Erdogan’s Outburst Against Russia Reveals Frustration
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
Back in November 2015, a Turkish F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M near the Syria–Turkey border on the allegations that the Russian warplane had violated Turkish airspace for 17 seconds
Birthday bash turned to horror: Armed man holds 23 children hostage in BASEMENT for 9 hours in Indian village
rt.com | 2020-01-31
In a birthday celebration-turned-nightmare, a convicted murderer in India took dozens of children hostage at gunpoint in a lengthy standoff with police, firing shots at officers and even hurling a makeshift bomb at bystanders. | Subhash Batham, a murder convict freed on bail in a village in Uttar Pradesh, hosted more than 20 local children
Special Indian flight en route to Wuhan to deliver medical supplies & evacuate citizens stranded in coronavirus epicenter
rt.com | 2020-01-31
An Air India flight has been given the green light to travel to the Chinese city of Wuhan
Fresh out of China: Hunt underway for possible coronavirus patient in India after he was ‘told to go home’ at TWO hospitals
rt.com | 2020-01-31
Medics in the central Indian state of Gwalior have been dressed down for telling a man, who just flew out of China and turned up at a local hospital with symptoms of cold and cough, to come back for a check-up in several days. | …
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VIDEOS show rockets flying over Israeli territory bordering Gaza, hours after IDF targets Hamas ‘observation posts’
rt.com | 2020-01-31
Footage has emerged showing Israeli missile defenses shooting down rockets allegedly launched from the direction of the Gaza Strip. One rocket out of the three reportedly managed to pierce the Iron Dome defense system. | The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) reported late Thursday that three rockets were launched towards Israeli territory from the area of the Gaza Strip, two of which were taken down by the Israeli air defenses. Videos posted on social media show several projectiles lightning up the night skies over the border communities of Nir Am, Ivim and Sderot near the Gaza border, followed by several loud bang…
rt.com/news/479637-rockets-israel-gaza-h…
Is Singapore About to Become a U.S. Military Hub Against China?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Singapore, a small but well-armed island nation in Southeast Asia, with 72,000 troops in the army, was approved by the United States in early January 2020 to acquire 12 F-35Bs, along with necessary equipment such as spare engines, parts, electronics, …
globalresearch.ca/singapore-about-become…
Social media giants disappear popular Iranian & Venezuelan accounts
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-30
Red Lines host Anya Parampil talks with Professor Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran. Professor Marandi’s Facebook and Instagram…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/30/social-media-…
US government censorship? Social media giants disappear accounts of Iranian and Venezuelan academics, journalists
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-30
Red Lines host Anya Parampil talks with Professor Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran. Professor Marandi’s Facebook and Instagram…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/30/social-media-…
How Western left media helped legitimate U.S. regime change in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | mronline.org | 2020-01-30
It’s been a year since Juan Guaidó began his U.S.-anointed mandate as “interim president” of Venezuela. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/30/how-western-left…
‘Plan to Exterminate Former Guerrillas Is Underway’ FARC Says
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
Colombia’s Common Revolutionary Alternative Force (FARC) Thursday denounced the execution of an extermination plan against former guerrilla fighters who are settled in the Ituango Municipality, in Antioquia. | RELATED: | Colombia: 27 Social Leaders Killed in 27 days of 2020 | The humanitarian situation is particularly serious in the Santa Lucia community where 12 c…
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Maduro on Merlano Case: Duque Does Not Want the Truth Out There
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, said Thursday that his Colombian counterpart, Iván Duque, has not followed the due process for the extradition of former congresswoman Aída Merlano. Merlano, who arrested last Monday in the city of Maracaibo, Zulia state, after running away from her country, seems not interested in knowing the truth, according to the head of state. | RELATED: | ‘Plan to Exterminate Former Guerrillas Is Underway’ FARC Says | During a nationwide broadcast,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Maduro-on-Merlan…
Weingarten: Right wants states to use public dollars for religious schools
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-30
WASHINGTON
Amazon employees defy management and publicly protest corporate policies
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
Hundreds of Amazon employees posted public criticisms of their employer and statements of support for fellow workers who have been threatened with firing for speaking out against the tech company’s climate policies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/amzn…
Trump Regime’s Annexation Scheme of the Century Unveiled
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Nothing about the scheme surprised, an affront to millions of long-suffering Palestinians and international law
Trump’s Deal of the Century Won’t Bring Peace…That Was the Plan
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-30
Much of Donald Trump’s long-trailed “deal of the century” came as no surprise. Over the past 18 months, Israeli officials had leaked many of its details. The so-called “Vision for Peace” unveiled on Tuesday simply confirmed that the US government has publicly adopted the long-running consensus in Israel: that it is entitled to keep permanently the swaths of territory it seized illegally over the past half-century that deny the Palestinians any hope of a state.
counterpunch.org/2020/01/30/trumps-deal-…
The Situation in Libya Worsens, UN Warns
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The UN Secretary General’s special envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salame, today warned the Security Council that the situation in Libya is worsening. At the same time, the threat of a full-scale conflict is growing. | Speaking at a Council session by video conference, the UN high representative warned that there are unscrupulous actors inside and outside Libya who are cynically winking at efforts to promote peace. | According to the head of the U.N. mission in that country, the situation is becoming unsustainable, the Libyan people are impoverished, there is a security…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-Situation-in…
Palestinian Leaders Taking Steps to Topple Trump’s ‘Peace Plan’
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The Palestinian Authority has prepared a series of plans to topple the announced U.S. Middle East peace plan, also known as the Deal of the Century, a senior Palestinian official said Wednesday. | RELATED: | Thousands of Palestinians Protest Against Trump’s Deal | Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki told reporters in Ramallah that one of the first steps “is to hold a meeting for the Arab League’s foreign ministers in Cairo on Saturday.” | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Palestinian-Lead…
Trump’s ‘peace plan’ for Israel and the Palestinians is neither
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-30
GOP President Donald Trump’s “peace plan” for Israel and the Palestinians, unveiled with support from the leaders of both big Jewish Israeli political parties, is “imperialistic” and would lead to resumed and continued military occupation of the entire West Bank for the foreseeable future, the Israeli Communist Party says. And since Trump unveiled his plan …
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General strike in Gaza, protests rage against Trump’s ‘deal of the century’
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-30
Palestinians waged a general strike in the besieged Gaza Strip Jan. 29 as protests continued to rage against the “dismal” Middle East peace plan announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday. His so-called “deal of the century” has been met by global condemnation with international governments and progressives branding it as “shameful” and unworkable. …
peoplesworld.org/article/general-strike-…
Trump’s Skewed Vision Gives Israel Everything It Wants
Michael Jansen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century”, his “vision” of an Arab-Israeli peace settlement, is, as expected, a boon for Israel and a trap for the Palestinians. Everyone knew this would be the case. His deal could never have been …
globalresearch.ca/trump-skewed-vision-gi…
Syrian Forces Advance Inside Idlib and Aleppo Provinces
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The Syrian military began a wide-scale operation inside the Idlib and Aleppo provinces this week amid collapsed peace talks between the government and opposition. | READ ALSO: | Ceasefire Deal Reached in Syria’s Idlib: Russia | The Syrian forces, backed by Russian air power, have seized a large portion of the Idlib province after capturing the large city of Maarat Al-Numan and several towns and villages nearby. | In addition to Maarat Al-Numan, the Syrian military is also closing in on the ne…
telesurenglish.net/news/Syrian-Forces-Ad…
How Canada’s corporate media smeared WikiLeaks publisher and journalist Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
Canada’s leading media outlets have vilified Assange, while bemoaning the impact of WikiLeaks’ exposures on the global interests of American and Canadian imperialism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/caas…
Livestock Ranchers, Miners, Loggers and Oilmen–Welfare Queens All–Have Been Raping and Plundering the American West
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-30
Empire of public land Christopher Ketcham, a daring young journalist from New York, spent ten years observing and studying the public lands of the intercontinental American West. This is an empire of about 450 million acres of grassland, desert, steppe, and forest in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Wyoming. Ketcham travelled to the American West…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/30/livestock-ra…
ITV documentary reveals conditions in prison holding WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
Despite going unmentioned, Assange’s deteriorating health and the concerns of independent medical professionals about his effective solitary confinement in the health care unit hung silently over the programme.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/bel-…
Two Books for One Price: Special Offers from Global Research Publishers
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Global Research Publishers bring you a number of special offers on two-book combined purchases. Click on a link below for more info or to order the combined book offer of your choice: | . | . | | | *SPECIAL OFFER: The Dirty War on : | …
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Labor Party of Mexico Expresses Support for teleSUR
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The Labor Party of Mexico issued a statement in which it expressed its rejection of the attacks by Venezuelan opposition lawmaker Juan Guaidó against the international media outlet teleSUR. | RELATED: | Network for Defence of Humanity Voices Support for teleSUR | The Mexican political party stated that Guaidó “only seeks to promote and put at the service of U.S. imperialism a media outlet that has stood out for giving voice to those who never had it.” | The statement points out th…
telesurenglish.net/news/labor-party-of-m…
Venezuelan Rum Maker Optimistic About Economic Recovery
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
Rum distiller Ron Santa Teresa has launched Venezuela’s first public share offering in 11 years, saying that the nation may see an economic transition similar to China. | RELATED: | Venezuelan Assembly to Investigate US Funding to Guaido | One of Venezuela’s best-known brands, Santa Teresa, which exports via an alliance with Bermuda-based Bacardi Ltd., sold an initial 1 million shares on Friday. | It was the firm’s first in a series of offers of bolivar-denominated shares hoped to…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelan-Rum-M…
Most Schools Stifle Indigenous Youth. Standing Rock Offered a Different Vision
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-30
“The camps at Standing Rock produced an environment substantially and holistically more supportive for Native youth,” writes activist Sarah Sunshine Manning. In this excerpt from her essay, which is a part of the collection Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement, the actualization of self and community that sprang from the Oceti Sakowin camps speaks to how Western education fails to meet the needs of Indigenous youth. | In early August 2016, tribal nations throughout N…
truthout.org/articles/most-schools-stifl…
Why the U.S. might be angling for the return of a new ‘strongman’ like Saddam in Iraq
M.K. Bhadrakumar | mronline.org | 2020-01-30
The departure of the former Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani is beginning to be felt in Iraq. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/30/why-the-u-s-migh…
Video: Syria Army Advance on Saraqib. Liberated Areas held by Al Qaeda (Hayat Tahir al Sham)
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Idlib militants seem to be in disarray amid the developing advance of the Syrian Army. Since the liberation of Maarat al-Numan, government forces have achieved several important breakthroughs on the frontline in southeastern Idlib and southwestern Aleppo. | The army has …
globalresearch.ca/video-advance-saraqib/…
Video: Syria Army Develops Momentum in Idlib and Aleppo. Turkish Military Convoy Enters Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
On January 28, units of the Syrian Army, led by the 25th Special Mission Forces Division, liberated the town of Maarat al-Numan, the Wadi Al-Deif military base and nearby villages from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other al-Qaeda-linked groups. | Earlier on …
globalresearch.ca/video-syria-army-devel…
US Sanctions Bar Iran from Accessing $5B Energy Export Revenue
Tsvetana Paraskova | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Due to the U.S. sanctions on Iran, Tehran is unable to use or transfer US$5 billion in revenues it has received from Iraq for supplying natural gas and electricity to its neighbor, an Iranian official told local media on Wednesday….
globalresearch.ca/us-sanctions-bar-iran-…
AMLO: Killing of Mexican Butterfly Conservationist ‘Regrettable’
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador today described the assassination of the administrator of the Monarcas butterfly sanctuary, Homero Gomez Gonzalez, as regrettable and painful. | RELATED: | Mexico’s President Assures Continuation of Social Programs | …
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Honduran Nurses Continue Strike Against Threat of Layoffs
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The members of the Association of Nurses and Auxiliary Nurses in Honduras (Aneeah) continue this Wednesday a national strike for the third consecutive day, due to the threat of dismissal and the refusal of the Government to the possibility of a salary increase | RELATED: | Brazil Petrobras Workers Call Indefinite Strike From Saturday | The nurses’ union called for restoring an environment reconciliation, welcomed during the previous dialogue, without reaching confrontations or w…
telesurenglish.net/news/honduran-nurses-…
Mexico’s “Progressive President” Sends National Guard to Teargas Immigrants
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-30
More than a year after the last migrant caravan left Central America, thousands of Central Americans gathered again in Honduras and started their journey to the United States on Jan 15. Back in late 2018, 4,000 migrants made a perilous journey from San Pedro Sula, Honduras’ second-largest city, to the U.S. border at Tijuana. Desperate to leave behind a life of extreme violence and poverty, thousands of Cent…
truthout.org/articles/mexicos-progressiv…
Anti-Trump-themed ‘Immigrant Food’ restaurant owned by lobbyists for right-wing Latin American coup leaders who fueled migration crisis
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-30
The shocking story of how a couple of wealthy Latin American regime-change hitmen exploited immigration rights, international food, and a…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/30/anti-trump-im…
US Bernie Sanders Top Presidential Pick Among Deported Dreamers
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
United States Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is the Dreamers’ top pick to beat President Donald Trump in the upcoming November election, in order to put an end to the hostility in the U.S. against migrants. | RELATED: | US Congress Committee to Investigate Death of Detained Migrants | Although they no longer live in the U.S., Dreamers who have returned to Mexico are closely following the presidential race, given that a second term for the Republican president w…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Bernie-Sander…
Greece to Install Floating Fence to Block Migrants
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
Greece is planning to install a floating fence on the Aegean Sea to block migrants from reaching its islands’ shores through Turkey, government officials said on Thursday. | RELATED: | Greece: Katerina Sakellaropoulou First Female President | According to the government officials, Greece wants to build a 2.7-kilometer-long net-like barrier near the island of Lesbos, where the overcrowded Moria camp operates. | This floating fence will rise 50 centimeters above sea level and carry ligh…
telesurenglish.net/news/Greece-to-Instal…
‘Remain In Mexico Program Leaves Death and Torture’ ACLU Says
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
Social activists Wednesday gathered in San Diego, California, to protest against the Migration Protection Protocols (MPP) program due to human rights abuses occurring in the places to which migrants are sent. | RELATED: | New Migrant Group Sneaks Into Mexico by Crossing Suchiate River | Since it began to be implemented a year ago, the “Remain-In-Mexico” policy requires asylum seekers arriving by land at the U.S./Mexico border to return to Mexico to await their asylum hearing i…
telesurenglish.net/news/Remain-In-Mexico…
Guatemala Announces New Reforms to Prison System
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The government of Guatemala announced a new reform to its prison system that includes the construction of a maximum security prison, the creation of “rehabilitation farms” and the implementation of the electronic shackle in order to reduce overcrowding that reached 400 percent in 2019. | RELATED: | New Migrant Group Sneaks Into Mexico by Crossing Suchiate River | The General Directorate of the Guatemalan Penitentiary System reported last year that the number of people deprived…
telesurenglish.net/news/Guatemala-Announ…
The Power of Mothers
Laura Carlsen | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-30
Who are we? Central American mothers! Who are we looking for? Our children! Why do we look for them? Because we love them! What do we want? JUSTICE! They hold hands and form a circle in the small church in Marín, Nuevo León. The Caravan of Central American Mothers of Missing Migrants has come to…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/30/the-power-of…
Anti-Trump-themed ‘Immigrant Food’ restaurant owned by lobbyists for right-wing Latin American coup leaders who fueled migration crisis
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-30
The shocking story of how wealthy Latin American regime-change hitmen exploited immigrant rights, international food, and a pliant DC media…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/30/anti-trump-im…
Russian Delegation Reminds US that Occupied Golan Heights Is Syrian Territory
Almasdar News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, mentioned to the authors of the “Deal of the Century” that the occupied Golan Heights is Syrian territory. | “Yesterday, Washington’s vision of a settlement in the Middle East was | …
globalresearch.ca/russian-delegation-rem…
JCPOA Nuclear Agreement Collapsing Due to Western Bad Faith
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
In spite of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s best efforts, the JCPOA may very well be in the process of collapsing. On January 14th, British, French and German officials decided to trigger the agreement’s Dispute Resolution Mechanism in relation to alleged …
globalresearch.ca/jcpoa-collapsing-due-w…
Capitalism in America: the Coming Crisis
Thomas M. Magstadt | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-30
“Alphabet joins the $1trn club” the headline read. It is a very exclusive club–in fact, only three other companies in the world belong to it. The Saudi oil monopoly, Aramco, is the only one that is not American. Microsoft and Apple are the other two. They both have a market value well in excess of…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/30/capitalism-i…
Crisis election in Peru yields fractured Congress
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
Traditional parties that have dominated Peruvian politics for decades were left without a single seat, while no party succeeded in capturing more than 10 percent of the ballots.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/peru…
The U.S. Is Recycling Its Big Lie About Iraq to Target Iran
Nicolas J.S. Davies | zcomm.org | 2020-01-30
The U.S.’s campaign against Iran has violated the most critical lessons that U.S. and UN officials claimed to have learned from the debacle in Iraq…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-u-s-is-recycli…
Trump Takes Axe to Medicaid
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-30
This article originally appeared on Common Dreams. | The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a plan allowing states to convert federal Medicaid funding into block grants, a longstanding conservative goal that critics warn could have deadly consequences for millions of vulnerable people who rely on the healthcare program as a major source of income. | Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), announced the so-called “Healthy Adult Opportunit…
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US Military Announces Three New Bases in Iraq After Iraqis Demand Full Withdrawal
Alan Macleod | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-30
Less than a week after millions of Iraqis took to the streets, the U.S. announced that is planning to build three new military bases in Iraq.
US Military Announces Three New Bases in Iraq After Iraqis Demand Full Withdrawal
Dispatch From China: Flu is Bigger Concern But Wuhan Virus Grabs Headlines
Tom Clifford | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-30
Beijing. The virus will infect millions across the globe and lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands. It can be easily spread and will especially strike the young and the elderly. But this is not what has been described as the Wuhan virus. The common flu is far deadlier. This is not to downplay the…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/30/dispatch-fro…
Cuba is Testing Products Against Cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-30
While demonized in the United States, the Cuban government has built a comprehensive nationalized healthcare system based on preventative medicine, rather than the curative model the U.S. employs…
mintpressnews.com/cuba-testing-cancer-al…
The Bernie Blackout Is Real, and These Screenshots Prove It
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-30
It’s 2020, but it could well be 2016 all over again
Why the Prospect of a “Bernie Blue Out” Terrifies the One-Percent
Tony Christini | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-30
I mentioned some time ago when it didn’t go without saying that Bernie Sanders stands a real chance to win the US Presidency. It goes without saying now. What’s also clear is that the One Percent establishment
Brazilian President Bolsonaro guest of honor at India’s Republic Day
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
Modi advocated a “strategic partnership” based on “similar ideology and similar values.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/bols…
US House Blocks Trump’s Ability to Wage War Against Iran
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday in favor of restricting President Donald Trump’s ability to launch military attacks against Iran. | RELATED: | US Military Recovers Remains From Afghan Plane Crash | According to NBC, the bill at the U.S. House of Representatives received 288 votes in favor of restricting Trump’s authorization to launch military attacks against the Islamic Republic. | The new bill approves two measures that will prevent Trump from being able to w…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-House-Blocks-…
US Airstrikes in Afghanistan Hit Ten-year High in 2019
Niles Niemuth | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
The US Air Force reported Monday that it carried out more airstrikes in Afghanistan in 2019 than any year in the last decade. Manned and unmanned aircraft dropped 7,423 bombs, topping the previous decade high of 7,362 in 2018. | Nearly …
globalresearch.ca/us-airstrikes-afghanis…
‘The US Has Become a Force of Evil’: Oliver Stone
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The United States has become a “force of evil” against the people who want to reform things, renowned director Oliver Stone told former Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa during an interview Wednesday in his RT show ‘Conversando con Correa’ (Speaking With Correa). | RELATED: | Abby Martin Banned From Speaking at US University For Refusing to Sign Pro-Israel Pledge | The conversation started with an overview of Stone’s life and career, before plunging into the subject of politics, the worl…
telesurenglish.net/news/the-Us-Has-Becom…
John Bolton and the “national security” impeachment
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
While the Democrats embrace the war criminal John Bolton, the Republicans portray the president as essentially above the law, an elected dictator.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/pers…
The Torturers and the ‘Ticking Bomb’: How Torture Became Routine in the Global War on Terror
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
With all the media excitement focused on the impeachment of President Donald Trump, it comes as no surprise that some recent additional insights into how the United States became a torture regime have been largely ignored. It has been …
globalresearch.ca/how-torture-became-rou…
Trump Lawyer Argues President Can Do Whatever He Wants to Get Re-Elected
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-30
Lawmakers and legal analysts observing President Donald Trump’s ongoing Senate trial voiced alarm at a brazen and sweeping line of defense offered Wednesday by Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz: “If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment.” | Dershowitz’s argument during a Senate question-and-answer session reverberated across Capitol Hill and social media, sparking warnings tha…
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Amid impeachment, Trump signs North American trade deal passed with Democratic support
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
The bipartisan support for the USMCA shows that all factions in Washington agree on an intensification of economic conflict with China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/usmc…
Trump Is Not Above the Law, No Matter What Dershowitz Says
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-30
President Trump’s legal team offered an extraordinary new defense during Trump’s impeachment trial on Wednesday. Attorney Alan Dershowitz said that a sitting president could take any action to boost his re-election chances if he felt his re-election was in the public interest. “If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment,” Dershowitz said. Trump was impeached by the House last month for freezin…
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Fix is in, Trump team makes radical shift in his defense
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-30
Ditching months of claims by President Trump that his dealings with Ukraine were “perfect,” Trump’s TV lawyers and GOP lawmakers are now asserting that a quid-pro-quo of aid for political favors
The Senate’s Make Believe Trial of Donald Trump
Mitchell Zimmerman | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-30
President Trump is on trial. As in a real trial, charges have been asserted: the House alleges high crimes and misdemeanors. A judge presides: Chief Justice John Roberts sits in his fine black robe at the head of the chamber. There are prosecutors (the House impeachment managers) and defense counsel (Trump’s “A-team” of lawyers). And…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/30/the-senates-…
Trump’s Impeachment Defense Is Incoherent by Design
Sonali Kolhatkar | truthdig.com | 2020-01-30
The Senate impeachment trial playing out in Washington, D.C., is a history-making event, not just because it is only the third time that the Senate has ever been asked to formally consider removing a president, but also because it showcases, in stunning terms, the hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy of the Republican Party. It would be laughable, if it weren’t so tragic, to watch defenders of President Donald Trump tying themselves into knots in attempting to prove his innocence. They are forced to resort to constant contradictions of their own past statements–and of one another–at every turn, because ther…
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Trump’s Defense Is Rife With Contradictions–by Design
Sonali Kolhatkar | truthdig.com | 2020-01-30
The Senate impeachment trial playing out in Washington, D.C., is a history-making event, not just because it is only the third time that the Senate has ever been asked to formally consider removing a president, but also because it showcases, in stunning terms, the hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy of the Republican Party. It would be laughable, if it weren’t so tragic, to watch defenders of President Donald Trump tying themselves into knots in attempting to prove his innocence. They are forced to resort to constant contradictions of their own past statements–and of one another–at every turn, because ther…
truthdig.com/articles/trumps-defense-is-…
Impeachment and the Imperial Presidency
Donald Monaco | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Donald J. Trump is the third president in American history to face an impeachment trial in the United States Senate. He stands accused by Democratic members in the House of Representatives of abusing power and obstructing Congress. | In reality, Trump …
globalresearch.ca/impeachment-imperial-p…
Edward Snowden warns that Assange and Greenwald prosecutions mark new stage in assault on press freedom
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
The NSA whistleblower wrote: “The most essential journalism of every era is precisely that which a government attempts to silence. These prosecutions demonstrate that they are ready to stop the presses–if they can.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/snow…
Trump Admin to Scrap Obama-Era Restrictions on Landmines
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The United States government is set to rescind restrictions on the U.S. military’s use or acquisition of landmines, an internal State Department cable obtained by Vox revealed Thursday and later confirmed to Reuters by two U.S. officials. | RELATED: | US House Blocks Trump’s Ability to Wage War Against Iran | “It is a complete flouting of established international norms, a smack in the face to civilians at risk from long-existing stockpiles, and breaks with decades of precedent,” Arms…
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Swiss Channel to Send Humanitarian Goods to Iran Now Active
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
A Swiss mechanism to send food, medicine, and other humanitarian goods to Iran started Thursday its trial operations, The United States Department of the Treasury and the Swiss government said. | RELATED: | US House Blocks Trump’s Ability to Wage War Against Iran | Seeking to ensure that Swiss-based companies in the food, pharmaceutical, and medical industries can sell their products to the Islamic Republic without getting in the U.S. Treasury’ crosshairs the Swiss Humanitarian Trade…
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The U.S. is recycling its big lie about Iraq to target Iran
Nicolas J. S. Davies | mronline.org | 2020-01-30
The U.S.’s campaign against Iran has violated the most critical lessons that U.S. and UN officials claimed to have learned from the debacle in Iraq. | Source…
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10,000 Chinese Tourists Make Thailand Increase Its Controls
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
Thailand’s health authorities Thursday announced an increase in controls to prevent further cases of 2019-nCoV-related pneumonia due to the presence of at least 10,000 Chinese tourists from Wuhan in its territory. | RELATED: | WHO to Reconsider Declaring Global Emergency as Coronavirus Spreads | “On Saturday, Suvarnabhumi airport discovered that there were about 20,000 Wuhan tourists in Thailand,” Disease Control Department director Sophon Iamsirithavorn said and explained t…
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WHO Declares Global Emergency for Outbreak of New Coronavirus
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday declared an international emergency in the face of the rapid increase in patients affected by the new 2019-nCoV coronavirus, and more than 8,000 confirmed cases in 18 countries. | RELATED: | Coronavirus Epidemics is a Business Opportunity, Ross admits | “Our greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems,” WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. | Although 99 percent of case…
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Coronavirus Is a Business Opportunity: US Secretary of Commerce
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said Thursday during an interview with Fox News that the coronavirus outbreak could be a good thing for the U.S. economy as it would bring back jobs. | RELATED: | WHO Declares Global Emergency for Outbreak of New Coronavirus | “The fact is, it does give business yet another thing to consider when they go through their review of their supply chain,” said Ross, adding that “it’s another risk factor that people need to take into acc…
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Multiple countries curtail travel to mainland China as fears mount over coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
With 7,183 confirmed cases in less than a month–of which 68 are outside China–the number of people infected has already surpassed the 2003 SARS coronavirus pandemic.
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WHO Impressed by Chinese Response to Coronavirus Outbreak
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
On July 1st 1941, the Soviet Politburo created the Council for Evacuations, an emergency governing body tasked with organizing the evacuation of people, food, farm-livestock, other goods and entire factory complexes to the Urals region before they could be captured …
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Pipeline or a Pipedream
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-01-30
Israel, Turkey Hydrocarbon Conflict is Brewing in the Mediterranean…
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Alan Dershowitz Is Insulting Everybody’s Intelligence
Marjorie Cohn | truthdig.com | 2020-01-30
This article originally appeared on Truthout. | Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard emeritus law professor who is serving as a hired gun for Team Trump, is arguing that even if John Bolton testifies that Trump admitted the quid pro quo with Ukraine to him, the Senate could not remove the president from office. Dershowitz has gone so far as to say that even if Trump told Bolton he was withholding the congressionally authorized military aid to Ukraine until it helped him with an investigation of the Bidens, that is s…
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Argentina: Lower House Approves Restructuring External Debt
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
Argentina’s Lower House Wednesday passed the “Law for the Management of the Sustainability of External Public Debt”, which gives President Alberto Fernandez broad powers to renegotiate the country’s foreign debt. Now the Senate must consider and approve the new regulations. | RELATED: | Argentine Executive Project Aims To Restore Debt Sustainability | “A sov…
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CARICOM Grieves Passing of SVG’s Former Governor-General
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The Caribbean Community ( CARICOM) has extended sympathy to the Government and people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on the death of the country’s former Governor-General, Sir Frederick Ballantyne. | RELATED: | Shaken Caribbean Residents in Fear of Quake Aftershocks | Sir Frederick, who served as Governor-General from 2002 to July 2019, died last Thursday at the age of 83. | CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a message of con…
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Top Private British Schools Oppose Plan to Give Access to Poor
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
Preeminent private schools in Britain have disapproved of plans to expand access for the most disadvantaged students to the most selective universities in the country. | RELATED: | UK Universities Invested $600m in Firms Involved in Israeli Crimes: Report | The Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC), representing many of Britain’s most expensive private schools, intervened against new proposals to widen the access to selective universities, arguing it could lead to discrimina…
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The way forward for Dutch teachers
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
Dutch teachers are mounting renewed strike action to demand funds for staff, facilities, increased pay and reduced workloads.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/teac…
World likely to see new record hot year within five years, says Met Office
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-30
The world is likely to see a new record hot year within the next five years as temperatures continue to climb, the Met Office has said. | Global temperatures for each individual year between 2020 and 2024 are expected to be between 1.06C and 1.62C above the conditions the world saw in pre-industrial times, analysis shows. | It means the current record for the hottest year, set in 2016 with 1.16C of warming, is likely to be broken. | The five-year period as a whole from 2020 to 2024 is also expected to be the hottest five years on record globally, with temperatures over the period predicted to be between 1.15C and…
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Approaching Midnight: the Nuclear Threat, Then and Now
Karl Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-30
A former U.S. Air Force missile base on Long Island–set up to use nuclear-tipped missiles to shoot out of the sky Soviet bombers feared to be flying over or near Long Island to bomb New York City and other targets–may be designated a high-pollution New York State Superfund site. Dr. James Tomarken, the commissioner of…
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NYPD Engaged in Coverup to Hide Its Ties to a Facial Recognition Firm
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-30
In New York, a city whose recent surveillance scandals range from a juvenile DNA database to dangerous body scans for pregnant women, it’s hard to be shocked when new spy tools come to light. But when news surfaced last week about the NYPD’s connections to the controversial facial recognition firm Clearview, the public…
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A Public Option Sustains Health Care Inequities. Medicare for All Tackles Them
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-30
Health care has been at the forefront of discussion during the 2020 primary season. The debate has boiled down to whether Democratic candidates will embrace single-payer or support an expansion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) through a public option. While candidates trade jabs and throw around industry talking points, the debate and subsequent media attention has largely excluded how people with disabilities will be affected by the prospective nominees’ health care plans. | People with dis…
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Facial Recognition Technology and AI Are Tainted With Racial Bias
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-30
A new documentary looks at the dangers of artificial intelligence and its increasing omnipresence in daily life, as new research shows that it often reflects racist biases. Earlier this month, Cambridge, Massachusetts, became the latest major city to ban facial recognition technology, joining a growing number of cities, including San Francisco, to ban the artificial intelligence, citing flawed technology and racial and gender bias. A recent study also found that facial recognition identified African-Americ…
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Trump Allies Reportedly Target Black Voters Using Envelopes Stuffed With Cash
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-30
President Donald Trump’s allies are trying to win over black voters by offering envelopes of cash at pro-Trump events around the country, Politico reports. | A charity run by prominent Trump supporter Darrell Scott, a Cleveland pastor, is holding events in black communities where organizers “lavish praise on the president as they hand out tens of thousands of dollars to lucky attendees,” accordin…
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U.N. Agency Declares Global Emergency Over Virus From China
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-30
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What Changed at Independent Agencies in 2019
Eleanor Eagan | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-30
As we have previously highlighted, independent federal agencies receive too little attention relative to their importance to our collective safety and prosperity. The Revolving Door Project has worked through multiple channels to shed light on these overlooked agencies and the threats that they face. We hope public education will generate pressure to safeguard the independence…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/30/what-changed…
Growing Up Panther: An Interview With K’sisay Sadiki
Susie Day | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-30
K’Sisay Sadiki has lived her life in two worlds. She’s attended prestigious dance and film schools, holds down a steady job, pays taxes. And, as the child of Black Panthers, she’s lived underground, raised by people dedicated to overturning white supremacy. Her father, Kamau, also has a daughter
Wolves Play a Beneficial Role in Wildlife Management
Marc Cooke | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-30
Our group Wolves of the Rockies attended a two-day Montana Environmental Quality Council (EQC) meeting recently in Helena. During that time, three or more hours were devoted to discussion of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Montana and the Rocky Mountain states. Many experts from other states described the harsh realities and challenges posed by this…
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How Not to Fight Antisemitism
Independent Jewish Voices | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Executive Summary | Antisemitism is a form of racism and as such must be opposed on general anti-racist principles, in solidarity with other anti-racist struggles and in concert with the principles of human rights and equality for all. Unfortunately, both the | …
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How the FBI Sabotaged Trump Foreign Policy
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
We now know that, before Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2017, the FBI had the ouster of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the President’s National Security Adviser, in its sights. By February 13th, Flynn was out the …
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Boeing Reports Epic $4 Billion Revenue Miss, Announces $18.6BN in 737 MAX Costs, Cuts 787 Production; Stock Surges
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
If there ever was a “kitchen sink” quarter, Boeing just had it. | Moments ago, the ailing US aerospace giant reported Q4 earnings which prompted traders to do a double take after revenues cratered by 37% Y/Y, down from $28.3BN a …
globalresearch.ca/boeing-reports-epic-4-…
The FBI Has Been Lying About Seth Rich
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
A persistent American lawyer has uncovered the undeniable fact that the FBI has been continuously lying, including giving false testimony in court, in response to Freedom of Information requests for its records on Seth Rich. The FBI has …
globalresearch.ca/fbi-lying-about-seth-r…
Deadliest day for China: Coronavirus claims record number of victims in 24 hours as more countries confirm infections
rt.com | 2020-01-30
China has suffered its deadliest day since the coronavirus outbreak began, with 38 related deaths recorded. The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to discuss declaring a global health emergency. | Record fatalities: | Thirty-eight new deaths in China were reported over the last 24 hours, marking the deadliest day since the outbreak began in Wuhan. The virus has now spread to every region in China, killing 170 nationwide. | The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in China has jumped to 7,711, while an additional 81,000 people are under observation. | Videos from China show empty streets…
rt.com/news/479558-china-coronavirus-dea…
Russian military transports wounded RT correspondent Shabrouney from Hama to Hmeimim airbase
rt.com | 2020-01-30
RT Arabic correspondent Wafa Shabrouney, who was seriously injured while on assignment in northwestern Syria, has been transported by the Russian military from Hama National Hospital to the Hmeimim airbase. | On orders from Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, military doctors working with Russian forces in Syria earlier immediately arrived at the city hospital in Hama, where Shabrouney was taken, to help their Syrian colleagues. | On Wednesday evening, a Russian transport helicopter with a special medical module for transporting the wounded…
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India’s Sharia law board says women may pray in mosques as petition asks top court to declare entry ban ‘unconstitutional’
rt.com | 2020-01-30
India’s Muslim law board has advised the Supreme Court that nothing in the tenets of Islam bars women from praying in mosques. The non-profit noted that the court should not have a say in the religious issue, however. | The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) responded to a request by India’s Supreme Court to comment on the petition filed by a Muslim couple. Yasmin Zuber Ahmad Peerzade and her husband Zuber Ahmad Nazir Ahmad Peerzade have asked the court to formally renounce any restrictions that women face as they attempt to enter a mosque, calling the practice “not only repugnant to the basic dignit…
rt.com/news/479541-india-mosque-ban-cour…
Bayer may halt sales of cancer-linked glyphosate products to private users
rt.com | 2020-01-30
German pharmaceutical giant Bayer is considering stopping sales of its weedkiller containing glyphosate to individual users. The firm is facing tens of thousands of lawsuits that claim the product causes cancer. | According to German newspaper Handelsblatt, the move is part of Bayer’s ongoing talks with plaintiffs in the United States about an out-of-court settlement. | Also on rt.com | | Bayer-Monsanto’s secret weapon: Ex-Green lobbyist to tell the world its cancer-linked weedkiller will save the climate | Court-appointed mediator Ken…
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