2024-04-24: News Headlines

Tamara Pearson (2024-04-24). How to Not Get Along With Apocalypses in Other Countries. counterpunch.org Gaza is a US-backed apocalypse and all of the Global South has been living through various grades and shades of apocalypse for decades and centuries. Ignored starvation, colonization, massacres and coups, torture, media belittlement, and erasure of identity, culture and history. No or limited water and health care, and someone else controlling (robbing) resources and

Medea Benjamin, Antiwar. (2024-04-24). Will The Freedom Flotilla Sail To Gaza? popularresistance.org The non-violence training to join the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ships to Gaza has been intense. As hundreds of us from 32 countries gathered in Istanbul, we were briefed about what we might encounter on this voyage. “We have to be ready for every possibility,” our trainers insisted. | The best scenario, they said, is that our three ships—one carrying 5,500 tons of humanitarian aid and two carrying the passengers — will reach Gaza and accomplish our mission. Another scenario would be that the Turkish government might cave to pressure from Israel, the United States and Germany, and prevent the boats…

Monica Moorehead (2024-04-24). U.S. student encampments demand: Divest from Israeli apartheid! workers.org April 22 — The global struggle in solidarity with the Palestinians against the horrific U.S./Israeli genocide since October 7 has become a major focus on U.S. college campuses. Prestigious Columbia University, located in Harlem, New York, has become ground zero in the campaign to divest funds supporting the apartheid Israeli . . . |

scorinoco (2024-04-24). Palestinian Movement Masar Badil: Stand With Columbia Students! Hands Off Joseph Massad! orinocotribune.com By Masar Badil — Apr 22, 2024 | The following is the statement of the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path movement, Masar Badil, in support of the students of Columbia University and other US institutes of higher education who are walking out of classes and demonstrating in support of Palestine and against the US academia’s association with the Zionist entity. | We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, stand with the students at Columbia University who have undertaken a Gaza Solidarity Encampment, confronting harsh repression from the university administration and New York Police Department,…

WSWS (2024-04-24). Columbia University threatens to deploy National Guard as mass arrests of anti-genocide protesters continue. wsws.org On Tuesday night, leaders of the student protest at Columbia University revealed that the university administration had threatened in negotiations to deploy the National Guard to crush the encampment.

ptcnews.tv (2024-04-24). Escalating anger at US universities amid heightened Gaza protests. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: Escalating frustrations with university administrations and law enforcement have heightened tensions on multiple US campuses, following days of demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine. The protests have led to numerous arrests and the suspension of classes.Some of the nation’s most esteemed universities have been thrust into turmoil as students and activists occupy campus spaces, expressing outrage over the Israel-Hamas conflict and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. | At Columbia University in New York, which has become a hub for the spreading protests, organisers are demanding that the univer…

Staff (2024-04-24). Edward Said Warned Against Anti-Palestinian McCarthyism. scheerpost.com Protests in and around Columbia University in support of Palestine and against Israeli occupation. A side gate by the bookstore where the crowd is—inside and out. SWinxy, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Seraj Assi / Common Dreams Students across the United States are rising up against Israel’s genocide in Gaza, bringing to memory …

ptcnews.tv (2024-04-24). Escalating anger at US universities amid heightened Gaza protests. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: Escalating frustrations with university administrations and law enforcement have heightened tensions on multiple US campuses, following days of demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine. The protests have led to numerous arrests and the suspension of classes.Some of the nation’s most esteemed universities have been thrust into turmoil as students and activists occupy campus spaces, expressing outrage over the Israel-Hamas conflict and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. | At Columbia University in New York, which has become a hub for the spreading protests, organisers are demanding that the univer…

nationofchange.org (2024-04-24). Historic Gaza protests at Columbia U. enter day 6; campus protests spread across country Solidarity protests and encampments have now sprouted up on campuses across the country, including at Yale, MIT, Tufts, NYU, The New School and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | | By Amy Goodman

Peoples Dispatch (2024-04-24). Columbia University threatens to deploy National Guard to evict Gaza solidarity encampment. peoplesdispatch.org

David Swanson (2024-04-24). 200 Caring People Are Ready to Sail on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza. worldbeyondwar.org Morale is running high among the 200 volunteers from all over the world preparing to sail on the freedom flotilla to Gaza. #WorldBEYONDWar…

Editor (2024-04-24). Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza? scheerpost.com By Medea Benjamin / CounterPunch The non-violence training to join the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ships to Gaza has been intense. As hundreds of us from 32 countries gathered in Istanbul, we were briefed about what we might encounter on this voyage. “We have to be ready for every possibility,” our trainers insisted. The best scenario, …

Jake Johnson (2024-04-24). Senate Approves $95B Package With $17B in Unconditional Military Aid for Israel. truthout.org With the support of nearly 80% of the chamber’s lawmakers, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved a sprawling foreign aid package that includes $17 billion in unconditional military assistance for the Israeli government as it ramps up its catastrophic assault on the Gaza Strip. The final vote on the $95 billion package, which also included military aid for Ukraine and Taiwan, was 79-18… |

Staff (2024-04-24). “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel”: 100s Arrested at Jewish-Led Protest Near Schumer’s Home. democracynow.org Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Brooklyn on Tuesday when Jewish New Yorkers and allies gathered for what they called a “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel” on the second night of Passover. The demonstration, held one block away from the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, came just hours before the Senate overwhelmingly approved a $95 billion foreign aid package that includes about $17 billion in arms and security funding to Israel. “At the core of the Passover story is that we cannot be free until all people are free,” Beth Miller, the political director of Jewis…

Peoples Dispatch (2024-04-24). Tiktok ban signed into law. peoplesdispatch.org On Wednesday, April 24, the US President Joe Biden signed controversial legislation to force the Chinese parent company of the popular social media platform Tiktok to either sell the app to a US-based company, or be banned in the United States. | The new law is the latest iteration of the ongoing new Cold War against China, dubbing Tiktok a “foreign adversary controlled application.” | This law is part of a larger USD 95 billion foreign aid package to further US imperialist involvement around the globe, sending billions of dollars to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Combined, the legislation passed in the Senate by a…

Dave DeCamp (2024-04-24). China Says US Military Aid for Taiwan Increases Risk of Conflict. news.antiwar.com China on Wednesday denounced new US military aid for Taiwan that’s included in a massive $95 billion foreign aid bill President Biden has signed into law, warning that it will make a conflict more likely. “I would like to stress that getting closer militarily between the United States and the Taiwan region will not make …


Becca Mohally Renk (2024-04-24). Nicaragua: The Good Shepherd. dissidentvoice.org Yesterday I attended mass. Instead of a priest, the mass was celebrated by Nicaraguan children — 10 fourth and fifth grade students. The kids led the congregation in prayers, passing of the peace, read the gospel and shared a homily. They invited congregants to share reflections on the reading — the Good Shepherd — and …

Staff (2024-04-24). Shockwaves to Shattered Defenses: The Myth of Israeli Supremacy Crumbles. mintpressnews.com It’s difficult to overestimate the importance of the operation launched by Hamas and factions of the Palestinian Resistance on October 7, which forever annihilated the prestige of the Israeli army. Yet the strikes launched by Iran on April 13 and 14 are also truly historic. For the first time, the backbone of the Axis of …


Sayed Hasan Hasan (2024-04-24). Shockwaves to Shattered Defenses: The Myth of Israeli Supremacy Crumbles. mintpressnews.com By attacking the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Netanyahu sought to escape the inevitable reality of a bitter military failure and to restore Israel’s illusion of power. As is often the case, he managed to do the exact opposite.

Alan MacLeod (2024-04-24). Amal Clooney’s Silence on Gaza Shows the Limits of Liberalism. orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — Apr 15, 2024 | Amal Clooney, the internationally acclaimed lawyer, is a liberal icon. She and her organization, the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ), never shrink from pronouncing their global verdicts on human rights matters. And yet, despite being Lebanese and of Palestinian descent herself, Time magazine’s 2022 Woman of the Year has maintained complete silence on Israel’s continued bombardment of those very countries — a crime other human rights experts have labeled a genocide. | It has now been six months since the October 7 attack, Israel’s wholesale destruction of Gaza and i…

PACBI (2024-04-24). Palestinians Salute Unprecedented Wave of Protest and Divestment Camps on US Campuses. bdsmovement.net

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-04-24). In This Dystopia, Opposing A Genocide Is Considered Worse Than Committing One. caitlinjohnstone.com.au That’s how crazy they need us to be to keep us supporting a globe-spanning empire that literally cannot exist without nonstop violence and tyranny.

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-04-24). Stopping The Slaughter In Gaza Is More Important Than Your Feelings. caitlinjohnstone.com.au Your feelings are not more important than Palestinian lives.

Friends of Gayle McLaughlin, RCF, FPM (2024-04-24). Friday 4/26: Ceasefire -Free Palestine: Richmond Peace Vigil. indybay.org Sacramento Ave and San Luis Ave | Richmond CA…

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2024-04-24). CovertAction Bulletin: Student Encampments Resist for Palestine. covertactionmagazine.com Student protests in solidarity with Palestine have set up protests and encampments on campuses across the country from Columbia, NYU and the New School in New York to Berkeley, Stanford and Cal Poly Humboldt in California. Students are demanding that their universities—many of them among the most elite in the country with giant endowments—divest from weapons manufacturers and Israeli companies. They’re being met with fierce repression by police, but along with solidarity from faculty and supporters in their cities, the movement is continuing and growing…

Joel Sucher (2024-04-24). Martin Scorsese: When the FBI came a-calling. covertactionmagazine.com Ah, Killers of the Flower Moon! An intriguing and brutal story that offers a window into early efforts of J. Edgar Hoover to kick over the murderous rocks and uncover the plot that plagued the Osage Indian Nation in the 1920s. It is an enthralling tale of crime, greed and the pursuit of justice—with Martin …

Binoy Kampmark (2024-04-24). Warring Against Encryption: Australia is Coming for Your Communications. dissidentvoice.org On April 16, Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, issued with authoritarian glee legal notices to X Corp and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to remove material within 24 hours depicting what her office declared to be “gratuitous or offensive violence with a high degree of impact and detail”. The relevant material featured a …

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2024-04-24). The Government’s Propaganda of Fear and Fake News. dissidentvoice.org It is the function of mass agitation to exploit all the grievances, hopes, aspirations, prejudices, fears, and ideals of all the special groups that make up our society, social, religious, economic, racial, political. Stir them up. Set one against the other. Divide and conquer. That’s the way to soften up a democracy. ‚Äï J. Edgar …

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2024-04-24). Divide and Conquer: The Government’s Propaganda of Fear and Fake News. dissidentvoice.org “Nothing is real,” observed John Lennon, and that’s especially true of politics. Much like the fabricated universe in Peter Weir’s 1998 film The Truman Show, in which a man’s life is the basis for an elaborately staged television show aimed at selling products and procuring ratings, the political scene in the United States has devolved …

Tamara Nassar (2024-04-24). “Deadliest days” in the West Bank. electronicintifada.net Israel rampages through Nur Shams refugee camp.

David Cronin (2024-04-24). Genocide profiteer IBM wins big on EU funding. electronicintifada.net AI project approved before Israel’s war against Gaza.

Germán Gorraiz López (2024-04-24). Netanyahu and Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2024-04-24). Apr 24, 2024. sitrepworld.info Edwin Starr — War, What is it good for? (with Vietnam War footage) Enabling Genocide Is OK, Hush Money Not OK. What a country! by Bill Astore US students revolt against the genocide of the Palestinians, Everywhere… Edward Said Warned of Anti-Palestine McCarthyism on Campus, by Seraj Assi Stopping The Slaughter In Gaza Is More Important Than Your Feelings, by Caitlin Johnstone The Psychospiritual Roots of the Israel-Palestine Tragedy, by Rich Forer Yosef Weitz: Israel’s Architect of Ethnic Cleansing, by Stefan Moore Israeli Squatter-Settlers in West Bank Expanding at Fastest Rate in Hi…

Tareq S. Hajjaj, Mondoweiss. (2024-04-24). Bakeries Finally Reopen In Northern Gaza. popularresistance.org Lines of thousands of Palestinians with pale faces covered with sweat and smoke. Lean and hungry bodies, standing in a long line for hours, almost the entire day, from morning until night, standing in place. | They are all residents and families of the northern Gaza Strip are happy today despite their exhaustion and hunger, which has continued for six months. | This is a day of satisfaction, as bakeries finally operated again this past week for the first time since the beginning of the war in October 2023. They were able to distribute bread to people who had been living through a famine during which they lost the…

Angela (2024-04-24). Thursday 5/2: Webinar: Anatomy of a Genocide: A Conversation with Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese. indybay.org Zoom | bit.ly/gazanlg

unitedEditor (2024-04-24). UWI reveals secret documents: How the Kyiv regime surveils Muslims over the Palestine issue. unitedworldint.com By Yiƒüit Saner The Kyiv regime is persecuting, denouncing, and linking Ukrainian Muslim religious scholars, citizens and institutions that criticize the genocide against the Palestinians to “Islamic terrorism”. The documents you are about to read expose the attitude of the Zelensky administration towards Muslims under American pressure and to curry favor with Israel. The internal …

WSWS (2024-04-24). Mobilize workers against the French police state’s ban on opposition to the Gaza genocide! wsws.org The Parti de l’égalité socialiste condemns police prosecutions of union officials and members of the France Unbowed party over their statements in solidarity with Gaza.

Màºcahit Bozdoƒüan (2024-04-24). The Armenian Genocide: Mass Murders of a Liberal Nationalist Regime. muslimskeptic.com “And do not incline toward those who do wrong, lest you be touched by the Fire, and you would not have other than Allah any protectors; then you would not be helped.”

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-04-24). In This Dystopia, Opposing A Genocide Is Considered Worse Than Committing One. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | All the frenzied shrieking about pro-Palestine protests at universities these last few days makes it clear that our civilization is so twisted and insane that it sees protesting a genocide as far worse than committing one. Which is about as backwards as any society could possibly be. | Seriously, try to imagine a crazier, more upside-down civilization than one which gets more angry at people protesting genocidal atrocities than it does at people committing them. A civilization where people wear their pants on their head and walk backwards all day? T…

Editor (2024-04-24). Bipartisan backing for genocide. workers.org The movement in the U.S. that has taken on the challenge of stopping the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide against Palestine has raised three big “NOs”: No invasion of Rafah! No U.S. arms to Israel! No war on Iran! Besides killing or wounding more than 100,000 Gaza inhabitants, half of them children, . . . |

WSWS (2024-04-24). Biden launches police-state crackdown at US universities. wsws.org The Biden administration, in alliance with the fascist-led Republican Party, has moved to criminalize political opposition to the Gaza genocide, the greatest war crime of the 21st century.

Students for a Democratic Society SJSU (2024-04-24). Wednesday 4/24: No Tech for Genocide! SJSU Boycott Rally. indybay.org San Jose State University Student Union Patio…

WSWS (2024-04-24). Biden launches police-state crackdown at US universities. wsws.org The Biden administration, in alliance with the fascist-led Republican Party, is criminalizing political opposition to the Gaza genocide, the greatest war crime of the 21st century.

Staff (2024-04-24). French MP hauled before COPS for stating the truth about Israel’s genocide in Gaza. thecanary.co The leader of the left-wing MPs’ coalition in the French parliament was summoned for questioning by police on Tuesday 23 April. It was over an investigation into suspected justification of “terrorism” over comments on 7 October attack by Hamas on Israel. In reality, the politician was stating the truth: that the Hamas attack came off …

Faculty, Staff for Justice in Palestine, Georgia (2024-04-24). Morehouse College, get on the right side of history, rescind your invitation to President Biden. mondoweiss.net Faculty members are calling on Morehouse College to rescind its invitation to Joe Biden to speak at its 2024 commencement: “Any college or university that gives its commencement stage to President Biden in this moment is endorsing genocide.”

WSWS (2024-04-24). Defend democratic rights! Support the anti-genocide resolution at Austin Community College! wsws.org The ACC IYSSE club urges students to support the resolution being put before the Student Government Association defending pro-Palestinian groups and individuals from the bipartisan witch hunt, as part of the beginnings of a political counteroffensive in defense of democratic rights.

Michael Arria (2024-04-24). AIPAC stayed out of Pennsylvania so they wouldn’t lose to Summer Lee again. mondoweiss.net Rep. Summer Lee easily won her primary in Pennsylvania’s 12th district. Israel lobby groups stayed out of the race as support for Palestine surges among Democratic voters. “Opposing genocide is good politics and good policy,” Lee said after winning.

WSWS (2024-04-24). Australia: Workers and youth in Melbourne explain why they support the SEP’s electoral member campaign. wsws.org The SEP has received an important initial response, amid widespread hostility towards the major parties and an anti-war politicisation fuelled by outrage over the ongoing US- and Australian-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza.

unitedEditor (2024-04-24). UWI reveals secret documents: How the Kyiv regime surveils Muslims over the Palestine issue. uwidata.com By Yiƒüit Saner The Kyiv regime is persecuting, denouncing, and linking Ukrainian Muslim religious scholars, citizens and institutions that criticize the genocide against the Palestinians to “Islamic terrorism”. The documents you are about to read expose the attitude of the Zelensky administration towards Muslims under American pressure and to curry favor with Israel. The internal …

Vijay Prashad (2024-04-24). Elites in the global north are scared to talk about Palestine. mronline.org While people across the world have been taking bold action in support of Palestine, the global north ruling class has used all tools at its disposal to support Israel’s genocide and criminalize solidarity.

WSWS (2024-04-24). Number of bodies found in Palestinian hospital mass graves rises to 310 as Israel prepares assault on Rafah. wsws.org The horrific discovery over the past 72 hours provides further evidence of Israel’s imperialist-backed genocide against the Palestinians, which is set to escalate imminently due to the looming assault on the more than 1.5 million Palestinians struggling to survive in Rafah.

Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine Coalition (2024-04-24). Announcing the Harvard University Liberated Zone. mondoweiss.net The Harvard University Out Of Occupied Palestine Coalition has established a Liberated Zone to call for an end to Harvard’s moral and material complicity in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-04-24). “Fake Justice” at The Hague: The ICJ “Appoints” Netanyahu to “Prevent” and “Punish” Those Responsible for “Genocidal Acts” globalresearch.ca Netanyahu, Galant, Ben-Gvir, Katz, Smotrich, et al are the architects of Genocide. Yet they have been assigned by the ICJ with a mandate “To Prevent and Punish” those who have committed “genocidal acts”

Staff (2024-04-24). Headlines for April 24, 2024. democracynow.org Senate OKs $95 Billion for Ukraine, Israel & Taiwan, U.S. Refuses to Back U.N. Calls for Probe into Mass Graves at Gaza Hospitals, Seder in the Streets: Hundreds Arrested in Brooklyn Protesting U.S. Arming of Israel, Crackdown Continues on College Campuses Against Pro-Palestinian Students, National Enquirer Publisher Admits to “Catch and Kill” Effort to Help Trump Win in 2016, Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Idaho’s Near-Total Abortion Ban, Rep. Summer Lee Wins Primary: “Opposing Genocide Is Good Politics and Good Policy”, Ahead of Blinken Visit, China Condemns U.S. for Placing Mi…

Staff (2024-04-24). Bringing it all back home — The Grayzone live. youtube.com Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the importance of Columbia U’s Gaza encampment, the pro-Israel backlash against the growing protest movement, and apparent efforts to sabotage the demonstrations from within. They will also cover the vote by US Congress to spend $90 billion on disastrous conflicts in two theaters and a potential new one against …

infobrics (2024-04-24). Russian Universities Foster Dialogue on BRICS Cooperation. infobrics.org Russian universities are taking the lead in exploring cooperation opportunities within the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) grouping and its expanded BRICS+ format…

infobrics (2024-04-24). “This is your problem now”: US leaving Ukraine for Europe to deal with – French expert. infobrics.org Washington no longer believes in the Kiev regime’s victory over Russia.

infobrics (2024-04-24). UK entering ‘war footing’ economy. infobrics.org Western countries are being deceived by their own propaganda about an “inevitable” war with Russia in the near future.

infobrics (2024-04-24). What Russia’s deployment of long-range missiles means for Scandinavia. infobrics.org When taking only the 9M723 hypersonic missiles into account, the immediate danger for any larger troop concentrations in Finland lies in its speed and destructive power. However, this is only one of the two notable versions of the missiles that “Iskander-M” uses. The other is the 9M729, essentially a land-based iteration of the “Kalibr” family of cruise missiles. Its range has been a matter of debate for quite some time now, but it could be around 2500 km, meaning that the entire Scandinavia would be covered, including Sweden and Norway.

infobrics (2024-04-24). Iran, Russia Finalizing Agreement for Constructing Rasht-Astara Railway. infobrics.org Tehran and Moscow are finalizing the draft of a contract for the implementation of the agreement to construct the Rasht-Astara Railway…

infobrics (2024-04-24). Mutual Respect Benefit and Harmony Without Unification Are Important Principles of Interstate Relations. infobrics.org Russian-Chinese cooperation in global and regional affairs has accumulated rich experience and has an effective platform such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the BRICS mechanism. In 2024, Sino-Russian strategic interaction will be even more colourful, writes Li Yongquan, Director of the Institute for the Social Development of Europe and Asia of the Research Centre of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China…

teleSUR (2024-04-24). Israel Mobilizes Reserve Brigades for Fighting in Gaza. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces mobilized two more reserve brigades to prepare for ground operations in the Gaza Strip. | RELATED: | The brigades, which have so far operated near Israel’s northern border, have heightened their readiness for ground operations in Gaza through a series of training, the Israeli Army said. | “The soldiers practiced combat techniques and learned the main insights and lessons from the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-04-24). Why Israel Is Not Punished but Cuba Is. libya360.wordpress.com Marc VanderpitteSome believe and others like to proclaim that international politics is based on values and good intentions. The treatment of Israel and Cuba completely destroys that belief. Where is the logic? Cuba, a country that harms no one and sends more doctors around the world than the World Health Organization, has been harshly sanctioned…

Democracy Now! (2024-04-24). Pro-Palestinian Campus Encampments Spread Nationwide Amid Mass Arrests at Columbia, NYU & Yale. indybay.org April 23, 2024 – Palestinian solidarity protests and encampments are appearing on college campuses from Massachusetts to California to protest Israel’s attacks on Gaza and to call for divestment from Israeli apartheid.

Unitarian Universalists of San Francisco (2024-04-24). Sunday 5/5: Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire. indybay.org 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, 94109 | or Zoom: | zoom.us/j/97518810812?pwd=cG9KZ1J3aFJjaX…

Staff (2024-04-24). Over 3,660 Palestinians being held in Israel under administrative detention: Rights groups. muslimmirror.com RAMALLAH, Palestine : More than 3,660 Palestinians are being held under administrative detention in Israeli prisons, the highest number since 1967, prisoners’ rights groups said Tuesday. “As of the beginning of April, more than 3,660 Palestinians were being held under administrative detention in Israeli occupation prisons, marking 200 days since the continuous aggression in Gaza,” …

Physicians for Human Rights Israel (2024-04-24). oPt: Position Paper: The Consequences of Settler Violence and Forced Displacement on the Health and Wellbeing of Palestinian Communities in Area C (March 2024)[EN/AR/HE]. reliefweb.int Country: occupied Palestinian territory | Source: Physicians for Human Rights Israel | Please refer to the attached files. | Since October, Israel has escalated its land expropriation efforts in Area C of the occupied West Bank, along with the expulsion of dozens of Palestinian shepherding communities. Consequently, these communities have been severed from their traditional ways of life and means of livelihood, depriving them of crucial water sources and grazing lands essential for their livestock. Between 2021 and 2023, six communities were expelled, and following the escalation of settler violence since O…

(2024-04-24). CPJ welcomes call by EU’s Borrell on protecting journalists in Israel-Gaza war; urges further action by EU states. Arlene Getz/CPJ Editorial Director

Government of Germany (2024-04-24). oPt: Development Minister Schulze agrees initiative for employment and stability in the Palestinian territories. reliefweb.int Countries: Germany, occupied Palestinian territory | Source: Government of Germany | Press release 24 April 2024 | Yesterday, German Development Minister Svenja Schulze and the new Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammad Mustafa, agreed to launch an initiative for employment and stability which will also be open for further donors. As a result of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October, the economic situation has deteriorated massively in all of the Palestinian territories. Unemployment in the West Bank has nearly tripled, reaching 40 per cent. The initial target of the initiative for the next three yea…

(2024-04-24). Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war. cpj.org

Qassam Muaddi (2024-04-24). Three days under fire: Palestinians in Tulkarem describe the ‘most violent’ Israeli raid in years. mondoweiss.net “Unprecedented terror” continues to haunt Palestinians in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the northern West Bank, two days after the Israeli army concluded a 52-hour-long invasion which killed 14 residents.

David Swanson (2024-04-24). Talk World Radio: Ontario Teachers and Retirees Demand Divestment from Israeli War Machine. worldbeyondwar.org By Talk World Radio, April 23, 2024 | AUDIO: | Talk World Radio is recorded on Zoom. | Here is VIDEO: | This week on Talk World Radio we’re talking about Ontario Teachers and Retirees Demanding Divestment from the Israeli War Machine. Our guest Dave Szollosy has worked as Director of the Office of Social Justice in Victoria, B.C., high school teacher and president of the Toronto Second…

Vijay Prashad (2024-04-24). Elites in the Global North Are Scared to Talk About Palestine. counterpunch.org Israeli bombs continue to fall on Gaza, killing Palestinian civilians with abandon. Al Jazeera published a story about the destruction of 24 hospitals in Gaza, each of them bombed mercilessly by the Israeli military. Half of the 35,000 Palestinians killed by Israel were children, their bodies littering the overwhelmed morgues and mosques of Gaza. The former United Nations assistant secretary-general for human rights Andrew Gilmour told BBC Newsnight that the Palestinians are experiencing “collective punishment” and that what we are seeing in Gaza is “probably the highest kill rate of any military, killing anybody…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2024-04-24). Mass graves discovered at Nasser Hospital as Israel prepares for Rafah ground invasion. peoplesdispatch.org Two hundred days have passed since Israel began its latest aggression against Gaza, killing more than 34,200 people. As the Israeli armed forces prepare for a ground invasion of Rafah, they continue to devastate the healthcare landscape in the regions north of the area. | Most recently, the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) finally vacated Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after occupying the area for weeks. Similar to Al-Shifa Hospital, Nasser was one of the most important health centers providing care and shelter throughout the war. Similar to Al-Shifa, after the IOF left the hospital grounds, Palestinian civil defen…

Philip Giraldi (2024-04-24). Is the Gaza-Israel Fighting “A False Flag”? They Let It Happen? Their Objective Is “to Wipe Gaza Off the Map”? globalresearch.ca “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas. This is part of our strategy”. Benjamin Netanyahu…

Staff (2024-04-24). Over 3,660 Palestinians being held in Israel under administrative detention: Rights groups. muslimmirror.com RAMALLAH, Palestine : More than 3,660 Palestinians are being held under administrative detention in Israeli prisons, the highest number since 1967, prisoners’ rights groups said Tuesday. “As of the beginning of April, more than 3,660 Palestinians were being held under administrative detention in Israeli occupation prisons, marking 200 days since the continuous aggression in Gaza,” …

David Lloyd (2024-04-24). Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian and the ‘liquidation of all untruths’. mondoweiss.net Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian’s detention confirms what the BDS movement has long argued: Israeli universities are first and foremost instruments of the state and agents of Zionism’s project of dispossession and apartheid rule.

As’Ad AbuKhalil, Consortium News. (2024-04-24). Iran’s Strategic Patience Is Spent. popularresistance.org By all accounts Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel was unprecedented. It wasn’t U.S. ‘shock and awe’ but it was massive, sophisticated and dazzlingly theatrical. | It is too early to assess the damage caused by its combination of missiles and drones. Israel, like the U.S., does not reveal, at least not immediately, the extent of any damage it suffers at the hands of enemies. | It was many years afterward, that we learned, for example, that the Israeli army chief-of-staff had a nervous breakdown in 1967. It was deemed then that the immediate release of such information would have been damaging to morale.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-04-24). Israel’s Plot for a Nuclear Attack on Iran: All Three Major Powers Are Invested in Protecting Israel. libya360.wordpress.com Editorial Comment: Pepe Escobar’s initial disclosure has provoked an intense response. “An F-35 loaded with a nuclear bomb was sent east over Jordan. The mission: cause a high-altitude detonation over Iran that would provoke a surge in the high-capacity power lines, crippling Iran’s electric grid, as well as disabling all electronic devices. An EMP attack….

Staff (2024-04-24). Naomi Klein: Jews Must Raise Their Voices for Palestine, Oppose the “False Idol of Zionism” democracynow.org Thousands of Jewish Americans and allies gathered in Brooklyn on Tuesday for a “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel” on the second night of Passover, held just a block from the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, to protest ongoing U.S. support for the Israeli assault on Gaza. “Too many of our people are worshiping a false idol,” said award-winning author and activist Naomi Klein, one of several speakers at Tuesday’s rally. “They are enraptured by it. They are drunk on it. They are profaned by it. And that false idol is called Zionism.”…

Lisa Chiu (2024-04-24). Independent review finds UNRWA follows neutrality principles. america.cgtn.com An independent report has found that the UN relief agency for Palestinians has established procedures that comply with principles of humanitarian neutrality, and that it has a more developed approach than other similar entities. | Israel alleges that 12 staff members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) participated in the October 7 Hamas attacks, and that 10 percent of the agency’s 32,000 employees have ties to Hamas. | Following the accusations, 16 member states suspended or paused funding to UNRWA, amounting to a loss of around $450 million — at a…

Jake Johnson (2024-04-24). Summer Lee Wins Primary Against Opponent Backed by Billionaire GOP Megadonor. truthout.org Rep. Summer Lee, a member of the progressive “Squad,” won the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District on Tuesday, fending off an opponent whose campaign was backed by a billionaire Republican megadonor and ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Lee, a vocal critic of the Netanyahu government and leading supporter of a cease-fire in Gaza… |

WSWS (2024-04-24). US Senate quickly advances $95 billion global war package. wsws.org On Tuesday, the Senate overwhelmingly voted to invoke cloture on the weapons packages for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as Russia-Iran economic sanctions and a TikTok ban. Biden has already promised to sign the legislation once it reaches his desk.

Scott Ritter (2024-04-24). Scott Ritter debunks rumors of Israeli use of nuclear weapon inside Iran. thealtworld.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-04-24). Israel’s Plot for a Nuclear Attack on Iran: All Three Major Powers Are Invested in Protecting Israel. libya360.wordpress.com Editorial Comment: “An F-35 loaded with a nuclear bomb was sent east over Jordan. The mission: cause a high-altitude detonation over Iran that would provoke a surge in the high-capacity power lines, crippling Iran’s electric grid, as well as disabling all electronic devices. An EMP attack. However… … As the Israeli F-35 was leaving Jordanian…

(2024-04-24). Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war. Mohamed Mandour

Dave DeCamp (2024-04-24). Biden Claims $95 Billion Foreign Military Aid Bill Is Good for ‘World Peace’. news.antiwar.com President Biden on Wednesday signed a $95 billion foreign military aid bill into law and claimed the legislation, which funds the proxy war in Ukraine and Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, is good for “world peace.” “It’s a good day for America, it’s a good day for Europe, and it’s a good day for world …

Thomas Knapp (2024-04-24). US Foreign Policy: “No Daylight” Is Where Peace Dies In Darkness. counterpunch.org “Absent a directed, sustained, and articulated policy of no daylight between the United States and Israel,” Matthew Continetti wrote in the Washington Free Beacon on March 29, “the rift between America and her ally will widen and the world will grow more dangerous.” Proof that Continetti had things completely bass-ackward arrived on April 1, when

Staff (2024-04-24). Israel’s army orders immediate evacuation in Gaza. muslimmirror.com Jerusalem : Israel has ordered residents of the city of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate “urgently” ahead of a new planned onslaught in the area. “You are in a dangerous combat zone,” Avichay Adraee, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), wrote on Tuesday on the social media platform X. …

Staff (2024-04-24). Gaza: 79 Palestinians killed, 86 injured by Israeli bombardment last 24hrs. muslimnews.co.uk By Abdul Adil Gaza City, (Wafa, AA, Al Jazeera): At least 79 more Palestinians were killed and 86 others injured over the last 24 hours by indiscriminate bombings by Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza Strip, territory’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday. This brings total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces to 34,262, including 14,520 …

DLI (2024-04-24). Congress confuses Ukraine with Sudetenland! indybay.org On Saturday, the US House overwhelmingly passed A $95 Billion bill to fund much more violence in Ukraine and Israel (and including some $8 Billion to ramp up military tensions on China). In explaining support for their militant vote, many GOP reps dredged up an absurd analogy to Hitler’s taking over Sudetenland in 1938, to justify their support for military aid to Ukraine.

Editor (2024-04-24). Why Israel is not punished but Cuba is. mronline.org The vastly different treatment of Cuba and Israel illustrates the moral bankruptcy of the Western order, an order that is being taken less and less seriously in the global South. North-South relations are tilting, not only economically, but also ideologically. A new era is beginning.

Bernie Sanders (2024-04-24). Ending Unfettered Military Aid to Israel and Restoring UNRWA Funding. counterpunch.org Remarks before the US Senate. M. President, The Senate will soon vote on a $95 billion supplemental spending package. $95 billion. That’s a lot of money — especially at a time when many Americans are unable to afford their rent or pay their mortgages, pay their bills, afford healthcare, are struggling with student debt or

MEE staff (2024-04-24). War on Gaza: Germany to resume cooperation with Unrwa in Gaza. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Germany to resume cooperation with Unrwa in Gaza | Decision comes after investigation found Israel had provided no evidence to support claims that UN agency staff were involved in Hamas attack on 7 October | | People walk past the damaged Gaza City headquarters of the United Nations Re…

Staff (2024-04-24). Months Ago State Dept. Panel Exposed Israeli Units’ Rights Abuses, But U.S. Arms Keep Flowing. democracynow.org Months ago, a State Department panel urged the Biden administration to disqualify multiple Israeli military and police units from receiving U.S. aid over serious human rights abuses, including rape and torture. According to ProPublica, Secretary of State Blinken received the recommendation in December but has still not taken any action. “[Israeli] Prime Minister Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, they have been publicly and fiercely lobbying against any proposed sanctions,” says ProPublica reporter Brett Murphy. “Gantz said he called Blinken personally and they talked about it. They want him to reverse cou…

Jason Ditz (2024-04-24). Israel DM Claims ‘Half’ of Hezbollah Commanders Killed, the Rest in Hiding. news.antiwar.com Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke to the northern command, reporting that Israel was actively carrying out “offensive action” against targets across southern Lebanon. Gallant also claimed that Israel had killed fully half of all Hezbollah commanders in the south. He bragged that the other half are now in hiding, though he later clarified to …

Fayha Shalash (2024-04-24). Silenced Screams: Untold Stories of the Brutal Israeli Invasion of Nur Shams. palestinechronicle.com

Unitarian Universalists of San Francisco (2024-04-24). Sunday 5/5: Richard Becker of the ANSWER Coalition: “PALESTINE, ISRAEL AND THE U.S. EMPIRE” indybay.org 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, 94109 | or ZOOM: | zoom.us/j/97518810812?pwd=cG9KZ1J3aFJjaX… Meeting ID: 933 4616 4242 | Passcode: 991929…

teleSUR (2024-04-24). Hezbollah Launches New Barrage of Missiles Against Israel. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Islamic Resistance Movement of Lebanon (Hezbollah) confirmed the launch of dozens of rockets against the settlement of Shomera in northern Israel. | RELATED: | Previously, Israeli aircraft bombed a house in Hanine with two missiles, completely destroying it and causing the death of a woman and her minor niece, in addition to leaving at least six others injured. | The Israeli Army confirmed a series of launches from Lebanes…

democracynow (2024-04-24). Jews Must Raise Their Voices for Palestine, Oppose the “False Idol of Zionism” democracynow.org Thousands of Jewish Americans and allies gathered in Brooklyn on Tuesday for a “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel” on the second night of Passover.

SAM (2024-04-24). Congressional Democrats Cave, Give Biden Weapons For Israel After All. progressivehub.net BLAISE MALLEY | RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT…

Staff (2024-04-24). Biden Is Deeply Concerned About Israel’s Behavior, Says Media. youtube.com Biden is very angry, disappointed and concerned with Israeli behavior. At least, that is what successive waves of articles in corporate media tell us. Yet this flies in the face of the president’s actions, which have included repeatedly stating there are no “red lines” Israel can cross, and blocking the United Nations from stopping the …

Staff (2024-04-24). Talk World Radio: Ontario Teachers and Retirees Demand Divestment from Israeli War Machine. davidswanson.org AUDIO: Talk World Radio is recorded on Zoom. Here is this week’s video and all the videos on Youtube. VIDEO: This week on Talk World Radio we’re talking about Ontario Teachers and Retirees Demanding Divestment from the Israeli War Machine. Our guest Dave Szollosy has worked as Director of the Office of Social Justice in …

Editor (2024-04-24). UN Report Demolishes Israeli Propaganda Campaign Against UNRWA. scheerpost.com

Amy Goodman (2024-04-24). Pro-Palestinian campus encampments spread nationwide amid mass arrests at Columbia, NYU & Yale. nationofchange.org Solidarity protests and encampments are appearing on college campuses from Massachusetts to California to protest Israel’s attacks on Gaza and to call for divestment from Israeli apartheid.

Dave DeCamp (2024-04-24). Senate Passes $95 Billion Foreign Military Aid Bill. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday night, the Senate passed a $95 billion spending bill that includes military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan in a vote of 79-18. The bill has already passed through the House and now heads to President Biden’s desk for his signature. Earlier in the day, the Senate rejected an effort by some senators …

Dave DeCamp (2024-04-24). Red Cross Says Rafah Evacuation Not ‘Possible’ as Israel Prepares for Invasion. news.antiwar.com

Anand Naidoo (2024-04-24). The Heat: Israel-Hamas Crisis. america.cgtn.com More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Hamas struck Israel on October 7, according to Hamas officials in Gaza. They report more than 77,000 others have been injured. Tensions are high in the West Bank too with hundreds of Palestinians killed there in recent months. | Meanwhile, concerns are growing over reports of mass graves found at hospitals in Gaza that have been targeted by Israeli raids. Palestinian officials report more than 300 bodies have been uncovered at its medical complex in Khan Younis. What direction is the conflict headed as it nears the seventh month mark? | Joining the disc…

Ali Azgar (2024-04-24). Israel’s war on Gaza live: Israel says ‘moving ahead’ with Rafah operation. muslimnews.co.uk US President Joe Biden signs into law a $95bn aid measure that includes $26bn for Israel and $1bn in humanitarian assistance to Gaza. Israeli government spokesman David Mencer says it is “moving ahead” with its planned military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. . . . . . . . . . . …

Anonymous Contributor (2024-04-24). In Win for Community, Forest Defenders Stop Old Growth Logging After Three Week Blockade in Oregon. itsgoingdown.org Report on successful blockade and tree-sit in so-called southern Oregon that stopped the logging of old-growth forest. For more background on the campaign, go here. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was pressured by activists to remove an area with ancient trees that was set to be logged as part of the Poor Windy project….

Yumna Patel (2024-04-24). The student protests for Palestine are awe-inspiring. But we must not get distracted from Gaza. mondoweiss.net I cannot help but be moved by the wave of protests taking over college campuses across the country. But the protests aren’t the story. Gaza is.

Michael Arria (2024-04-24). “I’ve never seen anything like this momentum before”: a Columbia student organizer on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment. mondoweiss.net An student organizer with Columbia’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment talks to Mondoweiss about the importance of centering Palestine, the campus movement exploding across the U.S., and what happens next.

Staff (2024-04-24). UN Observer Delegation Meets Venezuela’s Electoral Officials. orinocotribune.com A United Nations delegation of electoral experts will join the broad group of international observers who plan to accompany the upcoming Venezuelan presidential elections scheduled for July 28. | A UN exploratory delegation for the July 28 elections were received by the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela on Tuesday, April 23, and a memorandum of understanding was signed for the UN delegation’s participation in the upcoming elections. | On Monday, the team of UN electoral experts was received by the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yván Gil, who discussed with the experts issues related to national s…

Maria Paez Victor (2024-04-24). Games Biden Plays. orinocotribune.com By María Páez Victor — Apr 23, 2024 | During 2023, Washington made formal promises to Venezuela it had no intention of keeping. It is obvious now that the aim was to lay the groundwork for discrediting the upcoming Venezuelan presidential elections, to bolster the extreme, violent opposition parties they favour, and to waste precious diplomatic time and energy of the Venezuelan government. These duplicitous mind games can now be seen for what they are: part of the relentless efforts of successive US administrations to derail the Bolivarian Revolution and gain control over the Venezuelan natural resources, es…

Carlos L. Garrido (2024-04-24). On the Marxist Critique of Heidegger. orinocotribune.com By Carlos L. Garrido — Apr 21, 2024 | How Marxists should approach the critique of Martin Heidegger | Martin Heidegger is undoubtedly one of the most creative and influential philosophers of the 20th century. Virtually all areas of philosophy, along with many other disciplines as well, have had to tackle in one form or another the questions he poses, and the insights he provides. His work grasped the zeitgeist of the 1930s and 40s for most of continental philosophy. It is a tour de force Marxist philosophers must face head on. Simply calling it ‘bourgeois,’ ‘Nazi’, or the expression of the middle-class state…

kwjorinoco (2024-04-24). President Maduro Proposes National Popular Consultations Every 3 Months. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, congratulated those who participated in the National Popular Consultation this Sunday and asked that these sessions be held every three months in order to increase the number of projects executed in the communities. | The head of state said that the National Popular Consultation “is the first step towards a new form of power, towards a new civilization, where in cities so complex, so inhabited, we can build the popular empowerment network, the force of self-government.” | He added that in future consultations, electoral centers must be installed within each community, f…

Staff (2024-04-24). President of Mexico Demands Respect Following US Human Rights Report. orinocotribune.com The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, demanded that the United States should respect the sovereignty of his country, and added that the US is not in the habit of respecting the sovereignty of other nations. | “They are not accustomed to respecting the sovereignty of the people,” AMLO said on Tuesday, April 23. “The US State Department published a report saying that Mexico violates human rights. They think of themselves as the judges of the world. We are respectful to them and they should be respectful to us.” | t.co/7EWuq2oIc8 | — Andrés Manuel (@lopezobrador_) Ana Perdigón (2024-04-24). Dataviva: 53.6% of Venezuelans Will Vote for Nicolás Maduro. orinocotribune.com If the presidential elections were held tomorrow, 53.6% of Venezuelans would vote for the candidate of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) Nicolás Maduro, as revealed by the latest study by the polling company Dataviva. | The study was carried out between April 1 and 15, after taking a sample of 1,828 people throughout the country. | According to the pollster Dataviva, if the presidential elections were held tomorrow, 53.6% of those consulted would vote for the current president Nicolás Maduro. Meanwhile, 8.1% would choose the candidate of the right-wing Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD). | Likewise, 9…

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). Insights丨China-Europe Railway Express hailed as a new artery amid supply chain disruption. ecns.cn As an extensive network of rail services connecting China and Europe, the China-Europe Railway Express (CRE) shows its unique significance as uncertainties like the Red Sea crisis are wreaking havoc on global trade.

Staff (2024-04-24). Repression in Catalonia: Arrests of Palestine solidarity activists and criminalization of the resistance. samidoun.net On March 18, the Mossos d’Esquadra (Editor’s note: autonomous police of Catalonia) arrested 10 comrades in Barcelona, including one of our comrades from Samidoun Catalonia, as part of a coordinated repression operation targeting activists and participants in the day of struggle for Palestine on 7 February in Catalonia. This day of action, convened under the slogan “Estimem la …

Editor (2024-04-24). Industrial Policy Is a Good Idea, but So Far We Don’t Have One. scheerpost.com

Editor (2024-04-24). Edward Said Warned Against Anti-Palestinian McCarthyism. scheerpost.com

Editor (2024-04-24). Senate Passes $95 Billion Foreign Military Aid Bill. scheerpost.com

Editor (2024-04-24). Cruelty of Language — The NYT’s Leaked Gaza Memo. scheerpost.com

teleSUR (2024-04-24). Young Germans Unhappy With Politics and Economic Developments. telesurenglish.net Young people in Germany are increasingly dissatisfied with their living situations, as well as political and socio-economic developments in the country. | RELATED: | Two out of three young Germans aged between 14 and 29 are concerned about consumer prices, which have risen sharply in recent years. Meanwhile, half are worried about expensive housing, and are afraid of poverty in old age, according to the “Youth…

teleSUR (2024-04-24). NATO Drills Near Russian Border Increase Risks of Conflict. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that the upcoming NATO exercises near the Russian border increase the risks of military incidents. | RELATED: | The military exercises of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are scheduled to begin on Friday in Finland near the Russian-Finnish border. | “The alliance continues the practical military development of a once neutral state…

teleSUR (2024-04-24). Colombian Senate Approves President Petro’s Pension Reform. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Colombian Senate approved in a second debate the pension reform promoted by President Gustavo Petro. | RELATED: | The decision was made with 49 votes in favor and four against. Now the project will move to the House of Representatives before becoming law. | “Yes, it was possible, it was possible, it was possible,” shouted the Historic Pact bench after the approval of the pension reform. | Upon knowing about the res…

teleSUR (2024-04-24). Plastic Pollution Negotiations Must Make Significant Progress. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Inger Andersen, the director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), said that a new round of negotiations for a legally binding international treaty to eliminate plastic pollution must make meaningful progress. | RELATED: | The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) is being held in the capital city of Ottawa from April 23 to April 29 to advance the development of…

teleSUR (2024-04-24). US TikTok Ban Is a Case of Digital Protectionism. telesurenglish.net Carme Ferre-Pavia, a professor of communication studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, said that a potential ban in the United States of the TikTok social media app owned by Chinese tech firm ByteDance is “a case of digital protectionism.” | RELATED: | “This is a case of so-called digital protectionism and is a geopolitical issue in which international relations and digital networks are heavily involved but which has noth…

teleSUR (2024-04-24). US Human Rights Report Tramples on Countries’ Sovereignty: AMLO. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) accused the United States of trampling on other countries’ sovereignty with its report on the state of human rights around the globe. | RELATED: | Previously, on Monday, the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023 | “Who are they? Who voted at the United Nations for…

teleSUR (2024-04-24). Gaza is Experiencing the World’s Largest Food Catastrophe. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released the annual report of the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC), which shows that Gaza is the scene of the greatest food catastrophe on the planet in the last two decades. | RELATED: | “The Gaza Strip has the largest number of people experiencing catastrophic hunger ever recorded by the Global Report on Food Crises, even as aid trucks are lined up at th…

teleSUR (2024-04-24). Argentines Take to the Streets to Defend Public Education. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, millions of citizens took to the streets of several Argentine cities to protest against far-right President Javier Milei and his policies against public education. | RELATED: | The city of Cordoba was the scene of the beginning of the marches of students, teachers, professionals, and workers rejecting budget cuts. Throughout the day, millions more Argentines joined the protests, especially in Buenos Aires.

Peter Bach (2024-04-24). Letter from London: A Rich Man is Nothing but a Poor Man with Money. counterpunch.org Even if Taylor Alison Swift lacks the true edge of Lana Del Ray, I wasn’t a million miles from enjoying The Tortured Poets Department: ‘You’re not Dylan Thomas / I’m not Patti Smith / This ain’t the Chelsea hotel / We’re modern idiots’. Still listening while crossing London Bridge, I received a text from a

Derek Seidman (2024-04-24). Corporate Power Has Long Dominated Alabama. Autoworkers May Change That. truthout.org Last week, the United Auto Workers (UAW) notched a historic victory when workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted decisively to unionize. This is the first triumph in the UAW’s ambitious new campaign to organize over a dozen nonunion auto plants across the U.S., especially in the South. Now the focus moves to Vance, Alabama, where 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers will vote on a… |

Chris Walker (2024-04-24). Judge Rejects Trump Lawyer’s Gag Order Defense: “You’re Losing All Credibility” truthout.org New York Justice Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money trial, has so far refused to issue a formal decision over whether Trump violated a gag order in the case, although he chastised Trump’s lawyers on Tuesday for claiming their client was trying to follow the rules imposed on him. Trump has been charged with 34 counts relating to covering up hush money payments to women he… |

Erin Reed (2024-04-24). Despite Violent Threats, Maine Signs Trans and Abortion Sanctuary Bill Into Law. truthout.org On Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills of Maine signed LD 227, a sanctuary bill that protects transgender and abortion providers and patients from out-of-state prosecution, into law. With this action, Maine becomes the 16th state to explicitly protect transgender and abortion care in state law from prosecution. This follows several bomb threats targeting state legislators after social media attacks from far… |

Chris Walker (2024-04-24). California Gov. Newsom Proposes Bill to Help Arizonans Seeking Abortion Care. truthout.org California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is set to propose new legislation that would allow Arizona abortion providers to become certified faster within California. Newsom has said that the bill is necessary because of an 1864 anti-abortion statute that will soon be re-implemented in the Grand Canyon State, and the high likelihood that Arizonans will travel to California in the months afterward seeking… |

Julia Conley (2024-04-24). Rejecting Safety Amendments, TN GOP Passes Bill Allowing Handguns for Teachers. truthout.org A Democratic leader in the Tennessee House on Tuesday warned that a bill pushed through by Republicans to permit teachers to carry concealed handguns was “nothing but a bad disaster and tragedy waiting to happen,” after the GOP cut off a debate and refused to include amendments that aimed to add safety measures to the legislation. House Bill 1202 passed in a 68-28 vote, and Republican Gov. |

Chris Walker (2024-04-24). Watchdog Group Calls Out GOP Senators Over Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo Defenses. truthout.org Leonard Leo, co-chair of the right-wing legal group The Federalist Society and noted coordinator of dark money donations to conservative causes, and Harlan Crow, a billionaire Republican donor known for his lavish gifts to Supreme Court justices, have received robust support from Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee for refusing to abide by subpoenas issued by Democrats. |

Zane McNeill (2024-04-24). US Supreme Court Considers Whether Hospitals Must Provide Emergency Abortions. truthout.org On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a decisive abortion rights case regarding whether hospitals are obligated to provide abortions in emergency situations under federal law, even in states where abortion is prohibited. “Anti-abortion politicians have brought this case to the nation’s highest court to challenge long-standing federal protections for emergency care abortion care,”… |

Amy Goodman (2024-04-24). Climate Activists Blockade HQ of World’s Second-Largest Funder of Fossil Fuels. truthout.org Hundreds of climate activists gathered at the global headquarters of Citigroup in New York on Wednesday to demand the banking giant stop financing fossil fuel companies. The protests come on the heels of a first-of-its-kind Earth Day hearing where environmental activists from around the world gathered in New York this week to condemn what they call Citigroup’s environmental racism. |

Laila Ayub (2024-04-24). Afghan Asylum Seekers Are Being Denied Their Religious Rights in ICE Prisons. truthout.org Each week, my organization, Project ANAR, receives multiple requests for assistance from Afghans of all ages who are detained in U.S. immigration prisons after crossing the southern border to seek asylum here. And each year, Ramadan brings to the forefront the depths of anti-Muslim racism they experience while navigating the U.S. immigration system. Part of my job as a grassroots immigration… |

Janisse Miles (2024-04-24). SCOTUS punishes protesters for protesting. workers.org DeRay Mckesson organized a Black Lives Matter demonstration in July 2016, following the murder of Alton Sterling at the hands of police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. During the protest, populated with hundreds of people, resulting in over 200 arrests by fully armed police officers in riot gear, one police officer . . . |

Mirinda Crissman (2024-04-24). Palestinian resistance hails U.S. student movement. workers.org The Central Media Office for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued the following April 23, 2024, statement on the Resistance News Network on April 23,2024. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine condemns the repressive practices of the administrations of universities in the United States and . . . |

Beth Massey (2024-04-24). Two, three, many Gaza encampments: Veteran of 1968 Columbia strike speaks out. liberationnews.org The idea of our building takeovers playing a role in promoting similar struggle 56 years later is truly encouraging to me.

Andrew Korybko (2024-04-24). The Maldives’ “Political Revolution” Proves That The Population Is No Longer Indian-Friendly. thealtworld.com

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2024-04-24). Censorship Wars: Elon Musk, Safety Commissioners and Violent Content. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2024-04-24). Warring Against Encryption: Australia Is Coming for Your Communications. asia-pacificresearch.com

Binoy Kampmark (2024-04-24). War of censorship escalates as Elon Musk fires shots at Australia. independentaustralia.net

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-04-24). Stopping The Slaughter In Gaza Is More Important Than Your Feelings. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | Stopping the slaughter in Gaza is more important than your feelings. Your feelings don’t matter. | Stopping the slaughter in Gaza is more important than playing along with the persecution-LARPing of Zionist university students. | Stopping the slaughter in Gaza is more important than some privileged Ivy Leaguers pretending to feel “unsafe” or “unwelcome” on campus. | Stopping the slaughter in Gaza is more important than whatever you’re pretending to believe “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” means. | Stopping the slaughter in Gaza is…

Staff (2024-04-24). A Federal TikTok Ban Is a ‘Misguided Detour’ from Doing What’s Needed to Protect People’s Privacy and Safeguard National Security. commondreams.org On Tuesday, the Senate passed a bill that would force TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to divest its holdings of the popular social-media site or face an effective ban in the United States. The White House has indicated that President Biden will sign the legislation, which — after failing to move quickly through the Senate — …

Staff (2024-04-24). Supreme Court to Determine Whether Politicians Can Deny Emergency Medical Care to Pregnant People. commondreams.org The Supreme Court will hear oral argument later today in Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States, a case brought by extreme politicians seeking to disregard a federal statute — the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) — and put doctors in jail for providing pregnant patients necessary emergency medical care. The American …

Karl Grossman (2024-04-24). Preserving Plum Island? counterpunch.org Can Plum Island, an 843-acre island a mile and a half off the eastern end of Long Island—originally the site in the early 1950s of a U.S. Army laboratory with a mission to develop biological warfare to be used to poison livestock in the Soviet Union—be safely preserved as a “national monument” with public access.

Nick Licata (2024-04-24). The Digital Era Will Prompt Revolutions — as Did the Print Era. counterpunch.org The breakthrough technologies of the printing press and data digitization allow the masses to access information. That flood of new information crumbled the legitimacy of the established political orders. Will great powers fall again due to the greater information flow in the new digital media era? Over 500 years have separated the invention of the

Jeremy Kiszka (2024-04-24). Finding Blue Whales Near the Seychelles for the First Time in Decades. counterpunch.org Blue whales are fascinating animals. At 24-30 metres in length (longer than a basketball court) they are the largest creatures on Earth. They are also among the rarest. Estimates suggest that there are only around 5,000 to 15,000 blue whales left in the world. Their populations experienced a 89-97% decline due to commercial whaling activities

Cesar Chelala (2024-04-24). Donald Trump’s Record. counterpunch.org In 1970, American poet and multifaceted artist Joe Brainard published the book I Remember, which became a classic. The book, which Paul Auster called, “one of the few totally original books I have ever read,” is an experimental memoir about the author’s childhood in Oklahoma and of his life in New York City in the

Andy Thayer (2024-04-24). The Democrats “Support” You. Why Protest Them? counterpunch.org Why would people of the left protest the Democrats’ convention, especially regarding issues where they say they support us, such as on abortion and LGBTQ+ rights? I was asked that question by Neil Steinberg, a page-two columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, regarding our Sunday, August 18th march on the eve of this year’s Democratic Convention

Robert Fantina (2024-04-24). United States Hypocrisy — Again. counterpunch.org The hypocrisy of the United States government knows no limits. On April 18, a proposal was submitted to the United Nations Security Council to admit Palestine as a full member, thus effectively recognizing the state of Palestine. Of the fifteen members of the Security Council, twelve voted in favor, two abstained, and the United States, using

Eric Toussaint (2024-04-24). Are the BRICS and Their New Development Bank Offering Alternatives to the World Bank, the IMF and the Policies Promoted by the Traditional Imperialist Powers? counterpunch.org In recent years, the rightful rejection of the policies promoted by the traditional imperialist powers (North America, Western Europe and Japan), followed by the announcements made by the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), have aroused great interest and expectations of major changes, including the creation of a common currency to challenge the

Dave DeCamp (2024-04-24). Pentagon Announces $1 Billion Arms Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday, the Pentagon announced a new $1 billion arms package to fuel the proxy war in Ukraine after President Biden signed a $95 billion foreign military aid bill into law. The huge package includes air defense munitions, artillery rounds, anti-tank weapons, HIMARS ammunition, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, small arms and ammunition, and other types of …

Dave DeCamp (2024-04-24). Netanyahu Calls for Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Protesters in the US. news.antiwar.com

Dave DeCamp (2024-04-24). US Tells Iraq To ‘Ensure the Safety’ of US Troops, Threatens Escalation. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, the Pentagon said the Iraqi government must “ensure the safety” of US troops and appeared to threaten airstrikes if there are more attacks on US bases in the region. The warning came after US bases in Iraq and Syria came under drone and rocket attacks for the first time since early February. “These …

Dave DeCamp (2024-04-24). US Secretly Armed Ukraine With Long-Range ATACMS Last Month. news.antiwar.com The US confirmed on Wednesday that it had secretly sent Ukraine long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) last month as part of a $300 million arms package. The long-range ATACMS can be fired from the HIMARS rocket systems and can hit targets up to 190 miles away, a range that marks a significant escalation in …

Staff (2024-04-24). Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister: Deliberate U.S. Policy of “Destroying Cuban Economy” Drives Migration. democracynow.org We speak with Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuba’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, about high-level U.S.-Cuban migration talks held last week in Washington. He says U.S. policies that expedite permanent residency for Cubans in the United States play a major role in the movement of people between the two countries, but adds that the main driver of migration is the decadeslong U.S. embargo. “The economic conditions of the people of Cuba push them to migrate, and an important fact in provoking those conditions are U.S. deliberate policies of destroying the Cuban economy and make it unworkable.” F…

Democracy Now! (2024-04-24). Democracy Now! 2024-04-24 Wednesday. democracynow.org Democracy Now! Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | Democracy Now! Wednesday, April 24, 2024…

Staff (2024-04-24). Climate Activists Blockade Citigroup HQ in NYC to Demand Banking Giant Stop Funding Fossil Fuels. democracynow.org Hundreds of climate activists gathered at the global headquarters of Citigroup in New York on Wednesday to demand the banking giant stop financing fossil fuel companies. The protests come on the heels of a first-of-its-kind Earth Day hearing where environmental activists from around the world gathered in New York this week to condemn what they call Citigroup’s environmental racism. Citibank is the world’s second-largest funder of coal, oil and gas. “They always say, ‘We care about the planet.’ … But actions speak louder than words,” says Alice Hu, climate campaigner for New York…

Patricia Harrity (2024-04-24). HUGE: Could The WHO be BACKING DOWN on the Pandemic Treaty? expose-news.com The Pandemic treaty is still in the process of being drafted, however, the most recent draft may suggest that the World Health Organisation (WHO) is “backing down” as the most draconian articles …

Rhoda Wilson (2024-04-24). WHO expects a 77% increase in cancer cases; the cause is anything but mRNA injections. expose-news.com The World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer estimates more than 35 million new cancer cases in 2050. This represents a 77% increase from the estimated 20 million cancer cases …

The Exposé (2024-04-24). Moderna Confirms COVID mRNA Vaccines cause Dangerous Cancer Cases. expose-news.com Moderna has admitted its mRNA COVID vaccine causes CANCER after billions of DNA fragments were found in vials of the dangerous injection. The revelation was made after Dr. Robert Malone recently made an …

geo.tv (2024-04-24). US Senate sends Joe Biden approved bill to force sale of TikTok. geo.tv Bill to ban TikTok from US expected to be challenged in courts…

geo.tv (2024-04-24). WATCH: Akash Ambani goes viral for ‘humble’ gesture after fan throws phone at him. geo.tv Mukesh Ambani’s elder son gets hit with fan’s phone after Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings match…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2024-04-24). Palestinian Casualties in Gaza Mount. globalresearch.ca

Marcy Winograd (2024-04-24). Hiroshima Day: The Movie and the Moment: An Oppenheimer Review Through the Lens of an Anti-War Activist. globalresearch.ca

Drago Bosnic (2024-04-24). As Frontline Losses Pile Up, Neo-Nazi Junta Escalates Propaganda About ‘Shootdowns’. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Jack Rasmus (2024-04-24). Ukraine War Funding and Failed Russian Sanctions. Is the US Empire Shooting Itself in the Foot? globalresearch.ca

John W. Whitehead (2024-04-24). Divide and Conquer: The Government’s Propaganda of Fear and Fake News. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2024-04-24). Selected Articles: Ukraine War Funding and Failed Russian Sanctions. Is the US Empire Shooting Itself in the Foot? globalresearch.ca By The recently passed US transfer of its $5 billion share of Russia’s $300 billion will accelerate …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-04-24). Video: The Use of Nuclear Weapons Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca

Richard Gale (2024-04-24). Critical Race Theory and the Decline in American Civility. globalresearch.ca

Ahmed Adel (2024-04-24). David Sacks and Elon Musk Slam New US Aid: “Ukraine will collapse anyway” globalresearch.ca

ICRC (2024-04-24). Kenya, Djibouti, Tanzania: Newsletter 2023. icrc.org Publication | In 2023, the ICRC Nairobi Regional Delegation worked extensively to promote knowledge and respect for International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and cultivate acceptance for humanitarian norms and principles among religious leaders, academic circles, and o…

UCSC HistCon (2024-04-24). Monday 4/29: Making a Killing: Capitalism, Cops, & the War on Black Life. indybay.org Humanities 1, Rm 210, UC Santa Cruz | Register to attend virtually: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqcO-rpj…

Aromas Community Grange, Terra Cultura (2024-04-24). Sunday 6/9: Aromas Community Market. indybay.org Aromas Community Grange | 361 Rose Ave., Aromas CA 95004…

Netta Avineri (2024-04-24). Friday 5/10: Transforming Conflict: An Interdisciplinary Conversation. indybay.org 8: 30-9: 00 am: McCone Upper Atrium | 9: 15-10: 15 am: [Blended Synchronous] — Irvine Auditorium | 10: 30 am-12: 00 pm: [In-Person, Zoom] — Holland Center | 12: 15-1: 15 pm: Holland Patio | 1: 30-2: 30 pm: [Blended Synchronous] — Irvine Auditorium…

StopCopCampus (2024-04-24). No Cop Campus in the Bay – No Cop City Anywhere! indybay.org Help Stop Cop Campus, Become Informed, Get Informed!

Unitarian Universalists of San Francisco (2024-04-24). Sunday 5/19: Leslie Simon: “Project Survive” indybay.org 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, 94109 | or Zoom: | zoom.us/j/95127578495?pwd=UFdEQ3RzQkZZQ0… | Meeting ID: 951 2757 8495 | Passcode: 689999…

Occupy 4 Palestine (2024-04-24). Student Occupation Shuts Down Cal Poly Humboldt. indybay.org Cal Poly Humboldt administrators have officially closed the campus through Wednesday as students occupy Siemens Hall in solidarity with college students across the nation occupying campuses for Palestine.

UFCLP (2024-04-24). Thursday 4/25: No Honors for Labor Zionist “Leaders” Zionists Honoring Zionists in Labor. indybay.org Intercontinental Hotel | 888 Howard St./5th St. | San Francisco…

UFCLP (2024-04-24). Thursday 4/25: On April 25th No Honors For Labor Zionist “Leaders” Zionists Honoring Zionists In Labor. indybay.org Intercontinental Hotel | 888 Howard St./5th St. | San Francisco…

David Giesen (2024-04-24). Saturday 4/27: The End of Capitalism as You Know It: the walking tour. indybay.org meet in the lobby of the American Youth Hostel | 312 Mason Street | San Francisco…

Berkeley Copwatch (2024-04-24). Sunday 4/28: Berkeley Copwatch Community Cookout. indybay.org The Grassroots House | 2022 Blake Street Berkeley, CA 94704 | (in the backyard)…

Zbigniew Charnas (2024-04-24). The Vertical Cyclone Effect in the Atmosphere and Global Warming. indybay.org We have a system: the warm surface of the Earth, the blanket of the Earth’s atmosphere and the endless vastness of the refrigerator of space. If an ancient giant came and stood here and used some huge crank to turn this system vertically, then in the place where the giant worked, the Earth’s surface would cool down and its heat would escape into the space.

Feather River Action! (2024-04-24). Community Groups Sue U.S. Forest Service over Unprecedented Plumas Forest Logging Plan tha. indybay.org The Massive $650 Million Logging Project Targets Mature and Old-Growth Forest, While the Forest Service Admits Prescribed Fire Alone is Effective and Far Cheaper | SACRAMENTO, CA— A coalition of community groups filed suit in federal court over the failure of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) before unleashing industrial logging and herbicide application on 217,721 acres of the Plumas National Forest, including 133,321 acres of mature and old-growth forest. The U.S. Forest Service plans to sell to timber corporations hundreds of thousands of mature and old-gro…

Workers in Palestine (2024-04-24). Strike for Palestine this May Day and Nakba Day. indybay.org Call to Action from the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions – Gaza Strip…

Angela (2024-04-24). Tuesday 4/23: USCPR Action Phone Zap! indybay.org Zoom | uscpraction.org/phonezap

Jared Loper (2024-04-24). The Problem of Policing: A Primer, Part I. indybay.org

Lee Siu Hin China-US Solidarity Network (2024-04-24). 4/20-21 Rome Gaza Conference “What Future for Palestine” International Forum. indybay.org Rome, Italy at the Centro Congressi Cavour conference center in the city center, a two-day Gaza conference was held by Italian and European progressives and peace activist organizations, with about a hundred people from more than a dozen countries participated.

Leon Kunstenaar (2024-04-24). Gaza Support Encampment at UC Berkeley. indybay.org Tents setup on steps of Sproul Hall by students with support from Code Pink…

SEIU 87 (2024-04-24). Wednesday 5/1: SF International Workers' Day March & Rally SF SEIU 87/Unite Here Local 2. indybay.org 2pm @ 415 Mission: Rally with Local 87 and March to Union Square 4pm @ Union Square: Rally with Local 2…

Brenda Norrell (2024-04-24). A New Generation of Warriors at the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. indybay.org Indigenous Youths are demanding an end to the lithium mining and fake green projects now targeting their homelands, and exposing the human rights violations around the world, during their powerful presentations at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, now in its second week in New York.

Unitarian Universalists of San Francisco (2024-04-24). Sunday 6/2: Professor Ryan Thoreson: “Civil Rights and Anti-Transgender Backlash in the United States” indybay.org 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, 94109 | or Zoom: | zoom.us/j/99410743425?pwd=am5RM2xaVWFFYk…

Stanford Against Apartheid in Palestine (2024-04-24). Thursday 4/25: Stanford University: Take Back Admit Weekend. indybay.org

Bay Resistance (2024-04-24). Wednesday 5/1: May Day Port Shutdown: Rise for Palestine. indybay.org Meet at West Oakland BART…

Fresh Meat Productions (2024-04-24). Friday 6/21: 2024 FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL of transgender and queer performance. indybay.org Z Space | 450 Florida St | San Francisco, CA 94110…

ACLU (2024-04-24). ACLU Responds to California Supreme Court Ruling on Minimum Wage for Incarcerated Workers. indybay.org OAKLAND, Calif., April 22, 2024 — The California Supreme Court ruled today that the state’s minimum wage law does not apply to people working for private companies while they are held in pretrial detention in California’s jails. The lawsuit, Ruelas v. County of Alameda, was brought by people incarcerated at the Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County who worked without compensation for Aramark, a for-profit corporation that provides food in jails and prisons.

David Goessmann (2024-04-24). When will we finally end the party of the arms companies? indybay.org The people, however, want the opposite. They are afraid of war. They want peace and civil conflict resolution. They want social welfare and a decent standard of living.That is what politics should focus on. Unfortunately, in the current hysterical mood, there are only a few who have the courage to be pilloried as “party crashers”, pro-Putin, pro-Hamas, pro-Mullah and other autocrats…

some anarchists (2024-04-24). 20 Parking Pay Stations Sabotaged for Rosebud and People’s Park. indybay.org Anarchist sabotage in the dead of night.

SubRosa Community Space (2024-04-24). Saturday 4/27: AK Press Presents: Raúl Zibechi's Constructing Worlds Otherwise. indybay.org SubRosa 703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA…

Angela (2024-04-24). Thursday 4/25: Virtual Teach-In about Palestine. indybay.org http: //tinyurl.com/PalestineThursday…

Pepe Escobar (2024-04-24). PEPE ESCOBAR and LARRY JOHNSON on the F-35/NUCLEAR BOMB/EMP OVER IRAN MYSTERY. thealtworld.com

MEE staff (2024-04-24). France: Top left-wing MP Mathilde Panot investigated for pro-Palestine comments. middleeasteye.net

Staff (2024-04-24). Supreme Court seeks clarification from Election Commission on functioning of EVMs. muslimmirror.com NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought clarification from the Election Commission on certain aspects regarding the functioning of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), including whether the microcontrollers fitted in them are reprogrammable, and summoned a senior poll panel official at 2 pm. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, which …

Staff (2024-04-24). “We feel ashamed of you Mr. Modi”: An Indian American’s response to PM’s hate speech. muslimmirror.com By Dr. M Qutubuddin With a profound sense of disappointment and heaviness in my heart, I write to express my dismay regarding your recent inflammatory remarks about Muslims during an election campaign. Your words, spoken just two days ago in Banswara, Rajasthan, have elicited outrage and deep concern among citizens globally. As an Indian American, …

Staff (2024-04-24). TMMK president M.H. Jawahirullah files complaint with ECI against Modi’s hate speech. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Desk M.H. Jawahirullah, the President of Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK) and MLA of Papanasam Constituency, has lodged a formal complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) regarding a hate speech delivered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election rally in Banswara, Rajasthan, on 21st February 2024. In his complaint addressed …

Staff (2024-04-24). “We feel ashamed of you Mr. Modi”: An Indian American’s response to PM’s hate speech. muslimmirror.com By Dr. M Qutubuddin With a profound sense of disappointment and heaviness in my heart, I write to express my dismay regarding your recent inflammatory remarks about Muslims during an election campaign. Your words, spoken just two days ago in Banswara, Rajasthan, have elicited outrage and deep concern among citizens globally. As an Indian American, …

Staff (2024-04-24). 189 plaints of MCC violations, 23 hate speeches cases in Karnataka. muslimmirror.com Bengaluru : The State Election Commission has slapped 189 cases against political parties and candidates in Karnataka for major violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) till date, stated Chief Electoral Officer, Manoj Kumar Meena, on Wednesday. Meena told reporters that till date 18 cases were lodged against eight speeches, 28 cases for inducements …

Staff (2024-04-24). Thousands of citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Desk Over 17,400 citizens have written to the Election Commission (EC) urging action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what they term as hate speech. This outcry comes after Modi’s recent remarks during a campaign in Rajasthan, where he insinuated that the Congress party would allocate citizens’ assets to “infiltrators” if they …

Staff (2024-04-24). Supreme Court seeks clarification from Election Commission on functioning of EVMs. muslimmirror.com NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought clarification from the Election Commission on certain aspects regarding the functioning of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), including whether the microcontrollers fitted in them are reprogrammable, and summoned a senior poll panel official at 2 pm. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, which …

Staff (2024-04-24). TMMK president M.H. Jawahirullah files complaint with ECI against Modi’s hate speech. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Desk M.H. Jawahirullah, the President of Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK) and MLA of Papanasam Constituency, has lodged a formal complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) regarding a hate speech delivered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election rally in Banswara, Rajasthan, on 21st February 2024. In his complaint addressed …

Staff (2024-04-24). Ajmal to move SC against closure of govt madrassas in Assam. muslimmirror.com Guwahati : AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal has said he will move the Supreme Court against the Assam government’s decision to close the state-run madrassas. The sitting Dhubri MP expressed hope that the apex court will order the reopening of all closed madrasas in Assam. “UP government announced the closure of madrasas and later, the Supreme …

Staff (2024-04-24). Thousands of citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Desk Over 17,400 citizens have written to the Election Commission (EC) urging action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what they term as hate speech. This outcry comes after Modi’s recent remarks during a campaign in Rajasthan, where he insinuated that the Congress party would allocate citizens’ assets to “infiltrators” if they …

Sharon Lerner (2024-04-24). 10 times as much of this toxic pesticide could end up on your tomatoes and celery under a new EPA proposal. nationofchange.org Did the chemical industry helped fashion EPA’s testing strategy?>

Alexandra Jacobo (2024-04-24). Supreme Court faces critical decision on homelessness: The battle over public sleeping laws in grants pass. nationofchange.org As the Supreme Court scrutinizes the criminalization of homelessness, liberal justices challenge the constitutionality of punishing the essential human act of sleeping, highlighting the plight of affected families and children.

Bob Dreyfuss (2024-04-24). Handling—and mishandling—the Iran nuclear program. nationofchange.org Biden’s reign of (unforced) error and Trump’s anti-Iran Jihad.

Helen H. Abraha (2024-04-24). Restaurant Workers Deserve a Livable Wage, Too. otherwords.org Growing up, I looked up to my father and aunt, who began restaurant industry careers after immigrating from Eritrea in the 1970s. When I started working, a restaurant job was a natural choice. | While I took great pride in my work, I struggled with the conditions. I was often on my feet for 10-12 hour shifts six days a week, had no access to affordable health care, was wholly unaware of my worker rights, and constantly worried about money. | Through laws rooted

Jim Hightower (2024-04-24). Don’t Let Privatizers Kill Our Postal Service. otherwords.org Before there was a United States of America — before our Constitution was adopted, and even before our 1776 Declaration of Independence — one of America’s best democratic institutions was already delivering for the people:…

LeeAnn Hall (2024-04-24). Fund Transit, Not Highways. otherwords.org In cities and in rural areas, in red states and blue states, most residents want cleaner and more connected communities. Public transit — including trains, buses, and dial-a-ride services — and accessible walking and bike routes give us healthy, clean, and affordable ways for everyone to get where they need to go. | But for too long, policymakers have sold us the false choice that we must fund highways above all else. They continue to waste billions of our tax dollars on highway expansion projects that pollute our air and increase traffic, instead of funding sidewalks, safe biking routes, and robust p…

Khalil Bendib (2024-04-24). Cartoon: Gag Disorder. otherwords.org

Jim Hightower (2024-04-24). In OtherWords: April 24, 2024. otherwords.org The federal minimum wage for most workers is $7.25. Last raised in 2009 — 15 years ago, if you can believe it — that unlivable amount has become shorthand for how little Congress has done to help workers keep up with the rising cost of living over the years. | But the federal minimum for tipped workers — like restaurant servers — has been stuck at an abominably low $2.13 an hour for over 30 years. And though employers are supposed to cover the difference when tips don’t raise that amount to the regular minimum wage, noncompliance is common. | In state after state, workers have taken matter…

Colombia Informa (2024-04-24). Colombian paramilitaries assassinate community leader Narciso Beleño. peoplesdispatch.org Paramilitaries assassinated the social leader and president of the Agromining Federation of the South of Bolívar, Narciso Beleño, on April 21 in his home in the municipality of Santa Rosa, Bolívar. This crime occurred amid the incursion in the region by the Gulf Clan which began on April 18. The paramilitary group has gone on a rampage in the region, raiding homes, kidnapping residents, and killing several people. | Narciso Beleño | Narciso Beleño was a renowned peasant leader from the South of Bolívar. In addition to being president of Fedeagromisbol, he was a leader committed to peace, to the permanence of comm…

Peoples Dispatch (2024-04-24). Argentine student movement erupts against Milei’s adjustment. peoplesdispatch.org “We do not want them to take away our dreams. Our future does not belong to them,” said the president of the Argentine University Federation (FUA), Piera Fernández de Piccolini, to an overflowing Plaza de Mayo during the march in defense of public universities on April 23. The protest organized by student groups and educators unions was also supported by labor unions and left parties. | At the Plaza, hundreds of thousands chanted: “The country is not for sale!” | “Education is a fundamental human right because it reduces inequality,” added Piccolini, who read the closing declaration of the mobilization. | Javier…

Ana Luisa Brown (2024-04-24). Artificial intelligence can be used to control infections. plenglish.com Dublin, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used nowadays in many ways to help prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases and manage daily hospital activities, according to an international research.

Ana Luisa Brown (2024-04-24). Artificial intelligence can be used to control infections. plenglish.com Dublin, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used nowadays in many ways to help prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases and manage daily hospital activities, according to an international research.

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-04-24). Colombia seeks to attract British investors from London. plenglish.com Bogota, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) Colombia presents in the United Kingdom more than 50 strategic projects located in different territories of the country in order to attract potential British investors and from other parts of the world.

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-04-24). Armies from several countries to participate in drills in Lithuania. plenglish.com Vilnius, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) Some 10,000 military personnel from several countries are expected to participate in June in the international exercises Baltops, organized in Lithuania, the portal of the National Radio LRT informed.

anonimo (2024-04-24). Power outages affect treatment of kidney patients in Ecuador. plenglish.com Quito, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) The Association of Dialysis Centers in Ecuador warned that some 16,000 kidney patients require hemodialysis and their life is at risk due to the energy crisis.

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-04-24). UN celebrates the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy. plenglish.com United Nations, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) The International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace insists on strengthening the planet balance, considered one of the pillars of the United Nations system.

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-04-24). Colombia seeks to attract British investors from London. plenglish.com Bogota, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) Colombia presents in the United Kingdom more than 50 strategic projects located in different territories of the country in order to attract potential British investors and from other parts of the world.

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-04-24). Cuba is participating in disaster event in India. plenglish.com New Delhi, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) The sixth International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure will take place in India for two days, with the participation of representatives from more than 30 countries, including Cuba.

anonimo (2024-04-24). Power outages affect treatment of kidney patients in Ecuador. plenglish.com Quito, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) The Association of Dialysis Centers in Ecuador warned that some 16,000 kidney patients require hemodialysis and their life is at risk due to the energy crisis.

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-04-24). ALBA-TCP celebrates in Venezuela the 23rd Summit of Heads of State. plenglish.com Caracas, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) The member countries of ALBA-TCP will hold the 23rd Summit of Heads of State and Government of the bloc in Caracas, in which the presentation of the 2030 Strategic Agenda is expected to take place.

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-04-24). Ecuador and Costa Rica aim to strengthen trade relations. plenglish.com San José, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) A delegation of Ecuadorian businessmen will arrive in Costa Rica to advance negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed between the two countries in 2023.

BIODB (2024-04-24). The Grumpiest Cat on Earth: Celebrating the Pallas Cat. pressenza.com by: Assaf Levy, BioDB | International Pallas’s Cat Day, celebrated every April 23, holds significant importance for several reasons, each contributing to the conservation and awareness of this unique and relatively unknown species. By dedicating a day to celebrate this feline, organizations, and conservationists can spotlight its unique characteristics, habitat, and the challenges it faces, engaging a global audience in its story. | In the high, remote mountain ranges of Central Asia, a ghostly figure roams, its gaze piercing through the thin, crisp air. This isn’t the beginning of a folk tale but a snapshot into…

Redacción Mar del Plata (2024-04-24). The situation of press workers four months into Milei’s term in office. pressenza.com A systematic attack against freedom of the press and the right to information through various measures and actions, including direct police repression of journalists and reporters, is a sign of the current national government. | Since the beginning of his administration, President Javier Milei has made clear his hostility to the press and journalistic work, in the framework of a brutal adjustment of public accounts. Against this backdrop, the media companies are seeking to deepen the precariousness and the advance on the rights won by press workers. | Trade union organization and struggle are the only tools that…

David Meléndez Tormen (2024-04-24). Meeting between Chilean authorities and the Chinese province of Sichuan. pressenza.com “Sichuan, much more than pandas”, says the brochure part of the gift pack given to those attending China (Sichuan) — Chile Promotion Conference, and boy, is it true: the ties between our country and this thriving Chinese province are so close that they merited a state visit by President Gabriel Boric last year and the opening of a Chilean consulate in its capital, Chengdu. | In reciprocity, the governor of Sichuan, Huang Qiang, came to inaugurate the conference with a large trade and cultural delegation, accompanied by the Chinese ambassador to Chile, Niu Qingbao. They were received by Claudia Sanhueza, Unde…

Gemma Bird (2024-04-24). Frontex: a public agency incapable of accountability. pressenza.com As the movement of people across the Mediterranean has become securitised, Frontex has come to the fore—not to good effect. The shipwreck near Pylos last June, one of the greatest modern tragedies in Greek waters, claimed more than 600 lives. In its wake, criticism…

Redacción Perú (2024-04-24). Hunger-stricken West and Central Africa. pressenza.com Hunger continues to grow. According to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), nearly 55 million people are food insecure and 16.7 million children under the age of five are acutely malnourished in West and Central Africa. The region shows an increase of four million people currently facing food insecurity. | The situation is exacerbated as more than two-thirds of households have difficulty affording a healthy diet and eight out of 10 children, aged six to 23 months, lack consumption of essential foods for optimal growth and development, at a time of the region’s traditional three months of food shortages…

David Meléndez Tormen (2024-04-24). Meeting between Chilean authorities and the Chinese province of Sichuan. pressenza.com “Sichuan, much more than pandas”, says the brochure part of the gift pack given to those attending China (Sichuan) — Chile Promotion Conference, and boy, is it true: the ties between our country and this thriving Chinese province are so close that they merited a state visit by President Gabriel Boric last year and the opening of a Chilean consulate in its capital, Chengdu. | In reciprocity, the governor of Sichuan, Huang Qiang, came to inaugurate the conference with a large trade and cultural delegation, accompanied by the Chinese ambassador to Chile, Niu Qingbao. They were received by Claudia Sanhueza, Unde…

Redacción Mar del Plata (2024-04-24). The situation of press workers four months into Milei’s term in office. pressenza.com A systematic attack against freedom of the press and the right to information through various measures and actions, including direct police repression of journalists and reporters, is a sign of the current national government. | Since the beginning of his administration, President Javier Milei has made clear his hostility to the press and journalistic work, in the framework of a brutal adjustment of public accounts. Against this backdrop, the media companies are seeking to deepen the precariousness and the advance on the rights won by press workers. | Trade union organization and struggle are the only tools that…

Bereket Alemayehu (2024-04-24). The National Hangeul Museum of Korea Celebrates World Book Day 2024. pressenza.com Since 1995, World Book and Copyright Day has been celebrated across the globe on April 23 every year, a day dedicated to promoting reading, publishing, and copyright. It was designated by UNESCO at its General Conference, which was held in Paris in 1995, to pay a worldwide tribute to books and authors on this date, and to encourage everyone to access books. | To commemorate this auspicious day, the National Hangeul Museum of Korea, under the Ministry of Culture and Sports Tourism, hosted an event at its premises in the city of Seoul on April 23, 2024, inviting local and foreign resident book readers, offering fre…

Redacción Perú (2024-04-24). Hunger-stricken West and Central Africa. pressenza.com Hunger continues to grow. According to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), nearly 55 million people are food insecure and 16.7 million children under the age of five are acutely malnourished in West and Central Africa. The region shows an increase of four million people currently facing food insecurity. | The situation is exacerbated as more than two-thirds of households have difficulty affording a healthy diet and eight out of 10 children, aged six to 23 months, lack consumption of essential foods for optimal growth and development, at a time of the region’s traditional three months of food shortages…

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-04-24). Serie documental ADN Cuba en proceso de filmación. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (RHC) El cineasta cubano Alejandro Gil se encuentra inmerso hoy en la realización de la serie documental ADN Cuba, conducida por la doctora Beatriz Manchego, directora del Centro Nacional de Genética Médica de Cuba.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-04-24). Presidente de Cuba asiste a Cumbre del ALBA-TCP en Venezuela. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (RHC) El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, viajó a Venezuela para participar en la XXIII Cumbre de la Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América-Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos (ALBA-TCP), a celebrarse hoy allí.

Health Cluster (2024-04-24). Points hebdomadaires des activites de l’oms en reponse a la crise de l’est du tchad, semaine du 15 au 21 avril 20. reliefweb.int Country: Chad | Sources: Health Cluster, World Health Organization | Please refer to the attached file. | Province du OuaddaàØ, District sanitaire d’Adré | Appui à la tenue à d’Adré de la réunion de coordination hebdomadaire du groupe de travail santé /nutrition. Cette réunion a vu la participation des principaux acteurs de santé du district sanitaire à savoir : MSF, HCR, IRC, ACF, UNICEF, PUI, OMS. Les échanges ont porté entre autres sur la question de la prise en charge de la malnutrition au niveau du service de la pédiatrie ou un taux élevé de mortalité a été enregistréé durant la semaine soit 08…

World Food Programme (2024-04-24). Madagascar: Anticipatory Action Activation Southern Africa, September 2023. reliefweb.int Countries: Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Zimbabwe | Source: World Food Programme | Please refer to the attached file. | Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique and Zimbabwe | Anticipatory Action against El Niño: WFP’s regional response in Southern Africa | The World Food Programme (WFP) has activated the Anticipatory Action programme in four countries in Southern Africa: Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. This collaborative effort with national governments and humanitarian partners aims to safeguard over 550,000 people and their livelihoods in anticipation of the projected impacts of El Niño-induced…

Pan American Health Organization (2024-04-24). Haiti: Renforcement des soins de santé maternelle : l’appui conjoint de l’OPS/OMS et l’UNFPA aux autorités sanitaires haàØtiennes. reliefweb.int Country: Haiti | Source: Pan American Health Organization | Port-au-Prince, 23 avril 2024 (OPS/OMS) – En support à la réponse d’urgence du Ministère de la Sante Publique et de la Population (MSPP), et dans l’objectif d’améliorer un accès aux soins de santé rendu de plus en plus difficile par la situation sécuritaire actuelle, l’Organisation Panaméricaine de la Sante (OPS/OMS) et le Fonds des Nations unies pour la Population (UNFPA) appuient conjointement 3 hà¥pitaux de la zone métropolitaine de Port-au-Prince (ZMPAP) fournissant des services de santé maternelle. | Assurer la continuité des soins de santé m…

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (2024-04-24). Report by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme (EC-106/DG.5), 24 April 2024. reliefweb.int Country: Syrian Arab Republic | Source: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | Please refer to the attached file. | 106th Session | 9 — 12 July 2024 | EC-106/DG.5 | 24 April 2024 | Original: ENGLISH | In accordance with subparagraph 2(f) of the decision by the Executive Council (the Council) at its Thirty-Third Meeting (EC-M-33/DEC.1, dated 27 September 2013), the Technical Secretariat (the Secretariat) is to report to the Council on a monthly basis regarding the implementation of that decision. In accordance with paragraph 12 of United Nations Security Council resolution 2118 (2013),…

World Food Programme (2024-04-24). China and WFP join forces to boost school meals and promote access to education in Uganda. reliefweb.int

International Crisis Group (2024-04-24). Afghanistan: Rethinking Talks with the Taliban. reliefweb.int Country: Afghanistan | Source: International Crisis Group | Please refer to the attached file. | Negotiations with the Afghan Taliban have failed to make their regime more politically inclusive or respectful of women’s rights. The diplomatic agenda should be more focused, with issues like security cooperation and economic stability insulated from a main track regarding international recognition of the Taliban. | For more than two years, diplomats from around the world have tried, and failed, to make headway in high-level talks with the Taliban. A large share of the blame rests with the Taliban, who refuse t…

International Organization for Migration (2024-04-24). Bosnia and Herzegovina: Western Balkans – Mixed Migratory Flows Report (March 2024) [EN/AL/BS/MK]. reliefweb.int Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, occupied Palestinian territory, Pakistan, Serbia, Syrian Arab Republic, the Republic of North Macedonia, Türkiye | Source: International Organization for Migration | Please refer to the attached Infographic. | Monthly Overview of: | Arrivals in the Western Balkans | Top three nationalities at arrivals in the reporting month | Migrants presence in reception facilities | Assisted Voluntary Returns and reintegration…

Pan American Health Organization (2024-04-24). Haiti: Au c≈ìur de l’urgence : Assurer la santé des populations déplacées en HaàØti. reliefweb.int Country: Haiti | Source: Pan American Health Organization | Port-au-Prince, le 22 avril 2024 (OPS/OMS) – Depuis le 29 février 2024, HaàØti fait face à une crise sécuritaire intensifiée, marquant une nouvelle étape dans la violence qui affecte déjà un système de santé en difficulté, et compliquant encore l’accès aux soins pour des millions d’HaàØtiens. Comme c’est souvent le cas, cette crise frappe durement les plus vulnérables, et en particulier les 86 040 personnes qui vivent dans l’un des 84 sites déplacées de la zone métropolitaine de Port-au-Prince. | Au cours du mois dernier, l’OPS/OMS en ap…

International Organization for Migration (2024-04-24). Malawi – Flow Monitoring of migrants in Karonga and Mangochi – Round 3 (31 March 2024). reliefweb.int Countries: Burundi, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe | Source: International Organization for Migration | Please refer to the attached file. | This report is an overview of the data collected from 1 to 31 March 2024 at Mangochi FMP in Malawi along the border with Mozambique and Karonga FMP in Malawi along the border with the United Republic of Tanzania. The Flow Monitoring Registry (FMR) collects data at Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs) through direct observation and interviews with key informants, including staff working at transit stations, border patrol officers, local auth…

World Food Programme (2024-04-24). Anticipatory Action Activation Somalia, October 2023. reliefweb.int Country: Somalia | Source: World Food Programme | Please refer to the attached file. | Anticipatory actions to mitigate El Nino’s flood impact in Somalia | In October 2023, the World Food Programme (WFP) with the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), successfully implemented an Anticipatory Action (AA) activation, designed to safeguard the lives and livelihoods of people in anticipation of floods across seven districts in Somalia, namely Beletweyne, Bulo Burto, Jalalaqsi, Jowhar/Mahaday, Baardhere, Luuq and Afgooye. | Forecasts at both regional and national levels indicated an elevated risk of above-av…

European Commission (2024-04-24). Commission disburses additional ‚Ǩ1.5 billion in bridge financing to Ukraine. reliefweb.int Country: Ukraine | Source: European Commission | Please refer to the attached file. | Today, the Commission has disbursed the second instalment of exceptional bridge financing to Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility, amounting to ‚Ǩ1.5 billion. The disbursement follows the positive assessment by the Commission of the agreed policy conditions linked to reforms in the area of judiciary, anti-money laundering, public finance management, business environment and agriculture, as well as reporting requirements to ensure the transparent and efficient use of the funds. A general precondition for the…

Pan American Health Organization (2024-04-24). Colombia: Health and Migration in the Region of the Americas (as of 31 March 2024). reliefweb.int Countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Source: Pan American Health Organization | Please refer to the attached file. | KEY UPDATES | Darien Colombia-Panama: Panama’s Ministry of Public Security reported that between January 1 and March 31, 2024, 109,069 migrants have crossed the Darien. Among the nationalities with the highest number of entries are Venezuelans with 69,568, followed by Ecuadorians with 8,912, Haitians with 7,253 and Colombians with 7,030 (1). | Honduras: The National M…

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (2024-04-24). Ukraine Conflict Update: 13 – 19 April 2024. reliefweb.int Country: Ukraine | Source: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project | Please refer to the attached Infographic. | Situation Summary | Most of the week’s clashes again occurred in the Donetsk region. Russian forces continued advancing west of Bakhmut toward Chasiv Yar and seized a village on the town’s northeastern flank. Additionally, Russian forces captured another village southwest of Avdiivka. | On 11 April, Russian forces conducted coordinated strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, completely destroying the Trypillila thermal power plant south of Kyiv city, damaging two thermal power plants in…

UN Development Programme (2024-04-24). World: Preventing and responding to an HIV-related human rights crisis. reliefweb.int Country: World | Sources: UN Development Programme, UNAIDS | Please refer to the attached file. | ABOUT THIS GUIDANCE | This Guidance was developed in response to the increase in HIV-related human rights crises and the shrinking civic space for rights-related responses to HIV in recent years across the world. | This document builds upon existing guidance documents,2 offering updated guidance for country- based United Nations staff (United Nations Country Teams) and partners to use their respective mandates to coordinate effective responses to human rights-related crises within the framework of the Resident…

Government of Germany (2024-04-24). German government adopts package of measures to support economic recovery in Ukraine. reliefweb.int Country: Ukraine | Source: Government of Germany | Joint press release of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, 10 April 2024 | The German government has agreed on 15 measures to support businesses and private actors in advancing economic recovery in Ukraine. A “key principles paper” outlining these measures was adopted by cabinet today (available The focus will be on grants and interest subsidies f…

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (2024-04-24). Ethiopia: EPO Weekly Update (23 April 2024). reliefweb.int Country: Ethiopia | Source: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project | Please refer to the attached files. | Situation Summary | Last week, clashes between forces from Amhara and Tigray regions expanded in disputed territories in Southern Tigray zone, Tigray, while armed clashes between government forces and insurgencies continued in Amhara and Oromia regions. | Clashes Expand in Disputed Territories in Tigray | In a major escalation of hostilities between armed forces from Amhara and Tigray regions, clashes were reported in disputed territories in Raya Alamata, Zata, Ofla, and Alamata woredas in Southe…

Abdel Bari Atwan (2024-04-24). رفح تستعد لاجتياح وشيك بمباركة امريكية عربية والساحات تتجاوب مع نداء أبو عبيدة. thealtworld.com

Paul Craig Roberts (2024-04-24). Tucker Carlson Explains that Watergate Was an Orchestration to Remove President Nixon from Office. thealtworld.com I have several times reported the same. Nixon was removed because he was making arms limitation agreements with the Soviets and opening to China. This was normalizing the enemy that the military/security complex needed for its budget and power. It was for the same reason that President Kennedy was assassinated by the military/security complex. The growing suspicion about Kennedy’s assassination meant that the military/security complex could not risk a second violent assassination, so Nixon was politically assassinated. | The same strategy was applied to Trump. When Trump said he intended to normalize relations wi…

Paul Craig Roberts (2024-04-24). “War Is a Racket” — US Marine General Smedley D. Butler. thealtworld.com The Western military security complex has orchestrated a “Russian threat” for the purpose of keeping profits rolling into the coffers of armaments manufacturers and their marketing teams. It has reached such absurd levels as tiny Estonia’s finance minister proposing a “security tax” so that Estonia can protect itself from Russia. And this absurdity is taken seriously. | No amount of “security tax” could protect Estonia from Russia. Moreover, only Estonian stupidity could cause Russia to attack the tiny country. All over Europe there is a ramping up of government agitation for more “defense” spending against a non…

Marco Carnelos (2024-04-24). Washington has lost touch with reality. If it doesn’t adapt, the world will pay. thealtworld.com In a failing quest to maintain its ‘primacy’, the US has cast China, Russia and Iran as global villains | The

Paul Craig Roberts (2024-04-24). Justice (sic) Department Conspired with Biden, FBI, National Archives, and NY Times to Concoct a “Documents Case” against Trump. thealtworld.com The absence of integrity in the US Department of Justice (sic) is one of the many unremarked …

John Feffer (2024-04-24). Haiti Today, America Tomorrow? fpif.org Haiti has descended into chaos. It’s had no president or parliament — and no elections either —for eight long years. Its unelected prime minister Ariel Henry resigned recently when gang violence at the airport in Port-au-Prince made it impossible for him to return to the country Haiti is the poorest country in the region, its riches leached out by colonial overlords, American occ…

tvbrics (2024-04-24). According to Iranian Minister of Health country’s healthcare system reaches new level. tvbrics.com Bahram Ainullahi stated that the country’s healthcare system is the best in the region…

tvbrics (2024-04-24). Egypt looks into potential Chinese investment prospects for the proposed free zone in Alamein. tvbrics.com Egypt wants to draw in more investment capital…

tvbrics (2024-04-24). Ethiopia reaffirms its commitment to the BRICS vision. tvbrics.com This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia…

tvbrics (2024-04-24). The energy stability indicators for South Africa match the plans of the government. tvbrics.com The power sector’s performance has significantly improved as a result of consistent and concentrated efforts…

tvbrics (2024-04-24). Brazil’s student financial support programme to attract 1.2 million more students. tvbrics.com The programme provides financial support to low-income youth to enable them to continue their studies and successfully complete their secondary school education…

tvbrics (2024-04-24). South Africa’s Deputy President to strengthen bilateral relations with UAE during visit to this Arab country. tvbrics.com The visit is aimed at developing and strengthening bilateral relations…

tvbrics (2024-04-24). Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Russia says Sri Lanka aspires to join BRICS. tvbrics.com The state delegation is attending a meeting of high representatives in charge of security issues…

tvbrics (2024-04-24). Riyadh hosts forum on wildlife restoration issues. tvbrics.com The Kingdom takes encouraging steps in restoring ecological balance…

tvbrics (2024-04-24). Journalists from Russia and African countries start to develop information strategy. tvbrics.com It will be the result of a forum of media representatives from Russia and the continent’s states…

tvbrics (2024-04-24). IMF raises Russia’s GDP growth forecast for 2024. tvbrics.com The fund published its previous estimate for this indicator in January…

tvbrics (2024-04-24). UAE transport and businesses recover from record-breaking downpour. tvbrics.com Emergency services and various organisations are involved in dealing with the aftermath of the bad weather…

tvbrics (2024-04-24). Brazilian President to attend BRICS summit in Kazan. tvbrics.com This was announced by the ambassador of the Latin American country to Russia…

Editor (2024-04-24). Ten-year anniversary of the anti-coup rebellion eastern Ukraine, as Russian forces advance in Donetsk. mronline.org Dmitri Kovalevich is the special correspondent in Ukraine for Al Mayadeen English. He writes military-political situation reports from there.

themoscowtimes (2024-04-24). In First, Russia Appoints Ukraine War Veteran to Political Office. themoscowtimes.com Earlier this year, President Vladimir Putin said participants of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine were the country’s “future elites.”

The Independent (2024-04-24). Zelensky: Ukraine to get largest-ever military aid package from UK. independent.co.ug KIEV, Ukraine | Xinhua | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukraine would soon get the largest-ever military aid package from Britain worth 500 million pounds (619 million U.S. dollars). The package will contain Storm Shadow and other types of missiles, hundreds of armored vehicles and watercraft, and ammunition, he said on Telegram after a …

themoscowtimes (2024-04-24). Ukraine Attack Drones Strike Russia Energy Sites. themoscowtimes.com Footage published on social media showed an oil refinery in the western Smolensk region in flames.

Unicorn Riot (2024-04-24). ‘Teslastoppen’ Elon Musk’s Water War in the Heart of Europe. unicornriot.ninja

unitedEditor (2024-04-24). “Strategic error” and “surrendering claims of sovereignty over the Malvinas” uwidata.com By àörsula Asta, Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentina, a member of NATO? These days, at the local level, Argentina exhibits some of the obscenest images. The president says, in a business forum held in the south, that those who hide money are heroes who have escaped the clutches of the State. Meanwhile, in terms of international …

unitedEditor (2024-04-24). “Strategic error” and “surrendering claims of sovereignty over the Malvinas” unitedworldint.com By àörsula Asta, Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentina, a member of NATO? These days, at the local level, Argentina exhibits some of the obscenest images. The president says, in a business forum held in the south, that those who hide money are heroes who have escaped the clutches of the State. Meanwhile, in terms of international …

unitedEditor (2024-04-24). Shukri’s visit to Istanbul: Things will not be the same as before. uwidata.com The visit of Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to Istanbul represents a new step in strengthening and normalizing relations between Ankara and Cairo. The process of resuming relations between the two countries took rapid steps in recent months, culminating in the visit of President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan to Egypt last February. Final step But the …

David Swanson (2024-04-24). So-Called Think Tanks’ Malignant Influence on U.S. Foreign policy. worldbeyondwar.org “Think Tanks” pretend to be independent research bodies providing academic policy papers on various foreign policy issues. However, they are often funded by weapons manufacturers. #WorldBEYONDWar…

WSWS (2024-04-24). Ford Rouge worker dies on the assembly line. wsws.org An autoworker died after suffering a medical emergency after waiting a half hour for medical help at the Ford Rouge complex outside Detroit.

WSWS (2024-04-24). ILO report reveals severe gender pay gap in Sri Lankan labour force. wsws.org The pay gap between male and female workers is an integral part of the system of capitalist exploitation that ensures lucrative profits for investors.

WSWS (2024-04-24). Ocasio-Cortez donates over $250,000 to Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. wsws.org Ocasio-Cortez, a key political prop of the Biden administration, is emerging as a significant financial prop of the Democratic Party in the 2024 elections.

WSWS (2024-04-24). In Supreme Court arguments, Biden administration demands unrestricted power to separate families “without judicial oversight” wsws.org In arguments Tuesday, the Biden administration argued that a US citizen has no right whatsoever to challenge the denial of her spouse’s visa, and that she does not even have a right to be provided with any specific reason why.

WSWS (2024-04-24). Senate passes TikTok ban, putting it on track for Biden’s signature. wsws.org The Senate moved a step closer to an official ban of the social media platform TikTok in the US, an attack on free speech and a major step in the preparations for war with China.

WSWS (2024-04-24). More Stellantis layoffs at Sterling Heights and Mack Avenue Assembly in Detroit, forced overtime announced in Toledo. wsws.org Stellantis laid off 199 workers Monday at Sterling Heights Assenbly and another 57 at the Mack plant in Detroit as it continues its brutal program of job cuts in the wake of the 2023 contract.

The Independent (2024-04-24). Centenary Bank gives 13th Rotary Cancer Run a sh300million boost. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Centenary Bank, together with its subsidiary, Centenary Foundation have announced their platinum sponsorship of sh300million, for the 2024 edition of the Rotary Cancer Run. During the official launch of the 13th Rotary Cancer Run, Anita Among, Speaker of Parliament and chief guest praised the collaborative efforts of Rotary Uganda and …

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). Goldman Sachs upbeat on A shares. ecns.cn Goldman Sachs, a global investment banking, securities and investment management firm, sees double-digit growth potential in valuations of China’s A shares, given the country’s recently released nine measures to promote the high-quality development of the capital market.

GABIK (2024-04-24). Nzimande commends SETAs role in facilitating skills development. sanews.gov.za Nzimande commends SETAs role in facilitating skills development | Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Professor Blade Nzimande, has commended the crucial role played by the Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) in the country’s skills development. | “As the Department of Higher Education and Training, we are proud to state that while we provide the overall strategic and policy direction, our SETAs continue to play a crucial role in implementing and facilitating skills development within their respective sectors,” Nzimande said. | Speaking at the SETA Skills Summit currently underway in…

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). China in Diplomat’s Eyes: Vibrant Xi’an city in antiquity and modernity. ecns.cn The historical sites tell the stories of the past and present, the ancient streets carry the traditional city elements. In northwest China’s Xi’an city, visitors can not only experience the profound history of China in places like Datang Furong Garden and the city walls dating back to the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-25 AD), but also explore the cultural imprints among modern buildings. They can also have a close touch with pandas, which serve an ecological icon for cultural communications of the city.

SAM (2024-04-24). Is A General Strike In 2028 A Real Possibility? progressivehub.net HAMILTON NOLAN | HOW THINGS WORK…

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). China unveils Shenzhou-18 crew for space station mission. ecns.cn

The Independent (2024-04-24). How Kony’s spirits saved Kwoyelo’s life. independent.co.ug GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Former warlord Thomas Kwoyelo has revealed that Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army -LRA spared his life on the advice of his spirits during their time in the Bush. This was part of the testimony Kwoyelo presented before the International Crimes Division of the High Court sitting …

youtube (2024-04-24). The Worst Is Yet To Come? youtube.com Daniel Levy addresses public hearing in the European Parliament.

NEOB (2024-04-24). Those who act with impunity will be brought to book. sanews.gov.za Those who act with impunity will be brought to book | “Impunity is no longer a given”. | These are the fighting words of National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Advocate Shamila Batohi. | She, alongside the National Prosecuting Authority’s executive committee, was addressing a media roundtable on Wednesday. | READ | “The one big difference between what was the position five years ago and what’s the position now… is that impunity is no longer…

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). China Space Day: Exploring China’s Romanticism in Space. ecns.cn

Adriaan Alsema (2024-04-24). Some 4.5 million people in Colombia facing severe hunger: report. colombiareports.com Some 4.5 million people in Colombia face severe levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Global Report on Food Crises. The majority of these people were migrants, said the…

The Independent (2024-04-24). Kenya’s wildlife conservancies. independent.co.ug How they make old men rich, while making women and young people poorer ANALYSIS | JOSEPH OGUTU | Kenya once had an exceptional abundance and diversity of wildlife. But as the country’s population boomed, wildlife lost space to people, buildings, roads and agriculture. Since 1948, Kenya’s population has surged by 780%, from 5.4 million people to …

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). Researchers find fossil of ancient Myanmar tapeworm. ecns.cn Researchers have recently discovered an endoparasitic tapeworm fossil from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber that is approximately 100 million years old.According to the researchers, this fossil displays unique external and internal features that are most consistent with the characteristics of extant Trypanorhyncha tapeworms.

The Independent (2024-04-24). UDB champions collaborative development financing. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Development Bank on April.17 convened a pivotal roundtable with key global financial leaders to discuss the enhancement of national development banks in Africa on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington DC. The discussions aimed to strengthen partnerships and develop strategies …

unitedEditor (2024-04-24). Shukri’s visit to Istanbul: Things will not be the same as before. unitedworldint.com The visit of Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to Istanbul represents a new step in strengthening and normalizing relations between Ankara and Cairo. The process of resuming relations between the two countries took rapid steps in recent months, culminating in the visit of President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan to Egypt last February. Final step But the …

The Independent (2024-04-24). Uganda, Madagascar win golds in ITTF Eastern Africa Regional Senior Championships. independent.co.ug KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda and Madagascar won the women’s and men’s team events respectively at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Eastern Africa Regional Senior Championships 2024. After seeing off favorites Madagascar in the semifinal 3-0, the hosts defeated Kenya 3-0 in the women’s final played at the Lugogo Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday. …

The Independent (2024-04-24). IEA Chief: Oil and gas demand to fall by 2030. independent.co.ug SPECIAL REPORT | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Energy Agency Chief Dr. Fathi Birol has insisted that global oil and gas demand will start to fall before 2030, marking the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era. The International Energy Agency (IEA) in November last year raised hopes of an end to the fossil fuel era …

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). China has most top 100 science and tech clusters. ecns.cn China became the nation with the most “top 100 science and technology clusters” for the first time last year, an official from the country’s top intellectual property regulator said on Wednesday.

themoscowtimes (2024-04-24). Who Is Timur Ivanov, the Russian Deputy Defense Minister and Shoigu Ally Arrested for Bribery? themoscowtimes.com Dubbed “one of the richest siloviki,” Ivanov has been the subject of Russian media investigations into his and his family’s lavish lifestyles.

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). Space Day of China celebrated with exhibitions. ecns.cn

ptcnews.tv (2024-04-24). Ex-K-pop idol’s mosque building plans in Korea met with local opposition. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: Local resistance and accusations of fraud are impeding former K-pop star Daud Kim’s efforts to establish a mosque in Incheon, South Korea. Daud Kim, previously known as Jay Kim, transitioned to Islam in 2020 and has since garnered a substantial following on YouTube, with over 5.55 million subscribers. Expressing his desire to provide more prayer spaces for Muslims in South Korea, Daud Kim embarked on the ambitious project of constructing a mosque in Incheon, a significant undertaking given the religious demographics of the region.However, his plans have encountered numerous obstacles, including th…

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). Liaoning achieves remarkable growth. ecns.cn Li Lecheng, governor of Liaoning, said at a news conference that the province’s economic output surpassed 3 trillion yuan ($414 billion) last year, and continued its favorable momentum in the first quarter of this year, with GDP growth of 5.4 percent.

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). China welcomes foreign astronauts, space tourists. ecns.cn A woman takes photos at an exhibition on aerospace in Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei province, April 23, 2024.It’s confident that its space station will welcome more new members from different backgrounds in the near future, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). China set to launch Shenzhou-18 crewed spaceship on April 25. ecns.cn China’s Shenzhou-18 manned spacecraft is scheduled to be launched at 8: 59 p.m. Beijing time on Thursday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, the China Manned Space Agency announced at a press conference on Wednesday.

Will van de Pol (2024-04-24). Woodside faces firestorm as investors vote against climate plans. independentaustralia.net

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). Space company works on new reusable rocket. ecns.cn It was first flown from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China’s Gobi Desert in November 2017.”ÄÄ”ÄÄThe larger Kuaizhou 11 is 25 meters tall and 2.2 meters wide.

npr.org (2024-04-24). Columbia to continue talks with student protesters. npr.org After the arrests of dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters, students across the country have erected encampments on campuses in solidarity.

paige.boyd (2024-04-24). Megan Thee Stallion’s Lawyer Rips Sex Harassment, Fat-Shaming Lawsuit As An ‘Attempt To Embarrass Her’. newsone.com Megan Thee Stallion at the Pre-GRAMMY Gala held at The Beverly Hilton on February 3, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. | Source: Gilbert Flores / Getty | It looks like Here’s the complaint against Roc Nation and Megan Thee Stallion, which as I explained in my YouTube live is an employment lawsuit over Garcia being classified as an independent contractor, NOT a sexual harassment law…

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). Greater efforts urged to improve children’s living environment. ecns.cn Judges and relevant workers are being urged to attach greater importance to addressing the underlying issues of juvenile crime such as inadequate family care, internet addiction, and school bullying, in order to provide a better environment for children to grow up in.

Editor (2024-04-24). Opinion: England’s anti-trans Cass review is politics disguised as science. mronline.org The recent report borrows from DeSantis bans on transgender care in Florida and appears designed to provide political justification for further attacks on transgender care.

thecommunists (2024-04-24). Assange extradition: where are the unions? thecommunists.org As what was supposed to have been the final hearing in Julian Assange’s extradition proceeding took place on 21 February in London, CPGB-ML comrades hosted a rally and open mic session outside the Royal Courts of Justice. Our speakers made the following points to the demonstrators who were gathered there. You can find links to …

The Independent (2024-04-24). EFRIS: Accountant gives perspective as URA vows to maintain enforcement. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority-URA has warned the business community against misinterpreting the President’s directive on EFRIS (Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution). URA says the President’s directive did not stop the implementation of EFRIS and urges the taxpayers to continue using the system. “Currently, all VAT-registered taxpayers are mandated to …

Gabisile (2024-04-24). President Ramaphosa sets sights on five million EPWP jobs in next five years. sanews.gov.za President Ramaphosa sets sights on five million EPWP jobs in next five years | President Cyril Ramaphosa believes that the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) remains a critical policy instrument to tackle unemployment and reduce poverty as government grapples with high levels of joblessness. | The President has since pledged on behalf of government to improve the EPWP and to deliver five million work opportunities in the next five years. | President Ra…

Staff (2024-04-24). BREAKING: UN announces UK government has FAILED disabled people. thecanary.co In a report published on Wednesday 24 April, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) called out the UK Government for their callous treatment of disabled people. The report ruled that: The Committee finds that the State party has failed to take all appropriate measures to address grave and systematic violations …

Gabisile (2024-04-24). IEC opens accreditation for all Results Operation Centres. sanews.gov.za

The Independent (2024-04-24). World Bank to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030. independent.co.ug Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group are partnering on an ambitious effort to provide at least 300 million people in Africa with electricity access by 2030. The World Bank Group will work to connect 250 million people to electricity through distributed renewable energy systems or the …

Kayla Stajkovic, Alex Stajkovic (2024-04-24). BLM Protests In Cities With Police Departments Led By Black Women Tended To Be Relatively Peaceful, Study Finds. newsone.com Black Lives Matter protests in cities with Black women police chiefs had much less violence than cities with police chiefs of other races and gender, research has found.

ptcnews.tv (2024-04-24). Noida Scrap Mafia: Ravi Kana, partner Kajal Jha with Rs 120 crore arrested in Thailand. ptcnews.tv Noida Scrap Mafia: The notorious figure known as the Noida Scrap Mafia, Ravi Kana along with his partner Kajal Jha has been apprehended in Thailand. Ravi Kana hailing from western Uttar Pradesh, had been evading the Noida Police due to his involvement in various criminal activities.The Noida Police had maintained close communication with their counterparts in Thailand, providing them with comprehensive information regarding Kana. A red corner notice had been issued against him earlier in January.Kana found himself on the wrong side of the law after being charged under the stringent Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and An…

Staff (2024-04-24). Before East Palestine, there was Portsmouth. therealnews.com “Vina Colley was Erin Brockovich before Erin Brockovich,” Kevin Williams wrote in a 2020 Belt Magazine article titled, “The Poisonous Legacy of Portsmouth’s Gaseous Diffusion Plant.” Williams continues, “Colley has become an unlikely citizen-scientist, spending a lifetime researching and documenting PORTS and its sins… Colley was hired as an electrician at the facility in 1980 and worked …

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). Xi: Bolster growth of western region. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping emphasized on Tuesday the need to boost the high-quality development of China’s western region by pursuing higher-standard opening-up, both internally and externally, as the country advances Chinese modernization.

(2024-04-24). Australian journalist Avani Dias leaves India over visa delay, censorship. abc.net.au

The Independent (2024-04-24). UCC cautions prosecutors on illegal tapping of phones. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Communications Commission has asked the prosecutors in the Directorate of Public Prosecutions to always use lawful means to obtain evidence. According to Dr. Abdul Salaam Waiswa the Head Legal Affairs and Compliance at UCC, anyone including prosecutors can be a victim of cybercrime but it is illegal to intercept …

The Independent (2024-04-24). Uganda Baati launches 60th-anniversary campaign. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Baati has launched its 60th anniversary campaign at a media event held in Kampala today. Founded in 1964, Uganda Baati has been at the forefront of the steel manufacturing industry, introducing numerous advancements and achieving many firsts in Uganda and the region. It was the first company in …

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). Lhasa welcomes peak tourism season. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). Flights and train services resume in Guangdong. ecns.cn Rail transport, affected by days of rainstorms in northern Guangdong and elsewhere, has been restored since Monday, with all high-speed trains and ordinary speed trains operating normally.

(2024-04-24). Iran arrests Kurdish editor-in-chief, Iranian cartoonist, sues several newspapers. Arlene Getz/CPJ Editorial Director

The Independent (2024-04-24). Uganda-Oman labour export deal in the pipeline. independent.co.ug Ingah Kutesa moves to secure labour export deal with Oman Muscat, Oman | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is set to sign an official deal with Oman to streamline its labour export business. Year-long negotiations have resulted in a visit early this week to Muscat by Minister of State of Labour, Employment, and Industrial Relations, …

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). China slams ‘spy threat’ accusation. ecns.cn Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin made the remark on Tuesday amid arrests and charges of “suspected spies for China” in Germany and Britain.A man who works for a German lawmaker in the European Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, The Associated Press quoted German prosecutors as saying on Tuesday.

Staff (2024-04-24). The toxic 4am club — are early mornings the secret to a productive day, or a toxic career trend? thecanary.co From Michelle Obama to Kris Jenner, several of the world’s highest earners believe that an early start plays an instrumental role in their success. However, striving to adopt the 4am club lifestyle can have the reverse effect on your levels of productivity. Here, Martin Seeley at MattressNextDay reveals exactly what happens to the body when …

(2024-04-24). Prosecutor requests 15-month sentence for jailed DRC journalist Blaise Mabala. cpj.org

themoscowtimes (2024-04-24). Russian Deputy Defense Minister Held in Custody on Bribery Accusations. themoscowtimes.com The arrest of Timur Ivanov, a longtime ally of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, is the most dramatic corruption case in Russia in recent years.

(2024-04-24). CPJ, others oppose prosecution of Italian investigative journalists in leaks probe. editorialedomani.it

Walter Gainer II (2024-04-24). Amanda Seales Opens Up To Shannon Sharpe In Latest Club Shay Shay Installment. newsone.com Source: Shahar Azran / Getty | The truth-telling comedian and actress, Club Shay Shay isn’t a new show but it blew up at the beginning of the year after a viral interview with Katt Williams who used the platform to call out Steve Harvey…

ptcnews.tv (2024-04-24). Athens sky transforms into orange hues amidst dust storm. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: Athens and various Greek cities found themselves shrouded in a yellow-orange haze on Tuesday as clouds of dust originating from the Sahara swept across the region, marking one of the most severe episodes of such phenomena since 2018, officials reported.The atmospheric conditions, driven by strong southerly winds, drastically reduced visibility and prompted concerns from authorities regarding respiratory health risks associated with increased concentrations of fine pollution particles.Kostas Lagouvardos, the weather research director at the Athens Observatory, described the event as one of the most…

GABIK (2024-04-24). Pavilion Home Affairs office hailed as a game-changer. sanews.gov.za Pavilion Home Affairs office hailed as a game-changer | KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube says the opening of a Home Affairs office at the Pavilion Shopping Centre in Westville, Durban, is a game-changer in how government provides services to the citizens. | Dube-Ncube joined Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, to officially open the new Home Affairs office at the Pavilion Shopping Centre as part of the department’s ongoing efforts to make services easily accessible to the public. | The new office will offer application and collections services for IDs and passports. Clients will have the convenienc…

GABIK (2024-04-24). Twenty-four Giyani villages expected to have running water by June. sanews.gov.za Twenty-four Giyani villages expected to have running water by June | The Department of Water and Sanitation says all 24 villages, which are part of Phase 1 of Giyani Water Projects, are expected to have running water from their taps by the end of June this year. | “While some of the villages are receiving water from their taps and some have not, the department anticipates that all of the 24 villages will have water running from their taps by the end of June. | “The remaining 31 villages will be part of Phase 2 of Giyani Water Projects and its reticulation is expected to start in this new financial year,” Water an…

The Independent (2024-04-24). Namboole stadium to host test matches ahead of international games. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following renovations at Mandela National Stadium (Namboole stadium), Namboole will host two test games on Wednesday 1st May 2024. The games will kick off with Bull FC playing against Vipers FC at 4: 00 pm and KCCA FC playing against SC Villa at 7: 00pm. These test matches are a requirement by …

(2024-04-24). ‘I couldn’t remain silent’: Son fights for Uyghur journalist’s release from Chinese prison. Iris Hsu

Jason Hickel (2024-04-24). Capitalism is the single greatest source of violence. mronline.org What the present moment reveals, once again, is that Western aggression during the “Cold War” was never about destroying socialism, as such. It was about destroying movements and governments in the periphery that sought economic sovereignty. Why? Because economic sovereignty in the periphery threatens capital accumulation in the core.

ptcnews.tv (2024-04-24). New Schengen visa rules: Indians granted multi-entry two-year visa to 29 Schengen countries. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: The European Union (EU) has recently introduced favourable Schengen visa rules for Indian passport holders, potentially expanding the accessibility of travel to 29 European nations with ease and convenience.Indian passports currently hold a ranking of 85, as reported by the Henley Passport Index for 2024, which assesses the strength of passports from 199 countries. Notably, neighbouring countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh hold lower rankings at 106 and 102, respectively.Under the updated Schengen visa regulations, Indian travellers can now enjoy the privilege of multiple entries into any of the…

nosihle (2024-04-24). Chikunga extends well wishes to aspiring traffic officers. sanews.gov.za Chikunga extends well wishes to aspiring traffic officers | Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga has conveyed her well wishes to trainee officers, who will be embarking on the final selection process to train as traffic officers. | These officers are part of the national recruitment drive undertaken by the Road Traffic Management Corporation to reduce unemployment and create job opportunities for the youth, women and persons with disabilities | “We anticipate enrolling 600 trainee traffic officers to officially commence training on 1 June 2024. It is pleasing to note that about 40% of traffic officer recruits wh…

Bilal G. Morris (2024-04-24). GOP Lawmakers Take More Steps Toward Trying To Eliminate DEI Nationwide. newsone.com

Zack Linly (2024-04-24). Judge Loses Patience With Trump Lawyer During Gag Order Hearing. Maybe It’s Time To Bind And Gag Trump! newsone.com Judge Merchan issued a gag order barring Trump from making public statements about any witnesses, prosecutors, jurors or court staff–standard practice for court proceedings–but that didn’t stop the commander-in-losing-and-lying-and-lying-about-losing from attacking the judge’s daughter on social media, prompting the order’s expansion fto cover the relatives of court staff members and attorneys working the case.

cpj.org (2024-04-24). CPJ recognizes vital role of free press on democracy ahead of White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner. cpj.org New York, April 24, 2024 — Ahead of the White House Correspondents’ Association’s (WHCA) annual dinner on Saturday, April 27, the Committee to Protect Journalists reaffirms the importance of press freedom for democracy. This year’s WHCA dinner takes place at a time when journalists face grave threats globally and in a year when much of…

Editor at NewsOne (2024-04-24). Rest In Power: Notable Black People Who Have Died This Year. newsone.com Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ) speaks at a press conference on June 30, 2021, in Washington, D.C. | Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty | UPDATED: 2: 00 p.m. ET, April 24 | While death is an inevitable part of life, that fact doesn’t make it any easier when it is reported that someone has died. | New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announ…

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). China’s used vehicle sales up 7.62% in Q1. ecns.cn Some 4.6 million used vehicles were traded in the country during the period, with a total transaction value of 313.96 billion yuan ($44.18 billion), according to the China Automobile Dealers Association.

Staff (2024-04-24). The two leading UK ME/CFS charities are linked to an organisation fomenting the psychologisation of the illness. thecanary.co Two of the biggest myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) charities in the UK may be a little too cosy with a controversial organisation pulling the strings behind the clinical care for patients living with the devastating chronic illness. Action for ME and the ME Association’s close connections to it raise serious concerns over their integrity as charities …

(2024-04-24). CPJ recognizes vital role of free press on democracy ahead of White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner. whca.press

Ontario Health Coalition (2024-04-24). Medical Care in Ontario’s Private Clinics: Illegal, Unlawful and Unethical. socialistproject.ca A new report

The Independent (2024-04-24). BNI Expo to connect businesses and create opportunities. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s business community is set to strengthen its connections and seize new opportunities as Business Network International (BNI) Uganda hosts the BNI Expo, scheduled to take place on May 31 and June 1, 2024, at the UMA Show Grounds in Lugogo. The Expo is designed to catalyze business …

(2024-04-24). Zambian police detain 2 journalists, make them delete interviews with opposition. dailynationzambia.com

Ali Azgar (2024-04-24). WATCHLIVE]NBA!]Boston Celtics vs Miami Heat Game 2 LIVE Coverage ON TV Channel 25 April 2024. muslimnews.co.uk How to watch today’s Boston Celtics vs Miami Heat NBA Game 2: Live stream, TV channel, and start time What channel is the Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat Game 2 on today? | FREE live stream, time, TV, channel for Eastern Conference Playoffs . . . . . . . . . . . . …

(2024-04-24). Belarus takes more than 20 ‘extremist’ news websites offline. pravo.by

Abdullah Jallow (2024-04-24). 5] The Ascent and Decline of The Ottoman Empire — [Nidhaam Al-Mulk (An Amazing Man)]. salaficentre.com In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Nidhaam Al-Mulk He was known as Nidhaam Al-Mulk, Abu Ali Al-Hasan Bin Ali Bin Ishaq At-Toosee, a devout follower of the religion, wise and knowledgeable, a respected leader, well-versed in the affairs of the state, cheerful and amiable, pious and humble, regularly attending …

themoscowtimes (2024-04-24). Russian Priest Suspended After Navalny Memorial Service. themoscowtimes.com Priest Dmitry Safronov performed a memorial service at Navalny’s gravesite in Moscow on March 26, 40 days after the Kremlin critic died in an Arctic prison.

Gabisile (2024-04-24). The Presidency announces recipients of National Orders. sanews.gov.za The Presidency announces recipients of National Orders | The Chancellor of the National Orders, Director-General in the Presidency, Phindile Baleni, has announced the recipients of National Orders. | On Tuesday, Baleni made public the names of South Africans and foreign nationals, who will be awarded National Orders at a prestigious ceremony on 30 April 2024. | The National Orders are the highest awards that South Africa, through the President, bestows on citizens and well-known foreign nationals, who have contributed towards the advancement of democracy and who have significantly impacted the lives of South Afr…

NEOB (2024-04-24). NPA ‘a long way down the road’ on its vital rebuild. sanews.gov.za NPA ‘a long way down the road’ on its vital rebuild | National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Advocate Shamila Batohi, has stated that despite unrelenting pressure and the devastation of State capture, the turnaround of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has been remarkable. | Batohi was speaking during a media roundtable on the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) priorities and strategic initiatives held at the entity’s headquarters in Pretoria. | Batohi — who was appointed as NDPP in 2019 — said the rebuild of what was then a “fractured” organisation, truly began when a full leadersh…

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). Cooking convenience for cancer patients. ecns.cn The first thing he does after heading downstairs is fire up over a dozen stoves and get his kettle going. He boils a large amount of water every day to help the families of cancer patients with their cooking.

The Independent (2024-04-24). PSFU, MasterCard Foundation study gives Ugandan manufacturers growth tips. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), the apex body of the private sector in Uganda together with the MasterCard Foundation today released two reports on capacity utilization and cost center analysis of manufacturing firms in the country, at a one-day dissemination workshop, at Kampala Serena Hotel. “The overall objective …

NewsOne Staff (2024-04-24). Is Cracker A Racial Slur? Breaking Down The Bigotry. newsone.com Source: Dmytro Chernykov / Getty | In the intricate tapestry of racial epithets that mar American history, there exists one word that may seem innocuous at first glance but carries a heavy history of oppression and racism: “Cracker.” Despite its relative lack of prominence in discussions compared to other racial slurs, the term “Cracker” holds a deep-seated historical significance and carries weighty implications. | In 2013, the term “Cracker” gained renewed attention in the American consciousness when Rachel Jeantel testified in the George Zimmerman trial. Jeantel recounted her phone conversation with Trayvon Ma…

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). Shenzhou-18 mission to further China’s space program. ecns.cn China is gearing up for another significant step in its space exploration, announcing the scheduled launch of the Shenzhou-18 mission at 8: 59 p.m. Beijing time on Thursday from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). ALS fighter vows to fight till the end. ecns.cn The health of Cai Lei, chairman of Askhelpu and former JD.com vice president, is worsening due to suffering the Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS), risking potential respiratory failure.

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). Xi sends congratulatory letter to forum on space cooperation with LatAm, Caribbean countries. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday sent a congratulatory letter to the first China-Latin American and Caribbean States Space Cooperation Forum.

ptcnews.tv (2024-04-24). Ex-K-pop idol’s mosque building plans in Korea met with local opposition. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: Local resistance and accusations of fraud are impeding former K-pop star Daud Kim’s efforts to establish a mosque in Incheon, South Korea. Daud Kim, previously known as Jay Kim, transitioned to Islam in 2020 and has since garnered a substantial following on YouTube, with over 5.55 million subscribers. Expressing his desire to provide more prayer spaces for Muslims in South Korea, Daud Kim embarked on the ambitious project of constructing a mosque in Incheon, a significant undertaking given the religious demographics of the region.However, his plans have encountered numerous obstacles, including th…

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). Beijing hopes Blinken visit to boost dialogue. ecns.cn Beijing hopes that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to China will help effectively manage differences between the two countries, strengthen dialogue and advance mutually beneficial cooperation, said an official with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs.

Editor at NewsOne (2024-04-24). Here’s Every Black Heisman Trophy Winner In NCAA History. newsone.com

Gabisile (2024-04-24). SA reacts to discovery of mass graves at Nasser Hospital in Gaza. sanews.gov.za SA reacts to discovery of mass graves at Nasser Hospital in Gaza | The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has reacted to the recent discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 202 Palestinian civilians at Nasser Hospital in Gaza. | “South Africa is appalled by the recent grim discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 202 Palestinian civilians at Nasser Hospital in Gaza,” the department said in a statement. | This follows the reported discovery of mass graves at Al-Shifa Hospital on Sunday, 21 April 2024. | According to reports, Pales…

Staff (2024-04-24). The Cities of Our Past Reimagined: Chums Unveils AI Visions of Iconic UK Landmarks. thecanary.co The UK’s iconic landmarks are stepping into the future, courtesy of Chums, Liverpool based clothing brand. In a ground-breaking campaign, Chums has harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to breathe new life into five cherished landmarks, providing a fresh perspective on what these structures might look like in the contemporary era. The visionary campaign seeks …

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). China’s Shenzhou-18 crew to raise fish in space. ecns.cn The aquatic ecological experiments will be carried out in China’s Tiangong space station after it welcomes Shenzhou-18 manned spaceship, scheduled for launch at 20: 59 Beijing time on Thursday, according to a press conference held on Wednesday at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province, northwest China.

The Independent (2024-04-24). MPs return mandate to supervise NGOs back to Internal Affairs Ministry. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators have scrapped the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) Board returning its mandate of overseeing operations of NGOs back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This was while the lawmakers considered the NGO (Amendment) Bill, 2024 passed during the plenary sitting on Tuesday, 23 April 2024. The Chairperson, Committee on Defence and …

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). Second phase of the 135th Canton Fair opens in Guangzhou. ecns.cn

ptcnews.tv (2024-04-24). New Schengen visa rules: Indians granted multi-entry two-year visa to 29 Schengen countries. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: The European Union (EU) has recently introduced favourable Schengen visa rules for Indian passport holders, potentially expanding the accessibility of travel to 29 European nations with ease and convenience.Indian passports currently hold a ranking of 85, as reported by the Henley Passport Index for 2024, which assesses the strength of passports from 199 countries. Notably, neighbouring countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh hold lower rankings at 106 and 102, respectively.Under the updated Schengen visa regulations, Indian travellers can now enjoy the privilege of multiple entries into any of the…

The Independent (2024-04-24). Tony Elumelu Foundation, partners unveil 2nd WE4A initiative at Uganda Business Forum. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has this week launched the second instalment of the Women Entrepreneurs for Africa (WE4A) initiative. This groundbreaking initiative aims to empower women entrepreneurs across the continent by providing them with the necessary tools, resources, and mentorship to succeed in a dynamic business landscape. …

The Independent (2024-04-24). House stays rationalisation of Asian property board and NPART pending audit. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rationalisation of the Non-Performing Assets Recovery Trust (NPART) and Departed Asians Property Custodian Board will only be concluded after an audit, Parliament has directed. On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, Parliament debated the Non-Performing Assets Recovery Trust (Amendment) Bill, 2024 that purposes to dissolve the Trust, the Board of Trustees, …

ecns.cn (2024-04-24). Low-altitude economy in Xinjiang starts riding powerful tail winds. ecns.cn The launch of Xinjiang Tianyuan General Aviation Co’s first flight from Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, to Fuyun county in Xinjiang’s Altay on Sunday, and the opening of a low-altitude economy research institute marked the beginning of new opportunities for the region’s low-altitude economic growth.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-04-24). Más de 118 mil muertos, heridos y desaparecidos en Gaza por agresión. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (RHC) Más de 118 mil palestinos murieron, resultaron heridos o están desaparecidos hoy en la Franja de Gaza, tras 201 días de agresión israelí, que causó pérdidas preliminares de unos 30 mil millones de dólares.

María Candela (2024-04-24). EE.UU. dice estar preocupado por DH en cuba mientras apuntala a Israel. radiohc.cu Al tiempo que el secretario norteamericano de Estado, Anthony Blinken, presentaba con acento doctoral el informe sobre lo que califica de ejercicio de derechos humanos en 200 países, su ardoroso aliado, Israel, sobrepasaba los 34 mil civiles asesinados en Gaza.

teleSUR, SH (2024-04-24). Hezbolá lanza una nueva andanada de misiles contra Israel. telesurtv.net La Resistencia libanesa reiteró que el ataque fue en respuesta a una masacre cometida por Israel en la víspera en la localidad libanesa de Hanine, en el sur del Líbano.

European Commission (2024-04-24). World: Informe mundial sobre las crisis alimentarias: el hambre aguda sigue siendo persistentemente alta en 59 países y se considera que 1 de cada 5 personas necesita ayuda urgente. reliefweb.int Countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, occupied Palestinian territory, Somalia, South Sudan, World | Sources: European Commission, European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Food Security Information Network, International Fund for Agricultural Development, UN Children’s Fund, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, World Bank, World Food Programme | Los socios de la Red Mundial contra las Crisis Alimentarias piden un enfoque transformador para romper el ciclo del hambre aguda | ROMA — Según el últim…

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-04-24). Cuba expondrá ante la Unión Europea recrudecimiento del bloqueo estadounidense. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (RHC) Cuba abordarán hoy con la Unión Europea (UE) el recrudecimiento del bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero que le impone Estados Unidos y el obstáculo que representa para el normal desarrollo de los vínculos La Habana-Bruselas.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-04-24). Resaltan en Cuba potencialidades de Feria de Construcción. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (RHC) El primer ministro de Cuba, Manuel Marrero, resaltó que la XIV Feria Internacional de Construcción, Fecons 2024, constituye un espacio para la promoción de nuevas tecnologías, materiales y servicios, en aras de modernizar este sector.

Raúl Rodríguez (2024-04-24). Cuba inscribió tres postas y 17 atletas para el Mundial de Relevos. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (RHC).- Cuba inscribió oficialmente a tres postas y 17 atletas para el Campeonato Mundial de Relevos de Bahamas, que animarán casi 900 corredores de 54 naciones los días 4 y 5 de mayo.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-04-24). Brigadas internacionalistas materializan solidaridad con Cuba. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (RHC) Brigadas internacionales de solidaridad de visita en Cuba, desarrollan hoy varias actividades en el país, que les permitirán conocer a fondo la realidad y las transformaciones que realiza la nación caribeña en beneficio del pueblo.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-04-24). øQué afecta la generación de electricidad en Cuba en estos días. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (RHC) Cinco unidades de centrales termoeléctricas y el emplazamiento de motores fuel oil de Mariel fuera del sistema han propiciado que durante estos días haya afectaciones en el servicio eléctrico, por capacidad de generación.

María Candela (2024-04-24). Compañía Folklórica Camagua se presentará en el Teatro Nacional de Cuba (+Foto). radiohc.cu Camagàºey, 24 abr (RHC) La Compañía Folklórica Camagua se presentará en la Sala Covarrubias del Teatro Nacional de Cuba, como parte de la habitual temporada que cada año desarrolla en La Habana.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-04-24). ALBA-TCP celebra en Venezuela la XXIII Cumbre de Jefes de Estado. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (RHC) Los países miembros del ALBA-TCP celebrarán hoy en Caracas la XXIII Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de ese bloque de integración regional, en la que se prevé la presentación de la Agenda Estratégica 2030.

Raúl Rodríguez (2024-04-24). Tigres de Ciego y Leñadores de Las Tunas por desquites en Serie de Béisbol. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (ACN).- Tigres de Ciego de Avila y Leñadores de Las Tunas saldrán este miércoles en busca de desquitarse de las derrotas sufridas la víspera, que provocaron una escapada de los Vegueros pinareños en la cima de la Serie Nacional de Béisbol.

Pan American Health Organization (2024-04-24). Colombia: Salud y Migración en la Región de las Américas (Al 31 de Marzo de 2024). reliefweb.int Countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Source: Pan American Health Organization | Please refer to the attached file. | ACTUALIZACIONES CLAVE | Darién Colombia-Panamá: El Ministerio de Seguridad Pública de Panamá informó que entre el 1 de enero y el 31 de marzo de 2024, 109.069 migrantes han atravesado el Darién. Entre las nacionalidades con mayor ingreso se encuentran los venezolanos con 69.568, seguidos por los ecuatorianos con 8.912, haitianos con 7.253 y colombianos con 7.030 (1).

teleSUR, MS (2024-04-24). Impiden salida de Perú a la fiscal suspendida Patricia Benavides. telesurtv.net Este pedido de la Fiscalía se produce después de que un equipo de fiscales anticorrupción detuviera a siete personas y allanara 21 inmuebles en Lima en el marco de la investigación sobre la presunta red corrupta en la Fiscalía…

teleSUR, YSM (2024-04-24). Siria y Rusia realizan maniobra militar en base naval de Tartous. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Información de la nación árabe precisó que se simularon “las condiciones de operaciones de combate reales”.

teleSUR, YSM (2024-04-24). Siria y Rusia realizan maniobra militar en base naval de Tartous. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Información de la nación árabe precisó que se simularon “las condiciones de operaciones de combate reales”.

teleSUR, MER (2024-04-24). Presidente de Venezuela destaca avances de cooperación con CPI. telesurtv.net El mandatario venezolano consideró que tienen buena comunicación y que deben avanzar hacia el concepto de la complementariedad.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-04-24). Presidente de México exige respeto a la soberanía de su país. telesurtv.net López Obrador manifestó que los EE.UU. “se sitúan como los jueces del mundo. Nosotros somos respetuosos con ellos y ellos deberían ser respetuosos con nosotros”.

teleSUR, MS (2024-04-24). Impiden salida de Perú a la fiscal suspendida Patricia Benavides. telesurtv.net Este pedido de la Fiscalía se produce después de que un equipo de fiscales anticorrupción detuviera a siete personas y allanara 21 inmuebles en Lima en el marco de la investigación sobre la presunta red corrupta en la Fiscalía…

teleSUR, idg, JCM (2024-04-24). Pareja de Isabel Díaz Ayuso reconoce fraude fiscal en España. telesurtv.net Un posible pacto como el que busca la pareja de Isabel Díaz Ayuso evitaría su entrada en prisión si cumple con todos los términos económicos del acuerdo.

teleSUR, JDO (2024-04-24). Rusia descarta que ayuda de EE.UU. evite colapso de fuerzas ucranianas. telesurtv.net Funcionarios rusos aseguran que el paquete de 61.000 millones de dólares oxigenará al complejo militar industrial mientras Ucrania lucha “hasta el último hombre”.

teleSUR, MER (2024-04-24). Presidente de Venezuela destaca avances de cooperación con CPI. telesurtv.net El mandatario venezolano consideró que tienen buena comunicación y que deben avanzar hacia el concepto de la complementariedad.

teleSUR, rzr, DRL (2024-04-24). Pandillas controlan acceso a los recursos petrolíferos en Haití. telesurtv.net Los delincuentes armados tienen secuestrada la estación portuaria de CPS, adonde nadie puede llegar, por lo que no recibe buques portacontenedores desde el 5 de marzo.

teleSUR, rzr, DRL (2024-04-24). Corte eléctrico detiene vertido en control de OIEA en Fukushima. telesurtv.net La empresa subrayó también que no ha detectado anomalías en los niveles de radiación y está investigando la causa del incidente.

teleSUR, MER (2024-04-24). Lula ve con optimismo escenario en Venezuela para el 28 de julio. telesurtv.net El presidente indicó que si Brasil es invitado, participará en el acompañamiento de las elecciones en Venezuela.

teleSUR, lvm, SH (2024-04-24). Informan continuidad de votación adelantada en Panamá. telesurtv.net El Tribunal Electoral de Panamá informó que se configurará la asignación de roles de los funcionarios electorales que intervendrán en los instructivos de mesa.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-04-24). Joan Manuel Serrat gana premio Princesa de Asturias de las Artes. telesurtv.net Josep María Flotats, director de teatro y miembro del jurado que ha elegido a Serrat premio Princesa de Asturias de las Artes señaló: “Es un ejemplo y un objeto estudio para las generaciones futuras”

teleSUR, MS (2024-04-24). Oposición lidera intención de voto en Uruguay, según encuestadora. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con la encuesta, un 47% de los encuestados manifestó su intención de votar por el FA, mientras que un 31% optaría por el oficialista Partido Nacional (PN). Por otro lado, un 11% se inclina por otros partidos de la coalición gobernante, y un igual porcentaje se encuentra indeciso.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-04-24). Gobierno de Bolivia aumenta salario mínimo nacional en un 5,85%. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado precisa que con estos incrementos estamos seguros que la economía no solo se mantendrá estable.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-04-24). Gobierno de Bolivia aumenta salario mínimo nacional en un 5,85%. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado precisa que con estos incrementos estamos seguros que la economía no solo se mantendrá estable.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-04-24). Presidente de México exige respeto a la soberanía de su país. telesurtv.net López Obrador manifestó que los EE.UU. “se sitúan como los jueces del mundo. Nosotros somos respetuosos con ellos y ellos deberían ser respetuosos con nosotros”.

teleSUR, lvm, SH (2024-04-24). Informan continuidad de votación adelantada en Panamá. telesurtv.net El Tribunal Electoral de Panamá informó que se configurará la asignación de roles de los funcionarios electorales que intervendrán en los instructivos de mesa.

Maria Calvo (2024-04-24). Cuba reitera compromiso con Derecho Internacional. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (RHC) El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, reiteró hoy a través de su cuenta en X, el compromiso de su país con la Carta de Naciones Unidas y el Derecho Internacional, en ocasión de celebrarse el Día de la diplomacia.

Maria Calvo (2024-04-24). Gobierno de Petro comprometido con la protección de los adultos mayores. radiohc.cu Desigual e inequitativo, con un alto costo fiscal es el sistema de pensiones en Colombia. En la actualidad unos cuatro millones de ciudadanos de la llamada tercera edad no tienen ningún amparo en su vejez.

teleSUR, YSM (2024-04-24). Arriban a Venezuela delegaciones para cumbre de ALBA-TCP. telesurtv.net Desde esta noche y hasta las primeras horas del miércoles, varios mandatarios y primeros ministros de la región harán su llegada oficial a Caracas.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2024-04-24). China lanzará nave tripulada Shenzhou-18 a su estación espacial. telesurtv.net La misión espacial partirá del Centro de Lanzamiento de Satélites de Jiuquan, en el noroeste de China, a las 20: 59 hora local (12: 59 GMT).

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2024-04-24). China lanzará nave tripulada Shenzhou-18 a su estación espacial. telesurtv.net La misión espacial partirá del Centro de Lanzamiento de Satélites de Jiuquan, en el noroeste de China, a las 20: 59 hora local (12: 59 GMT).

teleSUR, odr, SH (2024-04-24). Jamaica reconoce el Estado de Palestina. telesurtv.net Jamaica continúa abogando por una solución de dos Estados como la única opción viable para resolver el conflicto entre Israel y Palestina.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-04-24). Raisi: no quedará nada del régimen sionista si Israel ataca a Irán. telesurtv.net Raisi dio la alarma en una reunión con las élites culturales y académicas de Pakistán en la Universidad Government College (GCU) de Lahore, en la provincia central de Punjab.

teleSUR, odr, SH (2024-04-24). Jamaica reconoce el Estado de Palestina. telesurtv.net Jamaica continúa abogando por una solución de dos Estados como la única opción viable para resolver el conflicto entre Israel y Palestina.

BAN Toxics (2024-04-24). New Docu Sheds Light on the Dark Side of Skin Whitening, Exposes Illegal Trade of Mercury-added Beauty Products. pressenza.com “Kaya po ako gumamit ng skin-lightening products, unang una naman po talaga, para maging maganda.” (I tried using skin-lightening products, primarily to look beautiful),” a woman narrates, as she is seen facing a bathroom mirror applying a skin-care product to her face. | This is the opening scene for the new short video documentary ‘The Dark Side of Skin-Lightening’ as it lays the foundation for why skin-whitening is very popular in the country. The video then continues to explain how the desire for light or fair skin, common among most Filipinos, is deeply rooted in the country’s cultural history. | Produced b…

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-04-24). Colocan en alerta 14 provincias dominicanas por lluvias. telesurtv.net El COE coloca 03 provincias en alerta amarilla y aumenta 11 en verde y al Distrito Nacional por la incidencia de una vaguada.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2024-04-24). Justicia costarricense defiende derecho de informar al consumidor. telesurtv.net En agosto de 2023 el Ministerio de Salud firmó una directriz para ocultar este etiquetado impreso en la presentación comercial de los alimentos empacados importados.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2024-04-24). Justicia costarricense defiende derecho de informar al consumidor. telesurtv.net En agosto de 2023 el Ministerio de Salud firmó una directriz para ocultar este etiquetado impreso en la presentación comercial de los alimentos empacados importados.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-04-24). Colocan en alerta 14 provincias dominicanas por lluvias. telesurtv.net El COE coloca 03 provincias en alerta amarilla y aumenta 11 en verde y al Distrito Nacional por la incidencia de una vaguada.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-04-24). Multilateralismo y diplomacia para la paz, pilares del trabajo de ONU. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (RHC) El Día Internacional del Multilateralismo y la Diplomacia para la Paz insiste hoy en fortalecer el equilibrio del planeta, considerado uno de los pilares del sistema de la Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU).

teleSUR, SH (2024-04-24). Fallece el campeón olímpico venezolano “Morochito” Rodríguez. telesurtv.net Francisco ‘Morochito’ Rodríguez forma parte de la élite deportiva de Venezuela al ser uno de los cuatro medallistas dorados en los Juegos Olímpicos del país.

teleSUR, SH (2024-04-24). Fallece el campeón olímpico venezolano “Morochito” Rodríguez. telesurtv.net Francisco ‘Morochito’ Rodríguez forma parte de la élite deportiva de Venezuela al ser uno de los cuatro medallistas dorados en los Juegos Olímpicos del país.

teleSUR, DRL (2024-04-24). Protestan contra genocidio sionista en universidades de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Las acciones policiales en Yale y NYU se produjeron después de unos días tensos en los campus de todo Estados Unidos.

teleSUR, MS (2024-04-24). EE.UU. aprueba nuevos paquetes de “ayuda militar” a varios países. telesurtv.net La medida unifica cuatro proyectos de ley previamente aprobados por la Cámara de Representantes el sábado pasado, incluyendo 61.000 millones de dólares para Ucrania, 26.400 millones para Israel y 8.100 millones para Taiwán.

teleSUR, idg, JCM (2024-04-24). Irán y Pakistán exigen a la ONU medidas contra Israel. telesurtv.net Ambos países exigen la necesidad urgente de un alto al fuego inmediato e incondicional en la región y el fin de las hostilidades contra el pueblo palestino.

teleSUR, JCM, MER, JGN (2024-04-24). Minuto a minuto del asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net La OMS ha alertado sobre la grave situación sanitaria en Gaza y la falta de recursos para atender a la población afectada por los ataques israelíes.

teleSUR, JCM, MER, JGN (2024-04-24). Minuto a minuto del asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net La OMS ha alertado sobre la grave situación sanitaria en Gaza y la falta de recursos para atender a la población afectada por los ataques israelíes.

teleSUR, MS (2024-04-24). EE.UU. aprueba nuevos paquetes de “ayuda militar” a varios países. telesurtv.net La medida unifica cuatro proyectos de ley previamente aprobados por la Cámara de Representantes el sábado pasado, incluyendo 61.000 millones de dólares para Ucrania, 26.400 millones para Israel y 8.100 millones para Taiwán.

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2024-04-24). Comuntopía: comunes, postcapitalismo y transición ecosocial. indybay.org

spain news (2024-04-24). Las sectas ortodoxas sirias en España. indybay.org En España, crecen las sectas ortodoxas de origen sirio. Ligadas a la extrema derecha y el satanismo en varios casos, son un lastre y un problema social.

Carlos de Uraba (2024-04-24). Sobredosis de heroína digital mata a la gran humanidad. indybay.org Los amos del planeta invaden sin escrúpulo nuestras mentes y manipulan las audiencias pues la mayor parte de la comunicación humana hoy se hace a través de las redes sociales.

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2024-04-24). Brasil_Abril de Luchas: MST moviliza a más de 30 mil familias sin tierra. indybay.org Con 31 nuevas ocupaciones y campamentos, el MST finaliza la Jornada Nacional de Lucha | Abril de Luchas moviliza a más de 30 mil familias sin tierra, en 18 estados brasileños y el Distrito Federal…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2024-04-24). Brasil contra el hambre: Otra agricultura es posible. indybay.org Brasil | Contra el hambre urge la construcción de otros modelos agrícolas, aumentar los alimentos básicos y nutritivos…

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-04-24). Combaten en Cuba incendio forestal de grandes proporciones. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (RHC) Fuerzas del Cuerpo de Guardabosques de Cuba (CGB) y brigadas especializadas de la occidental provincia de Pinar del Río, combaten un incendio de muy grandes proporciones en zonas del municipio de Viñales.

Maria Calvo (2024-04-24). Comenzará en Cuba evento dedicado a los habanos. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (RHC) El primer encuentro internacional de puros Premium El Legado de Cueto, comienza hoy hasta el próximo día 26 en el Complejo Histórico Militar Morro-Cabaña y estará dedicado al afamado maestro torcedor cubano, poseedor de 5 récord Guinness por los tabacos más grandes del orbe.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-04-24). Razones para venir a Cuba un 1ro. de Mayo. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (RHC) Centenares de activistas, solidarios y simpatizantes de la Revolución en el mundo tienen disímiles razones para acompañar a los cubanos en las celebraciones por el Día Internacional del Trabajo.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-04-24). Filme cubano La mujer salvaje mantiene alto puntaje de preferencia. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (RHC) Con la proyección la víspera del filme La mujer salvaje en la sala del Centro Cultural Fresa y Chocolate, la cinta continúa con un alto puntaje en materia de preferencia, tanto de la crítica como en el público.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-04-24). Cuba: Premio Casa de las Américas enfoca literatura infanto-juvenil. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 abr (RHC) La edición 64 del Premio Literario Casa de las Américas invita hoy al conversatorio Rumbos de la actual literatura para niños y jóvenes, en la Sala Manuel Galich de la institución capitalina.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-04-24). Despliegue multitudinario en marcha universitaria en Argentina. telesurtv.net En toda la Argentina, autoridades, docentes, no docentes y estudiantes de las 70 universidades públicas del país marcharán en sus provincias en la Marcha Federal Universitaria.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-04-24). Realizan marcha en defensa de la educación pública y el presupuesto en Argentina. telesurtv.net En Argentina hay 65 centros universitarios de gestión estatal donde estudia la gran mayoría de los alumnos de ese nivel del país.

teleSUR- lvm (2024-04-24). Reclaman justicia por la feminista Berta Cáceres en Honduras. telesurtv.net Exigen a la Corte Suprema de Justicia la inmediata confirmación de la sentencia ya emitida contra los siete hombres responsables de la autoría material del asesinato de Berta Cáceres y la sentencia contra David Castillo.

teleSUR- lvm (2024-04-24). Reclaman justicia por la feminista Berta Cáceres en Honduras. telesurtv.net Exigen a la Corte Suprema de Justicia la inmediata confirmación de la sentencia ya emitida contra los siete hombres responsables de la autoría material del asesinato de Berta Cáceres y la sentencia contra David Castillo.

teleSUR, SH (2024-04-24). Secretario de Estado de EE.UU. llegará a China en visita oficial. telesurtv.net La visita del secretario de Estado de EE.UU. comenzará en la ciudad de Shanghái, donde se reunirá con estudiantes y dirigentes empresariales.

teleSUR, DRL (2024-04-24). Genocidio sionista en Gaza suma 34.262 muertos tras 200 días. telesurtv.net Las cifras incluirían tres nuevos muertos por un bombardeo israelí en el este de la ciudad de Rafah, donde han sido desplazadas de manera forzosa más de 1,4 millones de personas.

teleSUR, idg, JCM (2024-04-24). Detienen en Perú a siete personas vinculadas al caso de Patricia Benavides. telesurtv.net El proceso fue supervisado por el segundo al mando, el fiscal Christian Niño Torres.

teleSUR, MS (2024-04-24). Víctimas de la dictadura rechazan excarcelación de Alberto Fujimori. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con los familiares de las víctimas, el Estado peruano tendría reincidencias en no acatar las órdenes de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-04-24). Mueren cuatro personas por ataque con drones ucranianos en Zaporiyia. telesurtv.net Según los servicios de emergencia regionales, el ataque ocurrió en horas de la tarde cerca del poblado de Mírnoye.

teleSUR, SH (2024-04-24). Senado colombiano aprueba reforma pensional de Gustavo Petro. telesurtv.net Tras se aprobado por los senadores, el proyecto de reforma pensional deberá pasar dos debates en la Cámara de Representantes para convertirse en ley.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2024-04-24). Gobierno colombiano rechaza acusaciones sobre campaña de Petro. telesurtv.net La cancillería colombiana condenó las declaraciones del funcionario estadounidense por irrespetar el apego de las instituciones colombianas al principio del debido proceso.

teleSUR, SH (2024-04-24). Senado colombiano aprueba reforma pensional de Gustavo Petro. telesurtv.net Tras se aprobado por los senadores, el proyecto de reforma pensional deberá pasar dos debates en la Cámara de Representantes para convertirse en ley.

teleSUR, YSM (2024-04-24). CNE de Venezuela recibe a equipo técnico electoral de ONU. telesurtv.net Los expertos de la ONU fueron recibidos por el canciller de Venezuela, Yván Gil, con quienes dialogó sobre la soberanía del país bolivariano.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-04-24). Mueren cuatro personas por ataque con drones ucranianos en Zaporiyia. telesurtv.net Según los servicios de emergencia regionales, el ataque ocurrió en horas de la tarde cerca del poblado de Mírnoye.

Collective (2024-04-24). Kathmandu Statement to End Austerity. cadtm.org

Yorgos Mitralias (2024-04-24). “The Olympic flame, a wonderful idea from Dr. Goebbels”! cadtm.org

Eric Toussaint (2024-04-24). Are the BRICS and their New Development Bank offering alternatives to the World Bank, the IMF and the policies promoted by the traditional imperialist powers? cadtm.org

Kai Koddenbrock (2024-04-24). CFA franc: conditions are ripe for replacement of the west African currency rooted in colonialism. cadtm.org At no point in history has the CFA franc — the name of a colonial currency used in west and central African countries belonging to the franc zone — been closer to its demise.
| Senegal has overwhelmingly voted for leftwing Pastef candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye (and his former party leader Ousmane Sonko) while the coup governments in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have been talking about leaving the CFA franc for some time.
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Michael Roberts (2024-04-24). From the Magnificent Seven to the Desperate Hundred. cadtm.org

Eric Toussaint (2024-04-24). The World Bank saw the debt crisis looming. cadtm.org

Vincent Noirhomme (2024-04-24). The CADTM will stand up for a social, ecological, feminist and antiracist Europe in Marseilles. cadtm.org

Eric Toussaint (2024-04-24). The debt trap. cadtm.org

Fátima Martín (2024-04-24). Geopolitical conflicts could exacerbate the new international debt crisis, which has already reached the record level of $313,000 billion, according to the IIF. cadtm.org

newarab (2024-04-24). Columbia students inspire worldwide pro-Palestinian protests. newarab.com On the campus of Columbia University in Following the arrests of 133 students on Thursday from

newarab (2024-04-24). Motaz Azaiza joins Columbia University encampment for Gaza. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-24). Confirmed: WCK British aid workers died from blast injuries. newarab.com Three British aid workers Initial post-mortem results found all three men, James Kirby, 47, James Henderson, 33 and John Chapman, 57, reportedly former UK service members, died from injuries to their head, chest and limbs. | The

newarab (2024-04-24). Armenia marks genocide, blasts modern ‘ethnic cleansing’. newarab.com The exodus of more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians from the

newarab (2024-04-24). Berlin targets Gaza protest camp with bans, police brutality. newarab.com Since Monday, April 8th, pro-Palestine activists have established a protest camp opposite the They are protesting Germany’s involvement in the Gaza genocide. The camp was supposed to last for two weeks and included plans for an exhibition called “Life: Banned from Gaza,” showcasing everyday items pr…

newarab (2024-04-24). How to justify the genocide of Palestinians in 14 easy steps. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-24). Did Israel use Iran’s attack to green light Rafah invasion. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-24). West Bank’s Nur Shams camp in ruins after Israeli raid. newarab.com The The raid started with Israeli soldiers encircling the camp late Thursday and imposing a curfew ahead of the extended raid. | For two consecutive day…

newarab (2024-04-24). The Israeli political movement to expel UNRWA from Jerusalem. newarab.com Earlier this year, several Western countries froze their funding to UNRWA after Israel The accusations sparked international uproar and reignited a longstanding campaign within Israel to expel UNRWA from Jerusalem. | While attempts to “evict” UNRWA’s Jerusalem offices are not new, the campaign is now bolstered at both the governmental and grassroots levels. | Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, is currently debating a bill to ban UNRWA from oper…

newarab (2024-04-24). Israel pummels Gaza as Rafah ground invasion looms. newarab.com Three citizens were killed and dozens injured by strikes on Abu Abu Araban School in Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. | The Israeli army said its jets stru…

newarab (2024-04-24). Israel again displaces Palestinian families from north Gaza. newarab.com Only a few days after returning to their homes in the Beit Lahia town in The new Israeli military orders came under the pretext that its forces are about to launch a heavy assault at allegedly military sites belonging to Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other armed local factions. | Separately speaking to The…

newarab (2024-04-24). Biden to sign new Israel aid package after vote passes. newarab.com Days after the Republican-led House of Representatives cleared the aid — part of a larger $95 billion package of assis…

newarab (2024-04-24). Israeli minister sparks outrage for backing Trump over Biden. newarab.com Israel’s diaspora affairs minister sparked outrage after saying he would vote for In an interview with Kan Radio, Amichai Chikli, who is in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, said US President Joe Biden’s leadership was harming Israel and other countries. | “If I were an American citizen with the right to vote, I’d vote for Trump and…

newarab (2024-04-24). Gaza: ‘Hamas has 30 Israeli officers, Sinwar still leading’. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-24). Hezbollah launches deepest attack into Israel since start of war. newarab.com Lebanon’s Iran-backed The Israeli military said it had no knowledge of any of its facilities being hit by Hezbollah, but had said earlier on Tuesday that it intercepted two “aerial targets” off Israel’s northern coast. | Hezbolla…

newarab (2024-04-24). Hamas spokesman quotes poem speaking of Israeli ‘invaders’. newarab.com It came as the masked spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, marked 200 days of Israel’s war on Gaza on Tuesday. | The reference is from a 2019 poem by Tamim Al-Barghouti, who is often referred to a…

newarab (2024-04-24). Who is Gideon Falter, vice chairman of pro-Israel JNF UK. newarab.com Gideon Falter recently made headlines in the The incident took place near a Falter, a vice chairman of pro-Israel charity JNF UK and chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), said he had been “on a walkabout around London”. | “You are quite openly…

newarab (2024-04-24). Hamas’ armed wing calls for escalation including from Jordan. newarab.com The spokesperson for Hamas’ armed Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, called on Tuesday for an escalation across all fronts in a televised speech marking 200 days since the start of the Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip. | In a video aired by Al Jazeera TV, Abu Ubaida praised He also called for an escalation in the occupied West Bank

newarab (2024-04-24). Extremist Israelis storm, perform rituals at Al-Aqsa Mosque. newarab.com Extremist The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that they numbered in the hundreds, and carried out rituals at site, the third holiest in Islam. | It comes after around 172 Israeli extremists raided the site and performed rituals on Monday, according to Wafa. | Under a longstanding…

newarab (2024-04-24). Iran cuts Syria presence after Israeli strikes: monitor. newarab.com Iran has reduced its military footprint in Syria after a succession of Israeli strikes, a source close to Iran-backed militant group Iran has provided military support to Syrian regime forces through more than a decade of civil war, but a series of strikes targeting its commanders in recent months has prompted a reshaping of its presence, the sources said. | “Iran withdrew its forces from southern Syria,” including both Quneitra and Daraa provinces, which abut the Israeli-anne…

newarab (2024-04-24). Satellite images reveal Israel preparing for Gaza escalation. newarab.com The There were an estimated 800 mi…

newarab (2024-04-24). UK: Leanne Mohamad team seeks ‘unity’ after endorsement loss. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-24). Egypt releases 18 detained at anti-war protest: lawyer. newarab.com Egyptian authorities on Wednesday released 18 people, mostly women, who were arrested a day earlier in Cairo during a solidarity rally for “All those arrested during yesterday’s protest in front of the UN (Women) headquarters have been released,” rights lawyer Tarek el-Awadi posted on X. | Prominent activist Lobna Darwish of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)…

newarab (2024-04-24). Iraq hangs 11 convicted of ‘terrorism’: sources. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-24). Pakistan, Iran vow ‘unified front’ against militants. newarab.com Neighbors Pakistan and Iran on Wednesday pledged to enhance efforts at a “united front” against Afghanistan-based militants, saying their presence poses a serious threat to regional and global security. | The countries, which share a long and porous border, made the commitment in a joint statement issued after a three-day visit by Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi to Islamabad. | The visit was aimed at mending ties that were strained in January when

newarab (2024-04-24). Egypt detains 16 women protesting for Sudan, Gaza outside UN. newarab.com At least 16 Egyptian feminists were Witnesses told The New Arab that Egyptian security forces violently dispersed a peaceful gathering of about two dozen protesters, mostly female journalists, human rights lawyers and activists, outside the…

newarab (2024-04-24). Hashd Shaabi base explosion caused by stored munitions: Iraq. newarab.com An explosion last weekend at an The overnight Friday to Saturday blast at the Kalsu base in Officials had initially blamed an “aerial bombing”, but the authorities have now dismissed…

newarab (2024-04-24). Over 400 bodies uncovered at mass graves of Gaza hospital. newarab.com Over 400 bodies have now been recovered from mass graves in and around a major hospital in Gaza’s Three mass graves containing hundreds of bodies, mostly of women and children, were discovered at Nasser Hospital, aid groups told Sky News Arabia. | This comes after Gaza’s civil defence

newarab (2024-04-24). Iran sentences rapper to death for backing protests: media. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-24). University students in Cairo, Sydney hold protests for Gaza. newarab.com Students at According to Mada Masr, this is the third time in several days that AUC students have carried out pro…

newarab (2024-04-24). Hamas to stay in Doha if ‘useful’ for Gaza mediation: Qatar. newarab.com Qatar said on Tuesday that “As long as their presence here in Doha, as we have always said, is useful and positive in this mediation effort, they will remain here,” foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari told a press conference. | Qatar, which has hosted Hamas’ political leadership since 2012 with the blessing of the United States, has been engaged in weeks of behi…

newarab (2024-04-24). Turkey arrests pro-Kurdish reporters in ‘terrorism’ probe. newarab.com Nine Turks working for Four women and five men were arrested at dawn in three cities – Istanbul,

newarab (2024-04-24). Sudan army downs drones targeting HQ in Shendi: army sources. newarab.com None of the drones hit their target, the army sources said. Reuters could not independently verify the report. | The head of Sudan’s army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, arrived on Monday in Shendi, which is some 180 km (112 miles) north of the capital Khartoum, army media reported earlier. It was not immediately clear wheth…

newarab (2024-04-24). Ex UN employees charged with selling Chinese drones to Libya. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-24). US Senate passes bill that risks total TikTok ban. newarab.com The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would force The TikTok legislation was included as part of a larger

newarab (2024-04-24). Iraq audit exposes $600M corruption of ‘ghost travellers’. newarab.com Explosive documents obtained from Shockingly, these individuals obtained dollars at the official state rate for travel purposes but never left the country, hence loc…

newarab (2024-04-24). PA Prime Minister Mustafa announces new reform package. newarab.com Newly installed Palestinian Prime Minister Mustafa,

newarab (2024-04-24). Modi accused of using hate speech against Muslims. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-24). Egypt reclaims 3,400-year-old stolen statue of King Ramses II. newarab.com Egypt welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King Ramses II after it was The statue is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo but not on display. The artefact will be restored, the ministry said in a statement. | The statue was stolen from the Ramses II temple in the ancient city of Abydos in Southern Egypt more than three decades ago. The exact date is not known, but Shaaban…

newarab (2024-04-24). Why Egypt has been missing in action during the Gaza war. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-24). Turkey to fund Syria military academy to curb factionalism. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-24). UNRWA chief calls for probe into attacks on staff, premises. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-24). Black people are demanding reparations. It’s time to listen. newarab.com The demand for reparations to atone for slavery and tackle the modern legacy of structural racism left in its wake is by no means a new campaign. | Following the murder of George Floyd, global Black Lives Matter protests have become more amplified and have energised the calls for justice. | But these rallying cries have been met with dismissal and inaction from a political class who are, quite simply, disconnected from reality. | “Slavery is not our history — it interrupted our history. Nor is it a politically partisan issue. It’s a feature of European development with a continual price paid by black peo…

newarab (2024-04-24). Tents turn to makeshift schools for Afghan children. newarab.com Children sit shoulder to shoulder crammed in rows on the floor of a shipping container with lesson books in their laps, the remains of their school unrepaired in the six months since a Hundreds of schools are still damaged since a series of strong quakes jolted Afghanistan’s Herat province in October, with many students returning to lessons in tents and containers in March, according to…

newarab (2024-04-24). Signs of new Egyptian city named after Sisi seen in Rafah. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-24). US students face arrests at nationwide Gaza war protests. newarab.com Standoffs between Both are part of intensifying dem…

newarab (2024-04-24). Azerbaijan says ‘closer than ever’ to Armenia peace deal. newarab.com Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Tuesday a peace deal with Armenia was closer than ever before, as teams from both countries began demarcating the border in a bid to end decades of territorial disputes and clashes. | Aliyev’s optimism comes amid progress on marking the border despite protests in Armenia, still bruised after Baku seized control of the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region in a lightning offensive last year. | On Tuesday, teams from both countries installed the first border marker after officials had agreed to delimit a section based on Soviet-era maps. | “We are close as never before,” Al…

newarab (2024-04-24). North Korea sends delegation to Iran in a bid to boost ties. newarab.com A high-level North Korean economic delegation was on its way to Iran, the North’s state media said Wednesday, for what would be the two countries’ first known talks since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Pyongyang’s delegation led by Yun Jung Ho, Nort…

newarab (2024-04-24). Rafah evacuations not ‘possible’ under current conditions. newarab.com Humanitarian workers have no knowledge of plans to evacuate Palestinians from “The rumour is that the probability of a major operation in Rafah is increasing,” Fabrizio Carboni, Middle East regional director for the International Committee of the Red…

newarab (2024-04-24). Pro-Palestinian protests planned in New York, other cities. newarab.com The protest is one of a dozen to be held in cities around the country, including Portland, Oregon, and Seattle. | There have been a spate of major demonstrations on college campuses from Ca…

newarab (2024-04-24). Why Western feminism fetishises brown women in miniskirts. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-24). Greece and Libya hit with orange sky Sahara desert sandstorm. newarab.com Skies over Strong southerly winds carried the dust from the Sahara Desert, giving the atmosphere of the Greek capital a Martian-like filter in the last hours of daylight. | The skies are predicted to clear on Wednesday as winds shift and move the dust, with temperatures dipping. On Tuesday, the daily high in parts of the southern island of Crete…

newarab (2024-04-24). Basketball triumph: Reviving Aleppo with new life and hope. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-24). US sanctions 4 over malicious cyber activity for Iran army. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-24). Extremists set fire to Christian homes in southern Egypt. newarab.com Several houses belonging to local Christians were set on fire at a late hour on Tuesday in Egypt’s southern Minya province, the most recent of “The attacks are believed to have been triggered by an attempt to build a new church in Al-Fawakher village in Minya met by the violent rejection of…

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Columbia students camp on university grounds in support of Palestinians. presstv.ir Over 200 students camp on the grounds of the prestigious Columbia University grounds in New York, a day after police arrested more than 100 protesters.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Pro-Gaza protesters in NY’s Columbia University stay put despite intimidation, crackdown. presstv.ir Columbia University has announced a midnight deadline for discussions regarding the removal of encampments by pro-Palestinian protesters.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Columbia students camp on university grounds in support of Palestinians. presstv.ir Over 200 students camp on the grounds of the prestigious Columbia University grounds in New York, a day after police arrested more than 100 protesters.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Jamaica officially recognizes state of Palestine. presstv.ir Jamaica says it has decided to officially recognize Palestine as a state amid prolonged concerns over Israel’s ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). ‘200 days of livestreamed genocide’: Netizens react as Gaza war marks 200 days. presstv.ir As the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza completes 200 days, social media users denounce the unutterable war crimes against Palestinians committed by the regime with the help of Western allies.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). April 23: ‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation. presstv.ir Amid Israeli genocide in Gaza, Palestinian and regional resistance groups continued their operations against the regime on April 23, the 200th day of the war.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). ‘200 days of livestreamed genocide’: Netizens react as Gaza war marks 200 days. presstv.ir As the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza completes 200 days, social media users denounce the unutterable war crimes against Palestinians committed by the regime with the help of Western allies.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Spanish protesters call for end of arms trade with Israel. presstv.ir Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators call on the Spanish government to halt arms sales to Israel.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). London demonstration calls for UK to stop exporting arms to Israel. presstv.ir Pro-Palestinian protesters gather outside the UK parliament to demand that the country stop selling weapons to Israel.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Hundreds of pro-Palestinians denounce Israel as ‘terrorist state’ at Berlin protest. presstv.ir Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Berlin chant “Israel is a terrorist state.”

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). US Senate passes multibillion-dollar aid package for Israel amid Gaza war. presstv.ir The US Senate has overwhelmingly passed a $95-billion so-called aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and the Chinese Taipei…

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). London demonstration calls for UK to stop exporting arms to Israel. presstv.ir Pro-Palestinian protesters gather outside the UK parliament to demand that the country stop selling weapons to Israel.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). ‘Iran’s True Promise ushers in new era for region; strategic implications felt across globe’. presstv.ir The chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces says Iran’s recent retaliatory strikes on the Israeli-occupied territories have had “strategic” impacts on the region.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Iran releases details of confiscated Israeli transit cargo. presstv.ir Iran’s police say an Israeli-owned cargo seized in mid-April contained 22 mt of fertilizer.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Hezbollah says launched ‘deepest attack’ on Israel since start of Gaza war. presstv.ir Hezbollah “launched a combined aerial attack using diversionary and attack drones” against designated Israeli targets.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). People in Amman hold protest in support of Palestinians. presstv.ir Crowds gathered in the Jordanian capital, Amman near the Israeli embassy on Friday (April 19) for a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Google fires more employees over anti-Israel protests. presstv.ir Google fires about 20 more employees over recent protests against a deal between the technology giant and Israel.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). President Raeisi: Nothing will remain of Israel in case of another mistake. presstv.ir The Iranian president raised the alarm in a meeting with Pakistan’s cultural and academic elites in Lahore.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Google fires more employees over anti-Israel protests. presstv.ir Google fires about 20 more employees over recent protests against a deal between the technology giant and Israel.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Israeli war machine claims more civilian lives across Gaza. presstv.ir The Israeli military claims the lives of more Palestinians and wounds dozens of others, as it keeps up its genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Israel intensifies strikes across Gaza on day 200 of genocidal war. presstv.ir Israeli artillery shelling struck Jabaliya and Beit Hanoun, causing panic among residents, locals said.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Funeral of Palestinian killed during clashes with Israeli forces in Nablus. presstv.ir Palestinian mourners carry the body of Yazan Shtayeh, who was killed during clashes with Israeli forces in Nablus.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Israeli war machine claims more civilian lives across Gaza. presstv.ir The Israeli military claims the lives of more Palestinians and wounds dozens of others, as it keeps up its genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Spanish protesters call for end of arms trade with Israel. presstv.ir Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators call on the Spanish government to halt arms sales to Israel.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Hundreds of pro-Palestinians denounce Israel as ‘terrorist state’ at Berlin protest. presstv.ir Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Berlin chant “Israel is a terrorist state.”

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Hezbollah says launched ‘deepest attack’ on Israel since start of Gaza war. presstv.ir Hezbollah “launched a combined aerial attack using diversionary and attack drones” against designated Israeli targets.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Iran’s decisive response to Israel disrupted enemy’s equations: Hamas. presstv.ir Iran launched missiles and drones on April 13 in its first direct attack on the occupied territories in retaliation for the regime’s strike on its mission in Damascus.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). ‘Iran’s True Promise ushers in new era for region; strategic implications felt across globe’. presstv.ir The chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces says Iran’s recent retaliatory strikes on the Israeli-occupied territories have had “strategic” impacts on the region.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Iran’s security chief in Russia to underline Israel’s aggression. presstv.ir Iran’s top security official is in Russia to attend two key international security meetings.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Funeral of Palestinian killed during clashes with Israeli forces in Nablus. presstv.ir Palestinian mourners carry the body of Yazan Shtayeh, who was killed during clashes with Israeli forces in Nablus.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Iran releases details of confiscated Israeli transit cargo. presstv.ir Iran’s police say an Israeli-owned cargo seized in mid-April contained 22 mt of fertilizer.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). People in Amman hold protest in support of Palestinians. presstv.ir Crowds gathered in the Jordanian capital, Amman near the Israeli embassy on Friday (April 19) for a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Israel intensifies strikes across Gaza on day 200 of genocidal war. presstv.ir Israeli artillery shelling struck Jabaliya and Beit Hanoun, causing panic among residents, locals said.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). US Senate passes multibillion-dollar aid package for Israel amid Gaza war. presstv.ir The US Senate has overwhelmingly passed a $95-billion so-called aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and the Chinese Taipei…

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). President Raeisi: Nothing will remain of Israel in case of another mistake. presstv.ir The Iranian president raised the alarm in a meeting with Pakistan’s cultural and academic elites in Lahore.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). ‘Sinwar still supervising Gaza war; Israel deliberately delaying talks on captives’. presstv.ir A senior Hamas official has dismissed claims that the ongoing genocidal Israeli war against the Gaza Strip has led to “isolation” of the resistance movement’s leader Yahya Sinwar.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Iran’s security chief in Russia to underline Israel’s aggression. presstv.ir Iran’s top security official is in Russia to attend two key international security meetings.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Footage shows ruins of Gaza mosque after overnight Israeli strike. presstv.ir Footage shows the ruins of the al-Taqwa mosque at the al-Bureij refugee camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip following an overnight Israeli strike.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Hamas to survive as Israel fails to destroy command centers, tunnels: US media. presstv.ir An American daily says tunnels dug by Hamas below the Gaza Strip will allow the resistance group to “survive and reconstitute” after the end of the ongoing Israeli aggression.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Footage shows ruins of Gaza mosque after overnight Israeli strike. presstv.ir Footage shows the ruins of the al-Taqwa mosque at the al-Bureij refugee camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip following an overnight Israeli strike.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Iran’s decisive response to Israel disrupted enemy’s equations: Hamas. presstv.ir Iran launched missiles and drones on April 13 in its first direct attack on the occupied territories in retaliation for the regime’s strike on its mission in Damascus.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). European Parliament members criticize EU as ‘accomplice’ in Israeli war on Gaza. presstv.ir Some members of the European Parliament have rebuked the EU for its complicity in Israel’s war on Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Ukraine launches drone strikes on Russia’s energy sites. presstv.ir Ukraine carries out airstrikes on oil facilities in western Russia using attack drones.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). UK’s Rwanda deportation plan morally disgraceful. presstv.ir The British plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is unworkable and morally disgraceful.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Iran, Pakistan to bring peace, stability to region through cooperation: Raeisi. presstv.ir The Iranian president says the Islamic Republic and Pakistan can play a major role in achieving regional peace.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). China says US still interfering in its affairs despite efforts to stabilize relations. presstv.ir That is according to Xinhua news agency, quoting an anonymous Chinese Foreign Ministry official on Tuesday.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Drone footage captures extent of flooding in southern China. presstv.ir Floods swamped cities in southern China’s densely populated Pearl River Delta following record-breaking rains.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Drone footage captures extent of flooding in southern China. presstv.ir Floods swamped cities in southern China’s densely populated Pearl River Delta following record-breaking rains.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by mass grave reports at Gaza hospitals. presstv.ir Gaza’s Civil Emergency Service said a total of 310 bodies had been found at one mass grave at Nasser Hospital.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Scientists train robot to walk on moon. presstv.ir This is Spirit — a robot that is being trained to walk on the moon.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Smoke rises from Gaza as fighting continues. presstv.ir

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). North Korea: US military drills drive regional security into turmoil. presstv.ir North Korea says that the US military exercise with South Korea is driving the regional security environment into dangerous turmoil.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). North Korea: US military drills drive regional security into turmoil. presstv.ir North Korea says that the US military exercise with South Korea is driving the regional security environment into dangerous turmoil.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Iran set to build more nuclear power plants: AEOI chief. presstv.ir The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran says the country plans to build more nuclear power plants.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Iran, Pakistan to bring peace, stability to region through cooperation: Raeisi. presstv.ir The Iranian president says the Islamic Republic and Pakistan can play a major role in achieving regional peace.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Arrest and harassment: US intensifies crackdown on pro-Gaza protests in universities. presstv.ir American universities are witnessing a surge in tensions between pro-Palestinian student protesters and school administrators, resulting in the cancellation of in-person classes and the subsequent arrest of demonstrators.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Raeisi attends inauguration of Iran-built mega multipurpose project in Sri Lanka. presstv.ir President Raeisi attends the inauguration of a multi-purpose project built by Iranian contractors in Sri Lanka.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Leader: Iran’s arms sector example of turning sanctions, hostilities into opportunity. presstv.ir Ayatollah Khamenei says the Islamic Republic’s remarkable achievements in weapons production show a “lively nation” can turn sanctions into opportunities.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). UN agency chief for Palestinians urges probe into staff killings. presstv.ir The head of the UN agency for Palestinians has called for a probe and accountability for what he described as “blatant disregard” for the UN operations in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by mass grave reports at Gaza hospitals. presstv.ir Gaza’s Civil Emergency Service said a total of 310 bodies had been found at one mass grave at Nasser Hospital.

presstv.ir (2024-04-24). Scientists train robot to walk on moon. presstv.ir This is Spirit — a robot that is being trained to walk on the moon.

Larry Johnson (2024-04-24). Pepe Escobar Elaborates on Source Claim that Russia Shot Down an Israeli F-35. sonar21.com Ania K hosted Pepe Escobar and me on a podcast today. Most of our discussion centered on the rise of the BRICS nations and the decline of the U.S. dominated rules based international order. But we also discussed Pepe’s recent report that an Israeli plane carry a nuke destined for Iran was shot down shortly after leaving Jordanian airspace. | Here are the updated facts — Pepe has confirmed the story with three separate sources. So let me explain what this means. Pepe Escobar is not a liar or a fabricator. He is not someone seeking notoriety nor publicity. He is a reporter and is disseminating the story…

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