2024-05-04: News Headlines

haaretz.com (2024-05-04). Report: Hamas Accepts Gaza Cease-fire Deal; Israeli Officials Reject Prospect of War EndingAccording to the report, Hamas was guaranteed by the U.S. for a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and that Israeli forces will not continue fighting once the hostages are released ■ An Israeli official told Haaretz that 'Israel will, under no circumstances, agree to end the war as part of a deal' and is determined to enter Rafah

consortiumnews.com (2024-05-04). Enforcing Silence on Genocide The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that, if made law, will codify a definition of anti-Semitism created by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) into Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal anti-discrimination law. | | This would change the current definition of antisemitism to include criticism of Israel as hate speech. The IHRA sets out 11 examples of anti-semitism.

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. (2024-05-04). The Students Will Not Tolerate Hypocrisy. popularresistance.org It was inevitable that the Global North governments' full-throated support for Israel's genocide against Palestinians would result in furious retribution from their citizenry. That this retribution began in the United States is also not a surprise, given the ongoing cycle of protests that, since October 2023, have contested the US government's blank cheque to the Israeli government. The US bankrolling of Israel's extermination campaign against Palestinians includes over one hundred weapons shipments to Israel since 7 October and billions of dollars of aid.


Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2024-05-04). Repression Of Campus Palestine Solidarity Reveals Nature Of The State. popularresistance.org "As the ICJ is saying, there's a possibility of a genocide happening. And we're seeing our government continually sending more and more weapons, 2,000 pound bombs that are being dropped on whole neighborhoods. Schools being destroyed, hospitals being destroyed, and all our government can say is, 'Well we're going to ask the Israelis what happened in this situation,' in situation, after situation, after situation. And there is no accountability for what we're seeing with our own eyes. We're giving him that Morehouse degree, that honorary doctorate saying you're one of us.

The Cradle. (2024-05-04). Pro-Palestine Protest Camps Spread Worldwide. popularresistance.org Students at several universities in Australia have launched rallies to protest Israel's campaign of genocide in Gaza, as the spread of the massive pro-Palestine protests sweeps across western nations. | Pro-Palestinian demonstrators set up an encampment at the University of Sydney, the country's largest, last week. Other encampments opposing the mass murder of Palestinians have since popped up on campuses in Melbourne, Canberra, and other cities in Australia. | On Friday, students marched on the Sydney University campus to protest the Israeli offensive and demand that their institution divest from companies linke…

Aseel Saleh (2024-05-04). Glimmers of hope in Gaza ceasefire talks. peoplesdispatch.org After several months of recriminations on the responsibility of stalemating negotiations between the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and the Israeli occupation, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh stated on Thursday May 2, that the movement is studying the latest Israeli proposal for a truce in Gaza, and captives-for-prisoners' swap deal, with a "positive spirit". The movement also stated it was sending a delegation to Egypt for further truce talks, in which Qatar, Egypt and "ostensibly" the US play the role of mediators. | After a seven-month-old gruesome genocide carried out by the Israeli occupation for…

WSWS (2024-05-04). As Biden backs police assault on anti-genocide protests, Netanyahu prepares Rafah bloodbath. wsws.org In the face of mass protests throughout the United States, the Biden administration has made clear it will continue its policy of arming, funding, and politically supporting the Gaza genocide and shielding its perpetrators.

Staff (2024-05-04). Report: U.S. tells Qatar to expel Hamas leaders if they refuse Gaza cease-fire deal. haaretz.com Saudi newspaper reports Hamas will accept Egypt's cease-fire deal in coming hours ‚ñ CIA director in Cairo for meetings on Gaza conflict, Egyptian sources say ‚ñ Israel issues Hamas one-week ultimatum to agree to deal before they invade Rafah ‚ñ UN World Food Programme director says northern Gaza in 'full-blown famine'…

Staff (2024-05-04). Report: Hamas accepts Gaza cease-fire deal; Israeli officials reject prospect of war ending. haaretz.com According to the report, Hamas was guaranteed by the U.S. for a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and that Israeli forces will not continue fighting once the hostages are released. An Israeli official told Haaretz that 'Israel will, under no circumstances, agree to end the war as part of a deal' and is determined to enter Rafah…

Tom Hussain (2024-05-04). As Israel menaces Gaza's last holdout of Rafah, apathy and resignation abound among negotiators. scmp.com Tens of thousands have been killed. Yet domestic politics are as much a factor as any looming humanitarian disaster for Western and Middle Eastern governments involved in peace talks.

Agence France-Presse (2024-05-04). Hamas says Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu trying to derail Gaza ceasefire deal. scmp.com The Israeli PM's insistence on invading Rafah is proving a major obstacle to a proposal to halt the fighting for 40 days in return for the release of hostages.

Reuters (2024-05-04). Israel-Gaza war: UN warns of 'slaughter' as Rafah offensive looms. scmp.com The UN humanitarian office said attacking Rafah would deal a huge blow to the aid operations of entire Gaza.

Hebh Jamal (2024-05-04). Reflections on the German state's silencing of the Berlin Palestine Congress. mondoweiss.net The German state's repression of the Palestine Congress in Berlin and its persecution of Palestine solidarity activists is a sign of the creeping resurgence of fascism in Germany.

Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss. (2024-05-04). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 209: Hamas Yet To Respond To Israeli Proposal. popularresistance.org The Gaza-based Palestinian health ministry announced that the remaining hospitals in the Gaza Strip received 142 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes since Monday, April 29, while 237 others arrived wounded. | Meanwhile, local media sources reported that, in the past 24 hours, Israeli forces bombed the Sheikh Ajleen neighborhood west of Gaza City. At least two Palestinians were killed in another bombing in the Zeitoun neighborhood in the city. | In the central Gaza Strip, Israeli strikes targeted the Nuseirat refugee camp throughout the week.

Ahmed Alqarout (2024-05-04). The land and sea blockade against Israel is working as Israel takes a strategic hit. mondoweiss.net Netanyahu's plans to turn Israel into a regional transportation hub connecting Asia with Europe has just suffered a major setback. The reason is the maritime and land blockade against Israel in response to its genocide in Gaza.

Uhuru Solidarity SF Bay (2024-05-04). Thursday 5/9: Organizing meetings to build our March against Genocide on October 19th in Oakland, Califo. indybay.org on zoom…

WSWS (2024-05-04). Students at university encampments in Australia speak out against Gaza genocide, war. wsws.org "There's no doubt about the state of the world right now. It's so terrifying. That's why we're all here, to show that we're anti-war. With Russia and Ukraine too, there is just conflict everywhere at the moment. It has to stop."

Seth Galinsky (2024-05-04). Fight against Jew-hatred is crucial for the working class. themilitant.com Hamas' international propaganda machine — promoted by middle-class leftists worldwide — keeps churning out lies that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, that people there are on the verge of starvation, that no women were raped by Hamas Oct. 7 and even that there was no massacre of civilians that day. | They are aided by the liberal bourgeois media's war coverage. The New York Times and the Washington Post, for example, rarely mention that Israel is at war in Gaza to dismantle Hamas — financed, trained and backed by the reactionary bourgeois regime in Iran — so that it cannot make good…

WSWS (2024-05-04). Anti-genocide encampments spread across Canada. wsws.org Students, supported by many faculty and other opponents of Israel's Canadian government-backed genocidal assault on the Palestinians of Gaza, have set up encampments at universities in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia.

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-05-04). Israel's Defenders Talk So Much About Feelings Because They Can't Talk About Facts. caitlinjohnstone.com.au Their position is so gross and indefensible that all they have left is babbling about some select people having upset feelings and holding those feelings as more important than stopping an active genocide.

WSWS (2024-05-04). In Jacobin interview, UAW official covers up bureaucracy's support for genocide. wsws.org Mancilla, a former official from the Harvard grad student union, is attempting to get out in front of the anti-war sentiment. He played a leading role in passing a UAW ceasefire resolution in December. But that remained a dead letter, and the UAW endorsed Biden only weeks later, with Mancilla in attendance.

Uhuru Solidarity SF Bay (2024-05-04). Thursday 5/16: Build the March against Genocide on the West Coast. indybay.org on zoom (see registration link)…

WSWS (2024-05-04). Lecturers: Reject sellout contract! Strike to halt crackdown against student protests! Secure a living wage, pay parity and job security at all University of Michigan campuses! wsws.org The Michigan Educators Rank-and-File Committee and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality at the University of Michigan call on members of the Lecturers' Employee Organization to vote "No" on the sellout contract announced by the LEO leadership and organize a strike to halt the repression of peaceful student protests at U-M and nationwide against US/Israeli genocide in Gaza.

bwitanek (2024-05-04). HR6090 Style Repression — Based Upon Fascist Trumpian Order Motivates Dem Party Controlled Camden County Political Attack on High School Student Opponents of Genocide! fightbackbetter.com See below the tweet from Former NJ Assembly Woman Dr. Sadaf Jaffer rightfully calling out this fascist power move by…

Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch. (2024-05-04). This May Day, Workers Mobilized For Palestine. popularresistance.org On May Day, workers around the world mobilized for the liberation of Palestine. "This May Day, workers of the world are called to declare their solidarity with Palestine, to denounce the Israeli Genocide, and to call for an end to all aggressions in the region and to all wars," wrote the International People's Assembly. | "Beyond the call for a ceasefire we must say no to the transportation of arms and arms caches to Israel. Workers in all industries — especially workers in the transport sector — that can withhold their labor in order to halt the continued slaughter of the people of Palestine are emph…

Mike Rhodes (2024-05-04). Sit-in at CSU-Fresno to Stop Genocide in Gaza. indybay.org A sit-in was held in Fresno to protest U.S. genocidal policy in Israel/Gaza.

Editor (2024-05-04). Campus Crackdown: 300+ Arrested in Police Raids on Columbia & CCNY to Clear Gaza Encampments. scheerpost.com By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now! New York police in full riot gear stormed Columbia University and the City College of New York Tuesday night, arresting over 300 students to break up Gaza solidarity encampments on the two campuses. The police raid began at the request of Columbia President Minouche Shafik, who has also asked …

bwitanek (2024-05-04). U VA Under Fascist Police Raid Currently 5/4 — Added Vid Guns Pointed @ Students on Anniversary of Kent State Massacre — Guns Enforcing Policy Enacted on Same Day! fightbackbetter.com Seeking additional details about what has transpired. More details are in the replies to this tweet from The Cavalier Daily.

Staff (2024-05-04). 10,000 people missing in Gaza since Israeli attacks began over 210 days ago. muslimmirror.com ISTANBUL : Nearly 10,000 people are either missing or trapped under the rubble due to Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 last year, according to local authorities in the Palestinian enclave. The Israeli army has "committed 3,070 massacres in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7," the government media office in Gaza said …

Juan M. Garcia (2024-05-04). Cuban foreign minister recalls Cassinga massacre. plenglish.com Havana, May 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez recalled the Cassinga massacre on Saturday, on the occasion of the 46th anniversary of the attack on Namibian refugees in that town in Angola.

teleSUR (2024-05-04). Venezuela Congrats Nicaragua on Its National Dignity Day. telesurenglish.net The Government of Venezuela congratulated Nicaragua on Saturday for commemorating National Dignity Day, which evokes the patriotism of General Augusto C. Sandino. | RELATED: | Ninety-six years ago, Sandino refused to sign the Espino Negro pact, which would allow US forces to remain in Nicaragua to maintain order and supervise the 1928 elections, and opposed an American military intervention in the Central American nation. | "On behalf of President Nicolá…

dpa,Reuters (2024-05-04). Hamas and Qatar officials in Cairo for talks on Gaza ceasefire deal, Doha mulls future of militant group's office. scmp.com There has been "significant progress" in negotiations to reach the deal, according to a report by an Egyptian TV channel.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2024-05-04). Several presidential Panamanian candidates reject Court Ruling. plenglish.com Panama City, May 4 (Prensa Latina) Within hours of the general elections in Panama, four presidential candidates rejected the ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) that endorsed the candidacy of José Raúl Mulino (Realizing Goals and Alliance), as unconstitutional. This morning, the majority of the extraordinary plenary session of the Supreme Court authorized the nomination of Mulino, who replaced former president Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014) in that popularly elected position, sentenced to over 10 years in prison for money laundering in the New Case Business and since February 7, he has been granted asyl…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2024-05-04). Houthi Causing Headaches For the White House. covertactionmagazine.com Group That is Widely Vilified in U.S. Media Has Large Popularity in Yemen On April 7, the U.S. Central Command issued a press release boasting about their destruction of a mobile surface-to-air missile system in the Houthi-controlled territory of Yemen. Since commencing a bombing operation on January 12, the U.S. and Great Britain have carried …

T.P. Wilkinson (2024-05-04). Don't Get Me Started. dissidentvoice.org Where must we start? Every day, we start today A disagreement or a criticism, before it turns into a fight, or a fight which might be reduced to a mere disagreement or criticism: Where we start or end is the frontier between phrases and fists. It really is that simple. The only way to prove …

subMedia (2024-05-04). This Day in Anarchist History: The Haymarket Affair. dissidentvoice.org Have you heard the story of why we celebrate May Day? In Chicago in 1886 police murdered two people at a general strike for an 8 hour work day. A rally for revenge on May 4thled to a riot when a bomb was thrown at the police. Several cops and protesters were killed in the …

Ali Abunimah (2024-05-04). Debunking "Screams Before Silence," Sheryl Sandberg's 7 Oct. "mass rape" film. electronicintifada.net Despite being full of provable lies, the so-called documentary is receiving uncritical media coverage.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2024-05-04). Renowned Gaza surgeon killed in Israeli detention. electronicintifada.net Palestinian Authority calls Dr. Adnan al-Bursh's death a "deliberate assassination."

Philip Giraldi (2024-05-04). Is the Gaza-Israel Fighting "A False Flag"? They Let It Happen? Their Objective Is "to Wipe Gaza Off the Map"? globalresearch.ca "Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas. This is part of our strategy". Benjamin Netanyahu…

(2024-05-04). Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war. cpj.org

Staff (2024-05-04). Gaza: 32 Palestinians were killed and 41 injured by Israeli bombardments. muslimnews.co.uk Gaza City, (Al Jazeera, Wafa): At least 32 more Palestinians were killed and 41 others injured by Israeli indiscriminate bombings over the last 24 hours on the besieged Gaza Strip, the territory's Health Ministry said on Saturday. This brings total number of Palestinians killed since 7 October 2023 by Israeli bombings to at least 34,654, …

bwitanek (2024-05-04). Over $50 K was Raised Explicitly to Fund a Mob to Attack UCLA Students — And the Cops Sat Back and Watched! fightbackbetter.com I am gathering information but wanted to get this posting launched — will be adding more details. Previously Reported…

tn.ai (2024-05-04). Iran, Egypt Discuss Gaza Crisis. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The foreign ministers of Iran and Egypt weighed plans to help the Palestinian people and put an end to the Israeli regime's onslaught on the Gaza Strip.

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2024-05-04). Banning TikTok Is Not About Fighting China, It's About Protecting Western Narratives and Israel's War Crimes in the Middle East. globalresearch.ca

Niko Georgiades, Unicorn Riot. (2024-05-04). Masked Israel Supporters Attack UCLA's Palestine Solidarity Encampment. popularresistance.org Los Angeles, CA — Over more than five hours on Tuesday night, pro-Israel Zionist agitators violently beat, pepper sprayed and threw fireworks at hundreds of college students and protesters in a "unilateral, surprise attack" as they held UCLA's Palestine solidarity encampment while security and police stood by idly. Though police didn't intervene until the fifth hour of the attack, the encampment stayed intact with the students repelling the continuous onslaught as they defiantly chanted "we're not leaving" and "Free Palestine."

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-05-04). Video: "Justified Vengeance" and The History of Israeli "False Flags"(2001-2024): Palestine Portrayed as "The Aggressor" globalresearch.ca The longer term objective of "Operation Justified Vengeance" (2001) was and remains the destruction of Palestine and the expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland.

newleftreview (2024-05-04). Richard Beck: Bidenism Abroad. newleftreview.org Panoramic survey of US foreign policy as Washington attempts to maintain its global hegemony in conditions of faltering growth. Containing China, confronting Russia, driving decarbonization: each of Biden's stated aims has been beset by insoluble contradictions from the outset, Richard Beck argues, now compounded by Israel's punitive war on Gaza.

CN Live!, Consortium News. (2024-05-04). Meanwhile In Australia, Campus Protests Undisturbed. popularresistance.org "Last week students in Australia established encampments at their universities in solidarity with Palestinians. These join the dozens of solidarity camps established across the US and elsewhere in recent weeks. | Like their peers, Australian students are calling on their institutions to end relationships with weapons companies that are enabling Israeli war crimes, and urging our government to sanction Israel and cut military ties. | The Jewish Council of Australia strongly rejects the claims that these protests are a threat to Jewish students and staff.

Netta Ahituv (2024-05-04). 'Suddenly I realize that I'm burning': Israelis who fought in Gaza share what they saw. haaretz.com The monologues of eight Israeli soldiers who returned from the Gaza battlefield…

Gideon Levy (2024-05-04). In the West Bank, not even ambulances are immune to deadly Israeli army gunfire. haaretz.com A Palestinian ambulance driver carrying two wounded men to a West Bank hospital was shot dead by Israeli troops. After the IDF killed hundreds of medical personnel in Gaza, soldiers are not hesitating to commit this grave breach of criminal law elsewhere as well.

Tanya Reinhart (2024-05-04). Evil Unleashed: Israel's Move to Destroy the Palestinian Authority Is a Calculated Plan, Long in the Making. Prof Tanya Rheinart. globalresearch.ca Featured image: Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak | This article, —which at first sight seems to point to the current and ongoing "Evil Unleashed" by the Netanyahu government— was written 23 years ago by the late Professor Tanya Reinhart….

Staff (2024-05-04). Report: U.S. demands Qatar to expel Hamas leaders if they refuse Gaza cease-fire deal. haaretz.com The report added that U.S. Secretary of State Blinken delivered the message to the Qatari Prime Minister last month. Senior Hamas officials told Haaretz that Israel and the U.S. are committed to a cease-fire, but it is still unclear whether Israel will resume fighting after the hostages are released…

Róger Calero (2024-05-04). Crisis of capitalism rattles regimes in Latin America, hits toilers hard. themilitant.com Amid the economic and political crisis of capitalism, accelerated by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and the Tehran-backed Hamas pogrom against Jews in Israel Oct. 7, conflicts and threats between regimes across Latin America have grown. This was highlighted in an April 11 Financial Times article titled, "Latin America beats the world at trading insults, but not trade." It argues that if Latin American "leaders" would only bring down a notch the cross-border insults and "all-out personality conflicts" between them, there might be a better chance to bring the region out of the decadelong economic stagnation the compe…

Prof Rodrigue Tremblay (2024-05-04). Dangers and Lessons from the Perennial Israeli-Palestinian War: The Big Picture of Propaganda and False Flag Operations. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2024-05-04). Israel Gives Hamas One Week To Accept Hostage Deal. scheerpost.com

Ryan Cristián (2024-05-04). PFAS Contaminated Fertilizer Destroying Farmland & Israeli Gov Coordinated Attack On US Free Speech. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/4/24). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

bwitanek (2024-05-04). Washington U St. Louis — Protesters Take Corner — Homicidal Pro-Israel Driver Attempts to Drive Through Them — Planned Route to Do So 5/3. fightbackbetter.com

Linda Harris (2024-05-04). Australia's rulers blocked entry to Jews before, during, after WWII. themilitant.com SYDNEY — The deadly Oct. 7 pogrom by Hamas and Tehran against Jews in Israel triggered a wave of Jew-hatred across Australia. Hamas supporters here celebrated the bloodbath Oct. 8 and 9 and chanted against Jews. | Physical assaults, verbal abuse and harassment of Jews have sharply increased. Jewish businesses have been vandalized and boycotted. Some 600 Jewish people involved in the arts had their names and personal details posted on social media in February by anti-Israel activists, leading to harassment, death threats and job losses. | Last November, more than 100 Australian Holocaust survivors signed a s…

Robert Inlakesh (2024-05-04). Pro-Palestine Student Protests Prove Who Truly Stands For Free Speech. thelastamericanvagabond.com The hysterical response from the establishment media, in addition to the US and Israeli governments, to the overwhelmingly peaceful student protests across the United States has propelled the issue into the spotlight and purposefully caused confusion on the nature of the demonstrations. Meanwhile, members of the alternative right wing media, who built their reputations on

Staff (2024-05-04). Pro-Palestinian students in Princeton University begin hunger strike. muslimmirror.com WASHINGTON : A group of pro-Palestinian Princeton University students began a hunger strike Friday at the Ivy League school, New Jersey, to pressure administrators to meet their demands. "This strike is a response to the administration's refusal to engage with our demands for dissociation and divestment from Israel," one of the students participating in the …

Editor (2024-05-04). May 4, 2024. sitrepworld.info Pachelbel — Canon in D Major Victimhood v. Responsibility: Do you have what it takes to resist brainwashing? by John Leake Hudson on RT's Worlds Apart & A Cradle Report, by Karl Sanchez The Advancing Storm, by Oliver Boyd-Barrett A True Bipartisan Scandal, by Matt Taibbi How to Waste Two Trillion Dollars, by Eric Margolis Bin Laden's Letter to the US Israel Relocates to Washington, D.C. by Paul Craig Roberts Columbia crackdown led by univ'y prof doubling as NYPD spook, by Wyatt Reed and Max Blumenthal Now there's a new Resistance front defending Palestine, by Don Hank Pepe Escobar: Russ…

John Zangas, DC Media Group. (2024-05-04). George Washington University Students Create Gaza Campus Solidarity Encampment. popularresistance.org Washington, DC—George Washington University students along with students from other universities, supporters from the local community, and some local allied groups, have joined the rising wave of university campus protests currently sweeping the nation. Unlike many other university encampment protests, police and campus security have failed to persuade students to leave and not successfully ejected them from the University Yard, which students have renamed "Liberated Zone." | Students are protesting the continued War and destruction of Gaza by Israel, and laid out five demands to University Administration f…

Bloomberg (2024-05-04). Israel-Gaza war: long, hot summer set to add to Palestinians' suffering amid 39 degree heat: 'It's going to be very dangerous'. scmp.com With summer now approaching, Palestinians and relief organisations are increasingly concerned about people living in makeshift shelters that intensify heat rather than protect people from it.

Abdul Rahman (2024-05-04). Media freedom faces unprecedented threats globally, reports say on World Press Freedom Day. peoplesdispatch.org Israel has killed over 100 Palestinian journalists in seven months of its war on Gaza while Julian Assange has spent over 1850 days in prison for merely doing his duty…

Staff (2024-05-04). Machado's Maracaibo Rally: Media Fuss Clashes With Reality. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( This Tuesday, May 2, the far-right politician filled two and a half blocks in the intersection of 72nd Street and Bella Vista Avenue in the most affluent area of Zulia state's capital. She managed to create an "uproar" on social media abou…

Staff (2024-05-04). Venezuela Remembers Operation Gideon Defeat (+US Mercenaries). orinocotribune.com This Friday, May 3, Venezuelans took to Bolívar Chávez Square in La Guaira to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the defeat of the attempted terrorist and mercenary incursion known as Operation Gideon. | The ceremony commemorated the successful Operation Negro Primero, which deployed against armed mercenaries that illegally entered the Venezuelan territory by sea to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro and other senior government officials. The operation was facilitated by the same far-right opposition forces currently running for the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for July 28 with the financial and…

David Bollier. (2024-05-04). Cooking Sections' Singular Stew Of Art, Activism, And Local Food. popularresistance.org What a delight to encounter the work of the British artistic duo Cooking Sections, two British artists whose virtuoso artworks effortlessly blend art with activism, local commoning, and eco-stewardship in the service of climate-friendly foodways. | Alon Schwabe and Daniel Fernández Pascual — Senior Research Fellows at the Royal College of Art in London — create distinctive works of art about modern food that are also enmeshed in the fabric of everyday life: land, intertidal waters, restaurants, buildings, social festivals. The canvas for their art is large and unconventional: the bioregional theaters of th…

Isabella Kaminski, DeSmog. (2024-05-04). Top Human Rights Court Urged To Tackle Corporate Climate Crimes. popularresistance.org In a landmark hearing at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, legal experts and campaigners argued that businesses, such as the fossil fuel and agriculture industries, have legal duties to stop climate-related human-rights breaches. | A panel of six judges met starting April 23 in Barbados at the University of West Indies for the hearing, which was dubbed "The climate emergency and human rights." It opened with statements from Chile and Columbia, which had requested that the court provide an advisory opinion on climate change and human rights in 2023.

Editor (2024-05-04). Rowdy Students, Antisemitism Laws and Money for Everyone (w/ Ray McGovern). scheerpost.com By Robert Scheer and Ray McGovern / Original to ScheerPost In the third weekly episode of "Playing President," Ray McGovern, 27-year CIA veteran and briefer of five presidents, continues to make sense of the world to "President" Scheer, who prepared for this role through his decades as a journalist, including in-depth interviews with five presidents …

Editor (2024-05-04). From Crowded to Quiet: Inside a Clinic as Florida Bans Abortions After Six Weeks. scheerpost.com

Editor (2024-05-04). Rowdy Students, Antisemitism Laws and Money for Every War (w/ Ray McGovern). scheerpost.com By Robert Scheer and Ray McGovern / Original to ScheerPost In the third weekly episode of "Playing President," Ray McGovern, 27-year CIA veteran and briefer of five presidents, continues to make sense of the world to "President" Scheer, who prepared for this role through his decades as a journalist, including in-depth interviews with five presidents …

Editor (2024-05-04). Rewind] Remembering the Shock of Reporting on Kent State. scheerpost.com By Larry Bensky / ScheerPost Editor's Note: This story was originally published by ScheerPost on March 4, 2020. We are now republishing it in remembrance of the 54th anniversary of the Kent State shooting and its relevance today with the college encampments across the country. "If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with."— …

Editor (2024-05-04). A Year Ago, 40 Migrants Died in a Fire at a Mexican Detention Facility. Who Should Be Blamed? scheerpost.com

Hugo GABBERO (2024-05-04). Mexico: Letter of concern from international organisations about the delegitimisation of the Frayba HRC. fidh.org In an open letter, 10 organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, express concern about the accusations, the delegitimisation and stigmatisation of the Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Centre (Frayba) and call for public recognition of the fundamental work carried out by human rights organisations and defenders in (…) | – |

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-05-04). Bloguerías de Mayo debates media challenges in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, May 4 (Prensa Latina) Bloguerías de Mayo, the latest event within the Romerías de Mayo cultural festival, is promoting debates on communication, media, services, and artificial intelligence as challenges of the current Cuban press.

Juan M. Garcia (2024-05-04). Cuba denounces US blockade at peace conference in Paris. plenglish.com Paris, May 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Ambassador to France Otto Vaillant on Saturday denounced the blockade that the United States has imposed on his country and the consequences of that policy, at a peace conference organized by the Communist Party of France (CPF).

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-05-04). FITCuba 2024 promotes health tourism and quality of life. plenglish.com Jardines del Rey, Cuba, May 4 (Prensa Latina) Negotiations during the 42nd edition of Cuba's International Tourism Fair, FITCuba 2024, favor the immediate future of travel issues related to health and quality of life.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-05-04). Cubans elect governors and vice governors in four provinces. plenglish.com Havana, May 4 (Prensa Latina) Governors and vice governors, whose posts have remained vacant, will be elected in four Cuban provinces on Saturday, and the results of the elections will be announced by the National Electoral Commission (CEN) in Havana this afternoon, authorized sources informed.

Juan M. Garcia (2024-05-04). Spain rejects Argentine president's statements, praises brotherhood. plenglish.com A press release from the Spanish Foreign Ministry on Saturday indicated that the terms used in the text issued by Javier Milei's presidency "do not correspond to the relations of two brother countries and peoples." | The statement from Milei's office criticizes the president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, and Minister of Transport àìscar Puente. | 'The Spanish Government and the people will continue to maintain and strengthen their fraternal ties and relations of friendship and collaboration with the Argentine people, a will that is shared by Spanish society,' the Foreign Ministry stressed. | I…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-05-04). Cuba: National Folkloric Ensemble celebrates its first performance. plenglish.com Havana, May 4 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban National Folkloric Company (CFNC) is celebrating its 62nd anniversary with the premiere of Comunidad (Community) at the Avellaneda Hall of the National Theater on Saturday.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-05-04). Cuba launches Evisa, a new platform to manage tourist visas. plenglish.com Granma newspaper reported that the Cuban Foreign Ministry (MINREX) pointed out that Evisa is a modern electronic tourist visa management system that will offer a more efficient and agile service to users who request it through Cuban consular offices abroad. | With Evisa, applicants might start their visa process virtually from any device connected to the Internet. | This platform simplifies the visa application and management process, eliminating the need for additional physical documents. | In addition to its easy use, Evisa stands out for its user-friendliness and contribution to environmental protection. | Th…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-05-04). China rejects US stance on Taiwan. plenglish.com Chen Binhua, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, reiterated China's stance on Taiwan's participation in the activities of the World Health Organization (WHO), and insisted on the "One China" principle as the fundamental foundation for international resolutions. | "Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly is feasible, but the Democratic Progressive Party authorities, to seek independence, are deliberately politicizing the health issue" with the help of external forces, he stressed. | Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed the US support for the invitation of Taiwan as a…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-05-04). Belarus says peace conference on Ukraine without Russia is useless. plenglish.com Minsk, May 4 (Prensa Latina) The peace conference on Ukraine planned in Switzerland for June is meaningless without Russia's participation, Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik said on Saturday.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-05-04). Cuban drug Heberprot-P authorized for medical trials in the US. plenglish.com Havana, May 4 (Prensa Latina) The authorization for the Cuban-made injectable drug Heberprot-P to begin phase three of clinical trials in the United States is a new achievement by Cuban scientists and researchers from the biotechnological and pharmaceutical industry.

Juan M. Garcia (2024-05-04). Venezuela rejects UNHCR's method to include refugees in the Olympics. plenglish.com Caracas, May 4 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela rejected the method implemented by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to include a compatriot who does not meet that condition of refugee in the Olympic team.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-05-04). Moscow deman explanations from Armenian Parliament speaker. plenglish.com Moscow, May 4 (Prensa Latina) Russia expects a response from Yerevan to a demand from Russian parliamentarians in connection with anti-Russia statements by Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.

Juan M. Garcia (2024-05-04). Japan's foreign minister pays official visit to Sri Lanka. plenglish.com Colombo, May 4 (Prensa Latina) Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa kicked off a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka on Saturday with a view to boost bilateral cooperation and restructure the economic and debt process.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-05-04). Cuba's Marlins S.A. attracts tour operators' interest. plenglish.com Jardines del Rey, May 4 (Prensa Latina) the Cuban company Marlin S.A. is attracting the attention of tour operators and foreign travel agents who are attending the 42nd Cuba International Tourism Fair, FITCuba 2024.

Juan M. Garcia (2024-05-04). Japan and Hayao Miyazaki at educational film forum in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, May 4 (Prensa Latina) Japan will be present at the 4th International Educational Film Exhibition (MICE) from May 6-12 in Cuba, with films, anime and the work of the award-winning Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki will be screened.

Climate Activism Report (2024-05-04). Youth and Age Together in Action on Earth Day. indybay.org Photos from Earth Day event April 19 in front of Palo Alto City Hall in King Plaza…

Phil Pasquini (2024-05-04). Gaza Student Protest at GWU Continues to Grow. indybay.org Students at GWU continue on with their protest and encampment as the university preppares to have them removed.

Adam Haber, Matylda Figlerowicz (2024-05-04). Anatomy of a Moral Panic. indybay.org The repressive machine currently arrayed against campus protests follows a familiar pattern…

AHJAY (2024-05-04). Monday 5/20: Regenerative Relating: Workshop and Connection Salon. indybay.org its your move…

AHJAY (2024-05-04). Wednesday 5/8: üå± Special Event Alert! Regeneration Pollination for Resilience Hubs üå±. indybay.org

SF Tenants Union (2024-05-04). Friday 5/17: Seismic Retro-Fashion: A DIY Fashion Show benefiting the SF Tenants Union. indybay.org 3158 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110-4504…

Labor Video Project (2024-05-04). SF Workers Rally for a General Strike for Palestine & Labor Party on May Day 2024. indybay.org

Free Palestine! (2024-05-04). Sunday 5/5: For Gaza, With Love. indybay.org Quarry, UC Santa Cruz…

AHJAY (2024-05-04). Monday 5/13: Water: The Essence of Wetness. Graywater and Rainwater. May Meet and Eat. indybay.org place for sustainable living…

AHJAY (2024-05-04). Saturday 5/11: Permaculture Day of Action – Merritt College Landscape Horticulture. indybay.org

Side With Love & UUJEC (2024-05-04). Thursday 5/9: "Power To Heal: Medicare & The Civil Rights Revolution" – Film & Chat on Medicare History. indybay.org Online event: | Register for Zoom: secure.everyaction.com/-edDteuyMkuGq56RX… | Or simply join via YouTube: www.youtube.com/@uujec

Carpenters Union Local 505 (2024-05-04). W.E. O'Neil Construction Co. Unqualified to Bid on U.C. Santa Cruz Student Housing Project. indybay.org W.E. O'Neil Construction Co. Unqualified to Bid on U.C. Santa Cruz Student Housing Project, Carpenters Union Alleges | University of California should reject W.E. O'Neil bid based on new evidence. Carpenters Local Union 505 Says Construction Company Falsified State Bid…

SJP at UC Merced (2024-05-04). Wednesday 5/8: UC Merced Rally for Gaza. indybay.org University Plaza, UC Merced…

Peninsula Open Space Trust (2024-05-04). Wednesday 6/5: #QueerIsNatural: Queer Ecology & Biodiversity in Nature w/ POST. indybay.org Online event: openspacetrust.org/event/queer-is-natura…

Wake Up Sonoma (2024-05-04). Tuesday 5/28: "Bad Faith": Christian Nationalism's Threat to Democracy Film & Panel: Peter Coyote & more. indybay.org Sebastiani Theatre | 476 1st Street East | Sonoma, CA 95476…

AHJAY (2024-05-04). Friday 5/3: Four Year Anniversary Networking Event hosted by Regeneration Pollination. indybay.org

Center for Biological Diversity (2024-05-04). Second Lawsuit Filed to Protect Hawaiian Petrels From Dangerous Lighting at Maui's Grand Wailea. indybay.org HONOLULU, May 2, 2024 — A coalition of conservation groups today filed a second lawsuit to protect Hawaiian petrels ( ªua ªu) from dangerous lights used by the Grand Wailea Resort on Maui. Hawaiian petrels are protected as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.

Lovetta Tugbeh (2024-05-04). Thursday 5/30: Human Rights and Justice Campaign. indybay.org Virtual Event…

MARK M. MENGONFIA (2024-05-04). Justice to the victims of Liberia's two civil wars. indybay.org Liberian President Joseph Boakai has signed an executive order to create a long-awaited war crimes court to deliver justice to the victims of Liberia's two civil wars…

John Malkin (2024-05-04). EMBRACE: An Interview with musician & artist KRIS FORCE. indybay.org Interview with musician Kris Force about her 2023 album with Jarboe "EMBRACE" and May 10, 2024 show at Spire the Church in Oakland, California.

Abolitionist & Decolonial Learning Collective (2024-05-04). Monday 5/6: CSUMB: All Out for Palestine. indybay.org

some anarchists (2024-05-04). Bay Area Autonomists Reflections on UCB, SFSU, and USF Camps. indybay.org

themoscowtimes (2024-05-04). Russia Says Downed Four U.S. Long-Range Missiles. themoscowtimes.com Ukraine carried out the night attack using ATACMS missiles, Russian military claims…

Michael Welch (2024-05-04). Funds for Ukraine: More Slaughter Without Victory? Conversations with Jack Rasmus and Peter Koenig. globalresearch.ca

Uriel Araujo (2024-05-04). Conflict in Ukraine Perpetuated by Private and Corrupt Interests Linking Zelensky and the Bidens. globalresearch.ca

newleftreview (2024-05-04). Joy Neumeyer: Moscow's Story. newleftreview.org Joy Neumeyer on Jade McGlynn, Memory Makers and Russia's War. Twin studies, scholarly and less so, of the uses of the past in Putin's war for Ukraine.

themoscowtimes (2024-05-04). Russia Adds Zelensky to Criminal 'Wanted' List. themoscowtimes.com Formal reasons for putting Ukraine's President on "wanted" list weren't disclosed…

South Front (2024-05-04). Documentary: The Destabilization of Ukraine's Once Prosperous Economy. The Truth Behind the Global Food War. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2024-05-04). Ukraine updates its exemptions from the European Convention on Human Rights. wsws.org The ongoing exemptions granted to Kiev from following basic human and democratic rights are further proof that Ukraine is de facto a police state in which dissent is suppressed with dictatorial measures.

María Candela (2024-05-04). México reconoce medida a favor de migrantes en EEUU. radiohc.cu Ciudad de México, 4 may (RHC) México saludó este sábado el anuncio del Gobierno federal de Estados Unidos de incluir en la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a personas del programa DACA.

noreply (2024-05-04). Speaking Of Air Defense… smoothiex12.blogspot.com

WSWS (2024-05-04). New Solomon Islands prime minister maintains China alliance. wsws.org The threat of a US- and Australian-instigated destabilisation campaign in Solomon Islands remains a very real one.

WSWS (2024-05-04). German defence minister signs decree for war against Russia. wsws.org The Osnabràºck decree, which came into force on May 1, has one central goal: making Germany fit for war again, despite its crimes in two world wars, by preparing for war against Russia.

WSWS (2024-05-04). Minneapolis teachers' union praises "historic" tentative agreement despite Minneapolis Public Schools demands to gut school funding. wsws.org After nine months without a contract, the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers announced a "historic" contract for teachers at the same time MPS officials have stated that they will need to cut $110 million, and that "everything is on the table."

WSWS (2024-05-04). Agent of Happiness, Sidonie in Japan, Woodland: "Do I have to say I'm happy?" wsws.org Agent of Happiness is a documentary about the "Gross National Happiness" survey conducted in the small kingdom of Bhutan, situated between India and China.

WSWS (2024-05-04). European Union parliamentary groups prepare to collaborate with the far right ahead of European elections. wsws.org The much-touted "firewall" against the extreme right, which has always been a fiction, is to definitively fall after the European elections.

WSWS (2024-05-04). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific. wsws.org India: Tamil Nadu tea plantation workers demand on-time wage payments and improved social conditions; Australia: Child safety support workers strike in Tasmania; Federal court intervenes against striking Queensland's Cross River Rail construction workers…

WSWS (2024-05-04). Australia: Victorian nurses and midwives vote for strikes against Labor government wage cuts. wsws.org Health workers in Victoria have rejected Labor's 3 percent nominal pay increase and voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action including work stoppages of up to four hours.

WSWS (2024-05-04). Sri Lankan workers and youth must demand the repudiation of all foreign debt. wsws.org Private bond holders, with the IMF's tacit support, are seeking to bully the Sri Lankan government into accepting higher repayments or face the withholding of the next tranche of the IMF loan.

Arthur Bassas (2024-05-04). It Happened at the UN: Week Ending May 3. passblue.com

latintimes (2024-05-04). Saúl 'Canelo' àÅlvarez puts his undisputed super-middleweight title on the line against Jaime Munguía. latintimes.com àÅlvarez will fight against a Mexican boxer for the first time since 2017; this will be Munguía's third fight at the super-middleweight division…

latintimes (2024-05-04). The 150th Kentucky Derby takes place this weekend with a Latino jockey favored to win. latintimes.com 13 of 24 Kentucky Derbies have been won by Latino jockeys since the year 2000…

latintimes (2024-05-04). May the 4th Be With You: Pedro Pascal, Diego Luna and other Latinos making history in a galaxy far far away. latintimes.com Celebrate Star Wars Day by recognizing the Latinos who have been part of the galaxy far, far away, and meet the new ones in upcoming projects…

latintimes (2024-05-04). Riding in style: Sergio 'Checo' Pérez will honor his Latino roots with special helmet at the Miami Grand Prix. latintimes.com The flags of all Latin American countries and the phrase "Viva Latinoamérica" adorn the crown of Sergio Pérez' helmet for this year's Miami Grand Prix…

latintimes (2024-05-04). White House bolsters border policy with DHS and USAID experts. latintimes.com

Staff (2024-05-04). Modi: Last ten years of BJP rule was a trailer-more to come. muslimmirror.com By Ram Puniyani Modi has many ploys up his sleeves when it comes to propaganda. On one hand he is turning many a pronouncements of Congress in the communal direction, on the other he is claiming that whatever has been achieved during last ten years of his rule is phenomenal, but it is still a …

Staff (2024-05-04). Modi: Last ten years of BJP rule was a trailer-more to come. muslimmirror.com By Ram Puniyani Modi has many ploys up his sleeves when it comes to propaganda. On one hand he is turning many a pronouncements of Congress in the communal direction, on the other he is claiming that whatever has been achieved during last ten years of his rule is phenomenal, but it is still a …

Staff (2024-05-04). Workshop explores integration of religious and mainstream education in Madrasas. muslimmirror.com By Manzar Imam The vibrant city of New Delhi became a focal point for discussions on the integration of religious and mainstream education in Indian madrasas during a two-day International Seminar-cum-Workshop held on May 1st and 2nd, 2024. Organized by the Centre for Research on Madrasa Education, Department of Islamic Studies at Jamia Hamdard (JH) …

Staff (2024-05-04). World Press Freedom Index: India slips to 161st rank; Pak, Afghanistan improve to 150, 152 respectively. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Staff In the latest World Press Freedom Index, India's ranking has plummeted to 161st place, marking a concerning decline in press freedom within the country. This slip reflects ongoing challenges faced by journalists and media outlets in India, raising alarms about the state of democracy and freedom of expression in the world's …

Staff (2024-05-04). Delhi HC reserves its order on NewsClick HR head's bail plea in UAPA case. muslimmirror.com New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Friday reserved its order on the bail plea of NewsClick's Human Resources head Amit Chakravarty, in a case lodged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act over allegations that the media outlet received money to spread pro-China propaganda. On Tuesday, Delhi's Patiala House Court took cognisance of Delhi …

Staff (2024-05-04). Workshop explores integration of religious and mainstream education in Madrasas. muslimmirror.com By Manzar Imam The vibrant city of New Delhi became a focal point for discussions on the integration of religious and mainstream education in Indian madrasas during a two-day International Seminar-cum-Workshop held on May 1st and 2nd, 2024. Organized by the Centre for Research on Madrasa Education, Department of Islamic Studies at Jamia Hamdard (JH) …

unitedEditor (2024-05-04). Should the statement of the Latvian Foreign Minister be taken seriously? uwidata.com Konstantin Kurylev, is a doctor of history, head of the Department of Theory and History of International Relations at the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia and director of the Centre for the Study of Post-Soviet Countries. Kurylev has given an expert commentary to the United World International. The issue in question: The Latvian …

Evaggelos Vallianatos (2024-05-04). The School of Ancient Greece for Science, Civilization, and Planetary Governance. counterpunch.org Prologue Alexander the Great accomplished so much so soon so young that he rightly earned the honor of heroic greatness. He was definitely a hero and a genius. His mother Olympias tried to convince him he was the son of Zeus. Alexander loved and trusted his mother. He probably assured himself he was the son

tvbrics (2024-05-04). Brazil's industrial growth rate in April is the fastest in almost 3 years. tvbrics.com The Lula government's "New Industry Brazil" programme has already allocated billions this year to industrial projects…

tvbrics (2024-05-04). Angolan and South African swimmers move to top of table at XVI Africa Aquatics Swimming & Open Water Championships. tvbrics.com XVI Africa Aquatics Swimming & Open Water Championships take place in Angola and will finish on 5 May…

tvbrics (2024-05-04). China and Argentina chart path of strategic partnership. tvbrics.com Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina Diana Mondino in Beijing…

tvbrics (2024-05-04). BRICS: Joint Projects and Initiatives for Sustainable Development. tvbrics.com One of the key areas of co-operation within the BRICS is sustainable development…

tvbrics (2024-05-04). More than 1,000 artefacts are found in Chinese 2,200-year-old tomb. tvbrics.com In China, archaeologists have discovered a 2200-year-old tomb…

tvbrics (2024-05-04). Ethiopia is currently engaging in discussions concerning the involvement and contribution of women in national dialogue. tvbrics.com During a recent forum in Addis Ababa President Sahle-Work Zewde emphasised the critical importance of women's engagement in the social fabric and cultural aspects of the nation for the success of the dialogue…

geo.tv (2024-05-04). 'Joe-B-Wan Kenobi': President Joe Biden gets Star Wars-inspired nickname. geo.tv Star Wars' Luke Skywalker gives US president nickname inspired from franchise's Jedi master character…

geo.tv (2024-05-04). Viral video shows rowdy teen boaters dump trash into ocean off Boca Raton, Florida. geo.tv Two teens facing felony charges after video off them dumping trash into ocean goes viral…

geo.tv (2024-05-04). Jeff Bezos's fiancee Lauren Sanchez getting Met Gala help from fashion guru. geo.tv Emmy Award-winning journalist can only attend Met Gala if she agrees to Anna Wintour's fashion choices…

geo.tv (2024-05-04). Cinco de Mayo: Why is it celebrated across US but not quite in Mexico. geo.tv Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexican army's victory over French at Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862…

geo.tv (2024-05-04). Modi's hit squads operating in Canada challenge for national security: Pannun. geo.tv SFJ founder says removing RAW agents from Indian missions doesn't suffice to counteract Modi govt's spree of transnational terrorism…

geo.tv (2024-05-04). King Charles's charity partners with MKRF. geo.tv British Asian Trust will work with Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman Foundation and Geo News to promote mental health and well-being…

geo.tv (2024-05-04). Ivanka Trump attracts eyeballs in mini blue dress as she hits red carpet in Miami. geo.tv Donald Trumps's daughter gave peek into date night with Jared Kushner on social media…

geo.tv (2024-05-04). Massachusetts woman bags second million-dollar lottery in under 10 weeks. geo.tv What will woman with two $1 million grand prizes do with them?>

geo.tv (2024-05-04). Elon Musk rescues Donald Trump after Robert De Niro's 'Hitler' attack. geo.tv De Niro said: "I'm tired of calling him names…He is really, genuinely a sick person"

geo.tv (2024-05-04). US congressman hints 'space war' to deal with Russia, China. geo.tv "Space Force will be actively involved in, I think, in going to the moon at some point," says Ken Calvert…

Kevin Gosztola (2024-05-04). Unauthorized Disclosure: Liz Oliva Fernández. thedissenter.org Subscribe to the Unauthorized Disclosure podcast for exclusive access to episodes when they post on Friday.

Areeb Ullah (2024-05-04). Ghassan Abu Sitta: British-Palestinian surgeon 'prevented' from entering France. middleeasteye.net Ghassan Abu Sitta: British-Palestinian surgeon 'prevented' from entering France | Doctor who volunteered in Gaza last year says he was banned entry at French airport due 'Schengen-wide ban' issued by Germany | | Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta is a world renowned surgeon who spent the first few weeks of Is…

MEE, agencies (2024-05-04). Sadiq Khan wins historic third term as London mayor. middleeasteye.net Sadiq Khan wins historic third term as London mayor | Labour's Khan increased his margin of victory since the 2021 poll, despite a campaign by the Conservative candidate marked by 'dog-whistle' politics and 'fearmongering' | | Labour's Sadiq Khan speaks during the declaration for…

James Corbett (2024-05-04). Video: Hillary Clinton, A Threat to All Humanity. With or Without Hillary, "Nuclear War is on the Table"? globalresearch.ca The world looks on in horror as Hillary Clinton heads to Philadelphia to be nominated as the Democratic Party's candidate for the presidency. Yet the leading lights of the "progressive" movement argue that it is the left's duty to vote for this neocon warmonger. But the consequences may well lead directly to nuclear war.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-05-04). Video: The Globalization of War. America's "Long War" against Humanity. Reveal The Lies. Confront the War Criminals. Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca America's hegemonic project in…

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2024-05-04). How Pfizer and Moderna Control Vaccine Discourse. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2024-05-04). John F. Kennedy "Turned to Peace", Refused the Conduct of a "False Flag" and Was Assassinated. globalresearch.ca First published on July 21, 2016. | Last November 22, 2023 we commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. | His Legacy and Commitment to World Peace will Live Forever. | This important article by Dr. Paul Craig …

Richard Gage (2024-05-04). Gaza and Its Astounding Parallels with 9/11: "A Territory or Country Is Targeted for Previously Established Geostrategic Goals" globalresearch.ca

Maxime Duriez (2024-05-04). The ICC Office of the Prosecutor's new Policy on Complementarity and Cooperation must still meet high expectations. fidh.org

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). Robotic probe launched to lunar far side. ecns.cn The Chang'e 6 robotic probe, tasked with the world's first attempt to retrieve samples from the moon's far side, embarked on its historic journey on Friday from China's southernmost province of Hainan.

Associated Press (2024-05-04). Chinese businessman Guo Wengui's chief of staff pleads guilty weeks before US fraud trial. scmp.com Yvette Wang admitted to conspiring with the self-exiled Chinese businessman and others to commit wire fraud and money laundering.

Fernanda Canofre (2024-05-04). The Indigenous Peoples Camp that calls for rights every April in Brazil. globalvoices.org The Free Land Camp (ATL) celebrated its 20th anniversary in AprilGlobal VoicesIndigenous peoples protest and camp in Brasilia, Brazil, April 2024. Photo by Kamikia/Apib, used with permission. | A group of Indigenous peoples from the south of Brazil traveled by bus to the capital, Brasília, and camped in front of federal government buildings to pressure for the demarcation of Indigenous territories. Among them, there were representatives of ethnicities such as Bill McAuley (2024-05-04). When your dunny is too funny for words. independentaustralia.net

Author Blank (2024-05-04). Hotel workers rally in Miami May 1. themilitant.com

newleftreview (2024-05-04). Lola Seaton: Good Mistakes. newleftreview.org Lola Seaton on Anne Carson, Wrong Norma. Multi-form collection from one of the most erudite and ludic contemporary poets.

Cuban News Agency (2024-05-04). International Airliners Resume Flights to Cuba. en.escambray.cu Cuban tourism will be favored by the resumption of flights to local destinations by international airline companies starting in the second half of May…

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). 20th CPC Central Committee to hold its third plenary session in July. ecns.cn The third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will be held in Beijing in July, according to a decision made at a CPC Central Committee Political Bureau meeting on April 30.

ptcnews.tv (2024-05-04). Killer Nurse | Pennsylvania nurse sentenced to jail for over 700 years for killing 17 patients. ptcnews.tv Killer Nurse | A 41-year-old nurse from Pennsylvania, Heather Pressdee sentenced to jail to 380—760 years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of murder and nineteen counts of attempted murder.Heather Pressdee pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and 19 counts of attempted murder for her role in the deaths of at least 17 patients across five health facilities between 2020 and 2023. Pressdee admitted to administering excessive amounts of insulin to 22 patients, including non-diabetic individuals, during overnight shifts with minimal staff. The majority of victims died shortly after receiving…

John Zarocostas (2024-05-04). World Report] Concerns rise over explosive weapon attacks on health care. thelancet.com Countries need to take stronger measures to identify and prosecute perpetrators behind attacks on health-care and aid settings. John Zarocostas reports.

Margaux Hourigat (2024-05-04). LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL – fixed-term contract. fidh.org FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) is an international human rights NGO. Since 1992, it has been committed to defending all civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It brings together 188 national human rights organizations from 112 countries. FIDH is looking for a legal and administrative support professional for the Americas office in the framework of the EU project: "Strengthening of civil society (…) | – |

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). Pakistan aims for economic recovery. ecns.cn Pakistan is navigating the challenging process of economic recovery, with the new government making some progress in pushing structural reforms, experts say.

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). Comicomment: U.S. Section 301 investigation, brazen bullying on trade. ecns.cn The petition for the Section 301 investigation initiated by the United States into China's maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors is full of false accusations. In the realm of international trade, the U.S. sets barriers to serve its own interests, breaching WTO rules and hindering the global economy.

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). China to launch Chang'e-6 lunar probe Friday afternoon. ecns.cn Chang'e-6, China's spacecraft to venture to the moon, is scheduled to be launched between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. (Beijing Time) Friday, with the preferred launch window targeted at 5: 27 p.m., said the China National Space Administration.

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). Doctors care for 30 injured following Guangdong highway collapse. ecns.cn As of 2 pm Thursday, 30 individuals were undergoing treatment in the hospital, with no life-threatening conditions reported, after a road collapse in South China's Guangdong province, local authorities said at a briefing on Thursday afternoon.

Reuters (2024-05-04). Ex-Donald Trump aide Hope Hicks testifies ex-president told her to deny Stormy Daniels affair. scmp.com She also described how her boss was upset about the 'Access Hollywood' recording in which he bragged about grabbing women's genitals.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Mayo Clinic Q & A: What to expect during a blood draw. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've never had my blood drawn before, but I have to go in for testing soon. Honestly, I'm pretty nervous about it. What can I expect? ANSWER: It can be a little nerve-wracking at first, but having blood drawn is a quick procedure that can be painless — sometimes, people don't even know that the collection has started! It's important that you first ask your healthcare team what your lab tests are…

tn.ai (2024-05-04). Tunisian Scholar Urges Muslim Unity Through Quranic Teachings. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Tunisian Islamic scholar has issued a call for Muslim unity, emphasizing the importance of embracing Quranic principles and the teachings of Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) descendants.

tn.ai (2024-05-04). Iranian Border Guard Succumbs to Injuries After Clashes with Terrorists. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Iranian Border Police confirmed the martyrdom of another soldier who was injured during a Wednesday fight with terrorists at the Baneh border crossing in western Iran.

Saravanan Sekaran, Vimalraj Selvaraj, Dhanraj Ganapathy, Sudha Warrier (2024-05-04). Correspondence] Inclusive mental health for informal workers. thelancet.com We read with great interest the Lancet Series paper on work-related mental health problems by Reiner Rugulies and colleagues.1 This Series paper was a wake-up call for low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) to promote a society in which mental health is a universal human right.

Prensa Latina News Agency (2024-05-04). Cuban drug Heberprot-P authorized for medical trials in the US. en.escambray.cu The authorization for the Cuban-made injectable drug Heberprot-P to begin phase three of clinical trials in the United States is a new achievement by Cuban scientists and researchers from the biotechnological and pharmaceutical industry.

Divya Kewalramani, Tyler J Loftus, Julia R Coleman, Haytham Kaafarani, Mayur Narayan (2024-05-04). Correspondence] Using AI to bridge global surgical gaps: high tech, high impact. thelancet.com The Lancet Commission on global surgery reported that the poorest third of the world's population undergoes just 6% of the approximately 313 million major operations performed annually.1 This gap not only denotes vast morbidity and millions of potentially preventable deaths, but also highlights deep-rooted global surgical inequities. Compounded by the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic,2 these inequities necessitate an immediate, concerted call to action.

Agence France-Presse (2024-05-04). 3 bodies found after Australian, US surfers go missing in Mexico. scmp.com Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their friend Jack Carter went missing last week during a surfing trip in Baja California state.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Recommendations to begin breast cancer screening at age 40. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An ultrasound technician positions a patient for a mammogram All women should begin breast cancer screening at the age of 40, says the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. In a new recommendation, the task force advises cisgender women and all other people assigned female at birth aged 40 to 74 years get screened every other year. "This is good news for women," says Dr. Sandhya Pruthi, with Mayo Clinic's Breast Diagnostic Clinic and Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. "We…

Dongli Zhao, Yi Li, Yiping Qu, Chenchen He, Yongkai Lu (2024-05-04). Correspondence] Challenges for breast radiotherapy with SIB: the IMPORT HIGH trial. thelancet.com Charlotte E Coles and colleagues1 discuss the latest results from the IMPORT HIGH research, a phase 3 randomised trial that assessed three hypofractionated radiation treatments for efficacy and safety. Most patients were scanned while free breathing, with deep-inspiratory breath-hold techniques implemented only at the end of the trial. This may have biased experimental results. In ischaemic heart disease, pneumonia, and pulmonary fibrosis, considerable delayed unfavourable consequences show the possibility for variance.

The Independent (2024-05-04). Kenya floods death toll rises to 210 as heavy rains persist. independent.co.ug NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | The death toll from the raging floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in Kenya since March has risen to 210, with dozens of people still missing, the government announced on Friday. The Ministry of Interior and National Administration said that 196,296 people have been impacted by the heavy rains, …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Mayo Clinic Q & A: Going plant-based: Exploring the myths, health benefits. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: More and more of my friends are following the plant-based diet trend. Is that the same as going vegan? Is it healthy for you? What can I actually eat? ANSWER: Plant-based foods go beyond a "boring salad." With a whole-food plant-based diet, we focus on eating foods that are primarily coming from plants and that occur in their natural state. Veganism also takes that into account but can incorporate other social and…

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). 48 dead in Meizhou highway collapse. ecns.cn Death toll up to 48 after road collapse in south China's Guangdong, Xinhua reported.

Terry Evans (2024-05-04). Democrats' attack on constitutional rights is threat to working people. themilitant.com The Democrats' frantic drive to get compliant judges to throw Donald Trump in jail before November's election is bumping into some constitutional challenges. And millions of working people can see a presidential candidate is being charged for things that are not crimes and that when he moves to defend himself, he is hit with a gag order. | In the only case to go to trial so far, Trump is charged by Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg with a misdemeanor — falsifying business records. But the DA is trying to transform this into a felony. He claims it was done to abet another crime, an unspecifi…

The Independent (2024-05-04). Fight against cattle raiders is dividing Karamoja communities. independent.co.ug 'These days a son can even kill his father over money' COMMENT | SAMUEL MEYERSON | In the Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda, a four-year outbreak of violent livestock raiding is finally subsiding — the result of a ruthless, informer-driven disarmament campaign by the army. But even as stability returns, divisions arising from class tensions, intergenerational …

The Independent (2024-05-04). Parliament approves establishment of National Institute for Teacher Education. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has approved a motion to establish the National Institute for Teacher Education, marking a crucial step towards enhancing teacher training programmes in Uganda. The Minister of State for Sports, Peter Ogwang, presented the motion during the plenary sitting presided over by Speaker Anita Among on Friday, 3 May 2024. …

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). Largest aircraft carrier begins sea trial. ecns.cn China's third aircraft carrier, the CNS Fujian, is towed by a tugboat from the dock at China State Shipbuilding Corp's Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai on Wednesday, on its way to its first sea trial.

Anthony Rowley (2024-05-04). Suddenly, the US bull market isn't looking so great. scmp.com Stock prices have been a powerful support for the Make America Great Again agenda because the US market is so big as to be the tail wagging the dog. Close attention must be paid to the recent market stumble and America's slowing GDP growth — where US stock prices go, so goes the global economy.

Ed Holt (2024-05-04). World Report] Warnings over misuse of psychiatry in Russia. thelancet.com A steep rise in indefinite placement or threat of placement in psychiatric facilities as a means of political repression has been reported. By Ed Holt.

The Independent (2024-05-04). Title, Europe, relegation intertwined in dramatic Premier League weekend. independent.co.ug LONDON, UK | Xinhua | Three teams are still involved in the race to win the Premier League this weekend, while three more continue their struggle to avoid relegation in a round of games that also has a lot to say about who will play in European competition next season. Arsenal and Manchester City are …

Fernanda Canofre (2024-05-04). The Indigenous Peoples Camp that calls for rights every April in Brazil. globalvoices.org The Free Land Camp (ATL) celebrated its 20th anniversary in AprilOriginally published on A group of Indigenous peoples from the south of Brazil traveled by bus to the capital,

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). Cultural events act as tourist magnets. ecns.cn Destinations across the country have increased the supply of cultural and tourism products and created new experiences to satisfy the wanderlust of travelers during the five-day May Day holiday.

Tom Tanuki (2024-05-04). Money-mad universities fail to stop violence against protesters. independentaustralia.net

Ilona Kickbusch, Louise Holly (2024-05-04). Correspondence] Digital governance needed to tackle commercial determinants of health. thelancet.com In the Lancet Series on the commercial determinants of health, authors warn that policy inertia is enabling the products and practices of some commercial actors to cause substantial harms to health.1 In the digital environment, the actions of commercial actors (including those involved in social media, information and communications technology, and digital health solutions, to name just a few) are contributing both directly and indirectly to health and wellbeing.2…

Agence France-Presse (2024-05-04). More than 400 killed in East Africa as cyclone triggers floods and landslides. scmp.com Coastal regions of Kenya and Tanzania have been buffeted by heavy rains and high winds from Tropical Cyclone Hidaya.

Katherine Li (2024-05-04). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Happy Math For Public Schools. levernews.com

Hong Kong Free Press (2024-05-04). Hong Kong ranks low on global press freedom index as watchdog cites 'unprecedented' setbacks. globalvoices.org RSF said that independent media outlets are subject to political pressureGlobal Voices Reporters Without Borders (RSF)'s 2024 press freedom index. Photo: This report was written by Hilary Leung and originally

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Mayo Clinic Q & A: Seeing clearly: Understanding pink eye. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My entire family was recently affected by pink eye, including my mom, my nephews, my sister and even her dog! How is it so contagious? And what is it? ANSWER: Pink eye is an inflammation of the lining of the eyelid and eyeball. The medical term for pink eye is conjunctivitis. Just as its name, pink eye, tells us, the most noticeable symptom will be a pink or red irritated eye or…

bwitanek (2024-05-04). U VA Under Fascist Police Raid Currently 5/4. fightbackbetter.com

Sarah Jaffe (2024-05-04). Work Won't Love You Back: Coming Apart at the Seams. progressive.org Politicians like Nikki Haley will proudly bust unions. But the latest events at Boeing are a clear example of what happens when corporations don't listen to their workers.

newleftreview (2024-05-04). Oliver Eagleton: Stakeholder Capitalism, Again. newleftreview.org Oliver Eagleton on Will Hutton, This Time No Mistakes. Lessons for the incoming Labour government on humanizing British capitalism, from a proselytizer of Blair's Third Way.

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). In Numbers: Emerging Trends in Holiday Tourism. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). Rescue continues in highway disaster. ecns.cn Rescue operations and disaster relief efforts continued on Friday following a fatal road collapse on an expressway in Guangdong province.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Mayo Clinic Q&A: Managing migraine: What's right for me? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've dealt with migraine attacks for years. So has my mom. I typically manage by using over-the-counter pain medication that includes caffeine as soon as my symptoms begin. Then, if my migraine doesn't improve, I use a prescription triptan medication. But my headache days have been increasing, and my doctor suggested I try a newer preventive migraine medication. Can you please explain more about medication options? ANSWER: Migraine is a neurologic disorder….

Maxime Duriez (2024-05-04). Syria/Dabbagh case : First trial in France of the crimes of the Syrian authorities. fidh.org

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Mayo Clinic Minute: Improving bone health before spinal surgery. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As people age, bones lose some of their structure. Osteopenia and osteoporosis are both conditions in which bones become less dense and, therefore, can break more easily. These kinds of bone density issues are common among spinal surgery patients who are 50 and older. To avoid surgical complications, Mayo Clinic works with these patients on improving bone health before spinal surgery. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/aYVD4xaoR4E Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 07) is in the downloads…

Geoff Watts (2024-05-04). Obituary] Christopher Bulstrode. thelancet.com Orthopaedic surgeon and emergency medicine physician. Born in Hatfield, UK, on Jan 5, 1951, he died of a neurodegenerative disease in Oxford, UK, on Dec 7, 2023, aged 72 years.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Optimizing operating room design to support teams and strengthen healthcare delivery. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Mayo Clinic study investigated how operating room (OR) design can be improved to create a more supportive workspace, ultimately strengthening the well-being of surgical teams during healthcare delivery.

The Independent (2024-05-04). Anita Among to parliament: I don't even have a pussy cat in the UK. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has demanded a comprehensive statement on the UK sanctions against the speaker and two backbench members. The Speaker Annet Anita Among together with former Ministers Goretti Kitutu and Agnes Nandutu were on April 30 slapped with sanctions by the UK. Deputy Foreign Secretary, Andrew Mitchell in a statement said …

Maxime Duriez (2024-05-04). Q&A: Unpacking the ICC Office of the Prosecutor's New Approach to Complementarity and Cooperation. fidh.org

Niall Boyce (2024-05-04). Perspectives] Mood swings. thelancet.com Writer Camilla Whitehill's ambitions for her new mental-health-themed sitcom Big Mood are straightforward: "I just want people to think it's funny and I want them to like the characters." With this six-episode series, she has overachieved. Big Mood is frequently laugh-out-loud funny, and the characters are brilliantly drawn and charismatically played. But there is much, much more to this show.

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). Death toll rises to 36 after road collapse in South China's Guangdong. ecns.cn An aerial view of the collapsed section of highway in Meizhou, Guangdong province, that killed 24 people and injured 30 others when it gave way on Wednesday morning. The survivors, none with life-threatening conditions, are receiving treatment in hospitals.

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). Experts: 'Overcapacity' claim to damage global industrial development. ecns.cn Implementing protectionist policies to restrict so-called overcapacity, which limits market competition and protects backward production capacity, will cause serious damage to global industrial development and the home country, Wenhui Daily reported on April 21, quoting experts.

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). China's third aircraft carrier begins its maiden sea trial. ecns.cn The CNS Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, started its maiden sea trial on Wednesday morning, according to the People's Liberation Army Navy.

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). May Day holiday box office surges. ecns.cn Possessing the largest number of silver screens worldwide, China has again demonstrated its enthusiasm for movies with a soaring May Day holiday box office.

Corinne Fowler (2024-05-04). 'We Need to Have New Conversations About the Colonial Realities of Our Rural Past'. bylinetimes.com Though this question is sometimes used to shut down discomforting conversations about British colonialism — particularly our long involvement in transatlantic slavery — it also makes me reflect on my own thin school education about British labour history. | So I decided to learn more about it. I began with E.P. Thompson's 1963 classic historical study, The Making of the English Working Class. Reading through this weighty volume, I noticed that colonial figures and events kept cropping up, but were mentioned in passing. Exploring further inspired me to write my new book, Our Island Stories: Country…

(2024-05-04). Mexican journalist Roberto Carlos Figueroa abducted, killed in Morelos. latinus.us

Associated Press (2024-05-04). President Lula tells Japan's Kishida to try Brazilian beef in bid to score export orders. scmp.com Lula pushed the visiting leader to buy Brazilian beef, saying 'our meat is cheaper and of better quality than the meat you buy'.

newleftreview (2024-05-04). Pierre Vesperini: What to Do With the Past? newleftreview.org Above the fray of mediatized controversy, a classicist situates the heritage of the 'West' in the long view. A culture forged by the interplay of ecclesiastical, capitalist and emancipatory forces; the catastrophes of European world conquest and their weight on the present. Does Benjamin offer a way through the impasse?

(2024-05-04). Appeals court upholds 25-month sentences for 2 Turkish documentary filmmakers. mlsaturkey.com

Carlos Lancho (2024-05-04). FIDH and Provea react to ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan's Venezuela visit. fidh.org

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Understanding autism: The path to diagnosis, awareness and support. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Diagnosing a person with autism spectrum disorder can be challenging. It's a medical condition that no blood test, brain scan or objective test can pinpoint. And because of each person's distinctive pattern of symptoms, it can be hard to determine its severity. As people gain familiarity with autism, however, they are becoming more open to discussing the diagnosis and seeking treatment. Society is also becoming more motivated to learn about neurodivergent conditions, including autism. What…

Anand Naidoo (2024-05-04). The Heat: Haiti Crisis. america.cgtn.com Gunmen launched a string of fresh attacks, burning homes and exchanging gunfire with police. That was one of the biggest outbreaks of violence since the appointment of Haiti's new Prime Minister. The country's transitional council chose a little known former sports minister, Fritz Belizaire, to succeed Ariel Henry. Henry resigned after Haiti's armed gangs united in opposition to the government. | To discuss: | William O'Neill is the UN's Independent Expert on Human Rights in Haiti. | Roromme Chantal is a former UN official i…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Mayo Clinic researchers' new tool links Alzheimer's disease types to rate of cognitive decline. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new scoring tool that links Alzheimer's disease subtypes with age of onset and the rate of cognitive decline in individuals.

The Independent (2024-05-04). Tanzania's weather authorities issue hurricane warning for Indian Ocean coast. independent.co.ug DAR ES SALAAM | Xinhua | Tanzania's weather authorities have issued an alert for a hurricane caused by the presence of low pressure in the Indian Ocean, east of the coast of Mtwara Region. The Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) said in a statement that the severe tropical storm "Hidaya," which was currently approximately 401 kilometers …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Hormone therapy: Four things a Mayo Clinic women's health specialist wants you to know. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Many women experience night sweats during menopause Hormone therapy is a treatment that uses medications containing hormones like estrogen or progesterone to replace those the body stops producing during menopause. It can be a powerful tool for managing menopausal symptoms. "While hormone therapy can significantly improve quality of life and overall health for many women, it's not a one-size-fits-all solution," says Dr. Taryn Smith, a Mayo Clinic internist and women's health specialist. She emphasizes the…

Author Blank (2024-05-04). Campaign to expand reach of 'Militant,' books, fund March 9-May 14 (week seven). themilitant.com

Prensa Latina News Agency (2024-05-04). Bloguerías de Mayo debates media challenges in Cuba. en.escambray.cu Bloguerías de Mayo, the latest event within the Romerías de Mayo cultural festival, is promoting debates on communication, media, services, and artificial intelligence as challenges of the current Cuban press.

Tobias J Adams, Nicholas Levy, Pamela E Macintyre, Patrice Forget (2024-05-04). Correspondence] Limit packaging size for opioids prescribed at post-surgical discharge. thelancet.com The oversupply of opioids at hospital discharge presents an opportunity to improve opioid prescribing and patient safety. Studies have shown 67—92% of adult patients reporting receiving excess opioids after surgery discharge, with 42—71% of dispensed tablets unused.1 A minority of patients plan to or actually dispose of unused opioids and even fewer do so by recommended methods,1 increasing the risk of accidental exposure and harm, opioid diversion, and misuse.

(2024-05-04). CPJ rings opening bell at Nasdaq in recognition of World Press Freedom Day. cpj.org

(2024-05-04). Ethiopian journalist Muhiyadin Mohamed Abdullahi sentenced to 2 years in prison. facebook.com

Philippe Tessier (2024-05-04). Rail workers in Canada fight for a new contract, safe work conditions. themilitant.com MONTREAL — Some 9,300 train conductors, yard workers, train engineers and dispatchers at Canada's two biggest rail companies — Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City — are fighting for safe working conditions and livable work schedules. Their contract expired Dec. 31, and they're debating and voting on whether to call a strike. The vote by members of Teamsters Canada Rail Conference concludes May 1. | A strike or a lockout could come as early as May 22. On April 11, the company posted an "offer" on its website, bypassing the union negotiating committee. "It is an offer made t…

Richard Horton (2024-05-04). Comment] Offline: One life. thelancet.com St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey. A service of thanksgiving for the life and work of Professor Roger Greenhalgh. Amid the hymns and bible readings, family and former colleagues remembered the life of this unusual vascular surgeon—a man who cared about whether the techniques he was applying to patients had any evidence to support them at all. As I say, unusual. The Reverend Canon presiding over the event, Ralph Godsall, called Greenhalgh's work "pioneering". It was. The Lancet had the privilege of publishing some of his most important randomised trials (eg, EVAR 1).

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Mayo Clinic Q&A: Using radiation therapy to treat brain tumors. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have been diagnosed with a brain tumor and advised to have radiation therapy. I'm very nervous about this and the risks for me, my family and, potentially, another cancer diagnosis. Can you explain why radiation therapy could be right for me? ANSWER: Radiation therapy has been used to treat cancer since the beginning of the 20th century. This type of treatment continues to be one of the most effective treatments for…

Masashi Mizumoto, Yoshiko Oshiro, Hideyuki Sakurai (2024-05-04). Correspondence] Challenges for breast radiotherapy with SIB: the IMPORT HIGH trial. thelancet.com We read the Article by Charlotte E Coles and colleagues1 with great interest. The use of hypofractionated simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) radiotherapy with a 48 Gy dose in 15 fractions to the tumour bed showed non-inferiority in ipsilateral local relapse compared with sequential boost. In addition, the lower number of treatments for SIB (15) versus sequential boost (23) have a positive effect on the patients themselves and on the health-care system. To achieve dose localisation, an intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) technique was allowed in this study.

newleftreview (2024-05-04). Perry Anderson: Pathbreakers High and Low. newleftreview.org A decade ago, Christopher Clark upended conventional accounts of the origins of the First World War; he has now rewritten the history of the European revolutions of 1848—1849, and proposed a new way of considering their outcomes. Analytically, what differentiates and what connects these two outstanding achievements?

The Independent (2024-05-04). BUSES: Karuma Dam bridge closed. independent.co.ug Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has determined that Karuma Bridge's integrity is under threat, and have ordered limited traffic use on it. It will be closed to all lorries, trailers, and buses said UNRA in a statement on Friday. Only passenger vehicles carrying up to 28 passengers will be permitted …

Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune (2024-05-04). Texas inmates are being 'cooked to death' in extreme heat, complaint alleges. grist.org This story was first published by April signaled the beginning of blistering heat for much of Texas. And while the summer heat is uncomfortable for many, it can be deadly for the people incarcerated in Texas' prison system where temperatures regularly reach triple digits. | With another sweltering summer likely ahead, on…

bwitanek (2024-05-04). CUNY 5/3/2024 Video from Brutal Police Crackdown on 4/30 — Unified Statement of Support. fightbackbetter.com Sign Statement of Support (see below) at this link. Statement of Solidarity with the CUNY Gaza Solidarity Encampment & CUNY…

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). China opposes U.S. statement encouraging Taiwan's presence at WHA. ecns.cn China strongly deplores and firmly opposes the statement from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in which he said the United States encourages the World Health Organization (WHO) to invite Taiwan's presence as an observer at this year's World Health Assembly (WHA), a foreign ministry spokesperson said Thursday.

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). U.S. should immediately stop indulging separatist activities in Taiwan. ecns.cn The United States should immediately stop using the upcoming World Health Assembly to hype up the Taiwan question, continuing to indulge separatist activities that support "Taiwan independence".

Coco Feng (2024-05-04). Potential TikTok ban threatens the US business of China's cross-border sellers and the global ambitions of ByteDance. scmp.com In the face of a potential ban of TikTok in the US, Chinese merchants selling on the platform are preparing for the worst.

tn.ai (2024-05-04). IRGC's Oceangoing Warship Sails Into Southern Hemisphere. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy's 'Shahid Mahdavi' oceangoing warship crossed the zero degrees latitude, the Equator, on Friday and sailed into the southern hemisphere in an overseas naval mission.

bwitanek (2024-05-04). Come to University of Chicago: Holding the Line Under Threat of State Violence May 3. fightbackbetter.com University of Chicago | Students and community members hold the line against the two-headed snake of the state and their sanctioned deputies. The Gaza solidarity encampment is still under threat of police violence — get down to the encampment and support your comrades now!

ptcnews.tv (2024-05-04). India-Canada relations to deteriorate further? NDP leader Jagmeet Singh alleges India's hand in Nijjar killing despite no evidence. ptcnews.tv PTC Web Desk: The leader of Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP), Jagmeet Singh, has once again alleged the Indian government's involvement in the killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, despite a lack of evidence linking India to the crime. Jagmeet Singh's NDP has formed an alliance with the Liberal minority government, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in exchange for support on key legislative initiatives. | Following the announcement by the Canadian police of the arrest of three suspects in Hardeep Nijjar's killing, Jagmeet Singh reiterated his claim of the Indian government's involvement. In a post…

(2024-05-04). CPJ, others decry criminal charges against Texas photojournalist Carlos Sanchez. cpj.org

Associated Press (2024-05-04). US air force's AI-powered F-16 jet comes up trumps in dogfight with human pilot. scmp.com Air force chief Frank Kendall conducted a test flight on the Vista plane that went nearly nose to nose with a second human-piloted F-16.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Weight-loss surgery before kidney transplantation improves health and eligibility of patients with obesity and renal failure, Mayo Clinic study finds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy promotes relatively rapid weight loss, reduces obesity-related health issues and improves eligibility for kidney transplantation for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and obesity, according to new research from Mayo Clinic. Patients with advanced chronic kidney failure and severe obesity often are not considered for kidney transplantation, but according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, sleeve gastrectomy can improve high-risk patients meeting the criteria for transplantation. The…

ptcnews.tv (2024-05-04). Nijjar killing arrest | Canada police releases pictures of suspects arrested. ptcnews.tv Nijjar killing arrest | The Canadian Police have arrested and charged three individuals in connection with the killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, amid ongoing investigations into alleged connections to the Indian government.In a key development, Canadian police on Saturday released photographs of all three persons arrested in the Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing case. | The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in a statement named the three men, all Indian nationals, as Karanpreet Singh, 28, Kamalpreet Singh, 22 and Karan Brar, 22 and released their photographs. The trio were arrested in Edmonton city in A…

Taylor Nāhulukeaokalani Cozloff (2024-05-04). New School parents express concerns over administration's reaction to the Gaza Solidarity Encampment. newschoolfreepress.com

Tony Lane (2024-05-04). 'Workers need to break with the bosses' parties, build a labor party'. themilitant.com Rachele Fruit speaks in Pittsburgh, East Palestine: | PITTSBURGH — "I'm very glad to be here in a region where the working class has been part of profound struggles," Rachele Fruit, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for president, told a campaign meeting here April 23. | "I was fortunate to be able to speak with some of the fighters in East Palestine yesterday, fighters who are learning from experience what the ugly face of capitalism looks like," she said. Fruit visited East Palestine, Ohio, as part of her two-day campaign tour in the Pittsburgh area. | "Just since I've been here, we've seen an…

Mika Kivimà§ki, G David Batty (2024-05-04). Correspondence] Work as a health risk. thelancet.com In the 2023 Lancet Series on work and health, the authors describe the risks to mental and physical health from stressful working conditions, such as job strain, workplace bullying, and long working hours. Putting this evidence into a wider context by examining the impact of a stressful work environment alongside lifestyle-related factors on ill-health is important.1…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Mayo Clinic hospitals continue to score A grades for patient safety, 5-star ratings for patient experience. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org All nine eligible Mayo Clinic hospitals earned A grades from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit organization that provides safety ratings. The ratings are intended to help patients choose their preferred healthcare destinations. "Our staff's dedication consistently reinforces Mayo Clinic as the global authority in healthcare because they deliver the highest quality, safety and experience," says Dr. Sean Dowdy, Mayo Clinic's chief value officer. "Participating in the external review also helps validate staff commitment…

Margaux Hourigat (2024-05-04). Consultancy Analysis of Meaningful Justice & Accountability Avenues for Victims of International Crimes committee in Sudan. fidh.org

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Mayo Clinic Q & A: What is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've heard from some of my relatives that heart disease runs in our family, so I've been reading a lot about different conditions. I can barely pronounce it, but what is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? ANSWER: It is a mouthful. Let's break it down a little. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a condition where the heart (cardio) muscle (myopathy) becomes thickened (hypertrophied). HCM is the most common type of genetic cardiomyopathy. Patients are born with…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Mayo Clinic Q&A: What to know about cervical cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mom had a pap smear recently, and the results came back as abnormal. After further testing, we were shocked when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She didn't have any symptoms. Now, her healthcare team is discussing surgery and medications. What should I know about her illness? As her daughter, should I be worried about myself? Most importantly, how I can support her during treatment? ANSWER: I commend you for finding…

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). Insights丨Erik Solheim: China's industrial ecosystem and highly-educated working class promote strong economic growth. ecns.cn China's GDP growth rate in the first quarter of 2024 beat market expectations to reach 5.3 percent. What help China maintain its strong economic growth? And what can be learned?

Ankur Khajuria (2024-05-04). Correspondence] Surgical research: from comic opera to epic symphony. thelancet.com In Jessamy Bagenal and colleagues' Comment on surgical research,1 important advancements are acknowledged, but there are additional points that warrant attention.

Prensa Latina News Agency (2024-05-04). UN insists on safe migration routes after shipwreck in Atlantic. en.escambray.cu The United Nations insisted Thursday on the accessibility of safe and regular routes to save the lives of refugees and migrants following the recent shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean.

Thomas Mulliez, Mark De Ridder (2024-05-04). Correspondence] Challenges for breast radiotherapy with SIB: the IMPORT HIGH trial. thelancet.com We thank the IMPORT HIGH trial1 authors for conducting a well designed randomised controlled trial comparing whole-breast radiotherapy with a sequential boost versus two simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) protocols, one with a normal and one with a dose-escalated boost dose. Oncological outcomes were comparable and late toxicity was low; however, more breast induration was detected in the dose-escalated SIB group.

tn.ai (2024-05-04). Several Arrested in Connection with Terrorist Attacks in SE Iran. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force said it has captured a number of people involved in two fatal terrorist attacks on the bases of Iranian security forces in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan.

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). Xi replies to letter from steelworkers in Serbia's Smederevo. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping has replied to a letter from Serbian workers in HBIS Smederevo Steel Plant.

Jose Luis Guinot, Cristina Gutierrez, Jean Michel Hannoun-Levi (2024-05-04). Correspondence] Challenges for breast radiotherapy with SIB: the IMPORT HIGH trial. thelancet.com The excellent results of the IMPORT HIGH trial,1 published with more than 6 years of median follow-up, suggest that this treatment is adequate for all patients with breast cancer. In the boost versus no boost trial, the risk of relapse at 5 years of follow-up with 66 Gy to the tumour bed was around 3%, which increased to 6 ∑2% at 10 years. But in young patients (aged 41—50 years) the risk of relapse reached 8 ∑7% at 10 years,2 and for those younger than 41 years it was 13 ∑5% at 10 years. These statistics rose to 13 ∑5% and 24 ∑4% at 20 years, respectively.

ptcnews.tv (2024-05-04). Indian Navy helps Pakistani crew onboard Iranian fishing vessel after distress call. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: The Indian Navy responded to a distress call and provided critical medical assistance to a Pakistani crew member aboard the Iranian fishing vessel Al Rahmani, according to an Indian Navy spokesperson. | The warship INS Sumedha, which was deployed for anti-piracy operations in the Arabian Sea, intercepted the fishing vessel Al Rahmani in the early hours of April 30.The ship's boarding team and medical specialists boarded the fishing vessel and granted medical acceptance to the crew member.The spokesperson went on to say, "In a swift response to a distress call, #INSSumedha, mission deployed for #an…

Muslim Skeptic Team (2024-05-04). Campus Protest Memes — Ashvamedha Edition. muslimskeptic.com

Janet Post (2024-05-04). Campaigners take SWP program to working class. themilitant.com Socialist Workers Party candidates and their supporters are finding wide interest in a working-class road forward as they campaign for Rachele Fruit, the party's candidate for U.S. president. They are taking the party's campaign and program to workers on their doorsteps, on union picket lines and to other union and political events, asking those attracted to its political program to sign up as campaign endorsers. | The international campaign to win

Author Blank (2024-05-04). UAW members win raises, COLA, end tiers at Daimler. themilitant.com BY DIANE SHUR, JANE ROLAND AND SUE SKINNER | STATESVILLE, N.C. — A tentative contract agreement was announced between Daimler Truck and the United Auto Workers April 26, an hour before the strike deadline. According to UAW officials the four-year agreement will include raises of at least 25%, the end of wage tiers, and a first-time cost-of-living adjustment clause to raise wages as prices rise. | Gains made by UAW strikes last fall against Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, including workers at the GM Services Parts Operations in Charlotte, brought wide attention in the labor movement and inspired Daimle…

Talha Burki (2024-05-04). World Report] Prostate Cancer UK launches the TRANSFORM trial. thelancet.com TRANSFORM will recruit hundreds of thousands of men in an effort to identify the most effective screening strategies for prostate cancer. Talha Burki reports.

(2024-05-04). CPJ calls for release of Turkish journalists Esra Solin Dal, Mehmet Aslan, and Erdoğan Alayumat. cpj.org

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Mayo Clinic Q & A: Supporting weight-loss medications with adequate, tailored nutrition. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have a family member taking a prescription weight-loss drug. She has been successful thus far, which I know is improving her health. She admitted, though, that she often eats less than 1,000 calories per day. How can I encourage her weight-loss journey, but also ensure she is getting adequate nutrition? ANSWER: While weight-loss medications are truly having a positive effect on many Americans' health, it is important to also talk about…

Reuters (2024-05-04). Canada police arrest 'hit squad' suspects linked to Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar's murder. scmp.com Three Indian nationals have been charged in the shooting, and authorities are 'investigating connections to the government of India'.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Exploring the exposome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Environmental exposures can accumulate in your body from the air you breathe, the food you eat, products you touch, water you drink, and more. These sometimes-harmful exposures have the potential to interact with each person's genes to influence health. The measure of all exposures of a person in their lifetime, and the effect of those exposures on health is called "the exposome." Watch: Exploring the exposome youtu.be/2UjVsFHTr9I Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 18) is in the downloads…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Mayo Clinic Minute: Good carbs for optimal health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Do you push away the breadbasket or opt out of any meal that includes macaroni? If so, chances are you are one of the millions of people watching your carbs, or carbohydrates. Dr. Christine Nguyen, a Mayo Clinic family physician, says not all carbs are bad, and there are plenty of foods with good carbs. Fiber-rich foods like whole grains, fruits and vegetables are essential for health, aiding digestion, lowering cholesterol levels and reducing disease risk. Watch: The Mayo Clinic…

C Zimmerman, S Hargreaves, K Lau, L Kiss, R Chia-Yin Lin, N Pocock (2024-05-04). Correspondence] Addressing labour exploitation in the global workforce. thelancet.com We applaud the 2023 Lancet Series on work and health for drawing attention to the under-recognised aspects of work that make it a fundamental social determinant of health inequalities. We particularly appreciate the Series authors' attention to the low-wage workforce and their expressed concerns about precarity. At the same time, we must also be attuned to the widespread practice of labour exploitation, including extreme exploitation such as human trafficking and hazardous child labour. An estimated 21 million people are in trafficking, bonded, or slave labour situations.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Mayo Clinic Minute: Preventing stroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and as part of everyday awareness, Mayo Clinic healthcare professionals suggest reducing stroke risk and knowing the signs. A stroke happens every 40 seconds in the U.S., and the likelihood of stroke increases with age, according to the National Institutes of Health. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl7U_3jTpAQ&#038… Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read…

Salafi Centre (2024-05-04). Safeguarding the Heart — Live Lecture. salaficentre.com LIVE LECTURE — TODAY: | Safeguarding the Heart: | By UstƒÅdh Abu Sara Haroon: Saturday 4th May | 7: 30pm | All welcome, Brothers & Sisters side open At the Masjid | 2 Dudley Street, Manchester, M8 9DA Broadcast live on: | Share poster…

ptcnews.tv (2024-05-04). Assaulted, dragged and beaten : Chilling revelations of how former Kazakhstan minister killed his wife. ptcnews.tv Saltanat Nukenova murder: The trial of a former minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan, Kuandyk Bishimbayev accused of fatally beating his wife has captured nationwide attention, viewed by many as a pivotal test of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's commitment to fostering a just and equitable society. Saltanat Nukenova, 31, was found dead last November in a restaurant owned by a relative of her husband, Kuandyk Bishimbayev. | The couple had spent nearly an entire day and night, during which Nukenova remained unconscious for hours. In a recent court session, graphic surveillance footage spanning 8 hours was p…

The Independent (2024-05-04). Transport ministers commit to accelerating SGR expansion across East Africa. independent.co.ug MOMBASA, Kenya | Xinhua | Four African transport ministers agreed on Friday to expedite the completion of the remaining sections of the high-speed Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Naivasha, Kenya, to regional countries. The ministers of transport from Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Rwanda, who met in the Kenyan coastal …

Carlos Lancho (2024-05-04). Colombia: ICC prosecutor should explain closure of preliminary examination to victims. fidh.org

David Dodwell (2024-05-04). Sleep is a booming business. Here's why that's a problem. scmp.com Getting a good night's sleep has become a lucrative business with a range of solutions from supplements to sleep tourism being touted. The industry is populated by serious academics and pharmacologists but, with so much we still do not know, snake-oil treatments also proliferate.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-05-04). Mayo Clinic, Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville collaborate for pediatric care, medical education, research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mayo Clinic in Florida and Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville announced today a 10-year extension of their three-decade collaboration to improve healthcare in the region and train future generations of physicians and healthcare workers. The collaboration will continue to focus on medical training, research and clinical care, specifically in pediatrics, where there are significant shortages of pediatricians in Florida and the U.S. "We are committed to creating the healthiest generations of children and…

Laura Garza (2024-05-04). Shifts in world politics boost interest in Pathfinder books. themilitant.com

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). 'Overcapacity' claims denied by regulator. ecns.cn Efforts by certain countries to adopt the pretext of "overcapacity" to implement trade protectionism pose a significant threat to global trade and economic growth, according to China's top economic regulator.

Maxime Duriez (2024-05-04). Mali is sinking into authoritarianism. fidh.org

tn.ai (2024-05-04). Iran-EU's February Trade Up 30% y/y. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — According to the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat), the value of trade exchanges between Iran and 27 EU members in February 2024 has grown by 30% compared to the same month last year.

ptcnews.tv (2024-05-04). Worst disaster in history | 37 killed, several missing as Brazil grapples with heavy rains and mudslides. ptcnews.tv Brazil Rains: Brazil, renowned for its vibrant culture, stunning natural landscapes, and passionate people and its famous beaches like Copacabana and Ipanema attract sun-seekers worldwide, is grappling with widespread floods that have ravaged cities and displaced thousands from their homes. Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul is reeling from the devastating effects of heavy rains and mudslides. The death toll has surged to 37, with 74 individuals reported missing. | The scale of flooding across the state has surpassed that witnessed during a historic deluge in 1941, as reported by the Brazilian Geologic…

bwitanek (2024-05-04). Student Statement on Arrests @ Yale U May 1. fightbackbetter.com

unitedEditor (2024-05-04). Should the statement of the Latvian Foreign Minister be taken seriously? unitedworldint.com Konstantin Kurylev, is a doctor of history, head of the Department of Theory and History of International Relations at the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia and director of the Centre for the Study of Post-Soviet Countries. Kurylev has given an expert commentary to the United World International. The issue in question: The Latvian …

Mina Fazel (2024-05-04). Perspectives] Children's virtual and material upbringing. thelancet.com Adolescence is a time of remarkable change and development across physical, cognitive, social, and emotional spheres. Many decisions are taken in adolescence that can influence that individual's life course, such as what occupation they want to pursue, what relationships they want to cultivate, or what interests they want to invest in. But are today's adolescents struggling more than previous generations? In many high-income settings, an increasing number of adolescents are being referred for mental health support.

Roger Chao (2024-05-04). Not in my name. independentaustralia.net

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). Xi directs rescue operation, safety overhaul following fatal road collapse in south China. ecns.cn Xi Jinping gives important instructions on rescue work after road collapse in Guangdong…

newleftreview (2024-05-04). Sahra Wagenknecht: Condition of Germany. newleftreview.org Interview with a prominent leader of the German left on the state of her country, currently the epicentre of converging crises—geopolitical, economic, environmental. With politics swerving right under an SPD-led government, flux and refoundation on the left.

Shiqi Zhou, Jiawei Zhou (2024-05-04). Comment] New advances in amblyopia therapy: early patching is more effective than extended optical treatment. thelancet.com Amblyopia, a neural disorder induced by atypical visual experiences during the crucial period of visual development, affects 2—5% of the global population.1 Despite its prevalence, an optimal treatment protocol remains elusive. Issues, such as poor compliance, challenge the ability to attain an ideal outcome through patching, a primary treatment for amblyopia.2 These challenges have led to the fact that, in traditional strategies, patients with amblyopia usually undergo extended optical treatment (EOT) first to lessen the amount of subsequent patching for a better therapeutic experience.

The Independent (2024-05-04). Jinja city allocates land to Makerere University for campus. independent.co.ug Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja City Council has resolved to allocate 52.6 acres of land for the construction of a campus for Makerere University. The land is located in Budondo ward, Northern Division. Rajab Kitto, the Jinja City Council Spokesperson says that they held a meeting with the management of Makerere University at their …

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). China's Communist Youth League has around 74.17m members. ecns.cn The Communist Youth League of China had about 74.17 million members from nearly 4.32 million CYLC organizations by the end of last year.

The Lancet (2024-05-04). Editorial] Housing: an overlooked social determinant of health. thelancet.com The fact that our homes are inextricably linked to our health is not new. "One might have imagined that science and common sense would by now have appreciated the importance of such considerations" reads a letter on housing and health, published in The Lancet in 1922. Access to adequate housing is recognised as a fundamental human right under law. Why then do we continue to allow so many people to live in unhealthy housing conditions? The UN Statistics Division estimated that in 2022, more than 1 billion people lived in urban slums or slum-like conditions, with this figure expected to triple by 2050.

The Independent (2024-05-04). Minister Oboth: Uganda ever ready for Eastern Africa Standby Force. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Defence, Jacob Oboth, has said Uganda is ever ready for the formation of the Eastern Africa standby force. Oboth was speaking while meeting the Director of Eastern Africa standby force Brig Gen (rtd) Paul Kahuria Njema at Mbuya military headquarters in Kampala. "As the Government of Uganda …

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). Poisoning case from 1994 back in news. ecns.cn Chinese prosecutors have recently accepted an application to examine irregularities in the police investigation of an unsolved poisoning case that has long garnered public attention and interest for nearly three decades.

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). China continues to improve social insurance system. ecns.cn China has been improving its social insurance system to better support the development of the country, with the number of participants in the basic pension reaching 1.07 billion as of the end of March, a year-on-year increase of 14 million, said the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.

ecns.cn (2024-05-04). In Numbers: China, Latin America brace for deeper ties. ecns.cn

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2024-05-04). Policía desaloja a estudiantes antisionistas de universidad en París. telesurtv.net Exigen se investiguen los supuestos lazos de su centro con universidades israelíes, así como que rompan vínculos con cualquier proyecto que beneficie a Tel Aviv o a empresas que financien el conflicto.

María Candela (2024-05-04). De Vietnam a la franja de Gaza. radiohc.cu En la combativa Universidad de Columbia, en New York, se ha iniciado una protesta, que se extiende ya por más de 50 universidades en la nación norteamericana. La agresiva represión policial, sigue a dos décadas de persecución al movimiento estudiantil propalestino.

María Candela (2024-05-04). Petro desmiente norma que pediría pasaporte a venezolanos en Colombia. radiohc.cu Bogotá, 26 abr (RHC) El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, desmintió este sábado una información difundida por algunos medios donde aseguran que el Gobierno estaría evaluando pedir a los migrantes venezolanos pasaportes actualizados para entrar al país.

Orlando González Cruz (2024-05-04). Quesada triunfa en arranque del Torneo Capablanca de Ajedrez. radiohc.cu La Habana, 4 may (JIT) El campeón nacional Luis Ernesto Quesada protagonizó este viernes un estreno triunfal en el grupo élite del 57 Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Capablanca in Memóriam 2024, que se juega en el hotel Habana Libre.

Orlando González Cruz (2024-05-04). Buen paso de Cuba en Norceca de Voleibol de Playa en Varadero. radiohc.cu La Habana, 4 may (JIT) El duo cubano de Jorge Luis Alayo y Noslen Díaz encabezó invicto el buen paso de la representación de la isla en la apertura de la segunda fase del Circuito Norceca de Voleibol de Playa 2024, que transcurre en el reconocido balneario de Varadero.

María Candela (2024-05-04). Marinas y náuticas de Cuba atraen atención de turoperadores. radiohc.cu Jardines del Rey, 4 may (RHC) La compañía Marlin atrae hoy la mirada de los turoperadores y agentes de viajes extranjeros que asisten a la 42 Feria Internacional de Turismo de Cuba (FITCuba 2024).

María Candela (2024-05-04). Cuba denuncia bloqueo estadounidense en conferencia de paz en París (+Foto). radiohc.cu París, 4 may (RHC) El embajador de Cuba en Francia, Otto Vaillant, denunció este sábado en una conferencia de paz organizada por el Partido Comunista Francés (PCF) el bloqueo que Estados Unidos impone a su país y las consecuencias de esa política.

María Candela (2024-05-04). Panamá la sombra del ausente. radiohc.cu Ricardo Martinelli mostró satisfacción al conocer que la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Panamá avaló una decisión del Tribunal Electoral, de permitir al abogado José Raúl Mulino, reemplazar al acaudalado ex presidente como candidato en las elecciones del domingo 5 de mayo.

María Candela (2024-05-04). Base Naval de Guantánamo, una ofensa a la dignidad de los cubanos>. radiohc.cu Guantánamo es escenario de un nuevo Seminario Internacional de Paz y por la abolición de las Bases militares extranjeras, que cercenan la soberanía de los pueblos, constituyen un elemento desestabilizador y una amenaza a la seguridad internacional.

teleSUR, ahf, YSM (2024-05-04). Ucrania insinúa ataque contra puente de Kerch en Rusia. telesurtv.net La portavoz del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Rusia, María Zajárova dijo que si el ataque ocurriera, no solo sería una acción "condenada al fracaso", sino que la "represalia será aplastante".

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2024-05-04). Organizaciones rechazan reforma constitucional en El Salvador. telesurtv.net El documento considera que "una reforma a la Constitución debe ser discutida ampliamente por toda la sociedad y no aprobarse en una plenaria con dispensa de trámite.

teleSUR, idg, DRL (2024-05-04). Exdirector de PetroPerú reitera que dio dinero a Alan García. telesurtv.net Atala ofreció las declaraciones durante la audiencia de prueba anticipada ante el Sexto Juzgado de Investigación Preparatoria Nacional.

teleSUR, JGN (2024-05-04). Petro separa a dos funcionarios del Gobierno colombiano. telesurtv.net "Aquí no se protege a nadie. Funcionario que llegue a robar, funcionario que se va", manifestó el jefe de Estado colombiano.

teleSUR, idg, DRL (2024-05-04). Trinidad y Tobago reconoce oficialmente al Estado palestino. telesurtv.net Ya son 141 los países miembros de la ONU que reconocen al Estado de Palestina. En días recientes naciones como Jamaica y Barbados, también tomaron esa decisión.

teleSUR, MER (2024-05-04). Presidente de Venezuela llama a la FANB a forjar carácter antiimperialista en defensa de la patria. telesurtv.net El Ejecutivo resaltó la importancia de la unión cívico-militar y aseguró que la FANB es la garantía de la paz interna.

teleSUR- lvm (2024-05-04). Establecen 18 provincias en alerta amarilla en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net Se recomienda a las personas abstenerse de cruzar, ríos, arroyos y cañadas que presenten altos volúmenes de agua en las provincias bajo alerta.

teleSUR, idg, DRL (2024-05-04). Más universidades de EE.UU. se suman a protestas antisionistas. telesurtv.net Los estudiantes afirmaron que continuarán las manifestaciones hasta que se cumplan sus demandas.

teleSUR, ahf, YSM (2024-05-04). Reportan más de 200 muertos por inundaciones en Kenia. telesurtv.net El dirigente aseguró, en el comunicado, que se han destinado los "recursos adecuados" que responderían ante las consecuencias de las inundaciones sobre la población.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2024-05-04). Gobierno de Venezuela ofrece ayuda a Brasil por lluvias. telesurtv.net Según la agencia de Protección Civil, más de 32.000 brasileños tuvieron que abandonar sus hogares debido a los efectos de las intensas lluvias.

teleSUR, YSM (2024-05-04). Reprimen a estudiantes franceses por expresar solidaridad con Gaza. telesurtv.net La policía comenzó a desalojar la ocupación de la universidad; mientras, los estudiantes insistieron en que en la tarde debían regresar para continuar con las protestas.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2024-05-04). Universitarios costarricenses instalan campamento pro-Palestina. telesurtv.net Este movimiento es parte de la protesta estudiantil global que comenzó en universidades de primer nivel en Estados Unidos, como Harvard y Columbia.

teleSUR, JGN (2024-05-04). Universitarios cubanos apoyan a estudiantes de EE.UU. telesurtv.net El presidente de la organización estudiantil, Ricardo Rodríguez González dijo que toda causa justa "convoca siempre a los mejores sentimientos de los revolucionarios".

teleSUR -idg, DRL (2024-05-04). Supremo de Panamá declara legal candidatura de José Raúl Mulino. telesurtv.net En un comunicado la CSJ detalló que la decisión del pleno recibió ocho votos a favor y un salvamento de voto.

Orlando González Cruz (2024-05-04). Las Tunas, séptimo triunfo sucesivo en Serie de Beisbol. radiohc.cu La Habana, 4 may (JIT) Las Tunas venció este viernes 7×3 a Santiago de Cuba, y aseguró la subserie particular, firmando su séptima victoria consecutiva, para conservar la cima de la 63 Serie Nacional de Beisbol.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-05-04). Estudiantes de la Universidad de Princeton inician huelga de hambre. telesurtv.net "Esta huelga es una respuesta a la negativa del Gobierno (de EE.UUU.) a aceptar nuestras demandas de separación y retirada de Israel", dijo uno de los estudiantes.

teleSUR, DRL (2024-05-04). Venezuela conmemora cuarto aniversario de Operación Negro Primero. telesurtv.net Recuerdan la derrota por la unión cívico militar policial de la Operación Gedeón, para asesinar a integrantes del Gobierno Bolivariano y crear una situación de violencia.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-05-04). Se movilizan en defensa del Instituto de Cine en Argentina. telesurtv.net Trabajadores del Incaa nucleados en la Asociación de Trabajadores del Estado (ATE) hicieron una asamblea abierta al público.

teleSUR, JCM, MER, JGN, SH, JDO (2024-05-04). Minuto a minuto del asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net La OMS ha alertado sobre la grave situación sanitaria en Gaza y la falta de recursos para atender a la población afectada por los ataques israelíes.

María Candela (2024-05-04). Cuba elegirá gobernadores y vicegobernadores en cuatro provincias. radiohc.cu La Habana, 4 may (RHC) Cuba elegirá este sábado gobernadores y vicegobernadores en cuatro provincias cuyos puestos quedaron vacantes y los resultados del escrutinio serán dados a conocer esta tarde por la Comisión Electoral Nacional (CEN), informaron fuentes autorizadas.

María Candela (2024-05-04). Nuevos procederes terapéuticos en Cuba para trastornos del movimiento. radiohc.cu La Habana, 4 may (RHC) La estimulación cerebral no invasiva en sus dos variantes: magnética transcraneal repetitiva y la transcraneal con corriente directa son los nuevos procederes terapeúticos aplicados hoy por los especialistas cubanos para trastornos del movimiento.

María Candela (2024-05-04). China rechazó posición de EEUU sobre Taiwán. radiohc.cu Beijing, 4 may (RHC) China condena este sábado la posición de Estados Unidos sobre la participación de Taiwán en la Asamblea Mundial de Salud y condenó la interferencia de Washington en sus asuntos internos.

María Candela (2024-05-04). Bloguerías de Mayo dialogan sobre desafíos de la prensa en Cuba. radiohc.cu La Habana, 4 may (RHC) Las Bloguerías de Mayo: el evento más joven dentro de las Romerías promueven este sábado el debate sobre comunicación, medios y servicios e inteligencia artificial como desafíos de la prensa cubana actual.

María Candela (2024-05-04). Medicamento cubano Heberprot-P gana espacio en EEUU. radiohc.cu La Habana, 4 may (RHC) La autorización otorgada al medicamento Heberprot-P para realizar ensayos clínicos fase tres en Estados Unidos, constituye hoy un nuevo éxito de los científicos e investigadores cubano de la industria biotecnológica y farmacéutica.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-05-04). Gobierno español rechaza las criticas del presidente Milei. telesurtv.net "El pueblo español seguirá manteniendo y fortaleciendo sus lazos y colaboración con el pueblo argentino", indica el ministerio de Exteriores…

teleSUR, bcb, JCM (2024-05-04). Lluvias torrenciales dejan 15 fallecidos en Indonesia. telesurtv.net Reportan 42 casas arrasadas y un centenar de viviendas con daños graves, así como afectaciones en un puente y cuatro carreteras.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2024-05-04). øCómo serán las elecciones generales en Panamá. telesurtv.net El nuevo presidente, 71 diputados para la Asamblea Nacional, 81 alcaldes, 20 representantes para el Parlamento Centroamericano y más de 700 autoridades locales serán elegidos durante el proceso.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-05-04). Ataque a campo de desplazados deja 12 muertos en R.D. del Congo. telesurtv.net El gobierno congoleño y Estados Unidos culpan al ejército ruandés y al grupo rebelde M23 de atacar campamentos donde miles de personas buscan refugio.

teleSUR, YSM (2024-05-04). Presidente de Cuba analiza situación del abasto de agua. telesurtv.net En esta ocasión, se dialogó sobre las causas y soluciones de los tres problemas fundamentales de Cuba con relación al agua: los salideros, el abasto y las aguas negras.

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2024-05-04). Fiscal de Perú recibe a familiares de víctimas de las protestas. telesurtv.net Los dirigentes de la Organización Nacional de Mártires y Víctimas registradas entre diciembre de 2022 y marzo de 2023 plantearon sus demandas de justicia por las vidas perdidas y celeridad en las indagaciones.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-05-04). Estudiantes palestinos convocan a unirse contra genocidio. telesurtv.net "Extendemos nuestro agradecimiento y saludos a los estudiantes y movimientos estudiantiles de todas las universidades del mundo", refirió la Unión General de Estudiantes Palestinos.

teleSUR, bcb, JCM (2024-05-04). Sube a 57 el número de muertos por fuertes lluvias en Brasil. telesurtv.net La Defensa Civil reporta 67 desaparecidos, 74 heridos y 24.600 evacuados.

teleSUR, bcb, JCM (2024-05-04). Asciende a 34.654 la cifra de palestinos asesinados por Israel. telesurtv.net En las últimas 24 horas, el Ministerio de Sanidad gazatí informó de tres masacres israelíes contra residencias familiares.

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2024-05-04). Suman 34.622 los palestinos asesinados en Gaza por Israel. telesurtv.net De acuerdo al balance actualizado, se han producido 26 nuevas muertes en las últimas 24 horas.

teleSUR, YSM (2024-05-04). Se movilizan en respaldo al presidente Maduro en Sucre, Venezuela. telesurtv.net La marcha contó con la participación del primer vicepresidente del Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2024-05-04). Venezuela rechaza escogencia del Equipo Olímpico de Refugiados. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con el COV, a los competidores no se les ha negado la tramitación de documentos venezolanos, ni se les considera como perseguidos políticos.

teleSUR, ahf, YSM (2024-05-04). Registran más de 30 muertos por fuertes lluvias en Brasil. telesurtv.net La situación meteorológica ha dejado a "más de 351.000 habitantes afectados"; así como "23.600 desalojados en 235 municipios".

teleSUR, JGN (2024-05-04). Candidata a presidencia de México ofrece ampliar programas sociales. telesurtv.net Sheinbaum se comprometió a "construir más preparatorias, pero también más universidades".

teleSUR, JCM (2024-05-04). Rusia emite orden de búsqueda contra el presidente de Ucrania. telesurtv.net El presidente de Ucrania, Vladimir Zelenski, junto con exmandatario Petró Poroshenko es buscado por el Ministerio del Interior ruso.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-05-04). Gobierno argentino decreta aumento del 15% del salario mínimo. telesurtv.net Dicho aumento es un número muy por debajo del índice inflacionario de estos meses.

CADTM International (2024-05-04). The CADTM Denounces the Lack of Action on Climate Change and the Neoliberal Approach of the Bretton Woods Institutions. cadtm.org

Michael Roberts (2024-05-04). Further thoughts on the economics of imperialism. cadtm.org

Maria Elena Saludas (2024-05-04). Towards the 6th International Ecosocialist Meeting. cadtm.org

Eric Toussaint (2024-05-04). The singularity and importance of the 1st World Anti-Fascist Conference to be held in Porto Alegre from 17 to 19 May 2024. cadtm.org

Eric Toussaint (2024-05-04). Are the BRICS and their New Development Bank offering alternatives to the World Bank, the IMF and the policies promoted by the traditional imperialist powers? cadtm.org

Yorgos Mitralias (2024-05-04). "The Olympic flame, a wonderful idea from Dr. Goebbels"! cadtm.org

Michael Roberts (2024-05-04). India: Modi and the rise of the billionaire Raj. cadtm.org A general election in India starts today. 970m Indians, more than 10% of the world's population, will head to the polls in what will be the largest election in history for the Lok Sabha (House of the People) parliamentary elections. The poll will spread across India and take up to 4 June to complete. Opinion polls suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and his coalition will win a third successive 5-year term, and win by (…) | – | / |

Sushovan Dhar (2024-05-04). India : popular movements, not elections, will bring transformative change. cadtm.org With the exception of a brief period, India has been more fortunate than many other nations in being able to maintain parliamentary rule over the last 77 years. With 900 million voters—more than the populations of Europe and Australia put together—the Indian elections are hailed as the largest exhibition and celebration of democracy. The nation's economic growth over the past 30 years —one of the fastest in the world—also makes the elections noteworthy on a global scale.
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Eric Toussaint (2024-05-04). The World Bank saw the debt crisis looming. cadtm.org

Eric Toussaint (2024-05-04). The Mexican debt crisis and the World Bank. cadtm.org

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-04). Gaza Under Siege: Aggression Continues on 211th Day, Efforts Intensify in Cairo Talks for Ceasefire Deal. english.almanar.com.lb On the 211th day of the ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation army ramped up its attacks on homes in Rafah, resulting in more casualties. Despite the devastating situation, efforts to reach a ceasefire deal were intensified in Cairo, where the Hamas delegation met with British officials to discuss ending the war. …

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-04). Direct hit as Islamic Resistance fighters targeted spy equipment at the Al-Raheb Israeli site: Hezbollah statement. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-04). Hezbollah Achieves More Precise Hits on IOF Sites Near Lebanon Border. english.almanar.com.lb In support of the Palestinian people and resistance in Gaza and in light of the Israeli aggression on the various South Lebanon villages, the Islamic Resistance continued on Saturday striking the Zionist occupation sites near the Lebanese borders with occupied Palestine, inflicting losses upon the enemy forces. Hezbollah military media released a series of statements …

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-04). IOF Face Intensified Attacks at Netzarim Axis by Palestinian Resistance Factions: A Failed Attempt to Restore Deterrence. english.almanar.com.lb The Netzarim axis in Gaza has become a battleground as Palestinian resistance factions engage Israeli occupation forces (IOF) troops in a series of coordinated attacks. The Martyr Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Al-Quds Brigades, and Mujahideen Brigades are among the groups involved in the clashes, using missiles and heavy-caliber mortar shells to target IOF troops at …

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-04). Video| Hezbollah Strikes IOF Soldiers in 'Shtula' Settlement. english.almanar.com.lb Hezbollah's Military Media released on Saturday a video showing the strike on two buildings where Israeli occupation soldiers were stationed in the settlement of Shtula, northern occupied Palestine. | The precise strike took place earlier on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-04). Iran's IRGC Warship Shahid Mahdavi Makes History by Sailing into Southern Hemisphere. english.almanar.com.lb The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy's indigenous warship Shahid Mahdavi has made history by crossing the Equator and entering the Southern Hemisphere. The 2,100-tonne vessel, equipped with advanced weaponry and communication systems, achieved this milestone on Friday as part of Iran's efforts to expand its naval presence in international waters. Designed for long-range …

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-04). UK-Palestinian Surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah Denied Entry to France. english.almanar.com.lb French authorities detained Palestinian-British surgeon and activist Ghassan Abu Sittah at Charles de Gaulle Airport on Saturday. They confiscated his phone and barred his entry, citing a memorandum prohibiting him from entering European Union territories, reportedly owing to a complaint from German authorities. Abu Sittah commented on the biased measure, stating on his personal "X" …

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-04). Islamic Resistance fighters strike the Al-Radar site in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms with missiles, hitting it directly: statement. english.almanar.com.lb

newarab (2024-05-04). Hamas chief discusses Gaza ceasefire talks with Egypt, Qatar. newarab.com A statement by the Palestinian group on Thursday said a delegation is set to visit Egypt soon for further ceasefire talks in the Gaza war. | The statement added that Haniyeh had affirmed the group's "positive spirit in studying the ceasefire proposal" in the phone call with Egypt's Kamel.

newarab (2024-05-04). UN: famine in northern Gaza is already 'full-blown'. newarab.com A top UN official said Friday that hard-hit Cindy McCain, the American director of the UN World Food Program, became the most prominent international official so far to declare that trapped civilians in the most cut-off part of Gaza had gone over the brink…

newarab (2024-05-04). Eurovision organisers to ban Palestinian flags. newarab.com Organisers of the competition said on Thursday they reserve the right to remove any Palestinian flags or symbols, displayed at next week's event in Sweden, anticipating large protests by pro-Palestine groups in Malmo. | Ticket holders are permitted only to bring and display flags of the 37 participating countries, including Israel, and flags r…

newarab (2024-05-04). ICC's Khan says Israeli threats 'undermining' court's work. newarab.com The comment was in an apparent reference to In a statement released by Khan's office on X, the prosecutor said "s…

newarab (2024-05-04). Gaza needs biggest post-war reconstruction effort since WWII. newarab.com The world hasn't seen anything like the unprecedented destruction of housing in The UN assessment said the social and economic impact of the war following Hamas' surprise attack in southern Israel on October 7 has been…

newarab (2024-05-04). Israeli firms sold invasive surveillance tech to Indonesia. newarab.com At least four The investigation, which is based on trade records, shipping data, and internet scans, uncovered links between official government bodies and agencies in Indonesia—a country without formal diplomatic ties with Israel. | The links be…

newarab (2024-05-04). Lebanese student protests call for divestment from Israel. newarab.com

newarab (2024-05-04). Israel continues Gaza assault amid Cairo truce talks. newarab.com A Hamas delegation arrived Saturday in Egypt for the latest round of Al-Qahera News, linked to Egyptian intelligence services, quoted an unnamed high-ranking source as saying that "there is significant progress in the negotiations" between the Palestinian militant group and Israel and that the Egyptian mediators have "reached an agreed-upon formula on most points of contention". | Despite the ongoing pe…

newarab (2024-05-04). Iraqi group claims missile attack on Tel Aviv targets. newarab.com The Islamic Resistance in The source told news agency Reuters the attack was carried out with multiple Arqub-type cruise missiles and targeted the Israeli city of Tel Aviv for the first time. | The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has claimed dozens of rockets and drone attacks on U…

newarab (2024-05-04). Tunisian students force university to cut pro-Israel partner. newarab.com Tunisian students have Last weekend, dozens of journalism students camped at Manouba's Institute of Press and Information Sciences (IPSI) to protest the establishment's partnership with the German Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS). | They named their camp after Sherine Abu Akleh — a journalist killed while on duty by the Israeli army in 2022 [mdash…

newarab (2024-05-04). Iraq rainstorm flooding kills 4 hikers: officials. newarab.com

newarab (2024-05-04). What is the US-Saudi deal that will 'reshape' the region. newarab.com The Officials from the

newarab (2024-05-04). Violence shuts crucial aid corridor into Sudan's Darfur: WFP. newarab.com Violence around the city of al-Fashir in

newarab (2024-05-04). The New Arab Weekly: ICC warrants and homosexuality in Iraq. newarab.com

newarab (2024-05-04). UNESCO awards press prize to Palestinian journalists in Gaza. newarab.com UNESCO on Thursday awarded its world press freedom prize to all Palestinian journalists covering the "In these times of darkness and hopelessness, we wish to share a strong message of solidarity and recognition to those Palestinian journalists who are covering this crisis in such dramatic circumstances," said Mauricio Weibel, chair of the international jury of media pro…

newarab (2024-05-04). Sudanese refugees flee UN camp in Ethiopia following attacks. newarab.com At least 1,000 The refugees said about 7,000 of the 8,000 residents of the Kumer camp left on foot early on Wednesday morning after they were attacked and robbed by local militiamen. | They said they were detained by the police shortly after leaving the camp,…

newarab (2024-05-04). Suspected IS attack kills at least 13 in east Syria. newarab.com Suspected members of the The attack wounded others who were taken to hospitals in the central province of Homs, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It said 15 were killed in the attacks on three posts near the c…

newarab (2024-05-04). New 'Falastin' exhibition by digital museum Collecteurs. newarab.com

newarab (2024-05-04). Qatar considers future of Hamas office in Doha. newarab.com Qatar could close the political office of Hamas as part of a broader review of its role as a The Gulf state was weighing whether to allow Hamas to continue

newarab (2024-05-04). Biden makes 'chilling' warning to pro-Gaza student protests. newarab.com US President Biden stressed that the rule of law "must be upheld" hours after police

newarab (2024-05-04). UK announces new sanctions against West Bank 'extremists'. newarab.com The sanctions follow what the foreign ministry in London called an "unprecedented rise" in settler violence over the past year. | As

newarab (2024-05-04). Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger. newarab.com Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting US troops, a senior US defense told news agency Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger's junta to expel US forces. | The military officers ruling the West African nation have told the US to withdraw its nearly 1,000 military personnel from the country, which until a coup last year had been a key partner for Washington's fight against insurgents who have killed thousands of people and displaced millions more. | A senior US defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Russian forces were not mingling with US troo…

newarab (2024-05-04). Lebanon arrests paedophile gang suspects. newarab.com The minors were used to lure other minors who were allegedly "drugged, raped and blackmailed into promoting drugs", a judicial official said. | The eight arrested so far are suspected of being part of a wider group of 28 people identified in connection with the cas…

newarab (2024-05-04). Ten Palestinian films you should watch. newarab.com Over the last 20 years, Palestinian film directors have released a variety of movies that collectively form a cinematic archive of Palestinians' struggle for survival and their native land.
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newarab (2024-05-04). Sudan army chief's son dies after road crash in Turkey. newarab.com A son of Sudan's army chief and de-facto leader Mohammed Fattah al-Burhan Rahmane was riding his motorbike in Turkey's capital, Ankara, in March when he collided with a utility vehicle and was thrown several meters off his bike. | He was transferred to a hospital where he was admitted to inte…

newarab (2024-05-04). Tunisia expels hundreds of sub-Saharan migrants from capital: NGO. newarab.com Tunisian authorities in the early hours of Friday expelled hundreds of Makeshift settlements in Tunis, including near the International Organization for Migration (IOM), were destroyed as the migrants were "deported to the Algerian border", said the Tunisian Forum for Social and Economic Rights (FTDES). | "At least 300 migrants, including refugees and asylum-seekers, as well as women and chil…

newarab (2024-05-04). Turkey says it killed 32 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq. newarab.com

newarab (2024-05-04). US Muslim Advocacy Day sees record turnout amid Gaza war. newarab.com Muslim Advocacy Day, which involves politicians and civil society members visiting the US and state capitols, took place this week amid growing frustration over the US government's continued support for A record turnout saw more than 700 Muslims visit the US Capitol on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to advocate for civil rights protections in the US, for an end to

newarab (2024-05-04). Hamas delegation heading to Cairo for truce talks: official. newarab.com Hamas said its delegation will travel to Cairo on Saturday to resume Foreign mediators have been waiting for a Hamas response to a proposal to halt the fighting for 40 days and exchange hostages for "We emphasise the positive spirit with which the Hamas leadership dealt with the ceas…

newarab (2024-05-04). UK Labour's Gaza war stance leads to local election losses. newarab.com

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Palestinian rescuers search for casualties following Israeli strike on Rafah. presstv.ir Palestinians search for casualties under the rubble of a destroyed building following Israeli airstrikes on the city of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Gazans mourn over bodies of loved ones at al-Najjar hospital in Rafah. presstv.ir Relatives mourn over the bodies of their loved ones at al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip after Israeli airstrike.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). More Iran universities offer to welcome those expelled from US colleges. presstv.ir More Iranian universities offer to welcome those expelled from US colleges for protesting over the ongoing US-backed Israeli genocide against the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Student protests against Gaza genocide sweep UK universities. presstv.ir Students at several universities in the UK stage tent encampments to urge their universities divest from Israel, ending any potential complicity in the regime's genocidal war on Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). May 3: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation. presstv.ir Amid Israeli genocide in Gaza, Palestinian and regional resistance groups continued their operations against the regime and its Western backers on Friday, May 3.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Israel 'too cowardly' to respond to Iran's retaliatory strikes: Yemen's Ansarullah. presstv.ir A ranking official of Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement says Israel is "too cowardly" to respond to Iran's daring strikes on the occupied territories last month.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). If US decides Israel's war on Gaza must stop, it will happen: Hamas. presstv.ir A senior member of Hamas says if the US decided that Israel's war on Gaza should stop, it will definitely happen.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Hamas says delegation heading to Cairo for ceasefire talks. presstv.ir The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has said its delegation will travel to the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Saturday to resume ceasefire talks.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). 'Ceasefire now!' – Pro-Palestinian motorcade drives through Rotterdam. presstv.ir Scores of demonstrators took part in a pro-Palestinian motorcade in Rotterdam, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). UN food agency: Northern Gaza in throes of 'full-blown famine'. presstv.ir The UN World Food Program (WFP) says there is a "full-blown famine" in the northern Gaza Strip following more than six months of Israel's genocidal war against the besieged Palestinian territory.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Families of Israeli captives press for swap deal with Hamas. presstv.ir Families of Israeli captives step up pressure to reach a swap deal with Hamas.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). UCL campus protests. presstv.ir Students at several UK universities have launched tent encampments demanding their universities divest from firms that supply arms to Israel and end any potential complicity in the regime's genocidal war on Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Iran, Egypt FMs discuss promotion of ties, end to Israel's aggression. presstv.ir The Iranian and Egyptian foreign ministers discuss possible ways to promote mutual ties and end Israel's crimes in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Greek May Day demos condemn Israeli savagery in Gaza. presstv.ir A few thousand protesters held flags, banners, and placards in support of Palestine and the protests taking place on university campuses in the States.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Netanyahu stonewalling truce deal: Top Hamas official. presstv.ir Top Hamas official says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is stonewalling a truce deal between the movement and the Tel Aviv regime.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). ICC slams threats after broaching arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. presstv.ir The ICC denounces threats against the top UN court after speculation about issuing arrest warrants for Israeli leaders over the Gaza war.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Pro-Palestine student protests proliferate across the world. presstv.ir Pro-Palestine student protests have intensified in several countries across the world, including Canada, France, Mexico, and Australia, amid a crackdown on their counterparts in the United States and a mounting death toll from Israel's war on Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Iran: Police violence against student protests exposes US hypocrisy. presstv.ir Iran says the repression of pro-Palestinian protests across the United States uncovered the mask of hypocrisy from the false defenders of freedom of speech and human rights.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Resistance fighters target Israeli forces in Gaza. presstv.ir Palestinian resistance fighters conduct new operations against Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Do not underestimate Hezbollah's ability to harm Israel: Senior official. presstv.ir A high-ranking official of Lebanon's Hezbollah underscores the resistance movement's great defense capabilities, warning the Israeli regime against underestimating its power to harm the occupying entity.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Russia warns West on 'dangerous' escalation of tensions in Ukraine war. presstv.ir Russia censures "dangerous" Ukraine-related comments made by France's Emanuel Macron and Britain's David Cameron.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Inspired by demos in US, students in Lebanon protest for Gaza. presstv.ir They were inspired by similar demonstrations taking American and European campuses by storm.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Iran FM to attend 15th OIC Islamic summit in Gambia. presstv.ir The Iranian foreign minister will take part in the 15th annual Islamic Summit Conference of the OIC in Gambian capital of Banjul.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Police dismantle migrant camp near Paris city hall. presstv.ir Police said the dozens of tents posed a potential health and security risk.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Smoke clouds billow over Berlin after fire at factory with chemicals storage. presstv.ir A large fire at a Berlin metalworking factory on the outskirts of the German capital led to plumes of black smoke on Friday.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Drone footage captures aftermath of deadly Kenyan flood. presstv.ir At least 42 people have been killed in floods in central Kenya's Mai Mahiu area after a dam burst early on Monday.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Yemen announces expansion of pro-Gaza operations to Mediterranean. presstv.ir The Yemeni army has announced the start of a new phase in Yemen's retaliatory operations which it has been conducting in support of Palestinians.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Pentagon shifts jets to Qatar after UAE bans use of base for strikes: WSJ. presstv.ir The Pentagon is shifting military gear to Qatar after UAE officials imposed restrictions on airstrikes from an air base long used by the US in the country, a report says.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). Protesters burn photos of G7 leaders ahead of energy meeting in Italy. presstv.ir Protesters set pictures of G7 leaders on fire and chanted during a demonstration near Italy's Turin city.

presstv.ir (2024-05-04). IRGC warship sails into Southern Hemisphere for first time. presstv.ir The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy's indigenous Shahid Mahdavi oceangoing warship has crossed the Equator and sailed into the Southern Hemisphere for the first time.

Larry Johnson (2024-05-04). Ukraine, The War in Gaza and Argentina. sonar21.com I did several interviews today, but I am only posting the roundtable with Judge Napolitano and Ray McGovern and my chat with Ania, which contains a segment on Argentina. | The descent of the United States into an authoritarian state intent on controlling speech and punishing political opponents kicked off our conversation with the Judge. I think the Israeli/Zionist movement is in trouble.

hindustantimes (2024-05-04). Al-Qassam & Al-Quds Brigades Rain Fire On Israeli Positions As Netanyahu Prepares For Rafah Invasion. hindustantimes.com Palestinian militant groups intensified their attacks on Israeli military positions amid fear of the Rafah invasion. Hamas' military wing al-Qassam Brigades struck Israeli forces stationed along the Netzarim axis in Gaza several times with heavy-caliber mortar shells and with the 114mm short-range 'Rajoom' rocket system. Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, also bombarded an Israeli military command and control centre with mortar shells near the Turkish Friendship Hospital along the supply route to the Netzarim axis. Watch INTERNATIONAL NEWS…

hindustantimes (2024-05-04). Netanyahu Gets Blunt Warning From Biggest Ally; Biden Official Red-Flags Israel's Rafah Plan | Watch. hindustantimes.com

hindustantimes (2024-05-04). Days After Houthis Rejected USA's Offer, Yemeni Group Announces '4th Phase' Of Red Sea Ship Attacks. hindustantimes.com Yemen's Houthi group has announced the expansion of its operation in the Red Sea. Spokesperson Yahya Saree said, "We will attack all ships heading to or having links with Israel in the Mediterranean Sea as well as in any area within our reach." Saree also warned Israel against launching an operation in Rafah. Watch for more. INTERNATIONAL NEWS…

hindustantimes (2024-05-04). USA, Israel Exposed For Threatening International Criminal Court? Chief Prosecutor Says… | Gaza War. hindustantimes.com International Criminal Court's Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan issued an unusual warning about alleged threats to his office and the world court. The Chief Prosecutor claimed attempts to intimidate amid buzz of possible arrest warrants against Israeli leaders including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "The office insists that all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence its officials cease immediately," he said in a statement. INTERNATIONAL NEWS…

hindustantimes (2024-05-04). Putin's Forces Destroy Four ATACMS Missiles Over Crimea; U.S.' Much-Hyped System A Paper Tiger. hindustantimes.com

hindustantimes (2024-05-04). Lawrence Bishnoi Linked To Nijjar Killing? Canada Arrests 3 Indians; No Proof Of Indian Govt Hand. hindustantimes.com

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