Closer than ever: It is 100 seconds to midnight
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-25
Humanity continues to face two simultaneous existential dangers–nuclear war and climate change–that are compounded by a threat multiplier, cyber-enabled information warfare, that undercuts society’s ability to respond. | Source…
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Doomsday clock moves to 100 seconds before midnight due to threats of nuclear war and climate change
Olivia Rosane | nationofchange.org | 2020-01-25
“We ask world leaders to join us in 2020 as we work to pull humanity back from the brink.”
nationofchange.org/2020/01/25/doomsday-c…

China’s New Coronavirus: An Examination of the Facts
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-25
The Western mass media have discussed the new corona virus that began in the city of Wuhan in Central China but, apart from repetitive small details and the inevitable China-bashing, not much light has been shed on the circumstances. My …
globalresearch.ca/chinas-new-coronavirus…

Second case of coronavirus confirmed in the US
wsws.org | 2020-01-25
Since the virus was first identified, more than 1,000 people have now been infected worldwide, and in the latest report the death toll has climbed to 41, all having died in mainland China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/25/coro…

Coronavirus Deaths Rise to 41 in China, Australia Finds 4 Cases
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-25
China’s National Health Commission (NHC) Saturday reported that the death toll from the coronavirus that causes the “Wuhan pneumonia” has risen to 41 among the 1,287 infected persons. On Saturday, Australia also confirmed its first four cases. | RELATED: ‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã | Coronavirus Arrives in France, Health Minister Admits Cases | The NHC reported that cases had been det…
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Chinese New Year celebrations subdued amid a national lockdown to contain coronavirus
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-25
China’s most festive holiday has got underway in the shadow of the outbreak of coronavirus, as the death toll surpassed 40.An unprecedented national lockdown that has kept people from travelling was expanded to more than 50 million residents, and authorities cancelled a host of Lunar New Year events.The National Health Commission reported a jump in the number of infected people to 1,287, with 41 deaths.The latest tally comes from 29 provinces and cities across China and includes 237 patients in serious condition.People wearing face masks walk under a canopy decorated for the Lunar New Year (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)A…
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President Nicolás Maduro addresses World Anti Imperialist Congress
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-25
Caracas, Venezuela – On the final day of the World Anti Imperialist Congress, January 24, Venezuelan President Nicólas Maduro spoke to the hundreds of international delegates from over fifty countries. A delegation from Freedom Road Socialist Organization is participating in the Congress. | With a Syrian professor and member of Ba’ath Party at his side, Maduro began with a story of a visit he had alongside Hugo Chavez to Syria when thousands of Syrians surrounded his vehicle in Damascus and lifted the car in celebration of a brave anti-imperialist leader. Maduro followed this with a declaration of solidarity to…
fightbacknews.org/2020/1/25/president-ni…

French “yellow vests” protest for Assange outside Belmarsh prison in London
wsws.org | 2020-01-25
The protests point to the deeply-rooted opposition among workers internationally to US and European governments’ relentless campaign to destroy Assange.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/25/yell…

999 Canada and the persecution of Assange
wsws.org | 2020-01-25
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/25/cana…

The Assange Extradition Case Drags on
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-25
It is being increasingly larded with heavy twists and turns, a form of state oppression in slow motion, but the Julian Assange extradition case now looks like it may well move into the middle of the year, dragged out, ironically enough, by the prosecution. Curiously, this is a point that both the prosecutors, fronted by …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/the-assange-e…

US citizen detained and interrogated by DHS agents about anti-war movement solidarity with Venezuela
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-25
A US citizen who participated in the Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective was detained, searched and interrogated for the second time…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/24/us-citizen-de…

Remember the 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating the Data to Justify a Worldwide Public Health Emergency
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-25
A Worldwide public health emergency is unfolding, 4.9 billion doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine are envisaged by the WHO.
globalresearch.ca/the-h1n1-swine-flu-pan…

Mientras Trump reduce los cupones de alimentos, USAID financia un cambio de régimen de Venezuela con 500 millones de dólares en dinero de impuestos
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-25
La administración Trump ha gastado 654 millones de dólares en “ayuda” para tratar de derrocar al gobierno de Venezuela, incluidos…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/24/trump-reduce-…

Global Protests Say “No War With Iran.” Can They Inspire a New Antiwar Movement?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-25
Today, people around the world are taking to the streets for an International Day of Action against war with Iran. The protests are in response to the Trump administration’s dangerous warmongering with Iran and offer an opportunity for the U.S. left to revive antiwar organizing. As we do so, we cannot overlook the renewed wave of uprisings that have spread across the Middle East and North Africa. We must build solidarity with these movements and…
truthout.org/articles/global-protests-sa…

Suing Hillary Clinton, Tulsi Gabbard stands up to the Russiagate smear machine
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-25
As Bernie Sanders ignores Hillary Clinton’s attacks, Tulsi Gabbard is fighting back. Gabbard has filed a $50 million defamation suit…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/25/suing-hillary…

The mass protests in Iraq and the US drive to recolonize the Middle East
wsws.org | 2020-01-25
Among the hundreds of thousands who filled the streets of Baghdad were workers and youth whose entire lives have been shaped by the crimes of US imperialism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/25/pers…

Activists Plan Boycott of US Companies Backing India’s Anti-Muslim Policies
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-25
Activists from South Asian caste and religious minority communities are coming together to organize against Indian American businesses that support India’s move to strip its 200 million Muslims of their citizenship. | On January 19, around 50 protesters gathered in Jersey City, New Jersey, where they marched against India’s polarizing Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which extends citizenship to non-Muslim refugees exclusively. New Jersey is home to many supporters of India’s ruling party, the…
truthout.org/articles/activists-plan-boy…

Over 4 Million People Join March Against US Presence in Iraq. 24 January 2020
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-25
At least four million people Thursday demanded the departure of U.S. troops from Iraq with a march in Baghdad, which was convened by cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr three weeks after the murder of Iran’s General Qasem Soleimani. | . | At the country’s | …
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Israeli Authorities Ban the Imam of the Al-Aqsa Mosque for Four Months
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-25
On Saturday at 2: 00 am, Israeli forces hammered on the door of the head of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam, while he was sleeping. When he woke, the troops handed him a notice that he would be banned from entering the mosque that he heads for a …
imemc.org/article/defying-israeli-ban-sh…

World’s super rich meet in Davos to discuss the climate change problem they created
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-01-25
Research has shown that the people most responsible for a warming planet were disproportionately the same people attending the summit and an increasing number of observers see climate change, inequality and capitalism as bound together. | Source…
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A Climate Time Bomb With Trump’s Name Inscribed
Robert Hunziker | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-25
Thwaites, in West Antarctica, is the world’s most dangerous glacier. As of January 15th, scientists have labeled it: “A Climate Time Bomb.” Thwaites is crumbling apart on the underneath side where warm ocean currents circulate, which is clear evidence that global warming is really, truly hitting its stride even as America, obeying President Trump’s orders, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/a-climate-tim…

XR: the case for deliberative democracy
Alex Bradbury | zcomm.org | 2020-01-25
Climate Assembly UK begins this weekend. It’s a good start, but does not meet XR’s third demand for a Government-commissioned Citizens’ Assembly…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/xr-the-case-for-de…

Cropping out a Black climate activist from a press photo was no accident
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2020-01-25
The Associated Press (AP) has come under fire for cropping a Black activist out of a group photo taken at the Davos 2020 climate summit. | Vanessa Nakate, a 23-year-old climate activist from Uganda, was heartbroken by the incident, as she told Buzzfeed: I cried because it was so sad not just that it was racist, I was sad because of the people from Africa. | It showed how we are valued. It hurt me a lot. It is the worst thing I have e…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/01/25/croppin…

Colombia: Bus Accident Leaves Eight Fatal Victims
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-25
Eight people died and many more were injured on Friday in a bus accident in southwestern Colombia, when traveling on the Pan-American Highway on the Popayan-La Cruz route collided with some rocks near the town of Rosas in the Cauca department and then overturned. | RELATED: | Peru: Gas Truck Explosion Leaves Two Dead and 50 Injured | According to preliminary data, the vehicle suffered mechanical failure, lost its brakes and overturned, announced Victor Valencia, deputy commander of…
telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-bus-acc…

Iranian student deported from Boston by Customs and Border Protection despite court order
wsws.org | 2020-01-25
At the time of his deportation, Abadi held a valid F1 student visa recently issued by the United States Customs and Immigration Services to continue pursuing a bachelor’s degree at Northeastern University in Boston.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/25/stud…

Xi Calls Situation Grave as China Scrambles to Contain Virus
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-25
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Trump steps up attacks on immigrants, democratic rights in midst of impeachment trial
wsws.org | 2020-01-25
Trump railed against the “far left” in the first speech by a president at the annual anti-abortion March for Life rally in Washington DC.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/25/impe…

Trump Lawyers Argue Democrats Just Want to Overturn Election
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-25
The impeachment defense team reserves bulk of its case for Monday, focusing just two hours on what they call “politically motivated” effort.
truthdig.com/articles/trump-lawyers-argu…

Pompeo Lashes Out at Journalist; NPR Defends Its Reporter
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-25
The top U.S. diplomat, accused of cussing and demanding Mary Louise Kelly point to Ukraine on unmarked map, unleashes angry, direct attack.
truthdig.com/articles/pompeo-lashes-out-…

Trump administration to deny visas to pregnant women
wsws.org | 2020-01-25
The Trump administration has launched yet another salvo in its ongoing war against immigrants.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/25/immi…

Hedge Fund Billionaires and Former GOP Megadonors Power New Democratic Super PAC
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-25
This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge. | A new super PAC that says it will spend $75 million to support Democrats in 2020 is funded in large part by billionaires who run hedge funds, including some with a history of supporting Republicans…
truthout.org/articles/hedge-fund-billion…

Trump Takes Aim at Medicaid With Plan That Could Harm Millions
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-25
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to intensify its assault on Medicaid by granting certain states permission to convert federal funding for the program into block grants, a move critics slammed as a cruel and likely illegal attack on vulnerable people. | Politico reported Thursday that the plan, which could be finalized as early as nex…
truthout.org/articles/trump-takes-aim-at…

Ten Best Messages for Waging Peace
Richard Moser | zcomm.org | 2020-01-25
We need stories that help reveal to millions of people the true nature of empire. We need stories that can help us organize actual constraints on the war machine. We need stories that help us to find the beginnings of freedom in the end of empire…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/ten-best-messages-…

FBI, King and the tremors of history
Robert Koehler | zcomm.org | 2020-01-25
That the FBI

Bush Grandpa’s Ties to Nazis Clearer on 75th Auschwitz Memorial
Ralph Lopez | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-25
International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Commemorating the Liberation of Auschwitz (January 27th, 2020) | . | “The Friends of Zion Award’ in Jerusalem was presented to president Vladimir Putin on behalf of the Russian Federation, for the role played by the Soviet Union …
globalresearch.ca/bush-grandpa-ties-nazi…

Human Rights Commission Calls Killing of Three Palestinian Teens a War Crime
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-25
Palestinian human rights activist accused the Israeli occupation of executing three Palestinian children east of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday evening, in cold blood, calling it a war crime, Alray reported. The head of the International Commission for the Support of the Rights of the Palestinian People “Hashd”, Salah Abdel-Ati, …
imemc.org/article/human-rights-commissio…

Fascistic New Zealand soldier charged with disclosing military information
wsws.org | 2020-01-25
The soldier was a leading member of the Dominion Movement, which espoused the same fascist ideology as the Christchurch terrorist who killed 51 people in March 2019.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/25/fasc…

Disabled People Are Tortured in Solitary Confinement, But Tides May Be Turning
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-25
Charlene Liberty, a woman with a history of childhood trauma and mental health diagnoses, has cycled in and out of Rhode Island Adult Corrections Institute (ACI) for several years. The Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) has repeatedly subjected her to solitary confinement, a practice that consists of sensory deprivation, social isolation, and eating, sleeping, urinating and defecating in a concrete cell for 22 to 24 hours a day. During solitary “recreation” time in Rhode Island a…
truthout.org/articles/disabled-people-ar…

Midwestern Farm Network Is Leading the Way to Chemical-Free, Sustainable Farming
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-25
Ben Hagenbuck calls himself a full-time banker and a part-time farmer. But working with his father and uncle on the family’s 1,100-acre corn and soybean farm in north-central Illinois has become much more than a hobby: Hagenbuch is part of a network of American farmers hoping to save the world. This is a grandiose goal to be sure, but it has its roots in science. Growing evidence points to chemically driven industrialized food production as a key culprit behind a broad range of both envir…
truthout.org/articles/midwestern-farm-ne…

Paraeducators Join the National Uprising of School Employees
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-25
This article was originally published at Labor Notes. | Teachers around the country have been schooling us all with their strike wave. But schools depend on more than just classroom teachers. Recently paraeducators, a vital–and criminally underpaid–part of the public school workforce, are starting to rise up too. | Paraeducators assist individual students with a range of learning issues, including physical disabilities, problems focusing, and difficulties…
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Death toll rising after earthquake in eastern Turkey
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-25
The death toll from a strong earthquake that rocked eastern Turkey has climbed to 21

Paulo Dybala risks wrath of Juve teammate Ronaldo as he’s asked about Messi GOAT debate
rt.com | 2020-01-25
Juventus star Paulo Dybala shares a dressing room with both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi and has remained tight-lipped when asked his opinion on the age-old ‘Ronaldo vs. Messi’ debate. | The Argentine forward has amassed 28 caps for his national team, many of those alongside Messi, but has also spent the better part of the last two seasons playing alongside Juventus teammate Cristiano Ronaldo in Turin. | It has given the 26-year-old a unique perspective of the two players hailed as the best of their generation but when asked whom he thinks is the more effective player, Dybala was tight-lipped. | Also on…
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Hovering in Cyberspace
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-25
We live in a fabricated reality where the visible world became nearly meaningless once the screen world became people’s “window on the world.” An electronic nothingness replaced reality as people gleefully embraced digital wraparound apparitions. These days people still move about in the physical world but live in the electronic one. The result is mass …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/hovering-in-c…

China virus death toll rises to 56, with nearly 2,000 infected nationwide & more cases confirmed abroad
rt.com | 2020-01-25
The death toll from 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak in China has reached 56, with hundreds of new infections detected nationwide, despite all containment efforts. A handful of news cases have also been reported outside China. | The first death was reported in Shanghai, and another one in Henan province, while thirteen more people died in Hubei province

Hong Kong declares emergency & cancels New Year celebrations as coronavirus spreads
rt.com | 2020-01-25
Hong Kong has shuttered schools and done away with planned New Year festivities as the city scrambles to stop the spread of a deadly coronavirus. | Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam declared a state of emergency in the city, and said she would halt all official visits to mainland China, where the virus originated. | New Year celebrations have also been cancelled, and schools will remain closed until February 17. The Hong Kong Marathon has been nixed as part of the emergency measures. | At least three local residents have been infected by the virus after returning from Wuhan, the Chinese city where the outbreak began…
rt.com/news/479160-hong-kong-coronavirus…

Starbucks shutters shops in China’s Hubei Province amid coronavirus outbreak
rt.com | 2020-01-25
Starbucks has shut down all shops and halted delivery services in China’s Hubei Province, as health officials scramble to contain a deadly coronavirus that originated from the provincial capital, Wuhan. | The coffee chain’s decision to suspend operations for the duration of the week-long Lunar New Year holiday was prompted by “health concerns” for its customers and employees, the company said in a social media post. | The move comes shortly after McDonald’s announced that it will halt operations in five cities in the province. The fast-food giant said the temporary closures were for “for employee and customer…
rt.com/business/479147-starbucks-coronav…

38 infected coronavirus patients CURED in China as epidemic rages on
rt.com | 2020-01-25
Saturday has brought some good news from China, where the nationwide battle against coronavirus is underway

Why the coronavirus is a real threat to China’s economy
rt.com | 2020-01-25
The deadly new coronavirus has started spreading across China and beyond and has infected hundreds of people. The outbreak has already started to take a toll on the nation’s economy right ahead of the Chinese New Year. | As the death toll and the number of confirmed cases is rapidly rising, China has put on lockdown cities in Hubei province, including Wuhan, from where the outbreak is believed to have originated. | Also on rt.com | | McDonald’s shuts down restaurants in five Chinese cities as coronavirus spreads | The virus is set to disrup…
rt.com/business/478978-china-coronavirus…

‘Grave situation’: Xi says China can ‘win the battle’ against coronavirus, but spread is ‘accelerating’
rt.com | 2020-01-25
China’s President Xi Jinping has encouraged his nation to win over the deadly epidemic which has claimed 41 lives and saw the travel of millions restricted. He warned that the situation is grave and worrisome

Canada confirms 1st ‘presumptive case’ of coronavirus in Toronto
rt.com | 2020-01-25
Ontario health officials have announced that a “presumptive case” of coronavirus has been confirmed at Toronto’s Sunnybrook hospital, as the number of infections globally nears 1,500 cases. | The patient is a man in his 50s who had recently visited Wuhan, and felt sick after his return to Canada on January 22. He is now being treated in a “negative pressure” room, with all necessary precautions and protocols developed after the SARS outbreak in place, to prevent the spread of the virus, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. David Williams, said. | Authorities refused to reveal the patient’s identity o…
rt.com/newsline/479198-canada-china-coro…

Medvedev marches on: Russian ace cruises into Australian Open fourth round as he remains in hunt for first Grand Slam title
rt.com | 2020-01-25
Russian fourth seed Daniil Medvedev eased past home favorite Alexei Popyrin in straight sets to seal his spot in the Australian Open fourth round. | Medvedev, 23, outclassed the unseeded Popyrin 6-4 6-3 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena as he booked a match-up with Swiss 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka in the last 16. | Wawrinka, seeded 15th, had the luxury of an early finish in his third-round match as big-serving American opponent John Isner retired while 6-4 4-1 down. | Medvedev faced minimal resistance in his encounter with Popyrin as the 20-year-old Australian showed little sign of springing an upset in front of his hom…
rt.com/sport/479173-medvedev-beats-popyr…

Grudge match: Kyrgios beats Khachanov in 5-set epic to set up clash with nemesis Nadal at Australian Open
rt.com | 2020-01-25
Nick Kyrgios came through a titanic tussle with Russia’s Karen Khachanov at the Australian Open to set up a potentially combustible clash with bitter rival Rafael Nadal. | Australia’s Kyrgios, seeded 23rd, overcame number 16 seed Khachanov in a five-set epic, 6-2 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (6-8) 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (10-8), at Melbourne Arena to secure passage to the fourth round. | There he will meet Spanish top seed Nadal, a man with whom he has frequently clashed in the pair’s previous meetings. | Nadal had booked his spot in the fourth round earlier on Saturday by easing to a 6-1 6-2 6-4 win over fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno…
rt.com/sport/479169-kyrgios-beats-khacha…

Disaster for Europe: Iran blasts EU for buckling to Trump & acting like ‘strong man’ against Tehran
rt.com | 2020-01-25
Acquiescing to Washington’s hardline stance on Tehran spells catastrophe for Europe, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has argued, warning that there will be consequences for their u-turn on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. | The decision by European signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to trigger a mechanism that could lead to UN sanctions against Iran is a “disaster” for Europe, Zarif said during an interview with Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine. He claimed that, behind closed doors, European leaders have admitted that they dare not defy US President Donald Trump’s unilateral de…
rt.com/news/479171-zarif-europe-disaster…

Impeachment: Democrats cry ‘dictator’ while Team Trump cries ‘election interference’
rt.com | 2020-01-25
After three days of Democrat offensive, President Donald Trump’s defense team have laid out their arguments. The Democrats, they said, are trying to commit their own brand of election interference by removing Trump from office. | The Senate impeachment trial of President Trump opened on Tuesday, and the Democrats’ chosen team of prosecutors, or impeachment managers, spent much of this week reiterating their long-standing argument: Trump abused his office by withholding military aid for Ukraine to pressure President Volodymyr Zelensky into reopening a corruption investigation into the business activities of Joe…
rt.com/usa/479196-impeachment-trump-defe…

Art of the deal? US reportedly pressures India to buy $6bn more American farm produce in exchange for some tariff cuts
rt.com | 2020-01-25
Washington has reportedly warned New Delhi to get ready to shell out an additional $6 billion for US agricultural products if it wants to finalize a broader trade deal, putting pressure on India ahead of an upcoming state visit. | The multi-billion-dollar purchase would see New Delhi boost imports of American farm products such as poultry, despite India already having offered relief on price caps impacting US pharmaceutical firms, four sources familiar with the trade talks told Reuters

India and Brazil sign over a DOZEN trade treaties as Bolsonaro makes first visit to New Delhi
rt.com | 2020-01-25
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s first meeting with India’s Narendra Modi appears to have boosted economic ties between the two emerging powers, which signed a trove of trade and investment agreements on Saturday. | President Bolsonaro, who became the first Brazilian head of state to visit India, had a seemingly productive one-on-one with Prime Minister Modi earlier in the day. The two leaders exchanged pleasantries and warm words before proceeding with talks

Indian women’s college bans burqas as part of dress code crackdown
rt.com | 2020-01-25
A women’s college in northeast India has prohibited students from wearing burqas in the classroom, arguing that the full-body garment violates the institution’s dress code. The rule will be enforced with fines. | JD?Women’s College of Patna issued a notice to its student body stating that the face- and body-covering garb, worn by women in some Islamic traditions, would no longer be tolerated on campus. | “All students have to come to college in the prescribed dress code… Students are prohibited from wearing ‘burqa’ in college,” the statement read, according to local media. | Those who violate the rule…
rt.com/news/479152-muslim-college-burqa-…

Long-time Putin aide Vladislav Surkov leaving Kremlin ‘over Ukraine course shift,’ reports claim
rt.com | 2020-01-25
Russian media is all abuzz with reports that Vladislav Surkov, former Deputy PM, the ex-deputy head of the presidential administration and Vladimir Putin’s long-time influential aide, has exited government service. | The reports cite Surkov’s close associate Alexey Chesnakov who, writing on his Telegram Channel, said Surkov left his post, as an advisor to President Vladimir Putin, “in connection with the change of course in policy towards Ukraine.” He noted that Surkov himself promised to reveal the details and talk about his future career plans next month. | Chesnakov later said that the President himself wil…
rt.com/russia/479193-putin-aide-surkov-l…

US Space Force logo may look like a Star Trek rip-off, but only if you miss the obvious ‘RUSSIAN connection’
rt.com | 2020-01-25
With the launch of a new logo for the US Space Force, cadets might think they’ve signed up to serve the Federation of Planets of Star Trek lore, but internet sleuths have uncovered another hidden connection

Triumph of Tutberidze: Russian female figure skaters sweep the podium at 2020 European Championship (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-01-25
Russia’s renowned coach Eteri Tutberidze has celebrated yet another international triumph after three of her skaters swept the podium at the 2020 European Championship in Graz, Austria. | Alena Kostornaia who won the women’s short program a day earlier managed to retain her lead claiming the first ever European title. | READ MORE: ‘I saw the ice getting closer’: Russian figure skating duo narrowly avoids TERRIFYING fall (VIDEO) | The 16-year-old delivered a solid performance on Saturday nailing…
rt.com/sport/479195-tutberidze-female-sk…

Nazi children’s books branding Jews ‘devil in human form’ on sale on Amazon in various languages
rt.com | 2020-01-25
Online retailer Amazon is under fire for selling anti-Semitic children’s books dating back to Nazi Germany in a range of languages including English, German, French and Spanish. | The propaganda books describe Jews as abusive child molesters who seek world domination, and calls for them to be destroyed. The retail giant has them on sale for as little as $10. | | © Amazon | The hate-filled texts, ‘Der Giftpilz’ (The Poisonous Mushroom) and ‘Der Pudelmopsdackelpinscher’ (The Mongrel), were released during the height of the Third Reich by propaganda publisher Julius Streicher, a personal friend of Adolf Hi…
rt.com/news/479185-nazi-childrens-books-…

Ancient ‘Vampire’ star spied sucking the life out of celestial giant by NASA’s planet-hunting probe
rt.com | 2020-01-25
NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has witnessed the remains of an ancient star thirstily draining material from its giant celestial companion, in a remarkable interaction known as a super-outburst. | This star system consists of a ‘White Dwarf’ star with a ‘Brown Dwarf’ companion that’s roughly 10 percent the size of its rapacious neighbour. White Dwarfs are what stars become when they have exhausted their nuclear fuel, while Brown Dwarfs are huge celestial bodies that are larger than the largest planets but smaller than the smallest stars. | The extraordinary event was identified by researchers mining d…
rt.com/news/479163-ancient-vampire-star-…

Drone captures aftermath of devastating earthquake in eastern Turkey (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-01-25
A drone camera filmed harrowing scenes of destruction outside the Turkish city of Elazig, where a powerful earthquake reduced multiple buildings to rubble and left dozens killed. | As Turkey copes with the aftermath of the 6.8-magnitude earthquake, Ruptly agency released footage of a site in a town of Gezin damaged by the tremor. A residential building is seen lying in ruins, surrounded by multiple ambulances, trucks and bulldozers. | Another video shows rescue workers searching for survivors and clearing out the rubble of a collapsed building in the same town situated dozens of miles away from the most-aff…
rt.com/news/479174-turkey-earthquake-dro…

NEW earthquake hits already quake-devastated E. Turkish province
rt.com | 2020-01-25
A 5.1 magnitude quake has struck Turkey’s Elazig province, one day after a 6.8 tremor leveled buildings and killed at least 22 people. | The earthquake struck at around 7: 30pm local time on Saturday, at a depth of 10km, the United States Geological Survey (USGC) reported. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) has put the magnitude at 4.9. | For residents of Elazig province, it was the second major tremor to shake the region in less than two days. A 6.8 magnitude quake on Saturday claimed at least 22 lives and left more than 1,000 injured, Turkish authorities said. In addition to the human cost…
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‘Setien out’ trends after new Barca boss suffers defeat in just third game in charge
rt.com | 2020-01-25
If new Barcelona boss Quique Setien wasn’t aware of the size of the task in front of him at the Camp Nou he certainly is now as his charges slumped to a 2-0 away defeat to fifth-placed Valencia on Saturday. | A Jordi Alba own-goal and a Maxi Gomez strike were enough to consign Barcelona to what was their fourth defeat of the season just two weeks after Setien replaced Ernesto Valverde in the hot seat. | The former Betis manager had won his two prior games in charge against Granada in La Liga and UD Ibiza in the Copa del Rey round of 32, but the loss on Saturday hands the ascendancy to rivals Real Madrid who ar…
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‘Facial Recognition Is a Threat’, UK Civil Rights Activists Say
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-25
Human rights defenders and civil rights activists severely criticized the decision of Scotland Yard to start the operational use of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras in London. | RELATED: | US Border Patrol Eyeing Facial Recognition for Body Cams | The Big Brother Watch (BBW) director Silkie Carlo considered that the introduction of such technology rep…
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Basta Thanks Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange for Revealing Bush’s War Crimes
Orion the Elder | indybay.org | 2020-01-25
MacArthur&Fruitvale…
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Trump/Pence #OutNOW: No War on Iran! No War on Women!
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2020-01-25
Bring #OUTNOW into mass protests against U.S. war on Iran

Climate Strike: SF Bay Area Youth Strike in Oakland
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-01-25
Young people show the way to avoid the apocalypse…
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Reflections on Home Opening Reception
Oakland Asian Cultural Center | indybay.org | 2020-01-25
OACC is located on the 2nd floor of Pacific Renaissance Plaza building in Oakland Chinatown.
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The New Cold War on China
Michael Wong | indybay.org | 2020-01-25
Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness Avenue (at Fulton), room 210, San Francisco, CA…
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Sun Yet-sen’s Happy New Year proposal for China: the walking tour
David Giesen | indybay.org | 2020-01-25
American Youth Hostel | 312 Mason St. | San Francisco | (meet in the lobby)…
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SF Treasure Island Former Residents File Suit For Contamination /Injuries & For Shutdown
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-01-25
Former residents of San Francisco Treasure Island filed a lawsuit for their contamination by radioactive and other chemicals on them and their families and for the shutdown of the development project. They also charged there was collusion by government agencies and City, State. and National politicians to push ahead with the multi-billion dollar condo/hotel development.
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War Commentary Issue #1
War Commentary | indybay.org | 2020-01-25
An anarchist news-sheet dedicated to chronicling the emerging conflict between the forces of greed and the forces of liberation…
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Pacifica Bylaws Hearing & The Corporatization of Pacifica
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-01-25
At a hearing on new bylaws held at Alameda Superior Court Pacifica General Counsel Arthur J. Schwartz talks about the case and also the shutdown of WBAI by a faction of Pacifica that also want new bylaws that would corporatize the Foundation.
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Australia confirms four cases of coronavirus, expects more cases
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-25
Australia confirmed its first four cases of the new coronavirus in two different cities on Saturday, with the country’s chief health official saying he expected more cases as Australia was a popular destination for Chinese tourists.Three men, aged 53, 43 and 35 were in a stable condition in Sydney’s Westmead hospital after they were confirmed to have the virus on Saturday after returning from China earlier this month, said the New South Wales state Health Minister Brad Hazzard.Two of the men traveled to Sydney from the city of Wuhan, where the virus first appeared, and the third from China’s southeastern Shenzhen…
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Virus anxieties cast shadow over Year of the Rat festivities
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-25
Chinese communities in Australia and New Zealand were among the first to greet the Year of the Rat on Saturday but Lunar New Year celebrations globally were marred by anxieties about the virus outbreak that has disrupted festivities in China.Sydney, home to a large and growing Chinese population, started its Lunar New Year festivities in subdued fashion after China canceled many large-scale celebrations of the holiday on concerns about the coronavirus, which has also reached Australia.Australia’s largest city welcomed the year with golden rats statues set up at the entrance to its downtown Chinatown precinct.”We…
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US to evacuate its citizens from Wuhan, China
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-25
The United States is arranging a charter flight on Sunday to bring its citizens and diplomats back from the Chinese city of Wuhan, epicentre of the outbreak of a new coronavirus, the Wall Stree Journal reported on Saturday.The plane, with around 230 people, will carry diplomats from the U.S. consulate as well as U.S. citizens and their families, the Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the operation.Washington was given approval for the operation from China’s Foreign Ministry and other government agencies following negotiations in recent days, the newspaper said. The U.S. also plans to temporarily shut…
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Limited internet to be restored in Kashmir, no access to social media
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-25
Limited mobile data services and internet will be temporarily restored in Jammu and Kashmir from Saturday, ending nearly a six month communications lockdown after Prime Minister Narendra Modi withdrew the Muslim majority region’s autonomy.Access will be limited to about 300 “whitelisted” websites and internet speed would remain low, the local Jammu and Kashmir government said in a notice late on Friday.However, social media applications that allow “peer to peer” communication will continue to be banned, it said.The decision will be reviewed on Jan. 31, the notice added.The move to restore the services comes days…
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Trump’s legal team to begin defense arguments at US Senate impeachment trial
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-25
Lawyers for U.S. President Donald Trump will begin his defense at the Senate impeachment trial on Saturday, offering a rebuttal to Democratic charges that he abused his power and previewing more detailed arguments planned for next week.In a shortened session, Trump’s lawyers will begin three days of arguments to counter Democratic assertions that he should be removed from office for pressuring Ukraine to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden, a 2020 Democratic presidential contender, and then trying to cover it up by impeding a congressional investigation. Trump has denied wrongdoing.Given that the defen…
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Woman rescued 17 hours after deadly quake in Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-25
A woman was rescued on Saturday from the rubble of a collapsed house 17 hours after a powerful earthquake hit eastern Turkey.The live broadcast of rescue efforts showed that a female rescue worker was speaking over the phone with the trapped woman, identified as Azize, in a bid to calm her during the rescue operation.The 6.8-magnitude quake hit eastern Elazig province at 8.55 p.m. local time (1755GMT) on Friday, with its epicenter in Sivrice district, along with neighboring provinces and countries including Syria and Georgia.At least 22 people were killed and more than 1,030 others were injured, according to auth…
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Turkish furniture sector set to broaden its global presence
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-25
Turkey, which made $3.5 billion furniture exports last year, is preparing to open two furniture malls in the U.S. and Dubai in coming months.While the country’s furniture sector continues its existence in the global market in terms of exports, it aims to create a global brand and permanent sales channel abroad.Koray Caliskan, the head of the country’s oldest furniture showroom and a shareholder of project MODOKO, said the mall in the U.S. will open in the first half of this year in Kansas state and Dubai project will be completed within two months.As part of the project, furniture malls will sale Turkish furnitur…
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K-pop band BTS’s microphones fetch $83,200 at auction
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-25
Seven microphones used on tour by South Korean pop band BTS have sold for $83,200 at a pre-Grammy Awards auction for charity, more than eight times the expected starting price, Julien’s Auctions said on Friday.The autographed microphones were the first ever items to be sold at auction from BTS, Julien’s said. The auction house had previously estimated that the set would sell for between $10,000 and $20,000.BTS, a seven-member boy band with a message of self-confidence, has spearheaded a wave of Korean pop music beyond Asia and into the United States just six years after its 2013 debut. In 2019, BTS became the fir…
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China’s Virus-Hit City of Wuhan to Get Goods Supplies Via 24/7 ‘Green Corridors’ – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-25
BEIJING (Sputnik) – China’s Commerce Ministry has created a special mechanism of “green corridors” to ensure direct supplies of basic goods to the central city of Wuhan, which has been on lockdown over a deadly coronavirus outbreak, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday.
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One of China’s Most Popular Holiday Destinations Shuts Down Tourist Sites Amid Spread of Coronavirus
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-25
Following the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in China, a number of the country’s cities have been put on lockdown, while other towns are closing popular tourist destinations to prevent the spread of the virus.
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As if Deadly Coronavirus Wasn’t Enough: Potentially Dangerous Asteroid to Fly Past Earth Next Month
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-25
As space is chock-full of celestial objects and asteroids are some of the most common extraterrestrial objects, it’s not so unusual that many of them fly past Earth. The size of some asteroids and the proximity of their trajectory to the Earth, however, make them a potential danger to our planet.
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Two Russian Universities Developing Vaccine Against Coronavirus – Watchdog
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-25
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Two Russian universities are working on the development of a vaccine against a new type of the coronavirus infection, Anna Popova, head of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor), said on Saturday.
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It’s a Dog-Eat-Dog Universe: Scientists Have Spotted a Vampire Star Feeding Off Another
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-25
Ryan Ridden-Harper, a postdoctoral fellow at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Australia, who led the research, said the discovery was completely unexpected as it was not what researchers were looking for.
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Zarif Says Iran Jailed Person Who Downed Ukrainian Passenger Plane Over Tehran
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-25
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Iranian man who shot down the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 passenger plane near Tehran’s airport is in prison, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine.
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Adam Schiff Roasted for ‘Senators’ Heads on the Pike’ Reference Over Trump Impeachment Trial
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-25
House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff, proceeded to ponder about alleged pressure on Republicans to stay with POTUS throughout the impeachment trial, turning a blind eye to more than audible blowback from the trial attending Republicans and even potential Dem swing votes.
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Mobile Internet Access Fully Restored in Jammu and Kashmir After State Blackout – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-25
NEW DELHI (Sputnik) – Broadband and mobile internet services have been restored in the entire Northern Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, but with certain website restrictions, the Indian NDTV news broadcaster reported on 25 January.
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Brazil, India Sign Multiple Memorandums of Understanding During Bolsonaro’s Visit
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-25
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Brazil and India have exchanged a number of memorandums of understanding to reinforce mutual cooperation, laying a foundation for the establishment of investment opportunities and the development of bioenergy, medicine, information technology (IT), as well as tourism among others, the Indian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
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Playing Defensive? Pentagon Splashes $13 Million to Intercept Russian, Chinese Hypersonic Weapons
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-25
Right now Russia is the leading developer and producer of hypersonic weapons, having already deployed its first hypersonic gliders, Avangard. At the same time, China, another country deemed a “near-peer adversary” by the US, has also been heavily investing in the development of such missiles.
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Russia’s Venice: Breathtaking Views of St. Petersburg
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-25
St. Petersburg, a Russian city located on the Neva River which flows out to the Baltic Sea, was previously known as Petrograd and then Leningrad. The city has been called St. Petersburg since 1991.
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Russian ‘Striptease’ Skater Tuktamysheva Opens up About Potential Citizenship Change
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-25
The 2015 world and European champion, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, made headlines in 2018 after stripping down to lingerie during her gala performance at the Skate Canada Grand Prix. For some time now, there has been speculation that the 23-year-old figure skater may soon change to represent another country.
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Moscow Regards Bulgaria’s Move to Expel Diplomats as Unfriendly Step, Reserves Right to Respond
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-25
The day before, Russia’s ambassador to Bulgaria received a letter which said that two Russian diplomats had been declared “persona non grata”.
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Turkish Village Totally Destroyed After Quake in Elazig Province – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-25
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey’s Elazig Province at 8: 55 p.m. local time (17: 55 GMT) on 24 January. The disaster also affected the neighbouring province of Malatya.
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Unseen-Before Swarms of Voracious Locusts to Hit East Africa, Mideast, Leaving Behind Barren Earth
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-25
A real plague of pests has been forecast for the region that saw unprecedented rainfall over the last three months of 2019, with the scale of it reaching well beyond the Horn of Africa, where it all started.
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The UK faces its biggest constitutional crisis since the Civil War, but whose head is on the block?
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2020-01-25
The UK may be facing its biggest constitutional crisis since the Civil War. This time though, it’s not the monarch who’s caused the crisis but Boris Johnson. And all because Johnson is determined to see his precious Brexit through without taking into account the wishes of three of the four legislative bodies that make up the UK. | Constitutional crisis?: | There have been several constitutional crises in British history. But perhaps the most notable is the 1642-60 Civil War that saw supporters of the monarchy pitt…
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In one tweet, a new kick-ass MP rinses Boris Johnson and the media
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-01-25
Zarah Sultana is one of the new Labour MPs to join parliament following the 2019 election. And she’s quickly becoming one of a new generation of kick-ass women putting both government and parliament in their places. | This time she’s taken on Boris Johnson, billionaires and the media in one tweet. And she makes a fundamentally important point: | Boris Johnson is an old Etonian Bullingdon boy. | His party is funded by ‚Öì of all UK billionaires. | It’s the party of the 1%. | And th…
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