the holiday season, it may seem like opportunities to celebrate are everywhere, and alcohol is often part of the festivities. When it comes to alcohol, though, the key is moderation. Besides the long-term risks of alcohol use, an immediate consequence is often a hangover. What is a hangover? A hangover is a group of unpleasant signs and symptoms that can develop after drinking too much alcohol. As a general rule, the more alcohol you drink,…

Anti Police-Terror Project (2023-01-08). Monday 1/16: SAVE THE DATE for the 9th Annual Reclaim MLK's Radical Legacy Weekend! indybay.org Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, 2777 Middle Harbor Rd, Oakland, California.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Mayo Clinic Minute: Signs that stress is becoming toxic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With a new year right around the corner, it might be time to reset when it comes to your mental health. Stress is a normal physical and psychological response to the everyday demands of life. Small amounts of stress can motivate you to face daily challenges. But when stress becomes too much to manage, it can be unhealthy. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/h-YvtbADf3M Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end…

Censored News (2023-01-08). Live Reno: Paiute and Shoshone Rally to Halt Lithium Mine at Thacker Pass as Court Begins. indybay.org The Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and other opponents of the planned Thacker Pass lithium mine marched to the Bruce R. Thompson Courthouse on Thursday morning and are now rallying outside. | Inside the building, a federal judge is now scheduled to hear arguments from attorneys representing tribes, environmental groups, and a local rancher who have all sued to halt the mine, as well as from Lithium Nevada—the company behind the mine— and the Bureau of Land Management, which permitted the project.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Why does my shoulder ache? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you find yourself rubbing your shoulder after reaching up to take a coffee mug off the shelf, hammering in a nail just over your head or climbing into a pickup cab, you're among millions of Americans — particularly those over 60 — with a shoulder issue. Shoulder pain could be a sign of arthritis, tendonitis, a rotator cuff tear or shoulder instability. Whatever the cause, you may want to consult with an orthopedic professional….

____ (2023-01-08). Punishments for breaking COVID rules revoked. ecns.cn Starting from Jan 8, people who violate COVID-19 prevention measures will not be convicted or punished for obstructing the control of infectious diseases, according to a notification issued on Saturday.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Reducing stress in the new year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a working mom of two teenagers. I have a career that requires long hours, and I struggle with juggling work and home responsibilities. I don't get to the gym as often as I'd like. I'm having more episodes of headache and struggling with sleep. I also realized I am coping with stress by eating more than normal. With the new year, I'd like to find ways to improve my health and…

Volunteer organized (2023-01-08). Monday 1/9: January 6th Justice: Our Freedoms, Our Vote – 2nd Anniversary Virtual Rally. indybay.org Virtual / Online event (hosted from Fremont, CA)…

mforinoco (2023-01-08). United States: Two Barrels Aim at African People's Socialist Party. orinocotribune.com Green Party leader and Cuba solidarity activist Don Fitz writes about the US DOJ repression against the African People's Socialist Party. | With new FBI and Department of "Justice" (DOJ) attacks expected in early January, a defense, mobilization and information session attracted hundreds of allies of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP). On December 23, 2022, they zoomed into the "Emergency Mass Meeting: Hands Off Uhuru! Hands Off Africa!" The APSP told its supporters that it expects indictments in early January and possibly sooner. | Indictments could include many more than the four names listed as "unind…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-08). Military Situation In Iraq On January 8, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Edward Curtin (2023-01-08). Is a Happy New Year Possible? dissidentvoice.org Albert Camus and Edward Curtin, Sr. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy. — Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus Really? Or was he joking? Whenever January rolls around and a new year begins with its implied ending, I think of my father and Albert …

Orion Rummler (2023-01-08). State Legislatures Are Now Targeting Health Care for Transgender Adults. truthout.org Originally published by The 19th. Lawmakers in at least eight states used the last two months of 2022 to prefile anti-transgender bills ahead of state legislative sessions convening this month — setting up another year of statehouse battles over trans rights, while targeting health care for trans adults in new ways. Most states moving early on anti-trans bills focused on banning gender-affirming… |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Mayo Clinic Minute: Update adult vaccinations for a new year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Personal health is often among the top New Year's resolutions each January. Beyond diet and exercise, Dr. John Presutti, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, says the new year is a good calendar reminder to update adult vaccinations. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/R8WuQQINFi4 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 05) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Whether it's the annual flu shot, latest COVID-19…

David Giesen (2023-01-08). Wednesday 1/18: Solon's Salon. indybay.org Notable House | 189 Ellsworth St. | San Francisco…

Dr. Paul Elias Alexander (2023-01-08). mRNA/DNA Gene Injection "Vaccine": Murder Charges against Pfizer, Moderna, FDA, CDC,NIH, NIAID. globalresearch.ca

Bill Fletcher Jr. (2023-01-08). "Thirst" Updates the Vampire Genre for Our Age of Rising Fascism. truthout.org Let's start with my admission that I do not read horror. While I loved all of the Alien films and I was enthralled by the Blade trilogy, it is typically not a genre I seek out. Nicholas Powers changed all that with his new novel, Thirst. What attracted me at first was not the content but the author. Nicholas Powers is an exceptionally good writer whose political and cultural commentaries on the… |

Gérard Delépine (2023-01-08). Covid-19 Vaccines Lead to New Infections and Mortality: The Evidence is Overwhelming. globalresearch.ca Vaccination has spread worldwide. And everywhere it has been followed by a dramatic rise in new infections and mortality. How many deaths and severe accidents will it take for governments, WHO, health agencies FDA, EMA, to look at the proven results of this experimental pseudo-vaccination?

Cassidy Kakin (2023-01-08). Watzreal Satisfies with "Dark Album: Remaster," an Underground San Francisco Rap Gem. indybay.org On the remastered re-release of his gem "The Dark Album," San Francisco's Watzreal adds a handful of can't miss tracks and a true underground hit of an album.

George Yancy (2023-01-08). Incarceration and Ableism Go Hand in Hand, Says Abolitionist Talila Lewis. truthout.org Disability, carceral violence and problematic forms of racialization constitute a profound and hegemonic labyrinth, Talila A. Lewis argues. So what are the intersections between disability, criminalization, institutionalization and incarceration? How do these sites function as overlapping and inextricable forms of mutually compounded violence? And how do we go beyond theorizing how these phenomena… |

The Lever (2023-01-08). LEVER WEEKLY: Finding The Right Focus In 2023. levernews.com

Marc Saxer, Rainer Hank (2023-01-08). Battle for Social Democracy and Unfettered Capitalism. indybay.org Two opposing schools of thought face each other at the sickbed: neoliberalism and social democracy. But didn't the death-bells of neoliberalism ring in the course of the financial market crisis? Were not neoliberals unmasked as charlatans who first caused the whole mess with their deregulation medicine?

Allen Forrest (2023-01-08). A Roller Coaster Ride to Easy Street… or? dissidentvoice.org Was the so-called pandemic, the lockdowns, the mandates just a one-off? Or was it a rehearsal for something else?

Juan Cole (2023-01-08). Great Salt Lake Could be gone in 5 Years: Huge Environmental Climate Catastrophe, Arsenic Dust Storms. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Excessive water use is draining the Great Salt Lake so quickly that at this rate, it could be gone in as little as five years. So argue Benjamin W. Abbott and Bonnie K. Baxter, et al. in a new scientific paper. The Great Salt Lake is already not what it …

PINE (2023-01-08). New Revelations Must Stop Concord NWS Negotiations. indybay.org The negotiations between the city of Concord and the developers that comprise Concord First Partners should be stopped. New revelations brought forth by reporter Dan Borenstein reveal legal entanglements regarding Albert Seeno the 3rd. The fiscal and organizational stability of Seeno's Discovery Builders is in question.

Revolution Books (2023-01-08). Saturday 1/14: Film Screening:The Circle, banned in Iran, directed by Afar Panahi, imprisoned in Iran. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Ave | Berkeley…

unitedEditor (2023-01-08). Sport and Art, Pt. 2: The Aesthetics of the Sports Spectacle. unitedworldint.com By Ljubodrag Simonovic * A sports spectacle is the climax of the sports aesthetics. To direct a spectacle is the highest form of manipulation with highly developed technical equipment and scientific methods. A sports spectacle tends to raise the marginal to the level of fatal, in order to marginalize the crucial social issues and leave …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). New year, new goals, new edition of 'The Mayo Clinic Diet'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Each new year brings new hope and many weight loss goals that often go unrealized. "The foundation of any weight loss program, whether it involves different types of programs, medications, procedures ≠ ≠— it does get down to lifestyle and diet and physical activity. The way people go about this sometimes isn't productive. Just starving and trying to exercise for a couple of hours a day usually doesn't work well," says Dr. Donald Hensrud, an internal…

Lynda Carson (2023-01-08). Election deniers and Freedom Caucus extort more power through Kevin McCarthy. indybay.org Recent Battle Over The Speaker Of The House Is A Continuation Of The January 6 Attack On The Capitol!

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Mayo Clinic Minute: Treating skin cancer with Mohs surgery. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Nearly 5 million people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with a form of skin cancer this year, according to the American Cancer Society. Dr. Naiara Sbroggio Barbosa, a Mayo Clinic dermatologist, explains how Mohs surgery can be used to treat basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and some types of melanoma. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/IB8JeZ4nhkY Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Enlarged veins can cause pain, infertility. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Many people have heard of varicose veins before. But it's not just the leg veins that can become twisted, enlarged, and feel achy or itchy. Any vein can become varicose, including veins in the scrotum. About 30% of men have enlarged and twisted veins in their scrotums. These are called varicoceles. They develop when blood pools in the veins instead of circulating out of the scrotum. Varicoceles usually develop over time, beginning in puberty, but…

Mohammad Elnaiem (2023-01-08). African Roots of MLK Vision – 2023 Journey to Atlanta, Georgia and Gold Coast, Ghana. indybay.org Historical sojourn on the African continent exposed SNCC to a larger world infused with new possibility and hope, thus solidifying Africa's symbolic and political importance to struggles for freedom in the United States and around the world, revisited in 2023.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-08). Crisis in Bolivia: Santa Cruz Isolates Itself to Economically Attack La Paz. libya360.wordpress.com Sofia i Arena More than a week after the arrest of Governor Fernando Camacho, the opposition department has deepened its confrontation with the national government and seeks to "choke" the Bolivian economy. A little more than a week after the arrest of the governor of Santa Cruz, Fernando Camacho, the richest department of Bolivia deepens…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Osteoporosis and supplements for bone health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother had osteoporosis and suffered a devastating fall in her early 60s that she never recovered from. I am 42, and I want to be proactive about my bone health. What screening do I need, and what if any supplements are necessary to optimize my bone health? What factors can help me maintain strong bones as I age? ANSWER: Osteoporosis is a condition that causes the bones to thin and lose their strength….

Revolution Books (2023-01-08). Sunday 1/8: Watch Livestream to raise $100,000 to put Revolution on the Map. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley…

Staff (2023-01-08). Colombia's President Petro Meets President Maduro for Second Time in Miraflores (+ELN). orinocotribune.com On Saturday, January 7, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, received Colombian President Gustavo Petro at Miraflores Palace, where the two presidents held a meeting. After it ended, President Maduro announced that there is a clear path for joint work and cooperation between the two nations on different issues that will continue to yield positive results for both countries. | President Maduro wrote on his social media accounts that the meeting he had with his Colombian counterpart was exhaustive and very fruitful. | "With the President of the Republic of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, we had a broad and very fru…

Ann Brown (2023-01-08). Getting Into The Science Of Whether Or Not Dr. Maulana Karenga Was A US Government Informant. moguldom.com Every year, Kwanzaa is celebrated by some African-Americans from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. And every year, the rumor that the creator of Kwanzaa, activist Dr. Maulana Karenga, had been a government informer arises. There is also rumors that the holiday, which is based on seven principles centered around African harvest festival traditions from various …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Mayo Clinic Minute: What are superbugs? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Antibiotics treat bacterial infections, prevent the spread of disease and reduce serious complications of disease. But misusing antibiotics can lead to drug resistance and strains of superbugs. Dr. John Presutti, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, explains what your care team may ask of you before prescribing an antibiotic. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/N1nL8S0fVWo Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network."…

WSWS (2023-01-08). This week in history: January 9-15. wsws.org

_____ (2023-01-08). "Human Rights" and the fight against them by the West. journal-neo.org December 10, as is well known, is observed around the world as Human Rights Day, designated as such by the UN. But one of the features of the modern world, thanks to the "efforts" of the West, is the discrepancy between phrases and their true meaning: Freedom, democracy, human rights, and so on. Today the West, …

Paul Gregoire (2023-01-08). Qld Labor announces draconian penalties for youth crime. greenleft.org.au Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's announced three days before the end of last year that her government would enact laws to crack down ever harder on youth offenders. Paul Gregoire reports.

The Conversation (2023-01-08). Just How Big Can Wind Turbines get, as Some already Rival Skyscrapers? juancole.com By Simon Hogg, Durham University | In 2023, some 100 miles off the coast of north-east England, the world's largest wind turbines will start generating electricity. This first phase of the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm development uses General Electric's Haliade X, a turbine that stands more than a quarter of a kilometre high …

Anonymous669 (2023-01-08). In Video: Turkey's BARKAN Unmanned Ground Vehicle Test-Fires Mini Guided Missile. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. ( HAVELSAN Anadolu Agncy) | Turkey's BARKAN unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) has successfully tested Roketsan's Laser Guided Mini Missile System, also known as Mete, the Anadolu Agency reported on January 8. | The state-run news agency released footage from the live-fire test, which saw the UGV scoring a pinpoint hit on a static target with a single missile. The 40 mm Mete has an effective range of one kilometer and a circular error probability of one meter…

____ (2023-01-08). Larry Raises A Valid Point. smoothiex12.blogspot.com

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). 1-2-3 approach to eating fruits and veggies. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Is it a challenge for you to eat all five servings of fruits and vegetables every day? The 1-2-3 approach can help you pack in all your servings — and more — throughout the day. Get six servings by eating: 1 serving with breakfast 2 with lunch 3 with dinner and snacks Remember that the serving size for fruits and vegetables is about 4 to 6 ounces. Measurements for one serving can differ depending on…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Consumer Health: Do you know the symptoms of glaucoma? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating this group of eye conditions. About 3 million people in the U.S. have glaucoma, and it's the second-leading cause of blindness worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, often due to abnormally high pressure in your eye. Elevated eye pressure is due to a buildup of…

WSWS (2023-01-08). Pennsylvania's Democratic governor ramps up police funding. wsws.org Governor Tom Wolf last month announced the disbursement of $170 million in special funding for Pennsylvania law enforcement agencies.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Glaucoma — the 'silent thief of sight'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: During my recent eye exam, the eye doctor used a machine to blow a puff of air into each of my eyes. It felt like I was in a video game, but I was the target. It didn't hurt, but it did startle me. What does this test measure and how is it helpful in evaluating my vision? Is this something I need to have regularly repeated? ANSWER: Vision tests are always important to…

Californians United for a Responsible Budget (2023-01-08). Thursday 1/12: Rally & Press Conference Demands More Prison Closures Across California. indybay.org California State Capitol (West Steps) | 1315 10th St | Sacramento, CA 95814…

David Giesen (2023-01-08). Sunday 1/8: The Pursuit of Happiness framed in political-economic terms. indybay.org Virtual through Google Meet: The Pursuit of Happiness framed in political-economic terms | Sunday, January 8 ∑ 7: 00 — 8: 00pm | Google Meet joining info | Video call link: meet.google.com/mqd-jtmf-gkk

F. Douglas Stephenson (2023-01-08). Big Pharma spent more on Stock Buybacks and Dividends than on Research and Development even during COVID. juancole.com Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) The 14 largest publicly-traded pharmaceutical companies spent $747 billion on stock buybacks and dividends from 2012 through 2021 — substantially more than the $660 billion they spent on research and development. So argue economists William Lazonick, professor emeritus of economics at University of Massachusetts, and àñner Tulum, a …

Chris Garaffa (2023-01-08). What progressive people should know about the "Twitter Files" liberationnews.org The "Twitter Files" are a set of internal communications including emails between company executives as well as with politicians, the FBI, Pentagon and other agencies.

WSWS (2023-01-08). Interview with Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly on the COVID pandemic and Long COVID: Part two. wsws.org "This was a historic moment in the annals of medicine… when patients came to the fore and alerted all of us scientists that something here is wrong and needs to be investigated and researched and gave the entity its name."

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Healthy Weight Awareness Month. Mayo Clinic innovations can help you lose weight, keep it off. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org MEDIA ADVISORY: Mayo Clinic experts available to talk about obesity epidemic in America and innovations in weight loss procedures January is Healthy Weight Awareness Month — and a time when many consider a fresh start with healthier eating and exercise habits. Consider these stats on obesity in America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Forty-one percent of Americans are considered obese. And by 2030, an estimated 50% of Americans will be obese….

Andre E. (2023-01-08). "We have the power, we run this": Thousands of New York nurses go out on strike. liberationnews.org More than 7,000 nurses are on strike for fair contracts to hire more staff to improve patient care and nurses' working conditions.

Editor (2023-01-08). Trumpism: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. scheerpost.com By Michael Brenner | Trump is dead — long live Trumpism! Donald Trump's political demise is a personal implosion his narcissistic self punctured by a thousand wounds from the slings and arrows of his vengeful victims, his erstwhile collaborators and scheming usurpers. Yet, the movement he inspired and instigated is very much alive. It is a grave error to equate the man's fate with the fate of the vast body of followers who -at this time constitute the most potent force in the country's public life. That error is manifest in the celebration by Democrats at their 'triumph' in losing only on…

The Third Pole (2023-01-08). Shrinking Glaciers threaten Chinese and Indian Energy Transitions. juancole.com By Alok Gupta ( Third Pole ) As glaciers shrink and monsoon rainfall becomes more unpredictable due to climate change, uncertainty around the viability of hydropower projects in the Hindu Kush Himalayas is increasing. A recent study on the state of a glacier on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau raises questions about the region's long-term water supply and …

SC News (2023-01-08). Tuesday 1/10: Revisions to Downtown Expansion Plan at Santa Cruz City Council. indybay.org Attend meeting in person: Council Chambers, 809 Center Street, Santa Cruz | The Downtown Plan Expansion project is #30 on the City Council meeting agenda, and will be heard sometime after 5 PM, following oral communications. See meeting agenda for information on participating virtually/phoning in:…

Hartmut Reiners, Andrej Holm (2023-01-08). Rethinking the State and Rent Madness. indybay.org The right to housing for everyone must be understood as a public challenge and presupposes the de-commodification of the housing supply, a democratization of urban policy, and breach with the real estate exploitation coalition.

Staff (2023-01-08). Colombia's President Petro Meets President Maduro for 2nd Time in Miraflores (+ELN). orinocotribune.com On Saturday, January 7, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, received Colombian President Gustavo Petro at Miraflores Palace, where the two presidents held a meeting. After it ended, President Maduro announced that there is a clear path for joint work and cooperation between the two nations on different issues that will continue to yield positive results for both countries. | President Maduro wrote on his social media accounts that the meeting he had with his Colombian counterpart was exhaustive and very fruitful. | "With the President of the Republic of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, we had a broad and very fru…

Rosa Parks Day Committee (2023-01-08). Friday 2/3: 23rd Annual Rosa Parks Day in California and Transit Equity Day Kickoff Celebration. indybay.org SMICS Bar | 12th & K st. | Sacramento, CA…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Socioeconomic status measure helps researchers develop artificial intelligence models, improving equity in health care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Social determinants of health impact people's well-being and quality of life. These social determinants — conditions such as access to nutrition, safe and affordable housing, jobs, transportation, and access to health care — are some of the factors that lead to disparities in health and health care if they are not addressed. "Defining and assessing social determinants of health really invites clinicians, educators, and researchers to embrace a broader understanding of health in the social…

Anonymous669 (2023-01-08). Israeli Army Foils Attempt To Smuggle Handguns From Jordan. southfront.org . Source: the Israeli Defense Forces. | On January 8, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that another attempt to smuggle handguns from Jordan into Israel had been foiled. | The army said in a statement that soldiers monitoring surveillance cameras on January 5 spotted two suspects along the border, near Kibbutz Ashdot Ya'akov Ihud. Both men were arrested by Israeli troops, police officers and border guards, who were quickly dispatched to the…

Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center (2023-01-08). Saturday 1/21: Barbara Lee & Elihu Harris Lecture Series Presents Bishop Nathan D. Baxter. indybay.org Beebe Memorial Cathedral | 3900 Telegraph Avenue | Oakland, CA 94609…

Fight Back (2023-01-08). Venezuela economy surges, U.S. sanction policy crumbling. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL- 2022 was a banner year for the Venezuelan economy. The Venezuelan Central Bank recorded a 19% growth rate, while the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America put it at 12%. While inflation of food and gas prices ate at workers' income in the U.S. and much of the world this past year, Venezuela inflation was low compared with previous years. This is due to booms in both food and oil sectors in Venezuela owing to the ability of the Bolivarian Revolution to overcome U.S. sanctions. | Oil industry recovery | PDVSA oil started flowing to the U.S. and EU again after March, when the Biden…

Staff (2023-01-08). De las nubes de esperanza a la dura realidad en Brasil. cubadebate.cu Luego de la asunción presidencial más multitudinaria de la historia de Brasil el pasado 1 de enero y de una fiesta popular que sacudió a todo el país, Lula da Silva empezó a gobernar. El presidente y sus ministros sabían que el escenario de la herencia recibida del ultraderechista Jair Bolsonaro sería tenebroso: un país literalmente destrozado en cada aspecto de la vida pública. Pero aun así, hubo sorpresas y ninguna fue agradable.

Staff (2023-01-08). Partidarios de Bolsonaro intentan tomar en el Palacio de Planalto, el Tribunal Supremo y el Congreso de Brasil. cubadebate.cu Bolsonaristas radicales han conseguido romper los cordones de seguridad alrededor del Congreso Nacional de Brasil e irrumpir en el edificio del órgano legislativo. En la Esplanada dos Ministérios, en Brasilia, se han producido enfrentamientos de manifestantes con la Policía, que trató de dispersar a la multitud con gas pimienta.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-08). Gremio periodístico denuncia ataque contra reportero en Perú. telesurtv.net Mejía, que trabaja para la agencia de prensa EFE ostentaba visiblemente su identificación de periodista.

Staff (2023-01-08). Manifestantes peruanos mantienen movilizaciones y bloqueos de carreteras en varias regiones. cubadebate.cu En Perú continúan este domingo las protestas que demandan la salida de la presidenta, Dina Boluarte, el adelanto de las elecciones y otras exigencias. Los participantes protagonizan bloqueos de carreteras y movilizaciones masivas en varias regiones del país.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-08). Manifestantes mantienen el bloqueo de carreteras en Perú. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Salud de Perú indicó que en la última semana se han registrado 36 personas hospitalizadas a causa de la represión policial.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-08). Accidente de tránsito deja 17 muertos en el este de China. telesurtv.net Medios chinos indicaron que el accidente ocurrió cuando un camión arrolló a una procesión fúnebre en el condado de Nanchang, provincia de Jiangxi.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-08). China reabre sus fronteras tras estar cerradas por la pandemia. telesurtv.net Las autoridades chinas indicaron que seguirán exigiendo a los viajeros una prueba negativa de Covid-19 para entrar al territorio chino.

Staff (2023-01-08). Top 10 de los momentos del 2022 de Cubajoven. cubadebate.cu Si creíamos que el 2021 había sido un año duro, baff, anda pa' allá bobo (pequeña referencia a cierta frase populariza por el 10 y que nos gusta mucho). El 2022 traía las buenas vibras de control de la pandemia, pero se torció en algún punto. Reímos, vivimos momentos épicos, lloramos, se nos estrujo un poco el alma al extrañar a los que queremos, y se vio mucha solidaridad y cariño entre todos los que vivimos en esta isla del mar Caribe.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-08). Explosión de un edificio deja cinco heridos en el sur de Rusia. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Situaciones de Emergencia de Daguestán informó que diez personas fueron evacuadas del edificio por motivos de seguridad.

Staff (2023-01-08). La voluntad firme y unánime del pueblo cubano. cubadebate.cu Cubadebate regala a sus lectores cada día una pequeña joya del pensamiento de José Martí, como homenaje al más grande de los cubanos en el año del aniversario 170 de su natalicio y como llamado a cada ciudadano a hacer el bien todos los días, bajo el amparo ético y humanista que nos legó el Héroe Nacional de Cuba. También les recordamos algunos momentos de la vida de Martí un día como hoy…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-08). Al menos 21 muertos deja accidente de autobús en Kenia. telesurtv.net Patrict Kitau, comandante de policía del distrito de Bungoma en Kenia, dijo que el accidente ocurrió alrededor de las 21H00 horas locales de este sábado en Lwakhaha.

teleSUR, odr, JDO (2023-01-08). Rechazan reforma judicial de nuevo Gobierno de Israel. telesurtv.net Cerca de 10.000 personas se movilizaron para oponerse al proyecto que anunció esta semana el nuevo ministro de Justicia.

Staff (2023-01-08). El tiempo: Algunas lluvias en el norte oriental y temperaturas cálidas. cubadebate.cu En la tarde se nublará ocasionalmente en localidades del interior y hacia la costa norte occidental con algunas lluvias hasta el anochecer, las que serán escasas en el resto del archipiélago.

Staff (2023-01-08). 1959: Un año decisivo para Fidel. cubadebate.cu Uno de los años más importantes en la vida del Comandante fue, sin dudas, 1959. El triunfo revolucionario imponía asumir nuevas responsabilidades, enfrentar obstáculos y desafíos. Uno de los primeros, y más significativos, fue desmantelar el plan golpista del general Eulogio Cantillo en Columbia, que se daría a conocer públicamente en el memorable discurso de Fidel en el Parque Céspedes en Santiago de Cuba el 1ro. de enero.

Staff (2023-01-08). "La alegría es inmensa", entrada de Fidel a La Habana (+Fotos y Video). cubadebate.cu La Habana, jueves 8 de enero de 1959. Las principales calles se engalanaron colocando banderas cubanas y del 26 de Julio en dependencias estatales, en comercios y viviendas. Así se dispuso para que todo el pueblo pudiese dar una calurosa y hermosa bienvenida a Fidel Castro y los barbudos de la Sierra Maestra. Siete días tardó Fidel Castro, luego del Primero de Enero, en llegar a La Habana. Salió de Santiago de Cuba el 2 y entró en la capital del país el 8.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-08). Honduras extiende el estado de excepción contra crimen organizado. telesurtv.net Desde el Gobierno hondureño indicaron que la medida estará vigente hasta el próximo 20 de febrero de 2023.

Staff (2023-01-08). Informan sobre liberación de Ana Belén Montes de cárcel de EEUU. cubadebate.cu Agencias de prensa reportan este sábado que el Buró Federal de Prisiones de Estados Unidos confirmó que Ana Belén Montes, ex analista de la Agencia de Inteligencia de Defensa de ese país, abandonó el penal de Carswell, en Forth Worth, Texas, aunque comenzará un régimen de libertad condicional por cinco años.

Staff (2023-01-08). Deschamps extiende su contrato como técnico de Francia hasta el 2026. cubadebate.cu El contrato de Didier Deschamps como seleccionador francés se prolongó hasta julio de 2026, anunció la Federación Francesa de Fútbol (FFF), menos de tres semanas después del Mundial de Catar 2022 en el que Francia terminó en segunda posición. La intención del estratega es estar al frente de la selección francesa en el próximo Mundial.

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-01-08). Detienen a niño de 6 años que disparó a una profesora en EE.UU. telesurtv.net La profesora se encuentra reportada de estado crítico, con peligro para la vida.

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-01-08). Rusia afirma que sus militares respetan tregua y Kiev sigue atacando. telesurtv.net Los militares de Ucrania no han respetado el alto al fuego, lanzando al menos 60 proyectiles sobre Donetsk.

Staff (2023-01-08). Ministerio de Cultura griego niega jurisdicción británica sobre mármoles del Partenón. cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Cultura de Grecia señaló este sábado que no reconoce la jurisdicción, posesión y propiedad de las esculturas del Partenón por el Museo Británico, pronunciamiento público que tuvo lugar luego de publicaciones de medios británicos que aluden supuestas negociaciones entre Grecia y la referida institución en torno a dichas reliquias.

Staff (2023-01-08). Top 10 de los momentos del 2022 de Cuba Joven. cubadebate.cu Si creíamos que el 2021 había sido un año duro, baff, anda pa' allá bobo (pequeña referencia a cierta frase populariza por el 10 y que nos gusta mucho). El 2022 traía las buenas vibras de control de la pandemia, pero se torció en algún punto. Reímos, vivimos momentos épicos, lloramos, se nos estrujo un poco el alma al extrañar a los que queremos, y se vio mucha solidaridad y cariño entre todos los que vivimos en esta isla del mar Caribe.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-08). Presidente Fernández acelera juicio político contra el Supremo. telesurtv.net Se espera que la próxima semana se eleve el pedido de sesiones extraordinarias para que el Congreso argentino inicie el análisis de la proyecto.

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-01-08). Presidente Putin felicita a cristianos ortodoxos por Navidad. telesurtv.net "Deseo a los cristianos ortodoxos, a todos los que celebran la Navidad, buena salud, éxito y todo lo mejor", afirmó Vladimir Putin.

Staff (2023-01-08). La Tira de los Lectores: Mi foto de fin de año. cubadebate.cu Hace unos días la convocamos y hoy regresa La Tira de los Lectores, esta vez dedicada a los festejos por fin de año. Recuerda que puedes comunicarte con nosotros a través del correo comentacubadebate@gmail.com o mediante nuestros perfiles en redes sociales.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-08). Vinculan a Camacho a régimen de facto de Bolivia. telesurtv.net La hija de Jeanine Añez, Carolina Ribera, afirmó que el gobernador de Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, en prisión desde la semana pasada, fue parte del antiguo Gobierno de facto…

Staff (2023-01-08). øCuáles son los objetivos de la visita que inicia Joe Biden a México? cubadebate.cu En la víspera, Biden destacó que una parte importante de su próxima visita a México será "fortalecer" la frontera común, con el objetivo de atender la migración irregular. En este sentido, el mandatario estadounidense aseguró que el país latinoamericano habría aceptado recibir hasta a 30.000 personas deportadas desde EE.UU. al mes.

Staff (2023-01-08). Informe revela que Estados Unidos conocía planes terroristas de Orlando Bosch contra un avión de Cubana. cubadebate.cu Un documento desclasificado del Departamento de Estado, circulado hoy, reconoce que agencias de inteligencia de Estados Unidos conocían que el terrorista de origen cubano Orlando Bosch planeaba atentar contra un avión de Cubana de Aviación. Sin embargo, ninguna de estas autoridades a sabiendas de los planes terroristas evitó el crimen de Barbados.

Staff (2023-01-08). Caravana de la Libertad llega a La Habana y es recibida por miles de personas. cubadebate.cu Los vítores, las consignas, banderas y melodías acompañaron a los caravanistas a su paso por diversos puntos de la ciudad como las céntricas avenidas de Malecón o 23, marcada también por la euforia de niños y población en general que saludaba la marcha desde las calles o sus hogares.

Staff (2023-01-08). Lionel Scaloni sobre su renovación en la selección Argentina: "Estoy en el lugar soñado" cubadebate.cu Sin todavía confirmarlo, el técnico afirmó: Estamos en eso", con respecto a su renovación en la Argentina y reiteró: " La verdad que estoy, lo dije hace tiempo, en el lugar soñado para cualquier argentino. Es es un lugar increíble después de haber ganado el Mundial. Es evidente que es un lugar en el que cualquiera quiere estar y en este caso estoy encantado".

teleSUR, odr, JDO (2023-01-08). Grecia niega jurisdicción británica sobre Mármoles del Partenón. telesurtv.net Ministerio de Cultura griego dejó claro que no le reconoce al Museo Británico ningún derecho sobre las reliquias, robadas a Grecia en el siglo XIX.

Staff (2023-01-08). Play off de la Liga Élite: Agricultores vence a Tabacaleros y pone pie y medio en la final. cubadebate.cu Los Agricultores incrementaron hoy su presión sobre los Tabacaleros, al derrotarlos con pizarra de 7×2. Los Agricultores conectaron nueve hits, cuatro extrabases, dos dobles, siete carreras y dos jonrones, para conseguir su triunfo ante los Tabacaleros, quienes solo pegaron seis hits frente a dos lanzadores.

Staff (2023-01-08). Play off de la Liga Élite: Portuarios gana en extrainnings el tercer juego. cubadebate.cu Portuarios ganó un cerrado tercer juego de su semifinal ante Centrales, el partido se decidió 1×0 en extrainnings en el estadio Nelson Fernández, en un encuentro cerrado hasta el final y donde cada equipo bateó seis hits.

Staff (2023-01-08). El descanso de los hebreos. cubadebate.cu Los restos del cineasta cubano Saúl Yelín y un monumento con seis jabones fabricados con grasa de víctimas del holocausto, se encuentran en la necrópolis hebrea de Guanabacoa, la más antigua de su tipo en el país.

Staff (2023-01-08). El Real Madrid pierde la oportunidad de alcanzar cima de la Liga española de fútbol. cubadebate.cu El Real Madrid perdió hoy la posibilidad de alcanzar el primer puesto en la Liga española de fútbol, al perder 1-2 ante el Villarreal por la jornada 16 y sufrió su primera derrota del año. El partido de los merengues quedará además en los libros de historia por ser el primero del Real Madrid en sus 121 años de vida sin un solo jugador español en su once inicial.

Mariana àÅlvarez Orellana (2023-01-08). Incierto futuro para un Perú en paro. globalizacion.ca Luego de la tregua por Navidad y Año Nuevo, las protestas populares para exigir la renuncia de la presidenta Dina Boluarte, el adelanto de elecciones para el 2023 y una nueva Constitución se reiniciaron en todo Perú, esta vez sin…

Staff (2023-01-08). Amazonía brasileña: Deforestación aumentó en 150 por ciento en diciembre. cubadebate.cu La Amazonía brasileña perdió 10.267 kilómetros de cobertura vegetal en 2022, una extensión equivalente a la de un país como Líbano. El monitoreo satelital detectó 218.4 kilómetros cuadrados de cubierta forestal destruida en la parte de Brasil de la selva tropical más grande del mundo el mes pasado.

Staff (2023-01-08). Messi seleccionado como "Mejor Creador de Juego" de 2022. cubadebate.cu Lionel Messi sigue llenándose de reconocimientos a nivel internacional tras la conquista del Mundial de Qatar 2022 con la selección Argentina y este sábado la la Federación Internacional de Historia y Estadística del fútbol (IFFHS) otorgó al astro argentino un nuevo distintivo, el cual supone una nueva marca histórica para el jugador del PSG.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-08). Paraguay reporta 53 contagios de mpox. telesurtv.net Los positivos son del género masculino, con una media de edad de 36 años. No se registran fallecidos ni hospitalizados.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-08). Protestas contra presidenta Boluarte se intensifican en Perú. telesurtv.net Puno amaneció completamente paralizada por el cuarto día de paro nacional. Los negocios, mercados y servicios están cerrados por temor a represalias.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-08). Represión policial deja al menos 14 heridos en el sur de Perú. telesurtv.net En la capital Lima, la represión policial dejó un saldo de al menos cinco heridos y más 40 detenidos.

Staff (2023-01-08). Cuatro grandes organizaciones de solidaridad con Cuba piden a las instituciones europeas acciones contra el bloqueo estadounidense. cubadebate.cu El documento presentado por Cuba Coopération France, el Movimiento Estatal de Solidaridad con Cuba en España, la Asociación Nacional de Amistad Italia-Cuba y la Asociación Sueco-Cubana de Solidaridad solicita a instituciones de la Unión Europea (UE) respuestas concretas y el uso de las herramientas legales disponibles para enfrentar el cerco y sus consecuencias.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-08). Honduras y EE.UU. debatirán sobre migración y otros temas bilaterales. telesurtv.net La agenda de debates incluye la lucha contra la corrupción, gobernanza, seguridad, derechos humanos y violencia de género, entre otros.

Staff (2023-01-08). Mandatario cubano reitera a Estados Unidos la importancia de respetar los acuerdos migratorios. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, reiteró este domingo la necesidad del cumplimiento integral de los acuerdos migratorios firmados con Estados Unidos como única vía para alcanzar flujos migratorios regulares, ordenados y seguros entre ambos países.

teleSUR, JCM, JDO (2023-01-08). Presidentes de Venezuela y Colombia se reúnen en Caracas. telesurtv.net Revisan exhaustivamente temas de la relación bilateral. Adoptan acuerdos para fomentar el desarrollo y la complementariedad entre ambas naciones.

Staff (2023-01-08). Unión Eléctrica no pronostica afectaciones al servicio por déficit de generación. cubadebate.cu En la generación distribuida, están indisponibles por avería 826 MW y en mantenimiento 391 MW. Para el horario pico se estima el completamiento del ciclo combinado de Energas Boca de Jaruco (30 MW) y la entrada de 329 MW en motores diésel.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-08). Cólera deja más de 400 muertos en el último trimestre en Haití. telesurtv.net Hay un total de 1.570 casos confirmados de 22.575 sospechosos y son 18.360 las personas hospitalizadas con síntomas.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-08). Chalecos amarillos rechazan inflación y costo de la vida en Francia. telesurtv.net Los organizadores preveían la realización de más de 40 marchas, actos de protesta y otros eventos en diez regiones del país.

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-01-08). Rusia denuncia ataque ucraniano contra central térmica de Donetsk. telesurtv.net En Novy Svet presumiblemente dos empleados de la central termoeléctrica pudieran estar aún bajo los escombros.

teleSUR, EOS, JGN (2023-01-08). Conoce cinco frases del escritor mexicano Juan Rulfo. telesurtv.net Juan Rulfo falleció el 7 de enero de 1986 a los 67 años de edad a causa de un cáncer de pulmón en la capital mexicana.

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-01-08). Gobierno palestino denuncia medidas punitivas israelíes. telesurtv.net El Gobierno ultraderechista de Benjamin Netanyahu anunció la semana pasada un paquete de medidas contra la Autoridad Nacional Palestina (ANP).

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-08). Renuncia ministra de Justicia de Chile por presiones opositoras. telesurtv.net La dimisión de la funcionaria ocurrió por la decisión del presidente chileno de indultar a 12 detenidos durante el estallido social de 2019.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-08). Grupos de derecha continúan violentas protestas en Santa Cruz. telesurtv.net Grupo violentos de la derechista Unión Juvenil Cruceñista (UJC) nuevamente incendiaron el edificio de la Fiscalía Departamental de la provincia de Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-08). Deforestación de Amazonía brasileña aumentó 1 % en diciembre. telesurtv.net El monitoreo satelital detectó el mes pasado 218,4 kilómetros cuadrados de cubierta forestal destruida en la parte de Brasil de la selva tropical más grande del mundo.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-08). Presidente boliviano llamó a luchar por la estabilidad del país. telesurtv.net La Amdebeni condenó las acciones violentas en la ciudad de Santa Cruz protagonizada por seguidores del gobernador, Luis Fernando Camacho.

teleSUR, odr, JDO (2023-01-08). Ferroviarios británicos continúan paro en defensa de derechos. telesurtv.net Alrededor de 40.000 trabajadores afiliados al Sindicato RMT cumplen la cuarta jornada de huelga.

teleSUR, jdo, SH (2023-01-08). øQué se sabe sobre la desaparición de los hermanos Restrepo en Ecuador. telesurtv.net La desaparición de los hermanos Restrepo por las fuerzas de seguridad de Ecuador hace 35 años ha sido calificado como un crimen de Estado.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-08). Confirman liberación de Ana Belén Montes de cárcel de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Fue acusada de cometer espionaje a favor de Cuba. Declaró haber ayudado a la Isla a contrarrestar las amenazas de los EE.UU.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-08). Accidente de tráfico en el centro de Senegal deja 40 fallecidos. telesurtv.net El suceso ha ocurrido en torno a la localidad de Sikilo durante la madrugada de este domingo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-08). Al menos un muerto tras choque de trenes en la Ciudad de México. telesurtv.net El metro de la Ciudad de México suspendió el servicio de Indios Verdes a Guerrera de la Línea 3 debido al incidente.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-08). ONU condena medida de EE.UU. por violar derechos de refugiados. telesurtv.net Recientes medidas fronterizas promovidas por la administración Biden "no se ajustan a las normas del derecho de los refugiados", según ACNUR.

Staff (2023-01-08). China reabre sus fronteras este domingo luego de tres años de aislamiento por covid-19. cubadebate.cu

Staff (2023-01-08). Tasas vigentes en el mercado cambiario cubano este domingo 8 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 8 de enero en el mercado cambiario del país.

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2023-01-08: News Headlines

The Third Pole (2023-01-08). Shrinking Glaciers threaten Chinese and Indian Energy Transitions. juancole.com By Alok Gupta ( Third Pole ) As glaciers shrink and monsoon rainfall becomes more unpredictable due to climate change, uncertainty around the viability of hydropower projects in the Hindu Kush Himalayas is increasing. A recent study on the state of a glacier on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau raises questions about the region's long-term water supply and …

Binoy Kampmark (2023-01-07). Harry's Great Afghan Shooting Party. dissidentvoice.org What to make of it? History is filled with the deeds of blood-thirsty princes bold in ambition and feeble of mind. Massacres make the man, though there is often little to merit the person behind it. The Duke of Sussex seemingly wishes to add his name to that list. In what can only be described …

Brett Wilkins (2023-01-07). Pentagon doc reveals US lied about Afghan civilians killed in 2021 drone strike. greenleft.org.au A new report reveals United States military officials knew that an August 2021 drone strike in Kabul likely killed Afghan civilians including children, but lied about it, writes Brett Wilkins.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-07). Prince Harry's Great Afghan Shooting Party. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | What to make of it? History is filled with the deeds of blood-thirsty princes bold in ambition and feeble of mind. Massacres make the man, though there is often little to merit the person behind it. The Duke of Sussex seemingly wishes to add his name to that list. In what can only be described as one of his "Nazi uniform" moments, Prince Harry

Brett Wilkins (2023-01-07). Report Reveals US Lied About Afghan Civilians Killed in 2021 Drone Strike. truthout.org military officials knew that an August 2021 drone strike in Kabul likely killed Afghan civilians including children but lied about it, a report published Friday revealed. New York Times investigative reporter Azmat Khan analyzed a 66-page redacted U.S. Central Command report on the August 29, 2021 drone strike that killed 10 members of the Ahmadi family, including seven children… |

Kathy Kelly (2023-01-07). Peace Activists Take on the Pentagon's Corporate "Merchants of Death" truthout.org Days after a U.S. warplane bombed a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing forty-two people, twenty-four of them patients, the international president of MSF, Dr. Joanne Liu walked through the wreckage and prepared to deliver condolences to family members of those who had been killed. A brief video, taped in October, 2015… |

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-07). Ukraine: NATO Quad provides armored combat vehicles tested in Iraq, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Africa wars. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleJanuary 7, 2023 What type of armoured vehicles are being sent to Ukraine? After months of wavering, Germany and the US want to supply Kyiv with armored infantry fighting vehicles. France made a start with the promise of armored reconnaissance vehicles. Which models will be sent? German Marder infantry fighting vehicles Germany has announced …

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-07). EE.UU. revela detalles de ataque con drones en Kabul en 2021. telesurtv.net Ese ataque mató a 10 civiles afganos en agosto de 2021 y el Ejército atribuyó el asunto a un error de los operadores.

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2023-01-07: News Headlines

_____ (2023-01-07). Biden has ruined both Ukraine and the US. journal-neo.org Moscow's special operation in Ukraine to denazify the criminal Kiev regime has not only become a dividing line between Russia and the US with its Western allies who have openly stood up for the blatant neo-Nazism they have revived in recent years. But it also showed what losses for Americans and Europeans the White House …

WSWS (2023-01-07). Mass protests resume across Peru against the coup regime and social inequality. wsws.org Beyond the initial demands for the resignation of the Dina Boluarte administration, the shutdown of Congress, and general elections, protesters are increasingly advancing social demands over the high cost of living and staggering social inequality.

G. Dunkel (2023-01-07). Threat of more U.N. sanctions on Haiti. workers.org While the huge social, economic and political problems of Haiti have slipped out of the news, if anything they have intensified over the past few months. Credit: HaàØti-Liberté According to Helen La Lime, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of BINUH (U.N. Integrated Office in . . . |

WSWS (2023-01-07). Republicans elect House speaker on 15th ballot, Biden praises police and "patriotic" Republicans. wsws.org In the aftermath of the November midterm elections, media pundits proclaimed a "victory for democracy" and "return to normalcy" in American politics. The events of Friday, however, the second anniversary of the January 6, 2021, storming of the US Capitol by a fascist mob incited by the sitting president, have well and truly exploded all such fantasies.

The Conversation (2023-01-07). Four Ways Netanyahu's new Far-Right Government threatens Israeli Democracy. juancole.com By Boaz Atzili, American University School of International Service | (The Conversation) Democracy is not just about holding elections. It is a set of institutions, ideas and practices that allow citizens a continuous, decisive voice in shaping their government and its policies. The new Israeli government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu and sworn in …

WSWS (2023-01-07). "The whole world's watching": 10,000 New York City nurses prepare to strike, as NYSNA blocks united struggle. wsws.org NYSNA is in last-minute negotiations with five hospitals attempting to to continue to divide up workers and shut down what would undoubtably be a powerful, unified struggle.

Matthew Ehret-Kump (2023-01-07). The High Cost of Blowing Up the World: Ukraine and the 2023 NDAA. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-01-07). Ukraine Parliament Cheers Nazi Collaborator. strategic-culture.org Even neighboring Poland, a staunch ally of Kiev in the ongoing war with Russia, has criticized the Verkhovna Rada's Jan. 1 celebration of the birthday of Stepan Bandera. | By Peoples DISPATCH | Ukraine's support for neo-Nazi groups and its attempts to officially recognize pro-Nazi legions and Nazi collaborators from World War II have been steadfastly criticized by communists and other anti-fascist groups in the region. | Kiev's supporters in Europe and North America have, until now, maintained a complicit silence about these maneuvers. However, the latest gesture by the Ukrainian parliament — cheering on th…

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-01-07). Friday 1/13: SF Rally-Smash US Supported Coup In Peru, US Gov & Biden Get Bloody Hands Off Peru. indybay.org Peru Consulate | 790 Market St. | San Francisco…

Anonymous765 (2023-01-07). Doomed Christmas Ceasefire On Ukrainian Front Lines. southfront.org |

Brian Berletic (2023-01-07). US Patriot Missiles in Ukraine: A Desperate and Dangerous Escalation. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-01-07). Macron's sending tanks to Ukraine marks escalation of France's role in war on Russia. wsws.org Crossing his own 'red line' laid down against tank deliveries to Ukraine in March last year, Macron is starting 2023 by massively ramping up French involvement in the NATO war effort against Russia in Ukraine.

Staff (2023-01-07). Ukraine: NATO Quad provides armored combat vehicles tested in Iraq, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Africa wars. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleJanuary 7, 2023 What type of armoured vehicles are being sent to Ukraine? After months of wavering, Germany and the US want to supply Kyiv with armored infantry fighting vehicles. France made a start with the promise of armored reconnaissance vehicles. Which models will be sent? German Marder infantry fighting vehicles Germany has announced …

_____ (2023-01-07). Goodbye 2022 (and Beyond!). strategic-culture.org By Peter VAN BUREN | Nobody is going to miss 2022. With the won't-die pandemic, inflation at home and economic troubles abroad, plus the war in Ukraine, it has not been a happy 12 months. Nevertheless, with the year 2022 behind us, it is time for some housecleaning. Here are four memes we really should bury and not have to hear about again. | The internet changed everything/The internet promotes democracy globally. Nope, it turns out the internet was a big grift and we were allowed to play with its full potential only for a few years until the big guys wanted it back for their own. Though the grift of free speech…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-07). New Year's Sitrep: The End of the Tunnel? southfront.org

Staff (2023-01-07). Georgia: ruling party MP blasts McFaul's attempt to "liberate" Saakashvili, foment second "Rose Revolution" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geJanuary 7, 2023 Ruling party MP: fmr US envoy to Russia should know mentioning Saakashvili with democracy, human rights "absurd" Irakli Zarkua, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday responded to an article by Michael McFaul, the former United States Ambassador to Russia, on the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili by saying …

Binoy Kampmark (2023-01-07). Harry's Great Afghan Shooting Party. dissidentvoice.org What to make of it? History is filled with the deeds of blood-thirsty princes bold in ambition and feeble of mind. Massacres make the man, though there is often little to merit the person behind it. The Duke of Sussex seemingly wishes to add his name to that list. In what can only be described …

Ramzy Baroud (2023-01-07). On Giuseppe Trani and the "Human Condition" dissidentvoice.org When the newsstand of Giuseppe Trani was swept away by massive flooding that devastated the southern Italian town of Casamicciola, near Naples, the 70-year-old man lost everything. Not for long, though, as the townsfolk, who were also affected by the flooding and landslides experienced throughout the whole region, raised the needed funds to help Trani …

____ (2023-01-07). Traditional Chinese medicine important in China's COVID-19 response: expert. ecns.cn Leveraging traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the treatment of infections is an important step in the Chinese approach to COVID-19 response, an expert has said.

_____ (2023-01-07). As we confront the climate crisis, is bigger and faster always better? popularresistance.org "Scale" has become something of a buzz word in climate movement circles. When we see something inspiring, we often ask: "How do we quickly replicate this everywhere, so we are acting in a way that feels commensurate with the scale and urgency of the climate crisis?" | As a climate organizer, I've often noticed myself seesawing between smaller spaces where I can build deeper relationships and work at a more global scale. The latter forces my mind and body to overstep its limits to do things that feel more commensurate with the all-pervasive nature of the climate crisis.

Brett Wilkins (2023-01-07). Pentagon doc reveals US lied about Afghan civilians killed in 2021 drone strike. greenleft.org.au A new report reveals United States military officials knew that an August 2021 drone strike in Kabul likely killed Afghan civilians including children, but lied about it, writes Brett Wilkins.

CodePink (2023-01-07). Friday 1/13: Media: Stop Cheerleading for War! indybay.org San Francisco Chronicle Bldg., 901 Mission St @ 5th, San Francisco…

Vijay Prashad (2023-01-07). South Africans are fighting for crumbs: A conversation with trade union leader Irvin Jim. greenleft.org.au The answers for South Africa will have to come from struggle, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) leader Irvin Jim tells Vijay Prashad and Zoe Alexandra.

_____ (2023-01-07). British nurses are struggling to save NHS from privatization. popularresistance.org Anthony Johnson of Nurses United UK explains the reasons for the historic strike by nurses in December. He notes that the strike is not just about the cost of living crisis and pay hikes but also about saving the NHS from privatization. He explains how over the decades, successive governments have shrunk the health service, leading to poor working conditions and staff vacancies. He also talks about the impact of the wrecking of the NHS on the British people and health professionals in other parts of the world.

_____ (2023-01-07). NYSNA 2019-2021: From Contract Sellout to Covid Hell. popularresistance.org Over 10,000 nurses could strike in NYC starting next week. Key among their demands is the fight around safe staffing ratios, which determines the maximum number of patients per on-shift nurse. Nurses are fighting for better working conditions in a setting where staffing has only gotten worse since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the start of the pandemic, thousands of nurses and healthcare workers left the workforce, often from being exhausted, burnt out, and/or traumatized. Many more have also become very ill and/or died from Covid-19, after putting their lives on the line to care for patients. Sur…

_____ (2023-01-07). Viewpoint: What Message Does A 'Vote No' Campaign Send? popularresistance.org In December, the contract bargaining team for Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2865 brought back a tentative agreement with the University of California and presented it to its membership of teaching assistants, graders and tutors for ratification. A lively "vote no" campaign arose. | A vote no campaign sends a very public message. Does it tell the boss that the union is divided, and therefore weak, or does it warn the boss that members are ready to fight for more? What does it say about the union and the union leadership?

____ (2023-01-07). China optimizes medical insurance to ease financial burden of COVID-19 patients. ecns.cn Chinese authorities have released a circular to further optimize medical insurance policies to ease the financial burden of COVID-19 patients.

____ (2023-01-07). China's forex reserves expand in December 2022. ecns.cn The 2023 Consumer Electronics Show, the world's premier tech show, kicked off in the US city of Las Vegas on Thursday, drawing more than 3,200 exhibitors from over 170 countries and regions. Hundreds of Chinese companies participated in the show, including well-known brands like TCL, Lenovo, and Hisense as well as startups. #CES2023…

____ (2023-01-07). China's latest COVID-19 control protocol highlights vaccination, personal protection. ecns.cn China released its 10th edition of COVID-19 control protocol on Saturday, highlighting vaccination and personal protection.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-01-07). A Look Back on Three Years of China's Anti-Covid-19 Fight. orinocotribune.com By Tings Chak Jan 01, 2023 | I arrived in Shanghai, 36 hours after leaving Sà£o Paulo, a near deportation in South Africa, and a canceled connecting flight. It was March 21, 2020. In the following days, China implemented its mandatory centralized quarantine for all international travelers. Exactly a week later, on March 28, China started its travel ban N…

Alex Koplos (2023-01-07). Alto a la represión racista: °Permitid la entrada en EE.UU. a todos los inmigrantes! workers.org El Paso, Texas, el 26 de diciembre de 2023 El 19 de diciembre, 400 soldados de la Guardia Nacional de Texas fueron desplegados en mi ciudad natal de El Paso para "ayudar" con la migración masiva en la frontera con Juárez, México. El estado desplegó estos cuerpos especiales imperiales de . . . |

Greg Palast (2023-01-07). The Secret History of a Riot. dissidentvoice.org The 800-page gorilla of a report from the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the Capitol seems strangely silent on a few matters that, apparently, were a bit too uncomfortable for the Committee to take on. So, buckle up for a discomfiting ride with our investigative team that has been tracking …

Anonymous669 (2023-01-07). Hezbollah Deployed Iranian-Made Air Defense System Near Syria's Damascus Report. southfront.org Lebanon's Hezbollah has deployed an Iranian-made air defense system near the Syrian capital, Damascus, Zaman Alwsl reported on January 6. | The Syrian pro-opposition news outlet said that the air defense system was deployed at a position of Hezbollah near the town of Rakhlah on the border line with Lebanon, some 30 kilometers to the west of Damascus. | The unidentified air defense system was allegedly brought in all the way from the governorate of Deir Ezzor in the eastern region of Syria."The syste…

Ricardo Gomez (2023-01-07). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: A Regulator Steps Up To The Plate. levernews.com

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-07). US agrees to revise "free trade" treaty with Colombia: officials. colombiareports.com The governments of Colombia and the United States will negotiate revisions to their controversial "free" trade agreement, the trade minister confirmed on Tuesday. According to the Colombia's ambassador to Washington…

Dean Baker (2023-01-07). Contrary to What the NYT Tells You, the Problem in An Aging Society is Distribution. cepr.net The New York Times had a major article reporting on how many people in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Japan are being forced to work well into their seventies because they lack sufficient income to retire. The piece presents this as a problem of aging societies, which will soon hit the United States and other …

Angela (2023-01-07). Saturday 1/7: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "My Ramleh," directed by Lubna Dajani. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Cynthia Papermaster (2023-01-07). Wednesday 1/11: Close Guantanamo/ Prosecute Yoo for Torture. indybay.org U.C. Berkeley Law School, Bancroft Way @ College Ave., Berkeley…

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2023-01-07). "In der Politik passiert nichts zufà§llig. Wenn es passiert, kann man darauf wetten, dass es so geplant war." globalresearch.ca Alle Artikel von Global Research kà∂nnen in 51 Sprachen gelesen werden, indem Sie die Schaltflà§che Website àºbersetzen unterhalb des Namens des Autors aktivieren. | Um den tà§glichen Newsletter von Global Research (ausgewà§hlte Artikel) zu erhalten, Folgen Sie …

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2023-01-07). "In Politics, Nothing Happens by Accident. If it Happens, You Can Bet it Was Planned that Way." globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-07). U.S. House adjourns as McCarthy seeks to flip more Republican holdouts to break speakership impasse. ecns.cn The U.S. House of Representatives has adjourned until late Friday night as Congressman Kevin McCarthy is seeking to flip more Republican holdouts to overcome the embarrassing speakership impasse.

____ (2023-01-07). Cradle of Civilization: Longmen Grottoes. ecns.cn

Electronic Frontier Foundation (2023-01-07). Red State Plans to Investigate Abortion Seekers and Trans Youth Require Sanctuary States to Lock Down Data. juancole.com By Adam Schwartz | ( Electronic Frontier Foundation ) In the wake of this year's Supreme Court decision in Dobbs overruling Roe v. Wade, sheriffs and bounty hunters in anti-abortion states will try to investigate and punish abortion seekers based on their internet browsing, private messaging, and phone app location data. We can …

Juan Cole (2023-01-07). Netanyahu Shocked at UAE cancellation of his State Visit after Extremists Storm Aqsa Mosque Complex. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Far right wing extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir led a group of Israeli fanatics up to the al-Aqsa Mosque complex this week, in a clear sign that he will pressure the new Israeli government, in which he has an official post, to make the area a place of worship for Jews. The …

Middle East Monitor (2023-01-07). Why the Middle East is moving and must move away from Oil and Gas. juancole.com By Elif Selin Calik | ( Middle East Monitor ) In 2022, the biggest energy issue in the Middle East was Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil cut as the world economy entered into a period of 'heightened uncertainty and rising challenges'. In October, OPEC cut its 2022 forecast for growth …

Norman Solomon (2023-01-07). Biden to Democrats: Nominate Me, Whether You Like It or Not. indybay.org Sleepwalking to disaster…

Rupen Savoulian (2023-01-07). Israel: Netanyahu's new government, the shadow of Meir Kahane, and openly racist coalition partners. greenleft.org.au An underreported news development from November/December last year is the election of Benjamin Netanyahu's new government in Israel, reports Rupen Savoulian.

WSWS (2023-01-07). CNH workers: Vote NO on the contract! Form rank-and-file committees to expand and win the strike! wsws.org Even the limited information which union officials have provided makes clear that the proposal deserves to be soundly rejected.

WSWS (2023-01-07). Former secretary at Stutthof concentration camp sentenced to juvenile probation. wsws.org On December 20, 2022, the Itzehoe Regional Court in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein sentenced 97-year-old Irmgard Furchner, a former secretary at the Stutthof concentration camp near Gdansk, to a suspended juvenile sentence of two years for aiding and abetting murder in more than 10, 0 cases.

WSWS (2023-01-07). 2022 was Canada's deadliest year of the COVID-19 pandemic. wsws.org The policy of the Trudeau government and provincial health authorities to let the virus rip unimpeded, a policy adopted by all capitalist governments around the world, has enabled COVID-19 to mutate into ever-more dangerous variants.

WSWS (2023-01-07). Australian public health system breaking down as funding cuts to Medicare deepen. wsws.org The federal Labor government "increased" Medicare payments by just 1.6 percent in July last year, when inflation had already reached 6.1 percent.

WSWS (2023-01-07). At least two dead as California battered by high winds and heavy rain and snow. wsws.org While rains and snows abated Thursday evening, they are predicted to pick up across northern California and southwest Oregon late Friday and continue next week.

WSWS (2023-01-07). Australian students and youth: "We need an anti-war movement because otherwise we won't have a future" wsws.org "There's been no greater time for the building of an anti-war movement. Capitalism has no answer to the needs of the population. All it has is austerity policies."

WSWS (2023-01-07). 2,800 Akron teachers set to strike Monday. wsws.org Teachers and educators will strike the Akron Public Schools on Monday after working without a contract since last June.

WSWS (2023-01-07). Interview with Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly on the COVID pandemic and Long COVID. wsws.org "This was a historic moment in the annals of medicine… when patients came to the fore and alerted all of us scientists that something here is wrong and needs to be investigated and researched and gave the entity its name."

WSWS (2023-01-07). SGP Berlin election campaign met with widespread support. wsws.org In the first days of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP) campaign for the Berlin state election, members and supporters have distributed thousands of leaflets at vocational schools, in residential neighbourhoods and at factories, and held countless discussions with workers and young people.

WSWS (2023-01-07). Mobilize the working class against the jobs massacre in Amazon and other industries! wsws.org The mass layoffs announced by Amazon and the jobs bloodbath of the ruling class must be opposed through the development of rank-and-file committees and a political struggle against the capitalist system.

WSWS (2023-01-07). January 6 Committee Final Report downplays central role of Virginia Thomas, Supreme Court in Trump coup. wsws.org The evidence strongly indicates that Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election through state legislatures were aided by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, through his surrogate and life-long Republican operative, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas.

WSWS (2023-01-07). White Noise: A film adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel. wsws.org The complicated goings-on, including the occurrence of a potentially deadly "airborne toxic event" and the determined pursuit of an experimental drug that supposedly suppresses the fear of death, take place in the 1980s.

WSWS (2023-01-07). NFL player Damar Hamlin in recovery three days after on-field collapse. wsws.org While 24-year-old professional football player Damar Hamlin had his breathing tube removed by doctors on Thursday and he was able to speak with family and his teammates via video, the cause of his on-field collapse as well as his ability to make a full recovery remain unknown.

teleSUR (2023-01-07). Argentina to Host 7th Summit of Latin American States. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Foreign Affairs Minister Santiago Cafiero announced that Argentina will host the 7th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). | RELATED: | Argentine President Alberto Fernandez will inaugurate the Jan. 24 event in Buenos Aires, and Cafiero will present a report of his country's work during its temporary leadership of the bloc. | "Argentina h…

Ralph Nader (2023-01-07). Are the New Congressional Progressives Real? dissidentvoice.org What follows is an encore for a column I wrote in 2018 for the new progressive Democrats elected to the House of Representatives. The Democratic Party won control of the House in 2018, and again barely in 2020. There was no response nor adoption of any of these power-enhancing suggestions from any of the novice …

Ben Bartee (2023-01-07). How to Be Your Own Bank: Holding Actual Custody of Your Digital Assets. globalresearch.ca

Chris Slee (2023-01-07). New book examines Australia's role in the region. greenleft.org.au Chris Slee reviews Clinton Fernandes' new book examining Australia's alliance with United States imperialism and its role in its own region.

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-01-07). Black Man Accused Of 'Broke People Behavior' For Not Spending $2 K On Wedding Sparks Debate. moguldom.com A recent clip from "Love & Hip Hop: New York" in which a cast member accuses her fiancee of "broke people behavior" because he doesn't want to spend $2 ,000 on their wedding has people weighing in. During the 58-second snippet, Brooklyn-based rapper Phresher and his fiancée, Jenn Coreano, are arguing about how much she wants …

Jenny Pierson (2023-01-07). Which Government Does the United States Recognize in Venezuela? independentmediainstitute.org On January 3, 2023, Shaun Tandon of Agence France-Presse asked U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price about Venezuela. In late December, the Venezuelan opposition after a fractious debate decided to dissolve the "interim government" led by Juan Guaidó. From 2019 onward, the U.S. government recognized Guaidó as the "interim president of Venezuela." With the end …

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2023-01-07). Global WAR-NING! Geoengineering Is Wrecking Our Planet and Humanity. globalresearch.ca World leaders are meeting in Glasgow at COP-26. All eyes are now on "the imminent dangers of CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions". The "climate emergency" is a timely instrument of propaganda used to distract people from questioning "the real crisis", namely the Covid-19 "plandemic".

Anna Greenwood, Alex Mold, Heather Wardle (2023-01-07). [Perspectives] Unhealthy histories: sports and addictive sponsorship. thelancet.com Professional sport has been criticised for its role as a vehicle to market addictive products or services. Despite the harmful health effects on society, football audiences are inured to seeing sponsors of such products not only on pitch-side hoardings and shirts, but also embedded in television rights, competition names, prematch build-up, corporate hospitality, and social media. Tobacco's successful movement into sports sponsorship established the template on which other addictive sponsors, notably the alcohol and gambling industries, built their strategies.

Bogdana Kovalchuk, Ramin Khoramnia (2023-01-07). [Clinical Picture] Focusing on the eye signs of Alport syndrome in a 40-year-old man who previously had a kidney transplant and hearing loss. thelancet.com A 40-year-old man attended our ophthalmology department reporting a gradual worsening of vision in both eyes over the previous few months.

Boon H Chua, Emma K Link, Ian H Kunkler, Ivo A Olivotto (2023-01-07). [Correspondence] Breast radiotherapy for non-low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ: to boost or not to boost? — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We welcome Thomas Mulliez and Mark De Ridder's comments on the BIG 3-07/TROG 07.01 study.1 The 15% increase in acute adverse events in patients who had a tumour bed boost compared with no boost after whole breast irradiation for ductal carcinoma in situ was mainly due to self-limiting radiation dermatitis.

Florian A Wenzl, Thomas F Làºscher (2023-01-07). [Correspondence] Application of a sex-specific GRACE score in practice — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Dorien M Kimenai and Nicholas L Mills for their interest in our Article.1 Indeed, sex-specific diagnostic thresholds of troponin were introduced into the Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction in 2012 during the recruitment period of our study and have led to increased diagnostic sensitivity in the decade since.2…

Geoff Watts (2023-01-07). [Obituary] Eldryd Hugh Owen Parry. thelancet.com Physician and founder of the Tropical Health and Education Trust. He was born in Cardiff, UK, on Nov 28, 1930 and died of pneumonia in London, UK, on Nov 13, 2022 aged 91 years.

John Zarocostas (2023-01-07). [World Report] Increasing humanitarian concerns for 2023. thelancet.com Hard choices for humanitarians as UN seeks US$51 ∑5 billion in emergency aid funds to address surging needs, John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.

Kelley Lee (2023-01-07). [Perspectives] Advancing the commercial determinants of health agenda. thelancet.com The landmark 1842 Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain, by the social reformer Edwin Chadwick, was a damning indictment of how large-scale socioeconomic change during the 19th century contributed to the increased spread of epidemic and chronic diseases. Poor health among the working masses was not simply a consequence of behavioural choices or moral failings but was associated with pathogenic conditions created by the Industrial Revolution.

Nathalie Conrad, John J V McMurray (2023-01-07). [Correspondence] Cardiovascular risk in systemic autoimmune diseases — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We agree with Giacomo Cafaro and colleagues that comparing different types of cardiovascular outcomes occurring in people with systemic sclerosis to those occurring in patients with other autoimmune diseases would be of interest. However, our study1 included relatively few participants with systemic sclerosis and even fewer cardiovascular events, precluding a meaningful analysis of individual outcomes.1…

Richard Horton (2023-01-07). [Comment] Offline: Health's intercultural turn. thelancet.com We are trapped in a linguistic cage from which few of us can escape. We rarely complain. We are comfortable in our epistemological prisons, especially those of us who languish in Anglophone confinement. If we break free, we are afforded an insight into a different world, one where the assumptions, practices, and outcomes might be so completely different from our own that we can only marvel at our own parochial limitations. Jaime Breilh is an Ecuadorian epidemiologist whose work is richly available in books and research articles in Latin America.

Satoshi Funada, Yan Luo, Norihiro Nishioka, Takashi Yoshioka (2023-01-07). [Correspondence] Cardiovascular risk in systemic autoimmune diseases. thelancet.com In a large population-based observational study, Nathalie Conrad and colleagues1 showed the association between 19 autoimmune diseases and 12 cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) with data from about 22‚Äâ000‚Äâ000 people in the UK. However, we are concerned about the possibly confusing message caused by treating several CVDs as a composite outcome in this study.

The Lancet (2023-01-07). [Editorial] The Lancet at 200: a start, but more to do. thelancet.com Thomas Wakley, a 27-year-old apothecary, surgeon, and sometime boxer, founded The Lancet in 1823. Wakley's intention was to publish reports of metropolitan hospital lectures, at the time a highly profitable activity for a small coterie of powerful physicians and surgeons in London. In addition to dismantling this private monopoly over medical knowledge, Wakley also hoped to provide "a correct description" of important clinical cases—"a complete Chronicle of the current Literature". His audience was national (city and country doctors) and global ("Colonial Practitioners"—a group for whom we must make o…

Thomas Mulliez, Mark De Ridder (2023-01-07). [Correspondence] Breast radiotherapy for non-low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ: to boost or not to boost? thelancet.com Radiotherapy and tumour bed boost for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast is the subject of many debates in tumour boards and radiotherapy departments. We thank Boon H Chua and colleagues1 for their well designed randomised trial comparing fractionation schedules and boost for non-low-risk DCIS. A boost lowered the 5-year local recurrence rate from 7 ∑3% to 2 ∑9%, resulting in 4% fewer salvage mastectomies compared with the no-boost group; however, this was at the cost of an increase of 15% acute and 11% late grade 2 or more events.

Udani Samarasekera (2023-01-07). [Perspectives] André Ilbawi: centring community-defined priorities in cancer care. thelancet.com Speaking about WHO's latest cancer campaign to amplify the voices of people affected by cancer, André Ilbawi, Technical Lead for WHO's Cancer Control Programme, says it "focuses on better understanding and addressing the needs of people affected by cancer, so not only those that are diagnosed but also caregivers and people bereaved". For example, he points out that "very few countries, even among those in the OECD, have policies like paid leave for caregivers of those diagnosed with cancer. This includes even within the UN system.

Marc Saxer, Rainer Hank (2023-01-07). Battle for Social Democracy and Unfettered Capitalism. indybay.org Two opposing schools of thought face each other at the sickbed: neoliberalism and social democracy. But didn't the death-bells of neoliberalism ring in the course of the financial market crisis? Were not neoliberals unmasked as charlatans who first caused the whole mess with their deregulation medicine?

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). Mayo Clinic Minute: Signs that stress is becoming toxic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With a new year right around the corner, it might be time to reset when it comes to your mental health. Stress is a normal physical and psychological response to the everyday demands of life. Small amounts of stress can motivate you to face daily challenges. But when stress becomes too much to manage, it can be unhealthy. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/h-YvtbADf3M Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Osteoporosis and supplements for bone health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother had osteoporosis and suffered a devastating fall in her early 60s that she never recovered from. I am 42, and I want to be proactive about my bone health. What screening do I need, and what if any supplements are necessary to optimize my bone health? What factors can help me maintain strong bones as I age? ANSWER: Osteoporosis is a condition that causes the bones to thin and lose their strength….

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Glaucoma — the 'silent thief of sight'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: During my recent eye exam, the eye doctor used a machine to blow a puff of air into each of my eyes. It felt like I was in a video game, but I was the target. It didn't hurt, but it did startle me. What does this test measure and how is it helpful in evaluating my vision? Is this something I need to have regularly repeated? ANSWER: Vision tests are always important to…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). Socioeconomic status measure helps researchers develop artificial intelligence models, improving equity in health care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Social determinants of health impact people's well-being and quality of life. These social determinants — conditions such as access to nutrition, safe and affordable housing, jobs, transportation, and access to health care — are some of the factors that lead to disparities in health and health care if they are not addressed. "Defining and assessing social determinants of health really invites clinicians, educators, and researchers to embrace a broader understanding of health in the social…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). Consumer Health: When is a hangover an emergency? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org During the holiday season, it may seem like opportunities to celebrate are everywhere, and alcohol is often part of the festivities. When it comes to alcohol, though, the key is moderation. Besides the long-term risks of alcohol use, an immediate consequence is often a hangover. What is a hangover? A hangover is a group of unpleasant signs and symptoms that can develop after drinking too much alcohol. As a general rule, the more alcohol you drink,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). Consumer Health: Do you know the symptoms of glaucoma? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating this group of eye conditions. About 3 million people in the U.S. have glaucoma, and it's the second-leading cause of blindness worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, often due to abnormally high pressure in your eye. Elevated eye pressure is due to a buildup of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). Why does my shoulder ache? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you find yourself rubbing your shoulder after reaching up to take a coffee mug off the shelf, hammering in a nail just over your head or climbing into a pickup cab, you're among millions of Americans — particularly those over 60 — with a shoulder issue. Shoulder pain could be a sign of arthritis, tendonitis, a rotator cuff tear or shoulder instability. Whatever the cause, you may want to consult with an orthopedic professional….

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). Enlarged veins can cause pain, infertility. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Many people have heard of varicose veins before. But it's not just the leg veins that can become twisted, enlarged, and feel achy or itchy. Any vein can become varicose, including veins in the scrotum. About 30% of men have enlarged and twisted veins in their scrotums. These are called varicoceles. They develop when blood pools in the veins instead of circulating out of the scrotum. Varicoceles usually develop over time, beginning in puberty, but…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). Mayo Clinic Minute: Update adult vaccinations for a new year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Personal health is often among the top New Year's resolutions each January. Beyond diet and exercise, Dr. John Presutti, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, says the new year is a good calendar reminder to update adult vaccinations. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/R8WuQQINFi4 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 05) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Whether it's the annual flu shot, latest COVID-19…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Advances in screening for colon cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A friend of mine passed away recently after receiving a colon cancer diagnosis. Who is at risk for this cancer, and should I be screened? ANSWER: Colorectal cancer includes colon and rectal cancers, both originating in the lower portion of the large intestine and into the rectum. Estimates are that about 1 in 20 individuals in the U.S. will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in their life. Men are slightly more likely than women…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Reducing stress in the new year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a working mom of two teenagers. I have a career that requires long hours, and I struggle with juggling work and home responsibilities. I don't get to the gym as often as I'd like. I'm having more episodes of headache and struggling with sleep. I also realized I am coping with stress by eating more than normal. With the new year, I'd like to find ways to improve my health and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). Science Saturday: Aspiring to deliver new cures for complex conditions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic is building toward a future when biologics can cure cancer, kidney disease and diabetes. Mayo marks 2022 as a year of significant strides in accelerating science to make and deliver regenerative biotherapeutics. The goal is to offer new options, based on rigorous research in cell and gene therapies, for disorders with few available treatments. The Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics has a new strategy of advancing regenerative discoveries toward early-stage clinical trials and industry…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). Mayo Clinic Minute: What are superbugs? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Antibiotics treat bacterial infections, prevent the spread of disease and reduce serious complications of disease. But misusing antibiotics can lead to drug resistance and strains of superbugs. Dr. John Presutti, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, explains what your care team may ask of you before prescribing an antibiotic. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/N1nL8S0fVWo Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network."…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). New year, new goals, new edition of 'The Mayo Clinic Diet'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Each new year brings new hope and many weight loss goals that often go unrealized. "The foundation of any weight loss program, whether it involves different types of programs, medications, procedures ≠ ≠— it does get down to lifestyle and diet and physical activity. The way people go about this sometimes isn't productive. Just starving and trying to exercise for a couple of hours a day usually doesn't work well," says Dr. Donald Hensrud, an internal…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). Mayo Clinic Minute: Winter skin protection tips. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Winter weather changes can negatively affect the skin — the body's largest organ. Colder temperatures and a lack of moisture in the air can damage unprotected skin, especially on the face and hands. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/ppcOBDumjMc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). 1-2-3 approach to eating fruits and veggies. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Is it a challenge for you to eat all five servings of fruits and vegetables every day? The 1-2-3 approach can help you pack in all your servings — and more — throughout the day. Get six servings by eating: 1 serving with breakfast 2 with lunch 3 with dinner and snacks Remember that the serving size for fruits and vegetables is about 4 to 6 ounces. Measurements for one serving can differ depending on…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-07). Healthy Weight Awareness Month. Mayo Clinic innovations can help you lose weight, keep it off. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org MEDIA ADVISORY: Mayo Clinic experts available to talk about obesity epidemic in America and innovations in weight loss procedures January is Healthy Weight Awareness Month — and a time when many consider a fresh start with healthier eating and exercise habits. Consider these stats on obesity in America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Forty-one percent of Americans are considered obese. And by 2030, an estimated 50% of Americans will be obese….

Anand Naidoo (2023-01-07). The Heat: U.S. Prison Slavery. america.cgtn.com Does slavery still exist in the United States of America? This past November, four U.S. states voted to remove the last vestiges of slavery from their state constitutions. Slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited on the national level, and forced labor is still allowed in …

Staff (2023-01-07). Gobierno de Perú cumple un mes sin plena consolidación social. cubadebate.cu La presidenta de Perú, Dina Boluarte, cumplió este sábado un mes en el cargo, afianzando nexos con fuerzas de derecha y parte del centro, pero sin consolidarse socialmente, pues persisten las protestas en su contra.La mandataria anunció una reunión del Consejo de Estado, que integran los titulares de los poderes del Estado y otros organismos.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-07). Cámara Baja chilena inicia debate nuevo proceso constituyente. telesurtv.net En ningún caso, se propone la realización de una nueva Convención Constitucional, a pesar de que así emergió de un plebiscito en 2020.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-07). Operativo antinarcóticos en México deja 29 muertos, ningún civil. telesurtv.net El presidente López Obrador aseguró que se actuó de manera responsable en la captura de Ovidio Guzmán para evitar víctimas inocentes.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-07). Entra en vigor tregua navideña ordenada por presidente de Rusia. telesurtv.net Pese a solicitud del Kremlin de que Kiev se sume al alto al fuego de 36 horas, se reportan bombardeos del Ejército ucraniano sobre localidades del Donbás.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-07). Trabajadores salvadoreños rechazan criminalización de la protesta. telesurtv.net Reclaman el pago de salarios atrasados y otras prestaciones. Denuncian que se les amenaza con aplicarles la ley de excepción.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-01-07). ONU insta a unir esfuerzos para combatir el trabajo infantil. telesurtv.net El titular del organismo internacional advirtió que 160 millones de niños son víctimas del trabajo infantil.

teleSUR, odr, SH (2023-01-07). Chile registra la inflación más alta desde 1991. telesurtv.net El país suramericano experimenta una espiral inflacionaria que afecta con fuerza a las familias con ingresos medios o bajos.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-07). Haití cierra 2022 con más de 2.000 muertes por armas de fuego. telesurtv.net Fuentes oficiales estiman que alrededor de 200 bandas criminales operan en todo el país, la mayoría en la capital haitiana.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-01-07). MAS boliviano exige a Fiscalía informe sobre acciones golpistas. telesurtv.net La Cámara de Diputados señaló que se reclamarán los avances en las investigaciones de los hechos violentos.

teleSUR- lvm (2023-01-07). FAO: precios mundiales de alimentos batieron récord en 2022. telesurtv.net El índice de precios de aceites vegetales de la FAO promedió 144,4 puntos en diciembre, 10,3 puntos (6,7 por ciento) menos que en noviembre.

Staff (2023-01-07). Republicano McCarthy logró presidencia de la Cámara Baja de EEUU tras 15 votaciones y jornadas de caos en el Congreso. cubadebate.cu Tras ganar apoyo vía concesiones a congresistas de ultraderecha, el republicano Kevin McCarthy fue elegido presidente de la Cámara de Representantes la madrugada de este sábado en la votación número 15, precedida por una pelea en la que un legislador debió ser apartado físicamente y por jornadas de caos sin precedentes en más de 160 años en el Congreso.

Staff (2023-01-07). øCómo se diseñaron los presupuestos municipales para el año 2023? cubadebate.cu "Hay que potenciar la cultura tributaria para que se entienda por qué hace falta el tributo y qué representa en el gasto municipal. En la medida en que logremos involucrar a la población y las autoridades, lograremos una ejecución del presupuesto de 2023 con resultados, disminuiremos el déficit fiscal a partir de la premisa del país de que las nuevas formas de ingreso sean la autogestión de los propios municipios y los proyectos de desarrollo local".

Staff (2023-01-07). Conglomerados mediáticos, redes sociales digitales y vigilancia. cubadebate.cu Por lo general, sabemos que la mayoría de los grandes medios comerciales de nuestros países están vinculados a sectores del poder económico y/o político y reflejan sus intereses. Pero, øes coincidencia que en toda la región —e incluso fuera de ella— se repita la misma narrativa, con apenas algunas pequeñas variantes? øQué importancia tiene este hecho en la vida social y política de hoy?

Staff (2023-01-07). ONAT informa a los contribuyentes sobre vectores fiscales para 2023. cubadebate.cu La Oficina Nacional de Administración Tributaria informa a los contribuyentes que los vectores fiscales de 2023 estarán disponibles desde el 15 de enero en el portal tributario, servicio Vector Fiscal. Los usuarios podrán solicitar el vector por los correos consultas de la ONAT de sus municipios. Las direcciones de correo electrónico están en la sección Contacto del portal.

Staff (2023-01-07). Expertos ONU: Redes sociales deben asumir responsabilidad para frenar discurso del odio. cubadebate.cu Pese a que muchas empresas dicen no permitir la incitación al odio, los expertos advirtieron que hay una amplia brecha entre los compromisos de las compañías con sus directrices y su cumplimiento en las redes sociales. "Es especialmente patente en la aprobación de anuncios incendiarios, desinformación electoral y contenidos sobre teorías conspirativas".

Staff (2023-01-07). La irreal belleza del mundo animal. cubadebate.cu Las fotografías de Roeselien Raimond son el ejemplo perfecto de que con la mirada adecuada, todo adquiere un aura mágico que, en realidad, siempre ha estado ahí, tan solo había que saber apreciarlo.Esta fotógrafa, editora y autora se describe a sí misma como una amante de casi todo lo que respire. Con echar un vistazo a sus imágenes queda latente que los seres vivos son sus musas, despiertan su imaginación.

Staff (2023-01-07). Reto viral: Encuentra el error en apenas siete segundos. cubadebate.cu Para este reto viral tendrás solamente siete segundos. En este corto tiempo deberás encontrar el error que aparece en la imagen. Solo aquellos que son 'genios' pudieron detectar este fallo rápidamente, lo que será un reto a la mente y el ingenio. °Anímate a resolverlo! Te dejo una pista: el error no está precisamente dentro de la casa.

Staff (2023-01-07). Unión Eléctrica informa una afectación 60 MW en el horario pico nocturno. cubadebate.cu En el día de ayer no se afectó el servicio eléctrico por déficit de capacidad de generación. Para la hora pico de esta noche se estima una disponibilidad de 2670 MW y una demanda máxima de 2650 MW, para un reserva de 20 MW, por lo que de mantenerse las condiciones previstas se pronostica una afectación de 60 MW en ese horario.

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-01-07). Rusia afirma que sus militares respetan tregua y Kiev sigue atacando. telesurtv.net Los militares de Ucrania no han respetado el alto al fuego, lanzando al menos 60 proyectiles sobre Donetsk.

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-01-07). Presidente Putin felicita a cristianos ortodoxos por Navidad. telesurtv.net "Deseo a los cristianos ortodoxos, a todos los que celebran la Navidad, buena salud, éxito y todo lo mejor", afirmó Vladimir Putin.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-07). Honduras extiende el estado de excepción contra crimen organizado. telesurtv.net Desde el Gobierno hondureño indicaron que la medida estará vigente hasta el próximo 20 de febrero de 2023.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-07). Fiscalía peruana abre investigación contra presidenta Boluarte. telesurtv.net Las diligencias incluyen a varios funcionarios del actual Gobierno por su responsabilidad en la represión a las marchas pacíficas de diciembre pasado.

Staff (2023-01-07). Presidente de Colombia se reunirá este sábado con Maduro en Caracas. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, viajará este sábado a Caracas, donde mantendrá una reunión extraordinaria con su homólogo venezolano, Nicolás Maduro.El encuentro tendrá lugar sobre las 13: 00 (hora de Venezuela). Tras encontrarse con Maduro, el mandatario colombiano realizará una visita de Estado a Chile, donde se reunirá con su homólogo Gabriel Boric.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-07). Presidente de Venezuela recibe a colega de Colombia en Caracas. telesurtv.net El avión oficial del primer presidente colombiano de izquierdas aterrizó poco antes de las 14H00 locales (18H00 GMT), según informó su embajador en la capital venezolana.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-07). Central obrera se declara en estado de emergencia en Bolivia. telesurtv.net El presidente Luis Arce convocó a una concentración y movilización para celebrar el Día del Estado Plurinacional el próximo 22 de enero.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-07). Tercer día de Paro Nacional en Perú exige renuncia de Dina Boluarte. telesurtv.net La víspera se reportaron protestas en los departamentos de Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Puno, Cuzco y Tacna.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-07). Protestas contra presidenta Boluarte se intensifican en Perú. telesurtv.net Puno amaneció completamente paralizada por el cuarto día de paro nacional. Los negocios, mercados y servicios están cerrados por temor a represalias.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-07). Represión policial deja al menos 14 heridos en el sur de Perú. telesurtv.net En la capital Lima, la represión policial dejó un saldo de al menos cinco heridos y más 40 detenidos.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-07). EE.UU. revela detalles de ataque con drones en Kabul en 2021. telesurtv.net Ese ataque mató a 10 civiles afganos en agosto de 2021 y el Ejército atribuyó el asunto a un error de los operadores.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-07). Fallece el exfutbolista italiano Gianluca Vialli. telesurtv.net Vialli fue protagonista en el único título de Serie A y las cuatro copas italianas ganadas por la Sampdoria.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-07). Honduras activa plan de emergencia nacional por influenza aviar. telesurtv.net Esta disposición tendrá vigencia por tres meses y se contarán con todos los recursos necesarios para la vigilancia y monitoreo del virus.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-07). Aumentan a 13 las provincias dominicanas en alerta por vaguada. telesurtv.net Aunque la nación seguirá bajo un ambiente lluvioso, se descontinuó la alerta verde para las provincias Puerto Plata, El Seibo y La Alta Gracia.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-07). Bomberos combaten incendios forestales en Uruguay. telesurtv.net Aunque dos siniestros se extinguieron, en la jornada se registraron varios en zonas cercanas a viviendas y sitios de interés económico.

Staff (2023-01-07). Cuatro proyectos cubanos nominados a los premios de la Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la Información. cubadebate.cu Cuatro proyectos cubanos están nominados a los Premios 2023 de la Cumbre Mundial sobre Sociedad de la Información, organizada por la Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones. En la categoría dos y seis, los Joven Club de Computación y Electrónica presentaron los proyectos Joven Club informatizando la sociedad y Mi luz en la montaña.

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-07). Siguen protestas contra el Gobierno de Perú. telesurtv.net Fueron reportadas varias personas heridas en la ciudad de Juliaca, región de Puno, como consecuencia de la represión policial.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-07). Reportan al menos 10 heridos por tiroteo en Florida, EE.UU. telesurtv.net En 2022 se registraron en el territorio estadounidense 639 tiroteos en masa.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-07). Cámara Baja de EE.UU. aplaza otra vez la elección de presidente. telesurtv.net El principal candidato republicano, Kevin McCarthy, no alcanzó los 218 votos necesarios. Ya se realizaron 11 votaciones.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-01-07). El Salvador iniciará año escolar el 6 de febrero en presencial. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Salud de El Salvador registró 186 fallecidos a causa de la Covid-19 en 2022.

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-07). teleSUR en español tiene canal alterno en YouTube. telesurtv.net La presidenta del multimedio, la periodista Patricia Villegas, invitó a suscribirse a este canal (teleSURtv_Oficial).

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-07). Lula da Silva viajará a Uruguay el próximo 25 de enero. telesurtv.net Los cancilleres de ambos países sudamericanos ya se encuentran trabajando en la agenda del encuentro bilateral.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-07). Kevin McCarthy es electo presidente de la Cámara Baja de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Después de 15 sesiones de votación, Kevin McCarthy logró 216 votos para resultar electo líder de la Cámara de Representantes.

teleSUR, EOS, JGN (2023-01-07). Conoce cinco frases del escritor mexicano Juan Rulfo. telesurtv.net Juan Rulfo falleció el 7 de enero de 1986 a los 67 años de edad a causa de un cáncer de pulmón en la capital mexicana.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-07). Grupo de derecha continúan violentas protestas en Santa Cruz. telesurtv.net Grupo violentos de la derechista Unión Juvenil Cruceñista (UJC) nuevamente incendiaron el edificio de la Fiscalía Departamental de la provincia de Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-07). Deforestación de Amazonía brasileña aumentó 1 % en diciembre. telesurtv.net El monitoreo satelital detectó el mes pasado 218,4 kilómetros cuadrados de cubierta forestal destruida en la parte de Brasil de la selva tropical más grande del mundo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-07). Al menos un muerto tras choque de trenes en la Ciudad de México. telesurtv.net El metro de la Ciudad de México suspendió el servicio de Indios Verdes a Guerrera de la Línea 3 debido al incidente.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-07). ONU condena medida de EE.UU. por violar derechos de refugiados. telesurtv.net Recientes medidas fronterizas promovidas por la administración Biden "no se ajustan a las normas del derecho de los refugiados", según ACNUR.

Staff (2023-01-07). Rusia respeta alto al fuego pese a bombardeos ucranianos. cubadebate.cu Las Fuerzas Armadas rusas seguirán respetando el régimen de alto al fuego hasta medianoche a pesar de los bombardeos de las tropas ucranianas, informó este sábado el portavoz del Ministerio de Defensa, Konashénkov. No obstante, las unidades de Ucrania han disparado más de 60 proyectiles contra zonas residenciales de Donetsk.

Staff (2023-01-07). Exhiben en Museo de Cárdenas carta original del hijo de Martí. cubadebate.cu Una carta original de José Francisco Martí Zayas-Bazán, hijo de José Martí, se exhibe en el Museo Oscar María de Rojas, en Cárdenas, como parte de las actividades del centro para conmemorar el aniversario 170 del nacimiento del Héroe Nacional de Cuba. La misiva integra la Sección Epistolario de la Colección de Documentos.

Staff (2023-01-07). Aduana General de la República implementa proyecto internacional contra delitos. cubadebate.cu La Aduana General de la República de Cuba implementa un proyecto internacional de comunicación aeroportuaria para fortalecer las capacidades de detección e intercepción de delitos.Denominado Aircop, el programa facilita la interconexión entre terminales aéreas de países del área para enfrentar intentos de tráfico internacional de drogas.

_____ (2023-01-06). Kiev Snubs Christmas Truce… No Peace or Goodwill From NATO and Its Frankenstein Monster. strategic-culture.org The United States and its NATO allies do not want any chance of diplomacy and peace breaking out. | Russia's unilateral truce for the Orthodox Christmas this weekend was rejected out of hand as "cynical propaganda" by the United States, European Union, NATO and the NeoNazi regime in Kiev that they support. Who are the real cynics here? | While Moscow declared on Thursday arrangements for a temporary respite in the conflict, the U.S. and its NATO allies were on the same day announcing plans for a further escalation with the new supply of tanks and more missiles to the Kiev regime. | Reports Friday also indicate th…

Margaret Kimberley (2023-01-06). White Lives Matter more in Ukraine. mronline.org The open white supremacy and fascism exhibited in Ukraine are conveniently swept under the rug. Nazis are bad, unless they serve the interests of the U.S. state.

Stella Calloni (2023-01-06). Counterinsurgency War: US Bioresearch Labs, Bases and Troops in Peru. orinocotribune.com By Stella Calloni Dec 31, 2022 | Peru has been experiencing a dramatic crisis since December 7, 2022. This crisis was caused by the illegal dismissal of President Pedro Castillo, imposed by the parliament under the control of the Peruvian ultra-right wing, which ordered his arrest the day of the president's message to the nation. He was condemned to 18 months in prison a week later by the Permanent Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court, which provoked a popular uprising in several regions, repressed by the police from the first moments and later by the army when the coup perpetrators imposed a state of emer…

teleSUR (2023-01-06). Peru Dismisses Its Ambassador to Bolivia. telesurenglish.net The Peruvian Government announced on Friday the decision to dismiss its ambassador in La Paz, Carina Palacio, in the context of the controversy over the alleged interference of former Bolivian president Evo Morales in the country's internal affairs. | RELATED: | The Government's resolution reads: "It is resolved to terminate the functions as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Peru to the Plurinational State…

teleSUR (2023-01-06). Peru: Nation-Wide Strike Against Boluarte Reaches Third Day. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Peruvians stage the third consecutive day of protests to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the closure of Congress, the call for a constituent process, and the release of former President Pedro Castillo. | RELATED: | The land Transport Superintendence confirmed the blockade of roads in 46 sites scattered in eight regions of the country. Among them is the blockade of traffic between Puno and…

Rodrigo Acuña (2023-01-06). Protests continue in Peru as newly installed government cracks down after coup. greenleft.org.au A rapid end to the Peruvian crisis appears unlikely after the right-wing "soft coup" against President Pedro Castillo, writes Rodrigo Acuña.

Zoe Alexandra (2023-01-06). 'They shot them down like animals': Massacre at Peru's Ayacucho. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-01-06). Biden orders Germany to send armored vehicles, interceptor missiles to Ukraine, train Ukrainian combat forces. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleJanuary 5, 2023 Ukraine updates: Germany and US to send armored vehiclesKyiv will receive a significant upgrade in firepower from Germany and the United States Germany and the United States will send armored vehicles to Ukraine, the leaders of the two countries said in a joint statement. The announcement came after a phone call …

Anonymous669 (2023-01-06). U.S., Germany To Supply Ukraine With Dozens Of Bradley & Marder Infantry Fighting Vehicles. southfront.org Soldiers from 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, travel in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, May 24, 2014, during Combined Resolve II. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) | The United States and Germany have agreed to supply dozens of infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to Ukraine, where Russia has been conducting a special military operation for nearly a year. | The decision was announced in a joint statement that was released after a phone call between American President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Schol…

Anand Naidoo (2023-01-06). The Heat: Russia-Ukraine Conflict. america.cgtn.com Russia calls a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine in observance of Orthodox Christmas. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military to carry out a 36-hour ceasefire on the front lines of Ukraine for Orthodox Christmas and urged the Kyiv government to do the same. Putin's announcement …

teleSUR (2023-01-06). Ukraine Rejects Ceasefire With Russia and Carries Out Attacks. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Ukrainian Presidential Adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said that his country will agree on a ceasefire with Russia only after Russian troops are withdrawn from Ukraine. | RELATED: | Earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a temporary ceasefire along the frontline. This truce was expected to last for 36 hours, starting at noon local time on Jan. 6., when Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas. | Putin al…

Staff (2023-01-06). First wheeled "tank-destroyer" sent to Ukraine: France to supply armored combat vehicles, conducts training. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Associated Press/Defense NewsJanuary 5, 2023 France eyes delivery of tank-killing vehicles to Ukraine The French Armed Forces Ministry said Thursday it will soon hold talks with its Ukrainian counterpart to arrange for the delivery of armored combat vehicles in what France's presidency says will be the first time this type of Western-made wheeled tank-destroyer will …

Staff (2023-01-06). Poland to deploy first of 2 U.S. battle tanks to Ukrainian, Russian borders. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish Press AgencyJanuary 4, 2023 Poland's MoD approves contract for 116 Abrams tanks Mariusz Blaszczak, the defence minister, on Wednesday signed a contract for the delivery of 116 US-made M1A1 Abrams tanks. At a ceremony held at the 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade Blaszczak said that "the tanks will be shipped here, to Wesola (district of …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-06). Western Escalation in Ukraine: Sending in Armor — But is it Too Little Too Late? libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for January 6, 2023: — After over a week, the Western media continues talking about Ukraine's HIMARS strike on assembled Russian troops; — The focus on political optics inadvertently reveals the lack of strategic and tactical importance of this strike and highlights the lopsided nature of fighting against…

Editor (2023-01-06). Putin Orders Unilateral Ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas, Ukraine Rejects It. scheerpost.com

Brandon Jourdan (2023-01-06). Belgian trade unions strike over soaring energy prices and inflation from Ukraine war. therealnews.com Belgium's largest unions took to the streets of Brussels on Dec. 16th to demand higher wages, a cap on energy prices, and more bargaining power. This strike came on the wave of other labor actions in Belgium, including a national strike and a three-day rail strike. Organizers say that workers' real wages are being diminished by runaway inflation driven by rapid increases in the costs of energy due to the war in Ukraine. | Director, Camera, Editing: Brandon Jourdan |
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Anonymous669 (2023-01-06). Ukraine To Arm Its Soviet Buk Air Defense Systems With U.S.-Made Sea Sparrow Missiles. southfront.org A NATO Sea Sparrow missile is launched during a live-fire self-defense missile exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman in 2004. (Photo credit: Petty Officer 2nd class Jason P. Taylor/US Navy, Department of Defense). | The United States will supply Ukraine with RIM-7 Sea Sparrow short-range anti-aircraft missiles, Politico reported on January 5. | The missiles will be provided as a part of a $3.8 billion military aid package that will be announced on January 6. Around $2.25 billion of the pac…

teleSUR (2023-01-06). New US Military Aid Package to Ukraine. telesurenglish.net This Friday, the U.S. State Department announced the delivery of a new military aid package to Ukraine amounting to 3.075 billion dollars. | RELATED: | According to the government statement, 2.85 billion dollars from Pentagon reserves will go directly to Volodymir Zelenski's government. Another 225 million dollars from the Foreign Military Financing program will be used to modernize the Ukrainian Armed Forces. | The package…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-06). Gordon M. Hahn: ´ The West Has Been Reckless with Vladimir Putin ª. libya360.wordpress.com Mohsen Abdelmoumen Mohsen Abdelmoumen: You are an expert in geostrategy, what is your view on the current conflict in Ukraine? Gordon M. Hahn: The war in Ukraine is best called the Russian-NATO Ukrainian war. It is a war over whether or not NATO will be allowed to expand to Ukraine and elsewhere along Russia's borders, but mostly…

Anadolu Agency (2023-01-06). Moscow Could Retaliate if Germany Seizes Russian Assets to Help Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-01-06). Washington makes Ukraine war new flashpoint in its confrontation with Iran. wsws.org There is a real and growing danger that the US-NATO drive to militarily defeat and subjugate Russia will help trigger a major Mideast war, or the expansion of the current war to the Middle East.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-06). US Dismisses Putin's Christmas Ceasefire as 'Cynical Ploy'. news.antiwar.com The State Department on Thursday rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's order for a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine for Orthodox Christmas, which is celebrated on January 7, as a "cynical ploy." Putin ordered the ceasefire to take effect at noon on Friday and last through Saturday after a request from Patriarch Kirill, the head of the …

Laurence M. Vance (2023-01-06). Ukraine Supporters Should Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous669 (2023-01-06). Russian Army Destroyed Ukrainian S-300 System In Donetsk Before Ceasefire. southfront.org The Russian military had destroyed a Ukrainian S-300 long-range air defense system on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on January 6. | The spokesman, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said that the air-defense system was destroyed a day earlier, before the Russian-declared ceasefire in Ukraine came into effect."A launcher and a radar station of the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system were destroyed in the areas…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-06). Nuclear Ukraine: Amid 'Concerns'Over Alleged Russian Threat, the World Overlooks the Real Danger. libya360.wordpress.com Olga Sukharevskaya Last year, Western media and high-ranking politicians actively discussed the possibility of Russian troops using atomic weapons in Ukraine. There has even been speculation on the likelihood of a nuclear war breaking out. However, it could be said that the risk is probably a lot higher on the other side of the barricades….

Staff (2023-01-06). After test run in Ukraine, Australia buys long-range U.S. missile systems. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stars and StripesJanuary 5, 2023 Australia to buy HIMARS, a US-made rocket system that's seeing success in Ukraine Australia is buying the same type of U.S.-made long-range missile systems that have helped Ukrainian forces even the odds against invading Russians. The Australian government announced plans Thursday to spend more than $680 million to field surface-to-surface …

Dr. Philip Webber (2023-01-06). Nuclear Power in Ukraine: What Would Happen if Zaporizhzhia Was Hit? globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-01-06). Defensive and offensive operations: "tank-killers" part of new U.S. $45b arms package to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stars and StripesJanuary 5, 2023 US to send 'tank-killer' Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine as part of new aid package The United States will send a new round of aid to Ukraine that includes armored ground vehicles to help Ukrainian troops fight off invading Russian forces, according to the White House and Pentagon. Air Force …

Medea Benjamin, Nicholas J.S. Davies (2023-01-06). Can NATO and the Pentagon Find a Diplomatic Off-Ramp From the Ukraine War? juancole.com ( Code Pink) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, known for his staunch support for Ukraine, recently revealed his greatest fear for this winter to a TV interviewer in his native Norway: that the fighting in Ukraine could spin out of control and become a major war between NATO and Russia. "If things go wrong," …

Tsvetana Paraskova (2023-01-06). China and India Are Buying Up Russia's Arctic Oil. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-01-06). Russian Fighters Reached Center Of Soledar. southfront.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-06). Why BRI is Back with a Bang in 2023. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar As Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative enters its 10th year, a strong Sino-Russian geostrategic partnership has revitalized the BRI across the Global South. The year 2022 ended with a Zoom call to end all Zoom calls: Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping discussing all aspects of the Russia-China strategic partnership in an exclusive video…

Staff (2023-01-06). Coup plotter McFaul turns his attention to Georgia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The MessengerJanuary 6, 2023 President Biden should call on President Zourabichvili to pardon Mikheil Saakashvili, Michael McFaul says The former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul published an extensive opinion letter about Mikheil Saakashvili in the Washington Post and called on President Joe Biden, together with European democratic leaders, to immediately come out with a …

Global Research News (2023-01-06). This Week's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca

Andrew Korybko (2023-01-06). Kiev Rejected Russia's Orthodox Christmas Truce on False Pretexts. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-01-06). The Plan to Carve Up Russia. strategic-culture.org

_____ (2023-01-06). Russian-Turkish partnership in the area of another Turkish-Syrian crisis. journal-neo.org In today's geopolitical dynamics, Russia and Turkey maintain a relevant regional presence in strategically important regions of the Near and Middle East, where the interests of the two powers can combine and diverge. However, the ruling elites have a high sense of maintaining a balance of power, respecting national interests, avoiding the prospect of radicalization …

Staff (2023-01-06). Raytheon sells long-range missiles to Romania for war in Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense PostJanuary 6, 2023 Raytheon Secures $208M Naval Strike Missile Contract From Romania Raytheon Missiles & Defense has received a $208-million contract to supply Naval Strike Missiles (NSMs) to the armed forces of Romania. *** The amount of mobile coastal anti-ship missile batteries to be delivered to the NATO member wasn't disclosed. However, the US …

Lee Camp (2023-01-06). Uranium Water Contamination in US Far More Prevalent Than Believed. mintpressnews.com Providing clean water is the most basic responsibility of a government. The US government — the richest in the world — can't do that, which puts this country at the level of a failed state.

Katherine Yon Ebright (2023-01-06). Secret War: How the U.S. Uses Partnerships and Proxy Forces to Wage War Under the Radar. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-01-06). The Chris Hedges Report: Mickey Huff & Nolan Higden on the Disappearance of Democratic Debate and Dialogue in America. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges Democratic debate and dialogue have all but vanished in the United States. There is widespread censorship imposed by social media platforms, private corporations about which we know nothing, while they know everything about us. Mainstream news outlets champion censorship and deplatforming in the name of democracy. Brian Seltzer, for example, on CNN …

Ramzy Baroud (2023-01-06). All of Israel's most dangerous politicians are now in one place—the government. peoplesworld.org Even before the new Israeli government was officially sworn in on Dec. 29, angry reactions began emerging, not only among Palestinians and other Middle Eastern governments, but also among Israel's historic allies in the West. As early as Nov. 2, top U.S. officials conveyed to Axios that the Biden administration is "unlikely to engage with …

_____ (2023-01-06). At least 12,000 NYC nurses poised to strike. popularresistance.org As many as 12,000 New York City nurses are set to go on strike on Monday, January 9. On December 21, NYC unionized nurses voted to Authorize A Strike by a landslide 98.8% vote. The nurses, organized under the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), are demanding that hospital executives address short-staffing, raise pay in line with inflation, and not cut healthcare benefits for workers. | With the impending strike, hospital executives are scrambling. Nurses at New York Presbyterian hospital reached a tentative deal with bosses over the weekend, in which nurses would receive 18% in raises over the next three y…

_____ (2023-01-06). At Least 12,000 New York City Nurses Poised To Strike. popularresistance.org New York City, New York – As many as 12,000 New York City nurses are set to go on strike on Monday, January 9. On December 21, NYC unionized nurses voted to Authorize A Strike by a landslide 98.8% vote. The nurses, organized under the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), are demanding that hospital executives address short-staffing, raise pay in line with inflation, and not cut healthcare benefits for workers. | With the impending strike, hospital executives are scrambling. Nurses at New York Presbyterian hospital reached a tentative deal with bosses over the weekend, in which nurses would receive 18% in ra…

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2023-01-06). What to Expect from the Government in 2023? More of the Same. dissidentvoice.org For those wondering what to expect from the government in 2023, it looks like we're going to be in for more of the same in terms of the government's brand of madness, mayhem, corruption and brutality. Digital prisons. Unceasingly, the government and its corporate partners are pushing for a national digital ID system. Local police …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-06). US-Saudi Tensions Ease as Military Cooperation Against Iran Grows. news.antiwar.com Tensions between the US and Saudi Arabia have eased as the two countries are stepping up military cooperation against Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing US and Saudi officials. The officials said that the Biden administration has dropped its threats to retaliate against Saudi Arabia over OPEC+ oil production cuts that were …

Ryan Black (2023-01-06). The Decline & Fall Of Nuclear Disarmament In 2022. progressivehub.net THALIF DEEN | INDEPTHNEWS…

_____ (2023-01-06). Socialism Is Not a Utopian Ideal, but an Achievable Necessity. popularresistance.org In May 2021, the executive director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, and the UN high representative for disarmament affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, wrote an article urging governments to cut excessive military spending in favour of increasing spending on social and economic development. Their wise words were not heard at all. To cut money for war and to increase money for social development, they wrote, is 'not a utopian ideal, but an achievable necessity'. That phrase — not a utopian ideal, but an achievable necessity — is essential. It describes the project of socialism almost perfectly. | Our institu…

Vijay Prashad (2023-01-06). Socialism is not a Utopian ideal, but an achievable necessity: The First Newsletter (2023). mronline.org In May 2021, the executive director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, and the UN high representative for disarmament affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, wrote an article urging governments to cut excessive military spending in favour of increasing spending on social and economic development.

Anonymous669 (2023-01-06). The U.S. Armed Its Kurdish Proxies In Syria With Anti-Tank & Anti-Aircraft Missile Systems — Report. southfront.org The United States have secretly armed its main proxy group in northern and eastern Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),…

_____ (2023-01-06). If You Wouldn't Ask Hannibal Lecter to Stop Mass Atrocities, Don't Ask "The International Community" popularresistance.org As someone who spends a lot of time studying African conflict, I often witness and find myself drawn into discussion with groups demanding that "the international community" do something to stop genocide and mass atrocities in their country. Of course I sympathize with any community under attack because of their racial, ethnic, clan, national, class, or political identity, but why would anyone in Africa or elsewhere in the Global South expect "the international community"—meaning the US-dominated West—to stop genocide and mass atrocities? The US dropped a nuclear bomb on Japan even though the Allies h…

_____ (2023-01-06). You Wouldn't Ask Hannibal Lecter To Stop Mass Atrocities. popularresistance.org As someone who spends a lot of time studying African conflict, I often witness and find myself drawn into discussion with groups demanding that "the international community" do something to stop genocide and mass atrocities in their country. Of course I sympathize with any community under attack because of their racial, ethnic, clan, national, class, or political identity, but why would anyone in Africa or elsewhere in the Global South expect "the international community"—meaning the US-dominated West—to stop genocide and mass atrocities? The US dropped a nuclear bomb on Japan even though the Allies h…

Stansfield Smith (2023-01-06). Honored in Cuba and condemned by Washington, Ana Belén Montes walks free from federal prison. thegrayzone.com "I obeyed my conscience rather than the law," ex-Defense Intelligence Agency analyst Ana Belén Montes declared on her way into a federal prison. Accused of spying for Cuba, she is a hero on the besieged island, where she foiled countless US destabilization operations. On January 8, 2023 the US has to release a federal prisoner who is known as one its most notable opponents of treatment of Cuba since its revolution. She is Ana Belén Montes, and she will be …

Ramzy Baroud (2023-01-06). Why is the West Lamenting the End of 'Liberal' Israel? mintpressnews.com Israel's new extremist government maybe coming under fire now, but it is only a matter of time before it is whitewashed as more proof that Israel can strike a balance between being Jewish and democratic.

_____ (2023-01-06). Veterans For Peace Golden Rule In Havana, Cuba. popularresistance.org Thank you to the many Cuban people who have welcomed us to their beautiful country. Thank you to ICAP for hosting our press conference. And thank you to the members of the media who are here today to listen to our message of peace, love and solidarity. | We are a diverse group of people from the United States and Hawai'i. We are from the US states of California, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Minnesota, New York and Rhode Island. And several of us are from the island nation of Hawai'i. We are the crew and supporters of the historic anti-nuclear sailboat Golden Rule. Many of us are members of Veterans For Peace,…

_____ (2023-01-06). US Child Care Deficit Impacts Multiple Sectors of the Country. popularresistance.org As Congress delivers nearly a trillion dollars for military spending through the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in fiscal year 2023, one of the country's most vulnerable sectors is in the midst of financial turmoil, with lingering effects across the country's workforce. | Within the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package passed in March 2021, a mere $39 billion was allocated towards child care relief funding, an amount proven to not be enough with funds already drying up. | The shortage of money sets up a house-of-cards style effect on child care and the workforce as a whole. Wit…

_____ (2023-01-06). Brazil: Defenders Return Embassy to Venezuelan Authorities. popularresistance.org This Monday, January 2, the president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, deputy Jorge Rodríguez, received the keys to the headquarters of the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Brazil from the hands of local social movements that, for more than three years, had protected the residence from attempts of aggression, siege, and attacks by fascism. Rodríguez, accompanied by the new Venezuelan ambassador to Brazil, Manuel Vicente Vadell, as well as the staff that works at the diplomatic headquarters, received the keys to the residence from Joà£o Pedro Stedile, Brazilian social leader.

_____ (2023-01-06). This Construction Union Is Reaching Out To Undocumented And Non-union Workers. popularresistance.org New York City, New York – Many workplaces are marked by a real tension between different types of workers: undocumented vs. citizens, union vs. non-union, and more. New York City's Construction and General Building Laborers' Union Local 79 has been working to overcome these divides by intentionally reaching out to undocumented and non-union workers in the construction trades. And the bosses are taking notice. Recorded in the spring of 2022 from the Local 79 headquarters in Manhattan, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez conducts a Spanish-language interview with Alex Martinez, Walter Martinez, and José Rosas,…

_____ (2023-01-06). Inside Southwest's Horrific Holidays. popularresistance.org For America's rich and powerful, the new year is beginning in a most inauspicious fashion. Millions of Americans are once again fuming at the greed and grasping of our deepest pockets. | That fuming — from would-be passengers of Southwest Airlines and their families — filled airports throughout this past holiday week. For good reason. At the height of the travel-heavy holidays, Southwest was canceling 60 percent of the airline's daily flights. Over 15,000 Southwest planes never lifted off. | Late December's heavy dose of stormy weather certainly did set the stage for Southwest's holiday meltdown. But…

_____ (2023-01-06). Review: Learning From An Older Generation Of Troublemakers. popularresistance.org One of the fun things about the 2022 Labor Notes Conference was the presence and enthusiasm of young people. To this labor veteran, it was encouraging to see the young blood and new faces; it was clear that we have a new generation of leaders emerging in the labor movement. And that is more than welcome! | That being said, there is a lot of experience that has already left and will leave over the next 20 or so years. It's not that my generation—folks who came of age during the late 1960s and early '70s—had all the answers or did everything correctly. But we did a lot; and there's a lot that younger ac…

_____ (2023-01-06). Sealing Criminal Records Benefits Us All. popularresistance.org About 70 million people‚Äâ—‚Äâ1 in 3 adults‚Äâ—‚Äâhave some kind of criminal record; background checks often turn up arrests, for example, even if no charges were ever filed. Nine in 10 employers weigh that past in their hiring decisions. | And the collateral consequences go far beyond employment. Criminal records can disqualify people from housing, professional licensing and public benefits. | In short, a record can sentence an individual‚Äâ—‚Äâand their family‚Äâ—‚…

_____ (2023-01-06). A History Of The First Revolution In The Americas. popularresistance.org On January 1, 1804, Haiti became an independent republic, following the revolution which had begun 13 years earlier as a rebellion of enslaved people against slavery and French colonialism. | Previously known as Saint-Domingue, it was the most profitable colony in the world, generating greater revenue than all of the continental North American colonies combined. This immense wealth was generated by the sweat and blood of enslaved Africans who were being worked to death in their tens of thousands on coffee and sugar plantations. | Shortly after the French revolution, which supposedly espoused the ideals of "libert…

_____ (2023-01-06). Learning From An Older Generation Of Troublemakers. popularresistance.org One of the fun things about the 2022 Labor Notes Conference was the presence and enthusiasm of young people. To this labor veteran, it was encouraging to see the young blood and new faces; it was clear that we have a new generation of leaders emerging in the labor movement. And that is more than welcome! | That being said, there is a lot of experience that has already left and will leave over the next 20 or so years. It's not that my generation—folks who came of age during the late 1960s and early '70s—had all the answers or did everything correctly. But we did a lot; and there's a lot that younger ac…

_____ (2023-01-06). This NYC construction union is reaching out to undocumented and non-union workers. The bosses don't like it. popularresistance.org Many workplaces are marked by a real tension between different types of workers: undocumented vs. citizens, union vs. non-union, and more. New York City's Construction and General Building Laborers' Union Local 79 has been working to overcome these divides by intentionally reaching out to undocumented and non-union workers in the construction trades. And the bosses are taking notice. Recorded in the spring of 2022 from the Local 79 headquarters in Manhattan, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez conducts a Spanish-language interview with Alex Martinez, Walter Martinez, and José Rosas, who were all fired from t…

____ (2023-01-06). Spring Festival goods market booms as the festival approaches. ecns.cn As the Spring Festival approaches, the festival atmosphere becomes strong in north China's Tianjin. In the Spring Festival goods market at the historic canal town Yangliuqing, various red lanterns were hung.

____ (2023-01-06). China's civil aviation industry poised to reach 75% of pre-pandemic level: CAAC. ecns.cn China aims to revive its civil aviation industry to 75 percent of the pre-pandemic level this year, with the total volume of flight transport turnover reaching 97.6 billion ton-kilometers, the air passenger transport volume 460 million trips, and airport cargo and mail throughput 6.17 million tons, working to achieve profit and loss balance, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on Friday.

____ (2023-01-06). China's timely and transparent sharing of COVID-19 information proven by facts. ecns.cn

_____ (2023-01-06). China's COMAC C919 Passenger Jet and a Leap for Multipolarism. journal-neo.org Right at the end of 2022 the first of China's COMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) C919 airliner jets was delivered to a domestic Chinese airline company, China Eastern Airlines. Reuters in an article titled, "China Eastern takes delivery of the world's first made-in-China C919 jet," would report: The world's first C919, a Chinese-made narrowbody …

____ (2023-01-06). China-Central Asia gas pipeline transports 43.2 bln cubic meters to China in 2022. ecns.cn In 2022, the China-Central Asia gas pipeline has transported 43.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China, with a daily transport amount of about 100 million cubic meters, a strong guarantee for the demand of Chinese market, according to the Horgos initial compressor station of PipeChina West Pipeline Company on Thursday.

teleSUR (2023-01-06). China Set to Lose Its Demographic Lead. telesurenglish.net Data from the United Nations (UN) suggest that India will unseat China as the world's most populous country on April 14 of this year, well ahead of the 2027 forecast. | RELATED: | These estimates would mark the first time in 300 years that a country other than China holds the world's top demographic position. This was expected to occur in 2027. | In China, government policies limiting families to one child contributed greatly to reducing the…

____ (2023-01-06). Experts slam curbs on travelers from China. ecns.cn Health experts and international organizations have criticized the requirement by some countries for travelers from China to have a negative COVID-19 test as a condition for entry, saying it will not help prevent the spread of the virus.

____ (2023-01-06). Li: China puts Pakistan ties a diplomacy priority. ecns.cn Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday that China will work with Pakistan to promote practical cooperation in various areas, urging the South Asian nation to do its utmost to ensure the safety of Chinese people and organizations there.

____ (2023-01-06). People receive inhaled COVID-19 vaccines in Fuzhou. ecns.cn Fuzhou City in east China's Fujian Province started vaccination with inhaled COVID-19 vaccines.

____ (2023-01-06). CPC International Department outlines China's optimization of COVID-19 response. ecns.cn The International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee recently sent letters to foreign political parties and organizations, explaining the adjustment to China's COVID-19 response policy and its significance to strengthening exchanges and cooperation between countries.

teleSUR (2023-01-06). Global Food Prices Surge 14.3 Pct in 2022: FAO. telesurenglish.net In 2022, the FAO's sub-indexes show cereal prices are up by 17.9 percent from 2021, vegetable oil prices are up by 13.9 percent, dairy prices are up by 19.6 percent, meat prices are up by 10.4 percent, and sugar prices are up by 4.7 percent. | Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2022 shows a worker displaying processed rice at a grain plant in Nanchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province.

____ (2023-01-06). halo appears over Mount Tai. ecns.cn A halo appeared over Mount Tai in Tai'an, east China's Shandong province on Thursday.

WSWS (2023-01-06). Australia purchasing sophisticated HIMARS and naval strike missiles. wsws.org Boosting Australia's military capacities is a key component of the US-led military build-up throughout the Indo-Pacific to prepare for an aggressive war against China.

____ (2023-01-06). Nation heats up domestic iron ore biz. ecns.cn China is expected to ramp up domestic iron ore sources while enhancing the utilization of scrap steel and housing more overseas mining assets to safeguard the supply of iron ore, a key raw material for steelmaking, experts said.

WSWS (2023-01-06). As Washington prepares for conflict with China, US confronts major labor shortages in semiconductor manufacture. wsws.org Semiconductors are as essential to modern militaries as they are to every other part of the economy.

____ (2023-01-06). XBB unlikely to cause new infection peak in China. ecns.cn

Dieter Funke, Michael Klare (2023-01-06). Utopias and Dystopias as Places of Mental Retreat and Cooperation with China. indybay.org Joe Biden and his foreign policy team are in many ways still entrenched in the Cold War era, and his administration has generally taken a far more antagonistic stance toward China than Obama. It is not surprising, then, that the progress Kerry made with his Chinese interlocutors in Glasgow largely fizzled out as tensions over Taiwan grew more intense.

____ (2023-01-06). China's big-data tech industry improves greatly: white paper. ecns.cn A white paper on big data released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) showed that the overall level of China's big-data technology industry improved significantly.

____ (2023-01-06). Chinese NEVs expected to zoom in 2023. ecns.cn China's new energy vehicle market, already the largest in the world, is expected to grow further in 2023 as vehicle makers are vying to launch new models and private car buyers are becoming the major consumer group.

Combined Sources (2023-01-06). Abandoning 'zero COVID,' China fights virus surge before Lunar New Year. peoplesworld.org BEIJING—Patients, mostly older people, lay on stretchers in hallways or took oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as a COVID-19 outbreak stretched public health facilities' resources in China's capital Beijing, even after its reported peak. The Chuiyangliu hospital in the city's east was packed Thursday with newly arrived patients. Beds ran out by midmorning, even as …

____ (2023-01-06). First China-developed ECMO approved for COVID patients. ecns.cn China's first domestically produced ECMO, the extracorporal life support product known as "artificial lung," has been approved for emergency use, according to the National Medical Product Administration on Thursday.

teleSUR (2023-01-06). China Grants Emergency Approval for Homegrown ECMO. telesurenglish.net

____ (2023-01-06). China's big-data tech industry improves greatly. ecns.cn

teleSUR (2023-01-06). Political Deadlock in US House Speaker Election Continues. telesurenglish.net The U.S. House of Representatives voted to adjourn until noon on Friday with no speaker elected on Thursday after 11 rounds of voting. | RELATED: | Congressman Kevin McCarthy from California, the House Republican leader, fell short of the necessary votes to take the gavel in five more rounds of voting Thursday afternoon. | The House has voted 11 times since the 118th Congress convened on Tuesday, making it the longest speaker contest in 164 years…

Omali Yeshitela (2023-01-06). Omali Yeshitela: 'I was attacked by the FBI for fighting for black power'. greenleft.org.au African People's Socialist Party chairperson Omali Yeshitela discusses the FBI raid on his home and the continuing US government war on the movement for Black liberation and reparations.

Brenda Norrell (2023-01-06). Enticed by Wealth, the Media is Complicit in the Crimes of Corporations in Indian Country. indybay.org Enticed by wealth and self-glory — the media, corrupt tribal governments, and self-dealing non-profits operate a vacuum for truth, violating the sacred places of origin. The most censored issues in Indian country in 2022.

teleSUR (2023-01-06). World's Largest Floating Book Fair Visits Egypt. telesurenglish.net With a crew of nearly 3 volunteers of more than 60 nationalities, Logos Hope ship is currently docked at Port Said, in northeastern Egypt, holding the world's largest floating book fair as part of its humanitarian mission to spread knowledge and foster cultural exchange. | RELATED: | It is the first destination for Logos Hope in 2023, but not the first time for the ship to visit this African country, for the floating…

Don Fitz (2023-01-06). United States: Two barrels aim at African People's Socialist Party. greenleft.org.au Members of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP) in the United States are expecting to be indicted this month over spurious allegations, reports Don Fitz, prompting a grassroots solidarity defence campaign.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). NIH's All of Us Research Program returns health-related DNA results to participants. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) All of Us Research Program has begun returning personalized health-related DNA results to more than 155,000 participants. The reports detail whether participants have an increased risk for specific health conditions and how their bodies might process certain medications. The All of Us Research Program collects participants' blood, urine, and saliva samples. These biosamples are stored and managed for research at a specialized All of Us Research Program biobank at Mayo Clinic. "It is rewarding for us at the…

The Epoch Times (2023-01-06). Documentary: The Real Story of January 6. globalresearch.ca

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-01-06). USDA Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers comes to the "Farm to Fork Capitol of America" indybay.org 24th Annual, California State Capitol Kwanzaa Celebration, Room 126, Historic Hearing Room, official Federal Register Notice was received for the first in person USDA Advisory Committee Minority Farmers in many years and indeed it will be held West of the Rocky Mountains, Habari Gani…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-01-06). 2023 Emancipation Day Celebration – Remembering CA Pioneers of African Descent. indybay.org January 1, 2023 GOD's Appreciation Dinner hosted by Stockton Black Leadership Council mirrors January 1, 1866 city-wide effort hosted by Reverend Jeremiah King featuring a grand parade through Downtown Stockton with speeches and festivities enjoyed by all. Soon come recognition of the contributions of early California Pioneers of African Descent.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Is the extreme cold bad for your lungs? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The winter storm blowing across much of the country is holding up holiday travel plans as the snow falls and temperatures drop into the below zero digits. The National Weather Service says many parts of the the U.S are affected by the extreme cold. Can freezing temperatures freeze your lungs? "Our body does its best to keep our core temperature about 37 degrees, and our lungs are encased within our thoracic cavity. Unless your whole body is…

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano (2023-01-06). A Government That Assaults Liberty. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-01-06). Sri Lankan Health Workers' Action Committee initiates fight against "paying wards" in government hospitals. wsws.org The HWAC is calling on health employees to fight for the mobilisation of workers to defeat the government's paying ward plan, which is aimed at wiping out Sri Lanka's public health system, a fundamental gain won by the working class.

Tom Engelhardt (2023-01-06). Why the Arctic turning into a Lukewarm Puddle should be a bigger Headline than a bit of Inflation. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) Let me start 2023 with a glance back at a December news moment that caught my eye. To do so, however, I have to offer a bit of explanation. First, the obvious: I'm an old guy and, though I spend significant parts of any day scrolling through endless websites covering aspects …

WSWS (2023-01-06). Amazon confirms layoff of 18,000 tech workers. wsws.org Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced on Wednesday that 18,000 jobs would be eliminated at the global tech company and that employees would learn of the layoffs starting on January 18.

Dan McKnight (2023-01-06). Will the War Party Wield the Speaker's Gavel? globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Coping with cancer and the holidays. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A close family member recently was diagnosed with cancer. I'm struggling to be positive for my loved one even though I'm concerned. Do you have any advice as we move into the holiday season to help them but also to help me manage my own emotions? ANSWER: Any medical diagnosis can be challenging, but cancer is very emotionally laden because it can come with many cognitive, emotional, psychological, spiritual and existential conundrums and challenges….

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Advancing treatments for acute myeloid leukemia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), also called acute myelogenous leukemia, is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, the spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are made. The disease progresses rapidly, affecting a group of white blood cells called myeloid cells, which normally develop into mature red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. "There are acute and chronic leukemias, explains Dr. James Foran, an oncologist at Mayo Clinic. "The chronic ones tend to happen…

SC News (2023-01-06). Tuesday 1/10: Revisions to Downtown Expansion Plan at Santa Cruz City Council. indybay.org Attend meeting in person: Council Chambers, 809 Center Street, Santa Cruz | The Downtown Plan Expansion project is #30 on the City Council meeting agenda, and will be heard sometime after 5 PM, following oral communications. See meeting agenda for information on participating virtually/phoning in:…

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2023-01-06). Do Meghan and Harry Really Believe They Control the Narrative? globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Flu shots are important for young people, too. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 28 and consider myself fairly healthy. I have never gotten a flu shot and have never had the flu. I did receive a COVID-19 vaccine series. Do I really need a flu vaccination? My employer is recommending an influenza immunization for everyone, but I am hesitant. I have heard some people get sick from flu shots. ANSWER: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that everyone 6 months and older…

Ryan Cristián (2023-01-06). The Undeniable Proof That COVID Injections Are Dangerous & Causing #CollapsingAthletes. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/6/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

John Catalinotto (2023-01-06). 2022: Year of the working class in the USA. workers.org This article was published Jan. 1, 2023, on the sites of La Pluma and Tlaxcala. The working class in the United States burst into action in 2022. Warehouse workers at Amazon, baristas at Starbucks, prisoners, coal miners, nurses, teachers, graduate students and more organized and resisted capital. Many went on . . . |

WSWS (2023-01-06). Two years on, the January 6 coup continues. wsws.org Two years after former president Trump and his Republican alliestried to overturn the Constitution, the aspiring dictator and the social and political forces that supported him remain free, and are openly plotting their next coup.

____ (2023-01-06). (W. E. Talk) Why are CPC's policies on developing Tibet a success. ecns.cn Why do we say these policies are successful in terms of practical effects, historical achievements, and a comparison between the East and the West?

WSWS (2023-01-06). In attempt to preempt strike, New York nurses union announces tentative agreements with two more hospitals. wsws.org Racing to prevent a strike, union officials are using a tentative agreement with New York-Presbyterian Hospital that would amount to a cut in real wages as a template in negotiations with other hospitals.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Mayo Clinic Minute: Be realistic with New Year's health resolutions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Getting in better shape is consistently one of the most common New Year's resolutions people make each year, but many have a hard time following through. Dani Johnson, a wellness physical therapist with the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program, offers tips to make it easier to stick to a resolution to get in shape. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/9UcuKAFFISg Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…

____ (2023-01-06). Merry Orthodox Christmas… smoothiex12.blogspot.com to everyone. And use as an open thread, including discussing my latest talking head. Peace…

WSWS (2023-01-06). Starmer pledges austerity alliance between future UK Labour government, big business and unions. wsws.org Declaring Labour was the party of national unity, he began, "I believe in our country, I believe in our businesses."

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-06). Imperial recognises seven outstanding graduates with Alumni Awards. imperial.ac.uk Meet the 2023 winners: Shaping the net-zero journey, changing our understanding of how our planet works, and defining the technologies of tomorrow.

WSWS (2023-01-06). After shutting down strike, UAW pushes through sellout contract for New School part-time faculty. wsws.org The ratification follows the shutdown of a nearly four-week strike in which the union leadership ordered part-time faculty back to work weeks before a finalized tentative agreement was arrived at.

teleSUR (2023-01-06). Canada's Employment Rises 104,000 in December. telesurenglish.net

Ann Brown (2023-01-06). Fact Check: The Pentagon Has $21 Trillion In Unaccounted-For Audit Adjustments Over The Last 17 Years. moguldom.com Did the Pentagon lose track of $21 trillion? This claim has been circulating since 2018, and according to most fact checking sources, it seems to be true. The Nation examined "massive accounting fraud" committed by the Pentagon from 1998 to 2015. The analysis of the Pentagon's "unsupported journal voucher adjustments" was done by Mark Skidmore, an economist at …

SP Editor (2023-01-06). Was 2022 the Year the World Turned a Corner on Climate Change? scheerpost.com By Mitchell Beer | The Energy Mix After nearly half a century of delaying the shift off fossil fuels, and "with the climate crisis breaching our front door," 2022 may have been the moment when humanity finally turned a corner on emission reductions, says U.S. climate analyst Dr. Leah Stokes. Despite a year of severe …

teleSUR (2023-01-06). French Family Doctors to Continue Strike. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, French family doctors took to the streets of Paris to demand that the authorities improve their working conditions and double the value of health care fees in urban areas. | RELATED: | "In order to avoid 'health care deserts' in the countryside, the goverment have ended up saturating the consultations in cities," physician Alexia Guidez explained, recalling that family doctors based in large towns cannot…

Monica Moorehead (2023-01-06). Incarcerated lives endangered in freezing conditions. workers.org In analyzing the heroic 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion, Sam Marcy, the late chairperson of Workers World Party, wrote in the pamphlet: "A Marxist Defense of the L.A. Rebellion" that "Marxism differs from all forms of bourgeois sociology in this most fundamental way: All bourgeois social sciences are directed at covering . . . |

Rhythmix Cultural Works (2023-01-06). Friday 2/3: MoToR/dance: Water in the Kettle (World Premiere). indybay.org 2513 Blanding Ave | Alameda, CA 94 1…

Staff (2023-01-06). 28 January: Public Launch of the International Peoples' Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades and Economic Coercive Measures. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is excited to be a co-sponsor of this important project. After two years of dedicated organizing, we are excited to officially announce the launch of the International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and Economic Coercive Measures. This project is a first ever international effort to build systems of accountability—rooted …

Anonymous669 (2023-01-06). 15 Saudi-Backed Yemeni Fighters Killed Or Wounded In Attack Attributed Al-Qaeda. southfront.org . | On January 6, two bombing targeted Saudi-backed forces near the town of Wadi Umran in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan. | Local sources in Yemen told the Al Ain News that a water tanker and a patrol of local forces affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council were targeted with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at the entrance of Wadi Umran. | According to the Emirati news outlet, seven fighters were killed and at least right others were wounded as a…

WSWS (2023-01-06). Biden announces Trump-style measures against refugees. wsws.org The Department of Homeland Security will begin pushing back into Mexico tens of thousands of refugees seeking asylum from four countries. It will also reject automatically any asylum claim filed by all other refugees traveling through Mexico, adopting the "transit ban" established under Trump.

teleSUR (2023-01-06). Bolivian Judge Rejects Freedom Action for Governor Santa Cruz. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, La Paz First Anti-Corruption Sentencing Court rejected the release action filed by Santa Cruz Governor Luis Fernando Camacho, who remains in pretrial detention at the Chonchocoro maximum security prison. | RELATED: | While the hearing was held virtually, the outskirts of the prison remained surrounded by social organizations which held a vigil to demand "30 years in prison" for the far-right politi…

teleSUR (2023-01-06). Operation To Capture El Chapo's Son Leaves 29 Dead in Mexico. telesurenglish.net At least 29 people were killed in clashes sparked by an operation to capture a son of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in northwest Mexico's Sinaloa state, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval confirmed Friday. | RELATED: | The capture of Ovidio Guzman on Thursday left 19 assailants and 10 military troops dead and 35 others wounded, Sandoval said at a press conference. | Army and National Gu…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Mayo Clinic Minute: Treating skin cancer with Mohs surgery. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Nearly 5 million people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with a form of skin cancer this year, according to the American Cancer Society. Dr. Naiara Sbroggio Barbosa, a Mayo Clinic dermatologist, explains how Mohs surgery can be used to treat basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and some types of melanoma. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/IB8JeZ4nhkY Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Mayo Clinic Minute: Safety tips to keep you out of the emergency department this winter. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Winter brings snow, cold and ice that can create hazardous conditions leading to serious injury. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Sue Cullinan, a Mayo Clinic emergency medicine physician, discusses some of the most common winter-related injuries that she sees and offers tips on how to keep you and your family safe. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/H08ugUwD_Xw Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). How to prevent flu, RSV and COVID-19 during busy holiday season. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu infection rates across the U.S. continue to be very high. "As we predicted, this flu season has hit early, and it's hit us hard," says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center. "We are seeing high and very high rates of influenza across the country." For those who have yet to get a flu shot, now is an excellent time to…

manager (2023-01-06). Latin America's Pink Partnership. cepr.net The American Prospect See article on original site Last summer, Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Ted Cruz (R-TX) issued a warning from the Senate floor. "Already," Cruz said, "nine governments across South America, Central America, and the Caribbean are controlled by socialists." Since then, Gustavo Petro has formed the first left-wing government in the history of …

teleSUR (2023-01-06). Firefighters Fight Forest Fires in Uruguay. telesurenglish.net The National Fire Department of Uruguay reported Friday that the forest fire near the town of Algorta, in the Rio Negro department, in the center-west of the country, was declared extinguished. | RELATED: | "The fire is declared extinguished, after having maintained the situation, of non-existence of smoke columns and/or hot spots, after the passage of more than eight hours a day," said the agency in…

Scott Ritter (2023-01-06). TG 983: The Gaggle Talks To Scott Ritter. thealtworld.com George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle once again sat down for one of our regular, long and fascinating discussions with military analyst Scott Ritter. This conversation was probably the most intriguing and informative yet.

WSWS (2023-01-06). Britain's rail unions RMT and ASLEF will not fight anti-strike laws. wsws.org The new anti-strike laws were first conceived as a response to the national rail strikes. Their two main leaders, the Rail, Maritime and Transport union's Mick Lynch and train drivers' union ASLEF's Mick Whelan, have made clear they will abide by the legislation.

Prof. Farrah Hassen (2023-01-06). A Year of Global Displacement. globalresearch.ca

Hartmut Reiners, Andrej Holm (2023-01-06). Rethinking the State and Rent Madness. indybay.org The right to housing for everyone must be understood as a public challenge and presupposes the de-commodification of the housing supply, a democratization of urban policy, and breach with the real estate exploitation coalition.

Chris Walker (2023-01-06). Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola Open to Coalition Candidate for Speaker. truthout.org As the impasse over choosing a speaker of the House of Representatives continues for a fourth day, Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) has expressed an openness to supporting a bipartisan "coalition" candidate to end the stalemate. Around 20 far right Republicans have blocked GOP House leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy's (California) attempts to be speaker in the first 11 ballots. In the 12th ballot… |

pressenza (2023-01-06). Lula Confirms Brazil's Return to CELAC with Arce. globalresearch.ca

Stansfield Smith (2023-01-06). Ana Belén Montes, an Exemplary Hero, Will Be Freed. orinocotribune.com By Stansfield Smith Jan 4, 2022 | On January 8, 2023 the US has to release one of its

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Mayo Clinic Minute: Tips to help a frozen shoulder. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Pain and stiffness in your shoulder can make every activity, including sleep, difficult. Worsening shoulder pain, especially at night, could mean you have a frozen shoulder, says Dr. Christopher Camp, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/OU6-i4dKPKs Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…

Editor (2023-01-06). Dr. Warren Hern: Humans Are a Metastasizing Cancer Terminating Life on the Planet. scheerpost.com Physician and anthropology scholar Dr. Warren Hern delves into some of the most upsetting aspects of human behavior as a fatal threat to all life on earth in the near future.

Anonymous669 (2023-01-06). SDF Concludes Anti-ISIS Operation In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Hawar News Agency. | On January 6, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) concluded a large-scale operation against ISIS cells in the northeastern Syrian governorate of al-Hasakah. | The Kurdish-led group launched operation, codenamed Al-Jazeera Thunderbolt, on

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-06). The Birth of International Fascism via CIA Cutouts. libya360.wordpress.com Cynthia Chung I was invited onto the Convo Couch recently to talk with Fiorella Isabel and Craig Pasta Jardula about my newly released book, you can check out our conversation below. For more on my book "The Empire on Which the Black Sun Never Set: The Birth of International Fascism and Anglo-American Foreign Policy" see…

Allen Forrest (2023-01-06). The Corporate Globalists' Technocracy. dissidentvoice.org

Censored News (2023-01-06). Live Reno: Paiute and Shoshone Rally to Halt Lithium Mine at Thacker Pass as Court Begins. indybay.org The Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and other opponents of the planned Thacker Pass lithium mine marched to the Bruce R. Thompson Courthouse on Thursday morning and are now rallying outside. | Inside the building, a federal judge is now scheduled to hear arguments from attorneys representing tribes, environmental groups, and a local rancher who have all sued to halt the mine, as well as from Lithium Nevada—the company behind the mine— and the Bureau of Land Management, which permitted the project.

Dr. Suzanne Burdick (2023-01-06). WHO's Cancer Research Agency to Assess 5G Health Risks — But Not Until 2025. globalresearch.ca

Ryan Black (2023-01-06). Hundreds Of Palestinians In Masafer Yatta Face Forced Displacement By Israel. progressivehub.net PEOPLES DISPATCH…

Editor at NewsOne (2023-01-06). Black Women Lead In House Speaker Saga. newsone.com Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty | The Honorable Cheryl L. Johnson, clerk of the U.S. House of representatives has been running a tight ship this week. Until a Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives is finally selected, Johnson is running the show. | Several outlets have reported on Johnson's calm demeanor and poise during the multiple rounds of voting without an end in sight. Bloomberg

Shriya Singh (2023-01-06). Wickremesinghe's new year gift to Sri Lanka: more austerity measures. peoplesdispatch.org As the government attempts to obtain a bailout from the IMF, it has imposed a series of austerity measures which have been widely condemned by trade unions and civil society…

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-06). American Job Market Stays Hot, 223,000 Jobs Added In December As Unemployment Falls. moguldom.com The U.S. added 223,000 jobs in December, finishing out a strong year for the labor market while the unemployment rate fell back to a -year low. Some economists and market watchers say this is a sign that the economy is holding its own despite warnings and fears of an imminent recession. Others say wage growth …

Revolution Books (2023-01-06). Sunday 1/8: Watch Livestream to raise $100,000 to put Revolution on the Map. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley…

Editor (2023-01-06). The NFL: America's Billion Dollar Blood Sport. scheerpost.com By Harvey Wasserman / CounterPunch American football has always been a blood sport. It needs to change or die. Tackle must end. Flags must come. And they will. Why? Because human lives are at stake…and with them, a trillion-dollar industry. A century ago, football players were maimed and died in droves. The college game was a cross between …

People's Dispatch (2023-01-06). Bolivia: Far-right leader detained ahead of coup trial. greenleft.org.au A Bolivian court sentenced far-right Bolivian leader Luis Fernando Camacho to four months of preventive detention in the Chonchocoro Prison while investigation is underway in the 'Coup d'état I' case, reports People's Dispatch.

Barbara G. Ellis (2023-01-06). Remodeled Shipping Containers, Boxcars Could Be Solutions for Expanding Homeless Shelters. dissidentvoice.org Whatever Arizona's new governor Katie Hobbs does with over 3,000 steel, 40'x8'x8.6,' four-ton shipping containers — still arriving to wall off Mexico for 10 miles of the San Rafael Valley — is yet to be revealed. Her predecessor, Republican Doug Ducey, in the last months of his regime was ramrodding containers into place on a …

Editor (2023-01-06). Yoon Administration takes Jeju Massacre out of history textbooks. mronline.org Ministry of Education justified the move as "exploring the foundation of the Republic of Korea based on liberal democracy."

manager (2023-01-06). Red Herrings: Escobari and Hoover's Geographic Controls and Common Trends Add Nothing. cepr.net This is the eleventh in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia. Their conclusions do not hold up to scrutiny, as we observe in our report Nickels Before Dimes. Here, we expand upon various claims and conclusions that Escobari and Hoover make …

Julia Rock (2023-01-06). How Big Pharma Actually Spends Its Massive Profits. levernews.com

WSWS (2023-01-06). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org Ground crew at Taiwan's Taoyuan International Airport strike; India: 3, 0 Tamil Nadu secondary teachers hold hunger protest; Hundreds of South Australian bus drivers to strike for better wages and safety…

Jonathan Cook (2023-01-06). Is Ben-Gvir Preparing a Holy War Against the Palestinians? Jonathan Cook. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR (2023-01-06). Buenos Aires City's Security Minister Denounced for Corruption. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the Argentine government filed a criminal complaint for corruption against the Buenos Aires City's Security Minister Marcelo D'Alessandro. | RELATED: | Over the last week, journalists published data on events that "would constitute serious acts of corruption and/or other crimes against public administration," Justice Minister said. | Among other things, the press leaked transcript of conversations attributed to D'Alessan…

unitedEditor (2023-01-06). First official steps after 11 years between Syria and Tàºrkiye; Assassination of a nationalist politician; New Year messages from politicians. uwidata.com At the turn of the New Year, Tàºrkiye's agenda remains intense. Turkish and Syrian officials met in Moscow to overcome the ongoing political dispute between the two countries since the start of the civil war in Syria. The busy agenda in Tàºrkiye continued as we entered the new year. In a central location of the …

Staff (2023-01-06). Spanish Far-Right Vox Deputy Expelled from Bolivia for Interference in Camacho Case (+Chile & Venezuela). orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, January 4, the Spanish deputy of the Vox party, Víctor González, was expelled from Bolivia for three years, accused of "disturbing public order and inciting confrontation between citizens by committing acts of interference" and breaking into police stations in the department of Santa Cruz, as reported by the Bolivian government. | Bolivian vice minister for foreign affairs, Freddy Mamani, stated that González and his Chilean colleague, Luis Fernando Sánchez, made "politics in Bolivia" by "interfering in internal affairs" through questioning the judicial process followed against governor of Santa C…

Maree F Roberts (2023-01-06). ASIO's attempt to destroy the life of Ric Throssell. greenleft.org.au Maree Roberts reviews Karen Throssell's book about her father's persecution at the hands of Australian security services.

David Giesen (2023-01-06). Sunday 1/8: The Pursuit of Happiness framed in political-economic terms. indybay.org Virtual through Google Meet: The Pursuit of Happiness framed in political-economic terms | Sunday, January 8 ∑ 7: 00 — 8: 00pm | Google Meet joining info | Video call link: meet.google.com/mqd-jtmf-gkk

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-06). A New Era of De-Westernization Has Begun. libya360.wordpress.com Wang Wen The political equivalence structure between the West and the non-West is increasingly strengthened and is becoming an important feature of world politics in the third decade of the 21st century. Of course, the world in 2023 will not be mellow, but in any case, amid the "de-Westernisation", major changes unseen in a century will continue to evolve in an irreversible way, writes Valdai Club expert Wang Wen. The global significance…

It's Going Down (2023-01-06). Inside the Wood Street Commons Fight Against Displacement. itsgoingdown.org Over the last few months, residents of the Wood Street Commons, a self-organized community located in Oakland, CA have organized protests and filed lawsuits, in an attempt to stop their eviction and push the city to grant them access to public land. After a series of massive sweeps throughout 2022, remaining residents face another round…

Jessica Corbett (2023-01-06). South Carolina Supreme Court Permanently Blocks State's Abortion Ban. truthout.org Reproductive rights supporters in South Carolina and across the country celebrated Thursday once the state Supreme Court permanently struck down a law banning abortion after around six weeks, or before many people even know they are pregnant. Senate Bill 1 had been blocked in the federal court system — until June, when the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision… |

Editor (2023-01-06). Two Major Pharmacies Say They Plan to Offer Medication Abortions. Here's What That Could Mean. scheerpost.com The federal government will let retail pharmacies provide mifepristone, which helps end pregnancies, to patients with a prescription. But it's not clear how widespread the impact will be.

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-06). Hollywood Power Broker Ari Emanuel Is Quiet On UFC President Slapping Wife, Was Loud Against Kanye West. moguldom.com Ari Emanuel, the owner of the mixed martial arts promotion company UFC, has called out other bullies but not Dana White, his own company president, who was infamously caught on a now-viral video slapping wife Anne White on New Year's eve in a Mexican bar. A subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings, UFC is the largest …

Editor (2023-01-06). Declassified intelligence files expose inconvenient truths of Bosnian war. mronline.org A trove of intelligence files sent by Canadian peacekeepers expose CIA black ops, illegal weapon shipments, imported jihadist fighters, potential false flags, and stage-managed atrocities.

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-06). Companies That Pledged to Stop Giving to Election Objectors Have Given Them $10M. truthout.org After thousands of right-wing militants descended on the Capitol on January 6 two years ago in support of former President Donald Trump, hundreds of corporations made pledges to pause or stop donations to lawmakers who voted just hours after the attack to overturn the results of the 2020 election. But those corporations restarted such donations shortly after, and PACs affiliated with over 70… |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-06). The U.S. Prison Industrial Complex, A Domestic Military Operation: Over-Policing, Mass-Incarceration, Slavery, and Capitalism. libya360.wordpress.com Karl Fluri Although the United States has branded itself as the bastion of freedom both at home and abroad, it is abundantly clear to any objective observer that, just as U.S. imperialism undermines those claims on a global scale, the fascist police state and "prison industrial complex" that exists in the nation today do the…

Global Research News (2023-01-06). Selected Articles: What's Inside the Budget for the Secretive DARPA Agency? globalresearch.ca By DARPA was

teleSUR (2023-01-06). Brazil Recorded 54% Increase in Deforestation Alerts in 2022. telesurenglish.net These data were released Friday by the Center for Weather Prediction and Climate Studies (INPE) as part of the agency's real-time monitoring system: Deter-B initiated in 2015. | RELATED: | According to INPE, deforestation alerts in the Legal Amazon in 2022 reached the largest area since 2015, while they became equivalent to more than 8 times the size of the city of Rio de Janeiro, totaling 10 267 km ≤. | In the period from August to December la…

____ (2023-01-06). CATL revs up intl presence with overseas plants. ecns.cn Going global will be a key phrase for Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd in 2023, as the world's largest maker of electric vehicle batteries has accelerated its overseas expansion over the past year.

Robert C. Koehler (2023-01-06). Before the Bombs Come the Platitudes. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR (2023-01-06). Venezuela: President Maduro Appoints Tellechea as PDVSA Leader. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro appointed Pedro Tellechea as the new president of the state-owned Petroleum of Venezuela (PDVSA). | RELATED: | "With his great experience as the head of Petrochemical of Venezuela (PEQUIVEN), Tellechea will boost the national oil industry. All our recognition to former PDVSA President Asdrubal Chavez, who will soon have new responsibilities," Maduro tweeted. | In Se…

India Walton (2023-01-06). My Neighbors Were "Buffalo Strong" During Storm. Officials Were "Buffalo Wrong." truthout.org Buffalo, New York, has long been known as a resilient city of "good neighbors." From our annual snowfall totals to our sports teams, Buffalonians know how to stick together in challenging times. Many of us are struggling to dig out of the past year fraught with crises of epic proportions. Nearly two weeks ago, our city was buried under nearly six feet of snow with 70-mph sustained winds at times. |

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-01-06). The Trillion Dollar Silencer. covertactionmagazine.com The military's deep penetration into all aspects of American life has hampered the development of a strong anti-war movement—at a time when it is desperately needed. Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across the U.S. in the last few years to decry police brutality, to oppose the Supreme Court's decision to …

WSWS (2023-01-06). SGP holds successful launch event for the Berlin state elections. wsws.org On Monday, the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) broadcast its launch event for the 2023 Berlin state elections. In it, leading members of the party explained the SGP's principles, socialist program and historical foundations.

scorinoco (2023-01-06). Venezuela's National Assembly Elects Board of Directors for 2023-2024 Term. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, January 5, the National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela, in its first plenary session of the year, ratified Deputy Jorge Rodríguez as the president of the National Assembly for the 2023-2024 parliamentary term. | Deputy Pedro Infante was elected as the first vice president, and Deputy América Pérez as the second vice president, both from the ruling coalition, Bloque de la Patria. | Bloque de la Patria's nominations of Rosalba Gil as the secretary and María Alejandra Hernández as the deputy secretary of the AN for the 2023-2024 term were also passed with a clear majority. | The inauguration of the presiden…

Cassidy Kakin (2023-01-06). Watzreal Satisfies with "Dark Album: Remaster," an Underground San Francisco Rap Gem. indybay.org On the remastered re-release of his gem "The Dark Album," San Francisco's Watzreal adds a handful of can't miss tracks and a true underground hit of an album.

Kenny Stancil (2023-01-06). Oxford study warns extreme heat and drought to hit 90% of world population. nationofchange.org The life-threatening impacts of the global climate emergency have only continued to reverberate in 2023.

Sophia Weissmann (2023-01-06). Inclusive children's programming 'Drag Story Hour' defended from attack. liberationnews.org Multi-ethnic community groups were able to outnumber and stop protestors from disrupting the Drag Story Hour.

Anti Police-Terror Project (2023-01-06). Monday 1/16: SAVE THE DATE for the 9th Annual Reclaim MLK's Radical Legacy Weekend! indybay.org Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, 2777 Middle Harbor Rd, Oakland, California.

____ (2023-01-06). Over 2 bln trips expected during travel rush. ecns.cn Nearly 2.1 billion trips are expected to be made during the upcoming Spring Festival travel rush, up 99.5 percent year-on-year, according to the projection by the Ministry of Transport.

_____ (2023-01-06). Donald Trump, the Most 'Dangerous' U.S. President Ever. strategic-culture.org

unitedEditor (2023-01-06). "United Nations must bless Turkish-Syrian meetings" uwidata.com By Nahed al Huseini reporting from Damascus / Syria The year 2023 began with an important diplomatic turn. After 11 years of interrupted diplomatic relations, defense ministers of Tàºrkiye and Syria came together in a trilateral meeting in Moscow. Speaking to United World International, Syrian Member of Parliament, Dr. Nabil Toumeh said if conducted with …

Editor (2023-01-06). Cuba Says Biden Applies Blockade Even More Aggressively Than His Predecessors. scheerpost.com

_____ (2023-01-06). South Korea and its cyber front. journal-neo.org Generally, when it comes to cybercrime, the author writes about North Korean hackers, but an overview of what the issue of hackers in the ROK in general looks like is also noteworthy. First, some general statistics on hacker attacks in the ROK. Back in 2021, following the attempted hacking of the Korea Atomic Energy Research …

Rosa Parks Day Committee (2023-01-06). Friday 2/3: 23rd Annual Rosa Parks Day in California and Transit Equity Day Kickoff Celebration. indybay.org SMICS Bar | 12th & K st. | Sacramento, CA…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). I've been diagnosed with prediabetes. What does that mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you've been diagnosed with prediabetes, it means your blood sugar levels are not high enough to be classified as Type 2 diabetes, but are high enough to indicate a need for change. A normal fasting blood sugar level is below 100; whereas, the level of a person with prediabetes is between 100 and 126. Once levels have surpassed 126, it's classified as Type 2 diabetes. This indicates that the body resists insulin or doesn't produce enough of…

____ (2023-01-06). Train attendants receive training for upcoming travel rush. ecns.cn High-speed train attendants participate in a training program, including physique, etiquette and etc. ahead of the spring festival travel rush in Chongqing, Jan. 5, 2023.

Stephanie Hedgecoke (2023-01-06). Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike vs. Block Communications continues. workers.org Member, Typographical Local CWA 14156 Striking Post-Gazette newspaper workers join Pittsburgh Starbucks Workers United and other unions Dec. 9 outside the Market Square Starbucks. Credit: Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh. Communications Workers Locals 14827 and 14842, Typographers and Mailers union members, walked out on strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Oct. . . . |

PINE (2023-01-06). New Revelations Must Stop Concord NWS Negotiations. indybay.org The negotiations between the city of Concord and the developers that comprise Concord First Partners should be stopped. New revelations brought forth by reporter Dan Borenstein reveal legal entanglements regarding Albert Seeno the 3rd. The fiscal and organizational stability of Seeno's Discovery Builders is in question.

Staff (2023-01-06). Epochal shift: 1,000 German soldiers ask not to be sent to war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleJanuary 6, 2023 Spike in German troop numbers asking not to be sent to war It's fewer than 1,000 troops, but nevertheless, the number of German Bundeswehr soldiers who asked to be exempted from serving in war zones rose markedly in 2022. This option dates back to the era of national service. Almost 1,000 …

____ (2023-01-06). Museum exhibits 2, 0-year-old ritual vessel with tigers. ecns.cn Shanxi Museum exhibited a bronze tiger Yi, an elegant utensil that ancient nobles used to wash their hands during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC).

Mohammad Elnaiem (2023-01-06). African Roots of MLK Vision – 2023 Journey to Atlanta, Georgia and Gold Coast, Ghana. indybay.org Historical sojourn on the African continent exposed SNCC to a larger world infused with new possibility and hope, thus solidifying Africa's symbolic and political importance to struggles for freedom in the United States and around the world, revisited in 2023.

____ (2023-01-06). Oral COVID-19 therapeutics available for most at risk. ecns.cn Two major oral antiviral pills, Pfizer's Paxlovid and the domestically-developed Azvudine, are now available for COVID-19 treatment at community clinics in several districts in Shanghai and Beijing.

Chris Walker (2023-01-06). 2 Years After January 6 Capitol Attack, Trump Still Hasn't Been Charged. truthout.org Two years after the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol building, several hundred people have been charged (and some have been convicted) for their involvement in the attack — but former President Donald Trump has yet to face repercussions for his role in the day's events. Following his loss in the 2020 presidential election to President Joe Biden, Trump spent weeks wrongly claiming that… |

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-01-06). Saturday 1/7: Election 2022: What Does It Mean for the Socialist Left? indybay.org

Californians United for a Responsible Budget (2023-01-06). Thursday 1/12: Rally & Press Conference Demands More Prison Closures Across California. indybay.org California State Capitol (West Steps) | 1315 10th St | Sacramento, CA 95814…

Esther Schrader (2023-01-06). Rosewood Remembered: Centennial of racist massacre that destroyed a Black Florida town spotlights racial injustice past and present. splcenter.org

Latino USA (2023-01-06). Nacho's Special (A Latino USA Podcast). latinorebels.com Nachos: They're one of the most popular snack foods in the United States. But their immense popularity over the years has overshadowed the true history of the dish. On this episode of Latino USA, we tell the story of the man who unintentionally created a phenomenon.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-06). Turkish court suspends public funding to left-wing HDP, the third-largest party in parliament. peoplesdispatch.org The move is being seen as part of the larger political persecution unleashed by Erdogan's government, which is likely to face a stiff challenge in the upcoming national elections…

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-06). Police Killed Nearly 100 People a Month in 2022, Data Shows. truthout.org Stunning new data shows that police across the U.S. killed 1,176 people in 2022, the highest number of police killings in a year since researchers began recording such data a decade ago. According to Mapping Police Violence, there were only 12 days in 2022 when police didn't kill someone. The majority of the killings took place in scenarios where no crime was alleged, or where police were called… |

Staff (2023-01-06). Five Things to Do for Peace in the Days Ahead. davidswanson.org

WSWS (2023-01-06). US Fed says no letup in financial tightening. wsws.org Once again, the Federal Open Market Committee, the key policy-making body, underscored that for all the talk in public about the need to bring down inflation, the discussion behind closed doors is about blocking a wages upsurge in the working class.

WSWS (2023-01-06). Hundreds of Cuban and Haitian refugees arrive in Florida at the start of the new year. wsws.org The surge of desperate migrants arrives as the Biden administration moves to tighten anti-migrant policies.

Dean Baker (2023-01-06). Wage Growth Slows as Unemployment Falls Back to Half-Century Low. truthout.org The December employment report showed a very strong labor market but much less evidence of inflationary pressures than in prior months. The unemployment rate fell back to 3.5 percent, its half-century low. The U-6 measure of labor market slack fell to 6.5 percent, its lowest level on record. At the same time, wage growth moderated. There was a sharp downward revision to the November data. With 0.3… |

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-01-06). ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 30.12.2022. indybay.org ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 30.12.2022 | comunicaciones e información para la liberación…

Hector Luis Alamo (2023-01-06). Brownlisted: New Year, Same Bull. latinorebels.com A rundown of the Latino-centric news from the first week of the new year.

Hamide Rencàºzoƒüullarƒ± (2023-01-06). Erdogan Wants to Solve the Kurdish Problem with Assad. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-01-06). Racist campaign for a police state after Berlin New Year's Eve. wsws.org The new year has begun in Germany with a vicious racist campaign for a police state. The events of the "Berlin New Year's Eve" are serving as a pretext, with the political and media establishment claiming that unprecedented violence was directed against the security forces.

Eric A. Gordon (2023-01-06). Fernando Botero at 90: Works featured at the Museum of Latin American Art. peoplesworld.org LONG BEACH, Calif. — If you hear someone has a "Rubenesque" figure, you immediately know what that means: a full-figured, though shapely and alluring woman as commonly rendered by the classical Dutch painter Peter Paul Rubens. The Colombian-born painter Fernando Botero has similarly lent his name to a genre of artistic depiction called "Boterismo." Curiously, …

Albert Bender (2023-01-06). Water Protector and intrepid warrior Joye Braun passes on. peoplesworld.org A dauntless advocate of Indigenous justice walked on with the passing of indomitable Water Protector and fearless Warrior Joye Braun. Joye was the National Pipeline organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN). She was a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and passed away on Nov. 13. Joye was only 53 …

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-01-06). Jackson Water Crisis Continues Despite Federal Government Interventions. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous669 (2023-01-06). Turkish Intelligence "Neutralized" PKK-Affiliated Communist Leader In Syria's Al-Hasakah. southfront.org Zeki Gurbuz, aka Ahmet Sores. Source: the Anadolu Agency. | The Turkish intelligence has "neutralized" a senior leader of the Marxist—Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) in Syria's northern region, the Anadolu Agency reported on January 6. | Security sources told the state-run news agency that the communist leader, Zeki Gurbuz, was targeted in an operation by the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) in the countryside of al-Hasakah. | The term "neutralized" is usual…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Weight gain over holiday season – tips to manage calories at parties. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you have noticed you've packed on pounds over the last 10 or 20 years, and wondered how that weight gain happened, here's one idea that might make you consider setting down that extra plate of cookies or latkes during this holiday season. "Studies have shown that, from mid-November until mid-January, people averaged a weight gain in the population of about three quarters of a pound or so. It doesn't sound like much, but it…

Chris Walker (2023-01-06). Oklahoma lawmaker pens bill to ban gender-affirming care for anyone under age 26. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in A Republican lawmaker in the state of Oklahoma has proposed legislation to ban medical workers from providing gender-affirming care to children and young adults — a move that many experts say will endanger transgender and nonbinary people in the state. | Proposals to bar physicians or other medical workers from providing gender affirming care to trans or n…

Lynda Carson (2023-01-06). Tentative court ruling spares People's Park for the moment. indybay.org Food Not Bombs, Feeding The Hungry In People's Park:…

Futuro Investigates (2023-01-06). DEA-Trained Agents Work in Latin America, Conspire With Cartels. latinorebels.com For decades, the DEA has supported special units abroad, whose agents are local police officers vetted and trained by the U.S. Now, former agents and members of those units —some of them currently facing criminal accusations— reveal that the drug cartels bribed them while they had access to sensitive information from the U.S. government.

Ashley Curtin (2023-01-06). FDA makes abortion pills available in pharmacies and through mail-orders companies. nationofchange.org Any pharmacy can provide the pills to patients as long at drugstores and large chains have completed the certification process.

Keenan "HIGz" Higgins (2023-01-06). Does Aaliyah's Voice Still Matter To The Culture? newsone.com

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-01-06). Sudden Death: The No. 1 Cause of Death for Under 65s in 2021. globalresearch.ca

KQED Live (2023-01-06). Wednesday 3/15: Kim Stanley Robinson's Half Century Love Affair With the Sierra Nevada. indybay.org Herbst Theatre | 401 Van Ness Ave | San Francisco, CA 94102…

Walter Smolarek (2023-01-06). For the working class, Congress has always been "broken" liberationnews.org While this may be a source of embarrassment for the ruling class, the absence of a functioning Congress is no great tragedy.

Carlos Edill Berríos Polanco (2023-01-06). Puerto Ricans Set Up Encampments to Protest Environmental Destruction. latinorebels.com Fed up with the slow government response, Puerto Ricans in beach towns along the western coast have set up encampments to demand action be taken to stop illegal construction from further destroying the environment.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-06). Scars mended using transplanted hair follicles in Imperial College London study. imperial.ac.uk Imperial researchers have found that hair follicle transplants can promote scar rejuvenation by altering their architecture and genetic makeup.

SP Editor (2023-01-06). The Inflation and Deflation Stories of Our Lifetime (and No, They're Not the Ones You Think!). scheerpost.com

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Mayo Clinic Minute: Snowblower safety. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Winter is here, and if you live in a region with a lot of snow, investing in a snowblower can save you a lot of time and energy on those mornings when you have to clear the driveway to get to work or school. But Dr. Sanj Kakar, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic hand and wrist surgeon, says those snowblowers can be more dangerous than you think. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/xC1uzCewqbo Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-01-06). St. Paul City Council Creates Reparations Commission. moguldom.com St. Paul, Minnesota, has become the latest U.S. city to officially tackle the subject of reparations and atonement for racism and discrimination against Black Americans. On Wednesday, Jan. 4, the St. Paul City Council unanimously voted to create the St. Paul Recovery Act Community Reparations Commission. All seven council members sponsored the ordinance, Twin Cities Pioneer Press said. …

Revolution Books (2023-01-06). Saturday 1/14: Film Screening:The Circle, banned in Iran, directed by Afar Panahi, imprisoned in Iran. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Ave | Berkeley…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Science Saturday: 20-year review suggests athletes with genetic heart disease may return safely to competitive sports. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Athletes with a genetic heart disease are often disqualified from participating in competitive sports because of the perceived risk of sudden cardiac arrest. While the clinicians' intent may be understandable, is it necessarily the best approach? Mayo Clinic researchers conducted a review of athletes who were treated at Mayo during a 20-year period, and their findings published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggest that after the patient's condition has been properly evaluated and treated, an athlete's safe return to play is…

news.un (2023-01-06). Flexible work arrangements, a benefit to all — ILO report. news.un.org Flexible working hours can advance economies and businesses while helping employees and families achieve a better work-life balance, according to a new report launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Friday.

teleSUR (2023-01-06). Cuba Welcomes Brazil's Reintegration To CELAC. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Cuba's Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez welcomed the reintegration of Brazil into the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). | RELATED: | "Latin America and the Caribbean can and must continue to consolidate its unity as an essential condition for its existence," Rodriguez tweeted, recalling CELAC's importance. | Since his first presidential term in 2003, Brazilian President Lula da Si…

Zero Hedge (2023-01-06). California Bill to Punish Doctors for 'False' COVID-19 Information Goes Into Effect. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-01-06). Persecution of Dr ≈ûebnem Korur Fincancƒ± continues in Turkey. peoplesdispatch.org Turkish physician and forensic expert ≈ûebnem Korur Fincancƒ± remains imprisoned after having been Shortly after her arrest, Dr. Fincancƒ± was tra…

Mickey Z. (2023-01-06). BLM, OWS and the Folly of Street "Activism" dissidentvoice.org We begin this long and winding ode on August 7, 2012 — a classic hot-and-humid Big Apple summer day. I was taking part in a demonstration called "Occupy Saks" and I came within an eyelash of being arrested by seven cops. I'll get to that shortly. For now, I'll explain that the protest was ostensibly …

____ (2023-01-06). People enjoy ice sports on Minor Cold. ecns.cn People skate and sled on the ice of Shichahai lake, a popular scenic area in Beijing during Minor Cold, or Xiaohan, the 23rd term of the 24 traditional Chinese terms, Jan. 5, 2023.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Ask the Mayo Mom: The eyes of a child. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The retina is a thin layer of tissues, cells, and nerves that line the back wall inside the eye. This layer has millions of light sensing cells that receive and organize visual information according to the Mayo Clinic. On this Ask the Mayo Mom edition of the Q&A podcast, host Dr. Angela Mattke is joined by Dr. Brittni Scruggs, an ophthalmologist at Mayo Clinic Children's Center. Dr. Scruggs is a physician, surgeon, and scientist with a research…

Paul Haeder (2023-01-06). "Invest" in the Future: GMOs, Round-Up Ready Babies! dissidentvoice.org Oh, the fun of these major Mafia Corporations, and the fun of the paid-off media, and the fun of the Polluted Press, and the fun of the Colonized Public, and the Fun of Billionaires like Gates who have invested billions into genetically modified germs and seeds and Round-Up Ready Death. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is …

Tom McDowell (2023-01-06). Ontario's Strong Mayor Reforms: A New Shell for Urban Neoliberalism. socialistproject.ca Last month, Ontario's Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell affixed her signature to Along with

Farooq Tariq (2023-01-06). Pakistan: Update on flood affected areas and the need for relief and rehabilitation. greenleft.org.au While floodwaters have receded across much of Pakistan, relief efforts continue to support flood-affected communities, reports Farooq Tariq.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Get to the point: Proper disposal of sharps. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org "Sharps" is the term used to describe any device with a sharp point or edge that could cut your skin. This includes needles, syringes, infusion sets, lancets (sometimes called "fingersticks") and auto-injectors, like EpiPens. There are many reasons why you may have sharps in your home. They are used to manage many different health conditions, including allergies, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, infertility, blood clotting disorders and psoriasis. It's important to correctly dispose of sharps to…

WSWS (2023-01-06). Sixty-thousand Detroit households threatened with water shutoff. wsws.org In the face of 7 percent inflation, and with the immune-evasive new XBB.1.5 variant now spreading throughout the country, the resumption of water shutoffs will be a social and health disaster for Detroit's working class.

Ryan Fatica (2023-01-06). SWAT Teams Attack Atlanta Forest Encampments, Activists Charged with 'Terrorism' in Movement to Stop Cop City Police Training Facility. towardfreedom.org

Mark Niu (2023-01-06). CES 2023 kicks off in Las Vegas. america.cgtn.com The CES is the world's largest consumer electronics show and it has officially kicked off in Las Vegas. The show has struggled in year's past due to the pandemic.

Chris Walker (2023-01-06). As Speaker Deal Is Considered, Matt Gaetz Indicates He May Never Back McCarthy. truthout.org As Republicans negotiate a potential deal to defeat the week-long impasse in selecting a speaker of the House of Representatives, one of the GOP holdouts, Rep. Matt Gaetz (Florida), has indicated that support from him and his allies won't come easy. GOP House leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (California) has made 11 unsuccessful attempts so far to win a majority of votes in the race for the speakership. |

Aric Sleeper (2023-01-06). 'Public trust'—a key legal tool to preserve our natural resources. nationofchange.org Law professor Mary Wood breaks down how people can protect their right to clean air, water, and land as well as fortify their climate change resiliency.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Cold weather medical emergencies to know about: frostbite and hypothermia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The National Weather Service says arctic cold and bitter winds will spread across much of the U.S., and some states will experience dangerously low temperatures dipping well below zero. This is especially concerning during the busy holiday week when many people are expected to travel. One concern, if you are exposed to the extreme cold, should be frostbite. Frostbite Frostbite is an injury caused by freezing of the skin and underlying tissues. First, your skin becomes very cold…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Mayo Clinic Minute: Best cooking fats for healthy cholesterol levels. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Are you trying to remember which fat is the good fat to use in the kitchen? If you are confused about whether to use unsaturated fats, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated or saturated fats when cooking, it's understandable. It can be confusing. Dr. Regis Fernandes, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says fats that raise your bad cholesterol levels and increase your risk for heart disease are the ones to avoid. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/drmIcHaxxfM Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post….

deweylaura (2023-01-06). The vanguard vs. the mass organization. cpusa.org There seems to be some confusion about the terms "vanguard" and "mass organization." This is important because both things are necessary to each other, and to our work. I will attempt to clarify the difference between the two organizational forms, and the relationship between them. "Vanguard" is a military term. In the military context, …

Water Protector Legal Collective (2023-01-06). Winnemucca Paiute and Shoshone Remain Evicted from Homes, Denied Justice by Court. indybay.org Winnemucca Indian Colony elderly and disabled remain evicted from their homes by a disputed tribal council whose leader lives out of state. The Inter-Tribal Court of Appeals of Nevada denied the Native homeowners justice.

Staff (2023-01-06). Unemployment Falls Back to Half-Century Low, but Wage Growth Slows. cepr.net The pandemic increase in the length of the average workweek has been completely reversed. | The December employment report showed a very strong labor market but much less evidence of inflationary pressures than in prior months. The unemployment rate fell back to 3.5 percent, its half-century low. The U-6 measure of labor market slack fell to 6.5 percent, its lowest level on record. | At the same time, wage growth moderated. There was a sharp downward revision to the November data. With 0.3 percent growth in the average hourly wage reported for December, the annualized rate over the last three months is just 4.1 p…

Chris Hedges (2023-01-06). Polarizing and isolating Americans is good business for media monopolies. therealnews.com

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-06). Daily Round-up | Thousands of Palestinians under threat of displacement in West Bank village & more. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, we look at stories of evictions in Palestine and India, a report on casualties in the Yemen war, and the conviction of a leader of the Bolivian coup…

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-06). Colombia's ceasefire is real, but is it bilateral? colombiareports.com Contrary to claims made by President Gustavo Petro, Colombia's government has made no ceasefire agreements with any illegal armed group. Petro said on Saturday that "we have agreed a bilateral…

David Giesen (2023-01-06). Wednesday 1/18: Solon's Salon. indybay.org Notable House | 189 Ellsworth St. | San Francisco…

____ (2023-01-06). Community treatment reducing hospital burden. ecns.cn Shanghai has further increased the capacity of its community medical centers, aiming for the early detection and treatment of COVID-19 patients with the potential for severe symptoms to relieve the pressure on major hospitals.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Protect children's hearing from noisy toys, gifts. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Hearing loss often is thought of as something that happens to the elderly. But we live, work and play in a noisy environment, and hearing loss affects the lives of people of all ages. The Hearing Health Foundation reports that nearly 50 million people in the U.S. suffer from hearing loss in at least one ear, including 20% of teens. In younger children, hearing loss may be caused by playing with noisy toys. Are toys really that…

Unicorn Riot (2023-01-06). Elder Woman Released After 27 Years of Slave-like Servitude in Brazil. unicornriot.ninja

Michael Welch (2023-01-06). From Free Press to Billionaire Press: Reviewing the Top (Censored) Stories of 2022. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-01-06). Opposition to union bureaucracy, class war monetary policies to fuel growth of US class struggle in 2023. wsws.org This year, at least 1.6 million workers in the United States have contracts due to expire, including workers in key industries.

Jeremy Loffredo (2023-01-06). What's Inside the Budget for the Secretive DARPA Agency? globalresearch.ca

Franc Contreras (2023-01-06). Mexico arrests alleged drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman. america.cgtn.com In Mexico, a massive military operation on Thursday led to the arrest of an alleged major fentanyl trafficker. Ovidio Guzman, a leader of the Sinaloa cartel, is in a maximum-security prison awaiting extradition to the United States. His arrest also sparked widespread retaliatory violence …

____ (2023-01-06). Comicomment: U.S. children wilt in the long shadow of gun violence. ecns.cn The U.S. has recorded 175 gun deaths and over 300 gun injuries in the first four days of the new year, according to Gun Violence Archive.

Labor Video Project (2023-01-06). We Have Had Enough!They Have Crossed The Line! NNU-CNA Sutter Alta Bates Nurses Strike. indybay.org On January 1, over 100 striking NNU-CNA nurses and community supporters rallied at Sutter's Alta Bates hospital…

Amy Goodman (2023-01-06). 2 Years After Jan. 6, Part of Congress Has Been Shut Down Again by the Far Right. truthout.org Friday marks two years since the January 6 Capitol insurrection, when President Donald Trump incited thousands of supporters to violently storm Congress, attempting to overturn the 2020 election. The attack on the Capitol briefly shut down Congress as lawmakers fled for their safety from the mob, which included members of the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers and other violent extremist groups. |

____ (2023-01-06). U.S. gov't announces measures to crack down on illegal immigration. ecns.cn The U.S. government announced Thursday new measures to crack down on illegal immigration.

Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center (2023-01-06). Saturday 1/21: Barbara Lee & Elihu Harris Lecture Series Presents Bishop Nathan D. Baxter. indybay.org Beebe Memorial Cathedral | 3900 Telegraph Avenue | Oakland, CA 94609…

teleSUR (2023-01-06). Guyana Confers Roraima Order To St. Vincent Prime Minister. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Guyana's President Irfaan Ali conferred Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves the Roraima Order, the second most important recognition given to personalities who have offered outstanding service to Guyana. | RELATED: | "The Roraima Order is a well-deserved medal of the tireless commitment and unwavering contributions that Dr. Gonsalves has made to the Caribbean integration", Ali…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). Mayo Clinic Minute: Don't get bit by frostbite. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Just in time for the holidays, much of the nation has been gripped by extreme cold. The frigid temperatures can be very dangerous if you venture outside with exposed skin. It doesn't take long for frostbite to set in. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/m67nGA1O7k8 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 03) is in the downloads at the end of…

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-06). Organizaciones peruanas continúan movilizadas contra el Gobierno de Dina Boluarte. telesurtv.net Los manifestantes han afirmado que continuarán movilizados en las calles para expresar sus demandas.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-01-06). Asociación rechaza actos violentos en Santa Cruz, Bolivia. telesurtv.net El ministro de Gobierno, Eduardo del Castillo, indicó que la violencia en la ciudad ha provocado que 27 estructuras entre públicas y privadas fueran dañadas.

Staff (2023-01-06). Los problemas de la inserción internacional de la economía cubana a través de los años (III). cubadebate.cu La situación actual de la economía cubana demanda un proceso que permita modificar los resultados de su inserción en la economía internacional como parte de los cambios estructurales a alcanzar y -sobre todo- como un elemento esencial de la estabilización macroeconómica indispensable para hacer posible ese proceso.

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2023-01-06). Volcán Kilauea entra en erupción en Hawái, EE.UU. telesurtv.net El ente precisó que continuará monitoreando la actividad de Kilauea de cerca e informará cualquier cambio significativo.

Staff (2023-01-06). Cuba anuncia preselección de 50 peloteros para el Quinto Clásico Mundial. cubadebate.cu La Federación Cubana de Béisbol anunció este viernes la nómina de 50 jugadores para el V Clásico Mundial, del 8 al 21 de marzo de 2023. El 7 de febrero será difundida la lista final de 30 peloteros que se inscribirán en el evento.

Staff (2023-01-06). UNE pronostica afectación de 185 MW durante pico nocturno de este viernes. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica estima para la hora pico nocturna una disponibilidad de 2 585 MW y una demanda máxima de 2 700 MW, con un déficit de 115 MW, por lo que si se mantienen las condiciones previstas, se pronostica una afectación de 185 MW en este horario. La UNE prevé que en el horario diurno no se afecte el servicio por déficit de capacidad en el SEN.

Javier Suazo (2023-01-06). Xiomara Castro y Lula da Silva en busca de la ruta inicial. globalizacion.ca La presidenta Xiomara Castro, electa por el voto mayoritario del pueblo hondureño, más de 1.7 millones de votos, y que generalmente dirigentes y diputados de los partidos de oposición política pretenden desconocer, estuvo en Brasil como invitada especial a la…

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-06). Asamblea Nacional de Ecuador aprueba Ley de Seguridad Integral. telesurtv.net Por Pachakutik, Mireya Pazmiño afirmó que esta ley por sí sola no cambiará los problemas ni mejorará la situación, sino que el Gobierno debe implementar políticas públicas efectivas.

Staff (2023-01-06). Nuevo estudio indica que dos tercios de los glaciares podrían desaparecer para 2100. cubadebate.cu Los glaciares del mundo están reduciéndose y desapareciendo más rápido de lo que pensaban los científicos, y se pronostica que dos tercios de ellos desaparecerán a finales de siglo si se mantienen las tendencias actuales del cambio climático, de acuerdo con un nuevo estudio. En el peor de los casos de un calentamiento de varios grados, el 83% de los glaciares del mundo posiblemente desaparecerían para el año 2100.

Staff (2023-01-06). Presidente venezolano designa nuevo canciller. cubadebate.cu El presidente venezolano, Nicolás Maduro, anunció este viernes en Twitter que Yván Gil Pinto reemplazará a Carlos Faría como canciller. Gil Pinto se desempeñaba como viceministro para Europa en la Cancillería, y previamente había sido designado como encargado de Negocios de Venezuela ante la Unión Europea.

Staff (2023-01-06). Paramédico herido de bala en Guantánamo permanece en estado crítico estable. cubadebate.cu El doctor Luis Alberto Ramírez Díaz, subdirector quirúrgico del Hospital Dr. Agostinho Neto, en Guantánamo, informó a Venceremos que el paramédico Luis Miguel Bartoló Tamayo, herido de bala en la mañana de este jueves, se encuentra en estado crítico estable e intubado, en la unidad de Cuidados Intensivos.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-06). Dan la bienvenida a Brasil por reintegrarse a la Celac. telesurtv.net Cafiero, cuyo país ostenta la presidencia pro témpore de la Celac, destacó que la reintegración de Brasil a la entidad "agrega certidumbre y fortalece a la región".

Staff (2023-01-06). La ofensiva de Agricultores se impone a Tabacaleros por segundo juego consecutivo de semifinales. cubadebate.cu Una ofensiva de 12 sencillos impulsó a los Agricultores en su éxito de 6-1 frente a los Tabacaleros, que no encontraron paz en el estadio Mártires de Barbados. Los dirigidos por Carlos Martí han ganado los dos primeros juegos de las semifinales. El lanzador ganador fue Leandro Francisco Martínez Figueredo.

Staff (2023-01-06). Asamblea Nacional venezolana ratifica a Jorge Rodríguez como su presidente. cubadebate.cu Este jueves, la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela ratificó como presidente de su junta directiva al diputado Jorge Rodríguez. Con la elección de la nueva junta inició formalmente el periodo de sesiones ordinarias de la Asamblea correspondiente a 2023. En su discurso, Rodríguez destacó que durante los últimos dos años los logros en materia legislativa fueron importantes.

Staff (2023-01-06). Quién duda que en Cuba el debate económico no solo competa a académicos o especialistas. cubadebate.cu Cuadrando la caja es un ejemplo de cuánto se puede hacer para contribuir a la solución o entendimiento de múltiples problemas de la economía cubana, a crear poco a poco la cultura en torno a esta ciencia, y a confiar en la capacidad creadora de nuestros trabajadores y pueblo.

Staff (2023-01-06). Gobierno mexicano confirma 29 muertos y 35 heridos durante captura del capo Ovidio Guzmán López. cubadebate.cu El Gobierno de México informó este viernes que 29 personas fallecieron (10 militares y 19 delincuentes) durante la captura del Ovidio Guzmán López, el Ratón, en el pueblo de Jesús María, a 45 kilómetros de Culiacán, capital del estado Sinaloa, y los enfrentamientos posteriores.

Fabrizio Casari (2023-01-06). Ucrania, el plato rico de los Estados Unidos. globalizacion.ca Las negociaciones para un alto el fuego en Ucrania no parecen estar ni a punto de nacer, pero de hecho todo el mundo sabe que desde hace tiempo Estados Unidos, ante la insostenibilidad militar y financiera del enfrentamiento entre Ucrania…

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-06). Descartan extradición expedita de hijo del Chapo Guzmán a EE.UU. telesurtv.net "No podríamos extraditarlo el día de hoy, o mañana, o pasado, no se podría: tenemos que cumplir las formalidades que la ley nos impone", dijo el canciller mexicano.

Staff (2023-01-06). Cuba sostiene una posición consistente a favor de la migración regular, ordenada y segura. cubadebate.cu Ante el anuncio por parte del Gobierno de Estados Unidos de nuevas decisiones migratorias, que atañen a los ciudadanos cubanos, Cubadebate solicitó las consideraciones al respecto de Ernesto Soberón, Director de Asuntos Consulares y de Cubanos Residentes en el Exterior del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores.

Staff (2023-01-06). Chapeando: La mala suerte en la otra orilla (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu En este podcast saldamos deuda con una parte de la audiencia que nos pregunta por qué no contamos también sobre lo que anda mal al norte, del otro lado del mar. El cúmulo de desgracias daría para afirmar que una maldición los persigue, como suelen decir los odiadores sobre el gobierno cubano cada vez que algo negativo sucede aquí.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-01-06). Ferroviarios británicos retoman paro en defensa de sus derechos. telesurtv.net Los trabajadores defienden su derecho a la huelga ante una normativa propuesta por el Gobierno contra los paros.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-06). Gobierno argentino extiende programa social para 9.000 menores. telesurtv.net Durante su intervención, el jefe de Estado anunció también la inauguración de las obras del Espacio de Promoción de Derechos de funge en el Instituto Saturnino Unzué.

Staff (2023-01-06). Aduana cubana detalla prioridades para 2023. cubadebate.cu Entre las principales prioridades de la Aduana General de la República para 2023 se encuentran mantener a Cuba como destino seguro, facilitar la actividad de los actores económicos del comercio exterior, priorizar el trabajo en la ventanilla única y la modernización tecnológica, dijo Nelson Cordovés Reyes, su jefe, durante un encuentro con la prensa este jueves.

Staff (2023-01-06). Vicepresidente cubano firma libro de condolencias por muerte de Benedicto XVI. cubadebate.cu El vicepresidente cubano, Salvador Valdés Mesa, firmó en la Nunciatura Apostólica el libro de condolencias por la muerte del papa emérito Benedicto XVI. "Cuba lo recordará siempre con respeto y gratitud por los afectuosos sentimientos demostrados durante su visita apostólica al archipiélago y su posición en el tema del bloqueo impuesto por Estados Unidos", escribió.

Staff (2023-01-06). Dirige Díaz-Canel reunión en Villa Clara con autoridades locales. cubadebate.cu El presidente de la República y primer secretario del PCC, Miguel Díaz-Canel, preside este viernes en Villa Clara una reunión con las máximas autoridades locales con el objetivo de evaluar las potencialidades de esa provincia para afrontar su situación económica y social en 2023. La reunión forma parte de un grupo de encuentros con las autoridades de las provincias del país.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-06). Inflación en Italia registra en 2022 su nivel más alto desde 1985. telesurtv.net El precio de los productos energéticos regulados aumentó desde el 57,9 por ciento en noviembre al 70,3 por ciento en diciembre de 2022.

Wilkie Delgado Correa (2023-01-06). Fidel: El hombre rebelde cuya obra superó a Sísifo. globalizacion.ca El 1 de enero del 2023 esta verdad: Fidel ascendió con la roca y la mantuvo en la cima y con su obra superó el mito de Sísifo. Y esa roca es Cuba libre, independiente y soberana. El 1 de…

Staff (2023-01-06). Encuentran ballena de 14 toneladas muerta en playa guatemalteca. cubadebate.cu Este viernes fue encontrada una ballena azul muerta, de un peso estimado de 14 toneladas y 12 metros de largo, en una playa guatemalteca del Pacífico sur. Las autoridades desconocen las causas de la muerte. El cetáceo fue enterrado en la playa por riesgo de contaminación.

Staff (2023-01-06). Portuarios y Agricultores noquearon y lanzaron preguntas. cubadebate.cu Dos nocauts en una misma jornada de semifinales presenciamos este jueves, cuando supuestamente anda concentrada la mejor calidad del país: Portuarios 14-4 a Centrales y Agricultores 13-2 sobre Tabacaleros. øQué lectura deja tanta ofensiva? øQué podemos esperar en lo adelante? øExcepción o regla lo visto?

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-01-06). Registran 752.748 empleos formales creados en México en 2022. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a al IMSS, en diciembre se registró una caída mensual de 345.705 plazas.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-06). OMS alerta sobre nueva subvariante XBB.1.5 de la Covid-19. telesurtv.net Según el titular de la OMS, en el cuarto año de la pandemia, el mundo presenta una situación mucho mejor respecto a los anteriores.

Stephen Zunes (2023-01-06). Democrats' New House Leader Has Record of Defending Human Rights Violations. truthout.org Soon after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she was stepping down as Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, Democrats chose Rep. Hakeem Jeffries as their new leader. In contrast to the mayhem on the Republican side of the aisle, Jeffries was unopposed and has been widely praised by observers on Capitol Hill. Unfortunately, in choosing Jeffries, the Democratic Party has sent a clear… |

Staff (2023-01-06). Detienen en México a Ovidio Guzmán, hijo de "El Chapo" cubadebate.cu El gobierno de México confirmó la detención este jueves de Ovidio Guzmán, hijo de Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, quien es considerado uno de los líderes del cartel de Sinaloa. Guzmán, cuya detención fue posible tras "seis meses de trabajo de reconocimiento y vigilancia" en el área de influencia del grupo criminal, fue trasladado a Ciudad México y después enviado al penal de máxima seguridad del Altiplano.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-06). Guyana condecora al primer ministro de San Vicente y las Granadinas. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado elogió la solidaridad del premier sanvicentino con Guyana, específicamente en la protección de la democracia y la integridad territorial.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-06). Elevan a 12 las provincias dominicanas en alerta por vaguada. telesurtv.net La vaguada incidirá sobre el noreste, este, norte, el litoral costero sur, la Cordillera Central y poblados fronterizos.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-06). México presenta la agenda de la cumbre de América del Norte. telesurtv.net Los temas principales a discutir serán los del cambio climático, competitividad en la región, migración, seguridad y salud.

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-01-06). OMM: Europa registra varios récords de temperaturas en invierno. telesurtv.net Hace cerca de dos meses la OMM alertó sobre el aumento de la temperatura entre 1991 y 2021 en Europa, el continente más afectado por esta consecuencia del cambio climático.

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2023-01-06). Siete datos del muralista mexicano David Alfaro Siqueiros. telesurtv.net El pintor mexicano murió en Cuernavaca, estado de Morelos, el 6 de enero de 1974, a la edad de 77 años.

Staff (2023-01-06). Tasas vigentes en el mercado cambiario cubano este viernes 6 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 viernes 6 de enero en el mercado cambiario del país.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-05). Military Situation In Donbass On January 5, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU positions near Krasniy Liman with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Vodyanoye with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Pavlovka with high-precision missiles; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Bakhmut; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Soledar; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Up to 40 Ukrainian ser…

WSWS (2023-01-05). An interview with historian Christian Gerlach on the Nazi war of annihilation against the Soviet Union. wsws.org Christian Gerlach, who has done pioneering research into the Nazi war against the Soviet Union and the Holocaust, spoke to the WSWS about his work.

Zoe Alexandra (2023-01-05). 'They shot them down like animals': Massacre in Peru's Ayacucho. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in On December 15, 2022, while helicopters flew overhead, members of Peru's national army

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-05). Peru: General Strike Enters Second Day. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Protests and strikes against Peru's coup regime have entered their second consecutive day. Authorities report that highways are blocked by protesters in at least 37 different spots, up from 25 last night. Peruvians are demanding the release of former President Pedro Castillo, early elections, and the closure of Congress. Today, Peru held a general strike…

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-05). France Says It Pledged AMX-10 RC 'Light Tanks' to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday pledged to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Paris will provide Kyiv with AMX-10 RC armored combat vehicles as Ukraine has been seeking Western-made tanks. A French official said that the AMX-10 RC vehicles will be the "first time that Western-made armored vehicles are being delivered in support of the …

Ann Brown (2023-01-05). Aaron Maté: The U.S. Government Is Looking For A Prolonged Stalemate In Ukraine, Not Diplomacy. moguldom.com The war in Ukraine has been going on since Feb. 24, 2022, when the country was invaded by Russia. Since then, the U.S. has poured billions of dollars in aid into Ukraine. Most recently, a new round of Ukraine funding was approved just two days after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky made his first wartime trip …

Anonymous669 (2023-01-05). France To Supply Ukraine With AMX-10 RC Wheeled Light Tanks. southfront.org A French AMX-10 RC seen here in Paris after the parade on July 14, 2021. By Wikimedia user (Kevin.B) | France will supply Ukraine with AMX-10 RC wheeled light tanks, President Emmanuel Macron's office announced on January 4. | The Elysée said in a statement after a phone call between Macron and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy that France will send the light tanks, which the French military has been gradually replacing with new Jaguar…

_____ (2023-01-05). British-Run Spy Tech Powers Ukraine Proxy War, Putting Civilians at Risk. strategic-culture.org Leaked files reveal the Anomaly 6 spy firm is providing intelligence to the British military through a cut-out involved in the Kerch Bridge bombing and other acts of dangerous sabotage in the Ukraine conflict. | By Kit KLARENBERG | On December 6th, The Grayzone The company's technology effectively transforms every individual on Earth into…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-01-05). Eight-Year-old Debunked Lie Blaming Russia for Shooting Down Malaysian Passenger Flight in 2014 is Given New Life by Dutch Judge. covertactionmagazine.com That the trial was unfair is indicated by the judge's ruling that all evidence supplied by Dutch and Ukrainian state organizations was admissible in court; but all evidence supplied by Russian organizations were inadmissible. On November 17, a Dutch court convicted two Russians, and a Ukrainian commander of a military unit in the Donetsk People's …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-05). Military Situation In Ukraine On January 5, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU positions near Gulyay Pole with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Krasniy Liman with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Vodyanoye with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Pavlovka with high-precision missiles; | Russian President, Vladimir Putin ordered a ceasefire in Ukraine over Orthodox Christmas (January 6-7), following request from Russia's spiritual leader Pa…

WSWS (2023-01-05). Ukrainian parliament, army leadership celebrate birthday of the fascist mass murderer Bandera. wsws.org The deafening silence about the celebration of Bandera's birthday by the Ukrainian parliament and chief-of-staff betrays the criminal complicity of the imperialist powers in the promotion and strengthening of Ukrainian fascism.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-05). US to Send Ukraine Bradley Fighting Vehicles in Nearly $3 Billion Arms Package. news.antiwar.com The US is going to send Ukraine Bradley Fighting Vehicles for the first time in a new weapons package worth nearly $3 billion, US officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. The officials said the $2.85 billion aid package will be formally announced on Friday, and it will mark the single largest arms package for …

unitedEditor (2023-01-05). What to expect from the war in Ukraine in 2023? unitedworldint.com Interview by Gà∂kalp Erba≈ü Russia broke NATO's containment strategy with its military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. For Russia, 2022 was a year of struggle against the Atlantic camp. The widespread belief was that its economy would collapse and its army defeated. Russia, whose currency valued against the US and NATO powers and …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-05). Erdogan Tells Putin He Wants to Mediate a 'Lasting Peace' in Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday and said Ankara was ready to mediate between Moscow and Kyiv to reach a "lasting peace" in Ukraine. "Erdogan stated that as Turkey, we are ready to facilitate and mediate the establishment of a lasting peace between Russia and Ukraine," the Turkish president's …

teleSUR (2023-01-05). Ukraine's GDP Plunges Record 30.4 Pct in 2022. telesurenglish.net "In 2022, the Ukrainian economy suffered its largest losses and damage in the entire history of independence," said the ministry's press service, quoting Yulia Svyrydenko, the first deputy prime minister and economy minister. | RELATED: | In December 2022, Ukraine's GDP declined 34 percent due to a certain stabilization of the situation with energy supply, after a fall of 37 percent in November, the ministry said. | In the fourth quarter of last yea…

WSWS (2023-01-05). Central bank gold purchases highest in more than half a century. wsws.org The buying surge appears to be a response to two developments——the freezing of the Russian central bank's dollar holdings after the invasion in Ukraine, and the development of uncertainty over the stability of US financial markets and its political system.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-05). Russia announced Christmas ceasefire, US anti-war activists urge others to follow suit. peoplesdispatch.org After Putin ordered troops to observe a ceasefire over Orthodox Christmas, US anti-war organization CODEPINK insists that the US and Ukraine also declare a Christmas truce…

Brian Berletic (2023-01-05). Ukraine War Predictions for 2023 w/ Brian Berletic! thealtworld.com Danny Haiphong…

Anonymous669 (2023-01-05). Russian Lancet Drones Take Out More Ukrainian Military Equipment (Videos). southfront.org ZALA Lancet attack drone. © Marina Lystseva/TASS | On January 4 and 5, Russian sources shared videos documenting three recent strikes with Lancet loitering munitions on equipment of Kiev forces in the special military operation zone in Ukraine. | The strikes destroyed an American-made AN/TPQ-48 counter-battery radar installed on the rooftop of a public building, a Ukrainian-made Kozak-2 armored vehicle that was carrying ammunition and a modified SUV similar to the ones usually used by Ukrainian…

Staff (2023-01-05). 'Keep Hypocrisy to Yourself,' Says Ukraine Official After Putin Orders Christmas Truce. commondreams.org Under pressure from a key religious leader, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a 36-hour cease-fire for the war on Ukraine launched last February—a move swiftly criticized by an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Putin's decision came after the head of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) said that "I, Patriarch of Moscow and …

Anonymous669 (2023-01-05). Ukrainian 'Shark' Drone Downed Over Russia's Rostov Region. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | On January 5, a Ukrainian Shark reconnaissance drone was downed in the outskirts of the town of Aksay in Russia's Rostov region. | The drone appeared to be nearly intact in a photo that surfaced online. This suggests that it was brought down with electronic warfare means, not air defense fire. | The Shark was especially developed by Ukrspecsystems to conduct reconnaissance and correct artillery fire. The drone was presented in October of 2022, around seven mont…

Staff (2023-01-05). What is NATO? | Chris Williamson. youtube.com WHAT IS NATO? The host of Declassified Palestine and former Labour Party MP Chris Williamson breaks down the roots of NATO, Britain's role in its history, and what led to NATO's current proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. Support independent watchdog journalism! Patreon.com/MintPressNews…

_____ (2023-01-05). US Now World's Top LNG Exporter, As Europe Boycotts Cheaper Russian Gas. popularresistance.org The United States has rapidly become the world's biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG), tied with Qatar. | A significant reason for this meteoric increase is because Europe replaced Asia as the top market for US LNG in 2022, as Brussels pledged to boycott Russian energy over the proxy war in Ukraine. | Among the principal importers of US LNG are France, Spain, Britain, the Netherlands, and Italy. | Europe is now paying significantly more for expensive US LNG than it had previously for Russian pipeline gas. | As of 2022, Europe had the highest energy prices on the planet. This was a key factor in fueling…

Kurt Nimmo (2023-01-05). Ukraine's Intelligence Boss Predicts Further Attacks Deep Inside Russia. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-01-05). Selected Articles: The Disastrous Events of the Year 2022 Will Plague Us for as Long as We Exist. globalresearch.ca By The unprecedented raid on President Trump's home revealed the Gestapo State that has replaced American …

Brian Berletic (2023-01-05). Western Escalation in Ukraine: Sending in Armor But is it Too Little Too Late? thealtworld.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for January 6, 2023: | After over a week, the Western media continues talking about Ukraine's HIMARS strike on assembled Russian troops; | The focus on political optics inadvertently reveals the lack of strategic and tactical importance of this strike and highlights the lopsided nature of fighting against Ukraine; | Russia possesses many times more means and opportunities to carry out such strikes and does so nearly daily; | Western pundits are resorting to increasingly fantastical thinking to solve what they admit is Ukraine's inability to…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-05). Ukraine's Glorification of Stepan Bandera Draws Criticism Even from Key Ally. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch A collage of a photo of a right-wing rally in honor of Stepan Bandera and the tweet from the Ukrainian parliament on January 1, 2023. (Photo: via Labor Heartlands) Since 2014,…

Medea Benjamin (2023-01-05). The Ukraine Crisis Is a Classic 'Security Dilemma'. progressive.org Recent calls to end the war must be more than exercises in public relations.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-05). Military Situation In Syria On January 5, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On January 5, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On January 5, Vladimir Putin, president of Russia and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey discussed Ukraine and Syria in a phone call; | On January 4, the US base at CONOCO gas facility was attacked with several rockets. No casualties were reported; | On January 4, an SAA serviceman was killed by unknown gunmen in the Abbas vil…

Anonymous669 (2023-01-05). Rockets Hit Another U.S.-Base In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org . (Credit: U.S. Army) | Early on January 5, an indirect fire attack targeted the United States-led coalition's Green Village base in Syria's northeastern region, according to Sputnik. | The Russian news agency said that a salvo of rockets hit the base, which is located within al-Omar oil fields in the southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. Several smoke columns were seen rising from the base. However, no casualties were reported. | After the attack, U.S. fighter jets and drones were spotted over…

unitedEditor (2023-01-05). Russia and the West: Towards a Long War. uwidata.com Russia entered the New Year with rain, not snow. Unlike previous years, the Kremlin and its surroundings were calm. The lights of the houses were on. At five minutes to 12, President Putin appeared on Russian television. Lined up behind him were men and women in uniform. Putin addressed his citizens from the Southern Military …

Anonymous765 (2023-01-05). Russia Responds To Makeevka Missile Strike. southfront.org |

Editor (2023-01-05). 101st Airborne Still Deployed in Romania Simulating War With Russia. scheerpost.com

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-01-05). US Base in Syria Struck by Missile Barrage in Largest Attack 'of Its Kind'. orinocotribune.com Local sources confirmed that there were likely casualties among US forces, as the missiles reportedly struck the facility's housing section | Washington's military base in the occupied Al-Omar oilfield in Syria's eastern governorate of Deir Ezzor, came under intense rocket fire late on 30 December in what has been described as the largest attack "of its kind," with media suggesting the likelihood of US military casualties. | "The American base in the Al-Omar oil field in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor was subjected to violent missile strikes of unknown origin this evening," a Russian media correspondent re…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-05). Targeting China, the U.S. Brings its New Cold War to Africa. libya360.wordpress.com VIJAY PRASHAD President Joe Biden and other leaders at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, Dec. 15, 2022. | Andrew Harnik / AP The United States government held the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in mid-December, prompted in large part by its fears about Chinese and Russian influence on the African continent. Rather than routine diplomacy, Washington's…

_____ (2023-01-05). The foundation for a resolution to the Syrian crisis has been laid. journal-neo.org In mid-December, Turkish President R.T. Erdogan, returning from a trip to Turkmenistan, sent a clear signal that the Syrian conflict could be resolved within the Syria-Turkey-Russia trio. For this, the Turkish leader suggested, representatives of the intelligence organizations of the three countries and the defense ministers should meet first, and then the foreign ministers. The …

Anonymous669 (2023-01-05). Rock Attack Hit Syria's Greater Idlib Just Day After Russian Warning Of False-Flag Plot (Photos). southfront.org A heavy rocket attack targeted the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib just a day after a Russian warning of a false-flag plot by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). | A salvo of heavy rockets hit the outskirts of the towns of al-Fu'ah and Kafriya in the eastern countryside of Idlib on January 5. The two towns, which were once strongholds of government supporters in Idlib, are now populated by refugees and foreign jihadists. | Five people were allegedly wounded in the rocket at…

Anonymous669 (2023-01-05). Russian, Turkish, Syrian Foreign Ministers Could Meet In UAE — Report. southfront.org Abu Dhabi's skyline in December 2014. By Wikimedia user Wadiia. | The foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey and Syria could meet in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the coming days, RT reported on January 5. | The meeting will be the next step in ongoing Russian efforts to restore ties between Ankara and Damascus, who were driven apart by the war in Syria. Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has already talked about meeting with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad in mid-January. However, the…

_____ (2023-01-05). In 2022 The US-Led Unipolar Order Was More Unstable Than Ever. popularresistance.org Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin via video link on December 30, which drew alarm from certain Western media outlets. The New York Times, for example, concluded that the call came amid a "weak moment" for both leaders. Readers were led to believe that both China and Russia find themselves "isolated and desperate." However, the assertion conceals a more difficult truth. That is, the U.S.-led unipolar order has experienced a number of challenges to its stability over the course of 2022 that show no sign of letting up in the new year. | The signs of decay are both external and…

Jake Johnson (2023-01-05). Sanders, Warren, and Others Raise Alarm Over Rise of Medical Credit Cards. truthout.org A group of progressive senators raised alarm this week over a pernicious outgrowth of the United States' for-profit healthcare system: medical credit cards. In a letter to the chief executives of Wells Fargo and Synchrony Financial — two large issuers of medical credit cards — Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)… |

unitedEditor (2023-01-05). Tension points and geopolitical territories in the sights of imperial warmongering. uwidata.com By Micaela Constantini * Faced with the scenery of international conflict and geopolitical transition, the United Kingdom and the United States, together with their watchdog NATO, are trying to maintain their hegemony in key geopolitical territories such as the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, the Western Balkans and the South Atlantic. This year the world went through …

____ (2023-01-05). Chinese FM reminds citizens to fully understand entry requirements of destinations as a handful of nations impose restrictions on Chinese travelers. ecns.cn In response to the latest travel restrictions targeting travelers from China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that countries should not take discriminatory measures against China and advised Chinese citizens to fully understand entry requirements of their destinations before departure.

Binoy Kampmark (2023-01-05). Sportswashed: Ronaldo Heads to Saudi Arabia. dissidentvoice.org It just keeps getting darker and darker. For the professionally ignorant, things are only getting better. With one of history's great events of sportswashing concluded — the 2022 Qatar World Cup — another state famed for its cosmetic distractions and moneyed seductions made a splash. Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, his sun setting and his prospects …

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-01-05). CNN Recruits Washington's Worst Warmonger The Instant He Leaves Congress. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article: | CNN has shattered the speed of light in its haste to recruit former representative Adam Kinzinger to its punditry lineup the millisecond he left congress. | Kinzinger, who prior to being

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-01-05). Legality of Israel's occupation referred to UN court. electronicintifada.net EU seeks strong relationship with Israel's extreme right.

Tamara Nassar (2023-01-05). Israel kills three children as 2023 dawns. electronicintifada.net Netanyahu government escalates provocations in occupied Jerusalem.

Ramzy Baroud (2023-01-05). Israel Was Never a Democracy: So why is the West Lamenting End of "Liberal" Israel? dissidentvoice.org Even before the new Israeli government was officially sworn in on December 29, angry reactions began emerging, not only among Palestinians and other Middle Eastern governments, but also among Israel's historic allies in the West. As early as November 2, top US officials conveyed to Axios that the Joe Biden Administration is "unlikely to engage …

____ (2023-01-05). Japan slammed for 'reckless decision' on release of nuclear-contaminated water. ecns.cn Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a regular news conference that the ocean discharge plan for the contaminated water is "by no means" Japan's domestic affair.

WSWS (2023-01-05). US and South Korea hold talks on "nuclear sharing" wsws.org Despite Biden's denial, a senior US official confirmed that the two countries were discussing enhanced information sharing, joint planning, as well as training, and a simulation exercise for nuclear warfare "in the not-too-distant future."

_____ (2023-01-05). Chaos In The House Of Representatives. popularresistance.org Republican Kevin McCarthy lost a vote to be Speaker of the House. Then he lost again. And again. Then Donald Trump called for all Republican congresspeople to support McCarthy. Then McCarthy lost three more times. | This is the chaotic scene that unfolded on the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday and Wednesday. The wafer-thin Republican majority — their spoils from the aborted red wave — split itself apart at the first possible juncture. Despite (and perhaps because of) being the hand-picked leader of the Republican establishment, McCarthy was unable to win the support of the right of hi…

____ (2023-01-05). Full text: Joint Statement between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of the Philippines. ecns.cn The following is the full text of a joint statement released by China and the Philippines on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-05). Fiscal spending, fine-tuning of policy set to ensure recovery. ecns.cn China will strengthen fiscal policy adjustment and optimize policy mix to walk the fine line between supporting growth and defusing systemic risks, and will step up fiscal expansion appropriately in 2023 to aid economic recovery.

____ (2023-01-05). China adjusts medical insurance to ease financial burden of COVID-19 patients. ecns.cn Regional medical authorities in China are adjusting medical insurance policies to address the medical needs of COVID-19 patients.

____ (2023-01-05). Domestic oxygenation device approved to treat severe COVID cases. ecns.cn China's top drug regulator on Thursday granted emergency approval for the use of the first domestically developed extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine to treat COVID-19 patients in critical condition.

____ (2023-01-05). People across China prepare to greet Spring Festival. ecns.cn Villagers make red lanterns in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 4, 2023. As the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, approaches, villagers are busy making red lanterns.

____ (2023-01-05). 'Pouring water into ice' in NE China. ecns.cn Hot water instantly freezes and forms an arc-shaped ice halo after being splashed into the air in the cold of winter.

____ (2023-01-05). Space contractors release China's annual launch plan. ecns.cn China plans to carry out around 60 launch missions this year, according to the country's major space contractors.

WSWS (2023-01-05). COVID-19 infections surge in China. wsws.org China's abandoning Zero-COVID also meant abandoning any tracking of real figures in terms of case counts and deaths. Estimates, however, provide a horrific account of the public health crisis sweeping across the country.

____ (2023-01-05). Nation to continue monitoring viral mutations of COVID-19. ecns.cn China will continue to monitor the mutation, transmissibility and virulence of the COVID-19 virus to optimize future epidemic prevention and control measures, according to a document released by the National Health Commission.

____ (2023-01-05). China to crack down on anti-COVID drug related violations. ecns.cn China will launch a targeted campaign from January to June to secure stable prices and good quality of COVID-19 related drugs and medical supplies, according to an official of the country's top market watchdog.

____ (2023-01-05). CBIRC to guide more financial support for consumption. ecns.cn The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission is launching new efforts to bolster the real economy by boosting consumption.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-05). US Sending Delegation to Taiwan for Trade Talks in Move Sure to Anger China. news.antiwar.com The US is sending a delegation to Taiwan next week for trade talks with Taipei, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) said on Wednesday, in a move sure to anger Beijing. The US and Taiwan agreed to hold formal trade talks last year, and the first round was held in New York in …

____ (2023-01-05). Further moves outlined to ensure stable prices. ecns.cn China will adopt further measures to ensure stable prices and sufficient supply of daily necessities and energy for household and industrial needs.

____ (2023-01-05). XBB unlikely to cause new infection peak in China: expert. ecns.cn The XBB subvariant of Omicron is unlikely to cause a new infection peak in China in the near future, said a Shanghai-based expert on infectious diseases.

____ (2023-01-05). China issues commemorative stamps for Year of the Rabbit. ecns.cn China Post issued the annual zodiac stamps including two zodiac stamps and a stamp album on Wednesday.

____ (2023-01-05). China to adjust medical care policies for COVID infections: insider. ecns.cn China's medical insurance policies for COVID infections will be adjusted soon as the country prepares to downgrade management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B from Jan. 8, 2023.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-05). US Warship Makes First Taiwan Strait Transit of 2023. news.antiwar.com A US Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday in the first US transit of the sensitive waterway of 2023. The US Navy's Seventh Fleet said the USS Chung-Hoon made the passage. Entering the new year, tensions between the US and China over Taiwan are rising as Washington continues to escalate support …

____ (2023-01-05). Over 1,000 bronze relics unearthed in Shanxi. ecns.cn Photo released on Jan. 4, 2023 shows bronze relics unearthed from a tomb of the Xizhou Dynasty (1046BC-771BC) in Jiangxian County, north China's Shanxi Province.

____ (2023-01-05). Commemorative coins for Year of the Rabbit officially issued. ecns.cn China officially issued commemorative coins for the Year of the Rabbit on Wednesday, with each set containing 20 two-color, copper alloy coins.

____ (2023-01-05). Chinese president appoints new ambassadors. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping has removed and appointed the following ambassadors in accordance with a decision by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, according to a statement from China's top legislature on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-05). China, Philippines to ensure stability. ecns.cn China and the Philippines have agreed to expand their contributions to regional peace and stability and bring more benefits to the people of both countries.

____ (2023-01-05). Medical 'green channel' enhances rural services. ecns.cn In China, 80 percent of medical resources are in cities, and the collaboration model helps optimize allocation of medical resources and better secure the health of the rural population at a time when COVID-19 cases are surging.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-05). "African Labor in the World Community": CLR James' Political Economy. libya360.wordpress.com Matthew Quest On CLR James' 122nd Anniversary, Matthew Quest celebrates his intervention in global freedom movements by placing his radical political economy in conversation with the African world and the African continent. He argues that CLR James offers a different and better understanding of capital, the state, and the role of the working class than…

Andrew Chuter (2023-01-05). 'Paying the Land' shines a light on First Nations struggle in northwestern Canada. greenleft.org.au Acclaimed comics journalist Joe Sacco travelled to the Arctic regions of north-west Canada to learn about the Dene people and their struggles for his latest book, Paying the Land. Andrew Chuter reviews.

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-01-05). Family Who Got Bruce's Beach Back Will Sell It Back To LA County For $20M: Black America Responds. moguldom.com Many restorative justice and reparations activists lauded Los Angeles County when it returned Bruce's Beach, an oceanfront property in southern California, to the descendants of the Black couple it was stolen from through eminent domain in 1924. Now Black America has plenty to say about the family's decision to sell it back to the local government for …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-05). Military Situation In Iraq On January 5, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org One Iraqi police officer and one civilian were killed in the Tarmiyah area by an IED explosion; | The Iraqi Army and the PMU carried out a security operation in the Badush area in the north of Mosul city; | Iraqi leaders and officials reiterated condemnations of the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a US strike in Baghdad three years ago, during a forum commemorating the anniversary of the assassination. | MORE ON THE TOPIC:

Mark Gruenberg (2023-01-05). NYC Uber drivers stage one-day strike over company robbery of $12M in raises. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK—Some 80,000 low-wage mostly immigrant New York City Uber drivers staged a one-day strike on Jan. 5 over the firm's robbery of an estimated $12 million in raises the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission ordered for them. At a noontime rally at Uber headquarters at 175 Greenwich St., in downtown Manhattan, the drivers explained …

Olivia Rosane (2023-01-05). 2022's greenwashing hall of shame. peoplesworld.org As public pressure to act on the climate crisis increases, more and more companies, governments and nonprofits are making misleading claims about the sustainability of their operations, a tactic commonly known as greenwashing. However, as greenwashing is becoming more common, people are also getting better at spotting it. Eco-Business published its list of 18 entities called out for …

Staff (2023-01-05). Dems Raise Concerns Over 'Creepy' Role of McCarthy Super PAC in Speaker Talks. commondreams.org Why is a billionaire-funded super PAC aligned with Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy playing a role in talks over who will become the next speaker of the House? Democratic lawmakers and campaign finance watchdogs raised that question Wednesday after the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) and the Club for Growth—another right-wing organization bankrolled by billionaires—announced a deal …

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-05). Crypto Bosses In Multibillion-Dollar Public Dispute Over Missing Customer Funds. moguldom.com The contagion spreading from the collapsed FTX crypto exchange has reached crypto exchange Gemini, which was founded by twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss in 2014. Gemini lent $900 million of client funds to a crypto investment firm and now it wants its money back by Sunday to resolve the liquidity crisis facing its 340,000 customers …

WSWS (2023-01-05). Will Lehman to Ray Curry and Shawn Fain: Stop blaming worker apathy for low turnout caused by voter suppression! wsws.org The majority of workers never knew there was an election, because the entrenched UAW leadership did not want us to have a real chance to remove them from power.

Claire Nader (2023-01-05). Corporations Want to Exploit Your Children. dissidentvoice.org When children realize how big businesses are controlling their childhood, their rebellious sense of being exploited connects with their instinct for safety and self-respect. The commercial pressures descending on our children through relentless direct marketing, radically bypassing parental authority, are at a fever pitch. It will take more than studies by nutritionists and health specialists, more than congressional …

Deion Scott Hawkins, Emerson College (2023-01-05). Slave Uprisings Were Legitimate Insurrections, Unlike Jan. 6 Capitol Riots. newsone.com On the anniversary of the Capitol riots, never forget that historians estimate there were around 2 insurrections in America that involved 10 or more enslaved people starting in the early 1600s.

Derrick Broze (2023-01-05). Internal CDC Emails Claim Assistant Secretary for Health Blocked Release of Fluoride Review. thelastamericanvagabond.com Emails between the U.S. National Toxicology Program and the CDC claim that Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine prevented the release of a long-delayed review on the toxicity of fluoride. Newly released emails reveal that leadership within the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institute of Health acted to prevent the release

____ (2023-01-05). Chinese authorities further optimize travel between the mainland, HK and Macao. ecns.cn The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council issued a notice to optimize people-to-people exchanges between the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions (SAR) on Thursday.

The Associated Press (2023-01-05). Biden Toughens Border, Offers Legal Path for 30,000 a Month. latinorebels.com President Joe Biden said Thursday the U.S. would immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans who cross the border from Mexico illegally. Instead, the U.S. will accept 30,000 people per month from those countries and Venezuela for two years as long as they come legally, have eligible sponsors, and pass background checks.

Andrew Chuter (2023-01-05). Two classic graphic novels explore the rise of German fascism and the Holocaust. greenleft.org.au Andrew Chuter reviews two classic graphic novels: Maus, which tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust; and Berlin, which is set during the German Weimar Republic prior to World War II.

Kamala Emanuel (2023-01-05). Video: 'We need a radical sea change' – music and politics with Grace Petrie. greenleft.org.au Inspiring socialist, feminist, lesbian, left-wing protest singer Grace Petrie spoke with Kamala Emanuel about music and politics.

Staff (2023-01-05). Salutes to Karim Younes, Palestinian prisoner, on his liberation after 40 years. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes Karim Younes and the entire Palestinian people on his liberation today after serving 40 years as the longest consecutively-held Palestinian prisoner. Imprisoned since 1983, Younes was welcomed home by his fellow residents of 'Ara, a Palestinian village in occupied Palestine '48. Speaking immediately after his release, he confirmed his …

Amy Goodman (2023-01-05). Is This Just the Beginning of Far Right Attempt to Make Congress Dysfunctional? truthout.org The U.S House of Representatives still has no speaker after Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy failed to get the full backing of his party over the course of two days and six rounds of voting. A contingent of about 20 far-right lawmakers opposes McCarthy's elevation to the top job, but no other candidate has emerged so far who can garner the 218 votes necessary to claim the speaker's gavel. |

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-05). Inflation in Colombia soared to 13.1% in December. colombiareports.com Inflation in Colombia soared to 13.1% in the last month of 2023, the highest rate since March 1999, according to the statistics agency. Colombia's average inflation rate was 10.15% last…

Zack Linly (2023-01-05). Republicans Are Mad Cori Bush Called Byron Donalds A Black GOP 'Prop,' But Where Is The Lie? newsone.com Missouri Rep. Cori Bush is pictured in Washington, D.C., in 2021. | Source: Paul Morigi / Getty | Nothing gets Republicans in a white and fragile frenzy like Black people calling them out for using Black conservatives as "Black friend" accessories meant to make their party seem less racist. Republicans know that once they've spent significant time going to war against

____ (2023-01-05). Expressway opens from Beijing to Xiong'an. ecns.cn The latest section of the Beijing-Xiong'an Expressway opened to traffic on Saturday, reducing travel time from the capital to the new area in neighboring Hebei province to around minutes, according to the Ministry of Transport.

Patrick McWilliams, George Basil (2023-01-05). The fight to end cash bail in Illinois. liberationnews.org In a historic first, Illinois had been poised to be the first state in the country to completely eliminate cash bail on Jan. 1. However, just hours before the law, the Pretrial Fairness Act, was set to take effect, the Illinois Supreme Court issued an injunction blocking its implementation statewide.

____ (2023-01-05). FDA expands access to abortion pill. ecns.cn The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded access to abortion through medication by allowing certified retail drug stores including large chains and mail-order companies to dispense the abortion pill mifepristone.

WSWS (2023-01-05). Seven months after workplace death, injuries continue apace at Canada's National Steel Car. wsws.org Accidents have continued apace following the death of Quoc Le, despite the frequent presence of Ontario Ministry of Labour officials on the premises.

Staff (2023-01-05). Biden Rebuked for Doubling Down on 'Poisonous Anti-Immigrant Policies of the Trump Era'. commondreams.org The Biden administration has called the Trump-era Title 42 policy "obsolete" and urged the U.S. Supreme Court to strike it down, but on Thursday President Joe Biden announced a significant expansion of the migrant expulsion program in an effort to deny entry to Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border. NBC News …

Pepe Escobar (2023-01-05). Will Confucius Marry Marx? The Quest for Legitimacy in Chinese Politics. globalresearch.ca

news.un (2023-01-05). Europe: Warm start to 2023 breaks records and skiers' hearts, says WMO. news.un.org The unusually warm conditions in Europe that marked the festive season broke records — and likely skiers' hearts – in several countries on the continent, on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed.

Staff (2023-01-05). 'Victory for American Workers': FTC Proposes Ban on Noncompete Clauses. commondreams.org Progressive advocacy groups and lawmakers celebrated Thursday after the Federal Trade Commission proposed a new rule that, if finalized, would prohibit employers from including noncompete clauses in employment contracts, which the agency described as "a widespread and often exploitative practice that suppresses wages, hampers innovation, and blocks entrepreneurs from starting new businesses." Given the prevalence …

Dr. Chandra Muzaffar (2023-01-05). The UN General Assembly Drags Israel to the World Court. globalresearch.ca

Editor at NewsOne (2023-01-05). Is Nothing Sacred? White Women Accused Of Appropriating Popular Black Hair Product. newsone.com

WSWS (2023-01-05). Hundreds attend funeral of Sri Lankan Trotskyist Sarath Kumara. wsws.org Sarath joined the Revolutionary Communist League, forerunner of the SEP, in 1991 and remained a courageous and dedicated working-class fighter for Trotskyism until his death aged 57.

Human Rights Watch (2023-01-05). Sudan Military-Civilian Pact Omits Key Justice Reforms, including an End to Impunity (HRW). juancole.com Human Rights Watch (Nairobi) Sudan's political actors and international partners should ensure that progress on human rights and accountability for serious human rights violations are central to any new transition, Human Rights Watch said today. This includes an end to the violent crackdown against peaceful protesters, releasing arbitrarily detained protesters, and taking concrete …

____ (2023-01-05). CES: Chinese companies display tech innovation. ecns.cn Chinese enterprises, which account for 16 percent of exhibitors at this year's CES, are showcasing a wide array of innovative and disruptive products and services at the annual consumer electronics industry gathering.

Frances Kuo (2023-01-05). Very Asian Foundation encourages advocacy of Asian-Americans. america.cgtn.com The Very Asian Foundation is an organization founded to shine a light on Asian experiences through advocacy and celebration. Since its inception earlier this year, the foundation has blossomed and is getting lots of support within and beyond the Asian community. As a TV …

Zach Farber (2023-01-05). Whatever the score, owner greed beats player safety in football. liberationnews.org Alarming injuries are regularly inflicted upon football players in the sport that generates the most profits in the world.

Kamala Emanuel (2023-01-05). Video: 'We need a radical sea change' — music and politics with Grace Petrie. greenleft.org.au Inspiring socialist, feminist, lesbian, left-wing protest singer Grace Petrie spoke with Kamala Emanuel about music and politics.

jacobin (2023-01-05). New York City's Public Transit Is Broken. jacobin.com Socialist state legislator Zohran Mamdani says that can change.

____ (2023-01-05). Efforts to improve Beijing's air quality see clear outcome. ecns.cn After great efforts to fight air pollution in the past decade, Beijing's air quality in 2022 was the best for the city since 2013, the municipal authority announced on Wednesday.

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-05). FTC Unveils New Rule Banning Companies From Using Noncompete Clauses. truthout.org The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Thursday that it has proposed a sweeping new rule that would bar employers from imposing noncompete clauses on workers, a move that could have major benefits for tens millions of workers across the U.S. The FTC said that employers' use of noncompete clauses, which typically prohibit workers from moving jobs to competitors within certain time frames… |

Staff (2023-01-05). 112 Organizations Call For White House To Fully Review TVA Decision On Fossil Gas Expansion. commondreams.org This morning, 112 organizations across 20+ states called on the Environmental Protection Agency to refer the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)'s decision to construct a new fossil gas plant and pipeline to the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). The organizations call for the CEQ to review the serious public health and environmental impacts of …

____ (2023-01-05). Ruins of secret passages on Great Wall discovered. ecns.cn Ruins of over 130 hidden doors on the Great Wall, one of the world's great wonders, have been recently unveiled through close to centimeter-resolution continuous shooting.

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-01-05). The Disastrous Events of the Year 2022 Will Plague Us for as Long as We Exist. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR (2023-01-05). 8 Million Pakistanis Remain Displaced After Summer Floods. telesurenglish.net Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, Khalil Hashmi, said Thursday that some 8 million people remain displaced after last summer's floods, warning that waters have not yet receded in some areas. | RELATED: | The South Asian country remains in urgent need of housing, the Permanent Representative said during a press conference. The official said that flood damage had affected agriculture and the livel…

Editor (2023-01-05). More Women Are Being Detained as Jail Populations Near Pre-COVID Levels. scheerpost.com

WSWS (2023-01-05). Two years after January 6 attempted coup, Republican fascists deadlock the House. wsws.org Ultra-right representatives who helped organize the coup of January 6, 2021 are now demanding effective control of the House by blocking the selection of a Speaker.

Anonymous669 (2023-01-05). SDF Arrested More Than 100 Suspects In First Week Of Anti-ISIS Operation In Syria's Al-Hasakah (Video). southfront.org The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have arrested more than 100 suspected members of ISIS in the first week of Operation…

Stephen Millies (2023-01-05). Capitalism's War on Railroad Workers Continues Under President Whose Support For Unions Rings Hollow. covertactionmagazine.com The U.S. Congress imposed a labor agreement on 115,000 railroad workers on December 1, disregarding the vote from four unions to reject it. That is how little real democracy there is in the United States. The millionaires' club on Capitol Hill could not even support giving sick days to railroaders chained to round-the-clock work schedules. Why …

Anand Naidoo (2023-01-05). The Heat: Lula back in power in Brazil. america.cgtn.com President Lula is back in power in Brazil. What can we expect for the country and the region? On New Year's Day, leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil's new president after a bitter political campaign against his right-wing predecessor Jair …

news.un (2023-01-05). Improve healthcare access to end 'preventable tragedy' of child mortality. news.un.org A child or young person died every 4.4 seconds in 2021, and millions more could lose their lives by 2030 unless all women and children have access to adequate healthcare, two UN reports published on Thursday have revealed.

news.un (2023-01-05). Pakistan floods: 9 million more risk being pushed into poverty, warns UNDP. news.un.org An additional nine million people risk being pushed into poverty on top of the 33 million affected by last summer's devastating floods in Pakistan, the UN development agency, UNDP said on Thursday, ahead of next week's International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan in Geneva.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-05). Daily Round-up | Sudanese teachers stage strike demanding wage hike & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, we take a look at teachers' protests in Sudan, the killing of a teen by Israeli forces, British rail workers going on strike, and the impending release of Puerto Rican political prisoner Ana Belen Montes…

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (2023-01-05). US became largest exporter of liquefied natural gas in 2022. nationofchange.org Due to the energy needed in the natural gas liquefaction process, LNG terminals produce an enormous amount of greenhouse gas emissions.

Judy Greenspan (2023-01-05). Alta Bates Summit nurses boldly strike for pensions and a contract. workers.org Berkeley, California Nurses at the three sites of the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center campuses in Oakland and Berkeley went on a 10-day strike from Dec. 24 until the early morning of Jan. 2. They took this action after 97% of them voted to reject their bosses' last-minute contract offer. . . . |

Robert Reich (2023-01-05). The little secret about corporate profits. nationofchange.org The power of big corporations to raise their prices higher than their costs are rising.

Richard Spence (2023-01-05). Key US Allies Collaborate On Espionage Laws Considered Harmful To Whistleblowers And Journalists. thedissenter.org This article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter Newsletter. Become a Ministers and security officials in Australia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom have coordinated with the United States to develop new espionage laws.

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-05). Donald Trump Gets 1 Vote for Speaker As McCarthy Loses for 7th and 8th Time. truthout.org As the House undergoes an increasingly absurd series of votes in which Republicans are failing, time and again, to nominate a new speaker of the House, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) on Thursday cast what seemed to be two unserious — or at least knowingly derisive — votes for Donald Trump. Gaetz cast the only vote for Trump during the House's seventh and eighth speaker votes… |

Editor at NewsOne (2023-01-05). Will Store Clerk Who Killed Armed Robber Be Protected By Louisiana's 'Stand Your Ground' Law? newsone.com Source: SOPA Images / Getty | It appears that an employee at a store in Louisiana who was arrested and charged with manslaughter after he shot and killed an armed robber is not being protected by the state's so-called Rafus Alexander, 30, killed the suspect and accidentally stuck a customer during the shooting at a Dollar General store in the city of Monroe on Monday, according to local news outlet KNOE, which cited police records. | I can't even imagine this outcome being the…

JANET (2023-01-05). International forum honors Filipino revolutionary leader, Ka Joma. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead January 2, 2023 A standing room only forum, "Ka Joma Lives: International Proletarian Revolutionary Leader, Theoretician, Teacher and Poet in the Service of the People," was held in tribute to the Filipino leader, Professor Jose Maria Sison, in Amsterdam Dec. 23. Credit: Nahendra Khadka Ka (Comrade) Joma died on Dec. 16 at age 83 in a hospital in the Netherlands, where he was forced into exile in 1988 by the reactionary Philippine government. Sison was imprisoned in the Philippines in 1977 for nine years but was released following the ouster of the U.S.-backed dictator, Ferdinand Marcos. The U…

Mike Ludwig (2023-01-05). Far Right House Republicans Flex Political Muscle Ahead of January 6 Anniversary. truthout.org On the eve of the anniversary of the January 6 attack on the Capitol, experts say the House GOP's failure to choose a speaker despite multiple rounds of balloting this week demonstrates the power wielded by far right extremists over both the Republican Party and the nation's broader political atmosphere. In the two years since former President Donald Trump's "Stop the Steal" rally morphed into the… |

manager (2023-01-05). CEPR Sanctions Watch, January 2022. cepr.net In this Sanctions Watch, covering December 2022: Seized Afghan assets languish in US-backed trust fund while Afghans prepare for a grueling winter; US lawmakers meet with the president of Cuba and denounce the US embargo; UN experts denounce environmental degradation and loss of life as a result of sanctions against Iran; US, Japan, South Korea …

WSWS (2023-01-05). Arizona prison forced pregnant inmates into induced labor. wsws.org Medical records from the prison and interviews with the women indicate that all three were given medical procedures to induce labor before their due dates without their consent…

splcenter (2023-01-05). Jan. 6 Anniversary: Two years later, we must hold Capitol insurrectionists accountable. splcenter.org

_____ (2023-01-05). State Power and Covid Crimes. strategic-culture.org By Ramesh THAKUR | The three major controversies over pandemic management for the past three years have been lockdown measures, universal masking recommendations and mandates, and Covid vaccines. | The last was a pharmaceutical intervention using revolutionary new technology. The first two were radical departures from the existing scientific and policy consensus as encapsulated in official documents from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and in several national pandemic preparedness plans. They established the willingness of the state to dictate every aspect of people's lives, down to the most ridiculous and ab…

WSWS (2023-01-05). The White Lotus Seasons 1 and 2: Satirizing the wealthy and privileged. wsws.org Season two revisits many of the same concerns as the first season, tackling how money affects relationships of all types.

____ (2023-01-05). Experts answer questions on emerging XBB variant. ecns.cn The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention answers key questions on XBB.1.5, the emerging Omicron strain that is raising concerns globally.

Staff (2023-01-05). Groundwork's Michael Mitchell Previews Final Jobs Report of 2022. commondreams.org Ahead of tomorrow's December Jobs Report, Groundwork's Director of Policy and Research Michael Mitchell released the following statement, cautioning that additional rate hikes will bring more pain to workers and push our economy into a Fed-manufactured recession: "As workers and families are struggling with higher prices, Chair Powell is hell-bent on bringing down wages and …

The Associated Press (2023-01-05). Biden to Make First Visit to US-Mexico Border. latinorebels.com President Joe Biden intends to visit the U.S.-Mexico border —his first trip there since taking office— in connection with his meeting next week in Mexico City with the leaders of Mexico and Canada.

news.un (2023-01-05). Syria: Chemical weapons pose unacceptable threat, and are a 'danger to us all'. news.un.org Any use of chemical weapons anywhere is simply "unacceptable", the deputy head of the UN Disarmament Affairs office (UNODA) told the Security Council on Thursday, briefing on efforts to eliminate the scourge from the battlefields and towns of Syria.

Gary Lindorff (2023-01-05). A short history of America and the world. thiscantbehappening.net Between the turn of the screw And the twist of the knife Between the Twist of the twister And Dylan's simple twist of fate There sometimes arise opportunities To own the life that was given us by our mothers To make headway against The semi generated wind of the highway of the one-way life. Against … |

WSWS (2023-01-05). Australian report shows growing homelessness. wsws.org The crisis is being driven by interest rate rises, record house prices, soaring rents and stagnant or declining wages.

Kenny Stancil (2023-01-05). Amid House Chaos, Watchdogs Urge GOP to Abandon Plans to Gut Ethics Commission. truthout.org Watchdogs are urging House Republicans to revise language in the chamber's proposed rules package that would undermine an independent congressional ethics body's ability to function at precisely the moment when it is expected to launch probes of several GOP lawmakers. The U.S. Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) "provides independent, nonpartisan oversight and accountability… |

Sibylle Kaczorek (2023-01-05). Berlin housing campaign gets another green light for expropriation. greenleft.org.au After winning a 2021 referendum to expropriate corporate landlords owning 3000 apartments or more, Berliners may actually see the implementation of their demands in 2023, reports Sibylle Kaczorek.

Kathy Lu (2023-01-05). The Progressive Left is maintaining systemic racism in New York City. mronline.org Workers in the United States once united across trade and background to fight for the 8-hour workday. Today, many lament how weak the labor movement has become, often pointing to attacks from the right to strip unions and workers of power.

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-05). Customers Removed $8B+ From Crypto Bank Silvergate, Stock Is Down 85% In 3 Months. moguldom.com Silvergate, a California bank that deals mostly in cryptocurrency transactions, saw its stock fall 48 percent on Thursday, Jan. 5 after the Wall Street Journal reported that the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange in November 2022 caused a run on the bank. When the FTX crypto exchange declared bankruptcy, Silvergate was forced to sell …

Susanne Ramirez de Arellano (2023-01-05). Remembering the Late Pablo Milanés (OPINION). latinorebels.com "Poet. Maestro. Cuba's defiant son. Pablo Milanés was all these things and more. He was also the soundtrack of my youth," writes Puerto Rican journalist Susanne Ramires de Arellano.

Robert Inlakesh (2023-01-05). Al-Aqsa Mosque Stormed By Israeli Cabinet Minister Provoking International Backlash. thelastamericanvagabond.com On Tuesday morning, far right Israeli Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, provoking the convening of a UN Security Council meeting and setting the tone for the new Israeli government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. On the same day that Israeli settlers desecrated a Protestant Christian graveyard by smashing gravestones, Israel's new security

Ryan Black (2023-01-05). Death Penalty Was 'Visibly Problematic' 35 Percent Of The Time In 2022. progressivehub.net MARISA SARNOFF | LAW & CRIME…

Owen Schalk (2023-01-05). "If there is to be a livable future, it will be a future offline" mronline.org Jonathan Crary's new book excoriates the digital world of late capitalism.

Editor at NewsOne (2023-01-05). As YSL Jury Selection Begins, Meet The Judge Presiding Over Young Thug's RICO Trial. newsone.com Atlanta Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Ural Glanville. | Source: Superior Court of Fulton County / Superior Court of Fulton County | The long-awaited beginning of While conventional wisdom would suggest that Young Thug is at the center of the trial, there is one un…

Editor (2023-01-05). 26 Dems in Congress Urge DOJ to Continue Moratorium on Federal Executions. scheerpost.com The lawmakers asserted that "there are serious concerns about arbitrariness in the application of the death penalty, the disparate impact of the death penalty on people of color, and the alarming number of exonerations of individuals previously sentenced to death."

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-05). Japan's Kishida Vows Stronger Alliance With US Amid Military Buildup. news.antiwar.com Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday vowed to expand Tokyo's alliance with the US under his new controversial military spending plan that breaks from the country's post-World War II pacifism. Kishida made the comments when previewing an upcoming visit to Washington DC, where he will meet with President Biden on January 13. "We will show …

Zack Linly (2023-01-05). Gov. Ron DeSantis Administration Demands Universities Report Programs On Diversity, CRT. newsone.com Source: WADE VANDERVORT / Getty | Florida's commander-in-white-fragility, Gov.

paige.boyd (2023-01-05). 9 Unforgettable Moments From 'The Arsenio Hall Show'. newsone.com Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall during Eddie Murphy Visits "The Arsenio Hall Show" on July 13, 1987, at Fox TV Studios in Hollywood, Californi.a | Source: Ron Galella, Ltd. / Getty | Picture this: It's around 11 pm, you're in your pajamas after a long day, and you turn on the TV for something to watch. Of course, late-night TV was at its peak, with folks like Johnny Carson and David Letterman taking over the top of the ratings. They were both a safe bet on late nights, perfect for Middle America. However, they lacked the connection to Black American audiences. There was a void that the top 3 networks (ABC, NBC, CBS…

Hans Stehling (2023-01-05). The Likud Party of Netanyahu, A Terrorist Organisation? globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-05). U.S. House still in turmoil with no speaker elected on 2nd day of voting. ecns.cn The U.S. House of Representatives remains in turmoil with no speaker elected on the second day of voting.

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-01-05). Exhibition features migrants at U.S.-Mexico border. america.cgtn.com A cultural exhibit now open in Los Angeles aims to explore the migration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, in part, through items discarded by migrants who've taken the long, treacherous journey toward new lives in a new country. Many don't make it, and organizers say these items …

_____ (2023-01-05). Where Next For Kazakhstan? journal-neo.org In November President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan won re-election with over 80% of the vote. As he was the official candidate of every party represented in parliament, this was not surprising. It is this sort of thing which has given Central Asian states in general a bad name. Even though they may be democracies in …

JANET (2023-01-05). Family, friends pay respects to Wadiya Jamal. iacenter.org By Betsey Piette January 4, 2023 Wadiya Jamal has spent most of her adult life fighting for her husband's release. The beloved wife of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal died unexpectedly from a heart attack Dec. 27, 11 days after a historic decision by a Philadelphia judge in his case. Family and friends attended services for her Dec. 30 in Philadelphia. Wadiya Jamal during visit with Mumia. Those who knew her best described WaWa, as she liked to be called, as devoted to her family life, for her the cause of joy but also great sorrow. She was separated by prison walls from Mumia since his arrest Dec. 9, 1981. He…

Sasha Abramsky (2023-01-05). Kevin McCarthy Has Won His Own Race to the Bottom. truthout.org KKevin McCarthy has spent the past days impaled on these spikes of his own creation. On Tuesday, he lost three votes for House speaker in quick succession, before his allies succeeded in adjourning the House for the rest of the day. That evening, Donald Trump tried to rescue McCarthy's candidacy by urging his hard-right followers to come around and support McCarthy as speaker. But Trump seems… |

Chris Walker (2023-01-05). Biden Calls GOP's Inability to Select Speaker of the House "Embarrassing" truthout.org On Wednesday, President Joe Biden spoke to reporters about Republicans' failure to select a speaker of the House of Representatives, the congressional chamber in which they hold a majority. Six votes have been held so far — three on each of the two days that the House has convened since the start of the 118th Congress. Each of those six votes failed to produce a winner for the speakership. |

news.un (2023-01-05). UN working to reduce tensions following Israel minister's holy site visit. news.un.org The United Nations remains ready to support efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East exacerbated this week by the visit of Israel's new National Security Minister to a disputed holy site in Jerusalem, the Security Council heard during an emergency session on Thursday.

Staff (2023-01-05). 100+ Groups Push North American Leaders to Act on Guns, Climate, and Immigrant Justice. commondreams.org Three days before U.S. President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are set to meet in Mexico City, more than 100 grassroots groups from all three countries called on the leaders on Thursday to take action together to help solve the climate crisis, end gun violence, and …

WSWS (2023-01-05). Trades Union Congress general secretary writes "Dear Prime Minister" letter calling for talks to end UK strike wave. wsws.org Nowak's appeal is for the Tories to reinstate the role of the union bureaucracy in suppressing the working class through a tripartite arrangement with employers and the government.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-05). Lula da Silva begins third term as Brazil's president. peoplesdispatch.org On January 1, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil's new president. This will be his third term in office. Around 300,000 people attended his swearing in ceremony in Brasilia along with 120 international delegations. On his first day itself, Lula signed pro-people decrees and provisional measures.

teleSUR (2023-01-05). US Fed Says Higher Interest Rates Will Remain. telesurenglish.net "Participants generally observed that a restrictive policy stance would need to be maintained until the incoming data provided confidence that inflation was on a sustained downward path to 2 percent," according to a Fed meeting summary. | Photo taken on April 20, 2022 shows the U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., the United States.

thecommunists (2023-01-05). Communist replies to BBC budget tips: 'Get out and see the real world.'. thecommunists.org The following letter was sent by one of our members to the BBC in response to yet another patronising and delusional piece on 'budgeting'. ***** There is what you describe as a 'cost of living' crisis, and there is a real crisis — a crisis of capitalism. A crisis that will not be going away. …

Don Fitz (2023-01-05). Two barrels aim at African People's Socialist Party. mronline.org With new FBI and Department of "Justice" (DOJ) attacks expected in early January, a defense, mobilization and information session attracted hundreds of allies of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP).

Rose G. Bender, Jasmine Shen, Aleksandr Aravkin, André Arsène Bita Fouda, Ado M. Bwaka, Natalie C. Galles, Emily Haeuser, Simon I. Hay, Anderson Latt, Jason M. Mwenda, Emma L.B. Rogowski, Alyssa N. Sbarra, Reed J.D. Sorensen, Avina Vongpradith, Claire Wright, Peng Zheng, Jonathan F. Mosser, Hmwe H. Kyu (2023-01-05). [Articles] Meningococcal A conjugate vaccine coverage in the meningitis belt of Africa from 2010 to 2021: A modelling study. thelancet.com These estimates highlight where gaps in immunisation remain and emphasise the need for broader efforts to strengthen RI systems. This methodological framework can be applied to estimate coverage for any vaccine that has been delivered in both routine and supplemental immunisation activities.

Ann Brown (2023-01-05). Gangsta Boo Passing At Age 43 Brings Attention To Fentanyl Epidemic In America. moguldom.com The Jan. 1 death of Three 6 Mafia artist Gangsta Boo shocked the hip-hop world and highlighted the fentanyl epidemic in America. While there has been no official ruling on Gangsta Boo's cause of death, it is believed she died of a possible fentanyl overdose. The 43-year-old artist, whose real name is Lola Mitchell, had attended a …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-05). Morocco And Israel, The Unholy Alliance That Threatens Peace In North Africa. southfront.org | Written by Piero Messina | We don't need the crystal ball to bet on the next crisis in North Africa. The growing tension between Morocco and Algeria will add to the Libyan chaos and the institutional collapse of Tunisia. With a third wheel: Israel. Tel Aviv has become a strategic partner of Rabat and for Algeria this situation is becoming a factor of national security. | Since the summer of 2021, Algeria has unilaterally severed diplomatic relations with Morocco, accusing the Moroccan kingdom of "

Paulo Cabral (2023-01-05). Challenges and priorities for Brazil's new president. america.cgtn.com On New Year's Day, leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil's new president after a bitter political campaign against his right-wing predecessor Jair Bolsonaro. This is Lula's third term as president and may be his toughest test yet.

____ (2023-01-05). Recruiting salaries creep up in 2022. ecns.cn The job market saw a marginal increase in recruiting salaries in 2022 with financial and information technology industries in first-tier cities offering job-seekers higher remuneration, according to a recruitment agency.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-05). Kyrgyzstan — Next In Line For A Colour Revolution? southfront.org | Written by Gavin O'Reilly | The accession of Kyrgyzstan to Going by recent trends related to the two most rec…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-05). Day Three: House Speaker Vote Ties 100-Year Record As Ninth Round Kicks Off. southfront.org Update (1525ET): The 9th round of voting for House Speaker is now underway, topping the number of ballots it took in 1923 to re-elect Speaker Frederick Gillett (R-MA). He won by eventually caving to several demands to liberalize House legislative rules in order to win over fellow Republicans. | Prior to that, the House was deadlocked for "We need to get to a point wh…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-05). Tribals forced to flee after right-wing violence in India's Chhattisgarh State. peoplesdispatch.org

SAM (2023-01-05). U.S. And Cuba Relations Can Improve, But Biden Must Act Soon. progressivehub.net WILLIAM LEOGRANDE | RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT…

____ (2023-01-05). Circular emphasizes TCM treatment for COVID. ecns.cn The strengths of traditional Chinese medicine in treating COVID-19 should be further highlighted, according to a circular released by the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism on Wednesday.

Kurt Nimmo (2023-01-05). Is the US Responsible for the Attack on Makiivka in Donetsk? globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-01-05). The Podcast conglomerate the media won't name. mronline.org Spoiler: It's John Malone's Liberty Media…

Florence CGTN (2023-01-05). New Omicron offshoot XBB.1.5 taking hold in U.S. america.cgtn.com There is growing concern over a sudden spike in COVID-19 infections tied to a new Omicron variant that is now responsible for more than 40 percent of U.S. cases in December. But data suggests the number is much higher in parts of the Northeast, …

WSWS (2023-01-05). Buffalo Bills football player Damar Hamlin in critical condition after heart stops mid-game. wsws.org Damar Hamil remains in critical condition after nearly dying during the nationally televised Monday Night Football game.

Eric A. Gordon (2023-01-05). 'Turn Every Page': A loving documentary about ideas, writing and comradeship. peoplesworld.org I knew the recently released documentary Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb would be right up my alley. These two men, for those who may need a reminder, are, respectively, the author of The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (now in its 41st printing), as …

Ann Brown (2023-01-05). Revisiting The Legend And Legacy Of Dr. C. Eric Lincoln: 13 Things To Know. moguldom.com Charles Eric Lincoln was a renowned educator and sociologist. He authored several of the most important scholarly works on the religious movements of Black Americans. In revisiting the legend and legacy of Dr. C. Eric Lincoln, here are 13 things to know. 1. His childhood Born June 23, 1924, in Athens, Alabama, Lincoln was abandoned …

_____ (2023-01-05). Palestinians Can Only Dream of Justice at the ICC as Netanyahu Can't Wait to Start a War in Gaza. strategic-culture.org One wonders how long we have to wait in 2023 before a new intifada begins, orchestrated entirely by the Israeli government's dirty work. | Is there anything quite so vomit-inducing than Israel's new government with Benjamin Netanyahu at its helm? Barely days in office and he's already frothing at the mouth like a sick dog looking at its next meal, in this case the Gaza Strip. One wonders how long we have to wait in 2023 before a new intifada begins, orchestrated entirely by the Israeli government's dirty work, which in 2020, broke records with almost 1000 Palestinian homes stolen at gunpoint from humble Palestini…

Sibylle Kaczorek (2023-01-05). Germany: Berlin housing campaign gets another green light for expropriation. greenleft.org.au After winning a 2021 referendum to expropriate corporate landlords owning 3000 apartments or more, Berliners may actually see the implementation of their demands in 2023, reports Sibylle Kaczorek.

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-01-05). Scientists At University Of Buffalo: America's Anti-Black Racism Hurts Romantic Relationships, Stability. moguldom.com It's no secret that anti-Black racism is bad for one's mental and physical health. A newly released study found it also impacts the health of romantic relationships in a significant way. The Journal of Social Science & Medicine published the study by researchers from the University of Buffalo that followed data that tracked two generations …

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-01-05). Imperialism and the agrarian crisis. mronline.org THE hegemony of imperialism is invariably associated with an agrarian crisis in countries of the global south; in fact agrarian crisis is just the other side of the ascendancy of imperialism. This is evident from the case of Indian agriculture.

____ (2023-01-05). Chinese, Philippine presidents hold talks. ecns.cn Xi held talks with Marcos at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday. Prior to the talks, President Xi held a welcoming ceremony for Marcos in the Northern Hall of the Great Hall of the People.

Ariadna Eljuri (2023-01-05). Lula da Silva Confirms Brazil's Return to CELAC. orinocotribune.com In 2020, former president Jair Bolsonaro decided to withdraw Brazil from CELAC. | This Wednesday, the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, confirmed his country's return to the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). | The announcement was made by the assistant foreign minister of Bolivia, Fredy Mamani, who indicated that Da Silva informed the Bolivian president, Luis Arce, of his return to the regional organization. | "President Lula has co…

JANET (2023-01-05). Buffalo 'bomb cyclone' exposes failure of capitalism. iacenter.org By Ryan Lockwood December 29, 2022 Buffalo, New York Buffalo is reeling from its worst snowstorm in a generation. From Dec. 23-25, Western New York state was ravaged by a "bomb cyclone," which brought hurricane-force winds, subzero wind chills and over 50 inches of snowfall to the region. But Winter Storm Elliot is as much a social disaster as it is a weather one. Abandoned cars block a road following winter storm in Buffalo, New York, Dec. 27. At the time of this writing, at least 40 people in the Buffalo area have died due to the storm, a majority of them people of color. This surpasses the death toll of the in…

_____ (2023-01-05). Baloch and Pashtun issue "undermines" the situation in Pakistan and the region in general. journal-neo.org In late December last year, Pakistan's Balochistan province, which covers 45% of the country's desert and sparsely populated area, suffered three terrorist attacks in less than two days. The most damaging of these was an improvised explosive device that blew up an army convoy in the eastern Kohlu district of the province on December 25. …

Andreína Chávez Alava (2023-01-05). Venezuela: Economy Grew 17.73% in 2022, Maduro Praises Production Surge. venezuelanalysis.com "Venezuela is experiencing the first stage of a long cycle of recovery and structural growth," said President Maduro.

Press Associates (2023-01-05). Railroad corporations want to slash train crews for Wall Street profits. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—Using safety of workers and communities as their main argument, two top railroad unions and the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department strongly argued for mandatory two-person crews on all freight trains. TTD and unions carried their campaign to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) hearing on crews on Dec. 14, a day after rail workers' rallied …

Sammie Lewis (2023-01-05). Managing burnout as organizers and cultivating radical community care. peoplesworld.org Activist burnout has become more prevalent since the 2020 George Floyd uprisings. A lot has changed since then, though, as we're no longer maintaining daily marches, rallies, and demonstrations. We are no longer facing off riot cops in intersections that once felt like warzones. We don't have to maneuver as quickly as we did that …

Editor (2023-01-05). Netanyahu Ushers in the Most Anti-Palestinian Government in Israel's History. scheerpost.com

____ (2023-01-05). Hong Kong holds internal drill for resumption of cross-border travel. ecns.cn Hong Kong made final preparations for the resumption of cross-border travel. Over 300 immigration officers participated in an internal drill at Lok Ma Chau Spur Line control point and the Hong Kong- Macao Ferry Terminal control point ahead of the border reopening on Wednesday.

WSWS (2023-01-05). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Airline and airport workers in Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal hold strikes throughout the Christmas period over pay and conditions; French GPs organised in Facebook group outside the unions extend indefinite strike for more health funding; New Year begins with week of strikes by UK rail workers over jobs, pay and conditions, but unions keep drivers' and conductors' disputes separate; protests in Iran continue over death of Mahsa Amini, joined by protests and strikes against cost of living crisis…

____ (2023-01-05). This Is The Best Headline In A While. smoothiex12.blogspot.com It is a well-known fact that Manfred Mann's Earth Band were the best cover band for… Bruce Springsteen's music when Bruce was still filled with talent and not full of shit as he is today. Larry nailed the title and substance.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-05). Former minister in Bolivia's coup government convicted in the US. peoplesdispatch.org Arturo Murillo was arrested in the US in May 2021, after fleeing Bolivia in November 2020. He pleaded guilty to the crimes of bribery and money laundering on October 20, 2022…

Editor (2023-01-05). Speaker of the House Faces Political Peril From Member Deaths and Resignations—Especially With a Narrow Majority. scheerpost.com The Congress that ended on Jan. 3, 2023, had 15 vacancies, a rate unmatched since the 19 s. If that rate continues, whoever leads the now-closely divided House will face trouble.

WSWS (2023-01-05). UK government announces new anti-strike laws for education, health, transport, and other workers. wsws.org A front-page report in the Times—published the day the statement was released in clear coordination with the government, said, "Employers would be able to sue unions, and union members who were told to work under the minimum service requirement but refused to do so could be dismissed."

____ (2023-01-05). 24 Terms: Minor Cold. ecns.cn

Mike Ludwig (2023-01-05). Far Right Extremists Flex Political Muscle Ahead of January 6 Anniversary. truthout.org On the eve of the anniversary of the January 6 attack on the Capitol, experts say the House GOP's failure to choose a speaker despite multiple rounds of balloting this week demonstrates the power wielded by far right extremists over both the Republican Party and the nation's broader political atmosphere. In the two years since former President Donald Trump's "Stop the Steal" rally morphed into the… |

Mark Niu (2023-01-05). What to expect from 2023 CES. america.cgtn.com The preview "Unveiled" event signaled this week's Consumer Electronics Show is on the rebound. At its peak, more than 170,000 people attended CES. But due to the pandemic, attendance last year dropped to 45,000. Organizers believe this year it could more than double, surpassing …

Ryan Black (2023-01-05). California Police More Than Twice As Likely To Use Force Against Black People. progressivehub.net SAM LEVIN | THE GUARDIAN…

WSWS (2023-01-05). Ray Curry and Shawn Fain: Stop blaming worker apathy for low turnout caused by voter suppression! wsws.org The majority of workers never knew there was an election, because the entrenched UAW leadership did not want us to have a real chance to remove them from power.

Chris Walker (2023-01-05). FDA rules that retail pharmacies can offer abortion medication. therealnews.com

Editor (2023-01-05). Marx, the 'Metabolic Rift' and Capitalism's Assault on Nature. mronline.org Marx's theory that capitalism created a "metabolic rift" between human society and nature has re-emerged as an indispensable tool for understanding the climate crisis we face today.

Staff (2023-01-05). Israeli Government Accused of 'Assassinating Democracy' With Proposed Judiciary Overhaul. commondreams.org Israeli liberals and critics around the world sounded the alarm Thursday over a plan by Israel's new far-right government to dramatically limit the power of the country's judiciary, in part by allowing a simple parliamentary majority to overturn Supreme Court rulings. On Wednesday, Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin—a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud …

teleSUR (2023-01-05). New Subvariant of COVID-19 Spreads Rapidly – WHO. telesurenglish.net At a briefing on Thursday, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned of the rapid spread of XBB.1.5, a new subvariant of COVID-19. | RELATED: | "There is intense transmission and pressure on health systems, particularly in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and a recombinant subvariant is spreading rapidly. XBB.1.5 is the recombinant of two BA.2 sublineages," Ghebreyesus said. | According t…

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-05). Ocasio-Cortez Says Democrats Can Take Advantage of GOP's "Chaos" to Gain Power. truthout.org As the Republican Party descends into chaos this week, failing six times to elect a new speaker of the House, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) has suggested that Republican leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (California) approach the Democrats with concessions if he wants to win the speakership. In an interview on MSNBC this week, Ocasio-Cortez emphasized the importance of Democratic unity… |

Nara Lacerda (2023-01-05). In four years of Bolsonaro, healthcare lost funding, quality and reach. peoplesdispatch.org The government of Workers' Party president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, which was sworn in 5 days ago, has considerable challenges ahead of it to tackle the social, economic, political, and public health crisis which faces Brazil. During the four years of far-right rule under Jair Bolsonaro, the health sector was one of the hardest hit by budget cuts, a move which exacerbated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. | The budget proposal for Brazil's health sector for 2023, left by the government of Jair Bolsonaro, proposed a reduction of investment in the sector by R$ 22.7 billion reais (USD $4.2 billion). While Lula'

Bilal G. Morris (2023-01-05). Damar Hamlin's NFL Contract Isn't Guaranteed, So His Situation Could Get Worse. newsone.com Damar Hamlin is indeed still on his rookie deal. Since his contract is not guaranteed, he could be out of another paycheck from the NFL.

Brandon Caldwell (2023-01-05). 'Did We Win?' Awake, Damar Hamlin's First Words Suggest His 'Neurological Condition Is Intact'. newsone.com Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty | Buffalo Bills safety During a press conference Thursday afternoon, health officials who have been treating Hamlin spoke out about his condition and say he is "making substantial progress." | Trauma surgeon, Dr. Timothy Pritts assured reporters that Hamlin's condition has significantly improved. | "There has been substantial improvement in his conditions over 24 hours,' he said. "He is…

Staff (2023-01-05). How Do You Mourn the Death of an Israeli Democracy That Never Was? commondreams.org Even before the new Israeli government was officially sworn in on December 29, angry reactions began emerging, not only among Palestinians and other Middle Eastern governments, but also among Israel's historic allies in the West. As early as November 2, top US officials conveyed to Axios that the Joe Biden Administration is "unlikely to engage …

The Conversation (2023-01-05). Why Many Turkish People who migrated to European Countries are worse off than those who stayed at Home. juancole.com By Sebnem Eroglu, University of Bristol | (The Conversation) Many people migrate to another country to earn a decent income and to attain a better standard of living. But my recent research shows that across all destinations and generations studied, many migrants from Turkey to European countries are financially worse off than those …

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-05). Continúan las movilizaciones contra el Gobierno de Perú. telesurtv.net En Lima la policía lanzó gases lacrimógenos para dispersar a los manifestantes que se encontraban en la plaza Manco Cápac.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-01-05). Protestas y bloqueos de vías prosiguen en Perú. telesurtv.net Las movilizaciones que iniciaron este miércoles en varias regiones se mantienen a pesar de los enfrentamientos con la Policía.

Staff (2023-01-05). Ministro de Gobierno boliviano revela cifras de dineros que financiaron el golpe de Estado en 2019. cubadebate.cu Los datos fueron relevados este miércoles por el ministro de Gobierno, Eduardo del Castillo, en una conferencia de prensa en la que también explicó parte de los 33 elementos probatorios en contra de Camacho, entre ellos la confesión que hizo en un video de que su padre "arregló" con militares y policías para que quiten su respaldo al gobierno de Evo Morales.

Daniel Kersffeld (2023-01-05). Brasil: La política exterior de Lula. globalizacion.ca El 1 de enero finalmente Lula da Silva asumió el gobierno de Brasil en lo que constituirá su tercer mandato presidencial. Es innegable que su presencia al frente de la principal potencia sudamericana es un bienvenido soplo de aire fresco …

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-05). Ocupantes israelíes asesinan a otro adolescente en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Ascienden a cuatro los palestinos que perdieron la vida a consecuencia de disparos de Israel en lo que va de 2023.

Staff (2023-01-05). Amazon despedirá masivamente a más de 18 000 empleados. cubadebate.cu El gigante de la compra y venta online, Amazon, anunció que despedirá alrededor de 18.000 empleados a partir del 18 de enero. La firma alegó que la decisión fue adoptada ante la "inestabilidad en la economía" global y por haber "contratado (personal) rápidamente en los últimos años", según comunicó una nota firmada por su director ejecutivo, Andy Jassy.

Staff (2023-01-05). PSG debutará en Copa de Francia de fútbol sin su trío ofensivo estelar Mbappé-Messi-Neymar. cubadebate.cu El director técnico del Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Christophe Galtier, señaló hoy que el club debutará mañana en la Copa de Francia de fútbol sin su estelar tridente ofensivo Kylian Mbappé-Lionel Messi-Neymar. De acuerdo con Galtier, todos los jugadores presentes en el mundial de Catar tendrán descanso.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-05). Cámara baja de EE.UU. no logra, por seis veces, elegir su líder. telesurtv.net Los demócratas del Congreso, que perdieron la mayoría en la Cámara de Representantes en las elecciones intermedias de 2022, han guardado silencio sobre el caos republicano.

Staff (2023-01-05). Presidente cubano comienza por Ciego de àÅvila reuniones con máximas autoridades provinciales. cubadebate.cu Miguel Díaz-Canel, primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba y presidente de la República, inició hoy con un grupo de reuniones con las máximas autoridades de todas las provincias, comenzando este jueves en Ciego de àÅvila. En el encuentro se evaluaron las acciones que se han diseñado para enfrentar la situación económica y social que atraviesa el territorio cubano en la actualidad.

Staff (2023-01-05). Europa sufre altas temperaturas en pleno invierno que baten todo tipo de récords. cubadebate.cu La agencia de la ONU destacó que las temperaturas superiores a 20 ∞C se sucedieron en muchos países del viejo continente, incluso en Europa Central y que, en varias naciones, desde España hasta el este de Europa, se batieron algunos récords de temperatura nacionales y muchos locales durante los meses de diciembre y de enero.

Staff (2023-01-05). Aprobados más de 1 nuevos actores económicos, informa Ministerio de Economía y Planificación (+ PDF). cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Economía y Planificación aprobó hoy 154 nuevos actores económicos, de los que 153 son mipymes privadas y una estatal. Coincidiendo con el inicio del año, en lo adelante se informarán las cifras de las nuevas aprobaciones que se realicen, sin incluir los datos acumulados de hace más de un año, informó el MEP.

Staff (2023-01-05). OMS: La COVID-19 sigue siendo peligrosa pero con las medidas adecuadas la emergencia podría terminar este 2023. cubadebate.cu El director general de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, aseguró este miércoles que la covid-19 podría acabar oficialmente este año como emergencia pública si se trabaja adecuadamente, pero alertó que sigue siendo un virus peligroso y cada semana provoca el deceso a unas 10.000 personas.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-05). Papa Francisco encabeza misa por el funeral de Benedicto XVI. telesurtv.net "Benedicto, fiel amigo del Esposo, que tu gozo sea perfecto al oír definitivamente y para siempre su voz", expresó el jefe de la Iglesia católica en la homilía.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-01-05). Bolivia reporta superávit comercial de 761 millones de dólares en 2022. telesurtv.net Entre los productos que Bolivia exporta, se encuentran el oro y estaño metálicos, soya, girasol y derivados, manufacturas de madera, productos químicos y otros.

Staff (2023-01-05). Anuncia Estados Unidos nuevas políticas migratorias para Cuba, Haití y Nicaragua. cubadebate.cu De acuerdo con un comunicado de la Casa Blanca de este jueves, Estados Unidos permitirá la entrada cada mes de hasta 30 000 migrantes de Cuba, Haití, Nicaragua y Venezuela, pero endurecerá las restricciones, ya aplicadas con la llegada de la pandemia de covid-19, para aquellos que intenten cruzar la frontera con México sin la documentación necesaria.

Staff (2023-01-05). Unión Eléctrica pronostica una afectación de 142 MW en horario nocturno. cubadebate.cu Se estima para la hora pico una disponibilidad de 2688 MW y una demanda máxima de 2760 MW, para un déficit de 72 MW, por lo que de mantenerse las condiciones previstas se pronostica una afectación de 142 MW en este horario.

Staff (2023-01-05). Papa Francisco encabeza en el Vaticano funeral de Benedicto XVI (+ Fotos). cubadebate.cu El papa Francisco preside hoy el funeral de Benedicto XVI en la plaza San Pedro ante casi 100 000 fieles, delegaciones de Alemania e Italia y decenas de personalidades mundiales, que acuden a despedir al pontífice emérito. Nunca antes un Sumo Pontífice había presidido el funeral de su inmediato predecesor.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-01-05). Naufragio en río de Nigeria deja al menos diez muertos. telesurtv.net Una embarcación en mal estado, en que viajaban alrededor de cien personas, se partió en dos cuando se acercaba a la localidad de Samanaji.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-05). Presidente argentino entrega 597 casas en provincia de Misiones. telesurtv.net El mandatario refirió que este trabajo forma parte del empeño del Ejecutivo en convertir a Argentina en un país cada vez más equitativo y justo.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-01-05). Brasil anuncia que retomará el programa Más Médicos. telesurtv.net El secretario de Atención Primaria del Ministerio de Salud, Nesio Fernandes, señaló que "la agenda de retomar Más Médicos es inmediata".

Staff (2023-01-05). Universidad de La Habana celebra acto por su 295 aniversario. cubadebate.cu Más imponente y majestuosa que de costumbre se muestra hoy la Universidad de La Habana. Una bandera cubana y otra de la FEU engalanan la escalinata. En el Aula Magna, a primera hora, comienza el acto, presidido por el presidente cubano Díaz-Canel, en homenaje al 295 aniversario de la institución, símbolo en estos casi tres siglos de la educación y la historia de Cuba.

Staff (2023-01-05). Les Luthiers anunció su despedida definitiva de los escenarios tras 55 años de trayectoria. cubadebate.cu Les Luthiers anunció su despedida definitiva de los escenarios, después de 55 años de trayectoria y adelantó que realizará una última gira antes del "adiós". La noticia fue confirmada en las redes sociales del icónico conjunto, a partir de la decisión de sus dos integrantes históricos, Carlos López Puccio y Jorge Maronna.

Staff (2023-01-05). La Universidad de La Habana en su cumpleaños 295. cubadebate.cu Los logros en el campo científico, expresados en premios y reconocimientos, son notables. Su lugar entre las similares del continente muestra que es un centro que crece continuamente. Su participación en el desarrollo científico del país y en las labores sociales la hacen digna de su historia. En sus 295 años, es una Universidad joven con ánimos para continuar aportando en las transformaciones y avances de la sociedad cubana.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-05). Rusia despliega buque con misiles hipersónicos. telesurtv.net El presidente Vladímir Putin subrayó que "seguiremos desarrollando el potencial de combate de las Fuerzas Armadas".

Staff (2023-01-05). Fidel Castro sobre la Universidad de La Habana: "Aquí me hice revolucionario" (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Este 5 de enero la Universidad de La Habana arriba a su aniversario 295. Muchos son los revolucionarios que egresaron de sus aulas, entre ellos Fidel Castro. Sobre su paso por la Casa de Altos Estudios dijo: "Fue un privilegio ingresar en esta universidad también, sin duda, porque aquí aprendí mucho, y porque aquí aprendí quizás las mejores cosas de mi vida".

Staff (2023-01-05). Presidente cubano encabeza reuniones en Ciego de àÅvila y Sancti Spíritus con máximas autoridades provinciales. cubadebate.cu Miguel Díaz-Canel, primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba y presidente de la República, inició hoy con un grupo de reuniones con las máximas autoridades de todas las provincias, comenzando este jueves en Ciego de àÅvila y Sancti Spíritus. En el encuentro se evaluaron las acciones que se han diseñado para enfrentar la situación económica y social que atraviesa el territorio cubano en la actualidad.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-05). Tribunal de India detiene desalojo y demolición de 4.000 viviendas. telesurtv.net Más de .000 personas se enfrentaron a la demolición de sus viviendas, que supuestamente invadían terrenos ferroviarios.

Staff (2023-01-05). Tu pañuelo verde para cuando vuelvas, Tina. cubadebate.cu Pero para encontrar la tumba de Tina hay que seguir caminando, y entras a territorio pobre, con descuido visible, triste… Allí está ella: unas flores mustias sobre su lápida develan que la vienen a visitar, que no está olvidada, que no está sola.

Staff (2023-01-05). Compañía Acosta Danza presentará espectáculo Raíces. cubadebate.cu Acosta Danza, con la dirección general del primer bailarín Carlos Acosta, presentará el espectáculo Raíces, en el Teatro Martí, el 14 y 15 de enero.La nueva temporada estará integrada por coreografías que representan la evolución histórica de la compañía.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-01-05). Presidente Petro sanciona ley que crea Ministerio de Igualdad. telesurtv.net "Vamos Colombia por el cambio, por la igualdad y por La Paz", indicó la ministra Francia Márquez.

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2023-01-05). Canciller valora reanudación de visas de EE.UU. en Cuba. telesurtv.net La embajada estadounidense en Cuba había informado en noviembre de 2022 que en esta fecha sería reanudado este proceso.

Staff (2023-01-05). Play off de la Liga Élite: Centrales arranca ganando. cubadebate.cu Centrales le ganó 5×2 a los Portuarios en un juego que estuvo empatado a dos hasta el octavo inning, en el inicio de los play off de la Liga Élite. La semifinal entre ambos equipos tendrá su segundo partido este jueves desde la 1: 30 p. m. Mañana iniciará la semifinal entre Agricultores y Tabacaleros.

Staff (2023-01-05). Cuba duelo oficial por muerte del Papa emérito Benedicto XVI. cubadebate.cu El Presidente de la República Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez decretó Duelo Oficial en Cuba con motivo del fallecimiento el pasado 31 de diciembre del Papa emérito Benedicto XVI. Benedicto XVI manifestó afectuosos sentimientos hacia los cubanos y se pronunció contra el bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero que se impone a Cuba…

Staff (2023-01-05). Putin ordena un día de alto al fuego en Ucrania con motivo de la Navidad ortodoxa. cubadebate.cu El presidente de la Federación de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, ordenó aplicar un alto el fuego en toda la línea del frente en Ucrania desde las 12: 00 (Hora de Moscú) del 6 de enero para la Navidad ortodoxa, informó hoy el Kremlin. Según el Kremlin, el presidente pidió a la parte ucraniana que también declare un alto el fuego y permita que los ciudadanos ortodoxos asistan a los servicios navideños.

teleSUR, odr, JGN (2023-01-05). Declaran emergencia por llegada de tormenta a California, EE.UU. telesurtv.net El Departamento Forestal y de Protección contra Incendios informó que el fenómeno natural traerá fuertes lluvias del miércoles a jueves.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-01-05). Presidente argentino rechaza ocupación inglesa de las Malvinas. telesurtv.net El mandatario apuntó que Reino Unido usa al archipiélago como "un escenario propicio para armarse en el Atlántico Sur".

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-05). Uruguay registra una inflación del 8,29 % en diciembre de 2022. telesurtv.net A pesar de que se haya quedado por encima de la meta establecida por el Ejecutivo, la variación anual registró una tendencia a la baja, pero solo del 0,26 por ciento.

Staff (2023-01-05). Sismicidad en Cuba: Trece temblores perceptibles en 2022. cubadebate.cu Con 13 temblores perceptibles, la sismicidad en Cuba apuntó en 2022 a la normalidad con matices en su comportamiento, según revela el resumen emitido por el Servicio Sismológico Nacional (SSN), adscripto al Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Sismológicas. Con la excepción de Pinar y Bahamas Norte, cuyo comportamiento fue considerado como normal, las 11 restantes zonas de actividad sísmica del SSN mantuvieron una valoración de alta.

Staff (2023-01-05). Play off de la Liga Élite: Agricultores noquean a los Tabacaleros. cubadebate.cu Agricultores mostró hoy su arsenal ofensivo en el éxito ante Tabacaleros (13×2), en el primer partido de la serie semifinal entre ambos conjuntos. La tropa de Carlos Martí, como local en sus predios del Mártires de Barbados de Bayamo, noqueó a los Tabacaleros, con una ofensiva de dieciséis hits, encabezada por Guillermo Avilés al batear de 4-1.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-05). Condenan a exministro de facto boliviano en EE.UU. telesurtv.net El exfuncionario fue detenido en 2021 en EE.UU. tras huir de Bolivia, y permaneció en una prisión Federal del condado de Miami Dade, en Florida.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-05). Sondeo: presidente de Chile alcanza una desaprobación del 61 %. telesurtv.net Los resultados indican un aumento del rechazo de 12 puntos respecto al lapso analizado previamente, correspondiente a los meses de abril y mayo.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-05). Rusia afirma haber causado pérdidas severas a Ucrania en Donbás. telesurtv.net Provocó centenares de bajas y la destrucción de medios y pertrechos bélicos de Kiev, entre ellos cinco lanzacohetes Himars, entregados por EE.UU.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-05). Regiones peruanas acatan paro contra Gobierno de Dina Boluarte. telesurtv.net En Arequipa, los manifestantes bloquearon el puente Añashuayco y en Puno restringieron el tránsito vehicular en varios puntos.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-05). China y Filipinas acuerdan estrechar trabajo en áreas estratégicas. telesurtv.net Presidente de Filipinas, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., realiza visita de Estado a Beijing. Sostuvo encuentro oficial con Xi Jinping.

Staff (2023-01-05). Condenan a exministro de facto boliviano a casi seis años de cárcel en Estados Unidos. cubadebate.cu El exministro del Gobierno de facto boliviano encabezado por Jeanine àÅñez, Arturo Murillo, fue condenado este miércoles a 70 meses de prisión en Estados Unidos (EE.UU.), por los delitos de soborno internacional y lavado de dinero. Fue detenido en 2021 en EE.UU., luego de huir de Bolivia y permaneció en la prisión Federal de Seguridad Administrativa de Miami Dade, en Florida.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-05). Tropas de EE.UU. saquean 60 camiones de petróleo y trigo en Siria. telesurtv.net Dos caravanas de camiones ingresaron al norte del territorio iraquí por los cruces ilegales de al-Mahmoudiya y al-Walid.

Staff (2023-01-05). El tiempo: Día cálido y algunas lluvias en el centro del país. cubadebate.cu Amanecerá con poca nubosidad en gran parte del archipiélago. Desde el final de la mañana estará parcialmente nublado y se nublará en la tarde desde Sancti Spíritus hasta Holguín con algunos chubascos, lluvias y aisladas tormentas eléctricas. En el resto del país las lluvias serán muy aisladas.

teleSUR, odr, JGN (2023-01-05). México otorgará fertilizantes a dos millones de productores. telesurtv.net Será fertilizante gratuito para dos millones de productores, sobre todo para campesinos con pocas hectáreas, apuntó el mandatario.

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-01-05). Decomisan 242 paquetes de presunta cocaína en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net Las pacas fueron puestas bajo la custodia del Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Forenses.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-05). ONU analizará ingreso de extremista israelí a Al-Aqsa, en Jerusalén. telesurtv.net Ministro israelí de extrema derecha, Itamar Ben-Gvir, accede a complejo de la mezquita Al-Aqsa, en Jerusalén este ocupado.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-05). Presidente Lula nombra a senador Prates para dirigir Petrobras. telesurtv.net El presidente interino ejercerá el cargo hasta la toma de posesión del nuevo titular de la compañía designado por el Gobierno.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-05). Gobierno de Bolivia niega persecución política contra gobernador de Santa Cruz. telesurtv.net Unas 76 personas son procesadas judicialmente acusadas por los actos violentos contra dependencias estatales en Santa Cruz, protagonizados por partidarios de Camacho.

teleSUR -DRL (2023-01-05). Corea del Sur valora cesar acuerdo con el Norte por tensiones. telesurtv.net Es un acuerdo anexo a la Declaración Conjunta de Pyongyang sobre distensión anunciada el 19 de septiembre de 2018…

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-01-05). Conforman instancia para caracterizar a grupos armados en Colombia. telesurtv.net El nombramiento de dichos funcionarios se ha amparado en el decreto 2655, expedido el pasado 31 de diciembre de 2022.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-05). Gobierno de Colombia suspende cese al fuego bilateral con ELN. telesurtv.net "No puede aceptarse como acuerdo un decreto unilateral del Gobierno", expresó el ELN en el comunicado de respuesta al Gobierno.

Staff (2023-01-05). Tasas vigentes en el mercado cambiario cubano este jueves 5 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 jueves 5 de enero en el mercado cambiario del país.

Staff (2023-01-05). Qué trae la prensa cubana, jueves 5 de enero de 2023. cubadebate.cu

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manager (2023-01-05). CEPR Sanctions Watch, January 2022. cepr.net In this Sanctions Watch, covering December 2022: Seized Afghan assets languish in US-backed trust fund while Afghans prepare for a grueling winter; US lawmakers meet with the president of Cuba and denounce the US embargo; UN experts denounce environmental degradation and loss of life as a result of sanctions against Iran; US, Japan, South Korea …

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manager (2023-01-05). CEPR Sanctions Watch, January 2022. cepr.net In this Sanctions Watch, covering December 2022: Seized Afghan assets languish in US-backed trust fund while Afghans prepare for a grueling winter; US lawmakers meet with the president of Cuba and denounce the US embargo; UN experts denounce environmental degradation and loss of life as a result of sanctions against Iran; US, Japan, South Korea …

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teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-03). Estado Islámico reivindica autoría de ataque en Kabul. telesurtv.net El atentado fue el tercer ataque en la ciudad en un mes reivindicado por la rama del grupo terrorista, IS-Khorasan.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-01-03). Venezuela y Emiratos àÅrabes Unidos fortalecen cooperación. telesurtv.net Los representantes gubernamentales dialogaron bajo los principios de la solidaridad y la complementariedad, basados en el respeto y el reconocimiento mutuo.

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Arnaud Develay (2023-01-03). Donbass: The War on Remembrance. covertactionmagazine.com The Ukrainian Army wants not only to annihilate pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine but also wipe out the region's heroic history of resisting the Nazi onslaught in World War II. We had just received the news that another shelling had taken place. To be sure, the school we had just left had been hit for …

Ramzy Baroud (2023-01-03). Culture of Hope: 2022 and the Margins of Victory in Palestine. dissidentvoice.org Another critical year for Palestine has folded. While 2022 has wrought much of the same in terms of Israeli military occupation and increasing violence, it also introduced new variables to the Palestinian struggle nationally, regionally and internationally. Palestine, the War and the Arabs The Russia-Ukraine war starting in February pressured many political entities, including …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-03). Ukraine Wants EU to Scrap Medicine Exemption for Russia Sanctions. news.antiwar.com Ukraine is threatening to punish European pharmaceutical companies that are still operating in Russia and wants EU sanctions on Russia to apply to medicine, POLITICO reported in December. The EU has imposed wide-ranging sanctions on Russia but has exempted medicines due to humanitarian concerns. The report said that the exemption hasn't "sat well" with Ukraine …

WSWS (2023-01-03). Kiev kills "hundreds" of Russian recruits in strike with US-supplied missile. wsws.org The attack, using US-provided weapons and likely based on US-provided targeting data, sends the world a message: Washington wants the bloodbath in Eastern Europe to escalate in the new year.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-01-03). Condenan asesinato de dos palestinos por parte de Israel. telesurtv.net Asimismo el ente palestino consideró este crimen organizado como parte de un conflicto con una espiral de escalada donde Israel descarta la solución política.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-03). Irán afirma que EE.UU. rendirá cuentas por asesinato de Soleimani. telesurtv.net La Cancillería denunció que el crimen fue "diseñado e implementado de manera organizada" por el Gobierno de EE.UU.

Angela (2023-01-03). Sunday 1/15: Q&A Discussion of two short documentary films about Apartheid. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Binoy Kampmark (2023-01-03). Metaphors of Belligerence: Wars by and against Nature. dissidentvoice.org Metaphor consists in giving the thing a name that belongs to something else. — Aristotle, Poetics (1457b) It all seemed familiar. Anthropomorphised Mother Nature in vengeful mood; humans wondering if they might meet a frozen demise in trapped vehicles; the planners taking stock as to how best to cope with grim circumstances. The New York …

H. Patricia Hynes (2023-01-03). Imagining a World Without Nuclear Weapons. juancole.com Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) January 22 marks the second anniversary of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a global lifeboat supported by 70% of the world's countries. Meanwhile, the US Department of Energy's 2023 budget request for nuclear weapons' upgrade is more than $21 billion and close to $8 …

_____ (2023-01-03). Ajamu Baraka: The Left Must Draw Clear Political And Ideological Lines. popularresistance.org As 2022 comes to an end and major crises abound, Clearing the FOG spoke with Ajamu Baraka, a long time human rights defender and co-founder of the Black Alliance for Peace, about the big picture of what is happening politically and upcoming opportunities to organize for change. Baraka discusses the continued move to the right in the United States by both of the major political parties and their voting bases, including those in the liberal class, the complicity of the corporate media and the rise of censorship and repression against those who do not adhere to the manufactured narrative. Baraka explains why the Lef…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-03). Rusia reconoce que ataque ucraniano deja 63 muertos en Donetsk. telesurtv.net Durante los primeros días del año se ha mantenido el intercambio de misiles, ataques de bombardeos y derribo de drones.

Dieter Funke, Michael Klare (2023-01-03). Utopias and Dystopias as Places of Mental Retreat and Cooperation with China. indybay.org Joe Biden and his foreign policy team are in many ways still entrenched in the Cold War era, and his administration has generally taken a far more antagonistic stance toward China than Obama. It is not surprising, then, that the progress Kerry made with his Chinese interlocutors in Glasgow largely fizzled out as tensions over Taiwan grew more intense.

____ (2023-01-03). Digitalization gaining ground in China on wider application. ecns.cn Chinese enterprises' expenditures on digital businesses will witness speedy growth in 2023, as cutting-edge digital technologies, such as 5G, artificial intelligence and cloud computing, have been increasingly applied into a wide range of fields and integrated with the real economy.

____ (2023-01-03). Tourism airship seeks certification. ecns.cn The AS700, an airship model to meet potential tourism demand, has entered its airworthiness certification process, according to the Aviation Industry Corp of China, the nation's leading aircraft maker.

____ (2023-01-03). China's largest oil-and-gas field sets new output record. ecns.cn Changqing oilfield, China's largest oil-and-gas field, produced over 65 million tonnes of oil equivalent (TOE) of crude oil and natural gas in 2022, setting a new record for output in China's domestic oil and gas fields…

____ (2023-01-03). Ningxia's China-Arab trade grows roots. ecns.cn In recent years, intelligent water-saving irrigation systems and technologies developed by Ningxia University have been used in several Arab countries, including Egypt, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, according to the university.

____ (2023-01-03). Cooperation key to better IP protection. ecns.cn China has stepped up efforts in increasing international cooperation on intellectual property protection to improve its competitiveness over the past few years, with rapid growth of patent applications overseas.

____ (2023-01-03). China-Latin America trade reaching new heights. ecns.cn The good news could not have been better. Argentina and Nicaragua joined the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, and figures showed that trade between China and Latin America hit a record high in 2021.

____ (2023-01-03). People always put first, diplomat says. ecns.cn China has always put people and their lives first as it tries to keep COVID-19 under control, and its recent optimization of response measures is based on the scientific assessment of the pandemic situation.

____ (2023-01-03). China's factory activity contracts in Dec. ecns.cn China's manufacturing activity shrank for a fifth straight month in December, as COVID-19 outbreaks continued to weigh on both output and demand, a private sector pool showed on Tuesday.

____ (2023-01-03). Things you need to know about Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and XBB. ecns.cn As more new variants of Omicron emerge in some overseas countries, China has also detected BQ.1 and XBB from imported cases. How virulent are these strains? Will they cause new waves of infections?

____ (2023-01-03).

. ecns.cn Thirteen pandas were bred at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Chengdu, Sichuan province, last year.

____ (2023-01-03). Consumption surges during New Year holiday. ecns.cn China's consumption market saw a rapid recovery during the New Year holiday, showing consumers have high enthusiasm for consumption, the Securities Daily reported.

____ (2023-01-03). China rail-sea intermodal trains transported more cargo in 2022. ecns.cn The rail-sea intermodal freight trains running along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor transported a total of 756,000 TEUs of containers, up 18.5 percent year on year.

____ (2023-01-03). New foreign minister to continue supporting growth of China-U.S. ties. ecns.cn The envoy made the comments on his Twitter account as he bade farewell to people in various sectors of the United States and embarked on his new position as China's new foreign minister.

____ (2023-01-03). Ribbon-like 28-zigzag road cuts through mountain in Sichuan. ecns.cn A 28-zigzag road bends on a mountain, forming a white ribbon around the mountain after snow in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 1, 2023. The road with 28 curves stretches 60 kilometers and crosses a 4,000-meter snow mountain pass from the Jiuzhaigou Valley.

____ (2023-01-03). China's C919 aircraft arrives at Haikou for validation flight. ecns.cn The aircraft, which belongs to China Eastern Airlines, launched a 100-hour verification flight on December 26, 2022, flying across 10 airports in 10 provinces and cities including Beijing, Xi'an and Haikou.

Sean Callebs (2023-01-03). The Heat: President Xi's New Year Address. america.cgtn.com President Xi Jinping's New Year address to China. What was his message? And what's ahead for China in 2023? Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his 2023 New Year address to China on Saturday. He reflected on what China achieved in 2022 and he also looked …

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-03). Nuevo canciller chino conversa con secretario de Estado de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Qin Gang recordó y calificó de francas, profundas y constructivas sus distintas reuniones con Antony Blinken.

The Conversation (2023-01-03). 100 years of Stan Lee: how the Comic Book King challenged Prejudice. juancole.com By Alex Fitch, University of Brighton | December 28 2022 marks 100 years since the birth of the world's most famous comic book writer: the late Stan Lee. The 1960s were Stan Lee's most astonishing decade, during which he came up with ideas and scripts for the first appearances of such heroes as the …

Appreciating Diversity Film Series (2023-01-03). Thursday 1/19: Diversity Film Series: Childcare in America: 'Through the Night.'. indybay.org Ellen Driscoll Playhouse | 325 Highland Avenue near the corner of Oakland avenue | Piedmont, CA 94611…

Brenda Norrell (2023-01-03). Enticed by Wealth, the Media is Complicit in the Crimes of Corporations in Indian Country. indybay.org Enticed by wealth and self-glory — the media, corrupt tribal governments, and self-dealing non-profits operate a vacuum for truth, violating the sacred places of origin. The most censored issues in Indian country in 2022.

Brett Willkins (2023-01-03). President Boric Says Chile Will Open Embassy in Occupied Palestine. indybay.org "We cannot forget a community that is suffering from an illegal occupation, a community that is resisting, a community that is seeing its rights and dignity violated every day," Chile's leftist president said.

CNA Alta Bates Nurses (2023-01-03). Sunday 1/1: Solidarity Rally For CNA Striking Sutter Nurses At Alta Bates:Start New Year With Strikers. indybay.org Sutter Alta Bates Hospital | 24 Ashby St. | Berkeley…

____ (2023-01-03). RCEP takes effect for Indonesia, new trade regulations in place in the country. ecns.cn RCEP agreement took effect for Indonesia on Monday, with the country putting new regulations in place for its trade with other members of the world's largest free trade deal in terms of population and the size of economy and trade.

____ (2023-01-03). Local brands revving up electric vehicle sector. ecns.cn Chinese automotive brands, especially electric vehicle brands, are seeing their popularity soar, overshadowing foreign car manufacturers in the world's top auto market.

____ (2023-01-03). Maoming East-Bohe Port freight line starts operating. ecns.cn The nation sees its efforts in infrastructure bearing fruit as a new freight rail line was put into operation recently.

____ (2023-01-03). Long list of returnees signals new drive for growth. ecns.cn On Nov 1, the hottest-trending topic on Chinese social media came from an unlikely source.

____ (2023-01-03). Measures aim to reduce impact of COVID-19 on production. ecns.cn Authorities have implemented a slew of measures to minimize the impact of COVID-19 on normal production and people's daily lives, according to a recent government work notice.

____ (2023-01-03). Free medicines provide relief for people in need. ecns.cn To provide medicine for people in need, local governments, private institutions and individuals are coming up with new ways to "share the medicine box" and provide free medical supplies, as the number of COVID infections rises across the country.

____ (2023-01-03). Beijing confirms recovering tourism during New Year holiday. ecns.cn The Chinese capital Beijing saw its tourist and cultural activities bouncing back to pre-COVID-19 levels during the just-concluded three-day New Year holiday.

____ (2023-01-03). 40 candidates selected from Hong Kong for fourth batch of astronauts of Tiangong space station. ecns.cn Hong Kong has selected 40 candidates for the fourth batch of Chinese astronauts to the Tiangong space station, said Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Sunday.

____ (2023-01-03). No local transmission of BQ.1, XBB detected in Shanghai: official. ecns.cn Omicron new subvariants BQ.1 and XBB, which have been detected in Shanghai in imported cases under closed-loop management, have not caused local transmission yet, said Yuan Zhengan, a member of the city's expert advisory group on COVID-19 prevention.

____ (2023-01-03). Thousands pay tribute to Pele in Brazil. ecns.cn Thousands of people gathered Monday in the Brazilian city of Santos to bid farewell to football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, who died at 82 on Thursday from colon cancer.

____ (2023-01-03). Bizarre Cretaceous bird shows evolutionarily decoupled skull and body. ecns.cn A new, complete 120-million-year-old fossil bird has a dinosaur-like skull articulated with a bird-like body. In addition, the fossil specimen, named Cratonavis zhui, preserves a surprisingly elongate scapula and first metatarsal, making it stand out from all other birds including fossil ones.

INDYRADIO (2023-01-03). FBI COINTELPRO Document Release. indybay.org It was my original intention to return the stolen FBI documents | to the site where they were hosted.

Juan Cole (2023-01-03). Will the International Court of Justice finally give a Verdict against Israel's Illegal Squatting in Palestine? juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Al-Quds [Jerusalem] reports the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution entitled "Israeli Practices that affect the Human Rights of the Palestinian People in Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem." It depended on Chapter XIV, Article 96 of the U.N. Charter, which specifies that "The General Assembly or …

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-01-03). Our "California Grown" Pan African Global Kwanzaa Holiday producing good fruit. indybay.org Historic Alta California and Pacific Island US Territories Minority Farmers and Ranchers have new focus and opportunity, Kwanzaa everyday.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-01-03). USDA Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers comes to the "Farm to Fork Capitol of America" indybay.org 24th Annual, California State Capitol Kwanzaa Celebration, Room 126, Historic Hearing Room, official Federal Register Notice was received for the first in person USDA Advisory Committee Minority Farmers in many years and indeed it will be held West of the Rocky Mountains, Habari Gani…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-01-03). 2023 GOD's Appreciation Dinner – Remembering CA Pioneers of African Descent. indybay.org January 1, 2023 GOD's Appreciation Dinner hosted by Stockton Black Leadership Council mirrors January 1, 1866 city-wide effort hosted by Reverend Jeremiah King featuring a grand parade through Downtown Stockton with speeches and festivities enjoyed by all. Soon come recognition of the contributions of early California Pioneers of African Descent.

KQED Live (2023-01-03). Thursday 2/16: Fire and Wine: How Wildfire Affects Your Cabernet. indybay.org KQED Headquarters | 2601 Mariposa Street | San Francisco, CA 94110…

KQED Live (2023-01-03). Saturday 2/25: YR Media Eco-Party Hour. indybay.org KQED Headquarters | 2601 Mariposa Street | San Francisco, CA 94110…

KQED Live (2023-01-03). Wednesday 3/15: Kim Stanley Robinson's Half Century Love Affair With the Sierra Nevada. indybay.org Herbst Theatre | 401 Van Ness Ave | San Francisco, CA 94102…

Labor Video Project (2023-01-03). We Have Had Enough!They Have Crossed The Line! NNU-CNA Sutter Alta Bates Nurses Strike. indybay.org On January 1, over 100 striking NNU-CNA nurses and community supporters rallied at Sutter's Alta Bates hospital…

Lynda Carson (2023-01-03). Judge Donna Ryu condemns City of San Francisco's attacks on the homeless encampments. indybay.org Protest Against Attacks On San Francisco Homeless Encampments:…

Lynda Carson (2023-01-03). Homeless deaths of the dispossessed and unhoused in 2022 are heartbreaking. indybay.org Makeshift Tombstones Honoring Homeless Persons Who Died In 2022:…

Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center (2023-01-03). Saturday 1/21: Barbara Lee & Elihu Harris Lecture Series Presents Bishop Nathan D. Baxte. indybay.org Beebe Memorial Cathedral | 3900 Telegraph Avenue | Oakland, CA 94609…

Mohammad Elnaiem (2023-01-03). African Roots of MLK Vision – 2023 Journey to Atlanta, Georgia and Gold Coast, Ghana. indybay.org Historical sojourn on the African continent exposed SNCC to a larger world infused with new possibility and hope, thus solidifying Africa's symbolic and political importance to struggles for freedom in the United States and around the world, revisited in 2023.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-01-03). Thousands March in Occupied Territories Demanding Release of Bodies of Palestinians. orinocotribune.com Israel has kept the bodies of over a hundred Palestinians who were killed by its forces or died inside its prisons as 'bargaining chips', including that of Palestinian freedom fighter Nasser Abu Hmeid who died last week | Thousands of Palestinians took out marches across the occupied territories on Tuesday, December 27, demanding that Israel release the bodies of deceased Palestinian freedom fighter Nasser Abu Hmeid and others killed by its forces. | Protesters in the occupied West Bank marched from Amari refugee camp near Ramallah to the Qalandia checkpoint. Israeli forces used heavy force to disperse the pro…

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (2023-01-03). Clampdown Reported In Iranian Kurdistan After Slain Protesters Mourned. juancole.com By Ardeshir Tayebi | ( RFE/RL) Demonstrators in the western Iranian city of Javanrud were set on by security forces and have reportedly faced a martial-style clampdown since gathering in a local cemetery on December 31 to mark the end of the 40-day mourning period for seven protesters killed by security forces in …

Revolution Books (2023-01-03). Sunday 1/8: Watch Livestream to raise $100,000 to put Revolution on the Map. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley…

Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs (2023-01-03). Keith McHenry, Co-founder of "Food Not Bombs" Global Movement, Arrested Today. indybay.org December 27, 2022 – Keith McHenry, the co-founder of the global movement "Food Not Bombs" was arrested today and is in jail now.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-01-03). Saturday 1/14: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Less Is More. indybay.org Online: Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-01-03). Saturday 1/7: Election 2022: What Does It Mean for the Socialist Left? indybay.org

Unicorn Riot (2023-01-03). Dozens of Police Evict Quarry Encampment. unicornriot.ninja

Unicorn Riot (2023-01-03). 'You're Important to Us!': Tucson Rings in the New Year with Raucous Jail Protest. unicornriot.ninja

Water Protector Legal Collective (2023-01-03). Winnemucca Paiute and Shoshone Remain Evicted from Homes, Denied Justice by Court. indybay.org Winnemucca Indian Colony elderly and disabled remain evicted from their homes by a disputed tribal council whose leader lives out of state. The Inter-Tribal Court of Appeals of Nevada denied the Native homeowners justice.

Werner Neuer, Ivan Illich & Eugen Drewermann (2023-01-03). Astonishment. The Beginning and End of Theology. indybay.org Debt relief is absolutely essential. Making persons morally liable who are materially in debt is a mistake. Condemning the helpless and broken is completely wrong. They urgently need help. Forgiveness of material debts and moral offenses is one and the same for Jesus. Human existence is crucial.

WSWS (2023-01-03). Homeless deaths surged across the US in 2022 due to extreme weather, economic hardship. wsws.org According to the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago, 0,000 to 600,000 people in the US experience homelessness on any given night; approximately one-third of them sleep on the streets.

WSWS (2023-01-03). Sri Lankan president holds "national reconciliation" conference. wsws.org Wickremesinghe's all party conference is another attempt to enlist the support of the opposition parties amid growing popular anger against his government's vicious austerity program.

WSWS (2023-01-03). In New Year's address, Chinese President Xi Jinping covers up massive public health crisis. wsws.org Xi echoed the empty platitudes of US President Joe Biden and capitalist politicians responsible for the devastation wrought globally by this preventable disease.

WSWS (2023-01-03). Pentagon deployed security forces to protect itself while ignoring besieged Congress on January 6. wsws.org The revelation explodes the false claim made in the Select Committee's final report that there was no "intentional delay" in deploying military assets to the Capitol during Trump's coup.

WSWS (2023-01-03). Pentagon deployed security forces to protect themselves while ignoring besieged Congress on January 6. wsws.org The revelation explodes the false claim made in the Select Committee's final report that there was no "intentional delay" to deploy military assets to the Capitol during Trump's coup.

WSWS (2023-01-03). Storm clouds massing over global economy and financial system. wsws.org A slowing global economy will cause problems for financial markets already experiencing instability, as the reversal of ultra-easy monetary policies by the world's central banks make itself felt.

WSWS (2023-01-03). NYSNA union officials seek to preempt strike with tentative agreement at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. wsws.org The New York State Nurses Association will use what is all but certain to be a sellout tentative agreement with New York-Presbyterian Hospital as a template in negotiations with seven other hospitals.

WSWS (2023-01-03). 2023: The global capitalist crisis and the growing offensive of the international working class. wsws.org In 2022 the accumulating pressure of these intersecting elements of the world capitalist crisis attained the equivalent of critical mass: that is, they have reached the point where the dynamic of crisis has passed beyond the ability of governments to control the movement toward a social cataclysm.

WSWS (2023-01-03). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Tenant farmers distributed free food and vegetables in Buenos Aires as part of a protest over land grabs by agribusiness while Akron teachers say they are ready to walk out over contract issues.

George Yancy (2023-01-03). Ableism Enables All Forms of Inequity and Hampers All Liberation Efforts. truthout.org As I've continued to think more about the phenomenon of "disability," I am compelled to rethink "ableism" beyond a hegemonic system that specifically applies to those who are deemed disabled. In other words, I have begun to rethink how ableism is broader in scope and how it undergirds other forms of oppression. In this engaging interview, Talila A. Lewis argues that ableism has deep implications… |

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-03). US Sends Fighter Jets to Israeli Airbase for Temporary Deployment. news.antiwar.com The US Air Force has sent six F-15 fighter jets to an Israeli airbase for a temporary deployment that will involve joint drills with the Israeli Air Force (IAF) as the two countries continue to step up military cooperation. The F-15s are being sent to the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel under US Air Forces …

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-03). Presidente boliviano se reúne con autoridades rusas en Brasilia. telesurtv.net La titular del Consejo de la Federación rusa señaló que Moscú "aprecia la política exterior independiente de Bolivia".

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-03). Presidente de Brasil sostiene reuniones con delegaciones internacionales en primer día de gestión. telesurtv.net El mandatario brasileño instó a trabajar para que su país tenga el papel que se merece en la esfera internacional.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-03). Costa Rica marca récord histórico de homicidios durante el 2022. telesurtv.net Los 656 homicidios de 2022 describen un incremento de 11.56 por ciento con respecto al año anterior, cuando sumaron 588.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-03). Mexicanos exigen al Gobierno acelerar búsqueda de desparecidos. telesurtv.net Familiares de los desaparecidos exigieron a las autoridades del estado de Zacatecas, iniciar las investigaciones para dar con los jóvenes.

teleSUR, rzr (2023-01-03). Gobierno argentino analizará juicio a titular de la Corte Suprema. telesurtv.net "Debo impedir que se siga manipulando el Consejo de la Magistratura con insólitas interpretaciones", aseguró Fernandez.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-03). Colombia evaluará cada dos meses la tregua con grupos armados. telesurtv.net Bajo su política de "paz total", el presidente Petro aspira detener la espiral de violencia que siguió al acuerdo firmado con las FARC en 2016.

Andrés Figueroa Cornejo (2023-01-03). 2022: Año de la derechización del oficialismo. globalizacion.ca Evaporados los últimos sudores del 2022, como expresión descompensada, inestable y contradictoria de las relaciones de fuerza entre los intereses de las clases dominantes y el movimiento amplio y heterogéneo de las luchas de los trabajadores y los oprimidos, y…

Atilio A. Boron (2023-01-03). Brasil Lula, entre dos fuegos. globalizacion.ca La asunción a la presidencia del Brasil de Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva es una gran noticia para Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Se supone que el gigante sudamericano recuperará el protagonismo internacional que supo tener en el pasado y contribuirá…

Emir Sader (2023-01-03). Brasil Lula de miel. globalizacion.ca En la misma semana, los dos brasileños más conocidos en el mundo fueron noticia en Brasil y en el plano internacional: Lula y Pelé. La muerte de Pelé "sirvió" no solo para que los brasileños revisaran las obras de arte…

Hernando Calvo Ospina (2023-01-03). Cuba, faro de rebeldía y dignidad antiimperialista. globalizacion.ca øY por qué el Estado cubano no acepta lo que le pide Estados Unidos para que la deje tranquila, levantándole el bloqueo? øPor qué esa revolución persiste en ir a contracorriente del imperio más poderoso que ha existido en la…

Nadia Echazábal (2023-01-03). Cuba en 2022: Un año de ingenio tecnológico contra la crisis. globalizacion.ca Grupos de compra y venta, soluciones informáticas para evitar las largas horas de espera y hasta la posibilidad de legalizar documentos mediante pagos electrónicos se encuentran entre las piezas de ingenio que, durante este 2022, los cubanos han adoptado ante…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-01-03). ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 30.12.2022. indybay.org ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 30.12.2022 | comunicaciones e información para la liberación…

Saheli Chowdhury (2023-01-03). Haiti: Political Parties Reject 'National Consensus,' a Political Ploy of De Facto PM Ariel Henry. orinocotribune.com Caracas, January 2, 2023 ( The leader of the Movement for Political and Cultural Independence Party (MEKSEPA)…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-03). Estado Islámico reivindica autoría de ataque en Kabul. telesurtv.net El atentado fue el tercer ataque en la ciudad en un mes reivindicado por la rama del grupo terrorista, IS-Khorasan.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-03). Presidente mexicano saluda asunción presidencial de Lula. telesurtv.net Lula asumió el domingo su tercer mandato tras vencer el 30 de octubre a Jair Bolsonaro en la segunda vuelta electoral.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-03). Organizaciones argentinas convocan a evento sobre integración. telesurtv.net Las agrupaciones acordaron el encuentro para la víspera de la cumbre de jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Celac.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-03). Estudio: personas hidratadas viven por más tiempo. telesurtv.net Los investigadores recomiendan aumentar la ingesta de agua para las mujeres entre 1,5 y 2,2 litros y para los hombres entre dos y tres litros.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-01-03). El Salvador reporta 203 muertos en accidentes viales en festividades. telesurtv.net El texto subrayó que ese total de decesos sucedió en 2.301 accidentes que dejaron además 1.319 lesionados.

teleSUR, lsl, JGN (2023-01-03). Primera Conferencia Tricontinental: Un hito de solidaridad. telesurtv.net A 57 años de la celebración de la primera Conferencia Tricontinental en La Habana te invitamos a recordar algunos de los objetivos y logros del encuentro.

teleSUR, lvm, SH (2023-01-03). Notifican nueva ola de tormentas invernales en EE.UU. telesurtv.net El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de EE.UU. indicó que 16 estados del país están bajo alertas de invierno.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-01-03). Elevan a 17 los muertos tras motín en cárcel de México. telesurtv.net Hay diez oficiales fallecidos, siete reos asesinados, 10 personas heridas, y 27 privados de libertad (ppl) fugados.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-01-03). Siria insta a la ONU a condenar crímenes israelíes. telesurtv.net "Las autoridades de ocupación israelíes han decidido agregar una nueva agresión a su historial de actos de agresión", denunció el ente sirio.

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-03). Presidente de Bolivia destaca rol de Lula para la integración. telesurtv.net El mandatario boliviano afirmó que el Gobierno de Lula estará enfocado al servicio del pueblo brasileño.

teleSUR, odr, SH (2023-01-03). Mujer es electa presidenta de la Suprema Corte de México. telesurtv.net La ministra Norma Piña Hernández se desempeñará cono presidenta de la Corte Suprema hasta el 31 de diciembre 2023.

teleSUR, odr, SH (2023-01-03). México elige por primera vez a una mujer para presidir Suprema Corte. telesurtv.net La ministra Norma Piña Hernández se desempeñará cono presidenta de la Corte Suprema hasta el 31 de diciembre 2023.

teleSUR, odr, SH (2023-01-03). Panamá afirma tener controlada la sexta ola de la Covid-19. telesurtv.net Panamá acumula 1.023.778 contagios de la enfermedad viral desde el inicio de la pandemia, mientras que los decesos suman 8.568.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-03). Amplían campaña de vacunación contra la Covid-19 en Uruguay. telesurtv.net La cartera sanitaria decidió adelantar la campaña para mayores de años e inmunideprimidos.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-03). Declaran brote de cólera en Buyumbura, Burundi. telesurtv.net La mayoría de los casos sospechosos reside en el distrito sanitario del norte de Buyumbura, dos en el barrio de Mutakura y otro en Buyenzi.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-03). Muere joven palestino por disparos israelíes en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Organizaciones palestinas indicaron las fuerzas de ocupación mataron a 224 palestinos durante el 2022.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-03). Paraguay reporta 600 casos de violencia durante fiestas navideñas. telesurtv.net Datos de la Policía Nacional paraguaya procesados hasta este 2 de enero indican que el total de llamadas asciende a 4.076.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-03). Golpistas bolivianos vuelven a atentar contra sede policial en Santa Cruz. telesurtv.net El subcomandante departamental de la Policía señaló que agentes policiales respondieron al ataque para dispersar evitar la toma y quema de la sede policial.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-03). Asesinan a líder juvenil del pueblo Awa en Nariño, Colombia. telesurtv.net Según Indepaz, en el atentado quedó herido el hermano de la víctima Javier Taicus Canticus de 21 años de edad.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-01-03). Venezuela y Emiratos àÅrabes Unidos fortalecen cooperación. telesurtv.net Los representantes gubernamentales dialogaron bajo los principios de la solidaridad y la complementariedad, basados en el respeto y el reconocimiento mutuo.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-02). UPDATED: Dozens Of Russian Servicemen Killed By Ukrainian Strike In Makeyevka. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageUPDATE on January 2: | The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that 63 Russian soldiers were killed as a result of the Ukrainian strike in the area of Makeyevka in the DPR. The building was targeted by six HIMARs missiles, two of them were intercepted by Russian air defence forces. | "As a result of the strike of four missiles with a high-explosive warheads at the temporary deployment point, 63 Russian servicemen were killed. All necessary assistance and support will be provided to the relati…

Ramzy Baroud (2023-01-02). Deadliest Year for Palestinians in Decades: Israeli Forces Kill 240, including 47 children. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) Another critical year for Palestine has folded. While 2022 has wrought much of the same in terms of Israeli military occupation and increasing violence, it also introduced new variables to the Palestinian struggle nationally, regionally and internationally. Palestine, the War and the Arabs The Russia-Ukraine War starting in …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-02). Russian Regions Still At Gunpoint Of Ukrainian Military. southfront.org

Staff (2023-01-02). Over 20,000 Ukrainian troops trained in nearby NATO countries. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformJanuary 1, 2023 More than 20,000 Ukrainian soldiers trained abroad More than 20,000 soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already undergone training abroad, Brigadier General Oleksii Hromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Department of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said…. "The personnel and combined military units of the Ukrainian Armed …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-02). Ukraine Won't Be Ready for Patriot Missiles Until 2024: Advisory Body Warns U.S. Congress of High Risks From Deliveries. southfront.org Originally published by Military Watch The U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) advisory body has warned that Congress is facing issues…

Global Research News (2023-01-02). Selected Articles: New Year in London: Mass Poverty Is Deeply Rooted. Ongoing Praise for NATO Militarization Ukraine. globalresearch.ca By The traditional London New Year fireworks display last night was dedicated to a dead queen and neo-Nazis on …

____ (2023-01-02). Ukrainian capital under air attacks, no casualties. ecns.cn The Ukrainian capital came under air attacks carried out by the Russian forces overnight Sunday, with explosions being reported in several districts of the city, local authorities said.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-02). NATO Chief Says Sending More Weapons to Ukraine Is Quickest Path to Peace. news.antiwar.com NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg claimed in an interview published Friday that the quickest path to peace in Ukraine is through NATO countries sending more weapons to Kyiv. "It may sound like a paradox, but military support for Ukraine is the fastest way to peace," Stoltenberg told the German news agency DPA. "We know that most …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-02). Putin and Zelensky Both Vow to Keep Fighting in New Year's Addresses. news.antiwar.com Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky both delivered New Year's Eve addresses to their countries, where they vowed to continue fighting as the war shows no sign of slowing down in 2023. In his speech, Putin reiterated that he has no intention of leaving the areas Russian forces have captured and annexed, …

____ (2023-01-02). Russia Dropping US Dollar for Chinese Yuan — And Fast. transcend.org 26 Dec 2022 – In response to Western sanctions, Russia's central bank is dropping the US dollar for Chinese yuan. The yuan's share of Moscow's currency trading increased from 1% to 40-45% in 2022, while dollar trade halved from 80% to 40%.

____ (2023-01-02). Washington Is Waking Up on Weapons for Taiwan. transcend.org 19 Dec 2022 – The legislation includes guidance to the U.S. Defense and State Departments to prioritize the delivery of arms to Taiwan. The aim is to deter China by building U.S.-Taiwan interoperability.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-02). Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine On January 2, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 63 Russian servicemen were killed as a result of the Ukrainian attack on a temporary base near the town of Makiivka, according to the Russian MOD; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Bakhmut; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Soledar; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Kramatorsk with high-precision missiles; | Up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, 3…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-02). New Year Missile & Drone Strikes Continue Across Ukraine as NATO Recognizes Scale of Conflict. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for January 2, 2023: Fighting continues around Bakhmut and across the wider Donbass region; Russian missile and drone strikes continue for several days now; Ukrainian sources claim "all" drones were downed but damage to infrastructure proves otherwise; Ukraine claims to have hit Russian troops…

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-02). Ukrainian HIMARS Strike Kills 63 Russian Soldiers in Donbas. news.antiwar.com The Russian Defense Ministry said Monday that 63 Russian soldiers were killed in a Ukrainian rocket strike in the eastern Donestk Oblast in one of the deadliest Ukrainian strikes against Russian troops of the war. According to Moscow, Ukraine used US-provided HIMARS rocket systems in the attack, which targeted the city of Makeyevka. According to …

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-02). Bombardeo de Ucrania mata a seis civiles en hospital de Donbás. telesurtv.net FF.AA. de Kiev matan a pacientes e integrantes del personal médico en la ciudad de Pervomaisk, en Lugansk. Las víctimas podrían incrementarse.

Sean Blackmon, Jacqueline Luqman (2023-01-02). Peru Coup, Argentina Arrest and Attacks on "Pink Tide" Highlight Importance of People's Movements: Q&A with James Early. towardfreedom.org

Anonymous103 (2023-01-02). Military Situation In Ukraine On January 2, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU positions near Kramatorsk with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Kharkov with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Orekhov with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Zaporozhye with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Dnepropetrovsk with high-precision missiles; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Kupyansk; | Clashes…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-02). Overview Of Russian Strikes In Ukraine On January 2, 2023. southfront.org Fire in Dnipro | On January 2, Russian forces launched another attack on Ukrainian military and energy infrastructure facilities throughout Ukraine. At night, Russian UAVs struck their targets in the Cherkassy, Kiev, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson regions, as well as in the part of the DPR which remains under control of the Kiev regime. | In total, in the morning air alert sounded in eat least ight regions of Ukraine. In the afternoon, an air alert was again declared in the Cherkasy, Kirovograd and Mykolaiv regio…

Staff (2023-01-02). Ukrainian military education adapted to NATO standards. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineDecember 30, 2022 Govt approves Concept for transformation of military education system in Ukraine based on NATO standards The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the Concept for Transforming the Military Education System in Ukraine Based on NATO Standards. *** In particular, the Concept of Transforming the System of Military Education in Ukraine was approved, which …

____ (2023-01-02). 'Nearly Every War Has Been the Result of Media Lies': Julian Assange, State-Corporate Media and Ukraine. transcend.org 14 Dec 2022 – Julian Assange once observed that, 'Nearly every war has been the result of media lies.' For daring to publish evidence of US war crimes, Assange now sits in the high-security Belmarsh prison in London, at risk of being extradited to the US within the next few weeks. The prospects for a fair trial range from miniscule to zero.

____ (2023-01-02). Looking Back on 2022: Ukraine and the Rest of the Story. transcend.org 26 Dec 2022 – As 2022 draws to a close, the world bears the tragic burden of the war in Ukraine and there is nothing to indicate that it will end any time soon. Thousands have perished. A huge number of people have been injured and maimed. Both Russian and Ukrainian prisoners have been subjected to torture.

_____ (2023-01-02). US Spreads Misery By Imposing Sanctions On A Third Of Humanity. popularresistance.org On November 14, the Biden administration announced yet another round of sanctions on Russia, targeting this time Russia's military supply chains by imposing sanctions on 14 individuals and 28 entities that it said were part of a transnational network that procured technology to support Moscow in its invasion of Ukraine. | One of the companies blacklisted was Milandr, a Russian microelectronics company that Washington says is part of Moscow's military research and development structure. | The sanctions additionally targeted several aviation-related companies and two individuals—Abbas Djuma and Tigran Khristo…

Kurt Nimmo (2023-01-02). New Year in London: Mass Poverty is Deeply Rooted. Ongoing Praise for NATO Militarization Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-02). BlackRock Logo to Be Added to Ukrainian Flag. transcend.org 29 Dec 2022 – Kyiv has announced the addition of a fifth corporate logo to the Ukrainian flag—BlackRock, world's largest investment management firm–which will be playing a crucial role in the reconstruction of the nation. BlackRock will join Raytheon Technologies, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and McDonald's upon the blue and yellow flag.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-02). Air Alert Sounded About 14,870 Times In Ukraine In 2022 State Border Service. southfront.org At the end of the year, everyone sums up the results of the year 2022, the Ukrainian border guards were no exception. In 2022, air alert sounded about 14,870 times in Ukraine, according to an infographic published by the country's State Border Service. | Most often, sirens were heard in the eastern regions of the country and less often they sounded in Western Ukraine. As for the capital, air alert sounded 638 times in Kiev since the beginning of the Russian military operation on February 24…

_____ (2023-01-02). The Russian Regime Change Trap. strategic-culture.org By Tom LUONGO | Regime change in Russia is all the rage right now. It's another episode of MI-6's longest running show, "Russia — Putin's Fragile Playground," playing daily in our intelligence co-opted media. | And, hey, thanks to Elon Musk that's no longer a conspiracy theory, despite the protestations of the bad guys. | The current picture is one punctuated with regular stories of Ukrainian drone attacks on a Russian air base or power station.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-02). BREAKING: Ukrainian UAVs Targeting Sevastopol In Crimea. southfront.org Russian soldiers guard a pier where two Ukrainian naval ships are moored, in Sevastopol, Ukraine, on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. | On January 2, the AFU continued their attempts to attack the Russian city of Sevastopol in Crimea. So far, at least two Ukrainian UAVs were intercepted over the city. Russian air defence forces are in action. | The head of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev confirmed that the UAVs were intercepted over the Black Sea and asked the locals to keep calm. There were no reports of explosion…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-02). Military Situation In Syria On January 2, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On January 2, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 8 times: 3 in Idlib province, 5 in Latakia province; | On January 2, Israeli warplanes struck SAA positions in Damascus Airport. Two SAA servicemen were killed and two others were wounded; | On January 2, a number of As-Suwayda residents gathered in Al-Karama Square in the city center demanding the improvement of living and service conditions, the release of det…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-02). Eurasia's Middle Corridor: An Atlanticist Frenzy to Stifle Europe-Asia Integration. libya360.wordpress.com Matthew Ehret Geopolitical interests between the Anglo-American establishment and the Sino-Russian-led axis will clash over the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route. On 12 December 2022, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) hosted a conference on the future of Eurasia's Middle Corridor, a transport and energy infrastructure development project that stretches from the resource-rich Caspian Sea to Europe. At…

_____ (2023-01-02). The FBI Wants To Put Me On Trial For Fighting For Black Freedom. popularresistance.org There are strong indications that in early 2023, I, Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP), 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. government and its "Department of Justice" will attempt to put us on trial and imprison us for fighting for the liberation of African people in the U.S. and around the world. | But they will fail. We will win. | I am 81 years old. My political work for the last…

____ (2023-01-02). NATO's Peace DeliveryFor Whom the Bell Tolls. transcend.org "Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

WSWS (2023-01-02). New York University emergency department prioritizes the wealthy for treatment. wsws.org This discriminatory practice, which has been corroborated by dozens of NYU health care workers and electronic records, underscores the fact that the provision of medical care is determined by social inequality and the profit motive.

____ (2023-01-02). Despite US Opposition, UN Passes Resolution Condemning Death Penalty. transcend.org 16 Dec 2022 – Biden's stated opposition to the death penalty did not stop the US from joining Saudi Arabia, Iran and North Korea today in voting against a UN resolution supporting a worldwide moratorium on the practice.

Lee Camp (2023-01-02). The Truth Will Not Be Televised, with Katie Halper. mintpressnews.com Katie Halper's experience is but one example of the blacklisting that progressive voices face in the media, and she cites the influence of the pro-Israel lobby as one reason for this censorship,…

Benjamin Norton (2023-01-02). Pakistan's Imran Khan Compares His Ouster to CIA Coup in Iran, Criticizes Western Colonialism. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton Dec 31, 2022 | Pakistan's former Prime Minister likened the The CIA-organized coup "was a very similar pattern followed in when my government was dismissed," Khan said. | He likewise praised Iran's independence today, stating that Western sanctions means that "the people of Iran might have suffered, but they h…

Binoy Kampmark (2023-01-02). Vivienne Westwood: Activism and the Godmother of Punk. dissidentvoice.org There was the punk scene, Malcolm McLaren, their racy clothes shop at 430 King's Road that started out as Let it Rock, the creation of a look, and the gathering of the earth rumbling Sex Pistols. In fact, the late Dame Vivienne Westwood was already a proven stirrer, suggesting that she, not Sex Pistols frontman …

Editor (2023-01-02). Western Governments Keep Assigning Themselves the Authority to Regulate Online Speech. scheerpost.com By Caitlin Johnstone / Substack Depending on what political echo chamber you've been viewing it from, the ongoing release of information about the inner workings of pre-Musk Twitter known as "the Twitter Files" might look like the bombshell news story of the century, or it might look like a complete nothingburger whose importance is being …

Ramzy Baroud (2023-01-02). The Price of Betraying Palestine: Morocco Challenges Normalization with Israel. mintpressnews.com t is time for Morocco and others to reconsider their ties with Israel, as they risk political isolation and social instability, a far greater price to pay than the empty promises of Washington and Tel Aviv.

Robert S. Becker (2023-01-02). Unified by national leaders and results-driven storylines, Democrats show up the obstructionist, do-nothing right. nationofchange.org Dems make the future palatable,/ The right twists it intolerable.

Sara Flounders (2023-01-02). Japan Rearms Under Washington's Pressure. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-02). US, South Korea in Talks Over Holding Joint Nuclear Exercises. news.antiwar.com South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has said that Seoul is in talks with the US on holding joint exercises with US nuclear forces, a move that would significantly raise tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Yoon's comments came a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for an "exponential" increase in Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal. Yoon …

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-02). Corea del Norte fortalece sus capacidades defensivas. telesurtv.net El líder de Corea del Norte, Kim Jong-un, pidió a los militares que aumenten exponencialmente la producción de armas nucleares en 2023.

_____ (2023-01-02). New Documentary On Late Sixties Civil Unrest Is A 'Rosetta Stone' For Decoding The Modern Day Police State. popularresistance.org Minneapolis, Minnesota — A new documentary film shines light on the history of the militarization of American police in an era defined by civil unrest, drawing sharp parallels to today. | Without mentioning recent events in the entire film, Sierra Pettengill's new documentary "Riotsville, USA" still invokes striking parallels between the late 1960s and the George Floyd protest uprisings in 2020. The film was produced during 2015-2021, premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January 2022 and was widely released in September by Magnolia Films; it's attracted more coverage in lists of top documentaries for the…

_____ (2023-01-02). Thousands Of NYC Nurses Are Preparing To Strike. popularresistance.org New York City, New York – Over 10,000 unionized private sector nurses in New York City could strike over the next two weeks. Nurses so far have overwhelmingly voted to strike (almost 99% as of December 22) with voting still open for some. NYSNA submitted an Official Strike Notice to eight hospitals, stating: | "Today, Friday, December 30, we delivered a 10-day strike notice to management. Our strike begins January 9 at 6: 00 a.m., if management does not choose to use the next 10 days to make serious and reasonable proposals that achieve a settlement." | Similar strike notices — which are required by law as p…

_____ (2023-01-02). Google's Quest To Digitize Valuable Military Tissue Samples. popularresistance.org In early February 2016, the security gate at a U.S. military base near Washington, D.C., swung open to admit a Navy doctor accompanying a pair of surprising visitors: two artificial intelligence scientists from Google. | In a cavernous, temperature-controlled warehouse at the Joint Pathology Center, they stood amid stacks holding the crown jewels of the center's collection: tens of millions of pathology slides containing slivers of skin, tumor biopsies and slices of organs from armed service members and veterans. | Standing with their Navy sponsor behind them, the Google scientists posed for a photograph, beaming…

_____ (2023-01-02). Eradication Of Poverty And Hunger Key Priorities For Lula Government. popularresistance.org On Sunday January 1, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party of Brazil (PT) gave his first speech to the Brazilian people as president at the National Congress. In the speech, he presented a brief diagnosis of the situation and conditions of the country that he will govern over for the next four years. | "It's appalling," said Lula, about the conditions in which he receives the country from his predecessor, former president Jair Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party, who abandoned the country and went to the US just before the inauguration. "They have emptied out the resources for health. They have dismantled th…

_____ (2023-01-02). Inequality In Annual Earnings Worsens In 2021. popularresistance.org Rising wage inequality and slow and uneven growth in real (inflation-adjusted) hourly wages for the vast majority of workers have been defining features of the U.S. labor market for most of the last 40 or so years. In only about 10 years since 1979 did most workers see any consistent positive wage growth: in the tight labor market of the late 1990s and in the five years leading up to the pre-pandemic labor market peak in 2019 (Gould 2020). Some low-wage workers have experienced disproportionate wage gains in the current business cycle—gains that even beat out high inflation (Gould and Kandra 2022). | Howeve…

____ (2023-01-02). Efforts urged for peaceful development of cross-Strait relations, reunification. ecns.cn A Chinese mainland official said more efforts will be made to promote the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and China's reunification.

____ (2023-01-02). Ringing in 2023, Xi stresses hard work, unity to make tomorrow's China a better place. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday stressed hard work and unity, and called on the young generation to shoulder their responsibilities to deliver China's ambitious blueprint for the future.

____ (2023-01-02). Over 10 billion yuan of goods benefit from RCEP in Guangzhou. ecns.cn Guangzhou Customs in south China's Guangdong Province issued over 14,000 certificates of origin for goods worth a total of 4.75 billion yuan ($682 million) under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement during the first 11 months of 2022.

____ (2023-01-02). China's Daqing Oilfield annual oil, gas production above 40 mln tonnes of oil equivalent. ecns.cn Daqing Oilfield, China's largest onshore oilfield, said that its oil and gas production at home and abroad had exceeded 40 million tonnes of oil equivalent in 2022.

____ (2023-01-02). COVID infection peak in mega cities nearing end, expected to affect rural areas soon: leading Chinese research team. ecns.cn In several of China's metropolitan cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, the COVID-19 infection peak is expected to end around New Year's Day, according to a latest study by a leading Chinese research team.

____ (2023-01-02). Chinese hospitals go all out to treat severe COVID-19 patients. ecns.cn As multiple regions in China are hit with surging COVID-19 infections, local hospitals are going all out to offer timely treatment, particularly for severe cases.

____ (2023-01-02). Content creator Rafael: 2023 is going to be a wonderful year. ecns.cn "I believe, after these 3 years of difficulties, 2023 is definitely going to be a wonderful year that will bring a lot of great things for China and the Chinese people," says Rafael a content creator.

____ (2023-01-02). Record high production at China's major shale gas field in 2022. ecns.cn The Fuling shale gas field in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality produced approximately 7.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2022.

____ (2023-01-02). Xi hails Antigua and Barbuda ties. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping said on Sunday that he highly values developing China's relations with Antigua and Barbuda, and will work with its Governor-General Rodney Williams to jointly create a better future for bilateral ties.

____ (2023-01-02). China's revised law on protection of women takes effect. ecns.cn China's newly-revised Law on the Protection of Rights and Interests of Women comes into force on January 1, 2023.

____ (2023-01-02). Hong Kong selects 40 payload specialist candidates in preliminary screening. ecns.cn A total of 40 candidates from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) have passed the preliminary screening for payload specialists that could possibly join China's future space missions.

Shane Quinn (2023-01-02). Seventy Years of U.S. Destabilisation in China. U.S. Sponsored Uyghur Insurgency in Xinjiang. globalresearch.ca China's exit in October 1949, from the sphere of US control, was perhaps the heaviest blow to strike American post-World War II global hegemony. China's successful drive for independence had been anticipated in Washington for many months.

_____ (2023-01-02). On another border incident and the 14th Dalai Lama factor in China-India relations. journal-neo.org On December 9 this year, there was an incident between groups of soldiers from both countries at a section of the Sino-Indian border, seemingly insignificant in scale and consequence. This assessment can be used with confidence, at least in relation to the direct participants. This is to the credit of both sides, as it demonstrates …

____ (2023-01-02). State Department Approves $180 Million Arms Sale for Taiwan. transcend.org 29 Dec 2022 – The Deal Is for Volcano Anti-Tank Mine-Laying Systems – China is opposed to any new US arms sales to Taiwan and much more strongly opposed to the new military aid.

____ (2023-01-02). Rising passenger flow, logistics mirror accelerated economic recovery in China. ecns.cn China is getting back to its pre-epidemic hustle and bustle as the country's newly adjusted COVID-19 response policy promotes both work and production resumption, driving a surge in passenger and traffic flow.

____ (2023-01-02). 诗画节气 Seasonal China in 24 Terms. ecns.cn The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 terms. The ancient calendar has never faded from Chinese daily life. It reflects the emotional bond, wisdom and creativity of the Chinese, who respect and live in harmony with nature.

____ (2023-01-02). Tarim oilfield builds 200-megawatt photovoltaic power base. ecns.cn The Tarim oilfield branch of PetroChina, China's leading oil and gas producer, said on Saturday that it had completed construction of a 200-megawatt photovoltaic (PV) power project in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

____ (2023-01-02). Potala Palace to reopen to the public. ecns.cn The iconic Potala Palace in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region will reopen to the public on Tuesday after being closed for more than four months due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

____ (2023-01-02). 2022 marks another fruitful year of Cambodia-China cooperation. ecns.cn The year of 2022 marked another fruitful year of pragmatic cooperation between Cambodia and China as the two countries have enjoyed bigger trade and investment volumes, officials and academics said.

____ (2023-01-02). China's anti-COVID-19 medical supplies production at full steam. ecns.cn China is ratcheting up production of various medical supplies to prevent and treat COVID-19 infections, after the country optimized its epidemic response.

____ (2023-01-02). Int'l experts upbeat about China 2023 | Italian professor of international studies: I hope Europe and China can further increase corporation. ecns.cn Fabio Massimo Parenti, a professor of international studies at the International Institute Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence says: "My best wishes to all of you and we hope we can further increase our corporation between Italy and China, between Europe and China for a better world, because we cannot escape this integration if we want to really solve the current problems."

____ (2023-01-02). Diplomat: Openness key to global relations. ecns.cn China's diplomatic missions will earnestly expand the country's global partnerships based on equality, openness and cooperation in the new year, senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said.

Pepe Escobar (2023-01-02). øPodrá China ayudar a reiniciar el desarrollo de Brasil? globalizacion.ca China ha sido el principal socio comercial de Brasil desde 2009, por delante de Estados Unidos. El comercio bilateral en 2021 alcanzó los $ 135 mil millones. El problema es la falta de diversificación y un bajo valor agregado. | Ver…

Staff (2023-01-02). A 65 días del Clásico Mundial: Cuba y las convocatorias. cubadebate.cu El 7 de marzo a las 11 de la noche (Hora de Cuba) nuestra selección nacional debutará en el V Clásico Mundial de Béisbol contra Holanda. Pero sobre los rivales del grupo: Italia, Panamá y Taipéi de China; el nuevo sistema de muerte súbita que se aplicará en esta edición para cuartos de final y semifinal; y algunos pasajes históricos de estos certámenes habrá tiempo para escribir.

____ (2023-01-02). Some Barbaric Times in Our Recent History. transcend.org The world has always faced wars, killings, cruelty and injustice, but the Twentieth Century has displayed new forms of wars, murders and displacement.

Jon Queally (2023-01-02). Brazil Celebrates Lula's Inauguration and End of Right-Wing Bolsonaro Reign. truthout.org Hundreds of thousands took to the streets across Brazil on Sunday to celebrate the inauguration of leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose return to the nation's highest office also marked the exit of far-right Jair Bolsonaro who left his country and arrived in the U.S. state of Florida ahead of the weekend's transfer of power. After being sworn in during a ceremony at the National… |

Staff (2023-01-02). Support Palestine Action, Free the #Teledyne4: Upcoming court dates to support direct action for Palestine! samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is republishing the following update from Palestine Action on the upcoming court cases for Palestine Action activists, including the four political prisoners, the #Teledyne4. We urge all supporters of Palestine to support these important campaigns and defend direct action to put an end to British-Israeli cooperation in war crimes and …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Mayo Clinic Minute: Holiday driving safety tips. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The hustle and bustle of the holidays can be a hazard on the highway. If you're getting behind the wheel, one Mayo Clinic expert has some tips to keep you and your family safe on the road. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/psGh9P5iKW8 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 58) is in the downloads at the end of…

Kim Petersen (2023-01-02). Perhaps the Most Important, Yet Most Marginalized, Story of 2022. dissidentvoice.org Can you imagine walking downtown in Seattle, Vancouver, New York, Toronto, or any other burg in Canada or the United States and not seeing any panhandlers? This homelessness, begging, and dumpster diving is not confined to major urban centers. Last week, I was in Yellowknife, the capital of Denedeh (Home of the People; colonially designated …

____ (2023-01-02). If the US Told Rwanda and Uganda to Get Out of Congo, the War Would End. transcend.org 14 Dec 2022 – Rwanda and Uganda continue their plunder and destabilization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as proxies of the United States.

Eli Hager (2023-01-02). Arizona Governor-Elect Taps Critic of Racism in Child Welfare to Lead CPS Agency. truthout.org This story was originally published by ProPublica Arizona Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs is taking the state's child protective services agency in a radically different direction in the wake of a ProPublica-NBC News investigation into the racial disparities that have plagued the child welfare system here. This week, Hobbs, a Democrat, announced that she has selected Matthew Stewart… |

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-02). Colombia announces bilateral ceasefire with main illegal armed groups. colombiareports.com Colombia's security forces and the country's largest illegal armed groups will uphold a temporary ceasefire to facilitate negotiations, according to President Gustavo Petro. In an announcement, Petro said that his…

____ (2023-01-02). Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Music Video of the Week). transcend.org This is one of those songs that you have heard all your life until one day you wake up and REALLY HEAR IT. Click on Watch on YouTube and enjoy the experience. Lyrics provided.

WSWS (2023-01-02). UK firefighters voting for first national strike since 2003. wsws.org Firefighters and fire service control staff across the UK, members of the Fire Brigade Union (FBU) are currently voting on whether to take strike action in pursuit of a pay claim. Firefighters and control staff are being offered a sub inflation pay cut offer of five percent. The last national firefighters strikes was in 2003.

____ (2023-01-02). Chinese Kung Fu gains popularity in Malawi. ecns.cn After practicing Kung Fu for 10 years, Meddington Msiska, a member of the Wushu team at the Blantyre Sports Club, is now teaching his fellows various skills of Chinese martial arts.

____ (2023-01-02). Toward Justice for Kashmir. transcend.org 18 Dec 2022 – Among the self-determination struggles of our time, Kashmir is at risk of being forgotten by most of the world (except for Pakistan), while its people continue to endure the harsh crimes of India's intensifying military occupation that has already lasted 75 years.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-02). Israeli Missile Strikes Put Damascus International Airport Out of Service. news.antiwar.com Update: Syrian media reports the Damascus airport came back into service at 9: 00 am Damascus time Israel launched more missile strikes on Syria early Monday, targeting the Damascus International Airport and putting it out of service as Israeli strikes against Syrian airports have become more frequent. According to the Syrian military, the missile strikes killed …

Juan Cole (2023-01-02). Rabbi Close to Religious Extremists in Israeli Gov't says Gay Speaker "Diseased," attracting "Evil" on People. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Al-Hadath reports that 300 former Israeli soldiers have written a letter to their new government pleading with it not to inflict harm on the LGBTQ community. At the same time, two prominent rabbis close to the new government launched an attack on the Knesset members who voted in Amir Ohana, …

Thomas Buckley (2023-01-02). From Sri Lanka to Salinas. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-02). Ransacking the World Economy until 'You'll Own Nothing' (Part 1): 5,000 Years Setting the Stage. transcend.org Dec 2022 – According to the World Economic Forum, by 2030 'You'll Own Nothing. And You'll Be Happy.' If this prediction is to come true many things must happen. Let me identify why the WEF believes it will happen and then investigate these claims.

Caroline Preston (2023-01-02). College Textbooks Cover the Climate Crisis Less Than They Did Before 2010. truthout.org This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Evidence is mounting fast of the devastating consequences of climate change on the planet, but college textbooks aren't keeping up. A recent study found that most college biology textbooks published in the 2010s contained less content on climate change than… |

Here's Your Ticket (2023-01-02). Off to Space with You, Elon Musk! indybay.org Union and labor activists facetiously called for Elon Musk to leave earth for the red planet with a protest at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco on December 19th.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Mayo Clinic Minute: Tips to help a frozen shoulder. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Pain and stiffness in your shoulder can make every activity, including sleep, difficult. Worsening shoulder pain, especially at night, could mean you have a frozen shoulder, says Dr. Christopher Camp, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/OU6-i4dKPKs Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…

Jamal Kanj (2023-01-02). New Israeli Government: Far-right or Racist? globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Mayo Clinic Minute: Be realistic with New Year's health resolutions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Getting in better shape is consistently one of the most common New Year's resolutions people make each year, but many have a hard time following through. Dani Johnson, a wellness physical therapist with the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program, offers tips to make it easier to stick to a resolution to get in shape. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/9UcuKAFFISg Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…

Betsey Piette (2023-01-02). Nurses' strikes rock Britain's National Health Service. workers.org Workers across Britain have been engaged in wave after wave of strikes. Since summer, workers in multiple industries have hit back against massive economic and social service attacks. Nurses on a picket line outside Queen Elizabeth hospital, Birmingham, on Dec. 20. Credit: Jacob King/PA. Photo web source: Guardian Consumer inflation . . . |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Mayo Clinic Minute: Best cooking fats for healthy cholesterol levels. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Are you trying to remember which fat is the good fat to use in the kitchen? If you are confused about whether to use unsaturated fats, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated or saturated fats when cooking, it's understandable. It can be confusing. Dr. Regis Fernandes, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says fats that raise your bad cholesterol levels and increase your risk for heart disease are the ones to avoid. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/drmIcHaxxfM Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post….

____ (2023-01-02). The Peace at Saturnalia (Part 1). transcend.org

Adam Aron (2023-01-02). 3 reasons local climate activism is more powerful than people realize. nationofchange.org Group action targeted at local decision-makers is a time-honored tradition — and I believe necessary in the current political environment for action on climate change.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-02). Chinese Military Flights Around Taiwan Nearly Double in 2022. news.antiwar.com Chinese flights in Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) nearly doubled in 2022 as Beijing stepped up its military activity in the region in response to the US forging stronger ties with Taipei. An ADIZ is an area where a country requires aircraft to identify itself, and Taiwan claims an ADIZ far beyond its airspace. …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Antibiotic shortage – what to know if you can't find amoxicillin. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org According to the Food and Drug Administration, a national shortage of different medications, including a common antibiotic, is expected to last several months. "The most notable one is probably amoxicillin. It is a common antibiotic that we use to treat a variety of childhood infections, including ear infections, strep throat, and pneumonia," says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center. She says parents may notice this as they take their children to…

David Sirota (2023-01-02). The Partisan Ghost In The Media Machine. levernews.com

Staff (2023-01-02). 19 February, Online Event: Introducing the International Center for Palestine Studies (ICPS). samidoun.net Sunday, 19 February See time details below for Arabic and English sessions Register to attend: forms.gle/i1LSGxPPRft65aba7 Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/84829366472 More info: palestinestudiescenter.wordpress.com/2023/01/02/event-introducing-the-icps/ The International Center for Palestine Studies (ICPS) invites all writers, activists and creatives to join us for an introduction of the Center. This webinar is a step toward fulfilling the ICPS's goal of …

North Shore Counter-Info (2023-01-02). NYE Noise Demos in Hamilton, 2022. itsgoingdown.org Report on New Year's Eve noise demos in so-called Hamilton, Ontario outside of local jails. Originally posted to Northshore Counter-Info. This was our 14th consecutive year of marking New Year's Eve in Hamilton with noise demos outside our local prisons. This year, we visited the Arrell Youth Prison on the Hamilton mountain before making the…

Colin Todhunter (2023-01-02). India's GM Mustard: An Increasingly Bitter Taste. globalresearch.ca

Victor Castellanos (2023-01-02). Venezuela Present at Lula's Inauguration in Brazil. orinocotribune.com This Sunday, January 1, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil's president, while harshly criticising former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro and promising a change of course to rescue a nation plagued with hunger, poverty and racism, all of which were exacerbated during Bolsonaro's rule. | The president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, arrived in Brasilia on Sunday afternoon as the official representative of the Venezuelan State. | "On behalf of the President of the republic Nicolás Maduro, we arrived in the city of Brasilia to accompany our Brazilian brothers and sisters in the…

Dr. Emanuel Garcia (2023-01-02). Truth, Truths and Consequences: A Happier New Year in the Offing. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-02). Mainland official calls for joint efforts for national reunification across Taiwan Strait. ecns.cn A senior official on the Chinese mainland has called for joint efforts from both sides of the Taiwan Strait to work toward the goals of national rejuvenation and national reunification.

____ (2023-01-02). Chinese premier sends congratulations to new Fijian PM. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has congratulated Sitiveni Rabuka on his taking office as Fiji's prime minister.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). I've been diagnosed with prediabetes. What does that mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you've been diagnosed with prediabetes, it means your blood sugar levels are not high enough to be classified as Type 2 diabetes, but are high enough to indicate a need for change. A normal fasting blood sugar level is below 100; whereas, the level of a person with prediabetes is between 100 and 126. Once levels have surpassed 126, it's classified as Type 2 diabetes. This indicates that the body resists insulin or doesn't produce enough of…

_____ (2023-01-02). Systems Dynamics Follow Their Own Rules — and Not Groupthink. strategic-culture.org

____ (2023-01-02). Barbara Walters (25 Sep 1929 — 30 Dec 2022), TV's Tireless Pursuer of the Newsmaker 'Get,' Dies at 93. transcend.org 30 Dec 2022 – Wielding a bemused and intimate style, she became one of television's premier interrogators of the newsworthy.

William Manson (2023-01-02). "Demonization" and Paranoid Projections. dissidentvoice.org If you are dehumanized, I am dehumanized. — Archbishop Desmond Tutu How to explain, psychologically, such a bizarre group-fantasy as QAnon—which is believed in by countless millions of Americans? We are witnessing a massive regression to a pre-logical, paranoid delusional system about a secret cabal of evil, devil-worshipping, pedophilic, cannibalistic Democrats. (The scathing irony is …

Anonymous Contributor (2023-01-02). Chicago, IL: Report Back from NYE Noise Demonstration. itsgoingdown.org Report back from New Year's Eve noise demonstration in so-called Chicago, Illinois. A gaggle of prison abolitionists gathered on New Year's Eve to lift the spirits of community members held captive inside the draconian Cook County Jail, the second largest county jail in this whole damn incarceration nation. People blasted music from speakers and banged…

____ (2023-01-02). Interpretation safeguards HK national security. ecns.cn The interpretation came in response to a request by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu for clarification on whether overseas lawyers who are not qualified to generally practice in the SAR can take part in national security cases.

Editor (2023-01-02). Chris Hedges: 2023 Book TV Interview. scheerpost.com

Karnig Kerkonian (2023-01-02). Genocide is About to Unfold in Artsakh, and the West Has Secured a Front-Row Seat. dissidentvoice.org For seventeen days, Azerbaijani special forces and military personnel—masquerading as "environmentalists"—have blocked the only road connecting Artsakh to Armenia. They have effectively severed the only lifeline the Artsakh Armenians have to the outside world—a lifeline guaranteed by the Trilateral Statement of November 10, 2020. With 120,000 Artsakh Armenians now completely encircled and isolated, Azerbaijan is poised to …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Mayo Clinic Minute: Safety tips to keep you out of the emergency department this winter. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Winter brings snow, cold and ice that can create hazardous conditions leading to serious injury. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Sue Cullinan, a Mayo Clinic emergency medicine physician, discusses some of the most common winter-related injuries that she sees and offers tips on how to keep you and your family safe. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/H08ugUwD_Xw Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Tips for living younger, longer by preventing disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org While we know that health affects longevity and quality of life, it can be difficult to change bad habits. People often try to make sweeping New Year's resolutions, only to fail. In fact, Jan. 17 is the date that the average America breaks their New Year's resolution. Dr. Stephen Kopecky, a Mayo Clinic preventive cardiologist, says a better approach is to focus on small steps that add up over time. "The answer, I think, is…

C.J. Polychroniou (2023-01-02). We Can't Combat Inequality Without First Valuing Care Work. truthout.org Patriarchy and capitalism are class-based systems that serve to compound inequalities of all sorts, including gender inequality. A feminist political economy not only addresses gender inequalities, but also seeks to rectify inequalities in the division of labor. Of course, there are different branches of feminism, but a strong case can be made that a socialist feminist perspective of political… |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Know the signs of strep throat in children. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Image courtesy: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Strep infections may be on the rise in the U.S., as they have been in the U.K., so it's important to know the signs and symptoms, especially in children. "Group A streptococcal disease is a group of conditions caused by a bacteria called 'group A strep,'" says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center. "The one that people are probably most familiar with is strep…

Brittani Banks (2023-01-02). An Entire Decade of Benefits Denial for Vets After Toxic Chemical Exposure? independentmediainstitute.org Camp Lejeune, a military base in Jacksonville, North Carolina, was established in 1942 to train future Marines for World War II. While it is known as the home of "Expeditionary Forces in Readiness," the facility also has a long history of contamination with toxic chemicals such as perchloroethylene, vinyl chloride, trichloroethylene, and benzene. In 1982, …

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-02). Violence against Colombia's social leaders persists despite peace initiatives. colombiareports.com The mass killing of social leaders continued in 2022 despite government efforts to increase their protection and reduce violence in general. According to think tank Indepaz, 189 community leaders and…

Jonathan Strauss (2023-01-02). The fight for refugee rights: 2022 into 2023. greenleft.org.au For refugees, people seeking asylum and their supporters, 2022 was a difficult year. But progress has been made, reports Jonathan Strauss.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Flu shots are important for young people, too. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 28 and consider myself fairly healthy. I have never gotten a flu shot and have never had the flu. I did receive a COVID-19 vaccine series. Do I really need a flu vaccination? My employer is recommending an influenza immunization for everyone, but I am hesitant. I have heard some people get sick from flu shots. ANSWER: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that everyone 6 months and older…

____ (2023-01-02). Covid Vaccines Profits: A Reality Check. transcend.org December 2022 – Cutting through the COVID Vaccine Hysteria…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-02). U.S. Spreads Misery Across the Globe Imposing Sanctions on a Third of Humanity. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov …Yet There is Almost No Opposition or Outcry—Even When Sanctions are Increasingly Having a Boomerang Effect. The U.S. may try piously to defend sanctions as a 'response to foreign tyranny,' but they are really a pretext to steal foreign bank accounts and cripple commercial rivals of U.S. corporations. On November 14, the Biden…

Laith Fadel (2023-01-02). U.S. economic outlook for 2023. america.cgtn.com For most Americans, 2022 was a rough year financially for their household, as the S&P 0 dipped to its lowest numbers since the 2008 financial crisis. The S&P finished 2022 with a loss of 19.4%, which is the financial index's third recorded yearly loss in …

rqorinoco (2023-01-02). Twitter Promoted Pentagon Propaganda to Whitewash Occupation, War Crimes in West Asia. orinocotribune.com By Fayha Shalash — Dec 27, 2022 | Raja' sat quietly in her living room, staring at her son's picture on the wall. She loved the way he smiled, and said she sees him in every corner of the house. But now, she only has painful memories, knowing his body is detained by Israeli occupation forces in an Israeli morgue. | Martyrs' families in the West Bank say Israeli policy to hold their children's bodies is a form of collective punishment. | Some of the bodies have been held since 2016. More than 118 Palestinian martyrs are still in the Israeli morgues, while 253 are buried in unknown cemeteries called 'the ceme…

Jon Queally (2023-01-02). 'Why are these conflicts allowed?' corporate giving to group tied to Supreme Court sparks concern. nationofchange.org "You want to 'preserve #SCOTUS history'?'" said one watchdog group. "Hire a curatorial staff. Don't run a pay-for-play."

____ (2023-01-02). Militarism of the United States. transcend.org The U.S. Government Aims at Global Hegemony through Military Force – The military-industrial complex, against which President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned, has bipartisan support in the United States Congress and Senate. The amount of money involved is enormous.

Dr. Birsen Filip (2023-01-02). The 64th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution: An Unprecedented Chapter in World History. globalresearch.ca January 2019: Cubans are commemorating the 60th anniversary of their independence. On this day in 1959, the Cuban Revolution was successfully conducted by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement[i] and became an enduring symbol of resistance to neo-colonialism, capitalism, and hegemony.

____ (2023-01-02). Pelé (23 Oct 1940 — 29 Dec 2022), Brazil's Mighty King of 'Beautiful Game,' Has Died. transcend.org 29 Dec 2022 – Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died today. He was 82. The standard-bearer of "the beautiful game" had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. RIP…

Editor (2023-01-02). The Chris Hedges Report: A New Book of Migrant Stories Exposes Europe's War on Refugees. scheerpost.com In their book, 'Map of Hope and Sorrow,' co-authors Helen Benedict and Eyad Awwadawnan trace the stories of five refugees trapped in Greece's brutal refugee camps.

____ (2023-01-02). The Meat Industry Has Created a False Dichotomy That Pits People against Animals. transcend.org 16 Dec 2022 – Factory farms are harmful to animals, the environment, local communities, and public health. We need a more logical and just food system that puts pigs and people back where they belong—on the same side.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Science Saturday: Researchers investigate precision nutrition to improve health, prevent diseases. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Could prescribing specific nutrients, grains, fruits and vegetables tailored to a person's DNA and other biological characteristics help improve their health? Precision nutrition took center stage at Mayo Clinic's Individualizing Medicine Conference Nov. 2—3, 2022, in Rochester, Minnesota, where some of the world's top experts shared their knowledge of the potential benefits of tailoring nutrients and dietary guidance to a person's genes, metabolism, microbiome and other distinguishing characteristics. The ultimate goal of the holistic approach is to…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Mayo Clinic Minute: Snowblower safety. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Winter is here, and if you live in a region with a lot of snow, investing in a snowblower can save you a lot of time and energy on those mornings when you have to clear the driveway to get to work or school. But Dr. Sanj Kakar, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic hand and wrist surgeon, says those snowblowers can be more dangerous than you think. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/xC1uzCewqbo Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…

Editor (2023-01-02). US, Israel Vote No as UN Approves World Court Resolution on Illegal Occupation. scheerpost.com "The time has come for Israel to be a state subject to law," said a spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority, "and to be held accountable for its ongoing crimes against our people."

Anonymous103 (2023-01-02). Israeli Strike On Damascus Airport Left Two Syrian Servicemen Dead. southfront.org At night, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) carried out another attack in Syria. Israeli missiles targeted Damascus International Airport and its outskirts. | The attack took place at about 2 am local time and was carried out from the direction of Lake Tiberias in Israel. As a result of the strikes, two servicemen of the Syrian Arab Army were killed and two others were wounded. | The damage to the facilities briefly put the airport out of service. The transport ministry said in an online…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-02). Military Situation In Yemen On January 2, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Alison Weir (2023-01-02). As usual, defense bill gives millions of dollars to Israel, but no one tells Americans. indybay.org Israeli media report that the 2023 defense spending bill just signed into law contains over $ 0 million for Israel (just the tip of the iceberg of billions of dollars for Israel)… AIPAC commended Congress…

Steven Sahiounie (2023-01-02). Lebanon Is a Failed State Today. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-01-02). "There is no other way than to put an end to the Zionist project:" Interview with Liliana Córdova Kaczerginski. samidoun.net Samidoun is republishing the following interview, originally published in Spanish, with Liliana Córdova Kaczerginski, co-founder of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN), anti-imperialist activist and member of Samidoun Spain. The interview was conducted when she spoke before the Spanish Congress of Deputies on Palestine and the instrumentalization of anti-Semitism allegations to suppress Palestine solidarity, at …

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-02). The risks and opportunities of ceasefires with Colombia's illegal armed groups. colombiareports.com Colombia's security forces will try to uphold bilateral ceasefires with five illegal armed groups in the coming six months. The ceasefires would temporarily end hostilities between the security forces and…

____ (2023-01-02). US Senate Passes Massive $858 Billion for Pentagon's Wars. transcend.org 15 Dec 2022 – The record breaking spending bill now heads to President Biden's desk.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Get to the point: Proper disposal of sharps. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org "Sharps" is the term used to describe any device with a sharp point or edge that could cut your skin. This includes needles, syringes, infusion sets, lancets (sometimes called "fingersticks") and auto-injectors, like EpiPens. There are many reasons why you may have sharps in your home. They are used to manage many different health conditions, including allergies, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, infertility, blood clotting disorders and psoriasis. It's important to correctly dispose of sharps to…

Ana Perdigón (2023-01-02). President Maduro: Venezuela Willing To Normalize Relations with US & EU. orinocotribune.com During a January 1 interview with the Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, declared that Venezuela is willing to advance in the normalization of relations with the United States and the European Union. | The Venezuelan president stated in the He added that although the Biden admini…

Editor (2023-01-02). Let 2023 Be the Year of Dismantling Incarceration. scheerpost.com

Laura C. Morel (2023-01-02). Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers Claim to Be Medical Clinics and Get Away With It. truthout.org Patricia Henderson stood in the parking lot next to the Florida Women's Center in Jacksonville, wearing a white lab coat and greeting patients as they emerged from their cars. Their abortion appointments, she told them, were in the flat-roofed building across the road. Once inside, Henderson handed them three pages of paperwork to fill out — questions about everything from their highest level of… |

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-02). Ten Oil Field Workers Killed in Attack in Eastern Syria. news.antiwar.com Ten oil field workers were killed in an attack Friday on a bus in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province, Syrian state media reported. According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attack was carried out by terrorists linked to ISIS, but the report isn't confirmed, and no group took responsibility for the incident. …

____ (2023-01-02). HKSAR, Macao SAR chief executives extend New Year greetings. ecns.cn Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) John Lee and Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Ho Iat Seng have extended New Year greetings to the two SARs' residents, respectively, expecting an even better new year.

____ (2023-01-02). Multiple Chinese regions release COVID-19 infection rate. ecns.cn Provinces such as Hainan, Zhejiang and Sichuan recently released COVID-19 infection data via surveys, CCTV.com reported on Sunday.

Staff (2023-01-02). "The anthem of return and liberation" : Karim Younes's letter in advance of his release. samidoun.net Palestinian prisoner Karim Younes, the longest consecutively-held detainee of the occupation, wrote a letter from his cell in Hadarim prison, to be released in advance of his liberation on 5 January 2023, after 40 years of imprisonment. Karim Younes has been jailed by occupation forces since 6 January 1983. He was initially sentenced to death …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Weight gain over holiday season – tips to manage calories at parties. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you have noticed you've packed on pounds over the last 10 or 20 years, and wondered how that weight gain happened, here's one idea that might make you consider setting down that extra plate of cookies or latkes during this holiday season. "Studies have shown that, from mid-November until mid-January, people averaged a weight gain in the population of about three quarters of a pound or so. It doesn't sound like much, but it…

WSWS (2023-01-02). Inquiry into "unlawful killings" by UK soldiers in Afghanistan announced. wsws.org The government has made clear the inquiry's aim is to protect the guilty, not to bring them to justice.

____ (2023-01-02). The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior: Bertrand Russell's Magnificent Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech. transcend.org Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872—February 2, 1970) endures as one of humanity's most lucid and luminous minds — an oracle of timeless wisdom on everything.

WSWS (2023-01-02). Roger Stahl discusses Theaters of War: How the Pentagon and CIA Took Hollywood with WSWS. wsws.org Department of Defense interventions into American entertainment media is to "get people acclimated to the presence of military personnel, military bases, military operations, and weapons… normalizing the presence of the military in almost every aspect of life."

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). How to prevent flu, RSV and COVID-19 during busy holiday season. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu infection rates across the U.S. continue to be very high. "As we predicted, this flu season has hit early, and it's hit us hard," says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center. "We are seeing high and very high rates of influenza across the country." For those who have yet to get a flu shot, now is an excellent time to…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Self-care steps can keep your heart healthy during the holidays. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have read that heart attacks are more common around the holidays. Why does that happen? Is there anything I can do to lower my risk? I currently take blood pressure medication, and heart disease runs in my family. ANSWER: Heart attacks, along with heart problems in general, are more common around the holidays. Various factors can play into this, including stress, travel, disrupted schedules, changes in diet and even environmental factors. Fortunately, many…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). NIH's All of Us Research Program returns health-related DNA results to participants. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) All of Us Research Program has begun returning personalized health-related DNA results to more than 155,000 participants. The reports detail whether participants have an increased risk for specific health conditions and how their bodies might process certain medications. The All of Us Research Program collects participants' blood, urine, and saliva samples. These biosamples are stored and managed for research at a specialized All of Us Research Program biobank at Mayo Clinic. "It is rewarding for us at the…

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-02). Venezuela's Maduro Says He's Ready to Work Toward Normalization With the US. news.antiwar.com Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Sunday that Venezuela is "ready" to work toward normalization with the US, which would involve the Biden administration lifting crippling economic sanctions on the South American country. "Venezuela is ready, totally ready, to take steps towards a process of normalization of diplomatic, consular and political relations with the current administration …

____ (2023-01-02). Memorable Packing of Global Strategies in a Polyhedral Rosetta Stone. transcend.org 1 Jan 2023 – Correspondence of Cognitive Internalization with Collective Strategic Articulation – In a period of multiple global crises there is an extraordinary disconnect between strategic articulations and the remarkable media preoccupation with competitive ball games.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Advancing treatments for acute myeloid leukemia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), also called acute myelogenous leukemia, is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, the spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are made. The disease progresses rapidly, affecting a group of white blood cells called myeloid cells, which normally develop into mature red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. "There are acute and chronic leukemias, explains Dr. James Foran, an oncologist at Mayo Clinic. "The chronic ones tend to happen…

____ (2023-01-02). Beijing bustles again after optimization of COVID-19 response. ecns.cn On New Year's Day, Beijing's popular Xidan business area has been decorated with lights and has a gratifying atmosphere.

Cronkite News Arizona PBS (2023-01-02). In One State, Voters backed a Law Exposing Political 'Dark Money' that is hailed as Model. juancole.com By Emilee Miranda | ( Cronkite News) WASHINGTON It could be months before the impact of Proposition 211 is seen in Arizona, but experts are already hailing the new law aimed at exposing "dark money" in politics as a model for the rest of the nation. "Other states have passed laws that …

_____ (2023-01-02). Time for Some Linguistic Housekeeping, America. strategic-culture.org By Peter Van BUREN | With the year 2022 soon behind us, it is time for some linguistic housecleaning, America. | I'd like everyone to please stop using the term side hustle. Call it a part time job or a small business. Either way, it rarely works out despite the incessant flow of trash from the media about how it is some sort of new thing. Historic data on small businesses shows a remarkable record: no matter how long you look back or what the economic climate is, around

Dana Drugmand (2023-01-02). 2022 was a big year for climate action in the courtsÔøº. nationofchange.org The past year saw major developments in accountability cases against oil companies and national governments around the world, as well as setbacks for several high-profile fossil fuel projects.

____ (2023-01-02). (W.E. Talk) What can be learned from Dunhuang, a model of inclusive Chinese culture. ecns.cn

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Cold weather medical emergencies to know about: frostbite and hypothermia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The National Weather Service says arctic cold and bitter winds will spread across much of the U.S., and some states will experience dangerously low temperatures dipping well below zero. This is especially concerning during the busy holiday week when many people are expected to travel. One concern, if you are exposed to the extreme cold, should be frostbite. Frostbite Frostbite is an injury caused by freezing of the skin and underlying tissues. First, your skin becomes very cold…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-02). Healthy for the Holidays: Mayo Clinic Health System provides tips for combatting stress this season. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org MANKATO, Minn. ‚Äï During the holiday season, it is easy to get caught up in the stress and chaos that can accompany this time of the year. Already demanding lives become even more hectic as last-minute shopping, cooking and spending combine to add even more anxiety. For many people, the result can be overwhelming. "What if there was a way you could plan ahead to counter the stress? Start with identifying the issue," says Lisa Hardesty,…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-01-02). Africa in Review 2022: Mounting Challenges Require Long Term Solutions. globalresearch.ca

Labor Video Project (2023-01-02). How About Living Wages? Three Hundred UFCW5 Members Strike SF Macy's Union Square Store. indybay.org Three hundred members of UFCW 5 went on strike against Macy's at the Union Square store in San Francisco. They are fighting for living wages.

Monica Moorehead (2023-01-02). International forum honors Filipino revolutionary leader, Ka Joma. workers.org A standing room only forum, "Ka Joma Lives: International Proletarian Revolutionary Leader, Theoretician, Teacher and Poet in the Service of the People," was held in tribute to the Filipino leader, Professor Jose Maria Sison, in Amsterdam Dec. 23. Credit: Nahendra Khadka Ka (Comrade) Joma died on Dec. 16 at age . . . |

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-02). Colombia and Venezuela reopen land border. colombiareports.com The governments of Colombia and Venezuela reopened their land border crossings that were closed for vehicles in 2019. The full reopening of the land border between the two countries is…

Eric Nepomuceno (2023-01-02). Brasil: Año nuevo, esperanza renovada. globalizacion.ca Luis Inacio Lula da Silva inauguró este domingo su nuevo gobierno con dos puntos inéditos: nunca antes un candidato salió vencedor de tres elecciones presidenciales, y nunca antes un presidente sucedió a un gobierno tan terriblemente destrozador. | La herencia que…

Staff (2023-01-02). Salvador Valdés Mesa: Lula fortalecerá integración regional. cubadebate.cu El vicepresidente cubano Salvador Valdés afirmó que con la tercera llegada del exdirigente obrero Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva al poder en Brasil, además de florecer la esperanza, hoy estará fortalecida la necesaria integración regional.

Staff (2023-01-02). Las grandes empresas tecnológicas del mundo han despedido 1 000 empleados en 2022. cubadebate.cu Unos 1 .000 empleados de un millar de grandes tecnológicas del mundo han sido despedidos en este 2022, que se estrenó con los mejores augurios por una pandemia en la que las contrataciones se dispararon y se zanja tras un noviembre negro, cuando se han anunciado salidas masivas en Amazon, Meta y Twitter.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-02). Colombia acuerda cese al fuego con grupos armados durante seis meses. telesurtv.net La Misión de Verificación de las Naciones Unidas instalada en Colombia saludó el anuncio hecho por Petro durante las últimas horas del año 2022.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-02). Reportan 51 fallecidos por inundaciones y aludes en Filipinas. telesurtv.net Mindanao Septentrional es la zona más afectada, con 25 decesos y 14 heridos. Se procura conocer el paradero de 19 personas.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-02). Presidentes latinoamericanos confían en una nueva era con Lula. telesurtv.net "Esperanza, democracia, justicia y dignidad para nuestros pueblos. Con ‚ŶLula, vamos juntos", manifestó el jefe de Estado de Chile, Gabriel Boric.

Staff (2023-01-02). Bernard Arnault destrona a Elon Musk como el hombre más rico del mundo. cubadebate.cu Elon Musk, que ha cedido su puesto como la persona con más dinero del planeta, lugar que ahora ocupa Bernard Arnault. El presidente de Louis Vuitton Moà´t Hennessy sigue la racha que ya tuvo en 2021, gracias a los buenos datos de la industria del lujo, y salta de la tercera posición a la primera arropado por sus 164. 00 millones de dólares de patrimonio.

Staff (2023-01-02). Publica prestigiosa revista científica resultado de ensayo clínico de Soberana. cubadebate.cu La prestigiosa revista Lancet Regional Health Americas publicó los resultados del ensayo clínico fase 3 de Soberana 02 y su combinación heteróloga con Soberana Plus, informó a través de Facebook la Dr. Dagmar García.

Staff (2023-01-02). Fidel hace 60 años: En este pueblo revolucionario, no encontrarán jamás claudicación los imperialistas (+Video). cubadebate.cu °Podremos morir, sí, pero claudicar jamás! °Podremos morir, sí, pero moriríamos con libertad y con dignidad! °Podremos morir, no porque despreciemos la vida, no porque despreciemos la obra creadora que nuestro pueblo realiza, no porque no vemos el porvenir luminoso a que tenemos derecho con nuestro trabajo, sino porque las vidas de todos nosotros!.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-02). Brasileños dan último adiós a Pelé con un velorio de 24 horas. telesurtv.net Centenares de personas, algunas llegadas de otras ciudades de Brasil, hacían fila desde primera hora de la mañana ante el estadio del Vila Belmiro.

Staff (2023-01-02). La hija de Toña y Angelito. cubadebate.cu Cuando le hablan de los niños y del sufrimiento de su pueblo, lágrimas corren por las mejillas de Yamilé Ramos Cordero, la hija de Toña y Angelito, la que con voz entrecortada y orgullo nos cuenta de su infancia en Molina, Guane; de la vega de tabaco de su humilde abuelo; de sus dos hijos, con énfasis en el mayor de 19 años que está a punto de concluir el Servicio Militar.

Staff (2023-01-02). El PSG estrena el 2023 con una derrota ante el Lens. cubadebate.cu La vuelta a la competición tras el Mundial no le ha sentado nada bien al PSG. Ya le costó ganar en casa al Estrasburgo con un gol de penalti en el descuento y esta vez, inauguró 2023 con una dura derrota ante su inmediato perseguidor en la Ligue 1.

Staff (2023-01-02). Líderes de Emiratos àÅrabes felicitan a Cuba por el triunfo de la Revolución. cubadebate.cu El Presidente de Emiratos àÅrabes Unidos, Su Alteza el jeque Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ha enviado este domingo un mensaje de felicitación a Miguel Díaz-Canel, presidente de Cuba, con motivo del Día Nacional de su país. El primero de cada año se conmemora la fecha del triunfo de la Revolución Cubana que tuvo lugar el 1 de enero de 1959.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-02). Venezuela reporta una constante mejoría de la actividad económica. telesurtv.net La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (Cepal) pronosticó que Venezuela crecerá en un 5.0 por ciento durante 2023, el más alto de la región.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-02). Rusia logra liberación de 82 militares de cautiverio ucraniano. telesurtv.net Los uniformados liberados recibirán en Moscú tratamiento médico y rehabilitación psicológica.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-02). Presidente argentino impulsará juicio contra titular de Corte Suprema. telesurtv.net Convocó a los gobernadores a apoyar un proceso investigativo contra Horacio Rosatti por violaciones en el cumplimiento de su deber.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-02). Canciller Rodríguez destaca aniversario 64 de Revolución cubana. telesurtv.net "A 64 años de su triunfo, la Revolución Cubana se ratifica hoy como uno de los sucesos más transformadores de la realidad y la cotidianidad de los habitantes de este archipiélago", aseveró Prensa Latina.

____ (2023-01-02). Ransacking the World Economy until 'You'll Own Nothing' (Part 2): The Coup de Grâce>The Great Reset. transcend.org Dec 2022 – Building on millennia of learning how to structure and manage an economy to accumulate and consolidate control and wealth in particular hands (Part 1), the Global Elite launched its final coup in January 2020 under cover of the fake Covid-19 'pandemic'.

____ (2023-01-02). (Português) Pelé Morreu (23 out 1940 29 dez 2022). transcend.org 29 Dec 2022 – O futebol está de luto: morreu hoje Edson Arantes Nascimento, o Rei Pelé, aos 82 anos. Pelé, uma lenda que por muitos é considerado o melhor jogador de todos os tempos, é o único na história do futebol que conseguiu ser três vezes campeà£o do mundo: 1958, 1962 e 1970. Foi Ministro do Desporto do Brasil entre 1995 e 1998. RIP…

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-02). Fuerzas israelíes asesinan a dos palestinos en Yenín, Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Además de las dos víctimas mortales, los enfrentamientos que ocurrieron en la aldea de Kafr Dan, cerca de Yenín, causaron tres heridos.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-02). Lula promete volver a poner fin a miseria y hambre en Brasil. telesurtv.net En su discurso inaugural hizo constantes alusiones a su alocución como presidente hace 20 años y sus logros de Gobierno.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-02). Presidente de Venezuela presenta balance de su Gobierno en 2022. telesurtv.net El mandatario de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, concedió una entrevista al escritor y periodista Ignacio Ramonet, que será transmitida este domingo a las 20H00 horas local de Caracas.

Emir Sader (2023-01-02). Lula, un gran amigo aquí al lado. globalizacion.ca La Argentina tiene, otra vez, un gran amigo aquí al lado. Caso notable el de Lula. Es el único dirigente de masas en el mundo que fue líder popular en el siglo XX y sigue siéndolo en el siglo XXI….

Staff (2023-01-02). Pueblo santiaguero reedita Caravana de la Libertad. cubadebate.cu Una representación de jóvenes y niños rememoraron hoy la Caravana de la Libertad en el aniversario 64 del histórico recorrido de Santiago de Cuba hasta La Habana, liderado por Fidel Castro tras el Triunfo de la Revolución cubana.

Staff (2023-01-02). Messi gana el título de mejor goleador internacional del 2022. cubadebate.cu La Federación Internacional de Historia y Estadística de Fútbol (IFFHS), resaltó este domingo 1 de enero del 2023 que Lionel Messi, es el ganador del título como mejor goleador internacional en la modalidad masculina del 2022.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-02). Conoce cómo Haití consiguió su independencia. telesurtv.net La revolución haitiana sirvió de ejemplo para que los pueblos de América Latina y el Caribe comenzaran su camino a la independencia.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-02). Presidente de México envía optimista mensaje de Año Nuevo. telesurtv.net "Deseo buen año para todas y todos en el 2023. Confieso, fundamento y transmito mi optimismo. ¡Felicidades!", manifestó el gobernante mexicano.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-02). Incendio en gasera provoca evacuación de 1. 0 personas en México. telesurtv.net El fuego, que causó una gran movilización de los cuerpos de auxilio, comenzó en el interior de un predio donde se encontraban estacionadas las pipas en las que se almacenaba gas.

Arnold August (2023-01-02). El 1ro de enero y la lección de Fidel para la humanidad: transformar los reveses en victoria. telesurtv.net El pensamiento y las acciones de Fidel constituyen lecciones valiosas para los revolucionarios y comunistas de todo el mundo. No menos importante es el inmortal legado de Fidel de convertir un impedimento en un triunfo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-02). Estampida durante Año Nuevo deja nueve muertos en Uganda. telesurtv.net La policía territorial de Katwe está investigando un incidente que provocó la muerte de nueve personas durante una estampida de celebración de Año Nuevo en Freedom City Mall.

Staff (2023-01-02). Accidente masivo en Pinar del Río deja 11 personas lesionadas. cubadebate.cu En el puente de acceso de la autopista al consejo popular de Herradura, pasadas las 6: 30 PM se volcó el camión matrícula B156662, perteneciente a la Empresa Integral y de granos Los Palacios.Como resultado del accidente hay 11 lesionados, de los cuales 6 tienen tienen traumas craneales, en principio 3 diagnosticados como graves, 2 traumas abdominales.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-02). Motín en cárcel de México deja 14 muertos y 24 internos fugados. telesurtv.net Fiscalía General del Estado de Chihuahua investiga lo sucedido. Capturan a parte de grupo criminal que irrumpió en la cárcel.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-02). Papa Francisco pide detener el rearme mundial y la guerra. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado lamentó el fallecimiento del papa emérito Benedicto XVI, "que ayer por la mañana partió de este mundo".

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-02). Lula da Silva toma posesión como presidente de Brasil. telesurtv.net Junto a él lo hacen, el vicepresidente Geraldo Alckmin y los 27 gobernadores de los estados y del Distrito Federal.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-02). Nicolás Maduro: "En 2022 consolidamos el clima de paz que hoy tiene Venezuela" telesurtv.net El mandatario venezolano valoró la situación internacional y los retos de la política y la economía internas.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-02). Lula revoca varias medidas del Gobierno anterior de Bolsonaro. telesurtv.net Aumentó la cartera de ministros de 23 a 37 y tomó juramento a todos sus miembros para que puedan asumir las funciones este mismo lunes.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-02). Venezuela y Colombia reabren puente Atanasio Girardot. telesurtv.net El gobernador de Táchira, Freddy Bernal, dijo que el puente "se convertirá en una referencia importante para el intercambio de mercancía".

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-02). Asesinan a tres personas en Colombia en primera masacre de 2023. telesurtv.net "En este hecho tres personas fueron asesinadas y por lo menos una herida de gravedad", mencionó el Indepaz.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-02). Miles de personas despiden a Benedicto XVI en basílica de San Pedro. telesurtv.net Miles de personas esperan hasta tres horas su turno para rendir un último homenaje a Benedicto XVI antes de su sepultura.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-02). Presidente Maduro afirma que se consolidó la paz en Venezuela en 2022. telesurtv.net El mandatario venezolano valoró la situación internacional y los retos de la política y la economía internas.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-01-02). Israel ataca Aeropuerto Internacional de Damasco en Siria. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Transporte sirio informó que a partir de las 09.00 (hora local) fueron reanudados los vuelos.

Emir Sader (2023-01-02). Investidura de Lula: Volvió Brasil. globalizacion.ca No, no es el Brasil del fútbol, todavía. Nos falta fútbol técnico e hinchada pero podemos aprender de Argentina. A Lula le gusta una frase que sintetiza bien, en su opinión, el movimiento actual de Brasil. Volver, que significa que…

Staff (2023-01-02). Fidel, la Revolución Cubana y el antiimperialismo. cubadebate.cu Sería imprudente, a más de improductivo políticamente, aventurar una fecha en la cual se produjo el nacimiento del antiimperialismo en Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Las rebeliones en contra del dominio colonial español y portugués -y en parte también inglés y francés en el mundo caribeño- alentaron desde el terreno de la práctica la reflexión en torno al precursor o, como creo que diría Marx, "la forma antediluviana" del imperialismo: el colonialismo.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-02). Anuncian instalación de Consejo de Transición en Haití. telesurtv.net El Consejo de Ministros validó el documento de compromiso nacional el sábado por la noche.

teleSUR, mcs, JGN (2023-01-02). øCómo fue tomada la primera fotografía de la Luna. telesurtv.net La primera imagen de la Luna se pudo captar gracias al proceso creado por el francés Louis Daguerre.

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2023-01-02). Cinco obras para recordar a Isaac Asimov. telesurtv.net Asimov se destacó por describir las tres leyes de la robótica en la literatura de ciencia ficción.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-02). Detienen a implicados en vandalismo en Santa Cruz, Bolivia. telesurtv.net Once de los detenidos fueron imputados por delitos de asociación delictuosa, instigación pública a delinquir, incendio y robo agravado.

Staff (2023-01-02). Entrevista a Nicolás Maduro, por Ignacio Ramonet: "En el año 2022 hemos consolidado este clima de armonía, de paz, de convivencia que hoy tiene Venezuela" (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Esta entrevista se va a desarrollar en torno a tres temas como hemos hecho hasta ahora, tres temas principales. Primero, vamos hablar de política interior, de la situación interna en Venezuela. Segundo, vamos a hablar de economía, la economía venezolana; y tercero, vamos a hablar de política internacional. Tres preguntas para cada temática.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-02). Al menos 10 muertos deja atentado en aeropuerto militar de Kabul. telesurtv.net Las autoridades del Talibán acusaron en un principio al grupo terrorista del Estado Islámico como el responsable del atentado.

Staff (2023-01-02). Dan de alta a nueve lesionados en accidente en Pinar del Río. cubadebate.cu Al hospital pediátrico Pepe Portilla llegaron dos pacientes, una niña de ocho años y su mamá, las cuales presentaron lesiones en los miembros y permanecieron todo el tiempo en el servicio de Observación bajo estricta vigilancia médica por parte de un equipo multidisciplinario, hasta su egreso, explicó a la ACN la directora de ese centro.

Staff (2023-01-02). Nueva York aprueba el compostaje de cuerpos humanos. cubadebate.cu Nueva York se convirtió en el sexto estado de Estados Unidos en permitir el llamado compostaje humano. Las personas ahora pueden convertir su cuerpo en tierra después de su muerte, lo que se considera una alternativa más ecológica que un entierro o cremación.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-02). Croacia se convierte en miembro de Eurozona desde este 1 de enero. telesurtv.net Se convierte en el el 27º Estado miembro del espacio Schengen donde podrán moverse libremente.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-02). Grupos golpistas bolivianos incendian edificios públicos en Santa Cruz. telesurtv.net Las protestas violentas comenzaron reclamando el Censo y luego tras la detención del gobernador cruceño Luis F. Camacho.

Immigrant Children Are Innocent (2023-01-02). Mayor of El Paso refusing to let undocumented immigrant children in Convention cot shelter. indybay.org When an adult parent is put in prison, the jailers don't throw the children in prison with their parent. The authorities put the children into foster care. In Texas, where the Mayor is refusing entry to the Convention center cot shelter for migrants, he is leaving out in the cold migrants with no immigration papers, he is leaving their babies and small children out in the cold with the parents. That is wrong. The children should immediately be put into foster care, not punished for illegal immigration by being left out in the freezing cold with their parents. The children did not chose to break any immigration la…

Staff (2023-01-02). Las vacunas cubanas y la inequidad mundial. cubadebate.cu

Anonymous103 (2023-01-01). Dozens Of Russian Servicemen Killed By Ukrainian Strike In Makeyevka. southfront.org Last night, Ukrainian forces dealt a heavy blow to the Russian military. At night, the AFU struck a college building in the village of Makeyevka located on the north-western outskirts of Donetsk. | The building was reportedly used for accommodation of Russian servicemen. The AFU shelled the area with the US-made HIMARS MRLS at around midnight when Russian servicemen were celebrating the New Year. | According to the reports, the building was completely destroyed. As a result of the strike, doz…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-01). Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine On January 1, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Bakhmut; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Soledar; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU were reported near Neskuchnoye; | Up to 1 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 armoured vehicle and 2 pickups were destroyed by Russian artillery shelling on Krasniy-Liman front, according to the Russian MOD; | Up to 110 Ukrainia…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-01). Russian Military Revealed Goal Of Missile Strikes On New Year Eve In Ukraine. southfront.org | On January 1, the Russian Ministry of Defence published another daily briefing on the ongoing developments of the special military operation in Ukraine. The Russian military reported on the battles on the front lines in the Donbass as well as on the targets of the recent strikes throughout the war-torn country. | On December 31, air alert sounded throughout Ukraine. The authorities of several Ukrainian regions and cities confirmed the explosions. In particular, according to the mayor of Kiev Vitali Klit…

_____ (2023-01-01). On The Influence Of NeoNazism In Ukraine. popularresistance.org The U.S. relationship with Ukrainian fascists began after the Second World War. During the war, units of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-B) took part in the Holocaust, killing at least 100,000 Jews and Poles. Mykola Lebed, a top aide to Stepan Bandera, the leader of the fascist OUN-B, was recruited by the C.I.A. after the war, according to a 2010 study by the U.S. National Archives. | The government study said, "Bandera's wing (OUN/B) was a militant fascist organization." Bandera's closest deputy, Yaroslav Stetsko, said: ""I…fully appreciate the undeniably harmful and hostile role of the Jews, w…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-01). Lula Provides Hope for Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News spoke exclusively to Bolivia's Deputy Foreign Minister, Freddy Mamani, about the regional implications of Lula taking office in Brazil. We also touched on Bolivia's foreign policy regarding the coup against Pedro Castillo in Peru. Lula takes office on January 1st, what does this mean for Bolivia and Latin America in general? Bolivia sees…

_____ (2023-01-01). Lack Of Good Analyses Contributes To The Decline Of The 'West'. popularresistance.org What really hit me last year was the dearth of correct analyses in main stream media and in politics with regards to the war in Ukraine. Little if anything is based on facts. More than 90% of the published output is propaganda. | The 'western' plan was to draw Russia into Ukraine to then 'kill' it by economic sanctions. As Biden said when he announced those: | We have purposefully designed these sanctions to maximize the long-term impact on Russia and to minimize the impact on the United States and our Allies.And I want to be clear: The United States is not doing this alone. For months, we've been building a coal…

Stephen Eric Bronner (2023-01-01). Negotiate Now! A Call for Diplomacy in Ukraine. commondreams.org

The Russo-Ukrainian War drags on like a bad dream. Admittedly, there are slight glimmers of hope: Russian President Vladimir Putin stated his readiness to participate in an international peace conference; but Ukraine must firstrecognize Russian annexations, especially Crimea and territories around Kherson, demilitarize, and also guarantee Russian security. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that he, too, is willing to negotiate; but Russia must first meet ten conditions including withdrawal from all Ukrainian territories including Crimea. The insincerity on both sides is strikin…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-01). Zelensky's Ridiculous Attempts To Blackmail Netanyahu Revealed Report. southfront.org | President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky ignored the request of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to vote against the UN General Assembly resolution on the occupation of Palestinian territories because of Israel's position on military assistance to Kiev, according to the report published by Axios which cites anonymous Israeli and Ukrainian officials. | According to the claims of a Ukrainian official, Israeli Prime Minister in a phone call late Friday asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zele…

_____ (2023-01-01). Imran Khan: Pakistan Should Be Non-Aligned In Cold War. popularresistance.org Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan was overthrown in April 2022 in a soft coup supported by the United States. Khan argued that he was targeted due to his independent foreign policy, comparing his ouster to the CIA coup in Iran in 1953. | Since leaving office, Khan has held massive protests across the country, blasting the unelected coup regime for surrendering its sovereignty to Washington. | "The US has made Pakistan a slave without having to invade it," Khan fumed. "The people of Pakistan will never accept the imported government." Khan has also become a leading voice on the international stage calling for t…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-01). Could NATO Directly Intervene in Ukraine? libya360.wordpress.com NATO somehow getting more directly involved in Ukraine represents a worst case scenario. What clues are there so far that this might be a possibility? Rumors of a Polish mobilization; Stubborn Ukrainian resistance and multiple attempts to create a pretext for wider NATO intervention; Extensive Russian defenses being built behind the front…

_____ (2023-01-01). Russia Says Ukraine's Conditions For Peace Summit Are Not Acceptable. popularresistance.org Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated his country's unwillingness to engage with Ukraine on the basis of the peace formula proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He alleged that Zelensky's proposals were "illusory" and said that it was clear that "Kiev is not ready for the dialogue," RT reported on Thursday, December 29. | Earlier this week, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dymtro Kuleba proposed a peace summit in February under the leadership of United Nations Secretary General António Guterres. In an interview with the AP published on Tuesday, Kuleba said that such a peace summit may include…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-01). Military Situation In Ukraine On January 1, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU positions in Kiev with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions in Zaporozhye with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions in Khmelnitsky with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions in Nikolaev with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions in Zhytomyr with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions in Vinnytsia with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the…

Staff (2023-01-01). Ukraine became de facto member of NATO in 2022: DM. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformDecember 31, 2022 This year, Ukraine de facto became part of NATO Reznikov Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov has said that this year, Ukraine de facto became part of NATO, and this cooperation will continue. *** According to him, the spirit of the Ukrainian people and their invincibility demonstrated that Ukraine is the real …

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-01-01). Russia Consolidates in East Mediterranean. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-01-01). Armenians turn fire toward Russia as Nagorno-Karabakh blockade enters third week. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com EurasianetDecember 29, 2022 Armenians turn fire toward Russia as Nagorno-Karabakh blockade enters third weekWith Azerbaijani demonstrators settling in for the long haul on the Lachin Corridor, Armenia is questioning whether Moscow is willing or able to end the standoff As the near-total closure of the only road in and out of Nagorno-Karabakh enters its third …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-01). Air Base Attacks Deep Inside Russia Point to CIA Covert Ops and a Planned War. libya360.wordpress.com Finnian Cunningham An air base deep in Russian territory has been attacked twice with drones in less than one month. It is not some remote outlying facility either. The air base near the city of Saratov houses nuclear-capable Russian strategic bomber aircraft. The latest attack was on December 26 in which three Russian servicemen were…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-01). Military Situation In Syria On January 1, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On January 1, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 4 times: 1 in Idlib province, 3 in Latakia province; | On December 31, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Nouran; | On December 31, Turkish artillery shelled SAA positions near Tal Rafaat; | On December 31, as a result of ISIS attack on a SAA headquarters near the city of Palmyra, several SAA servicemen were killed or wounded; | The…

Staff (2023-01-01). Kosovo chieftain calls for "massive bolstering" of NATO troops, weapons. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com BloombergJanuary 1, 2022 Kosovo Leader Kurti Calls for More NATO Troops as Tensions Rise Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti is calling for a bolstered presence of NATO peacekeeping forces in his country. "A massive bolstering of NATO troops and military equipment in our country would improve security and peace in Kosovo and the entire West-Balkan …

Jon Queally (2023-01-01). When It Comes to Greed and Tax Dodging, Sanders Points Out "Trump is Not Alone" truthout.org Senator Bernie Sanders is not asking anyone to be shocked that Donald J. Trump was very good at not paying taxes, but he also wants people to know that the disgraced former Republican president is far from the only rich person or powerful corporation who gets away with paying little or nothing each year federal income tax. In a tweet on Friday evening, Sanders said: "When it comes to tax avoidance… |

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2023-01-01). Capturan a presunto feminicida de ecuatoriana María Belén Bernal. telesurtv.net El asesinato de la abogada ecuatoriana ocurrió en el interior de la Escuela Superior de la Policía, en Quito.

_____ (2023-01-01). Declassified Intelligence Files Expose Inconvenient Truths Of Bosnian War. popularresistance.org The established mythos of the Bosnian War is that Serb separatists, encouraged and directed by Slobodan Milo≈°eviƒá and his acolytes in Belgrade, sought to forcibly seize Croat and Bosniak territory in service of creating an irredentist "Greater Serbia." Every step of the way, they purged indigenous Muslims in a concerted, deliberate genocide, while refusing to engage in constructive peace talks. | This narrative was aggressively perpetuated by the mainstream media at the time, and further legitimized by the UN-created International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) once the…

Peter Dreier (2023-01-01). A Celebration of Baseball Rebel Jim Bouton. commondreams.org

| Amidst the current upsurge of social activism among professional athletes, it is worth recalling the enormous contribution of Jim Bouton, one of the most politically outspoken sports figures in American history. Among professional team sports, baseball may be the most conservative and tradition-bound, but throughout its history, rebels and mavericks have emerged to challenge the status quo in baseball and the wider society, none more so than Bouton. | During his playing days in the 1960s, Bouton spoke out against the Vietnam War, South African apartheid, the exploitation of players by greedy owners, a…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-01-01). Why I'm Glad Joe Biden Beat Donald Trump. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone Dec 27, 2022 | As 2022 winds down and we approach the halfway point of President Biden's first term, it's probably a good time to talk about all the wonderful things he has done for the world and remind ourselves how bad it would have been if the election results had turned out differently in November 2020. | Here are the top seven reasons why I'm very glad Joe Biden won that election instead of the evil, sinister Donald Trump. | 1. Trump would have continued abusing immigrants and keeping kids in cages. | Thank goodness that's over now! | Joe Biden has 00 illegals locked up in a facil…

Kathy Kelly (2023-01-01). Woe for the Children Maimed, Displaced, and Killed by the Merchants of War. commondreams.org

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-01). North Korea's Kim Orders 'Exponential' Expansion of Nuclear Arsenal. news.antiwar.com North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sunday called for an "exponential" increase in the production of nuclear weapons as tensions continue to soar on the Korean Peninsula. In a statement released by North Korea's state media, Kim said that Pyongyang must bolster its military to "safeguard our sovereignty, safety, and basic national interest to …

_____ (2023-01-01). Latin America And Caribbean Year 2022 In Review. popularresistance.org 2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. This imperial fiat arrogates to the US the unilateral authority to intervene in the affairs of sovereign states in the Western Hemisphere and to exclude any other power from meddling in what is viewed as Washington's backyard. Two centuries later, the doctrine faces a fragile future. | Going into the new year, the neoliberal model for regional development has been discredited in Latin America and the Caribbean The socialist model is under siege, and the social-democratic model is encountering unfavorable conditions. | Paradoxically, the very problems that t…

_____ (2023-01-01). FBI Cointelpro Is Back And Worse Than Ever. popularresistance.org Elon Musk has opened the floodgates to expose the FBI's latest war on Americans' freedom of speech. The FBI massively intervened to pressure Twitter to suppress accounts and tweets from individuals the FBI disapproved, including parody accounts. The FBI and other federal agencies also browbeat Facebook, Instagram, and many other tech companies. | Thus far, most of the American media has ignored or downplayed the story, known as the Twitter Files. Since many of the individuals who the FBI got squelched were pro-Trump, the violation of their rights is a non-issue — or a cause for quiet celebration. At this po…

_____ (2023-01-01). Legalization For All Network Condemns Anti-Immigrant Supreme Court Ruling. popularresistance.org The Legalization for All Network condemns the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on December 27 to force the government to keep the terrible Trump-era 'Title 42' policy in place that closed the US-México border to asylum-seekers. | Trump invoked Title 42 more than two years ago, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to close the border to asylum-seekers attempting to present themselves at the US-México border to request asylum. It is a right under international law to request asylum and have that request considered. That has not happened at the US-México border since Title 42 was imposed. | Trump's implementa…

_____ (2023-01-01). 2022 Saw Palestine Action's Rise And Elbit's Demise. popularresistance.org 2022 started off with a bang, as January saw the publication of news of Elbit's permanent closure of their Oldham factory. The victory came after an 18 month direct action battle waged against Elbit's Ferranti factory in Oldham, which saw 36 arrests and millions of pounds of cumulative damage caused. Despite round-the-clock police patrols and massively heightened security, the efforts of Israel's largest arms firm to protect their beloved weapons factory failed. The win embodied the power of direct action and community mobilisation — a major validation of Palestine Action's strategy. | Next up, we took aim…

_____ (2023-01-01). The First Big Strike Of 2023 May Happen Behind Prison Walls. popularresistance.org All in all, 2022 was a banner year for organized labor. Thousands of workers in a wide variety of industries unionized; they pushed back against union-busting campaigns from oligarchs and corporate hit men; they went on strike and protested unfair treatment, from California to Alabama and everywhere in between. Public support for unions shot up to 71 percent, and the worryingly under-resourced National Labor Relations Board was inundated with more union election petitions than it could handle. Members of Gen Z, the youngest generation of workers, are even more pro-union than their millennial parents, and they are…

_____ (2023-01-01). Building Solidarity And Strength On The Streets Of Pittsburgh And Chicago. popularresistance.org From 'hood to 'hood and city to city, we stand the most to gain in uniting, as an oppressed community capable of liberating ourselves from our collective social conditions! Over half a million people are experiencing homelessness here in the US, 580,466, as of January 2020. However, more than 16 million housing units in the United States are vacant. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the same social contradiction exists, where over 800 people are documented as homeless. | According to the Pittsburgh Quarterly, however: | The city of Pittsburgh has nearly 24,000 vacant properties, including 7,500 vacant houses and build…

_____ (2023-01-01). Civil Society Organizations Condemn Israel's Targeted Smear Campaign. popularresistance.org On 14 December 2022, Israel's mission to the United Nations in Geneva smeared the respected and eminent UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territory Occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, in a direct attempt to attack and undermine the mandate she has been entrusted with and thwart her expert human rights work on Palestine. The statement which contains baseless accusations of antisemitism, raises concerns about the "impunity that exists today regarding antisemitism and antisemitic comments made by UN officials". More specifically, it refers to a historic Facebook post made…

_____ (2023-01-01). Pakistan's Imran Khan Compares His Ouster To CIA Coup In Iran. popularresistance.org Pakistan's former Prime Minister likened the US-backed parliamentary coup that removed him from power in April 2022 to the violent CIA operation that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953. | The CIA-organized coup "was a very similar pattern followed in when my government was dismissed," Khan said. | He likewise praised Iran's independence today, stating that Western sanctions means that "the people of Iran might have suffered, but they haven't lost their dignity." | Khan added that, while Pakistan and Iran may have some differences, "you cannot disagree with them stand…

_____ (2023-01-01). Washington Blames Record Migration On 'Communism'. popularresistance.org After two years of Joe Biden's presidency, four times as many undocumented migrants are trying to cross the border into the United States, and he's getting desperate to explain away the increase. | In September, the administration discovered a new narrative: that migrants are fleeing "communism." | The White House ignores that fact that in the fiscal year just ended, migrants coming from the three countries he labels "communist" formed less than a third of the total: of the 2.7 million people "encountered" at the border, only a fifth came from Cuba, Nicaragua or Venezuela. | Half of all migrants still come from t…

_____ (2023-01-01). 2022 Saw Historic Strikes In The United Kingdom. popularresistance.org Even as 2022 is drawing to a close, the strike wave that swept the UK this year, with hundreds of thousands of workers in the public and private sector downing tools to fight for better conditions, is showing no signs of slowing down. | On Saturday, December 31, over 1,000 members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers (RMT) who are working on contract as cleaners in the railways are set to walkout in the first national strike of its kind. Workers at private companies including Atalian Servest, Churchill, and Mitie are fighting for a £15 ($18.04) per hour wage, company sick pay, good…

_____ (2023-01-01). A New Book Of Migrant Stories Exposes Europe's War On Refugees. popularresistance.org Over the past 20 years, the Mediterranean Sea has become a graveyard as the EU's brutal "Fortress Europe" policies unleash brutal hostility against migrants and refugees. While mainstream media has often sensationalized the problem as a "migrant crisis" or "refugee crisis," little scrutiny has been placed on the role of Europe and other countries of the Global North in producing this crisis of mass displacement through the War on Terror or the historic underdevelopment of the former colonial world. Authors Helen Benedict and Eyan Awwadawnan join The Chris Hedges Report to discuss their book, Map of Hope and Sorro…

_____ (2023-01-01). A Black-Led Bike Share Company Is Charting A New Course. popularresistance.org Youngstown, Ohio – From protecting the planet to serving the public of entire cities with accessible and affordable transportation options, the missions of bike share services across the country and around the world are often broad. They're intended to serve large swaths of a population, yet people of color, low-income folks, and others from marginalized communities are often left out as services bend toward wealthier and whiter neighborhoods and urban centers. | Most bike shares also rely on corporate sponsorships for their existence. When this critical financial support evaporates at the whims of said corporati…

____ (2023-01-01). Xinjiang's opening-up pace not a cause for concern: spokesperson. ecns.cn The prospect of opening-up in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is not a cause for concern, a local official said on Friday, after foreign media cast doubt about its pace.

____ (2023-01-01). China revises law on wildlife protection. ecns.cn Chinese lawmakers on Friday voted to adopt a revised Law on the Protection of Wildlife, which will take effect on May. 1, 2023.

____ (2023-01-01). Full Text: 2023 New Year Address by President Xi Jinping. ecns.cn On New Year's eve, President Xi Jinping delivered his 2023 New Year Address through China Media Group and the Internet. The following is the full text of the address:…

____ (2023-01-01). Xi's speech at 1st plenum of 20th CPC Central Committee to be published. ecns.cn Qiushi Journal, the flagship magazine of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, will on Sunday publish a speech delivered by Xi Jinping at a key Party meeting in October.

____ (2023-01-01). Int'l experts upbeat about China 2023 | Taihe Institute advisor: China will have a very sharp V recovery. ecns.cn Einar Tangen, content advisor at Taihe Institute, says: This idea of Chinese consumption driving the economy and also attracting investment is the essence of this Dual-Circulation economic strategy that China has adopted.

____ (2023-01-01). National legislature set to convene annual session on March 5. ecns.cn The 14th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, will kick off its first session in Beijing on March 5, according to a decision made by the NPC Standing Committee on Friday.

____ (2023-01-01). China keeps to national character in face of adversity: Xi. ecns.cn At every turn of the year, we always think of the great character of resilience that the Chinese nation has carried forward through millennia, President Xi Jinping said on Saturday in his 2023 New Year Address.

____ (2023-01-01). Today's China is country where dreams become reality: Xi. ecns.cn Today's China is a country where dreams become reality, said President Xi Jinping on Saturday, citing the achievements made by the country in 2022.

____ (2023-01-01). China's non-manufacturing PMI down in December. ecns.cn The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's non-manufacturing sector came in at 41.6 in December 2022, down from 46.7 in November, the National Bureau of Statistics said Saturday.

____ (2023-01-01). China's manufacturing PMI down in December. ecns.cn The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector came in at 47 in December 2022, down from 48 in November, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Saturday.

Tings Chak (2023-01-01). A look back on three years of China's anti-Covid-19 fight. mronline.org As we enter into a new year and a new era of fighting Covid-19—while anticipating the new viruses that will inevitably emerge—the hope is that the world can learn from these hard-earned lessons, act and cooperate using science, not rumors, and embody a spirit of international solidarity, not stigma.

____ (2023-01-01). Full text of Xi Jinping's speech at New Year gathering of CPPCC National Committee. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered an important speech at the New Year gathering of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on Friday.

____ (2023-01-01). Qin Gang: China remains committed to global peace, development. ecns.cn Qin Gang, China's current ambassador to the United States and now newly named foreign minister, said China is committed to its foreign policy goals of upholding world peace and promoting common development, while remaining dedicated to building a community with a shared future for mankind.

____ (2023-01-01). Perseverance, solidarity mean victory as China enters new phase of COVID response: Xi. ecns.cn Noting that China has entered a new phase of COVID response, President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for an extra effort from the people to pull through as perseverance and solidarity mean victory.

teleSUR, jaa, JDO (2023-01-01). Presidente de China resalta importancia de lucha contra Covid-19. telesurtv.net El mandatario hizo referencia al abandono de la política cero Covid y destacó que las acciones de prevención han pasado a otra etapa.

Steven Sahiounie (2023-01-01). Extremist Christian Militia in Lebanon May Ignite a New Civil War. globalresearch.ca

Jon Savitt (2023-01-01). I'm a Professional Comedy Writer — The GOP Has a 'Punching Down' Problem. commondreams.org

| There's one rule in comedy so universal that it connects comics of every background, genre, and skill level: never punch down. | These three simple words can be the difference between being a headliner or being hated. | " I've been a profes…

Scott Ferguson (2023-01-01). Making Digital Public Spaces w/ MUSICat. mronline.org This month Money on the Left is joined by the folks behind the MUSICat project, an online music streaming service for public libraries designed to share heterogenous local music with local community members. We speak with Preston Austin and Kelly Hiser from Rabble, the company behind MUSICat, as well as with Racquel ("Rocky") Mann, who coordinates the MUSICat service with Edmontonians as Digital Initiatives Librarian for Edmonton Public Library.

Dan DiMaggio (2023-01-01). Some of the Biggest Labor Contracts Are Expiring in 2023. truthout.org Negotiations will take place in 2023 for some of the biggest contracts in the labor movement, including at UPS and the Big Three automakers. Workers are hoping to take advantage of a tight labor market to reverse years of concessions and win big raises to help cope with inflation. New leaders in the Teamsters, and potentially the Auto Workers (UAW), have promised to put up a more aggressive fight. |

Angelika Albaladejo (2023-01-01). Colorado Law Could Force Boulder to Sell Oil and Gas to a Private Company. truthout.org Extraction Oil and Gas, a Denver-based energy company, sent Boulder County an offer this summer. It's one that local officials don't want, but can't refuse. The company, a subsidiary of one of Colorado's largest oil and gas producers, Civitas Resources Inc., gave the county three options: Sell access to its oil and gas, partner up as a working interest owner or get thrown into a legal process… |

Benjamin Wehrmann (2023-01-01). 3/4s of German Homeowners are Ready to Put Panels on their Roofs: Survey. juancole.com ( Clean Energy Wire ) Three in four houseowners in Germany wish to put a PV array on their roofs, according to a survey commissioned by the country's industry lobby group BSW . One in five houseowners aims to install PV arrays within the next twelve months, the survey by pollster …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-01). Chile 2022: The Year of Right-Wing Government. libya360.wordpress.com Andrés Figueroa Cornejo The last throes of 2022 have evaporated, as an unbalanced, unstable and contradictory expression of the relations of power between the interests of the ruling classes and the broad and heterogeneous movement of the struggles of the workers and the oppressed, and after the pandemic that brought the social revolt of October…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-01). Healthcare now and then: Soviet Georgia to the present. peoplesdispatch.org Sopiko Japaridze, a trade unionist and health activist from Georgia, has experienced healthcare in both Soviet Georgia and under the current government. She has also spent a significant part of her life in the United States. Japaridze, a member of the Solidarity Network in Georgia and a part of the People's Health Movement, compares and contrasts her experience with these three different healthcare models. | This is part one of a two part series.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-01). Again, Fear on the Run, "Catastrophic Contagion" southfront.org | Written by Remember Event 201 of 18 October 2019 in NYC, hosted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, in partnership with the WEF (World Economic Forum) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation? Of course, WHO was also present, and so were all the Globalist players, including the World Bank, IMF and — of indeed the UN and many of its sub…

Michael D. Yates (2023-01-01). Reinventing Work /w Mike Yates. socialistproject.ca The Socialist Project is proud to present "Reinventing Work," a launch event for Leanne MacMillan and

Jon Queally (2023-01-01). Exposé Reveals Lobbyists Bought Access to Supreme Court Justices With Donations. truthout.org Both alarm and concern were expressed Saturday in response to new reporting about a charitable group with close ties to the U.S. Supreme Court that has been soliciting and accepting donations from corporate interests and far-right activists with cases before the court. The New York Times exposé focused on the activities and fundraising of the Supreme Court Historical Society… |

Anonymous103 (2023-01-01). Military Situation In Iraq On January 1, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-01). Yemen's Houthis Say They Seek a 'Permanent Ceasefire'. news.antiwar.com Yemen's Houthis seek a "permanent ceasefire" with the US-backed Saudi-led coalition, a Houthi spokesman told Yemeni TV on Sunday. Since a ceasefire expired at the beginning of October, there have still been no Saudi airstrikes in Yemen or Houthi attacks inside Saudi Arabia, but fighting on the ground has increased. Oman has renewed diplomacy between …

Katie Tastrom (2023-01-01). I'm Immunocompromised. Here's How I Feel About Masking in 2023. truthout.org I wasn't surprised when the test results from my rheumatologist showed no COVID-19 antibodies, even though I had received all five doses of the vaccine that have been FDA-approved for immune-compromised folks like me. I knew the heavy dose of immune suppressants I take for my connective tissue disease made it likely that I would be in the estimated 3 percent of "moderately to severely"… |

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-01-01). Monday 12/26: 24th Annual, California State Capitol Kwanzaa Kickoff – World Peace Rose Garden. indybay.org California State Capitol World Peace Rose Garden – 15 and L Street – Sacramento, CA…

Meena Miriam Yust (2023-01-01). Seals, Satellites, and Dung Beetles — What Links Them? commondreams.org

Imagine hunting for a fish dinner in the middle of the ocean, in the middle of the night without flashlight, compass, or iPhone . . . and then to find a way back to land. This is what seals must accomplish on a regular basis to survive. These pinnipeds, so often seen posing with a ball balanced perfectly on a whiskered nose or bowing gracefully for a circus display, have skills that cannot be seen on the stage. In fact, they give our close relatives the chimpanzees something to envy. One sign of intelligence is an ability to recognize and respond to human gestures. Chimpanzees have difficulty doing this.

youtube (2023-01-01). Why You Should Be A Socialist In 2023. youtube.com The capitalist system has shown itself to be incapable of solving the problems it creates.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-01). Venezuela Opposition Removes Guaido as 'Interim President'. news.antiwar.com Venezuela's opposition on Friday voted to remove Juan Guaido as the "interim president" and to dissolve the US-backed "interim government," a move that came after resuming talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Guaido declared himself as the interim president of Venezuela in 2019 after not recognizing the result of the 2018 election, and he received …

Editor (2023-01-01). A Year in Review: ScheerPost's Top Stories. scheerpost.com

Jon Queally (2023-01-01). 'Stand Up and Fight': Sanders Delivers New Year's Message on 2023 Priorities. commondreams.org

Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a New Year's Day message on Sunday as he gets ready to take over as chair of the powerful Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the U.S. Senate when Congress comes back into session later this month.Laying out his priorities for the committee in 2023, Sanders put a familiar focus on the need for an improved and expanded Medicare system and lower drug costs as he lambasted the nation's "cruel and dysfunctional" for-profit system that leaves tens of millions of people uninsured or grossly underinsured."What we have in this country is really disgraceful" in terms of h…

Staff (2023-01-01). First Chevron Tanker Arrives in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Friday, December 30, US news agencies reported that the multinational oil company Chevron Corp sent an oil tanker to Venezuela to load the first shipment of crude from the country bound for the United States, after almost four years of no operations, following the unilateral blockade imposed on Venezuela by the White House. | Agencies cited "a person familiar with the matter" who provided the information with "location data" of the ship approaching Venezuelan waters. | That same unidentified source said that "another tanker will arrive at the beginning of January" and it will carry a shipment of diluents to a…

County "Health Service" Workers & HPHP (2023-01-01). Santa Cruz Homeless Death List for 2023: Follow-Up. indybay.org Two public ceremonies were held December 21st where the names of the unhoused dead for the year (some of them) were read. My response was the attached flyer, reprinted in the Serf City Times, suggesting some obvious but likely to be ignored remedies to ward off the 2023 deaths list. Also attached is the Homeless Persons Health Project/County report.

Xiaolu Sun (2023-01-01). Several new laws take effect in 2023. america.cgtn.com Here are some of the new laws that take effect in 2023 in the U.S.

Editor (2023-01-01). Everything to Know About Lula's Inauguration. scheerpost.com

Middle East Monitor (2023-01-01). Will electing the most Far Right Extremist Government Ever cost Israel International Support? juancole.com By Mohammad Makram Balawi | ( Middle East Monitor ) The results of the last round of Israeli elections must have represented a big blow to US hopes and efforts as they placed their bets on the former caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid. However, the results have shown that they bet on the …

Victor Castellanos (2023-01-01). Venezuela's GDP Grew 17.73% Between January and September 2022. orinocotribune.com On Friday, December 30, the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) reported that Venezuela's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 17.73% between January and September 2022. | BCV reported that the Venezuelan GDP recorded growths of 17.45%; 23.30% and 13.22% in the first, second and third quarters of 2022, respectively, with which the aggregated January-September GDP closed with a rebound of 17.73%, compared to the same period in 2021. | "With this result, there have been five consecutive quarters in which positive variations are evident in most economic activities, which reflect the favorable performance of the national pr…

Greg Roest (2023-01-01). Cryptocurrency : the Medium IS the Scam. realprogressives.org In a piece titled "Cryptocurrency: Don't Blame the Medium for the Scam," libertarian Counterpunch contributor Thomas Knapp wholly misunderstands the nature of money and cryptocurrency.

____ (2023-01-01). All ski resorts in Xinjiang fully open. ecns.cn All 84 ski resorts in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have opened fully to the public. More than ,000 vouchers were issued to boost local ice and snow tourism, a regional government spokesperson said Friday.

Ann Brown (2023-01-01). Dr. Umar Johnson Claims Reparations Came From Pan-Africanist Thought: What Does The Historical Record Say? moguldom.com Dr. Umar Johnson has always been very outspoken when it comes to reparations. Pan-African educator and community activist Dr. Johnson is a doctor of clinical psychology and a certified school psychologist who specializes in working with the parents of African-American children who receive special education and/or are diagnosed with disruptive behavior disorders, according to his website. During a …

Jon Queally (2023-01-01). 'Long Live Democracy!' Brazil Celebrates Lula's Return as Right-wing Reign of Bolsonaro Ends. commondreams.org

Hundreds of thousands took to the streets across Brazil on Sunday to celebrate the inauguration of leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose return to the nation's highest office also marked the exit of far-right Jair Bolsonaro who left his country and arrived in the U.S. state of Florida ahead of the weekend's transfer of power.After being sworn in during a ceremony at the National Congress, Lula addressed the assembled lawmakers as he lamented the "terrible ruins" left by Bolsonaro, though he did not actually mention his predecessor by name. But Lula also issued a message of renewal and hope."

Igor Carvalho (2023-01-01). In first speech as president, Lula criticizes previous government and declares: "Democracy forever" peoplesdispatch.org In his first speech as president of the Republic, this Sunday afternoon January 1, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party of Brazil (PT) criticized the government of Jair Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party. Without mentioning his name, Lula harshly attacked the former president, who on Friday December 30 abandoned the presidency and went to the USA. | "The mandate we have received, in the face of opponents inspired by fascism, will be defended with the powers that the Constitution confers on democracy. To hatred, we will respond with love. To lies, with truth. To terror and violence, we will respond with the…

_____ (2023-01-01). Elon Musk and the Free Speech Lie. strategic-culture.org On December 15, 2022, Elon Musk incited the greatest outrage from leftists yet when he banned a slew of progressive journalists from Twitter, including prominent figures such as CNN's Donnie O'Sullivan, the New York Times's Ryan Mac, and Vox's Aaron Rupar. Though their accounts were later reinstated, insults had already been hurled by the left-wing media, Musk labeled an oppressive right-wing tyrant. The incident even has its own Wikipedia page.

Anonymous Contributor (2023-01-01). NYE Noise Demo in Minneapolis Celebrates Spirit of Resistance. itsgoingdown.org Report back from New Year's Eve noise demo in so-called Minneapolis, MN. Sometimes it feels like the only trace left by uprisings are their prison sentences. The streets are cleared, the stores rebuilt, the graffiti painted over, but it could be years before the captured ones can taste fresh air. This seems to holds true…

____ (2023-01-01). Xi remembers late leader Jiang in New Year address. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping on Saturday paid high tribute to late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, praising his "towering achievements and noble demeanor."

David Sirota (2023-01-01). State Officials Warned Buttigieg About Airline Mess. levernews.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-01). Democracy Forever! President Lula's Inaugural Address to Parliament and the National Congress. libya360.wordpress.com The complete speech made in the parliament hall after the presidential sash was conferred by the Brazilian people. I want to begin by giving a special greeting to each and every one of you. A way to remember and to repay the affection and the strength that I received every day from the Brazilian people…

____ (2023-01-01). Will They Sue For "Peace". smoothiex12.blogspot.com

____ (2023-01-01). Xi hails social, economic development achievements in 2022. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday hailed the achievements in the country's social and economic development during the year 2022.

_____ (2023-01-01). Under the US watch, Japan sets sail for militarization. journal-neo.org On December 16, Japan unveiled its new defence strategy aimed at giving a massive boost to the country's defence and offence capability. This is arguably the largest defence upgrade that Japan has unveiled since the Second World War when it became a 'pacifist' state. As the new documents show, Japan is now shunning its 'pacifism' …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-01). "The Consequences Could Be Fatal": Abandoned US Military Equipment Found On Ebay Risks Afghan Lives. southfront.org Originally published by ZeroHedge After the Biden administration's chaotic withdrawal from transfer of power to the Taliban in Afghanistan, abandoned US military equipment…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-01). Latin America and Caribbean Year 2022 in Review: Challenges for a Pink Tide Surging Over a Volatile US Hegemony. libya360.wordpress.com Roger D. Harris 2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. This imperial fiat arrogates to the US the unilateral authority to intervene in the affairs of sovereign states in the Western Hemisphere and to exclude any other power from meddling in what is viewed as Washington's backyard. Two centuries later, the doctrine faces a…

The Conversation (2023-01-01). The Climate Emergency can be Overcome: Why some Scientists are Hopeful. juancole.com By Patrick Omeja, Makerere University; Abay Yimere, Tufts University; Desta Mebratu, Stellenbosch University; and Jennifer Fitchett, University of the Witwatersrand | (The Conversation) Can our planet recover from climate change? Commissioning Editor, Kofoworola Belo-Osagie, asked scientists to share the reasons they believe there is hope. Jennifer Fitchett, Associate Professor of Physical Geography, School …

Roger D. Harris (2023-01-01). Latin America and Caribbean Year 2022 in Review Challenges for a Pink Tide Surging Over a Volatile US Hegemony. orinocotribune.com By Roger D. Harris Dec 28, 2022 | 2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. This imperial fiat arrogates to the US the unilateral authority to intervene in the affairs of sovereign states in the Western Hemisphere and to exclude any other power from meddling in what is viewed as Washington's backyard. Two centuries later, the doctrine faces a fragile future. | Going into the new year, the neoliberal model for regional development has been discredited in Latin America and the Caribbean. The socialist model is under siege and the social-democratic model is encountering unfavorable conditions.

Fight Back (2023-01-01). Philippines: Aim for revolutionary victories in 2023. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The Communist Party of the Philippines extends its revolutionary greetings to the Filipino people, their heroic Red fighters, and all their revolutionary forces as we enter the new year 2023. Let us aim high and make big revolutionary strides this coming year. | The Party is filled with optimism that it can achieve its goals of consolidating its ranks and leading the comprehensive advance of the revolution. The Party and all revolutionary forces owe it to the Filipino people who are determined to resist f…

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-01). Gobierno de Colombia acuerda cese al fuego con grupos armados durante seis meses. telesurtv.net La Misión de Verificación de las Naciones Unidas instalada en Colombia saludó el anuncio hecho por Petro durante las últimas horas del año 2022.

Staff (2023-01-01). øCuáles son las películas más esperadas de 2023? cubadebate.cu Según los estudios fílmicos y las principales publicaciones especializadas, las películas de 2023 llegarán con barbies, transformers, sirenitas, superhéroes, princesas, asesinos en serie, Willy Wonka, Indiana Jones, Ethan Hunt, John Wick, entre otros personajes atractivos para el público.

teleSUR- jaa, JCM (2023-01-01). Chevron envía a Venezuela primeros dos buques en cuatro años. telesurtv.net El primer petrolero en cargar destino a Estados Unidos será el bahamés Caribbean Voyager. Luego arribará a Venezuela el UACC Eagle con bandera de Islas Marshall.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-01). Jornada de paro de 24 horas cierra con violencia y destrozos en Santa Cruz, Bolivia. telesurtv.net Grupos de extrema derecha, conocidos como Comités Cívicos, protagonizaron una jornada de violencia tras la detención del gobernador de Santa Cruz,…

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2023-01-01). Reportan 49 feminicidios en España en 2022. telesurtv.net Las autoridades indicaron que hubo un ligero incremento con relación a 2021 cuando se notificaron 48 feminicidios.

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-01-01). Cristiano Ronaldo ficha por el Al-Nassr de Arabia Saudita. telesurtv.net La presentación oficial del ganador en cinco veces del Balón de Oro de France Football está programada para el próximo sábado.

teleSUR, jaa, JCM (2023-01-01). Tàºrkiye acepta retirar sus tropas de territorios sirios. telesurtv.net Türkiye se comprometió a respetar totalmente la soberanía e integridad nacional siria.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-01). Corea del Norte dispara tres misiles al mar de Japón. telesurtv.net Se detectó los lanzamientos desde la comarca de Chunghwa, alrededor de 60 kilómetros al sur de Pyongyang, desde las 08H00 horas locales.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-01). Fallece el papa emérito Benedicto XVI a la edad de 95 años. telesurtv.net "Con pesar doy a conocer que el Papa emérito Benedicto XVI ha fallecido a las 9: 34 horas en el Monasterio Mater Ecclesiae del Vaticano", mencionó la nota del Vaticano.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-01). Gobierno de Nicaragua felicita a los revolucionarios cubanos. telesurtv.net Este 1ro de enero se cumplen 64 años del triunfo de la Revolución Cubana, primera de carácter socialista en el hemisferio occidental.

teleSUR, odr, JGN (2023-01-01). Informan sobre alza de contagios por la Covid-19 en Guatemala. telesurtv.net La cartera sanitaria reportó que en las últimas 24 horas se aplicaron 9,986 pruebas, de las cuales 1,729 dieron un resultado positivo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-01). Comunidad internacional lamenta la muerte de Benedicto XVI. telesurtv.net El funeral por el papa emérito Benedicto XVI tendrá lugar el próximo 5 de enero, informó el director de la oficina de prensa de la Santa Sede, Matteo Bruni.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-01). El mundo comienza a celebrar la llegada del Año Nuevo. telesurtv.net En las respectivas ciudades de Australia y Nueva Zelanda, Sídney y Auckland, en ese orden, se reunieron cientos de miles de personas para vivir una colorida fiesta.

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-01-01). Exigen libertad para los presos políticos en El Salvador. telesurtv.net Los integrantes del comité señalaron al presidente del país, Nayib Bukele, de golpear de forma sistemática el Estado de Derecho y el orden democrático.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-01). Presidente Putin acusa a Occidente de agredir a Rusia. telesurtv.net En su mensaje de Año Nuevo, que se mostró este sábado en la televisión estatal, el presidente Putin aparece desde la sede del Distrito Militar del Sur (SMD).

teleSUR, jaa, JCM (2023-01-01). Ministro de Defensa ruso felicita a pueblo y soldados por nuevo año. telesurtv.net El ministro hizo un recuento de los peligros y logros evadidos por Rusia y se refirió a la amenaza del fascismo que han tenido que enfrentar en Ucrania.

teleSUR, hvh, JGN (2023-01-01). øCuáles son los objetivos del Gobierno de Lula en Brasil. telesurtv.net Lula da Silva enfatizó durante la presentación de su plan de gobierno que la reconstrucción del país es la principal quimera.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-01). Disidencias de FARC expresan voluntad de negociar paz en Colombia. telesurtv.net Para este proceso, el grupo presentó una delegación plenipotenciaria para un eventual diálogo de paz.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-01). Presidente Maduro destaca labor colectiva en recuperar al país. telesurtv.net Presidente venezolano felicita a sus compatriotas por las pruebas superadas durante el 2022 y los éxitos logrados.

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2023-01-01: News Headlines

_____ (2023-01-01). On The Influence Of NeoNazism In Ukraine. popularresistance.org The U.S. relationship with Ukrainian fascists began after the Second World War. During the war, units of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-B) took part in the Holocaust, killing at least 100,000 Jews and Poles. Mykola Lebed, a top aide to Stepan Bandera, the leader of the fascist OUN-B, was recruited by the C.I.A. after the war, according to a 2010 study by the U.S. National Archives. | The government study said, "Bandera's wing (OUN/B) was a militant fascist organization." Bandera's closest deputy, Yaroslav Stetsko, said: ""I…fully appreciate the undeniably harmful and hostile role of the Jews, w…

Staff (2023-01-01). Ukraine became de facto member of NATO in 2022: DM. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformDecember 31, 2022 This year, Ukraine de facto became part of NATO Reznikov Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov has said that this year, Ukraine de facto became part of NATO, and this cooperation will continue. *** According to him, the spirit of the Ukrainian people and their invincibility demonstrated that Ukraine is the real …

Staff (2023-01-01). Kosovo chieftain calls for "massive bolstering" of NATO troops, weapons. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com BloombergJanuary 1, 2022 Kosovo Leader Kurti Calls for More NATO Troops as Tensions Rise Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti is calling for a bolstered presence of NATO peacekeeping forces in his country. "A massive bolstering of NATO troops and military equipment in our country would improve security and peace in Kosovo and the entire West-Balkan …

_____ (2023-01-01). Legalization For All Network Condemns Anti-Immigrant Supreme Court Ruling. popularresistance.org The Legalization for All Network condemns the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on December 27 to force the government to keep the terrible Trump-era 'Title 42' policy in place that closed the US-México border to asylum-seekers. | Trump invoked Title 42 more than two years ago, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to close the border to asylum-seekers attempting to present themselves at the US-México border to request asylum. It is a right under international law to request asylum and have that request considered. That has not happened at the US-México border since Title 42 was imposed. | Trump's implementa…

_____ (2023-01-01). State Department Approves $180 Million Arms Sale For Taiwan. popularresistance.org The State Department on Wednesday approved a potential $180 million arms sale for Taiwan amid heightened tensions with China over US support for the island. | The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said the deal was for vehicle-launched Volcano anti-tank munition-laying systems and related equipment. The primary contractors for the deal are Northrop Grumman and Oshkosh Corporation. | The State Department's approval notifies Congress of the potential deal and begins a period during which lawmakers could attempt to block the sale. But the sale shouldn't have any issues as there is virtually no op…

Staff (2023-01-01). Armenians turn fire toward Russia as Nagorno-Karabakh blockade enters third week. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com EurasianetDecember 29, 2022 Armenians turn fire toward Russia as Nagorno-Karabakh blockade enters third weekWith Azerbaijani demonstrators settling in for the long haul on the Lachin Corridor, Armenia is questioning whether Moscow is willing or able to end the standoff As the near-total closure of the only road in and out of Nagorno-Karabakh enters its third …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-01). Russian Military Revealed Goal Of Missile Strikes On New Year Eve In Ukraine. southfront.org | On January 1, the Russian Ministry of Defence published another daily briefing on the ongoing developments of the special military operation in Ukraine. The Russian military reported on the battles on the front lines in the Donbass as well as on the targets of the recent strikes throughout the war-torn country. | On December 31, air alert sounded throughout Ukraine. The authorities of several Ukrainian regions and cities confirmed the explosions. In particular, according to the mayor of Kiev Vitali Klit…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-01). Military Situation In Ukraine On January 1, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU positions in Kiev with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions in Zaporozhye with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions in Khmelnitsky with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions in Nikolaev with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions in Zhytomyr with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions in Vinnytsia with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-01). Zelensky's Ridiculous Attempts To Blackmail Netanyahu Revealed Report. southfront.org | President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky ignored the request of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to vote against the UN General Assembly resolution on the occupation of Palestinian territories because of Israel's position on military assistance to Kiev, according to the report published by Axios which cites anonymous Israeli and Ukrainian officials. | According to the claims of a Ukrainian official, Israeli Prime Minister in a phone call late Friday asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zele…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-01). Military Situation In Syria On January 1, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On January 1, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 4 times: 1 in Idlib province, 3 in Latakia province; | On December 31, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Nouran; | On December 31, Turkish artillery shelled SAA positions near Tal Rafaat; | On December 31, as a result of ISIS attack on a SAA headquarters near the city of Palmyra, several SAA servicemen were killed or wounded; | The…

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-01-01). Russia Consolidates in East Mediterranean. globalresearch.ca

Jon Queally (2023-01-01). When It Comes to Greed and Tax Dodging, Sanders Points Out "Trump is Not Alone" truthout.org Senator Bernie Sanders is not asking anyone to be shocked that Donald J. Trump was very good at not paying taxes, but he also wants people to know that the disgraced former Republican president is far from the only rich person or powerful corporation who gets away with paying little or nothing each year federal income tax. In a tweet on Friday evening, Sanders said: "When it comes to tax avoidance… |

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2023-01-01). Capturan a presunto feminicida de ecuatoriana María Belén Bernal. telesurtv.net El asesinato de la abogada ecuatoriana ocurrió en el interior de la Escuela Superior de la Policía, en Quito.

_____ (2023-01-01). Building Solidarity And Strength On The Streets Of Pittsburgh And Chicago. popularresistance.org From 'hood to 'hood and city to city, we stand the most to gain in uniting, as an oppressed community capable of liberating ourselves from our collective social conditions! Over half a million people are experiencing homelessness here in the US, 580,466, as of January 2020. However, more than 16 million housing units in the United States are vacant. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the same social contradiction exists, where over 800 people are documented as homeless. | According to the Pittsburgh Quarterly, however: | The city of Pittsburgh has nearly 24,000 vacant properties, including 7,500 vacant houses and build…

_____ (2023-01-01). 2022 Saw Historic Strikes In The United Kingdom. popularresistance.org Even as 2022 is drawing to a close, the strike wave that swept the UK this year, with hundreds of thousands of workers in the public and private sector downing tools to fight for better conditions, is showing no signs of slowing down. | On Saturday, December 31, over 1,000 members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers (RMT) who are working on contract as cleaners in the railways are set to walkout in the first national strike of its kind. Workers at private companies including Atalian Servest, Churchill, and Mitie are fighting for a £15 ($18.04) per hour wage, company sick pay, good…

_____ (2023-01-01). Pakistan's Imran Khan Compares His Ouster To CIA Coup In Iran. popularresistance.org Pakistan's former Prime Minister likened the US-backed parliamentary coup that removed him from power in April 2022 to the violent CIA operation that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953. | The CIA-organized coup "was a very similar pattern followed in when my government was dismissed," Khan said. | He likewise praised Iran's independence today, stating that Western sanctions means that "the people of Iran might have suffered, but they haven't lost their dignity." | Khan added that, while Pakistan and Iran may have some differences, "you cannot disagree with them stand…

Angela (2023-01-01). Sunday 1/15: Q&A Discussion of two short documentary films about Apartheid. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-01-01). Why I'm Glad Joe Biden Beat Donald Trump. orinocotribune.com

_____ (2023-01-01). 2022 Saw Palestine Action's Rise And Elbit's Demise. popularresistance.org 2022 started off with a bang, as January saw the publication of news of Elbit's permanent closure of their Oldham factory. The victory came after an 18 month direct action battle waged against Elbit's Ferranti factory in Oldham, which saw 36 arrests and millions of pounds of cumulative damage caused. Despite round-the-clock police patrols and massively heightened security, the efforts of Israel's largest arms firm to protect their beloved weapons factory failed. The win embodied the power of direct action and community mobilisation — a major validation of Palestine Action's strategy. | Next up, we took aim…

_____ (2023-01-01). The First Big Strike Of 2023 May Happen Behind Prison Walls. popularresistance.org All in all, 2022 was a banner year for organized labor. Thousands of workers in a wide variety of industries unionized; they pushed back against union-busting campaigns from oligarchs and corporate hit men; they went on strike and protested unfair treatment, from California to Alabama and everywhere in between. Public support for unions shot up to 71 percent, and the worryingly under-resourced National Labor Relations Board was inundated with more union election petitions than it could handle. Members of Gen Z, the youngest generation of workers, are even more pro-union than their millennial parents, and they are…

_____ (2023-01-01). Washington Blames Record Migration On 'Communism'. popularresistance.org After two years of Joe Biden's presidency, four times as many undocumented migrants are trying to cross the border into the United States, and he's getting desperate to explain away the increase. | In September, the administration discovered a new narrative: that migrants are fleeing "communism." | The White House ignores that fact that in the fiscal year just ended, migrants coming from the three countries he labels "communist" formed less than a third of the total: of the 2.7 million people "encountered" at the border, only a fifth came from Cuba, Nicaragua or Venezuela. | Half of all migrants still come from t…

Dieter Funke, Michael Klare (2023-01-01). Utopias and Dystopias as Places of Mental Retreat and Cooperation with China. indybay.org Joe Biden and his foreign policy team are in many ways still entrenched in the Cold War era, and his administration has generally taken a far more antagonistic stance toward China than Obama. It is not surprising, then, that the progress Kerry made with his Chinese interlocutors in Glasgow largely fizzled out as tensions over Taiwan grew more intense.

____ (2023-01-01). China's revised law on protection of women takes effect. ecns.cn China's newly-revised Law on the Protection of Rights and Interests of Women comes into force on January 1, 2023.

____ (2023-01-01). China's anti-COVID-19 medical supplies production at full steam. ecns.cn China is ratcheting up production of various medical supplies to prevent and treat COVID-19 infections, after the country optimized its epidemic response.

____ (2023-01-01). 2022 marks another fruitful year of Cambodia-China cooperation. ecns.cn The year of 2022 marked another fruitful year of pragmatic cooperation between Cambodia and China as the two countries have enjoyed bigger trade and investment volumes, officials and academics said.

____ (2023-01-01). Over 10 billion yuan of goods benefit from RCEP in Guangzhou. ecns.cn Guangzhou Customs in south China's Guangdong Province issued over 14,000 certificates of origin for goods worth a total of 4.75 billion yuan ($682 million) under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement during the first 11 months of 2022.

____ (2023-01-01). Rising passenger flow, logistics mirror accelerated economic recovery in China. ecns.cn China is getting back to its pre-epidemic hustle and bustle as the country's newly adjusted COVID-19 response policy promotes both work and production resumption, driving a surge in passenger and traffic flow.

____ (2023-01-01). Int'l experts upbeat about China 2023 | Italian professor of international studies: I hope Europe and China can further increase corporation. ecns.cn Fabio Massimo Parenti, a professor of international studies at the International Institute Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence says: "My best wishes to all of you and we hope we can further increase our corporation between Italy and China, between Europe and China for a better world, because we cannot escape this integration if we want to really solve the current problems."

____ (2023-01-01). Ringing in 2023, Xi stresses hard work, unity to make tomorrow's China a better place. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday stressed hard work and unity, and called on the young generation to shoulder their responsibilities to deliver China's ambitious blueprint for the future.

____ (2023-01-01). 诗画节气 Seasonal China in 24 Terms. ecns.cn The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 terms. The ancient calendar has never faded from Chinese daily life. It reflects the emotional bond, wisdom and creativity of the Chinese, who respect and live in harmony with nature.

____ (2023-01-01). China revises law on wildlife protection. ecns.cn Chinese lawmakers on Friday voted to adopt a revised Law on the Protection of Wildlife, which will take effect on May. 1, 2023.

____ (2023-01-01). Full text of Xi Jinping's speech at New Year gathering of CPPCC National Committee. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered an important speech at the New Year gathering of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on Friday.

____ (2023-01-01). Xi's speech at 1st plenum of 20th CPC Central Committee to be published. ecns.cn Qiushi Journal, the flagship magazine of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, will on Sunday publish a speech delivered by Xi Jinping at a key Party meeting in October.

____ (2023-01-01). Int'l experts upbeat about China 2023 | Taihe Institute advisor: China will have a very sharp V recovery. ecns.cn Einar Tangen, content advisor at Taihe Institute, says: This idea of Chinese consumption driving the economy and also attracting investment is the essence of this Dual-Circulation economic strategy that China has adopted.

____ (2023-01-01). Xinjiang's opening-up pace not a cause for concern: spokesperson. ecns.cn The prospect of opening-up in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is not a cause for concern, a local official said on Friday, after foreign media cast doubt about its pace.

____ (2023-01-01). China's non-manufacturing PMI down in December. ecns.cn The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's non-manufacturing sector came in at 41.6 in December 2022, down from 46.7 in November, the National Bureau of Statistics said Saturday.

____ (2023-01-01). Qin Gang: China remains committed to global peace, development. ecns.cn Qin Gang, China's current ambassador to the United States and now newly named foreign minister, said China is committed to its foreign policy goals of upholding world peace and promoting common development, while remaining dedicated to building a community with a shared future for mankind.

____ (2023-01-01). China keeps to national character in face of adversity: Xi. ecns.cn At every turn of the year, we always think of the great character of resilience that the Chinese nation has carried forward through millennia, President Xi Jinping said on Saturday in his 2023 New Year Address.

____ (2023-01-01). National legislature set to convene annual session on March 5. ecns.cn The 14th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, will kick off its first session in Beijing on March 5, according to a decision made by the NPC Standing Committee on Friday.

____ (2023-01-01). Full Text: 2023 New Year Address by President Xi Jinping. ecns.cn On New Year's eve, President Xi Jinping delivered his 2023 New Year Address through China Media Group and the Internet. The following is the full text of the address:…

____ (2023-01-01). Perseverance, solidarity mean victory as China enters new phase of COVID response: Xi. ecns.cn Noting that China has entered a new phase of COVID response, President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for an extra effort from the people to pull through as perseverance and solidarity mean victory.

____ (2023-01-01). Today's China is country where dreams become reality: Xi. ecns.cn Today's China is a country where dreams become reality, said President Xi Jinping on Saturday, citing the achievements made by the country in 2022.

____ (2023-01-01). China's manufacturing PMI down in December. ecns.cn The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector came in at 47 in December 2022, down from 48 in November, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Saturday.

teleSUR, jaa, JDO (2023-01-01). Presidente de China resalta importancia de lucha contra Covid-19. telesurtv.net El mandatario hizo referencia al abandono de la política cero Covid y destacó que las acciones de prevención han pasado a otra etapa.

Victor Castellanos (2023-01-01). Venezuela's GDP Grew 17.73% Between January and September 2022. orinocotribune.com On Friday, December 30, the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) reported that Venezuela's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 17.73% between January and September 2022. | BCV reported that the Venezuelan GDP recorded growths of 17.45%; 23.30% and 13.22% in the first, second and third quarters of 2022, respectively, with which the aggregated January-September GDP closed with a rebound of 17.73%, compared to the same period in 2021. | "With this result, there have been five consecutive quarters in which positive variations are evident in most economic activities, which reflect the favorable performance of the national pr…

Middle East Monitor (2023-01-01). Will electing the most Far Right Extremist Government Ever cost Israel International Support? juancole.com By Mohammad Makram Balawi | ( Middle East Monitor ) The results of the last round of Israeli elections must have represented a big blow to US hopes and efforts as they placed their bets on the former caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid. However, the results have shown that they bet on the …

Suha Ma'ayeh (2023-01-01). What's driving Jordan's fuel protests? asiatimes.com Recent protests in Jordan over rising fuel prices and calls for government intervention have been met with an all too familiar response: Rather than addressing underlying grievances, authorities are responding with an iron fist. After demonstrations began on December 4 in the country's south, Jordanian security forces used teargas and began arresting organizers and activists who …

The Conversation (2023-01-01). The Climate Emergency can be Overcome: Why some Scientists are Hopeful. juancole.com By Patrick Omeja, Makerere University; Abay Yimere, Tufts University; Desta Mebratu, Stellenbosch University; and Jennifer Fitchett, University of the Witwatersrand | (The Conversation) Can our planet recover from climate change? Commissioning Editor, Kofoworola Belo-Osagie, asked scientists to share the reasons they believe there is hope. Jennifer Fitchett, Associate Professor of Physical Geography, School …

Scott Ferguson (2023-01-01). Making Digital Public Spaces w/ MUSICat. mronline.org This month Money on the Left is joined by the folks behind the MUSICat project, an online music streaming service for public libraries designed to share heterogenous local music with local community members. We speak with Preston Austin and Kelly Hiser from Rabble, the company behind MUSICat, as well as with Racquel ("Rocky") Mann, who coordinates the MUSICat service with Edmontonians as Digital Initiatives Librarian for Edmonton Public Library.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-01). Again, Fear on the Run, "Catastrophic Contagion" southfront.org | Written by Remember Event 201 of 18 October 2019 in NYC, hosted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, in partnership with the WEF (World Economic Forum) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation? Of course, WHO was also present, and so were all the Globalist players, including the World Bank, IMF and — of indeed the UN and many of its sub…

Greg Roest (2023-01-01). Cryptocurrency : the Medium IS the Scam. realprogressives.org In a piece titled "Cryptocurrency: Don't Blame the Medium for the Scam," libertarian Counterpunch contributor Thomas Knapp wholly misunderstands the nature of money and cryptocurrency.

Staff (2023-01-01). First Chevron Tanker Arrives in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Friday, December 30, US news agencies reported that the multinational oil company Chevron Corp sent an oil tanker to Venezuela to load the first shipment of crude from the country bound for the United States, after almost four years of no operations, following the unilateral blockade imposed on Venezuela by the White House. | Agencies cited "a person familiar with the matter" who provided the information with "location data" of the ship approaching Venezuelan waters. | That same unidentified source said that "another tanker will arrive at the beginning of January" and it will carry a shipment of diluents to a…

Brenda Norrell (2023-01-01). Enticed by Wealth, the Media is Complicit in the Crimes of Corporations in Indian Country. indybay.org Enticed by wealth and self-glory — the media, corrupt tribal governments, and self-dealing non-profits operate a vacuum for truth, violating the sacred places of origin. The most censored issues in Indian country in 2022.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-01-01). USDA Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers comes to the "Farm to Fork Capitol of America" indybay.org 24th Annual, California State Capitol Kwanzaa Celebration, Room 126, Historic Hearing Room, official Federal Register Notice was received for the first in person USDA Advisory Committee Minority Farmers in many years and indeed it will be held West of the Rocky Mountains, Habari Gani…

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-01-01). Saturday 1/7: Election 2022: What Does It Mean for the Socialist Left? indybay.org

Water Protector Legal Collective (2023-01-01). Winnemucca Paiute and Shoshone Remain Evicted from Homes, Denied Justice by Court. indybay.org Winnemucca Indian Colony elderly and disabled remain evicted from their homes by a disputed tribal council whose leader lives out of state. The Inter-Tribal Court of Appeals of Nevada denied the Native homeowners justice.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-01-01). Our "California Grown" Pan African Global Kwanzaa Holiday producing good fruit. indybay.org Historic Alta California and Pacific Island US Territories Minority Farmers and Ranchers have new focus and opportunity, Kwanzaa everyday.

Lynda Carson (2023-01-01). Homeless deaths of the dispossessed and unhoused in 2022 are heartbreaking. indybay.org Makeshift Tombstones Honoring Homeless Persons Who Died In 2022:…

KQED Live (2023-01-01). Saturday 2/25: YR Media Eco-Party Hour. indybay.org KQED Headquarters | 2601 Mariposa Street | San Francisco, CA 94110…

KQED Live (2023-01-01). Thursday 2/16: Fire and Wine: How Wildfire Affects Your Cabernet. indybay.org KQED Headquarters | 2601 Mariposa Street | San Francisco, CA 94110…

INDYRADIO (2023-01-01). FBI COINTELPRO Document Release. indybay.org It was my original intention to return the stolen FBI documents | to the site where they were hosted.

Werner Neuer, Ivan Illich & Eugen Drewermann (2023-01-01). Astonishment. The Beginning and End of Theology. indybay.org Debt relief is absolutely essential. Making persons morally liable who are materially in debt is a mistake. Condemning the helpless and broken is completely wrong. They urgently need help. Forgiveness of material debts and moral offenses is one and the same for Jesus. Human existence is crucial.

Appreciating Diversity Film Series (2023-01-01). Thursday 1/19: Diversity Film Series: Childcare in America: 'Through the Night.'. indybay.org Ellen Driscoll Playhouse | 325 Highland Avenue near the corner of Oakland avenue | Piedmont, CA 94611…

CNA Alta Bates Nurses (2023-01-01). Sunday 1/1: Solidarity Rally For CNA Striking Sutter Nurses At Alta Bates:Start New Year With Strikers. indybay.org Sutter Alta Bates Hospital | 24 Ashby St. | Berkeley…

Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs (2023-01-01). Keith McHenry, Co-founder of "Food Not Bombs" Global Movement, Arrested Today. indybay.org December 27, 2022 – Keith McHenry, the co-founder of the global movement "Food Not Bombs" was arrested today and is in jail now.

Brett Willkins (2023-01-01). President Boric Says Chile Will Open Embassy in Occupied Palestine. indybay.org "We cannot forget a community that is suffering from an illegal occupation, a community that is resisting, a community that is seeing its rights and dignity violated every day," Chile's leftist president said.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-01-01). Saturday 1/14: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Less Is More. indybay.org Online: Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.

Lynda Carson (2023-01-01). Judge Donna Ryu condemns City of San Francisco's attacks on the homeless encampments. indybay.org Protest Against Attacks On San Francisco Homeless Encampments:…

Labor Video Project (2023-01-01). How About Living Wages? Three Hundred UFCW5 Members Strike SF Macy's Union Square Store. indybay.org Three hundred members of UFCW 5 went on strike against Macy's at the Union Square store in San Francisco. They are fighting for living wages.

Here's Your Ticket (2023-01-01). Off to Space with You, Elon Musk! indybay.org Union and labor activists facetiously called for Elon Musk to leave earth for the red planet with a protest at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco on December 19th.

Alison Weir (2023-01-01). As usual, defense bill gives millions of dollars to Israel, but no one tells Americans. indybay.org Israeli media report that the 2023 defense spending bill just signed into law contains over $ 0 million for Israel (just the tip of the iceberg of billions of dollars for Israel)… AIPAC commended Congress…

County "Health Service" Workers & HPHP (2023-01-01). Santa Cruz Homeless Death List for 2023: Follow-Up. indybay.org Two public ceremonies were held December 21st where the names of the unhoused dead for the year (some of them) were read. My response was the attached flyer, reprinted in the Serf City Times, suggesting some obvious but likely to be ignored remedies to ward off the 2023 deaths list. Also attached is the Homeless Persons Health Project/County report.

Benjamin Wehrmann (2023-01-01). 3/4s of German Homeowners are Ready to Put Panels on their Roofs: Survey. juancole.com ( Clean Energy Wire ) Three in four houseowners in Germany wish to put a PV array on their roofs, according to a survey commissioned by the country's industry lobby group BSW . One in five houseowners aims to install PV arrays within the next twelve months, the survey by pollster …

____ (2023-01-01). (W.E. Talk) What can be learned from Dunhuang, a model of inclusive Chinese culture. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-01). Chinese Kung Fu gains popularity in Malawi. ecns.cn After practicing Kung Fu for 10 years, Meddington Msiska, a member of the Wushu team at the Blantyre Sports Club, is now teaching his fellows various skills of Chinese martial arts.

____ (2023-01-01). Beijing bustles again after optimization of COVID-19 response. ecns.cn On New Year's Day, Beijing's popular Xidan business area has been decorated with lights and has a gratifying atmosphere.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-01-01). Monday 12/26: 24th Annual, California State Capitol Kwanzaa Kickoff – World Peace Rose Garden. indybay.org California State Capitol World Peace Rose Garden – 15 and L Street – Sacramento, CA…

Steven Sahiounie (2023-01-01). Extremist Christian Militia in Lebanon May Ignite a New Civil War. globalresearch.ca

Jon Queally (2023-01-01). Exposé Reveals Lobbyists Bought Access to Supreme Court Justices With Donations. truthout.org Both alarm and concern were expressed Saturday in response to new reporting about a charitable group with close ties to the U.S. Supreme Court that has been soliciting and accepting donations from corporate interests and far-right activists with cases before the court. The New York Times exposé focused on the activities and fundraising of the Supreme Court Historical Society… |

Dan DiMaggio (2023-01-01). Some of the Biggest Labor Contracts Are Expiring in 2023. truthout.org Negotiations will take place in 2023 for some of the biggest contracts in the labor movement, including at UPS and the Big Three automakers. Workers are hoping to take advantage of a tight labor market to reverse years of concessions and win big raises to help cope with inflation. New leaders in the Teamsters, and potentially the Auto Workers (UAW), have promised to put up a more aggressive fight. |

Angelika Albaladejo (2023-01-01). Colorado Law Could Force Boulder to Sell Oil and Gas to a Private Company. truthout.org Extraction Oil and Gas, a Denver-based energy company, sent Boulder County an offer this summer. It's one that local officials don't want, but can't refuse. The company, a subsidiary of one of Colorado's largest oil and gas producers, Civitas Resources Inc., gave the county three options: Sell access to its oil and gas, partner up as a working interest owner or get thrown into a legal process… |

Maya Schenwar (2023-01-01). Let 2023 Be the Year of Dismantling Incarceration. truthout.org Over the past year, organizers across the country have been working nonstop to free people from jails and prisons — and yet, of course, millions remain behind bars. Faced with this reality, it can be easy to slip into discouragement at the outset of a new year. But long-time abolitionist organizer and author Mariame Kaba reminds us that "hope is a discipline" — one we must practice even when the… |

Katie Tastrom (2023-01-01). I'm Immunocompromised. Here's How I Feel About Masking in 2023. truthout.org I wasn't surprised when the test results from my rheumatologist showed no COVID-19 antibodies, even though I had received all five doses of the vaccine that have been FDA-approved for immune-compromised folks like me. I knew the heavy dose of immune suppressants I take for my connective tissue disease made it likely that I would be in the estimated 3 percent of "moderately to severely"… |

____ (2023-01-01). All ski resorts in Xinjiang fully open. ecns.cn All 84 ski resorts in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have opened fully to the public. More than ,000 vouchers were issued to boost local ice and snow tourism, a regional government spokesperson said Friday.

____ (2023-01-01). Xi remembers late leader Jiang in New Year address. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping on Saturday paid high tribute to late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, praising his "towering achievements and noble demeanor."

Roger D. Harris (2023-01-01). Latin America and Caribbean Year 2022 in Review Challenges for a Pink Tide Surging Over a Volatile US Hegemony. orinocotribune.com By Roger D. Harris Dec 28, 2022 | 2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. This imperial fiat arrogates to the US the unilateral authority to intervene in the affairs of sovereign states in the Western Hemisphere and to exclude any other power from meddling in what is viewed as Washington's backyard. Two centuries later, the doctrine faces a fragile future. | Going into the new year, the neoliberal model for regional development has been discredited in Latin America and the Caribbean. The socialist model is under siege and the social-democratic model is encountering unfavorable conditions.

____ (2023-01-01). Xi hails social, economic development achievements in 2022. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday hailed the achievements in the country's social and economic development during the year 2022.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-01). Jornada de paro de 24 horas cierra con violencia y destrozos en Santa Cruz, Bolivia. telesurtv.net Grupos de extrema derecha, conocidos como Comités Cívicos, protagonizaron una jornada de violencia tras la detención del gobernador de Santa Cruz,…

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-01). Gobierno de Colombia acuerda cese al fuego con grupos armados durante seis meses. telesurtv.net La Misión de Verificación de las Naciones Unidas instalada en Colombia saludó el anuncio hecho por Petro durante las últimas horas del año 2022.

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2023-01-01). Reportan 49 feminicidios en España en 2022. telesurtv.net Las autoridades indicaron que hubo un ligero incremento con relación a 2021 cuando se notificaron 48 feminicidios.

teleSUR- jaa, JCM (2023-01-01). Chevron envía a Venezuela primeros dos buques en cuatro años. telesurtv.net El primer petrolero en cargar destino a Estados Unidos será el bahamés Caribbean Voyager. Luego arribará a Venezuela el UACC Eagle con bandera de Islas Marshall.

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-01-01). ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 30.12.2022. indybay.org ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 30.12.2022 | comunicaciones e información para la liberación…

teleSUR, hvh, JGN (2023-01-01). øCuáles son los objetivos del Gobierno de Lula en Brasil. telesurtv.net Lula da Silva enfatizó durante la presentación de su plan de gobierno que la reconstrucción del país es la principal quimera.

teleSUR, jaa, JCM (2023-01-01). Ministro de Defensa ruso felicita a pueblo y soldados por nuevo año. telesurtv.net El ministro hizo un recuento de los peligros y logros evadidos por Rusia y se refirió a la amenaza del fascismo que han tenido que enfrentar en Ucrania.

teleSUR, jaa, JCM (2023-01-01). Tàºrkiye acepta retirar sus tropas de territorios sirios. telesurtv.net Türkiye se comprometió a respetar totalmente la soberanía e integridad nacional siria.

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-01-01). Cristiano Ronaldo ficha por el Al-Nassr de Arabia Saudita. telesurtv.net La presentación oficial del ganador en cinco veces del Balón de Oro de France Football está programada para el próximo sábado.

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-01-01). Exigen libertad para los presos políticos en El Salvador. telesurtv.net Los integrantes del comité señalaron al presidente del país, Nayib Bukele, de golpear de forma sistemática el Estado de Derecho y el orden democrático.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-01). El mundo comienza a celebrar la llegada del Año Nuevo. telesurtv.net En las respectivas ciudades de Australia y Nueva Zelanda, Sídney y Auckland, en ese orden, se reunieron cientos de miles de personas para vivir una colorida fiesta.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-01). Corea del Norte dispara tres misiles al mar de Japón. telesurtv.net Se detectó los lanzamientos desde la comarca de Chunghwa, alrededor de 60 kilómetros al sur de Pyongyang, desde las 08H00 horas locales.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-01). Comunidad internacional lamenta la muerte de Benedicto XVI. telesurtv.net El funeral por el papa emérito Benedicto XVI tendrá lugar el próximo 5 de enero, informó el director de la oficina de prensa de la Santa Sede, Matteo Bruni.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-01). Presidente Putin acusa a Occidente de agredir a Rusia. telesurtv.net En su mensaje de Año Nuevo, que se mostró este sábado en la televisión estatal, el presidente Putin aparece desde la sede del Distrito Militar del Sur (SMD).

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-01). Detienen a implicados en vandalismo en Santa Cruz, Bolivia. telesurtv.net Once de los detenidos fueron imputados por delitos de asociación delictuosa, instigación pública a delinquir, incendio y robo agravado.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-01). Gobierno de Nicaragua felicita a los revolucionarios cubanos. telesurtv.net Este 1ro de enero se cumplen 64 años del triunfo de la Revolución Cubana, primera de carácter socialista en el hemisferio occidental.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-01). Rusia logra liberación de 82 militares de cautiverio ucraniano. telesurtv.net Los uniformados liberados recibirán en Moscú tratamiento médico y rehabilitación psicológica.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-01). Disidencias de FARC expresan voluntad de negociar paz en Colombia. telesurtv.net Para este proceso, el grupo presentó una delegación plenipotenciaria para un eventual diálogo de paz.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-01). Canciller Rodríguez destaca aniversario 64 de Revolución cubana. telesurtv.net "A 64 años de su triunfo, la Revolución Cubana se ratifica hoy como uno de los sucesos más transformadores de la realidad y la cotidianidad de los habitantes de este archipiélago", aseveró Prensa Latina.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-01). Presidente de México envía optimista mensaje de Año Nuevo. telesurtv.net "Deseo buen año para todas y todos en el 2023. Confieso, fundamento y transmito mi optimismo. ¡Felicidades!", manifestó el gobernante mexicano.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-01). Fallece el papa emérito Benedicto XVI a la edad de 95 años. telesurtv.net "Con pesar doy a conocer que el Papa emérito Benedicto XVI ha fallecido a las 9: 34 horas en el Monasterio Mater Ecclesiae del Vaticano", mencionó la nota del Vaticano.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-01-01). Venezuela reporta una constante mejoría de la actividad económica. telesurtv.net La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (Cepal) pronosticó que Venezuela crecerá en un 5.0 por ciento durante 2023, el más alto de la región.

teleSUR, odr, JGN (2023-01-01). Informan sobre alza de contagios por la Covid-19 en Guatemala. telesurtv.net La cartera sanitaria reportó que en las últimas 24 horas se aplicaron 9,986 pruebas, de las cuales 1,729 dieron un resultado positivo.

Immigrant Children Are Innocent (2023-01-01). Mayor of El Paso refusing to let undocumented immigrant children in Convention cot shelter. indybay.org When an adult parent is put in prison, the jailers don't throw the children in prison with their parent. The authorities put the children into foster care. In Texas, where the Mayor is refusing entry to the Convention center cot shelter for migrants, he is leaving out in the cold migrants with no immigration papers, he is leaving their babies and small children out in the cold with the parents. That is wrong. The children should immediately be put into foster care, not punished for illegal immigration by being left out in the freezing cold with their parents. The children did not chose to break any immigration la…

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-01). Presidente Maduro destaca labor colectiva en recuperar al país. telesurtv.net Presidente venezolano felicita a sus compatriotas por las pruebas superadas durante el 2022 y los éxitos logrados.

Anonymous103 (2022-12-31). Military Situation In Ukraine On December 31, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU positions near Liman with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Dibrova with high-precision missiles; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Kupyansk; | Russian-led forces reportedly captured Dorozhnyanka in south of Gulyaipole; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Bakhmut; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Russian air defense systems shot…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-31). Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine On December 31, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Bakhmut; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Liman with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Debrova with high-precision missiles; | Up to 140 Ukrainian servicemen, 7 armoured vehicles and 4 pickups were destroyed by Russian artillery shelling on Krasniy-Liman front, according to the Russian MOD; | Up to 80…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-31). In Video 18+: Bloody Gunfight And Heroism On Donbass Front Lines. southfront.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-31). Counterinsurgency War: U.S. Bioresearch Labs, Bases and Troops in Peru. libya360.wordpress.com Stella Calloni Vraem (Valley of the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro Rivers), host to 40 US military bases, allegedly combatting "drug trafficking". Peru has been experiencing a dramatic crisis since December 7. This crisis was caused by the illegal dismissal of President Pedro Castillo, imposed by the Parliament under the control of the Peruvian ultra-right wing,…

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2022-12-31). Reportan sismo de magnitud 5,8 en Ica, Perú. telesurtv.net La Dirección de Hidrografía y Navegación (DHN) subrayó que el temblor no generará un tsunami en el litoral peruano.

teleSUR, MER (2022-12-31). Video registra asesinato de una persona durante represión en Perú. telesurtv.net La víctima, identificada como Edgar Prado de 51 años, no estaba participando en las movilizaciones.

_____ (2022-12-31). The Real Economy Seems to Be the Biggest Winner in 2022. strategic-culture.org "In a turbulent year marred by global monetary tightening, recession fears, and a war in Ukraine, a mining stock in Indonesia is proving to be the world's best performer with a whopping 1,595% rally," Bloomberg reports. Meanwhile, the worst performing stocks include those of IT and fintech companies. Investing in coal turned out to be a winning strategy in our supposedly greener world.

Staff (2022-12-31). 100,000 U.S. troops, 20,000 new, to stay in Europe, train Ukrainian counterparts. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsDecember 30, 2022 New in 2023: US troops in Europe to continue deployments, training Roughly 20,000 troops mobilized in Europe in support of NATO since Russia's invasion of Ukraine are on track to stay in place going into the new year, training not only with local partners, but with Ukrainian troops outside of their …

Staff (2022-12-31). Increasing kill chain speed: Pentagon augments HIMARS for Ukraine, Latvia, Taiwan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense PostDecember 29, 2022 US Army Seeks HIMARS Fire Control Systems for Ukraine, Taiwan The US Army has sought information on M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) fire control systems for partner nations Ukraine, Taiwan, and Latvia. The US Army Contracting Command issued a "source sought" notification last month for International Field Artillery Tactical …

Anonymous103 (2022-12-31). Last Russian Missile Attack In Ukraine In 2022. southfront.org Hotel destroyed in Kiev | On the afternoon of December 31, an air alert sounded throughout Ukraine, including in the capital. | The head of the Kiev regional administration Alexey Kuleba reported on the work of air defense in the region but did not reveal the targets of Russian strikes. | According to the deputy head of the office of the President Kirill Tymoshenko, seven air targets were intercepted near Kiev. However, claims of Ukrainian officials are often exaggerated. | Despite the attempts of the Ukrainian milit…

mforinoco (2022-12-31). A German-China-Russia Triangle on Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By M. K. Bhadrakumar Dec 24, 2022 | The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken probably thought that in his self-appointed role as the world's policeman, it was his prerogative to check out what is going on between Germany, China and Russia that he wasn't privy to. Certainly, Blinken's call to Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday turned out to be a fiasco. | Most certainly, his intention was to gather details on two high-level exchanges that Chinese President Xi Jinping had on successive days last week — with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the Chairman of the Unit…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-31). Polish Meteorological Sonde Intercepted In Belarus. southfront.org The Ukrainian military and their NATO instructors continue to demonstrate their ingenuity and imagination on the front lines. On December 31, Polish meteorological sonde adapted for reconnaissance purposes was reportedly intercepted in the Brest region in Belarus. | The aircraft fell in the Kamenetsky district. A special analyzer of radioactivity was attached to the sonde. It was used in a reconnaissance mission aimed at collecting data on the military facilities on the Belarussian territor…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-31). France Confirms Peace Agreements For Ukraine Are Lie. southfront.org | The Minsk agreements of 2014-2015 gave Ukraine time to strengthen the Armed Forces and prepare for war against Russia, former French President Francois Hollande confirmed the claims previously made former German Chancellor Merkel. | The former French president made his claims in an interview with The Kiev Independent. | Journalists asked Hollande if he agreed with the statement of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the agreements allowed to "freeze" the conflict between Russia and Ukraine…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-31). Russian And Ukrainian Exchange Prisoners On New Year Eve. southfront.org Ukrainian POWs | On December 31, the warring sides in Ukraine exchanged prisoners of war. More than 80 Russian servicemen have been released from Ukrainian captivity, the Defense Ministry said."On December 31, as a result of the negotiation process, 82 Russian servicemen who were in mortal danger in captivity were returned from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime," the Russian Ministry said. | Military transport planes will take all those released to Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation. | In recent weeks, the…

Ben Norton (2022-12-31). Imran Khan: Pakistan should be non-aligned in cold war, neutral over Ukraine, applauds China. multipolarista.com Ex Prime Minister Imran Khan argued Pakistan should have been non-aligned in the first cold war and in the new one between the US and China/Russia, as well as independent in the Ukraine proxy conflict. He also praised Beijing's historic poverty reduction program.

Anonymous103 (2022-12-31). Tàºrkiye Agreed To Withdraw Troops From Northern Syria — Report. southfront.org | Ankara has reportedly agreed to withdraw troops from northern Syria after a trilateral meeting in Moscow of the defense ministers of Tàºrkiye, Syria and Russia. | The agreement on the withdrawal of Turkish troops reportedly emerged after a meeting held in Moscow, where Syrian Defense Minister Ali Mahmoud Abbas and his Turkish counterpart, Hulusi Akar, talked on the security issue with their Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu.The head of the Turkish Defense Ministry, commenting on the talks, said t…

____ (2022-12-31). Xi meets Putin via video link. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladimir Putin via video link on Friday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-31). How the USSR Changed the Face of the World. libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova On December 30, 2022, Russians and others across the globe commemorated the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). How did the 70 years of the USSR change the world? "It was the world's first socialist country, a system based on public ownership, state planning, social welfare…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-31). Military Situation In Syria On December 31, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On December 31, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded 1 case of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On December 31, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Nouran; | On December 31, Turkish artillery shelled SAA positions near Tal Rafaat; | On December 31, at least 10 people were killed and four others were wounded as a result of ISIS attack on the bus carrying employees of the Al-Tayim oil field…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-31). Tàºrkiye Agreed To Withdraw Troops From Northern Syria Report. southfront.org | Ankara has reportedly agreed to withdraw troops from northern Syria after a trilateral meeting in Moscow of the defense ministers of Tàºrkiye, Syria and Russia. | The agreement on the withdrawal of Turkish troops reportedly emerged after a meeting held in Moscow, where Syrian Defense Minister Ali Mahmoud Abbas and his Turkish counterpart, Hulusi Akar, talked on the security issue with their Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu.The head of the Turkish Defense Ministry, commenting on the talks, said t…

Staff (2022-12-31). Standoff in Kosovo Approaches Three Weeks of Near-Total Media Blackout. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Standoff in Kosovo Approaches Three Weeks of Near-Total Media Blackout Andy Corbley A crisis with the potential consequence of ethnic cleaning is seemingly being welcomed in Eastern Europe by several NATO countries, as NATO-trained ethnic Albanian military police in Kosovo attempt to impose a kind of martial law on ethnic Serbs in the north of …

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2022-12-31). Tasa de homicidios rompe récord histórico en Costa Rica. telesurtv.net El Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) reportó hasta el 28 de diciembre 638 homicidios en 2022.

Anonymous103 (2022-12-31). George Santos: The Perfect Résumé. southfront.org Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | The true résumé is rarely honest. The entire document is based on a stream of twisting embellishments, fanciful achievements, and, in some cases, pure fiction. Read it, as you would, an autobiography, which could only interest audiences by what it omits, what it underlines, and what it pretends to celebrate.The wrinkles vanish, the wounding sores patched; the skin moisturised, the face lifted by delicate textual surgery. Its writing, and its acceptance by a…

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-12-31). Podcast Ep 71: Palestine in 2022, part 2. electronicintifada.net What were the most significant stories of the year?

Kathy Kelly (2022-12-31). Decry the Merchants of Death. progressive.org One step we can take involves both political and humanitarian efforts to hold accountable the corporations profiting from the U.S. military budget.

Manlio Dinucci (2022-12-31). Il "Padrone del Globo" ci porta le bombe nucleari. globalresearch.ca Gli Stati Uniti — come annunciato lo scorso mese* — hanno cominciato in dicembre a inviare in Italia e altri paesi europei le nuove bombe nucleari B61-12. Lo conferma un documento ufficiale del Dipartimento della US Air Force. Esso stabilisce …

_____ (2022-12-31). Saab Oral Argument Focuses On Legitimacy Of Maduro Government. popularresistance.org On December 20, in the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida, Judge Robert N. Scola heard oral arguments on Alex Saab's motion to dismiss the case against him. The factual issue for the Court to decide was "whether Mr. Saab was a special envoy from Venezuela to Iran traveling on a mission when he was detained in Cape Verde and extradited to the U.S. and, therefore, entitled to diplomatic immunity." Dan was present for the hearing and will discuss, in detail, the hearing results. WTF has been following The Case of Alex Saab since his detainment on Cape Verde 12 June 2020. Today is our third update.

____ (2022-12-31). Xi addresses 2023 New Year gathering of China's top political advisory body. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday addressed a gathering organized by the country's top political advisory body to ring in the year of 2023.

____ (2022-12-31). Steps taken to ensure COVID preparedness. ecns.cn China's recent shifts in COVID-19 control strategy are well-paced, with sufficient preparatory work in place to handle the resulting surge in medical demand, authorities said on Thursday.

Felix Abt (2022-12-31). Shameless Hypocrisy: West Shows Solidarity with Chinese Protesters While it Conceals its Own Earlier Massive Atrocities Against China. covertactionmagazine.com Of course, police brutality against peaceful protesters in China and elsewhere is reprehensible and condemnable. When it happens in China, it is particularly heinous—at least from the point of view of Western mainstream media and politicians who are particularly concerned about human rights in China. Only exceptionally does a Western mainstream media outlet—such as the …

____ (2022-12-31). Winter fishing in full swing in Northeast China. ecns.cn Haernuo in Zhenlai County, northeast China's Jilin Province, known as the "fishing island in northern China", opened the annual winter fishing season.

____ (2022-12-31). 2022 newborn panda cubs meet public at SW China breeding base. ecns.cn Thirteen panda cubs about half a year old, all born this year, met the public on Thursday at the breeding base in Chengdu, the capital city of southwest China's Sichuan province.

____ (2022-12-31). 50 couples hold traditional wedding ceremony in SW China. ecns.cn Fifty couples hold a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony at Jianmenguan scenic area in Guangyuan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province on Friday.

_____ (2022-12-31). Can China Help Brazil Restart Its Global Soft Power? strategic-culture.org By Pepe ESCOBAR | Ten days of full immersion in Brazil are not for the faint-hearted. Even restricted to the top two megalopolises, Sao Paulo and Rio, watching live the impact of interlocking economic, political, social and environmental crises exacerbated by the Jair The return of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for what will be his third presidential term, starting January 1, 2023, is an extraordinary story tresp…

Dongsheng Collective (2022-12-31). No. 129 | 2022 Retrospective Part II. dongshengnews.org

____ (2022-12-31). Int'l experts upbeat about China 2023 | German economist: I'm pretty much optimistic. ecns.cn I think the development in 2023 will be better than in 2022, especially the case for the second half year. I'm pretty much optimistic about 2023 compared to 2022.

____ (2022-12-31). China adjusts tariff plan to include more items. ecns.cn China has decided to adjust its tariff plan for 2023 and expand the number of tariff items in line with the need for industrial development and technical advancement, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council said Thursday.

____ (2022-12-31). couples hold traditional wedding ceremony in SW China. ecns.cn Fifty couples hold a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony at Jianmenguan scenic area in Guangyuan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province on Friday.

____ (2022-12-31). China upholds truth, openness in disclosing information on COVID-19 deaths: officials. ecns.cn In response to rumors that China's COVID-19 death toll is understated, experts and officials from China's health authorities said that China has insisted on the principle of truth and openness in disclosing information on deaths and severe cases for COVID-19 and will uphold the principle.

T.P. Wilkinson (2022-12-31). Let Bygones be Bygones: Fresh Analysis Instead of Nostalgia. dissidentvoice.org In another years China will be stronger, and by that time the Chinese Communist Party will be a hundred years old. The United States will surely be envious and ill-intentioned, but it doesn't dare attack China, not even with a single bullet. It will research germ contamination. That is immoral. After it finishes with …

____ (2022-12-31). NPC Standing Committee gives interpretation of provisions in Hong Kong national security law. ecns.cn The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Friday adopted an interpretation of Article 14 and Article 47 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

Jeff Pao (2022-12-31). China urged to disclose more Covid DNA data. asiatimes.com Western experts are urging China to disclose more data related to its current Covid wave, particularly the genome sequencing information that can be used to identify new mutant strains. The United States, Japan, South Korea, India and Taiwan have recently reintroduced Covid tests for travelers from China, which will allow more people to fly overseas …

____ (2022-12-31). HKSAR welcomes NPC Standing Committee's interpretation of provisions in Hong Kong national security law. ecns.cn John Lee, chief executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), on Friday welcomed and thanked the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) for an interpretation of provisions in the Hong Kong national security law.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-12-31). Anuncian visita del presidente de Filipinas a China en enero. telesurtv.net Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visitará Beijing entre el 3 y el 5 de enero próximos para impulsar la amistad y cooperación.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-12-31). China designa como nuevo canciller a su embajador en EE.UU. telesurtv.net Qin Gang fue viceministro de Exteriores a partir de 2018 y asumió en 2021 como embajador en los EE. UU.

____ (2022-12-31). Xi, Benin president exchange congratulations on th anniversary of resumption of diplomatic ties. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday exchanged congratulations with President of Benin Patrice Talon on the th anniversary of the resumption of the two countries' diplomatic relations.

In Contempt (2022-12-31). In Contempt #24: Mumia Pushes for New Trial, Updates on Antifascist Prisoners, Support #StopCopCity Arrestees. itsgoingdown.org In this column, we present our monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. Packed in as always are updates, calls to action, fundraisers, and birthdays. There's a lot happening, so let's dive right in! New Year's Eve Noise Demos It's almost New Year's Eve, which means there's…

____ (2022-12-31). Central gov't office for safeguarding national security in HKSAR speaks on NPC Standing Committee's interpretation of Hong Kong national security law. ecns.cn The Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Friday evening spoke on an interpretation of the provisions in the Hong Kong national security law.

Colin Todhunter (2022-12-31). Of Economic Crises and Pandemics. dissidentvoice.org If events since March 2020 have shown us anything, it is that fear is a powerful weapon for securing hegemony. Any government can manipulate fear about certain things while conveniently ignoring real dangers that a population faces. Author and researcher Robert J Burrowes says: "… if we were seriously concerned about our world, the gravest and longest-standing …

Minnesota Reformer (2022-12-31). The Year Unions Came Roaring Back, while Public Support for Workers is Higher than in 55 Years. juancole.com By Max Nesterak ( Minnesota Reformer ) I visited picket lines in subzero temperatures and the high 90s this year, as I documented the surge in energy that workers are bringing to the labor movement. It was an exciting year to cover labor, especially in Minnesota, with its high union participation rate and low …

____ (2022-12-31). Pele, 'The King of Football' dies at 82. ecns.cn Former Brazilian football star Pele, three-time World Cup champion, died on Thursday at the age of 82 in a hospital in Sao Paulo, victim of colon cancer, his doctors officially reported.

Mickey Z. (2022-12-31). How an "Activist" Celebrates New Year's Eve (2011 & 2012). dissidentvoice.org I took the photo above shortly before midnight on December 31, 2011, at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Manhattan. Please allow me to explain. Members of Occupy Wall Street and other local "activist" groups held a "noise demo" in front of the jail to let the prisoners know they were not forgotten (or something …

Anonymous103 (2022-12-31). Censorship Prohibits Spreading Truths, And Demands Spreading Lies. southfront.org | Written by When

Jon Queally (2022-12-31). 16,000 New York City Nurses Are Preparing to Strike. truthout.org An estimated 16,000 unionized nurses from private hospitals across the New York City metropolitan area announced strike authorizations on Friday as current contracts are set to expire and the region continues to experience a "tridemic" health crisis that includes Covid-19, flu, and the respiratory illness known as RSV. The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) issued ten-day notices on Friday… |

The Conversation (2022-12-31). 3 Reasons local Climate Activism is more powerful than People realize. juancole.com By Adam Aron, University of California, San Diego | (The Conversation) Global warming has increased the number of extreme weather events around the world by 400% since the 1980s. Countries know how to stop the damage from worsening: stop burning fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy, electrify transportation and industry, and reduce …

Ricardo Vaz (2022-12-31). Venezuela: Opposition Parties Oust Guaidó as 'Interim President'. venezuelanalysis.com An hours-long meeting exposed cracks and infighting amidst anti-government factions.

Michael Jansen (2022-12-31). Muslim Authorities Condemn Taliban Ban on Women in Universities, as NGOs Close in Protest. juancole.com By Michael Jansen | ( The Irish Times ) Four global aid agencies have suspended services in Afghanistan in response to a Taliban ban on women working at non-governmental organisations (NGOs). In a joint statement, Care, Save the Children, the Norwegian Refugee Council and the International Rescue Committee said: "We cannot effectively reach …

KATIE (2022-12-31). 2022 Round Up: 30 impacts for the Palestinian liberation struggle! bdsmovement.net

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Antibiotic shortage – what to know if you can't find amoxicillin. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org According to the Food and Drug Administration, a national shortage of different medications, including a common antibiotic, is expected to last several months. "The most notable one is probably amoxicillin. It is a common antibiotic that we use to treat a variety of childhood infections, including ear infections, strep throat, and pneumonia," says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center. She says parents may notice this as they take their children to…

President Biden Executive Order (2022-12-31). How will California expand active engagement with the Pan African Diaspora? indybay.org President of the United States of America Executive Order on Establishing the President's Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States – How do we expand active engagement throughout California?>

SP Editor (2022-12-31). Ralph Nader: The New York Times Is Diminishing Itself. scheerpost.com

William C. Anderson (2022-12-31). Prison Abolition Has to Be a Priority in the Fight to Overcome Fascism. truthout.org This story was originally published by Prism. "America is revealing a visage stark with harshness. Nowhere is that face more contorted than in the dark netherworld of prison, where humans are transformed into nonpersons, numbered beings cribbed into boxes of unlife, where the very soul is under destructive onslaught."—Mumia Abu-Jamal Whatever we allow to happen to people incarcerated in prisons… |

Peter Koenig (2022-12-31). The Plan. WHO's Ten Years of Infectious Diseases (2020 to 2030), Leading to World Tyranny. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2022-12-31). Military Situation In Iraq On December 31, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org

Staff (2022-12-31). President Maduro Delivers House Number 4.4 Million, Approves Public Housing Plan for 2023. orinocotribune.com

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: Tips to help a frozen shoulder. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Pain and stiffness in your shoulder can make every activity, including sleep, difficult. Worsening shoulder pain, especially at night, could mean you have a frozen shoulder, says Dr. Christopher Camp, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/OU6-i4dKPKs Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…

____ (2022-12-31). Culture Fact: What you need to know about Laba Festival. ecns.cn

____ (2022-12-31). Paxlovid covered by medical insurance sold at $271, limited to buy in Beijing. ecns.cn The oral COVID-19 drug Paxlovid is now purchasable in some community health service centers in Beijing, but only sold to eligible patients under purchase limit. Patients need to pay at least 1,890 yuan (about $271) for the drug, which is already covered by the medical insurance.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-12-31). Remembering Professor Muhammad Kenyatta And His Case For Reparations: He Sued The FBI Over Harassment. moguldom.com Muhammad Kenyatta was a renowned legal scholar, law professor and civil rights activist who sued the U.S. federal government in 1969 for harassment by the FBI's illegal Counterintelligence Program, more widely known by its abbreviation Cointelpro. He was also an avid reparations activist who made a thorough case for why they are owed to Black Americans. …

Shuang-Ye Wu (2022-12-31). The US Saw Some of Its Worst Climate Disasters in 2022. truthout.org The year 2022 will be remembered across the U.S. for its devastating flooding and storms — and also for its extreme heat waves and droughts. By October, the U.S. had already seen 15 disasters causing more than US$1 billion in damage each, well above the average. The year started and ended with widespread severe winter storms from Texas to Maine, affecting tens of million of people and causing… |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Weight gain over holiday season – tips to manage calories at parties. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you have noticed you've packed on pounds over the last 10 or 20 years, and wondered how that weight gain happened, here's one idea that might make you consider setting down that extra plate of cookies or latkes during this holiday season. "Studies have shown that, from mid-November until mid-January, people averaged a weight gain in the population of about three quarters of a pound or so. It doesn't sound like much, but it…

Fight Back (2022-12-31). Fighting back and advancing the struggle in 2022. fightbacknews.org

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: Be realistic with New Year's health resolutions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Getting in better shape is consistently one of the most common New Year's resolutions people make each year, but many have a hard time following through. Dani Johnson, a wellness physical therapist with the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program, offers tips to make it easier to stick to a resolution to get in shape. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/9UcuKAFFISg Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: Snowblower safety. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Winter is here, and if you live in a region with a lot of snow, investing in a snowblower can save you a lot of time and energy on those mornings when you have to clear the driveway to get to work or school. But Dr. Sanj Kakar, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic hand and wrist surgeon, says those snowblowers can be more dangerous than you think. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/xC1uzCewqbo Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…

imperial.ac.uk (2022-12-31). Imperial experts recognised in New Year's Honours. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's academics are among those to be recognised in the 2023 New Year's Honours List.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Flu shots are important for young people, too. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 28 and consider myself fairly healthy. I have never gotten a flu shot and have never had the flu. I did receive a COVID-19 vaccine series. Do I really need a flu vaccination? My employer is recommending an influenza immunization for everyone, but I am hesitant. I have heard some people get sick from flu shots. ANSWER: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that everyone 6 months and older…

_____ (2022-12-31). Delusions of Freedom: Social Media, Unwashed Masses "Under the Control" of so FEW! journal-neo.org Never before in history have so many begun to realise that are they under the control of so few. The very foundations of what all they grew up believing are being shaken with each new revelation of how so many aspects of their very identify have been shaken, and how social media has become the …

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2022-12-31). Aumentan ataques a edificios públicos en Santa Cruz, Bolivia. telesurtv.net El denominado Comité Cívico convocó a "resguardar" las instituciones públicas ante "posibles autoatentados".

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Get to the point: Proper disposal of sharps. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org "Sharps" is the term used to describe any device with a sharp point or edge that could cut your skin. This includes needles, syringes, infusion sets, lancets (sometimes called "fingersticks") and auto-injectors, like EpiPens. There are many reasons why you may have sharps in your home. They are used to manage many different health conditions, including allergies, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, infertility, blood clotting disorders and psoriasis. It's important to correctly dispose of sharps to…

____ (2022-12-31). Cradle of Civilization: Mogao Grottoes. ecns.cn

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Cold weather medical emergencies to know about: frostbite and hypothermia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The National Weather Service says arctic cold and bitter winds will spread across much of the U.S., and some states will experience dangerously low temperatures dipping well below zero. This is especially concerning during the busy holiday week when many people are expected to travel. One concern, if you are exposed to the extreme cold, should be frostbite. Frostbite Frostbite is an injury caused by freezing of the skin and underlying tissues. First, your skin becomes very cold…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Healthy for the Holidays: Mayo Clinic Health System provides tips for combatting stress this season. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org MANKATO, Minn. ‚Äï During the holiday season, it is easy to get caught up in the stress and chaos that can accompany this time of the year. Already demanding lives become even more hectic as last-minute shopping, cooking and spending combine to add even more anxiety. For many people, the result can be overwhelming. "What if there was a way you could plan ahead to counter the stress? Start with identifying the issue," says Lisa Hardesty,…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-31). Major US Anti-Tank Systems Deal Underscores Taiwan Fortifying Itself Against Future Invasion. southfront.org

____ (2022-12-31). Reception team of emergency calls for ambulance expanded in Beijing amid COVID patient explosion. ecns.cn The reception team of emergency calls for ambulances in Beijing has been expanded in Beijing in order to save more lives amid the COVID explosion this winter.

____ (2022-12-31). Grassroots healthcare facilities add extra beds to fight COVID in Beijing. ecns.cn Grassroots healthcare institutions in Beijing have set up more beds for patients amid the COVID surge this winter following the city's decision to lift rules that contain the virus.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Science Saturday: Researchers investigate precision nutrition to improve health, prevent diseases. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Could prescribing specific nutrients, grains, fruits and vegetables tailored to a person's DNA and other biological characteristics help improve their health? Precision nutrition took center stage at Mayo Clinic's Individualizing Medicine Conference Nov. 2—3, 2022, in Rochester, Minnesota, where some of the world's top experts shared their knowledge of the potential benefits of tailoring nutrients and dietary guidance to a person's genes, metabolism, microbiome and other distinguishing characteristics. The ultimate goal of the holistic approach is to…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). I've been diagnosed with prediabetes. What does that mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you've been diagnosed with prediabetes, it means your blood sugar levels are not high enough to be classified as Type 2 diabetes, but are high enough to indicate a need for change. A normal fasting blood sugar level is below 100; whereas, the level of a person with prediabetes is between 100 and 126. Once levels have surpassed 126, it's classified as Type 2 diabetes. This indicates that the body resists insulin or doesn't produce enough of…

____ (2022-12-31). Chinese tech giant Huawei expects 2022 revenue at 636.9 bln yuan. ecns.cn Chinese tech giant Huawei expects its revenue for 2022 to reach 636.9 billion yuan (about 91.59 billion U.S. dollars), according to the company's rotating chairman Eric Xu.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). NIH's All of Us Research Program returns health-related DNA results to participants. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) All of Us Research Program has begun returning personalized health-related DNA results to more than 155,000 participants. The reports detail whether participants have an increased risk for specific health conditions and how their bodies might process certain medications. The All of Us Research Program collects participants' blood, urine, and saliva samples. These biosamples are stored and managed for research at a specialized All of Us Research Program biobank at Mayo Clinic. "It is rewarding for us at the…

_____ (2022-12-31). South Caucasus: A Battle of Wills and Corridors. strategic-culture.org Azerbaijan and Turkiye are gunning to establish the "Zangezur corridor," in direct conflict with Iran and Armenia's interests as it entails the blockade of the Lachin corridor — a lifeline for the ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh. | By Yeghia TASHJIAN | On 12 December, under the pretext of environmentalism, dozens of state-backed "eco-activists" from Azerbaijan blocked the only land corridor connecting Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. | The blockade created a humanitarian crisis for the 120,000 Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh, cutting them off from the outside world. This is not the first time Baku has…

news.un (2022-12-31). 'Tireless' in pursuit of peace: Guterres pays tribute to former Pope Benedict. news.un.org The UN chief paid tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict on Saturday, who has died, aged 95, after standing down as head of the Catholic Church nearly a decade ago, due to ill health.

David Kattenburg (2022-12-31). UN Votes for International Court of Justice to Examine Israeli Occupation. truthout.org It was a vote Israel and the U.S. moved heaven and earth to stall, but that took place anyway, with timing that couldn't have been more apt. On the evening of December 30, two days after a declaration by the incoming government of Benjamin Netanyahu that "the Jewish people have an exclusive and inalienable right to all parts of the Land of Israel," including the illegally annexed Syrian Golan… |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). How to prevent flu, RSV and COVID-19 during busy holiday season. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu infection rates across the U.S. continue to be very high. "As we predicted, this flu season has hit early, and it's hit us hard," says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center. "We are seeing high and very high rates of influenza across the country." For those who have yet to get a flu shot, now is an excellent time to…

____ (2022-12-31). Bing Dwen Dwen dressed as Beijing local icon Lord Rabbit. ecns.cn Bing Dwen Dwen, mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, was dressed as Lord Rabbit, or Tu'er Ye, a Beijing local icon symbolizing happiness and good luck, to welcome the Chinese zodiac Year of the Rabbit.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Self-care steps can keep your heart healthy during the holidays. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have read that heart attacks are more common around the holidays. Why does that happen? Is there anything I can do to lower my risk? I currently take blood pressure medication, and heart disease runs in my family. ANSWER: Heart attacks, along with heart problems in general, are more common around the holidays. Various factors can play into this, including stress, travel, disrupted schedules, changes in diet and even environmental factors. Fortunately, many…

James A. Lucas (2022-12-31). The U.S. Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 "Victim Nations" Since World War II. globalresearch.ca

Kelly Hayes (2022-12-31). Learning to Self-Manage Abortions Is Key in a Post-"Roe" Society. truthout.org For many of us, the fall of Roe v. Wade was one of the most devastating events of 2022. When Politico published a leaked draft of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, I was deeply rattled. My intellectual awareness that such an outcome was likely, given the Republican's seizure of the Supreme Court, had not prepared me emotionally for the sight of those… |

_____ (2022-12-31). General Armageddon's March to the Sea. strategic-culture.org

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: Holiday driving safety tips. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The hustle and bustle of the holidays can be a hazard on the highway. If you're getting behind the wheel, one Mayo Clinic expert has some tips to keep you and your family safe on the road. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/psGh9P5iKW8 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 58) is in the downloads at the end of…

David Renton (2022-12-31). European Far Right Saw Electoral Wins in 2022. Reversing Them Will Not Be Easy. truthout.org With the defeat of Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, many of us hoped that the European far right would suffer a similar decline. In office, Trump had endorsed…

Juan Cole (2022-12-31). Israelis react to Extremist new Government: "They have come to Destroy," A Gov't "Based on Hatred," and "the End of Liberal Israeli Democracy" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The new government in Israel has formally been voted in, with a 63-vote majority in the 120-seat Knesset or parliament. While the far right in Israel is ecstatic, even those a little closer to the center than the new extremists are full of trepidation. A former prime minister, Ehud Olmert, …

Ann Brown (2022-12-31). Remembering The Popular Book From The '90s 'From Niggas To Gods': 7 Things To Know. moguldom.com There was a book called "From Niggas to Gods, Part One" that was published on Dec. 1, 1993, and written by Akil and Andre Akil. The book became a must-read by Black activists and Black intellectuals. Here are seven things to know about "From Niggas to Gods, Part One." 1. About the book "From Niggas …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: Best cooking fats for healthy cholesterol levels. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Are you trying to remember which fat is the good fat to use in the kitchen? If you are confused about whether to use unsaturated fats, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated or saturated fats when cooking, it's understandable. It can be confusing. Dr. Regis Fernandes, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says fats that raise your bad cholesterol levels and increase your risk for heart disease are the ones to avoid. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/drmIcHaxxfM Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post….

Fight Back (2022-12-31). Forward with the people's struggles in 2023! Join the FRSO! fightbacknews.org

Anonymous103 (2022-12-31). SouthFront Wishes You Happy New Year 2023. southfront.org DEAR FRIENDS, READERS, SUBSCRIBERS AND CONTRIBUTORS, | On New Year's Eve, the SouthFront Team wants to express its deep gratitude for your support, opinions, likes, comments and views. SouthFront is a crowdfunded endeavor created by people for people. | In 2022, the world was shaped by new large military conflict while peace is yet to come to a lot of other war-torn regions. The new reality left no obstacles for our enemies to continue their attacks against SouthFront and other independent media. | Our s…

Editor (2022-12-31). Top Scheer Intelligence Episodes of 2022: Michael Brenner, Ellen Brown, Gabor Maté and More. scheerpost.com

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Advancing treatments for acute myeloid leukemia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), also called acute myelogenous leukemia, is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, the spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are made. The disease progresses rapidly, affecting a group of white blood cells called myeloid cells, which normally develop into mature red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. "There are acute and chronic leukemias, explains Dr. James Foran, an oncologist at Mayo Clinic. "The chronic ones tend to happen…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Know the signs of strep throat in children. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Image courtesy: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Strep infections may be on the rise in the U.S., as they have been in the U.K., so it's important to know the signs and symptoms, especially in children. "Group A streptococcal disease is a group of conditions caused by a bacteria called 'group A strep,'" says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center. "The one that people are probably most familiar with is strep…

scorinoco (2022-12-31). Venezuela Opposition Ends Guaidó's 'Interim Government'. orinocotribune.com On Friday, December 30, the Venezuelan opposition put an end to the farce of the "interim government" of Juan Guaidó, during a Zoom meeting of former deputies of the extinct National Assembly board of the 2015-2020 term. | With 72 votes in favor of ending the "interim government," 29 against, and eight abstentions, the former deputies removed Guaidó, who failed to get enough support for continuing as the "interim president" of Venezuela. He had headed the fictitious government for about four years, after proclaiming himself as the "president in charge" in a Caracas plaza in February 2019 in violation of all const…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Tips for living younger, longer by preventing disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org While we know that health affects longevity and quality of life, it can be difficult to change bad habits. People often try to make sweeping New Year's resolutions, only to fail. In fact, Jan. 17 is the date that the average America breaks their New Year's resolution. Dr. Stephen Kopecky, a Mayo Clinic preventive cardiologist, says a better approach is to focus on small steps that add up over time. "The answer, I think, is…

____ (2022-12-31). High-speed railway connecting Chinese mainland and Hong Kong to conduct test run. ecns.cn The high-speed railway connecting the Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will begin test run from Jan. 3, 2023, said Cheung Chi-keung, head of cross-border operations of Hong Kong's MTR Corporation, on Friday.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-12-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: Safety tips to keep you out of the emergency department this winter. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Winter brings snow, cold and ice that can create hazardous conditions leading to serious injury. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Sue Cullinan, a Mayo Clinic emergency medicine physician, discusses some of the most common winter-related injuries that she sees and offers tips on how to keep you and your family safe. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/H08ugUwD_Xw Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo…

John Perry (2022-12-31). Washington Blames Record Migration on 'Communism' When the Causes Are Closer to Home. orinocotribune.com By John Perry Dec 24, 2022 | John Perry examines the real reasons for growing numbers of migrants crossing the border into Texas | After two years of Joe Biden's presidency, four times as many undocumented migrants are trying to cross the border into the United States, and he's getting desperate to explain away the increase. | In September, the administration discovered a new narrative: that migrants are fleeing "communism." | The White House ignores that fact that in the fiscal year just ended, migrants coming from the three countries he labels "communist" formed less than a third of the total: of the 2.7…

Staff (2022-12-31). El 2022 en las fotos de Cubadebate. cubadebate.cu Son tiempos arduos en este archipiélago y en el resto del mundo, pero Cuba no se detiene, con sus reservas humanas y su potencial, en el trabajo por los proyectos personales y en el proyecto colectivo de nación, cuya brújula sigue apuntando a la prosperidad, la soberanía y la justicia social. Terminando 2022, Cubadebate ofrece una síntesis fotográfica con parte de lo captado por sus fotorreporteros en estos 12 meses.

Staff (2022-12-31). El podcast de Cubadebate: øQué acontecimientos impactaron en el panorama informativo cubano este 2022? (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Los invitamos a cerrar el año con este podcast de Cubadebate especial: Un resumen de los principales sucesos que afectaron a Cuba y el mundo este 2022, de la mano de algunos periodistas de este medio de comunicación. Quédense conectados con nosotros, hasta el final. Denle play al debate.

Juan Torres López (2022-12-31). El problema de fondo de la economía española y de España en general. globalizacion.ca Quienes analizan la economía española suelen destacar siempre algunos problemas mayores bien conocidos: un modelo productivo poco innovador y con insuficiente capacidad para generar empleo, servicios de poco valor, excesiva especialización en algunas actividades… | Yo creo, sin embargo, que nuestra…

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2022-12-31). Parlamento israelí designa a Benjamin Netanyahu como premier. telesurtv.net La instancia asambleísta quedó conformada con el por ciento de legisladores del partido Likud encabezado por Netanyahu.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2022-12-31). Argentina extiende emergencia sanitaria por Covid-19 hasta 2023. telesurtv.net El documento reconoce la necesidad de fortalecer los servicios de salud, ante la coexistencia de la Covid-19 con enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles.

teleSUR, MER (2022-12-31). Oposición venezolana elimina figura inexistente de Gobierno Interino. telesurtv.net La decisión fue aprobada con 72 votos a favor, 29 en contra y ocho abstenciones.

Staff (2022-12-31). El tiempo: Lluvias en el interior y norte occidental. cubadebate.cu Amanecerá con poca nubosidad en todo el archipiélago, desde el final de la mañana se incrementará la nubosidad hasta parcialmente nublado y se nublará en localidades del interior de Mayabeque y hacia la costa norte de La Habana con aislados chubascos y lluvias, que se extenderán a la noche, siendo escasas en el resto del país.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-12-31). Bolsonaro tiene la peor evaluación de un primer mandato en Brasil. telesurtv.net Concluye mandato con 37 por ciento de desaprobación y 39 por ciento de aprobación. Es el peor registro desde 1985 hasta la fecha.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2022-12-31). Tasa de desempleo en Colombia baja al 9,5 % en noviembre. telesurtv.net Considerando el periodo diciembre 2021-noviembre 2022, las ciudades con las mayores tasas de desempleo fueron Arauca, Mocoa y Quibdó.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-12-31). Inundaciones y deslaves dejan al menos 44 muertes en Filipinas. telesurtv.net Extensas áreas del país sufren desde el fin de semana pasado efectos combinados de lluvias, inundaciones y deslizamientos.

Emir Sader (2022-12-31). La prision de Lula revisitada. globalizacion.ca Todo gran líder revolucionario pasó por momentos marcantes, que dejaron huellas en su vida, en su trayectoria como ser humano y como líder político. Lula da Silva (foto), entre tantas circunstancias, había sido protagonista de las huelgas del 1979/1980, que…

teleSUR, YSM (2022-12-31). PIB de Venezuela crece 17,73 % entre enero y septiembre de 2022. telesurtv.net El PIB venezolano creció 17,45 por ciento en el primer trimestre del año, mientras en el segundo y tercero, aumentó 23,30 y 13,22, respectivamente.

teleSUR, YSM (2022-12-31). Reportan mejoría de la situación electro-energética nacional en Cuba. telesurtv.net Desde hace días el servicio eléctrico en la isla se ha estabilizado y las afectaciones por déficit de capacidad de generación son mínimas.

Staff (2022-12-31). Real Madrid vence al Valladolid y es líder en España. cubadebate.cu Real Madrid venció al Valladolid 2-0 y se colocó como líder en La Liga española de fútbol de manera provisional. Un gol del francés Karim Benzema, de penalti en el minuto 83 tras una mano del español Javi Sánchez después de un remate de cabeza del alemán Antonio Rudiger, y un segundo tanto en el 89 del galo les dieron la victoria a los visitantes.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2022-12-31). Confiman presencia de nuevas variantes de la Covid-19 en Chile. telesurtv.net La autoridad sanitaria alertó que hace ya algunas semanas se detectaron las cepas identificadas como BF.7 y BA.5.2.

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-12-31). Ascienden a 34 los muertos por explosión de camión en Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net Autoridades indicaron que, del total de fallecidos, 11 personas eran trabajadores de salud del Hospital Tambo Memorial.

Staff (2022-12-31). Qué trae la prensa cubana, sábado 31 de diciembre de 2022. cubadebate.cu

Staff (2022-12-31). Conozca las tasas vigentes en el mercado cambiario cubano este 31 de diciembre. cubadebate.cu Con el objetivo de mantener a sus lectores informados, Cubadebate comparte las tasas de cambio para diferentes divisas extranjeras vigentes este sábado 31 de diciembre de 2022 en el mercado cambiario del país.

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-12-31). Suben a 39 los decesos por tormenta invernal en Nueva York, EE.UU. telesurtv.net Las autoridades indicaron que, hasta el momento, todos los cuerpos de las víctimas han sido identificados.

Boris Acosta Reyes (2022-12-31). El ultraderechista Luis Fernando Camacho sigue preso en Bolivia. globalizacion.ca La fiscalía boliviana pide seis meses de prisión preventiva contra el golpista Luis Fernando Camacho, gobernador de Santa Cruz, detenido por su papel en el golpe de Estado de 2019 y dos masacre posteriores, lo que desató disturbios que concluyeron…

Michael Whitney (2022-12-31). La crisis en Ucrania no se trata de Ucrania. Se trata de Alemania. globalizacion.ca "El interés primordial de Estados Unidos, por los que durante siglos hemos librado guerras —la Primera, la Segunda y la Guerra Fría— ha sido la relación entre Alemania y Rusia, porque unidos allí, son la única fuerza que nos puede…

Staff (2022-12-31). UNE no prevé afectaciones en el servicio eléctrico por déficit de generación este sábado. cubadebate.cu La UNE estima que durante esta jornada no haya afectación en el servicio por déficit de capacidad en el sistema eléctrico nacional. Para la hora pico se prevé una disponibilidad de 3 037 MW y una demanda máxima de 2 300 MW, para una reserva de 737 MW, por lo que, de mantenerse las condiciones previstas, no se pronostican afectaciones en el servicio por déficit de capacidad.

Javier Tolcachier (2022-12-31). Balance político y perspectivas 2023 en América Latina y el Caribe. globalizacion.ca En el año que se va, en términos electorales, lo sobresaliente han sido los triunfos de las fuerzas progresistas en Colombia y Brasil, llevando a la presidencia a Gustavo Petro y por tercera vez, a Lula da Silva, luego de…

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2022-12-31). Congreso de EE.UU. publica declaraciones de impuestos de Trump. telesurtv.net El titular del comité de Medios y Arbitrios, Richard Neal, señaló que "un presidente no es un contribuyente ordinario".

teleSUR- odr, YSM (2022-12-31). Reciben a médicos cubanos en la región de Calabria, Italia. telesurtv.net Estos especialistas se unirán reforzar y apoyar el sistema de salud de la provincia de Calabria.

Fight Back (2022-12-30). Legalization for All Network condemns anti-immigrant Supreme Court ruling, demands end to Trump-era Title 42. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Legalization for All Network. | The Legalization for All Network condemns the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on December 27 to force the government to keep the terrible Trump-era 'Title 42' policy in place that closed the US-México border to asylum-seekers. | Trump invoked Title 42 more than two years ago, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to close the border to asylum-seekers attempting to present themselves at the US-México border to request asylum. It is a right under international law to request asylum and have that request c…

_____ (2022-12-30). Evidence Of US Backed Coup In Kiev. popularresistance.org NewsGuard, the media rating agency, alleges that Consortium News has published "false content" by reporting that there was a U.S.-backed coup in Ukraine in 2014 and that ne0-Nazis have significant influence in the country. | NewsGuard took issue with a: | "February 2022 article 'Ukraine: Guides to Reflection,' [which] asserted, 'Hence, the inflation of Russian behavior in Ukraine (where Washington organized a coup against a democratically elected government because we disliked its political complexion) … .' | It then wrote: | "The U.S. supported the Maidan revolution that ousted then-Ukraine President Viktor Ya…

Editor (2022-12-30). On the Influence of Neo-Nazism in Ukraine. scheerpost.com

teleSUR, MER (2022-12-30). Corte Suprema peruana ratifica prisión preventiva para Castillo. telesurtv.net El Poder Judicial de Perú precisó que se declaró infundada la apelación planteada por la defensa de exmandatario Castillo.

Staff (2022-12-30). Líneas y siluetas en la arquitectura de La Habana. cubadebate.cu La Habana, según Eusebio Leal, es un estado de ánimo. Su arquitectura- agregó el Historiador- permite en una sola avenida ir desde los castillos del siglo XVI hasta la modernidad de Richard Neutra. Hay una Habana colonial, una Habana ecléctica, y una Habana déco, y también una Habana moderna.

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-30). No Sign of Peace in Ukraine as New Year Approaches. news.antiwar.com After over 10 months of fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, there's no sign that 2023 will bring peace to Ukraine as the warring parties have radically different demands, and the US continues to escalate aid for Kyiv and its role in the war. Ukrainian officials are demanding that Russia withdraw from all the territory …

Anonymous669 (2022-12-30). In Video: Russian Kh-101 Stealth Cruise Missile Dodges Ukrainian Air Defenses. southfront.org The Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber (Photo: Air Team Images / Artyom Anikeev) | On December 30, a video showing a Russian Kh-101 stealth subsonic cruise missile dodging Ukrainian air defenses surfaced online. | The missile was one of dozens launched during a large-scale attack by the Russian military on high-value military targets and key facilities across Ukraine a day earlier. | In the video, an anti-aircraft missile, most likely a man-portable air-defense system, can be seen passing right past the Kh-101 without exp…

Staff (2022-12-30). Headlines for December 30, 2022. democracynow.org Benjamin Netanyahu Sworn In to 6th Term as Israel's Prime Minister, Biden Calls Netanyahu "My Friend for Decades," Doesn't Mention Illegal Settlements, U.N. Halts Some Aid Operations in Afghanistan After Taliban Bans Women NGO Workers, Ukraine Claims to Have Shot Down Russian Drone Swarm Aimed at Kyiv, Belarus Summons Ukraine's Ambassador After Missile Lands on Its Territory, Italy Cracks Down on Mediterranean Rescue Ships, Brazil's Lula Names Environment & Rights Defenders to Cabinet in Sharp Turn from Predecessor, Brazilian Soccer Icon Pelé, Who Rose to Global Fame in Record-…

_____ (2022-12-30). 2022… The Year That Marked the End of America's Hegemony. strategic-culture.org The war in Ukraine has dominated the past year. Other global crises of soaring energy and food costs are collateral damage from the conflict in Ukraine. | The war in Ukraine has dominated the past year. Other global crises of soaring energy and food costs are collateral damage from the conflict in Ukraine. | The conflict is not simply a localized one in the center of Europe on Russia's doorstep involving a reactionary anti-Russian regime in Kiev. The conflict represents a historic showdown between the United States and its allies in the NATO military alliance it leads, and Russia. The showdown has been a long tim…

Afshin Molavi (2022-12-30). The unstoppable march of globalization. asiatimes.com Remember the demise of globalization? As the Covie-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the global economy and US-China tensions soared, many a commentator trotted out a "globalization is dying" narrative, claiming that the dizzying flow of goods, services, people, capital, and ideas that define our world would soon be confined to history. Russia's invasion of Ukraine …

Anonymous103 (2022-12-30). Explosions Thundering In Ukraine Nonstop. southfront.org | After the massive missile attack in Ukraine on December 29, Russian forces continued strikes in the war-torn country. At night on December 30, air alert sounded in the Kiev region. Russian Garenium-2 kamikaze UAVs targeted the capital of Ukraine. | Local residents shared videos of explosions in the city. Ukrainian forces traditionally attempted to intercept Russian UAVs with firearms. |

Allen Forrest (2022-12-30). Zelensky's Road to Washington. dissidentvoice.org Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Larry Fink are preparing to turn a profit on the destruction of Ukraine.

Global Research News (2022-12-30). Selected Articles: Five Reasons Why Kiev Should Accept the Current Ground Realities & Negotiate Peace with Moscow. globalresearch.ca By These five reasons are being shared for the purpose of hopefully inspiring Kiev to pragmatically reconsider i…

Editor (2022-12-30). Patrick Lawrence: The Souls of Ukrainian Folk. scheerpost.com

infobrics (2022-12-30). India Remains Steadfast in Partnership with Russia. infobrics.org Despite pressure from Western countries, India has remained steadfast in its partnership with Russia, refusing to condemn the war in Ukraine and not joining Western sanctions against Moscow…

Mike Ludwig (2022-12-30). Putin Planned Before Invasion to Cut Off Ukraine's Electricity During the Winter. truthout.org Despite international calls for a holiday ceasefire, the Russian military launched massive missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian towns and energy infrastructure this week, killing several civilians and robbing millions more of heat and light as the new year approaches. Russian President Vladimir Putin is clearly punishing Ukrainians for resisting his invasion and locking his forces in a bloody… |

Anonymous765 (2022-12-30). No New Year Gifts: Russia And Ukraine Exchange Strikes. southfront.org |

Anonymous103 (2022-12-30). Kiev Regime Top Official Contemplates Invading Russia And Escalating Sabotage Attacks. southfront.org

Staff (2022-12-30). U.S. nearly doubles arms sales to European NATO allies in past year. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Foreign PolicyDecember 29, 2022 Proposed U.S. arms sales to NATO almost doubled this past year as Russia's aggression…. The United States nearly doubled the number and price tag of approved arms sales to NATO allies in 2022 compared with 2021, as alliance members scramble to stock up on high-end weapons in the wake of Russia's …

Anonymous103 (2022-12-30). Russia's Economy Performed Much Better Than The West Expected Despite Sanctions. southfront.org Russia became the most sanctioned country in 2022 | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | Russia became the most sanctioned country in the world in 2022. Despite experiencing a deluge of sanctions from Western powers, the results against Russia were grossly unexpected as the country not only survived, but Western economies are now in disarray instead. | Following the lau…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-30). Declassified Files Reveal Moscow Warned about NATO Expansion in 2001. libya360.wordpress.com Ilya Tsukanov In the mid-1990s, the Clinton administration broke with its predecessor's pledge to Moscow not to expand the Western military alliance "one inch east" of a reunified Germany. Three decades on, relations between Russia and the West are perhaps worse than they ever were even in the darkest days of the Cold War. In…

infobrics (2022-12-30). Russia, China Signed Agreement on Work to Study Moon. infobrics.org An intergovernmental agreement between Russia and China on the creation of the international scientific lunar station has already been signed, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, said…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-30). In Video: Terrorist Attack Thwarted In Energodar. southfront.org

_____ (2022-12-30). The Hope Of A Pan-African-Owned And Controlled Electric Car Project Is Buried For Generations To Come. popularresistance.org The United States government held the US-Africa Leaders Summit in mid-December, prompted in large part by its fears about Chinese and Russian influence on the African continent. Rather than routine diplomacy, Washington's approach in the summit was guided by its broader New Cold War agenda, in which a growing focus of the US has been to disrupt relations that African nations hold with China and Russia. This hawkish stance is driven by US military planners, who view Africa as 'NATO's southern flank' and consider China and Russia to be 'near-peer threats'. At the summit, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin charged Ch…

_____ (2022-12-30). How does Hanukkah in Israel end the year 2022? journal-neo.org In recent days, Israel has been the focus of widespread attention. This was not only due to the celebration by Jews of perhaps one of their most interesting festivals, Hanukkah, which is often translated as "sanctification" or "renewal." Russian President Vladimir Putin was among those who congratulated the leader of Israel's Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu, …

Editor (2022-12-30). Zelensky Appoints Sexologist Pyramid Schemer as Ambassador to Bulgaria. scheerpost.com While Zelensky hypnotizes Western governments into forking over vast sums to finance his war effort, he has appointed a literal hypnotist (and part-time sexologist multi-level marketer) to a high-level diplomatic position.

infobrics (2022-12-30). Emerging Markets Outlook 2023: Who Burns Brightest Among Rising Stars. infobrics.org Remember the BRIC countries? These were the eight countries (nine if you count South Africa, which was belatedly added to make BRICS) that were supposed to emerge as the nations of the future. They have enjoyed, or suffered, mixed fortunes…

infobrics (2022-12-30). "It's the industry, stupid" – economic nationalism is on the rise, bringing new risks. infobrics.org As the specter of deindustrialization haunts the world, economic warfare is to become much more dangerous than it already is, by turning things into an existential challenge for the concerned parties.

Staff (2022-12-30). "Unacceptable": NY Progressives Vow to Stop Dem. Gov's Nomination of Conservative Judge to Top Court. democracynow.org In a remarkable development, New York Democrats look likely to defeat Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul's nomination of Hector LaSalle to be the state's next chief judge, after progressives raised concern about his conservative judicial record and anti-abortion, anti-labor and anti-bail reform positions. "We have a situation here in New York where we have an opportunity to shift the highest court in a progressive direction, and the governor is completely fumbling that opportunity," says Jabari Brisport, a Democratic Socialist state senator in Brooklyn who was one of the first to oppose LaSa…

WSWS (2022-12-30). Defense contractor shares surge as US doubles NATO arms sales. wsws.org Over the past 12 months, the share price of Northrop Grumman has surged 40 percent and Raytheon is up by nearly 17 percent, while Lockheed Martin has surged by 37 percent.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-30). Declassified Intelligence Files Expose Inconvenient Truths of the US-NATO Proxy War in Bosnia. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg and Tom Secker A trove of intelligence files sent by Canadian peacekeepers expose CIA black ops, illegal weapon shipments, imported jihadist fighters, potential false flags, and stage-managed atrocities. The established mythos of the Bosnian War is that Serb separatists, encouraged and directed by Slobodan Milo≈°eviƒá and his acolytes in Belgrade, sought to forcibly seize Croat and…

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2022-12-30). Asesinan a concejal y líder social en Nariño, Colombia. telesurtv.net La Oficina del Alto Comisionado de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos en Colombia condenó el asesinato del líder social Oscar Rodríguez.

Kit Klarenberg (2022-12-30). Declassified intelligence files expose inconvenient truths of Bosnian war. thegrayzone.com A trove of intelligence files sent by Canadian peacekeepers expose CIA black ops, illegal weapon shipments, imported jihadist fighters, potential false flags, and stage-managed atrocities. The established mythos of the Bosnian War is that Serb separatists, encouraged and directed by Slobodan Milo≈°eviƒá and his acolytes in Belgrade, sought to forcibly seize Croat and Bosniak territory in service of creating an irredentist "Greater Serbia." Every step of the way, they purged indigenous Muslims in a concerted, deliberate genocide, while refusing to …

Anonymous103 (2022-12-30). Serbia Ends State of Alert for Military As Kosovo Stand-Off Eases. southfront.org Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo began dismantling roadblocks they erected | Originally published on Serbia on Thursday

Ben Norton (2022-12-30). Pakistan's Imran Khan compares his ouster to CIA coup in Iran, criticizes Western colonialism. multipolarista.com Pakistan's ex Prime Minister Imran Khan compared the US-backed coup against him in April 2022 to the CIA plot that overthrew Iran's elected PM Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953. He praised Tehran's sovereignty, criticized Western colonialism, and reaffirmed support for Palestine.

_____ (2022-12-30). The Price of Betraying Palestine: Moroccans Challenge Normalization with Israel. popularresistance.org Two years ago, Morocco and Israel signed the US-brokered "Joint Declaration", thus officially recognizing Israel and instating diplomatic ties. Though other Arab countries had already done the same, the Moroccan official recognition of Apartheid Israel was particularly devastating for Palestinians. | Years ago, a close Moroccan friend told me that the 'first time' he was arrested was during a solidarity protest for Palestine in Rabat which took place many years ago. | The reference to the 'first time' indicated that he was arrested again, though mostly for other political activities, suggesting that Palestine, in…

Ramzy Baroud (2022-12-30). Moroccans Challenge Normalization with Israel. dissidentvoice.org Two years ago, Morocco and Israel signed the US-brokered "Joint Declaration", thus officially recognizing Israel and instating diplomatic ties. Though other Arab countries had already done the same, the Moroccan official recognition of Apartheid Israel was particularly devastating for Palestinians. Years ago, a close Moroccan friend told me that the 'first time' he was arrested …

Omar Karmi (2022-12-30). Trouble ahead as Israel swears in new government. electronicintifada.net More of the same, but more loudly and with more pain.

Jaclynn Ashly (2022-12-30). Family of baby killed by settlers fears fresh attacks. electronicintifada.net Ben-Gvir defended killers of 12-year-old Ahmad Dawabsheh's family.

Medea Benjamin (2022-12-30). Ten Surprisingly Good Things That Happened in 2022. progressive.org Despite what you might think, progressive gains have been made—and should inspire us to keep going.

Vijay Prashad (2022-12-30). South Africans Are Fighting for Crumbs: A Conversation With Trade Union Leader Irvin Jim. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad and Zoe Alexandra Dec 23, 2022 | South Africa is sitting on a tinderbox, says Irvin Jim, General Secretary of the country's largest trade union NUMSA. The solution is to foster a spirit of solidarity which will have to come from people's struggles and movements | In mid-December, the African National Congress (ANC) held its national conference where South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was reelected as leader of his party, which means that he will lead the ANC into the 2024 general elections. A few delegates at the Johannesburg Expo Center in Nasrec, Gauteng—where the party con…

Eric Zuesse (2022-12-30). Censorship Prohibits Spreading Truths and Demands Spreading Lies. dissidentvoice.org When U.S. President George W. Bush, on 7 September 2002, said that the IAEA had just come out with a "new report" concluding that Saddam Hussein was only six months away from having a nuclear weapon, and the IAEA three times denied it, the President's allegation grew into, and became the basis for, America's 'justification' …

_____ (2022-12-30). Historic Golden Rule Peace Boat On Its Way to Cuba. popularresistance.org The historic Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat is on its way to Cuba. The storied wooden boat, which was sailed toward the Marshall Islands in 1958 to interfere with US nuclear testing, set sail from Key West, Florida on Friday morning, and will arrive at the Hemingway Marina in Havana on Saturday morning, New Years Eve day. The 34-foot ketch belongs to Veterans For Peace, and implements its mission "to end the arms race and to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons." | The five crew members will be joined by Veterans For Peace members who are flying to Havana to participate in an educational Arts &…

Patrick Gallegos (2022-12-30). Los Alamos National Laboratory escalates plutonium core production, putting New Mexicans and the whole world at risk. liberationnews.org LANL has a long history of nuclear safety incidents. I…

_____ (2022-12-30). Venezuelan Children Continue To Die Under US Sanctions. popularresistance.org Venezuelan human rights organization Fundalatin recently announced the death of Gabriel Cisneros, a Venezuelan child who could not receive a liver transplant because Washington's murderous sanctions continue to paralyze the state-funded program that covered these procedures. | Gabriel is sadly one more in a long list of victims of the US economic war. The Simón Bolívar Foundation is the social program of US-based Venezuelan oil subsidiary CITGO. It was created in 2006 by former President Hugo Chávez to help patients with rare cancers, especially children with leukemia, receive transplants and other life-saving tr…

_____ (2022-12-30). Venezuelan Children Continue to Die Under US Sanctions While Washington Funds 'Democracy Programs'. popularresistance.org Venezuelan human rights organization Fundalatin recently announced the death of Gabriel Cisneros, a Venezuelan child who could not receive a liver transplant because Washington's murderous sanctions continue to paralyze the state-funded program that covered these procedures. | Gabriel is sadly one more in a long list of victims of the US economic war. The Simón Bolívar Foundation is the social program of US-based Venezuelan oil subsidiary CITGO. It was created in 2006 by former President Hugo Chávez to help patients with rare cancers, especially children with leukemia, receive transplants and other life-saving tr…

_____ (2022-12-30). Native American sacred sites are being damaged at proposed lithium mining site, Thacker Pass. popularresistance.org The Thacker Pass Lithium Mine in northern Nevada is headed back to Federal Court on January 5th as the lawsuits against the project near completion, but project opponents are raising the alarm that Lithium Nevada Corporation has already begun work on the proposed mine. | Lithium Nevada's workers at Thacker Pass have begun digging test pits, bore holes, dumping gravel, building fencing, and installing security cameras where Native Americans often conduct ceremonies. Lithium Nevada also conducted "bulk sampling" earlier this year, and may be planning to dig dozens of new test pits across Thacker Pass. They are clai…

_____ (2022-12-30). Native American Sacred Sites Are Being Damaged At Thacker Pass. popularresistance.org Nevada – The Thacker Pass Lithium Mine in northern Nevada is headed back to Federal Court on January 5th as the lawsuits against the project near completion, but project opponents are raising the alarm that Lithium Nevada Corporation has already begun work on the proposed mine. | Lithium Nevada's workers at Thacker Pass have begun digging test pits, bore holes, dumping gravel, building fencing, and installing security cameras where Native Americans often conduct ceremonies. Lithium Nevada also conducted "bulk sampling" earlier this year, and may be planning to dig dozens of new test pits across Thacker Pass. They…

_____ (2022-12-30). Architects Of Medicare Privatization: Congress, Biden And The CMS. popularresistance.org It is easy and appropriate to target the private health insurance companies who earn excessive profits from the Medicare Trust Fund through Medicare Advantage plans, especially given the well-documented evidence of overcharging and fraud. | But it is essential that we remember that it has been the U.S. Congress and the Executive Office that promoted the privatization of Medicare, to varying degrees, since it was first signed into law by President Johnson in 1965 and enacted the following year. | In 2017 The Commonwealth Fund published "The Evolution of Private Plans in Medicare," which detailed the increasing rol…

_____ (2022-12-30). The Grassroots Fight For Housing Justice In Baltimore. popularresistance.org Baltimore, Maryland – Sonia Eaddy never lost faith that she would be able to save her home at 319 North Carrollton Ave. in the Poppleton neighborhood of West Baltimore. | Like they have done to many predominantly-Black neighborhoods, developers have targeted Poppleton for years. Over the past decade, the city used eminent domain to evict residents and raze their houses, resulting in the displacement of longtime residents. | But last year, Eaddy, who is a third-generation resident of Poppleton, was able to mobilize a citywide coalition that staged rallies, packed public hearings, and collected over 5,000 signature…

_____ (2022-12-30). Sutton Community Farm And The Politics Of Community Agriculture. popularresistance.org The UK farming sector is in the middle of an existential crisis. As a consequence of leaving the EU's Common Agricultural Policy, the Conservative government has had to draft a new agricultural support scheme to either match or replace the direct payments received by UK farmers from the EU. | What will replace this scheme has been the subject of heated debate for years. Most probable is the Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS). ELMS would offer 'public money for public good', meaning that farmers would receive payments if they could prove their farm was engaging in beneficial environmental practice, such a…

_____ (2022-12-30). Argentine Vice-President Cristina Kirchner hits out against judicial "parallel state" popularresistance.org Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, in her first public appearance after her conviction earlier this month, spoke at the inauguration of the Diego Armando Maradona multi-sport gymnasium in the municipality of Avellaneda, a suburb of Buenos Aires, on Tuesday, December 27. Speaking alongside her main allies within the ruling coalition, the Frente de Todos (Front of All, FdT), Kirchner criticized the press, the economic elite, and the Argentine judiciary for promoting a "parallel state." | Kirchner was sentenced to six years in prison and barred from contesting for life on December 6. The so-cal…

_____ (2022-12-30). Argentine Vice-President Hits Out Against Judicial 'Parallel State'. popularresistance.org Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, in her first public appearance after her conviction earlier this month, spoke at the inauguration of the Diego Armando Maradona multi-sport gymnasium in the municipality of Avellaneda, a suburb of Buenos Aires, on Tuesday, December 27. Speaking alongside her main allies within the ruling coalition, the Frente de Todos (Front of All, FdT), Kirchner criticized the press, the economic elite, and the Argentine judiciary for promoting a "parallel state." | Kirchner was sentenced to six years in prison and barred from contesting for life on December 6. The so-cal…

Anonymous669 (2022-12-30). Turkey Tests New Optical Targeting System On Akıncı Combat Drone (Video). southfront.org Screengrab. Source: Baykar Defense. | The Bayraktar Akıncı combat drone has successfully used Aselsan's new Common Aperture Targeting System (CATS) in a live-fire test, Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar Defense revealed on December 30. | During the test, an Akıncı drone utilized the CATS to illuminate a target for a LGK-82 227 kg laser-guided bomb, which was also developed by Aselsan. Baykar Defense chief Selcuk Bayraktar shared footage from the test on Twitter.

Anonymous669 (2022-12-30). U.S. Aerosonde Drone Crashed In Northern Iraq (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: fb.com/KURDISTAN.CT | Late on December 29, an Aerosonde reconnaissance drone of the United States military crushed in the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq. | The drone crashed in the district of Bahrka in Erbil province. The Kurdistan Directorate General of Counter Terrorism said in a brief statement that a "technical problem" was behind the crash. The U.S. Central Command has not commented on the incident, yet. | The Aero…

____ (2022-12-30). Construction of mega , wind power project starts in North China desert. ecns.cn A mega and wind power base kicked off construction in China's seventh-largest desert on Wednesday.

____ (2022-12-30). China's daily ibuprofen, paracetamol production tops 200 mln tablets. ecns.cn China's daily production capacity of fever and pain relievers ibuprofen and paracetamol has exceeded 200 million tablets, while the daily output reached 190 million as the country strives to expand its anti-COVID-19 medical supply.

____ (2022-12-30). Trade between China, other RCEP members up 7.9 pct in first 11 months. ecns.cn Trade between China and the other members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has sustained rapid growth since the trade agreement took effect at the beginning of this year, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOC).

____ (2022-12-30). New high-speed railway linking Yinchuan and Lanzhou opens to traffic. ecns.cn A railway linking Yinchuan and Lanzhou, major cities in northwest China, was fully operational with the opening of its last section from Yinchuan to Zhongwei on Thursday.

Robert Hunziker (2022-12-30). Another Blistering Year Next Year? dissidentvoice.org NASA claims that 2022 was one of the hottest years ever recorded. Furthermore, according to CareOurEarth.com, this past year experienced: "Record-Breaking Heatwaves Around the World." It was the year of fires (everywhere, big fires), scorching heat (globally) floods (Pakistan! Europe, China) loss of potable water (especially France and Italy) nearly impassable commercial waterways (Danube, Po, …

____ (2022-12-30). World's first hydrogen-powered city train rolls off the production line in Chengdu. ecns.cn The world's first hydrogen-powered city train rolled off the production line in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday. The train has a built-in "hydrogen power" system, with a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour and a range of 600 kilometers per hydrogen refueling.

____ (2022-12-30). U.S. urged to respect China's interests, concerns. ecns.cn The United States must respect China's core interests and major concerns if it really wants to have positive and constructive dialogue with China, the Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday.

____ (2022-12-30). China's defense spokesperson pledges action on separatist activities. ecns.cn A Chinese defense spokesperson warned on Thursday that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) will take action against separatist activities wherever they occur.

Andrew Salmon (2022-12-30). Amid tough US chip chat, S Koreans turn anti-China. asiatimes.com SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol urged additional tax breaks for the domestic semiconductor industry as the nation's flagship export sector reels from a perfect storm — one that continues to rise in intensity. The semiconductor super-cycle, which buoyed the Korean economy through the Covid-19 pandemic, turned south this summer as chip shortages turned …

____ (2022-12-30). 100th Chinese-developed ARJ21 jetliner delivered. ecns.cn The 100th ARJ21 aircraft was delivered to its client on Thursday, bringing China's first indigenously developed passenger jetliner to a new stage of mass production and large-scale operations.

____ (2022-12-30). China to retain pull for MNCs in 2023. ecns.cn China will remain a key go-to destination for multinational corporations in 2023 as the country's massive and lucrative domestic market and its opening-up measures boost business confidence amid subdued global investment sentiment, said business executives on Thursday.

William Pesek (2022-12-30). BOJ at mercy of US, China zigs and zags. asiatimes.com It's hard to think of a central banker who had a more precarious year than Japan's Haruhiko Kuroda. | Though US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell drew most of the angst with his aggressive interest-rate increases, the Bank of Japan was caught between two economic giants veering in opposite directions. The US addressed overheating risks. China's "zero Covid" fiasco resulted in its slowest growth in 30 years — before Beijing suddenly hit the economic gas in the waning weeks of the year. | For most of 2022, BOJ governor Kuroda held firm to the monetary equivalent of the Hippocratic Oath: doing as little h…

_____ (2022-12-30). A Clash of Competing Nationalisms in Taiwan. strategic-culture.org Imagine if a high-profile American politician, such as the speaker of the House, traveled to Taipei, met with the political leaders of the island, and … nothing happened. The People's Republic of China did not visibly react, the Taiwanese leadership sought to downplay the emphasis on autonomy from the Chinese mainland, and visits on the official's itinerary included monuments to the island's past authoritarian leaders, highlighting hopes of eventual cross-strait reconciliation.

____ (2022-12-30). Full speed ahead for SE Asia on the move. ecns.cn For travel business owner Benny Kong, the China-Laos Railway has brought many benefits over the past year, and for many others, it's creating a buzz over yet another transformative infrastructure project improving lives in Southeast Asia.

Rodolfo Bueno (2022-12-30). A propósito del actual conflicto mundial. globalizacion.ca Rusia, China y Estados Unidos son los centros de poder de un mundo que, desde el punto de vista estratégico militar, es cada vez más volátil, por eso es prioritario que se mantenga la paz entre estas potencias. | Sin embargo,…

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2022-12-30). Presidentes ruso y chino ratifican aumento de la cooperación. telesurtv.net El mandatario ruso precisó que el flujo comercial bilateral aumentará a finales del año en un 25 por ciento.

Prof. Joseph H. Chung (2022-12-30). Itaewon Disaster: Who Killed 158 Children? globalresearch.ca

Uriel Araujo (2022-12-30). "It's the industry, stupid" — Economic Nationalism Is on the Rise, Bringing New Risks. globalresearch.ca

Latino Rebels (2022-12-30). Waj Invades America: Episode 2 With Christina Greer. latinorebels.com For this second episode of #WajInvadesAmerica, host Wajahat Ali gives advice to some of his social media followers and then welcomes Fordham University Associate Professor of Political Science Christina Greer to discuss white supremacy's foundational roots.

Ann Brown (2022-12-30). 15 Hip-Hop Artists Who Praised Or Cited Elijah Muhammad. moguldom.com Elijah Muhammad led the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975, mentoring Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan, Muhammad Ali, and his own son, Warith Deen Mohammed. Even today, his teachings have impacted many, especially in the hip-hop community. "No nation will ever respect us as long as we beg for that which we can do …

Electronic Frontier Foundation (2022-12-30). The State of Online Free Expression Worldwide: 2022 in Review. juancole.com By Jillian C. York | ( EFF ) It's been a tumultuous year for free expression globally. From internet shutdowns, crackdowns on expression and closed-door partnerships to attempts to restrict anonymity and end to end encryption, in many places, digital rights are under threat. And while the European Union has made regulatory strides, …

Chris Hedges (2022-12-30). A new book of migrant stories exposes Europe's war on refugees. therealnews.com Over the past 20 years, the Mediterranean Sea has become a graveyard as the EU's brutal "Fortress Europe" policies unleash brutal hostility against migrants and refugees. While mainstream media has often sensationalized the problem as a "migrant crisis" or "refugee crisis," little scrutiny has been placed on the role of Europe and other countries of the Global North in producing this crisis of mass displacement through the War on Terror or the historic underdevelopment of the former colonial world. Authors Helen Benedict and Eyan Awwadawnan join The Chris Hedges Report to discuss their book, Map of Hope and…

news.un (2022-12-30). Ethiopia: Nationwide measles vaccination campaign integrates other live-saving interventions. news.un.org UN agencies, the Ethiopian authorities and partners kicked off on Friday, a nationwide integrated measles vaccination campaign targeting more than 15 million children.

Staff (2022-12-30). More Jails Became Death Traps in 2022 Amid Lack of Mental Healthcare, Housing, Bail Reform Backlash. democracynow.org In 2022, more jails in the United States became death traps, as people faced inhumane conditions in overcrowded facilities amid a lack of mental healthcare, housing and backlash against bail reform. Most of those who died were incarcerated pretrial, and activists say this number is heavily underreported. From New York City to Houston, Texas, jail deaths have reached their highest levels in decades. We get an update from Krish Gundu, with the Texas Jail Project, and Keri Blakinger, investigative reporter with The Marshall Project. Blakinger is the organization's first formerly incarcerated reporter, and her…

Staff (2022-12-30). Madrid Appoints Ambassador to Caracas 2 Years After Helping Leopoldo López Escape. orinocotribune.com

Ediz Tiyansan (2022-12-30). See how a California town copes with drought. america.cgtn.com Huron, a small farming town in California has decided to build an aquifer underground and turn its unused fields into vast ponds that can collect water in wet years to deal with droughts.

Staff (2022-12-30). RIP Pelé: Afro-Brazilian Soccer Icon Overcame Racism & Poverty to Be Ambassador for Beautiful Game. democracynow.org Brazil has begun three days of national mourning to mark the death of the global soccer icon Pelé at the age of 82. Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pelé was a poor Afro-Brazilian who led the Brazilian national soccer team to its first World Cup title in 1958 at just 17 years old, and ultimately two more times in later years — more than any other player in history. Pelé was seen as a symbol of Brazil and played for 20 years in the country before retiring and becoming a global ambassador for the sport of soccer. He was also criticized for embodying the commercialization of the sport and was seen as complyin…

Editor (2022-12-30). Watch Chris Hedges on C-SPAN On Jan. 1. scheerpost.com ScheerPost columnist, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins Program ID: 524629-1 | Category: Call-In | Format: Call-In | Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States | Will Air: Jan 01, 2023 | 12: 00pm EST | C-SPAN 2 | Airing Details: | Jan 01, 2023 | 12: 00pm EST | C-SPAN 2 | Jan 01, 2023 | 2: 00pm EST | C-S…

Unicorn Riot (2022-12-30). New Documentary on Late Sixties Civil Unrest is a 'Rosetta Stone' for Decoding the Modern Day Police State. unicornriot.ninja

Stephen Lane (2022-12-30). Indianapolis communities unite to fight against undemocratic library board. liberationnews.org The struggle against the corruption of the top leadership of the Indianapolis Public Library Board of Trustees, which heightened after their refusal to appoint the top candidate as CEO, is morphing into a broader movement to create true democratic control over Indianapolis' public institutions.

Marc Batko, W Meyer, K Chavent (2022-12-30). The Humor of Jesus and The cry of the poor. indybay.org After much meditation and reflection, I firmly believe that Jesus made fun of individualism and profit-oriented economic systems. Winning people to trust the infinite, invisible and transcendent God was surely his central goal. "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?" he asked his calculating counterpart. "No sparrow falls to the ground without your Father's consent. You are worth more…!

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2022-12-30). Working-class activism the key to progress on all fronts. peoplesworld.org Workers and their allies hit the streets in 2022 in ways that caused the country to pay attention to their issues, their causes, and their unions. There for all to see was the determination of an independent grass-roots union, the Amazon Labor Union, to confront one of the nation's three richest men, Jeff Bezos, and …

Jacqueline Luqman (2022-12-30). Film Review: Netflix's 'Descendant' Shows Capitalism Continues to Oppress African Descendants. towardfreedom.org The story of a bet a wealthy businessman made, as well as a slave ship he financed, and the descendants of the Africans brought to Mobile, Alabama, are the focus of a recently released Netflix documentary, "Descendant." TF board member Jacqueline Luqman explains why the film is worth viewing in her review.

Alasdair Baverstock (2022-12-30). Mexican border families offer refuge for migrants. america.cgtn.com Residents of local communities in Matamoros, Mexico, provide shelter for migrants displaced by the border. With no end to the flow of people coming to the U.S. southern border in sight, it's the kindness of strangers that can make the migration crisis more bearable.

Anonymous Contributor (2022-12-30). Orlando Community Defends Event Targeted With Far-Right Threats. itsgoingdown.org Action report on recent community defense of a popular drag tour. Originally posted to Iron Snowflake. Despite an explicit threat by Florida's Christian Nationalist governor, Ron DeSantis to take legal action against the venue if anyone under 18 was seen inside, a drag show scheduled on December 28th went forward without any problems. According to…

Edu Montesanti (2022-12-30). Argentina Sentencing Former Military Dictators is a Regional Model, Says Chomsky. orinocotribune.com On December 21, former Argentine police officer Mario Sandoval was sentenced to 15 years in prison for crimes against humanity during the last Argentine military dictatorship. | "The Argentine killers and torturers reached the peak of horror," expresses Chomsky to journalist Edu Montesanti, while celebrating one more among many convictions of former dictators in the South American country over the years. | On a trial for crimes against humanity related to the last Argentine military dictatorship (1976-83), former Argentine police officer Mario Sandoval, 69, was found guilty by the justice of his country last Dece…

Nizar Visram (2022-12-30). How the Abraham Accords Got the Middle Finger at Qatar World Cup. dissidentvoice.org In 2010, when Qatar was awarded the right to host the 2022 World Cup tournament the Gulf kingdom became the focus of a disparaging campaign. Qatar was accused of mistreating migrant workers engaged to build World Cup projects. The campaign against Qatar as host nation involved Britain, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Israel, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia. …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-30). Libya: Confusion Over the Performance of the UN Mission Deepens. libya360.wordpress.com Confusion characterizes the work of the UN special envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, raising concerns among Libyans about the latter's ability to dismantle the political roadblocks that prevent consensus to end the current impasse. On Thursday, the United Nations Support mission in Libya (UNSMIL) denied reports of the UN envoy's desire to form a new…

WSWS (2022-12-30). Mexicans protest president AMLO's "neglect" in case of 43 Ayotzinapa teaching students. wsws.org The AMLO administration's protection of the highest ranks of the state behind the Ayotzinapa killings exposes the reactionary character of its efforts to perpetuate the domestic deployment of the military.

Frud Bezhan (2022-12-30). More Iranians Move Their Protests To Rooftops Amid State Crackdown. juancole.com I'm Frud Bezhan, regional desk editor for Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Here's what I've been following and what I'm watching out for in the days ahead. ( RFE/RL) Fewer Iranians have protested on the streets in recent days, more than three months after the nationwide antiestablishment demonstrations erupted. From the outset, the authorities responded …

Ryan Lockwood (2022-12-30). Buffalo 'bomb cyclone' exposes failure of capitalism. workers.org Buffalo, New York Buffalo is reeling from its worst snowstorm in a generation. From Dec. 23-25, Western New York state was ravaged by a "bomb cyclone," which brought hurricane-force winds, subzero wind chills and over 50 inches of snowfall to the region. But Winter Storm Elliot is as much a . . . |

The Lever (2022-12-30). 2022 FLASHBACK: The Candidate Who Picks Fights With Bad Guys. levernews.com

Farrah Hassen (2022-12-30). A year of global displacement. nationofchange.org This year's record-breaking global displacement crisis calls for greater protections and investment by the international community instead of more indifference and cruelty.

WSWS (2022-12-30). Fascist terror and military hostility set tone for Lula's inauguration in Brazil. wsws.org The inauguration of Brazil's president-elect Luís Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers Party (PT), set for January 1, is being prepared under the shadow of fascistic conspiracies in the country.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2022-12-30). Africa in Review 2022, II: Peacekeeping and the World Economic Crisis. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-12-30). Poverty, inequality and official indifference are to blame for the dozens killed by the Christmas weekend blizzard in Buffalo. wsws.org Freezing temperatures and a massive snow fall have left over 60 dead nationally since last Friday, with the epicenter in Buffalo, New York.

WorkWeek (2022-12-30). Starbucks Strike SF , SF "Ticket To Mars" Concert , Removal of TWU2 a Pres& UAW180 Strike. indybay.org WorkWeek radio covers the Starbuck's in San Francisco. A Starbucks Worker In SF Speaks Out, "Ticket To Mars" Concert In SF, Murder Threats & Removal Of TWU2 a President Roger Marenco and UAW Case Holland Tractor 7 Month Strike and their fight for justice.

Uriel Araujo (2022-12-30). "It's the industry, stupid" Economic Nationalism Is on the Rise, Bringing New Risks. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-12-30). U.S. carrier strike group, 5 anti-missile warships in Marseille mark 246 years of joint warfare. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa/U.S. Sixth FleetCarrier Strike Group 10 Public AffairsDecember 29, 2022 George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group Arrives in Marseille, France The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush — along with the embarked staff of Carrier Strike Group 10 and George H.W. Bush CSG — arrived in Marseille, France, for …

Dana Sanchez (2022-12-30). 3 Top Reasons To Still Fly Southwest Airlines After The Christmas Disaster. moguldom.com Southwest Airlines has canceled about 15,7 flights — 10 times more than any other airline since extreme cold weather began disrupting air travel on Dec. 22. The whole world watched televised reports as an estimated 1 million stranded passengers with flight cancellations wound through airports across the U.S., their wedding plans, Christmas gatherings and reunions …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-12-30). Dr. King Was Criticized By NAACP For Speech Against U.S. Military Industrial Complex And Budget Priorities. moguldom.com Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most iconic leaders in history. His legacy is widely remembered as a non-violent and forgiveness-based one rooted in Christian faith and ideology. However, the totality of Dr. King's activism is often glazed over by mainstream society. Many whitewash King by ascribing to selective amnesia when it …

Fernando A. T. Ximenes (2022-12-30). Twenty-Two years of austerity in Timor-Leste: The IMF and rebuilding the neoliberal state from scratch. mronline.org Timor-Leste was proclaimed by the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN) as a sovereign state on November 28, 1975.

news.un (2022-12-30). Arab region registers world's highest unemployment rate, UN survey finds. news.un.org According to the latest UN survey, released on Friday, the Arab region registered a 12 per cent unemployment rate in 2022, the highest in the world.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-30). Bolivia: Far-Right Leader Luis Fernando Camacho Gets Four Months of Pre-Trial Detention in Coup Case. libya360.wordpress.com *Peoples Dispatch Luis Fernando Camacho. (Photo: ABI) Social movements across Bolivia that have been calling for Camacho's arrest and sentencing saluted the move, but violent riots have broken out demanding his release in his home department Santa Cruz A Bolivian court sentenced far-right Bolivian leader Luis Fernando Camacho to four months of preventive detention in…

Dean Baker (2022-12-30). The NYT Doesn't Have Access to Census Data: We Do Not Have a Record Number of Renters. cepr.net Can someone buy the NYT Internet access? For some reason the paper insists on ignoring data from the Census Bureau when telling readers about the housing market. Last month it repeatedly told readers that young people, minorities, and lower income households were unable to buy homes when the Census Bureau data showed rapid increases in …

Jake Johnson (2022-12-30). Big Pharma and GOP allies aim to sabotage Medicare drug price reforms. nationofchange.org "Patients fought hard for the reforms in the Inflation Reduction Act—and we won't let Big Pharma and its allies' fearmongering scare us."

WSWS (2022-12-30). Australia: Korean family threatened with deportation because son has autism. wsws.org The family have been living in Australia since 2013, but their son is now deemed a "burden on taxpayers."

Jessica Corbett (2022-12-30). Human Rights Advocates Alarmed Over Israel's New "Fascist, Racist" Government. truthout.org Global concerns about the new Israeli government — especially what it means for Palestinians — continued to grow Thursday as Benjamin Netanyahu took the oath of office to again serve as prime minister, this time leading the most far-right and religiously conservative coalition in the country's history. The embattled leader was sworn in following a 63-54 vote of confidence in his new government by… |

Global Research News (2022-12-30). Most Popular Articles on Global Research in 2022. globalresearch.ca

Sam Pizzigati (2022-12-30). Can we talk sensibly about inequality and ignore the rich? nationofchange.org The poor don't gain, in short, when societies ignore the rich.

Labor Video Project (2022-12-30). NNU-CNA Sutter Alta Bates Hospital Nurses Fed Up & Strike Against Concession Contract. indybay.org 1800 Sutter nurses at Berkeley Alta Bates and Summit hospitals have gone on a strike for ten days. They are angry at a concession agreement that was being pushed by the NNU-CNA leadership that would allow a two tier contract and would continue the loss nurses to Kaiser where nurses are paid $10 to $12 an hour more.

Jessica Corbett (2022-12-30). DOJ Suit Accuses Major Drug Distributor of Fueling US Opioid Epidemic. truthout.org The Biden administration on Thursday filed suit against one of the nation's largest pharmaceutical distributors, AmerisourceBergen, and two of its subsidiaries for allegedly violating federal law and contributing to the opioid epidemic. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the complaint accuses AmerisourceBergen of at least hundreds of thousands of violations… |

Ashley Curtin (2022-12-30). Open letter from scientists to world leaders: Stop using bioenergy from forests to generate electricity. nationofchange.org "The best thing for the climate and biodiversity is to leave forests standing—and biomass energy does the opposite."

____ (2022-12-30). Tunnel fire causes casualties in South Korea's Gyeonggi Provinc. ecns.cn A fire broke out in a noise-barrier tunnel on the second Gyeongin Expressway in Galhyeon District, Gwacheon City, Gyeonggi Province, on Thursday.

Donald Shaw (2022-12-30). Oil Industry Now Set to Control Both Congressional Energy Committees. truthout.org

WSWS (2022-12-30). Popular music and jazz in 2022, a selection. wsws.org Many working musicians must now tour and play live concerts most of the year in order to support themselves financially. They thus constantly face the potential long-term prospect of playing until they get terribly sick with a deadly virus, or face financial ruin, or both.

Editor (2022-12-30). FBI Cointelpro Is Back and Worse Than Ever. scheerpost.com By James Bovard / CounterPunch Elon Musk has opened the floodgates to expose the FBI's latest war on Americans' freedom of speech. The FBI massively intervened to pressure Twitter to suppress accounts and tweets from individuals the FBI disapproved, including parody accounts. The FBI and other federal agencies also browbeat Facebook, Instagram, and many other …

____ (2022-12-30). Xi, Benin president exchange congratulations on 50th anniversary of resumption of diplomatic ties. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday exchanged congratulations with President of Benin Patrice Talon on the 50th anniversary of the resumption of the two countries' diplomatic relations.

A Guest Author (2022-12-30). STOP U.S. Wars: MLK Week of Actions Jan. 13-22. workers.org This lightly edited call to action is from the United National Antiwar Coalition. "The greatest purveyor of violence in the world: my own government; I can not be silent." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., April 4, 1967 After more than 75 actions in October, we held a meeting to discuss . . . |

Anonymous669 (2022-12-30). SDF Kick Off Operation To Hunt Down ISIS Cells Near AL-Hawl Camp In Northeastern Syria (Videos). southfront.org On December 29, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) kicked off a large-scale security operation in the northeastern Syrian governorate of…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-12-30). Always Room for More: Zionism's Endless Extremism. orinocotribune.com By Jeremy Salt Dec 24, 2022 | In the latest incarnation of Israeli politics, incoming 'prime minister' Benyamin Netanyahu has given the most extreme figures on an already extreme spectrum the portfolios for 'national security' and settlement-building on the West Bank. | Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party, who has been allocated the national security portfolio, recently called on his settler followers to shoot Palestinians who resist the takeover of their homes and land. That can be taken as a portent of how he intends to do his job. | Ben Gvir's portfolio gives him control over…

Common Dreams (2022-12-30). Rights Advocates Alarmed Over Israel's New 'Fascist, Racist, and Settler' Government. juancole.com By Jessica Corbett | ( Commondreams.org ) Global concerns about the new Israeli government—especially what it means for Palestinians—continued to grow Thursday as Benjamin Netanyahu took the oath of office to again serve as prime minister, this time leading the most far-right and religiously conservative coalition in the country's history. The embattled leader …

WSWS (2022-12-30). The New Year ushers in the fourth year of the COVID pandemic. wsws.org The New Year weekend celebrations will usher in more superspreading events as the United States and the world enter the fourth year of the pandemic.

Juan Cole (2022-12-30). What would the United States be Like if it was like Israel? juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) What would the United States be like if it was like Israel? After the most recent election is held, the president comes out and says that settling North America is the exclusive privilege of white Christians. He is determined to make some parts of the U.S. whiter and more Christian …

news.un (2022-12-30). 2022 Year In Review: Celebrating women fighting for their rights. news.un.org In the last of our Year In Review features, we honour the work of activists helping to protect women's rights, which once again, came under attack in many countries throughout 2022.

Ralph Nader (2022-12-30). The New York Times Is Diminishing Itself. dissidentvoice.org Give the New York Times its due. Its teams of reporters produce more investigations of wrongdoing by entrenched vested interests than does the entire recess-rich, Tuesday-to-Thursday U.S. Congress with all its Committees and Subcommittees. The Times should promptly publish some of its exposes as small books. Their on-the-ground series on the burning Amazon Forest and their series on expanding …

_____ (2022-12-30). Wait a Second! Merkel Did What? strategic-culture.org Merkel, Poroshenko, Even if Merkel had not been accomplice to this grande feat of political mirage and deception, she should be praised for her honesty. Otherwise, merely as a set of mitigating circumstances for 'the Merkel on the political court of justice of history' we could just acknowledge her honest admission that she was a participant in th…

Lynda Carson (2022-12-30). HUD FY 2023 budget saves subsidized housing units for the poor. indybay.org New HUD Budget For FY 2023:…

Richard Becker (2022-12-30). Undisguised Fascists Hold Balance of Power in New Israeli Annexationist Regime. globalresearch.ca

Esther Schrader (2022-12-30). Leading Through Crisis: SPLC's Mississippi state office director honored among 100 most influential Black Americans of 2022. splcenter.org

____ (2022-12-30). Let's Give A Proper Definition. smoothiex12.blogspot.com I mean the term "domination". Often people, understandably, use the term "domination" as a euphemism for the US foreign policy. What many fail to point out is that "domination"–

WSWS (2022-12-30). Socialist candidate Will Lehman exposes massive voter suppression in the UAW elections. wsws.org Lehman's written protest is an encyclopedic historical record of the election, comprehensively detailing every facet of the antidemocratic conspiracy by the entrenched bureaucracy to cling to power by suppressing the vote.

____ (2022-12-30). Nation sets hot pace for science and tech innovation. ecns.cn Cities in Asia have seen outstanding performances at scientific research institutions and on scientific infrastructure, and are pushing the international innovation landscape toward multipolarity and green, low-carbon development.

Anonymous669 (2022-12-30). Hezbollah Mourns Two Fighters Who Were Killed In Missile Attack Near Syria's Greater Idlib (Video). southfront.org Faisal Hassan Kataya (L) and Ahmed Yamen Al-Tatari (R). Via Twitter. | On December 30, Hezbollah mourned two of its fighters who were reportedly killed a day earlier near the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | In a brief statement, the Lebanese group said that Faisal Hassan Kataya and Ahmed Yamen Al-Tatari lost their lives while carrying out their "jihad duty." | Lebanese and Syrians news sources said that the two fighters were killed when militants based in Greater Idlib targ…

Editor (2022-12-30). Scheer & Hedges: They Know Everything About You. scheerpost.com Editor's Note: These are videos taken from the Real News Network, edited into one video for easier viewing experience. All clips belong to the Real News Network, and are being published here because of their timeless commentary, and relevance to the recently exposed corporate state censorship regime revealed in the Twitter Files.

JANET (2022-12-30). Japan's constitutional amendment: a dangerous signal. iacenter.org

Anonymous669 (2022-12-30). Iraqi Air Force Eliminated 13 Terrorists Of ISIS In Diyala Within 48 Hours (Videos). southfront.org This file photo shows an Iraqi Air Force AC-208 Cessna Caravan aircrew launch a Hellfire missile during a previous test at a target on the Aziziyah Training Range, south of Baghdad, Nov. 8, 2010. US Army photo by SGT Brandon Bolick. | The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) has eliminated 13 terrorists of ISIS in the eastern province of Diyala in a series of airstrikes which were carried out in coordination with other army formations and the intelligence, the Iraqi Security Media Cell announced on December 30. | The a…

Fight Back (2022-12-30). Che's daughter Alida Guevara condemns the terrorist war on Syria. fightbacknews.org According to a Syrian Arab New Agency December 30 report, Alida Guevara, daughter of Ernesto Che Guevara, condemned the Western-backed terrorist attacks against Syria. | The report states that, during a Friday meeting in Havana with the Syrian Ambassador Ghassan Obaid, Guevara stated, "The terrorist war targeted the Syrian people and distorted their civilization and ancient history, since Syria is a country that resists and rejects all forms of compromise and normalization." | The report continued, "She noted the heroism of the Syrian Arab Army and reaffirmed her support for the Syrian people in their struggle a…

WSWS (2022-12-30). Fifty years since the U.S. Christmas bombing of North Vietnam. wsws.org In one of the greatest crimes of American imperialism in the 20th century, US bombers laid waste to the two largest cities in North Vietnam, Hanoi and Haiphong.

Editor (2022-12-30). State Department Approves $180 Million Arms Sales for Taiwan. scheerpost.com

Staff (2022-12-30). "Angola Do You Hear Us?" Oscar-Shortlisted Doc on Plantation Prison Takes On Mass Incarceration. democracynow.org We look at a remarkable film that follows how acclaimed playwright Liza Jessie Peterson gave a mesmerizing performance of her one-person play "The Peculiar Patriot" at the Louisiana State Penitentiary known as Angola, before authorities stopped it halfway through. "Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison" has just been shortlisted for an Oscar, and Peterson and the film's director, Cinque Northern, join us to describe how they hope to raise awareness about conditions inside the infamous prison.

____ (2022-12-30). Chinese state councilor stresses intelligent construction, safe development of mines. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor Wang Yong on Thursday urged efforts to accelerate the construction of intelligent mines and their safe development.

____ (2022-12-30). Bernhard Gave A Good Treatment… smoothiex12.blogspot.com

WSWS (2022-12-30). France whitewashes December 23 assassination of Kurdish nationalists in Paris. wsws.org The far-right attack on d'Enghien Street in Paris testifies to the growing threat of far-right violence against immigrants, workers and youth across Europe.

Anonymous669 (2022-12-30). Militants Attack Workers Near Government-Held Oil Field In Syria's Deir Ezzor, Kill Ten (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | On December 30, militants attacked several vehicles shuttling workers from and to the government-held al-Taim oil field in the eastern Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor. | The workers were boarding the vehicles, a pickup truck, a van and a mini bus, some two kilometers away from the oil field, which is located in the southwestern Deir Ezzor countryside, when they came under attack. | Director of Operations at the Furat Oil Company,…

WSWS (2022-12-30). Will Lehman discusses his protest to the UAW monitor. wsws.org After widespread vote suppression by the apparatus resulted in a turnout of less than 10 percent in the UAW presidential election, candidate Will Lehman has filed a formal protest arguing that the election is not a legitimate expression of the will of the membership and the results cannot be certified.

____ (2022-12-30). Chinese oral COVID-19 drug equally effective with Paxlovid: study. ecns.cn An oral antiviral agent called VV116, which is a potent anti-COVID-19 drug, is just as effective as Paxlovid in increasing the speed of clinical recovery, according to a scientific study published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2022-12-30). Piden detener a implicados en atentado contra Cristina Kirchner. telesurtv.net La lideresa peronista cuestionó qué necesitarán los jueces para detener a los responsables, "¿Que me maten?".

Left Voice Staff (2022-12-30). We Need a Labor Movement Willing to Challenge the Status Quo. truthout.org Joe Burns, director of collective bargaining with the CWA-AFA union, discusses his new book, Class Struggle Unionism, and the importance of a militant labor movement. Left Voice Staff: Your book Class Struggle Unionism is an increasingly popular text which puts forward important debates on strategy in the labor movement. Can you first tell us what you mean by "class struggle unionism" and why you… |

Anonymous103 (2022-12-30). 2022: Birth Year Of The Multipolar world. southfront.org In 2022, emerging nations made it clear that they are not willing to tolerate the US-led unipolar world order anymore. | Written by 2022 was full of geopolitically important events. Despite being a year marked by conflicts, escalation of tensions and high risks, at the same time it was the mark of an extremely significant multipolar t…

Moon Chung-in (2022-12-30). Fraught shift from 'Asia-Pacific' to 'Indo-Pacific'. asiatimes.com I belong to the generation of "Asia-Pacific," and am rather a stranger to the new idea of "Indo-Pacific." But nowadays, wherever you go — Europe, Japan, South Korea, the United States and even Southeast Asia — "Indo-Pacific" has become the dominant theme. In my opinion, the Indo-Pacific concept is very much based on the traditional …

Hedelberto López Blanch (2022-12-30). 2022 un año calamitoso para el planeta. globalizacion.ca El 2022 se caracterizó por arrastrar los efectos dejados por la pandemia de Covid 19 en años anteriores, una galopante inflación mundial con bajo crecimiento de las economías, dificultades que se acrecentaron con las cientos de "sanciones" que Washington y…

Michael Roberts (2022-12-30). øPuede el capitalismo global aguantar? globalizacion.ca øPuede el capitalismo global aguantar? William Robinson intenta responder a esta pregunta en su libro titulado con la misma pregunta. Robinson es profesor de sociología en la Universidad de California, Santa Bárbara. Con una escritura ágil, Robinson cubre mucho terreno…

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2022-12-30). Cancelan casi 4.000 vuelos tras tormenta invernal en EE.UU. telesurtv.net Los aeropuertos con más cancelaciones son los de Denver (Colorado), Chicago (Illinois), Las Vegas (Nevada), Dallas (Texas) y Baltimore (Maryland).

Staff (2022-12-30). Lula anuncia el resto de su gabinete. cubadebate.cu El presidente electo de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, quien asumirá el cargo el próximo domingo 1 de enero, anunció los nombres del resto de los ministros que conformarán de manera definitiva su gabinete de Gobierno. Con los anuncios de este jueves quedan cubiertas las 37 carteras del gabinete del futuro Gobierno.

Staff (2022-12-30). Aumenta generación eléctrica: UNE prevé contar con 3 100 MW este viernes. cubadebate.cu Para el horario pico se estima la entrada de la unidad 1 de la CTE Santa Cruz con 80 MW, la subida de 30 MW en la unidad 6 de Energás Jaruco y la entrada de 339 MW en motores diésel. Con este pronóstico, se estima para la hora pico una disponibilidad de 3109 MW y una demanda máxima de 2600 MW.

Staff (2022-12-30). Cristiano Ronaldo firma con el Al Nassr FC, según medios. cubadebate.cu El astro portugués Cristiano Ronaldo ha fichado por el Al Nassr FC de Arabia Saudí, donde militará las próximas dos temporadas, tras un mes de rumores después de que el cinco veces vencedor del Balón de Oro rompiera su relación con el Manchester United inglés durante el Mundial de Qatar, informaron medios saudíes.

Staff (2022-12-30). El tiempo: Tarde calidad con escasas lluvias. cubadebate.cu El cielo estará parcialmente nublado en zonas de la costa norte y con poca nubosidad hacia el interior y sur hasta el final de la mañana cuando se incrementará a parcialmente nublado en gran parte del país, nublándose en la tarde en localidades del interior con escasas lluvias.

Gabriel Loza Tellería (2022-12-30). 2022, øAnnus horribilis? globalizacion.ca El año 2022 pasará a la historia por el momento en que confluyeron tres crisis. La primera, la crisis postcovid que reflejó las consecuencias del Gran Confinamiento con la interrupción de las cadenas de abastecimiento mundial y de las políticas…

Staff (2022-12-30). Tienes 20 segundos para encontrar el perro oculto. cubadebate.cu Observa bien y no te confundas, pues a simple vista podrás ver a un zorro con un pato en su hocico. Como sucede en la mayoría de estos acertijos visuales, los usuarios se confiaron y creyeron que sería sencillo resolverlo. No obstante, se encontraron con uno de los retos más complicados de su categoría. øTe vas a confiar?

teleSUR, rzr, DRL (2022-12-30). Anuncian reunión entre talibanes y oficina humanitaria de ONU. telesurtv.net Griffiths acudirá con la intención de resolver la prohibición de que las mujeres trabajen en labores humanitarias…

teleSUR, DRL (2022-12-30). Llega excívico boliviano Luis Fernando Camacho a penal de alta seguridad. telesurtv.net Se corresponde con la decisión de la Justicia boliviana, la cual dictó este viernes cuatro meses de prisión preventiva.

Staff (2022-12-30). Toneladas de esfuerzo por hectárea de tierra. cubadebate.cu Dicen que el hombre tiene en su carácter la sombra y la luz del suelo donde sujeta la vida. Allá, en la zona de La Cuba el guajiro ha encontrado la prosperidad en los terrenos ferralíticos rojos. Uno se da cuenta cuando habla con gente humilde, nativas y migrantes que llegaron desde territorios del Este del Caimán Antillano.

Staff (2022-12-30). Registran aumento del desempleo en Chile. cubadebate.cu La tasa de desocupación en Chile se situó en el 7,9 por ciento durante el trimestre móvil septiembre-noviembre, según los resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Empleo (ENE) que aplica el Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas de Chile (INE) y fueron divulgados este jueves."La cifra significó un aumento de 0,4 puntos porcentuales (pp.) en doce meses.

teleSUR, SH (2022-12-30). Venezuela alcanzó las 4.400.000 viviendas entregadas en 2022. telesurtv.net El presidente venezolano anunció la aprobación del Plan Anual de Hábitat y Vivienda, que contempla la meta de construir 0 mil viviendas en el 2023.

Staff (2022-12-30). Revelan que la CIA está involucrada en campaña de sabotajes contra Rusia. cubadebate.cu La Agencia Central de Inteligencia de Estados Unidos (CIA) utiliza los servicios de espionaje de un aliado europeo de la OTAN para sabotajes en Rusia, según reveló un artículo que circula hoy en la prensa digital.

Juan Carlos Ramírez Figueroa (2022-12-30). Chile redefine su camino constitucional cediendo el protagonismo al Congreso. globalizacion.ca Sin mayor participación ciudadana, los partidos políticos acaban de establecer un nuevo proceso constituyente tras el rechazo mayoritario a la nueva Carta Magna en septiembre pasado. Después de tres meses de negociaciones, se retomó el proceso constituyente en Chile. | Esto,…

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2022-12-30). Palestina rechaza intenciones anexionistas del Gobierno de Israel. telesurtv.net El Ministerio palestino insistió que la coalición israelí de racistas y opositores declarados está adoptando una agenda de expansión colonial.

Staff (2022-12-30). Oficina de Marcas y Patentes de EEUU falla a favor de Cubatabaco en litigio por derechos de Cohíba. cubadebate.cu Habanos, S.A., líder mundial en la comercialización de cigarros cubanos premium, incluido COHIBA, celebra el fallo del Tribunal de la Oficina de Marcas y Patentes de los Estados Unidos (TTAB) del 20 de diciembre de 2022 a favor de la Empresa Cubana del Tabaco tras décadas de lucha por los derechos de la marca comercial COHIBA para cigarros en Estados Unidos.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2022-12-30). Costa Rica suma 70 casos de mpox durante 2022. telesurtv.net La cartera de salud puntualizó que los casos reportados son del sexo masculino en el rango de edad de 21 a 73 años.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2022-12-30). Autoridades de Siria decomisan armas en almacén de Daesh. telesurtv.net Según el texto se hallaron fusiles automáticos, ametralladoras, lanza granadas, misiles antiblindajes, antiaéreos, artefactos explosivos, morteros, balas y demás municiones.

Staff (2022-12-30). Conozca las tasas vigentes en el mercado cambiario cubano este 30 de diciembre. cubadebate.cu Con el objetivo de mantener a sus lectores informados, Cubadebate comparte las tasas de cambio para diferentes divisas extranjeras vigentes este viernes 30 de diciembre en el mercado cambiario del país.

teleSUR, MER (2022-12-30). Hackean canal de YouTube de teleSUR en español. telesurtv.net La denuncia fue realizada por la presidenta del multimedio, la periodista Patricia Villegas.

Staff (2022-12-30). Mincin informa sobre la distribución de productos normados del mes de enero. cubadebate.cu La leche para los niños, dietas para embarazadas y enfermedades crónicas de la infancia, se asegura, distribuyéndose disponibilidades que respaldan los consumos de leche en polvo hasta el 10 de enero para los niños. Está asegurada la entrega del pollo de diciembre, que incluye las distribuciones atrasadas.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2022-12-30). ONU llama a hacer de 2023 un año de paz. telesurtv.net "Juntos, hagamos que 2023 sea un año en el que la paz vuelva a nuestras vidas", dijo Guterres.

Staff (2022-12-30). Una casa en mi canción, trovada poética para Haydée Santamaría. cubadebate.cu El proyecto Callejas entregó una donación de sus libros manufacturados y se entregó la moneda 50 Aniversario del Movimiento de la Nueva Trova a Miriela Mijares, trovadora pinareña y a Eliot Porta, músico y destacado promotor cultural villaclareño.

Staff (2022-12-30). Guerra mediática: No la hemos entendido. cubadebate.cu Está bajo amenaza la cordura social. El arsenal mediático monopólico se organiza y se despliega en todos sus frentes camuflados como entretenimiento, como iglesias mediáticas, como noticiarios y como programas de concursos. Las mesas de redacción y las direcciones editoriales están infestadas por "servicios" de inteligencia y espionaje.

Staff (2022-12-30). Chequea ministro de Salud Pública recuperación de instituciones en Pinar del Río. cubadebate.cu Severos daños provocó el Huracán Ian a su paso por Pinar del Río en las instituciones de Salud de esta provincia. Este viernes visitamos varias de ellas y también otras donde se realizan acciones para ampliar los servicios que se brindan a la población, informó José Angel Portal Miranda. En el Policlínico "1ro de Enero", inició el recorrido.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2022-12-30). Decretan tres días de luto por fallecimiento de Pelé en Brasil. telesurtv.net Pelé, considerado por muchos el mejor futbolista de todos los tiempos, falleció este jueves a la edad de 82 años en el hospital Albert Einstein de Sao Paulo.

Staff (2022-12-30). Grupos extremistas atacan edificios públicos en Santa Cruz, Bolivia. cubadebate.cu Grupos extremistas y progolpistas bolivianos incendiaron este viernes las instalaciones de la Autoridad de Bosques y Tierras (ABT) y atacaron el edificio de Impuestos Nacionales mientras destrozaron la fachada de la televisora estatal Entel en el departamento boliviano de Santa Cruz.

teleSUR, DRL (2022-12-30). Estado de salud de Josep Ratzinger es "grave", dice el Vaticano. telesurtv.net Numerosos obispos del mundo se sumaron a la solicitud de oraciones del papa Francisco por el papa Emérito Benedicto XVI.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2022-12-30). Fiscalía de Bolivia imputa al gobernador Luis Fernando Camacho. telesurtv.net El ente judicial solicitó la detención preventiva del gobernador santacruceño en el Centro Penitenciario de Chonchocoro, en La Paz.

Staff (2022-12-30). Qué trae la prensa cubana, viernes 30 de diciembre de 2022. cubadebate.cu

Staff (2022-12-30). Denuncia TeleSur hackeo de su canal de YouTube. cubadebate.cu El canal de YouTube de la multiplataforma informativa teleSUR en español fue hackeado este jueves. Así lo denunció la presidenta del multimedio, la periodista Patricia Villegas, además de solicitar apoyo a ese sitio web para recuperar el control.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2022-12-30). Lula anuncia a los últimos ministros de su Gobierno en Brasil. telesurtv.net Como jefe de la Oficina de Seguridad Institucional (GSI, siglas en portugués) fue designado Marcos Edson Gonçalves Dias.

teleSUR, SH (2022-12-30). Venezuela alcanzó las 4.400.000 viviendas entregadas en el 2022. telesurtv.net El presidente venezolano anunció la aprobación del Plan Anual de Hábitat y Vivienda, que contempla la meta de construir 0 mil viviendas en el 2023.

teleSUR, MER (2022-12-30). Fallece el exfutbolista brasileño Pelé a los 82 años. telesurtv.net El astro del fútbol brasileño fue ingresado el pasado 29 de noviembre al Hospital Albert Einstein de Sao Paulo.

teleSUR, SH (2022-12-30). Cifran en 25 los muertos en el incendio en un hotel en Camboya. telesurtv.net En un primer reporte, la cifra de fallecidos a raíz del incendió en el Grand Diamond City, se ubicó en 10 y horas más tarde subió a 19.

teleSUR, SH (2022-12-30). Mueren 10 trabajadores petroleros en ataque terrorista en Siria. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a la agencia oficial siria, Sana, un total de seis trabajadores resultaron heridos en el ataque.

teleSUR, SH (2022-12-30). Juez boliviano dicta cuatro meses de prisión a gobernador de Santa Cruz. telesurtv.net La audiencia contra el gobernador Camacho transcurrió durante más de nueve horas, en la que la Fiscalía pedía seis meses de prisión para el gobernador.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2022-12-30). Desempleo en Chile llega al 7,9% en trimestre septiembre – noviembre. telesurtv.net El dato representó un aumento de 0,4 puntos porcentuales, considerando el alza de la fuerza de trabajo en 4,3 por ciento.

teleSUR, rzr, DRL (2022-12-30). Protestan contra propuesta institucional del Gobierno haitiano. telesurtv.net Fue rechazado particularmente el pedido de intervención militar y el proyecto de sufragios por considerarse una farsa.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2022-12-30). Presidente Joe Biden aprueba presupuestos para 2023. telesurtv.net Los presupuestos, aprobados ya por el Congreso incluyen 45.000 millones de dólares en ayuda militar a Ucrania.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2022-12-30). Ecuador reporta el mayor índice de muertes violentas en décadas. telesurtv.net En este sentido, los datos apuntan que en 2010 la tasa de homicidios intencionales era de 17,5.

teleSUR, MER (2022-12-30). Expresan condolencias tras fallecimiento del exfutbolista Pelé. telesurtv.net Pelé es el único futbolista en la historia que ha ganado tres Copas del Mundo.

teleSUR, ACH, JGN, SH (2022-12-30). øCómo se creó la URSS y qué impacto tuvo en el mundo. telesurtv.net La Unión Soviética o URSS estuvo conformada por cuatro repúblicas socialistas: Rusia, Transcaucasia, Ucrania y Bielorrusia.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2022-12-30). Grupos golpistas incendian edificios públicos en Santa Cruz y Cochabamba, Bolivia. telesurtv.net Los ataques ocurren cuando Camacho aguarda la audiencia cautelar para definir si se defenderá en libertad o en prisión.

scorinoco (2022-12-30). Bolivia: Camacho Evaded 4 Court Summons to Testify in Coup D'État I Case. orinocotribune.com Luis Fernando Camacho, the governor of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, avoided testifying in the Coup d'Etat I case at least four times, defying the summons of the Attorney General's Office. | During the Bolivian extreme right's 36-day strike in Santa Cruz demanding that the national census be carried out in 2023, Camacho, who was one of the principal figures in the coup against Evo Morales in 2019, stated that he would not go to La Paz and turn himself in to the judiciary. | "If they want to send me to prison, let them come to my town, because I am not going to go and turn myself in to Masismo as they want me to," Camacho…

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2022-12-30). Presidente chileno quiere una Constitución "mínima, más neutra" telesurtv.net El mandatario señaló que "yo creo que Elisa Loncon está equivocada respecto a eso. Esto es un proceso democrático".

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