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The ‘Deal of the Century’ Is Apartheid
Sheena Anne Arackal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
With great fanfare, President Trump finally unveiled his long-anticipated Middle East peace proposal. The proposal was labeled ‘The Deal of the Century’ because it was supposed to offer an even-handed and just solution to one of the world’s most intractable …
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Trump’s fake ‘peace plan’ is permanent apartheid for Palestine
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-29
Attorney, professor, and author Noura Erakat on Trump’s “deal of the century”: a call for permanent apartheid in Palestine. President…
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The World Demands Us Out of the Middle East
Kevin Zeese, Margaret Flowers | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
The world is saying no to war with Iran and US out of the Middle East. Hundreds of protests were held in the United States and around the world on Saturday with a unified voice of “No War.” These protests are in solidarity with massive protests in Iraq calling for the US to get out…
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Trump’s Farcical Mideast “Peace Deal” Ignores International Law. Green Light to Israeli Annexation of Palestine?
CJPME | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is highly critical of the Mideast Peace Plan announced by US President Donald Trump today

US airstrikes in Afghanistan hit ten-year high in 2019
wsws.org | 2020-01-29
The Trump administration has ramped up the air war in Afghanistan as it seeks to pressure the Taliban into a settlement, killing hundreds of civilians in the process.
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US Announces Three New Bases in Iraq After Iraqis Demand Full Withdrawal
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-29
The three sites chosen for the news bases, Erbin, Sulimania and Halabja are all extremely close to Iran, with Halabja just eight miles from its border.
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France: Riot Police Beat up Striking Firefighters as Media Looks the Other Way
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-29
The media, quick to condemn violence against protesters elsewhere in the world, largely ignored the brutal crackdown on firefighters joining months-long nationwide protests in France.
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Iran is Not Responsible for US Deaths in Iraq
John Grant | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
Who exactly is responsible for US casualties in Iraq during the Iraq War? The question has been raised thanks to President Trump’s decision to assassinate Iranian General Gasem Soleimani. On January 13, the New York Times published a front-page story about a lawsuit filed against Iran in federal court by US veterans and veteran families;…
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Sunrise Movement to Host Nationwide House Parties
Eoin Higgins | zcomm.org | 2020-01-29
Youth led climate advocacy group the Sunrise Movement is asking supporters to host launch parties on Wednesday for the 2020 effort to pass the Green New Deal and back the presidential candidacy of Sen. Bernie Sanders…
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Ciudadano estadounidense detenido e interrogado por agentes del DHS sobre la solidaridad con Venezuela del movimiento antiguerra
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-29
Un ciudadano estadounidense que participó en el Colectivo de Protección de la Embajada de Venezuela fue detenido, registrado e interrogado…
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Bolivia: Socialist Candidate Arce Attended Prosecutor’s Office
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) presidential candidate Luis Arce Wednesday morning arrived at the Prosecutor’s Office to give statements in an investigation for a case of alleged corruption at the Indigenous Peoples and Farmers’ Development Fund (FONDIOC). | RELATED: | Socialist Presidential Candidate Luis Arce Arrives in Bolivia | Once the hearin…
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Meet the Candidates Taking on Bolivia’s US-Backed Right Wing Government
Oliver Vargas | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-29
Bolivian journalist Oliver Vargas takes an in-depth look at the candidates taking on the interim right-wing government of Jeanine Anez in Bolivia’s upcoming elections and the many challenges they face.
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The Global System Nearing Financial and Climate Collapse: Capitalism
Frank Scott | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
‘Why are there forty million poor people in America?.. when you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, …you begin to question the capitalistic economy.”

Long shaped by fire, Australia enters a perilous new era
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-29
Australia has always been a dry continent where fire has played an important ecological role. But the latest massive conflagrations there are evidence that a hotter climate has thrust Australia into a new normal where fires will keep burning on an unprecedented scale. | Source…
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Could the Climate Crisis Be “The Good News of Damnation”?
Lawrence Wittner | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-29
On August 12, 1945, six days after the U.S. government obliterated the city of Hiroshima with a single atomic bomb, Robert Hutchins, the president of the University of Chicago, delivered a remarkable public address. Speaking on his weekly radio program, the Chicago Roundtable, Hutchins observed that Leon Bloy, a French philosopher, had referred to “the …
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Rewilding the Arctic Could Turn the Tide on Climate Change
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-29
It would be a monumental task to start releasing herds of large animals onto the tundra, but the climate payoff could be mammoth.
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Could the Climate Crisis be “The Good News of Damnation”?
Lawrence Wittner | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
On August 12, 1945, six days after the U.S. government obliterated the city of Hiroshima with a single atomic bomb, Robert Hutchins, the president of the University of Chicago, delivered a remarkable public address. Speaking on his weekly radio program, the Chicago Roundtable, Hutchins observed that Leon Bloy, a French philosopher, had referred to…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/29/could-the-cl…

Climate change, the Green New Deal, and the struggle for climate justice
Martin Hart-Landsberg | mronline.org | 2020-01-29
Most calls for a Green New Deal correctly emphasize that it must include a meaningful commitment to climate justice. That is because climate change–for reasons of racism and capitalist profit-making–disproportionately punishes frontline communities, especially communities of color and low-income. | Source…
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Sometimes We Can Make Our Own Hope
Frida Berrigan | zcomm.org | 2020-01-29
Running for Office in the Age of Donald Trump and Climate Change…
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Coronavirus provokes turbulence on global stock markets
wsws.org | 2020-01-29
With China contributing about one third of total growth, the world economy as a whole will feel the effects.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/29/mark…

5,604 Russians Are Expected to Leave China Over the Next Week
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
The Russian Federal Agency for Tourism (Rosturizm) Wednesday announced that additional charter flights will be available for 5,604 Russian tourists to leave China before Tuesday, February 4. | RELATED: | US, Japan Evacuate Citizens from China Amid Coronavirus Spread | “We decided that Russian tourists, who mostly rest on the Hainan island, can return both on schedule and in advance. To do so, tour operators have planned additional charter flights,” the Rosturizm president Zarina…
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US, Japan Evacuate Citizens from China Amid Coronavirus Spread
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Japan and the United States have begun evacuating their citizens from China amid the spread of the Cononavirus in several parts of the Asian nation. At the same time, British Airways has suspended their flights to mainland China as deaths from the new virus leapt to 132 and a government economist predicted a huge hit to the economy. | RELATED: | China’s Hubei Reports 840 New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus | The Chinese authorities have pledged to slay the ‘devil’ Coronavirus and i…
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WHO to Reconsider Declaring Global Emergency as Virus Spreads
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
The World Health Organization said Wednesday its Emergency Committee would reconvene behind closed doors on Thursday to decide whether the rapid spread of the new virus from China now constitutes a global emergency. | RELATED: | 5,604 Russians Are Expected to Leave China Over the Next Week | “I have decided to reconvene the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) tomorrow to advise me on whether the current outbreak constitutes a pu…
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The International Court of Justice and the Rohingyas
Chandra Muzaffar | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
The International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) Order to the Government of the Republic of Myanmar to adopt various provisional measures to protect the Rohingya community from “physical destruction” and to prevent the commission of all acts within the scope of Article 11 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide including killing members…
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Haiti Joins US-Backed Lima Group Against Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Haiti’s request to be incorporated as a member into the United States-led Lima Group has been accepted, Peru’s Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday on its Twitter account. | RELATED: | After the Earthquake: 10 Years of Domestic and International Failures in Haiti | “Following the request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Haiti Bocchit Edmond and a letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru Gustavo Meza-Cuadra in his capacity as coordinator of the Lima…
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“Debt Against the People”: Analysis and History of the Global Debt Crisis
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
Introduction | Over the last ten years Greece has been a prime example of how a country and a people can be deprived of their liberty through clearly illegitimate debt. Since the 19th century, from Latin America to China, Haiti, …
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A Different Impeachment
Scott Corey | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
For over two centuries, the American military has protected us by protecting our nation. Now it is time for the nation to protect the American military, by removing Donald Trump from the Presidency. There are three schools of thought on impeachment. The strict legality standard holds that impeachment is the only remedy for punishing a…
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Trump Trial: Pointed Questioning With Bolton Book at the Center
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-29
WASHINGTON

Trump impeachment trial enters a new phase
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-29
Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET the question-and-answer phase of the Senate’s impeachment trial of Trump began with senators given 16 hours over two days to ask questions of the impeachment managers and the TV lawyers defending the president. It’s not a normal type of questioning you see in a regular trial. Each senator has a …
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The Swamp That Trump Built
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
January 28, 2010. My favorite line from the Trumpist defense of their boss so far is from attorney Jay Sekulow. As the opening argument wound down, he told the Senate and whomever else was listening that “justice demands” the articles of impeachment against Trump “must be rejected.” There were a lot of things going on…
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The Swamp That Trump Built
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
My favorite line from the Trumpist defense of their boss so far is from attorney Jay Sekulow. As the opening argument wound down, he told the Senate and whomever else was listening that “justice demands” the articles of impeachment against Trump “must be rejected.” There were a lot of things going on in the defense’s…
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Weakest Link: Impeachment and National Security
Jefferson Morley | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
In the summer of 2016 President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump didn’t agree about much, except for one obscure issue of U.S. foreign policy: lethal military aid to Ukraine. As commander in chief, Obama objected to such assistance, even in the face of a Russian proxy war. So did candidate Trump. On…
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Trump, Pence & Pompeo, the Gang of Three, Claim Criminal Theft of Palestinian Land to be Lawful!
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
As the jumped-up, self-proclaimed, blonde new ruler of the world gives away half the Palestinian West Bank to the current Israeli military occupier, the world watches in amazement at the idea that this unbalanced popinjay

Impeachment Battles Could Determine Who Holds Real Power in the US Government
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-29
The legal and constitutional battles sparked by President Trump’s behavior could affect how the U.S. government works for generations, long after the impeachment trial is over. | After the last Senate staffer turns out the lights, major questions remain to be decided outside of the Capitol about the limits of presidential power, the willingness of courts to decide political questions and the ability of Congress to exercise effective oversight and hold a president accountable. | Here are thre…
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In impeachment crisis, Trump continues fascistic appeals, Democrats promote warmonger John Bolton
wsws.org | 2020-01-29
An architect of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Bolton has advocated wars for regime change in Iran, Syria, Libya, Venezuela, Cuba, Yemen and North Korea.
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SEIU’s Henry demands Senate impeachment trial call witnesses
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-29
WASHINGTON –In her second comment on the Senate impeachment trial of GOP President Donald Trump, Service Employees President Mary Kay Henry is demanding lawmakers call live witnesses to ensure a fair trial. And those senators who don’t want witnesses, she adds, are “playing political games with issues serious for our democracy and the sanctity of …
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10 Things Every American Needs to Know About Trump’s Impeachment
Robert Reich | truthdig.com | 2020-01-29
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich breaks down the president’s high crimes–and why the Senate is all but guaranteed to acquit.
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Brazil Petrobras Workers Call Indefinite Strike From Saturday
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Workers at the Brazilian oil company Petrobras approved Wednesday a plan to go on an indefinite strike from Saturday, protesting a plan by the state-controlled company to close the Parana Nitrogen Fertilizer plant and fire its 396 workers. | RELATED: | Brazilian Indigenous Tribes to Sue Bolsonaro Over Crude Remarks | “The current government’s aggressive policy of privatization and closure of Petrobras’ strategic units impacts oil tankers, with massive layoffs and attacks on ag…
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Rainfall Death Toll Rises To 63 In Southeast Brazil
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
The governor of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema, has declared a state of emergency in 101 of the 853 municipalities and official mourning for the more than 50 victims caused by the “unprecedented rainfall” recorded since last week. | RELATED: | Brazilian Indigenous Tribes to Sue Bolsonaro Over Crude Remarks | Brazilian authoritie…
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The U.S. Is Recycling Its Big Lie About Iraq to Target Iran
Nicolas J. S. Davies | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
Sixteen years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, most Americans understand that it was an illegal war based on lies about non-existent “weapons of mass destruction.” But our government is now threatening to drag us into a war on Iran …
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Video: Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis, The Iran-Contra Affair
Horizons | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
This was posted on Youtube in 2011. | This is the full length 90 min. version of Bill Moyer’s 1987 scathing critique of the criminal subterfuge carried out by the Executive Branch of the United States Government to carry out operations …
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Iran Slams Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan as ‘Disgraceful’
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday strongly rejected the U.S. Middle East peace plan as “disgraceful.” | RELATED: | Iran: Alternative Solution to the So-Called Century’s Deal | In a statement released hours after U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of the so-called Deal of the Century, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said it is the “betrayal of the century” and is “doomed to failure.” | “Palestine belongs to the Palestinians,” he said. “The Zionist regime (of…
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Title X Gag Rule Has Led to Increased Funding for Anti-Choice Clinics
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-29
Newly released federal grant applications for the Obria Group, a California-based anti-choice organization operating clinics nationally, show an inefficient distribution of Title X funds, including high patient costs and a six-figure salary for its medical director. | The Obria Group, which operates 48 anti-choice clinics, or crisis pregnancy centers was awarded up to $5.1 million over three years in Title X funds (though not every clinic receives funds) from the Trump administration last March to p…
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Marital-Status Discrimination Reduces Fertility in China
Shawn Fremstad | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
Building on recent posts by Dean Baker (responding to NYT and Washington Post here and Ross Douthat here) that debunk the idea that there is a “demographic crisis” in China, there’s also an important family justice aspect to fertility in China. Although Douthat attributes China’s fertility rate (1.6 births per woman) to “cruel policy choices,”
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Wuhan Expats Fed Up with Foreign Media Hype
Frank Hossack | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
Expats living in Wuhan are enraged by foreign media coverage of the 19-nCoV outbreak. Better placed and likely more informed than any journalist in a faraway land, most are full of praise for the authorities’ handling of the situation. | Media …
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Turkey Demands US Deliver F-35 Fighter Jets or Money Back
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday demanded the United States deliver the F-35 fighters paid several months ago or get the money back. | RELATED: | No Military Solution to Libya’s Conflict: Turkey’s Erdogan | Speaking to a group of journalists aboard the presidential plane, upon his return from Senegal, the Turkish president stressed that ‘either they deliver the fighters or return the money to us, and if not, we buy them e…
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Peter Hitchens stresses the ‘vital importance’ of whistleblowing about chemical weapons in Syria
Slava Zilber | thecanary.co | 2020-01-29
Journalist Peter Hitchens has been closely following developments from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( OPCW) regarding the alleged chemical-weapons attack in Douma, Syria back in April 2018. And he recently talked to me in detail about the c…
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Why the Green Party isn’t the Problem
Myles Hoenig | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
I just read the open letter by Noam Chomsky, Bill Fletcher, Barbara Ehrenreich, Kathy Kelly, Ron Daniels, Leslie Cagan, Norman Solomon, Cynthia Peters, and Michael Albert calling on the Green Party not to run a candidate this year. The authors above utilize so many clichés that it’s getting beyond ridiculous and frighteningly dangerous. This is…
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US Supreme Court approves public charge rule directed against legal immigrants
wsws.org | 2020-01-29
The highly contested rule, which was announced last August, altered existing immigration law to allow the administration to deny visas to legal immigrants who it claims would rely on the government’s assistance.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/29/publ…

Done Deal: How the Peace Process Sold Out the Palestinians
David Hearst | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
In November 2016, fresh off his electoral win, US President-elect Donald Trump boasted of his intention to end the Israel-Palestine conflict by striking what he called the “ultimate deal”. | Calling it “the war that never ends,” Trump told the Wall …
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Trump Regime’s Criminal “Deal of the Century”: Breaking Palestine, Endorsing “Greater Israel”?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
US/Israeli policy is hardwired against regional peace and stability. | From what’s known about Trump’s deal of the century ahead of its reported Tuesday unveiling at the White House, it fulfills an Israeli wish list at the expense of fundamental Palestinian …
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Macron’s Macro-hypocrisy on Palestine
Dr. Vacy Vlazna | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
“President Emmanuel Macron made a scene in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday when he angrily told Israeli security officers to get out of the Church of Saint Anne, which is traditionally under France’s control: | “Everybody knows the rules. I | …
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Pipeline or a Pipedream: Israel, Turkey Hydrocarbon Conflict is Brewing in the Mediterranean
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-29
Massive natural gas discoveries off the eastern coast of Israel and Palestine is slated to make Tel Aviv a regional energy hub. Whether Israel will be able to translate positive indicators of the largely untapped gas reserves into actual economic and strategic wealth is yet to be seen. What is certain, however, is that the …
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Trump’s Israel-Palestine “Peace” Plan Violates International Law
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-29
Donald Trump’s long-awaited “deal of the century” between Israel and Palestine essentially gives Israel’s far right coalition government everything it wanted. This Middle East “peace” deal allows Israel to annex vast stretches of the Palestinian West Bank (which has been under Israeli military occupation since 1967) into Israel, including all of the illegal Jewish-only settlements in areas colonized by Israeli settlers as well as Arab East Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley. Palestinians would be granted limit…
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Video: Maarat Al-numan Is About to Fall to Syrian Army
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
On January 24, the Syrian military resumed its offensive against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) and its Turkish-backed allies. | Warplanes of the Syrian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out over 3 dozens of …
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The Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX): Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and the Russians
Joyce Nelson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
A funny thing happened on the way to the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX)…or rather, several funny things. And they all have to do with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s fear of “foreign meddling” in Canada’s pipeline politics. | You …
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Syrian Troops Capture Key Town in Rebel-Held Idlib Province
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-29
DAMASCUS, Syria

How to Survive this Election
Peter Cohen | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
Having closely followed the 2016 Election, from the clear signs of manipulation and potential fraud in the earliest Primaries to the finger-pointing and hysteria over alleged Russian “election hacking” after one of the most unpopular US Presidential candidates in History beat another of the most unpopular of the US Presidential candidates in History, I resolved…
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Leftist Lawmakers to Present Censure Motion Against Macron
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
The Unsubmissive France (LFI) president Jean- Luc Melenchon Wednesday informed that the three leftist groups in the National Assembly reached an agreement to present a motion of censure against the French government. | RELATED: | Macron’s France: Police Club Harshly at Parisian Firefighters | Socialist, Communist, and Unsubmissive lawmakers agreed to draw up a censure motion to try to avoid the approval of President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform, which has awakene…
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Houthis Bombs Aramco Oil Field in New Attack on Saudi Arabia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
The Houthis Movement announced Wednesday that their forces bombed multiple sites belonging to the Saudi government, including the Aramco oil fields in the Kingdom’s Jizan province. | RELATED: | Children in War-Torn Yemen Suffer From Malnutrition | According to a statement released by the Houthis-affiliated Masirah TV, the group bombed the Aramco oil fields in Jizan, along with the municipal airports in Jizan and Abha. They also mentioned bombing the Khamis Mushait Base, which is located n…
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The Liberal Establishment is Already Warning Third Parties Not to Ruin the 2020 Election
Roger D. Harris | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-29
Prominent liberal personalities, including Noam Chomsky, issued an open letter imploring third parties to “remove themselves as a factor” in the 2020 presidential election to “benefit all humanity and a good part of the biosphere.”
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Mutually Assured Madness: Immunity to the 25th Amendment
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
When Ronald Reagan first arrived at the White House after his big electoral victory over President Jimmy Carter in November 1980, and was now cleared to see and know all the secrets and issue commands, he was asked what he wanted to do first. He asked to see the War Room. The aides, handlers, military…
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#MeToo accusations and identity politics circulate around 2020 Grammy Awards
wsws.org | 2020-01-29
The event, hosted by the Recording Academy, is the most prominent such ceremony in the music business in the US. Grammys are handed out to musicians, singers, producers, engineers and songwriters.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/29/gram…

‘Erasing our voices won’t change anything’
Extinction Rebellion | zcomm.org | 2020-01-29
This week’s issue is particularly rife with reports of the media and its tendency towards misrepresentation…
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75 Years Ago: Hitler Plans Operation Spring Awakening as Auschwitz Is Liberated
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
It is often thought that the Third Reich’s final major offensive of World War II comprised the Battle of the Bulge, which was launched in mid-December 1944 against the western Allies through Belgium, France and Luxembourg, with much of the …
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Looking Back: I Had No Idea, Back in the 1960s, That This Would be the “Shape of the World to Come”
Eric Waddell | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
One day, long, long ago, a man was fishing on the reef, and he saw something out to sea. It appeared to be an island, but it moved. He ran to the beach shouting “An island is coming here”, and …
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US Government Represents Lawless Billionaires
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
Taliano told Press TV in an interview on Saturday that if enriching the US billionaire class “entails stealing another country’s oil, then the billionaire class is fine with that.” | He said that the US did not need the oil from …
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Trump’s Failed Bullying: Britain Accepts 5G Huawei Technology
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
It is strikingly bullying and bullish. US officials have been less than reserved in their threats about what Britain’s proposed dealings with Huawei over admitting it to its 5G network might entail. Three Republican Senators

Italian ruling parties defeat far-right Lega in Emilia-Romagna elections
wsws.org | 2020-01-29
While the candidate of the extreme right-wing Lega was clearly defeated in the Emilia-Romagna elections by the candidate of the Democrats, the rise of the right-wing extremists has by no means been stopped.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/29/ital…

Soviet Hippies: The Grass is Greener on the Other Side
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
Astmatol : a spasmolytic agent used as a powder or in cigarettes. Astmatol is made of one part henbane leaves, two parts belladonna leaves, six parts Datura leaves, one part sodium nitrate, and three parts water. It is used in cases of bronchial asthma. Smoke is inhaled from the astmatol as it burns.

Spain: Catalonia Gets Set for Snap Regional Election
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Catalonia’s Regional Government president Quim Torra Wednesday said he planned to call a snap regional election, although he did not indicate the date, pending approval of the regional budgets for this year. | RELATED: | EU Congress Stops Recognizing Jailed Catalan MP as Lawmaker | “Once the budgets are approved in Parliament, I will announce the date of the regional elections,” he said in an official announcement. | The Regional executive is currently formed by a coalition of tw…
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US refuses to extradite spy’s wife to UK over death of Harry Dunn
wsws.org | 2020-01-29
The UK government have gone into full damage-limitation mode over the explosive conflict, but US Secretary of State Pompeo will not be fooled by such theatrics and will dismiss any appeals regarding Sacoolas, knowing they are made purely for the record.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/29/dunn…

RT correspondent seriously injured by blast while filming jihadists’ ammo depot in Syria
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Wafa Shabrouney, a correspondent of RT Arabic, has been injured while on assignment in northwestern Syria. A shell left behind by militant fighters exploded while she and her crew were nearby. | The incident happened in Maarat al-Numan, a Syrian city located some 33km south of Idlib, the capital of the last major stronghold of jihadist forces in northwestern Syria. Shabrouney and her crew were covering the aftermath of the takeover of the city by Damascus in the last several days. | According to her cameraman, they went to an ammo depot left behind by retreating militants. A shell accidentally detonated nea…
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Crucial Pakistan-Afghan border crossing closed after reported rocket attack
rt.com | 2020-01-29
The Torkham border crossing, one of the principle land connections between Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been shut down for all traffic. It comes after a reported rocket attack from the Afghan side. | The road passing by Torkham leads to the Afghan capital, Kabul through Jalalabad. On the Pakistani side, the crossing is connected to the capital, Islamabad through Peshawar. Torkham was temporarily shut down by the Pakistani authorities on Wednesday, with officials citing security concerns, according to media reports. The closure was said to be prompted by a rocket attack at the checkpoint, which left two Pakist…
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Palestinian anger over Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ met with Israeli tear gas & rubber bullets in West Bank
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Injuries have been reported as Palestinian protesters face Israeli security troops in the West Bank in non-stop protests after Donald Trump announced his peace plan for the region. | Scores of protesters flooded the streets in different parts of the West Bank, demonstrating against a US-proposed plan that they expect to lead to annexation of much of Palestinian land. | | A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli forces in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. ©REUTERS / Mussa Qawasma | In Bethlehem, protesters have been throwing stones at Israeli fo…
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‘To protect the movement’: Greta Thunberg wants to trademark her name, set up a foundation
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg says she’s had it with ‘impostors’ and marketers, and is moving to trademark her own name as well as that of her movement

Chinese pharmacy to pay $430,000 fine after it hikes face mask price by SIX TIMES as coronavirus spread overshadows SARS
rt.com | 2020-01-29
A drug store in Beijing will have to pay a hefty fine after it apparently tried to cash in on the coronavirus outbreak, hiking the price of an essential protective mask by about six times, China’s market watchdog has said. | Beijing Jimin Kangtai Pharmacy was caught red-handed by a municipal market regulator, which launched a crackdown on the shady practice in which businesses attempt to make a quick buck by selling overpriced protective gear as residents flock to the stores to stockpile surgical masks and other essentials. | The watchdog said Wednesday it has looked into 31 suspected cases of the practice sin…
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Putin tells Russia’s government to ‘be prepared’ as new coronavirus goes global
rt.com | 2020-01-29
As infections spread worldwide, Vladimir Putin has called on Russian officials to do all they can to prevent the spread of the new Chinese coronavirus in Russia. | The Russian president emphasized the goal must be to minimize human losses. So far, the number of confirmed cases in Russia remains at zero, but given the length of the country’s border with China and the extent of bilateral trade, it’s considered only a matter of time before the virus appears. | Following a meeting of officials, Putin said “regarding the new coronavirus… the question is how ready we are for this challenge,” while emphasizing that…
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WATCH: Stranded Chinese passengers applaud as plane reroutes to quarantined Wuhan
rt.com | 2020-01-29
The crew of a Juneyao Airlines flight from Osaka to Shanghai volunteered to take stranded tourists directly to quarantined Wuhan after seeking special dispensation from Chinese authorities in an incredible display of solidarity. | Flight HO1340 was scheduled to depart at 7: 55pm local time from Osaka in Japan and land at its destination, Shanghai at approximately 9: 30pm. However, at the request of tourists on board, the airline sought, and received, permission to reroute in China’s airspace and make a detour to Wuhan. | The 11 crew all volunteered to operate the flight while wearing masks, goggles, and gloves.
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Kazakhstan suspends all passenger transportation links with China over virus outbreak
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Kazakhstan is suspending all forms of passenger travel to and from neighboring China, the Central Asian nation’s government said on Wednesday. The statement came as an outbreak of a new coronavirus continued to widen. | The government has also suspended the issuance of visas to Chinese citizens, Reuters reported. | Bus routes to and from China have already been halted, while passenger train movement will stop on February 1 and all flights will be suspended from February 3, according to the government. | Kazakhstan has registered no cases of the new virus. However, authorities have isolated dozens of people wit…
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United Airlines, British Airways & other carriers suspend flights to China in bid to halt coronavirus spread
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Major airlines across the world have suspended travel in and out of China in an attempt to stem the rapid spread of the deadly new coronavirus strain which has killed more than 130 people since the outbreak started last month. | United Airlines has cancelled 24 round trips with destinations in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong between February 1 and February 8, due to “significant decline in demand for travel to China,” the company said on Tuesday. The airline had previously introduced additional health screenings for passengers flying in and out of China. Separately, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi…
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Oil prices rise on surprise crude draw
rt.com | 2020-01-29
The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated on Tuesday a surprise large crude oil inventory draw of 4.27 million barrels for the week ending January 24, compared to analyst expectations of a 482,000-barrel build in inventory. | Last week saw a build in crude oil inventories of 1.57 million barrels, according to API data. The EIA’s estimates, however, were of a draw of 400,000 barrels for that week. | Oil prices were up earlier in the day prior to the afternoon data release, ending a five day price slide as fears of oil demand destruction at the hands of the deadly Coronavirus gripped the oil markets. Even…
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India calls for 2-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian issue as Trump unveils his plan
rt.com | 2020-01-29
India on Wednesday called for a two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian issue after US President Donald Trump unveiled his plan. | “India has been consistently supportive of the Palestinian cause,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said. | “We reiterate our view that final status issues should be resolved through direct negotiations between the two parties and be acceptable to both,” ANI quoted him as saying. | “We urge the parties to engage with each other, including on the recent proposals put forward by the US, and find an acceptable two-state solution for peac…
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Indian PM Modi says it would take Indian Army 10 days max to ‘make Pakistan bite dust’
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Indian PM Narendra Modi says the Indian military could take down neighboring Pakistan within a week

Iraqi president gives MPs 3 days to name new PM amid protests
rt.com | 2020-01-29
President Barham Saleh threatened on Wednesday to unilaterally name a successor to Iraq’s premier, who resigned in December, if parliament did not nominate a candidate within three days. | “If the concerned blocs are unable to resolve the nomination issue by no later than Saturday, February 1… I see an obligation to exercise my constitutional powers by tasking whomever I find most acceptable to parliament and the people,” Saleh wrote in a letter, according to AFP. | PM Adel Abdul Mahdi resigned in December after two months of deadly protests against his government, but he has stayed on in a caretaker role, a…
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Boeing reports first annual loss in over two decades as 737 MAX crisis drags on
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Rising costs from the grounding of its once-bestselling 737 MAX jets have left US aerospace giant Boeing with its first annual loss in net revenue since 1997. | The American plane manufacturer lost $636 million in 2019, after a disappointing fourth quarter which saw a loss of $2.33 per share, the company announced on Wednesday. The annual loss is dramatic compared to Boeing’s results last year, when it posted a profit of $10.46 billion. | The aviation giant said that the financial results were “significantly impacted by the 737 MAX grounding.” Boeing is still struggling to recover from reputational damage afte…
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Former Moscow Police officers arrested over framing of Russian journalist Ivan Golunov
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Last summer, his detention on bogus drug charges rocked the world of Russian media, leading to an unprecedented show of journalistic unity. | Now, investigators have detained five ex-police officers who are accused of fabricating the case against Ivan Golunov, a reporter for Riga-based online publication Meduza. | The former members of the Moscow Police’s drug trafficking control department are currently being interrogated, according to Svetlana Petrenko, the official representative of Russia’s Investigative Committee. The detainees were removed from their posts last July in the immediate fallout from the cont…
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‘Deal of the century’: What’s in Trump’s peace plan for Israel and Palestine
rt.com | 2020-01-29
The proposal for peace in the Middle East unveiled by US President Donald Trump envisions the conditions under which a Palestinian state might be recognized. RT delves into the 180-page ‘deal of the century’ to see what’s inside. | The “Vision for Peace, Prosperity and a Brighter Future” bills itself as “the best, most realistic and most achievable outcome for the parties” right from the start. It says that the 700 or so UN General Assembly resolutions and 100-plus Security Council resolutions have failed to bring peace, while the 1993 Oslo Accords left too many key issues unresolved, “including, among other i…
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Russian military blasts Pompeo’s ‘hypocritical concern’ over ‘attack on Idlib’s innocent civilians’
rt.com | 2020-01-29
The Russian Defense Ministry says it is not surprised by the ‘hypocrisy’ of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who voiced ‘concern’ over what he said was a “large-scale offensive against Idlib’s innocent civilians” by Moscow and Damascus. | The US Department of State has never publicly supported Russia’s active fight against international terrorism in Syria, the official representative of the Russian ministry Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday. The State Department “preaches and voices its concern about the alleged suffering of civilians only when terrorists suffer a crushing defeat and Syrian citizens are fina…
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Putin pardons drug-trafficking Israeli woman ahead of Netanyahu’s visit to Moscow
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned Naama Issachar, an Israeli woman convicted on drug trafficking charges in Russia, citing “humanitarian reasons.” Issachar is expected to return to Israel shortly. | The decision to pardon Issachar came ahead of a visit by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who is set to meet Putin in Moscow on Thursday. According to media reports, Netanyahu is expected to bring the woman back home on his plane after his visit to Russia concludes. | Issachar, a 26-year-old Israeli-American citizen, was nabbed by Russian law enforcement in April 2019 in the transit zone of Moscow’s Shere…
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PACE ratifies full credentials of Russian delegation, rejecting five-nation challenge
rt.com | 2020-01-29
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has once again confirmed that Russia’s delegation enjoys full rights within the international body, after they were challenged by five member nations, led by Lithuania. | PACE delegates overwhelmingly voted to confirm Russia’s credentials on Wednesday: 96 of them supported the move, with 44 votes against it and seven abstentions. | A challenge on “substantial grounds” was raised earlier this week by Lithuanian delegate Emanuelis Zingeris, who claimed that Moscow supposedly does not comply with the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights. Other is…
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UN envoy urges halt to ‘alarming military escalation’ in Yemen
rt.com | 2020-01-29
The UN special envoy for Yemen has urged a halt to the “alarming military escalation” in fighting between the Saudi-led military coalition and Houthi Shiite rebels. Martin Griffiths warned the UN Security Council at a closed meeting that the recent drastic escalation jeopardizes progress made by the warring parties in de-escalating the conflict, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday. | Less than two weeks ago, Griffiths reported to the council on a major reduction in military operations and other initiatives, AP reported. He expressed hope at the time that this would lead to talks between the governme…
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they attacked Saudi oil giant Aramco, airport & other ‘sensitive’ targets
rt.com | 2020-01-29
A military base and a facility of Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco were targeted in the latest attacks, Yemen’s Houthi militants claimed. Aramco has so far kept silent on the reports. | The militants took aim at sites located in the southern Saudi province of Jizan, the Houthi spokesman said in a televised speech on Wednesday. Apart from that, the group claimed it targeted airports of Abha and Jizan, a military base, and other “sensitive” targets on Saudi soil. | “A large number of rockets and drones” were used during the strike, it has been claimed. Riyadh has remained silent on the matter, while Aramco decline…
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Warren calls for criminalizing online ‘disinformation,’ gets roasted for Orwellian overreach
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has called for criminalizing knowingly disseminating ‘disinformation’ about voting, a move that would give the government the power to decide what constitutes truth and lies. | Warren called for “civil and criminal penalties for knowingly disseminating false information about when and how to vote in US elections” on Wednesday, part of a lengthy and occasionally self-contradictory plan for “fighting digital disinformation” posted to her campaign website. The…
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‘We would be in World War Six by now’ if Bolton were still in the WH, says Trump in scathing tweets
rt.com | 2020-01-29
US President Donald Trump has hit back at John Bolton, his former national security advisor, accusing him of writing a “nasty & untrue” book and saying the warmongering Republican could have led us into “World War Six.” | While Bolton has become something of a hero to Trump’s critics thanks to leaks from his upcoming book ‘The Room Where it Happened’, which seemingly confirm accusations that the president withheld foreign aid to Ukraine in the hopes they would investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, conservatives have begun to turn on the man, chief among them the president himself. | “For a guy who could…
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‘Goodbye, hello’: German FM waives goodbye to Brits, warning they have to follow EU rules to retain single market access
rt.com | 2020-01-29
With the protracted Brexit saga coming to an end this week, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas made a not-so-veiled warning to the UK, saying it still must abide by EU rules if it wants full access to the bloc’s single market. | …
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Blaze rips through Lagos street market as traders race against time to save their goods (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Footage of a blaze at a popular market on Lagos Island has surfaced on social media; it reportedly shows desperate traders flinging their goods off balconies as the inferno races towards them. | The fire started early Wednesday morning in the Anambra Plaza at Balogun market, a section of the market on the island. The incident comes just two months after another blaze ripped through the marketplace, destroying goods worth thousands of dollars. | The cause of Wednesday’s fire has yet to be established but bewildered eyewitnesses have already taken to social media to complain about the slow response by emergency…
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Firework ‘attack’ on Man United chief Woodward’s home shows disturbing level of disgust from fans at breaking point
rt.com | 2020-01-29
A group of alleged Manchester United fans threw fireworks at the house of executive vice chairman Ed Woodward’s home, revealing a disturbing side of fans’ disgust at the shambolic running of the club by its board members. | Hooded figures can be seen in footage that has circulated the internet throwing fireworks and flares at the Cheshire home of Woodward, who lives in the property with his wife and two young daughters. It is understood that no one was at the time of the attack. | A portion of Manchester United fans have recently voiced their resentment at the club’s handling by members of its hierarchy, whom…
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UAE’s Health Ministry confirms 1st cases of new Chinese virus in Mideast
rt.com | 2020-01-29
The Health and Prevention Ministry of the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday confirmed the first cases in the Mideast of the new Chinese virus that causes flu-like symptoms. | The state-run WAM news agency said doctors were now treating a family that had just come from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicenter of the outbreak. It wasn’t immediately clear how the family left Wuhan and made it all the way to the UAE, AP said. | China shut down Wuhan’s airport and other transportation in the city last Thursday to stop the spread of the virus. The lockdown has since expanded to include 17 cities, encompassing more t…
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Ex-president Poroshenko investigated in Ukraine over embezzlement, allegedly stealing US aid
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau has opened a probe against former president, Petro Poroshenko, who is suspected of abuse of power, embezzlement “on a grand scale” and allegedly stealing US aid funds. | The case against the ex-president was opened following a complaint by a group of Ukrainian MPs and the nation’s High Anti-Corruption Court demanding the authorities investigate embezzlement and misappropriation of the foreign financial aid at the time of Poroshenko’s term in office, a Ukrainian MP Renat Kuzmin said in a Facebook post. | Kuzmin, a member of the Opposition Platform