The corporate oligarchy is attempting to instill in us a fear of migrants and a disdain for the concept and strategy of mutual fairness and "DEI." If we buy into it, we're being played, Think about it. We need to use our intellect. They want us to become racist and unenlightened so we'll blindly follow their leadershp without question. They're playing on our basic instincts of fear and blame just like Hitler and Mussolini did in their grand strategies. So, let's be steadfast in knowing that we are all brothers and sisters on this earth, and if we stick together they will fail and we will continue building a better world.
mondoweiss.net (2025-01-30). The U.S. appears to be pushing for more ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Will it succeed?
Donald Trump has brought back a plan to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza that was pushed by the Biden administration and the Israeli far right. Although these plans have been rebuffed so far, there are signs Trump might be more successful.
(2025-01-31). Breaking: Greenstein 'terror' trial for anti-genocide comments set for almost a year off. skwawkbox.org 
Jewish left-winger's bail extended but judge so far refuses to move trial to more convenient location Jewish anti-genocide activist Tony Greenstein's trial for alleged support for a proscribed organisation has been set for almost a year off, starting 5 January 2026. Greenstein has been charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 for an X post defending …
(2025-01-31). Israeli AI-propaganda bot starts accusing Israel of genocide, apartheid and being 'white colonisers'. skwawkbox.org 
Machines do learn, apparently An Israeli social media account run by an 'AI bot' designed to spread Israeli propaganda about Palestine has started accusing Israel of illegal colonisation, racism and genocide. The so-called 'FactFinderAI' used artificial intelligence to promote Israel's excuses and false claims during its genocide in Gaza has started attacking the Israeli government …
(2025-01-31). Trump To Cancel Student Visas For Palestine Protesters. popularresistance.org Donald Trump will sign an executive order to deport non-citizen university students who have participated in protests opposing the Gaza genocide. | "To all the resident aliens who joined in the pro-jihadist protests, we put you on notice: come 2025, we will find you, and we will deport you," said the President in a fact sheet. "I will also quickly cancel the student visas of all Hamas sympathizers on college campuses, which have been infested with radicalism like never before." | Although the order has not been issued yet, the White House has released materials in support of the order and unnamed White House offi…
(2025-01-31). Practical Tips for Alleviating the Distress of Depression or Anxiety Resulting from the U.S. Genocide in Palestine. counterpunch.org Since October of 2023, we have been witnessing a live-streamed genocide. To get a front-row seat, all we have to do is turn on our cell phones. A few touches of the screen brings up unspeakable atrocities. Or, if you prefer, you can watch videos of happy children or images of young men and women
(2025-01-31). Large protests in Australia against oppression of Aboriginal people, Gaza genocide. wsws.org While the attendance at the protests revealed a yearning for a unified struggle against all forms of racism and oppression, the leaders of the marches and speakers subjected the demonstrators to divisive racialist politics.
(2025-01-31). The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei rallies in Stuttgart: "The future will be decided by what we do" wsws.org Large posters in several languages read: "Stop the war," "Stop the genocide in Gaza" and "Two world wars are enough!"
(2025-01-31). Large protests against oppression of Aboriginal people, Gaza genocide in Australia. wsws.org While the attendance at the protests revealed a yearning for a unified struggle against all forms of racism and oppression, the leaders of the marches and speakers subjected the demonstrators to divisive racialist politics.
(2025-01-31). SOMA Collective for Palestine: Official Statement on Israeli Soldier Protest. fightbackbetter.com On Sunday, January 26, members of the SOMA Collective for Palestine learned of a protest only after it had begun outside Oheb Shalom in South Orange, New Jersey. The demonstration, led by out-of-town activists, protested the temple's decision to host a laudatory event for an Israeli soldier—a representative of a military force responsible for ongoing genocide. That such a figure was welcomed into a local institution is appalling. Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers have committed atrocities ag…
(2025-01-31). Bristol is marching to call out its university's 'stain' on the city over Palestine. thecanary.co On Saturday 1 February, students and Palestine campaigners are joining forces to call out the University of Bristol's "double stain" on their city. Protesters are marching to demand that the university drops its massive arms partnerships and ceases banking with bloodstained arms financier Barclays. University of Bristol: complicit in Israel's Gaza genocide Research by the …
(2025-01-31). Palestine Action Hit 15 Offices Of Allianz In One Night. popularresistance.org In a coordinated wave of actions across Europe, Palestine Action struck at 15 premises of the 'Allianz' company, investors in and insurers of Elbit Systems, Israel's largest weapons company. Allianz's provision of Employers Liability Insurance to Elbit Systems UK renders the insurance giant deeply complicit in the genocide in Gaza, as — without insurance — Elbit could not operate in Britain. German firm Allianz, which is also a major institutional investor in Elbit, had nine of its premises struck with red paint and smashed windows on Tuesday 28 January. The actions happened across England, Scotland,…
(2025-01-31). Trump's Onslaught Against Racial Justice. counterpunch.org 
President Trump's recent executive orders are an assault upon the framework of racial justice built since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That law barred discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex and national origin. Its protections extended to voter registration, public accommodation, schools, parks, and workplaces. Trump's revocation of former President Biden's environmental justice initiative ("Justice 40") and President Lyndon Johnson's 1965 equal employment directive, are veritable licenses to discriminate. The speed and breadth of the onslaught may be described as a blitzkrieg, a "li…
(2025-01-31). Journalists covering eastern DRC conflict face death threats, censorship. CPJ Africa Program Staff
(2025-01-31). RFK Jr. and the Science of Misinformation. counterpunch.org 
The following first ran on CounterPunch at the height of the COVID pandemic in January of 2022. Are anti-vaccine propagandists really being censored? That's the claim RFK Jr. and his raucous admirers make as they point out the lawyer-turned anti-vaccine crusader was kicked off of Instagram and has yet to appear on MSNBC or snag
(2025-01-31). The Israelis left behind in 50 mn. tons of bomb-infested rubble in Gaza, as hundreds of thousands stream home. nationofchange.org Clearing this rubble will be extremely dangerous for so many reasons.
(2025-01-31). DeepSeek is showing us that another tech world is possible. pressenza.com
(2025-01-31). DeepSeek crushes ChatGPT and becomes the highest-rated free app in Apple App Store. infobrics.org Were Western tech companies behind "malicious attacks" on DeepSeek?>
(2025-01-31). Is DeepSeek China's Sputnik moment? peoplesworld.org 
In 1978, just months before China initiated the reform and opening up of its economy, Communist Party leader Deng Xiaoping told a meeting of researchers: "Our science and technology have made enormous progress since the founding of New China…. But we must be clear-sighted and recognize that there is still an enormous gap between our …
(2025-01-31). 'Multiple' Israeli airstrikes hit Lebanon in breach of ceasefire. presstv.ir Israel has committed new violations of the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, including through airstrikes on the country's east which left at least two people dead.
(2025-01-31). Israeli Forces Shoot Many Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank. imemc.org 
On Thursday, Israeli soldiers shot and injured at least eight Palestinian citizens, including children, in various parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jenin, Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Hebron.
(2025-01-31). A War for America or a War for Israel? Trump Moves to Crush Yemen's Houthis. libya360.wordpress.com Robert Inlakesh On January 22, President Donald Trump signed an executive order re-designating Yemen's Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthi movement, as a "foreign terrorist organization." He vowed to dismantle the group's capabilities, a decision that seemed at odds with his self-proclaimed anti-interventionist stance and "America first" rhetoric. Critics argue that the move effectively…
(2025-01-31). They're Still Slaughtering Civilians In Gaza. caitlinjohnstone.com.au Drop Site News reports that more than 80 Palestinians
(2025-01-31). Smart City Projects in the Middle East Will Pave the Way for Greater Israel. muslimskeptic.com Recently, the Muslim ummah has been overjoyed alongside the Palestinians following the long-awaited ceasefire in Gaza. However, with the new, extremely pro-Israeli Trump administration in power, it doesn't seem as though this ceasefire will last very long. As such, the Muslim ummah must immediately, lest we become lax and let Israel catch us off guard, …
(2025-01-31). Philadelphia: Ceasefire today — liberation tomorrow. workers.org 
Philadelphia: Ceasefire today — liberation tomorrow. Credit: WW Photo, Joe Piette Organized by the Philadelphia Palestine Coalition, on Jan. 25, over 100 people participated in a march to celebrate the Palestinian resistance. Withstanding 15 months of genocidal U.S./Israeli violence, Hamas and other people's forces came out of it still determined . . . |
(2025-01-31). Israel Releases 110 Palestinian Detainees, Hamas Releases 3 Israelis and 5 Thai Nationals. imemc.org 
On Thursday, as part of the ceasefire agreement between the Israel and the Hamas Resistance Movement, 3 Israelis and 5 Thai nationals were released in Gaza, while 110 Palestinian detainees were released by occupation authorities in the third such exchange since the ceasefire came into effect on January 19th.
(2025-01-31). As Donald Trump plays God in Gaza, Israel acts like spoiled brat. asiapacificreport.nz The Gaza ceasefire deal proves that Israeli politics can only survive if it is engaged in perpetual war. COMMENTARY: By Abdelhalim Abdelrahman US President Donald Trump has unsettled Arab leaders with his obscene suggestion that Egypt and Jordan absorb Palestinians from Gaza. Both Egypt and Jordan have stated that this is a non-starter and will…
(2025-01-31). Palestinians return to homes in Gaza as UNRWA ban looms. electronicintifada.net Two weeks of siege in occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Israel attacks Lebanon despite extended ceasefire.
(2025-01-31). Ukrainian Media Outlet Leaks Alleged Trump Plan To End Ukraine War. popularresistance.org The Ukrainian news outlet Strana has published leaked details of President Trump's alleged plan to end the war in Ukraine in 100 days. | According to Newsweek, which said it couldn't verify if the details were accurate, the plan starts with holding a phone call between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in late January or early February, followed by meetings with both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in February or March. | The leaked plan calls for a ceasefire to be declared by Easter, which falls on April 20. The truce would involve Ukraine withdrawing troops from Russia's Kursk Oblast.
(2025-01-31). Israel Conducts Airstrikes in Lebanon Despite Ceasefire Deal. themedialine.org 
(2025-01-31). Israel Has Killed 53 in West Bank, Including 8 Children, in January Alone. truthout.org Israeli forces have killed dozens of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank just in the first month of 2025, the UN has reported, as Israel has escalated its assault on the region amid its ceasefire in Gaza. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for the occupied Palestinian territories reported on Thursday that, since the beginning of this year… |
(2025-01-31). Two Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank's Jenin. aljazeera.com At least 19 people have been killed by Israeli forces since it ramped up deadly raids after Gaza ceasefire.
(2025-01-31). Gaza 'ceasefire at risk' if UNRWA forced to stop operations. aljazeera.com UK, France and Germany reiterate 'grave concern' over Israeli law forbidding contact between its officials and UN agency…
(2025-01-31). Israel attacks Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, violates ceasefire deal again. aljazeera.com In the two months from November 27 to Monday, Israel killed at least 83 people in Lebanon…
(2025-01-31). In Syria, the Lunatics are Running the Asylum. libya360.wordpress.com Fuad Walid Itayim As the dust settles in regime-changed Syria, a new reality emerges — one where the victors are not liberators, but former Al-Qaeda warlords restyled in suits, shaking hands with world leaders, and reshaping the state in their own sectarian image. For years, many speculated what Syria — a country with deep religious…
(2025-01-31). Iran's FM Affirms Support for Syrian Government Endorsed by Its People. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi declared Tehran's support for Syria's unity and any government legitimately approved by the Syrian people.
(2025-01-31). Qatar's Emir Visits Syria in Historic First Meeting With Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa. themedialine.org 
(2025-01-31). Headlines for January 31, 2025. democracynow.org Trump Blames DEI for D.C. Crash Amid Reports of Understaffing, Recent Patterns of Landing Troubles, RFK Jr. Denies COVID Vaccine Saved Millions; Errs on Basic Info About Medicaid, Medicare, Kash Patel Refuses to Rule Out Targeting Trump Critics as Head of FBI, Senators Press Tulsi Gabbard on Ed Snowden Comments, Russia, Syria, Paramount Could Settle in "60 Minutes" Lawsuit as Major Networks Bow to Trump, Meta Agrees to $25 Million Settlement over Suspending Trump's Accounts, Trump's New FCC Chair Launches Probe into NPR & PBS, Judge Lifts D.C. Travel Ban for Oath Keepers Leader After Trump…
(2025-01-31). Western-backed HTS Islamists organise executions in Syria. wsws.org Since the Islamist HTS militia seized power in Syria, reports of excessive violence and executions of members of religious minorities have increased.
(2025-01-31). Let's Embrace the Need for Collective Action, in Good Times and Bad. counterpunch.org 
When my multigenerational family of six evacuated our home this January, we wondered if the fires visible from our front porch would engulf our house as we fled. Text reports of friends losing homes bombarded my phone as we settled into a cramped hotel room for the next three nights. Our home was just spared,
(2025-01-31). Singapore: End harassment and intimidation of Transformative Justice Collective. fidh.org 11 organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, condemn in the strongest terms the latest restrictions imposed by the Singapore government on activists from the Transformative Justice Collective (TJC), a civil society group actively opposing the death penalty and advocating for human rights in the country. Read the statement (…) | – |
(2025-01-31). "Extraordinarily Dangerous": Chip Gibbons Warns Kash Patel Would Turn FBI's Powers on Trump's Enemies. democracynow.org 
President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist who has promoted right-wing conspiracy theories, is "one of Donald Trump's most disturbing picks" who seems poised to use the office to go after journalists and other Trump critics, says Chip Gibbons of the civil liberties organization Defending Rights & Dissent.
(2025-01-31). Portland fights migrant deportation. workers.org 
Portland, Oregon By Even Reif On January 21, the Workers World Party Portland branch joined with International League of Peoples' Struggle, BAYAN and over a dozen progressive and leftist groups in a protest against the inauguration of President Donald Trump. The event took place at the Battleship Oregon memorial — . . . |
(2025-01-31). Attorney General's Defense of New York's Voting Rights Act. urbancny.com 
In a significant legal victory, New York Attorney General Letitia James successfully defended the constitutionality of New York's John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act (NYVRA) in Clarke v. Newburgh. The …
(2025-01-31). Toolkit For The Movement: Guides For Community Defense. popularresistance.org Recent years have seen our community and movement partners on the frontlines wracked by COVID-19, ongoing systemic anti-Black racism, accelerating climate disasters, and growing authoritarian repression, which have all disproportionately harmed those we work alongside: those who survive at the margins and those whose existence and resistance threatens the intolerable status quo. | Toolkit for the Movement is a collection of resources to support and protect our communities. This includes information on what to do if an agent knocks at your door, FOIA basics for activists, and more.
(2025-01-31). India emerges as global leader in satellite launches. tvbrics.com 
Prime Minister Modi highlights record-breaking achievements…
(2025-01-31). Greece: Continued judicial harassment against migrants' rights defender Panayote Dimitras. fidh.org
(2025-01-31). Critical Moment for the EU Anti-Deforestation Law. hrw.org Worldwide, large-scale monocrop agriculture is the most significant driver of deforestation. Bulldozers flatten natural landscapes, wiping out wildlife and destroying the forest resources that support millions of people's livelihoods. Cattle ranches, expansive plantations of oil palm, and soybean farms take over where rainforest used to reign.Efforts to slow deforestation for commercial agriculture have usually been voluntary and have mostly failed. This is why the European Union's Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EUDR) is a necessary departure from the obsolete voluntary model. The EUDR stipulates that…
(2025-01-31). Behind the scenes of the plan to deport Palestinians. workers.org 
By Fouad Baker The following article was submitted to Workers World on Jan. 29, 2025, by Fouad Baker, a Palestinian politician and human rights activist. The article was lightly edited. The Trump plan to deport the Palestinian people from Gaza and the West Bank cannot be viewed in the same . . . |
(2025-01-31). Public Service Unions File Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration. popularresistance.org Today, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), represented by Democracy Forward and Bredhoff and Kaiser PLLC, filed suit against the Trump administration challenging efforts to politicize the civil service through illegal executive orders. | The lawsuit asserts that President Trump illegally exceeded his authority in attempting to unilaterally roll back a regulation that protects the rights of civil servants. The suit also names the Office of Personnel Management for its role in failing to adhere to the Administrative Pr…
(2025-01-31). Activists in Mexico rally against incoming Trump's anti-immigration policies. presstv.ir Migrant rights groups in Mexico demonstrated against the proposed anti-immigration measures of US President-elect Donald Trump.
(2025-01-31). Six Israeli soldiers killed, injured as Jenin fights back onslaught. presstv.ir An Israeli soldier has been killed and five others were wounded during an exchange of fire with Palestinian resistance fighters at the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank.
(2025-01-31). UN expert slams Algeria's 'criminalisation' of rights activists. newarab.com 
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(2025-01-31). Rights group calls for urgent int'l conference to rebuild Gaza. newarab.com 
A UK-based human rights organisation has called for an urgent international conference to provide desperately needed
(2025-01-31). Urgent call to confirm the suspension of Azerbaijan's PACE credentials at winter session 2025. fidh.org In a joint letter, human rights organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, call the members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to uphold the suspension of Azerbaijan's credentials for 2025, as escalating repression of civil society in the country violates the principles of the Council of Europe (…) | – |
(2025-01-31). WURI Foundation Hosts 2024 Meeting and Webinar: Inspiring Innovation for the 2025 Global Rankings. pressenza.com 
By Genevieve Balance Kupang | The World University Network of Innovation for Presidents (WUNI-P), Leaders (WUNI-L), and Experts (WUNI-E) participated in an enlightening webinar organized by the World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI) on December 5, 2024. Before this webinar, the WUNI Leaders held two online meetings facilitated by WUNI-L President Sir Robert Frederick Hayden. The webinar featured distinguished speakers who provided valuable insights into the future of higher education and innovation. Mr. Sang-Hyun Kim, Vice Chair of WURI Ranking 2025, warmly welcomed participants, setting a positive tone…
(2025-01-31). Cuban female orchestra Anacaona delights with its music in Panama. plenglish.com Panama City, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) For the first time in Panama, the Cuban female orchestra Anacaona, founded 93 years ago, imposed its particular style today before an audience eager for good music.
(2025-01-31). Trump Evokes Global Symbol of Torture With Plan to Send Immigrants to Gitmo. truthout.org Attorneys who represented hundreds of men who were incarcerated for years at the notorious U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba are appalled by President Donald Trump's vague plan to detain tens of thousands of immigrants at a naval base associated with some the nation's darkest human rights abuses in modern times. Earlier this week, Trump issued a brief memo directing the Pentagon… |
(2025-01-31). Kash Patel Is "One of Donald Trump's Most Disturbing" Picks, Journalist Warns. truthout.org President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist who has promoted right-wing conspiracy theories, is "one of Donald Trump's most disturbing picks" who seems poised to use the office to go after journalists and other Trump critics, says Chip Gibbons of the civil liberties organization Defending Rights & Dissent. This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in… |
(2025-01-31). Indigenous Leader Leonidas Iza Wants to Be Ecuador's Next President. libya360.wordpress.com Indigenous leader Leonidas Iza Salazar is one of the 16 candidates contesting the February 9 presidential elections in Ecuador. Ecuador heads to the polls for general elections on February 9, in a moment of unprecedented multidimensional crisis. In recent years, the country has made headlines internationally for the unprecedented uptick in violent crime, the year-long…
(2025-01-31). Concerns mounting over new energy crisis in EU as Russian gas transit via Ukraine ends. presstv.ir As the agreement allowing Russian gas transit through Ukraine to Europe expires on Tuesday, concerns are mounting over new energy crisis in EU.
(2025-01-31). DR Congo crisis not just regional concern, 'but global responsibility,' says UN official. independent.co.ug 
PETER KENNY | ALL AFRICA.COM | The humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is "not just a regional concern but a global responsibility," a UN spokesperson has said. Matthew Saltmarsh, global spokesperson for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said at a press conference the situation in the DRC is deteriorating, with nearly …
(2025-01-31). Historic sentencing appeal at Royal Courts of Justice for 16 Just Stop Oil prisoners. thecanary.co In a defining moment for the climate crisis movement, Lady Justice Carr yesterday (Thursday 30 January) heard an extraordinary mass sentencing appeal at the Royal Courts of Justice on behalf of the 'Lord Walney 16'. The 16 Just Stop Oil supporters were sentenced to a combined total of more than 41 years in 2024 for …
(2025-01-31). Concluye hoy VI Conferencia Internacional Por el equilibrio del mundo. radiohc.cu La Habana, 31 ene (RHC) El nuevo sistema internacional, los desafíos de género, la paz y la democracia centrarán hoy los análisis de la última jornada de la VI Conferencia Internacional Por el equilibrio del mundo, que se celebra en Cuba.
(2025-01-31). Netanyahu's people plot to prevent Israeli army from getting a 'leftist' chief of staff. haaretz.com Of the three candidates, Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir has the most experience, but he has been smeared by the right as one of those 'progressives' who has been brainwashed by Israeli leftists and American liberals…
(2025-01-31). Images of freed Israeli hostages don't justify claims of victory from Netanyahu's supporters. haaretz.com Just as Hamas' victory trumpets are pathetic, there are not grounds for the prime minister's blind supporters' bragging about 'total victory' in Gaza ‚ñ Trump's plan to transfer Palestinians from Gaza is still along way from being implemented…
(2025-01-31). Netanyahu refuses to promote 'messianic' IDF general favored by his wife Sara. haaretz.com Israeli prime minister opposed promoting Maj. Gen. David Zini to be his military secretary. It was reported this week that Sara Netanyahu wanted him to be a candidate for IDF chief of staff…
(2025-01-31). 'Our feelings are mixed': Bibas family awaits Yarden's release as Shiri and children remain in Gaza. haaretz.com The family of hostage Ofer Kalderon, also slated to be released from Gaza on Saturday, thanked Trump 'for contributing to the realization of the deal' and called on Netanyahu 'not to wait even a minute to advance the next stage of the agreement'…
(2025-01-31). Don't bet on how Netanyahu's meeting with Trump, the old friend he disappointed, will end. haaretz.com Netanyahu's upcoming trip to Washington may be historic and decide the fate of the hostage deal and the government ‚ñ The first signs of election season were also observed this week in Jerusalem ‚ñ Who takes first place in the parade of distortion and gaslighting?
(2025-01-31). Israeli minister calls on Netanyahu to reissue work permits to Palestinian workers. haaretz.com Interior Minister Moshe Arbel of Shas also called on the government to 'reach out to Arab society in all areas — social, economic, energy, transportation, education, and the fight against crime'…
(2025-01-31). Over 25 NJ Democratic Party Candidates Challenge Democratic Party Sponsored Law to Immediately Impose Increased Petition Requirements. fightbackbetter.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/31/2025 Contact: DemocratsforChange@outlook.com Statewide Coalition of Assembly and Commissioner Challengers Urge Governor Murphy to Delay Implementation of…
(2025-01-31). SOMA Collective for Palestine: Official Statement on Israeli Soldier Protest — All Hands: Feb 2 Maplewood, NJ. fightbackbetter.com Contact: SOMA Collective for Palestine: Join us for an hour on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2-3pm, at Maplewood Town Hall574 Valley…
(2025-01-31). Freed Israeli hostage held in UNRWA facilities in Gaza, got no medical care after being shot twice, mother says. haaretz.com ISRAEL: Hostages Ofer Kalderon, Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas set to be released from captivity on Saturday ‚ñ LEBANON: IDF strikes Hezbollah targets deep in Lebanon ‚ñ GAZA: Foreign ministers of the U.K., France and Germany express 'grave concern' over Israeli bill banning UNRWA ‚ñ WEST BANK: Crowds greet Palestinian prisoners freed as part of Gaza hostage/cease-fire deal…
(2025-01-31). Negotiations reportedly underway to release Israeli researcher kidnapped in Iraq in 2023. haaretz.com ISRAEL: Hostages Ofer Kalderon, Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas set to be released from captivity on Saturday ‚ñ LEBANON: IDF strikes Hezbollah targets deep in Lebanon ‚ñ GAZA: Foreign ministers of the U.K., France and Germany express 'grave concern' over Israeli bill banning UNRWA ‚ñ WEST BANK: Crowds greet Palestinian prisoners freed as part of Gaza hostage/cease-fire deal…
(2025-01-31). Israel's ban of UNRWA punishes Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank. newarab.com 
As the Israeli occupation's decision to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees ( The UNRWA, a crucial lifeline for millions of refugees, is at risk of being cut off in Gaza, ho…
(2025-01-31). Israeli Forces Assassinate a Palestinian Man in Nablus. imemc.org 
| Israeli forces executed a Palestinian man, on Thursday, after shooting and abducting him in the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
(2025-01-31). Army Continues Offensive In Tulkarem For Fifth Day. imemc.org 
The Israeli occupation army continues its aggression on Tulkarem city and the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank's northwestern part for the fifth consecutive day, causing extensive damage to public and private properties and infrastructure, and demolishing homes. Early Friday, Israeli soldiers abducted five young men after besieging two houses in the city, …
(2025-01-31). Israeli Navy Kills A Palestinian In Central Gaza. imemc.org 
On Friday, the Israeli navy fired live rounds at Palestinian fishermen near the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip's central part, killing one Palestinian. Media sources said the navy fired barrages of live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats, killing a fisherman identified as Saher Walid Al-Qar'an, 19, before he was moved to the Al-Aqsa …
(2025-01-31). Israeli Soldiers Demolish Homes In Tulkarem Refugee Camp. imemc.org 
On Friday evening, Israeli soldiers demolished homes in the center of Tulkarem refugee camp, in Tulkarem in the northwestern West Bank, as part of their ongoing aggression against the refugee camp and the Tulkarem city. Eyewitnesses stated that continuous explosions were heard from inside the refugee camp, specifically in the Al-Nadi neighborhood, with thick smoke …
(2025-01-31). Soldiers Injure Several Palestinians In Bethlehem. imemc.org 
On Friday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Husan village, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and injured several Palestinians. Rami Hamamra, the head of Husan Village Council, stated that several Israeli military jeeps invaded the village, particularly in the Al-Majles area, the schools' area, the village center, and Al-Matina in the eastern part, closing …
(2025-01-31). Ignorant and Free Doesn't Work. counterpunch.org 
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." — Thomas Jefferson, 1816 I think we can assume that unless the non-MAGA sector of American voters find some way to remove Donald J. Trump from office, or he vacates it the
(2025-01-31). At least 30 dead in India stampede at Hindu mega-festival. newarab.com 
A pre-dawn stampede at the world's largest religious gathering killed at least 30 people in Deadly crowd incidents are a frequent occurrence at Indian religious festivals, including the Kumbh Mela, which attracts tens of millions of devotees every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj. | As pilgrims rushed to participate in a sacred day of ritual bathing, people sleeping and sitting on t…
(2025-01-31). Sarkozy's son signs up for French far-right magazine. newarab.com 
The third son of former French president The first contribution from Louis Sarkozy, 27, is set to appear in a relaunched edition of the magazine on Wednesday and will be devoted to "the values of the right". | "He's ebullient, cultured, creative: it's the perfect combination for a column at the end of the magazine," director Tugdual Denis told…
(2025-01-31). ELECTORAL COMMISSION: The 2024 census data is unsuitable for updating the voter register. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission (EC) has revealed that it is using the 2014 National Census data to update the national voters' register ahead of the 2026 general elections. Justice Simon Byabakama, the EC Chairperson, told the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee that the recently collected 2024 National Census data is …
(2025-01-31). Union leaders take sides in Democratic Party chair race. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—With the AFL-CIO enunciating principles for the future direction of the Democratic Party, but staying out of the race for the organization's chair, labor leaders who are members of the Democratic National Committee are taking sides between two state party chairs vying for the top job. The 450-member panel's vote is scheduled for February 1. …
(2025-01-31). Trump & Rubio: staunchest supporters of Israel and the Jewish people. onlineopinion.com.au Rubio established his credentials when addressing the Republican Jewish Coalition on 3 December 2015.
(2025-01-31). Only 4% of Israelis Believe Gaza War Goals Fully Achieved: Poll. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Only 4% of Israelis believe the regime's objectives in the genocidal war on Gaza have been "fully achieved," according to a new poll published by Israel's Maariv newspaper.
(2025-01-31). Hamas Confirms Martyrdom of Military Commander Mohammed Deif. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hamas has confirmed the martyrdom of its top military commander, Mohammed Deif, months after Israel claimed to have killed him in an airstrike in July.
(2025-01-31). Jerusalem Post Targets MintPress After Exposé on Israeli Spies in US Media. scheerpost.com
(2025-01-31). Third Prisoner Exchange Takes Place Amid Israeli Condemnation. scheerpost.com
(2025-01-31). Official: Hamas will continue to administer Gaza as war 'over'. presstv.ir A senior official says Hamas will continue to administer the Gaza Strip after 15 months of a ruthless war which Israel launched on the besieged territory to eliminate the resistance group.
(2025-01-31). Hamas names three captives to be released Saturday. presstv.ir Al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, announced the names of three Israeli captives who will be released on Saturday.
(2025-01-31). Prisoner thanks Gazans after release, says Israel tortures Palestinians. presstv.ir Zakaria Zubeidi, a senior leader of the Fatah movement and commander of its armed wing the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in the West Bank, was among 110 Palestinian prisoners released on Thursday.
(2025-01-31). Hamas warns Israel of 'significant price' before showing off seized Israeli gun. presstv.ir Hamas warns the Israeli regime about the "significant price" of the latter's keeping up its aggression against Palestinians.
(2025-01-31). IRGC: Legacy of Qassam Brigades martyrs eradicating 'cancerous tumor' of Israel. presstv.ir The IRGC says the glorious legacy of the martyrs of Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas, in the battle against Israel will lighten the way for the future of Resistance.
(2025-01-31). Hamas says Deif, fellow leaders shattered Israel's myth of invincibility. presstv.ir Hamas hails its martyred commanders' battleground prowess, which used to instill fear into the Israeli regime's ranks and smashed its alleged invincibility.
(2025-01-31). Two Israeli army reservists charged with spying for Iran, providing classified intel on Iron Dome. haaretz.com According to the indictment, one of the two suspected IDF reservists photographed the radar screen of the Iron Dome system and sent it to an Iranian agent. The two also sprayed graffiti at several sites around Israel and sent pictures to the agent…
(2025-01-31). 'There's some air in our lungs now; We deserve to be a little happy'. haaretz.com Anyone following the Nir Oz community's hardships since the October 7 massacre, through funerals, uncertainty over missing members and hostages and dilemmas about temporary housing and the future, could sense a shift on Thursday when hostages Arbel Yehoud and Gadi Moses returned…
(2025-01-31). Israel struggles with Iran's recruiting of its citizens for spying. haaretz.com With a soldier arrested on suspicions of passing on footage of the Iron Dome missile-defense system, the police have released their own video warning about treason and the death penalty…
(2025-01-31). WhatsApp says Israeli spyware company Paragon targeted dozens of journalists, civil society activists. haaretz.com This is the first time the Israeli cybersecurity company Paragon, which was recently sold to an American corporation, has been linked to cases where the technology may have been abused…
(2025-01-31). State-sponsored study booklet for Israeli teens pushes Orthodox Jewish practice. haaretz.com The booklet — which contains statements like 'Try to observe Shabbat and say Kiddush' — was produced by a prominent travel company, which the Education Ministry has subsidized by the millions…
(2025-01-31). IDF takes limited action to prevent Hezbollah resurgence in south Lebanon amid delayed withdrawal. haaretz.com Senior IDF officers believe that Hezbollah began its recovery the moment the cease-fire came into effect. Israel also knows that Hezbollah has not been defeated and still retains both military capabilities and the motivation to continue operations…
(2025-01-31). Israel can't fight Kahanism without fighting the despair that triggered it. haaretz.com
(2025-01-31). Rubio credits Witkoff's business-like approach for brokering Israel-Gaza cease-fire. haaretz.com U.S. Secretary of State said the Trump administration's approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has already paid further dividends than the Biden administration's efforts…
(2025-01-31). Citing hike in global prices, Israel to raise cost of gas by 11 agorot per liter. haaretz.com
(2025-01-31). There can be no 'after the war' before all Israel's hostages are freed from Gaza. haaretz.com
(2025-01-31). Negotiations reportedly underway to release Israeli researcher kidnapped in Iraq in 2023. haaretz.com ISRAEL: U.S. Middle East Envoy Witkoff met with hostage families at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv ‚ñ LEBANON: IDF strikes Hezbollah targets deep in Lebanon ‚ñ GAZA: Trump on plan for Jordan and Egypt to take in displaced Palestinians: 'The U.S. has done a lot for them. They'll do it' ‚ñ WEST BANK: Crowds greet Palestinian prisoners freed as part of Gaza hostage/cease-fire deal…
(2025-01-31). Israeli army says it attacked Hezbollah targets deep in Lebanon. haaretz.com ISRAEL: U.S. Middle East Envoy Witkoff met with hostage families at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv ‚ñ LEBANON: IDF intercepts drone launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon, in first since cease-fire began ‚ñ GAZA: Trump on plan for Jordan and Egypt to take in displaced Palestinians: 'The U.S. has done a lot for them. They'll do it' ‚ñ WEST BANK: Crowds greet Palestinian prisoners freed as part of Gaza hostage/cease-fire deal…
(2025-01-31). Israeli 'propaganda' AI bot turns into 'pro-Palestine machine'. newarab.com 
(2025-01-31). Nine states to launch legal action against Israel over Gaza war. newarab.com 
Delegations from nine countries are set to gather in In response to pressure from the US Congress, which has sought to sanction the ICC, nine countries—Belize, Bolivia, Chile, C…
(2025-01-31). Three Israeli captives named and confirmed for release from Gaza. newarab.com 
The names of three Israeli captives held in Gaza by Ofer Calderon, Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas were on the Hamas list given to the Bibas, 35, was captured…
(2025-01-31). Colonial desire meets TikTok in Israel's 'lingerie genre'. newarab.com 
(2025-01-31). What is Israel's strategy in south Lebanon. newarab.com 
Lebanon's health ministry reported on Sunday that Israeli forces, after missing the agreed withdrawal deadline, The incident came hours before
(2025-01-31). The 110 Palestinian prisoners freed in latest Gaza exchange. newarab.com 
Israel will release 110 Palestinian prisoners tonight Hamas,
(2025-01-31). UK surgeon reveals unimaginable horror of Gaza war. newarab.com 
In 2024, British humanitarian surgeon An emotional Dr Mamode detailed Israel's relentless
(2025-01-31). Nightmare as Egyptian truck drivers struggle to deliver aid to Gaza. independent.co.ug 
RAFAH, Egypt | Xinhua | Mohamed Ragab stood among crates of wilted fruits and vegetables, his frustration palpable: The 28-year-old truck driver has just completed the exhausting process of unloading his vehicle yet again, only to watch the perishable cargo spoil after being held for 72 hours by the Israeli side. "This is the …
(2025-01-31). Dear World: This is What Palestinian Unity Looks Like. counterpunch.org 
Even those of us who have long emphasized the importance of the Palestinian people's voice, experience, and collective action in Palestinian history must have been shocked by the cultural revolution resulting from the Israeli war on Gaza. By cultural revolution, I mean the defiant and rebellious narrative evolving in Gaza, where people see themselves as
(2025-01-31). Settler Colonialism: "It Ends With Us" in Palestine and Israel. counterpunch.org 
Israel tried to operate settler colonialism on the pattern of earlier European settler colonialisms established around the world. That effort linked to me indirectly in a remarkably personal way. Without grasping why, I chose to participate in a program for Harvard and Radcliffe undergraduates that took 20 of us to East Africa in the early 1960s as volunteers for a summer of teaching. I began to learn there what settler colonialism meant. Further studies grew into my doctoral dissertation later at Yale based on research in the records of London's Colonial Office and the British Museum. My resulting book, The Econ…
(2025-01-31). A Michigan nuclear plant is slated to restart, but Trump could complicate things. grist.org 
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. | The owners of a shuttered nuclear plant on the shores of Lake Michigan are still banking on its historic reopening later this year, despite the confusion of President Donald Trump's first days. | The
(2025-01-31). Hot Plutonium Pit Bomb Redux. counterpunch.org 
The proposed plutonium pit facility at Savannah River Site will reconstruct a massive 500-room partially completely abandoned building designed for the Mixed Oxide Plant. The spectacularly failed MOX plant would have processed old plutonium pits from de-commissioned US nuclear weapons per a nuclear weapons agreement with the Russians in 2000. Poor management and engineering revisions multiplied costs exceeding $7 billion when DOE finally terminated the MOX project in 2019. DOE recently paid the State of South Carolina an extra $600 million fine for failure to remove 10 tons of plutonium delivered to the MOX plant…
(2025-01-31). Chris Hedges Report: Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism. popularresistance.org The year 2008 signaled to many the weak foundations of modern capitalism in the hands of the greedy, untethered financial sector—the "vampire squid" investment banks as journalist Matt Taibbi called them. Rising from the ashes of the crash, these banks used government money—"socialism for the bankers"—to enrich themselves and Big Business. This money never got to the masses. Instead shares were bought back in traditional capitalist industries and an emerging powerful bloc—the Jeff Bezos's, the Microsoft's, the Google's of the world—invested in what guest Yanis Varoufakis calls, "clou…
(2025-01-31). The Safest Country In Latin America Became A Money Laundering Hub. popularresistance.org Once on track to be the safest country in Latin America, now Ecuador finds itself mired deep in gang violence, robberies, assassinations and insecurity. Under the last three neoliberal governments of Lenin Moreno, Guillermo Lasso, and current president Daniel Noboa, there has been a surge in violent crime that has derailed any of the gains made during the leftist Correa government. On January 3rd, Black Agenda Report contributor Clau O'Brien Moscoso spoke to economic analyst Juan Fernando Terán to discuss how the surge in violence in Ecuador has political, economic and geostrategic dimensions, with implications f…
(2025-01-31). Whether Biden Or Trump, US' Latin American Policy Will Be Contemptible. popularresistance.org With Donald Trump as the new US president, pundits are speculating about how US policy towards Latin America might change. | In this article, we look at some of the speculation, then address three specific instances of how the US's policy priorities may be viewed from a progressive, Latin American perspective. This leads us to a wider argument: that the way these issues are dealt with is symptomatic of Washington's paramount objective of sustaining the US's hegemonic position. In this overriding preoccupation, its policy towards Latin America is only one element, of course, but always of significance because the…
(2025-01-31). Where Have All The Liberals Gone? popularresistance.org I simply cannot figure American liberals and "progressives"—'pwogwessives,'" as the late Alexander Cockburn used to call them. | They do nothing when faced with calamitous events and call it hard work. Then, when the political process (such as it is) takes a radical turn for the worse and there is serious work to do, they announce that they are exhausted and must "take a break" from it all. | And then they go off to Mexico City or Barbados or the Cotswolds. | Can't figure it. When the going gets tough, liberals get… tickets to Santorini or Sicily.
(2025-01-31). 'Free Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian prisoners!'. workers.org 
The slightly edited talk was given by George Qarmout, a Palestinian activist educating and mobilizing for the freedom of Palestinian prisoners, at a New York City Workers World Party meeting on January 23, 2025. Go to youtu.be/iVZlbAx41j0 to view the talk. "The Palestinian struggle for national liberation is part and . . . |
(2025-01-31). Cleveland: Mass march blasts Trump. workers.org 
Hundreds of Clevelanders, mostly youth, rallied and marched through the city's Near West Side neighborhood on Jan. 25, voicing their outrage at the program of President Donald Trump. Cleveland-counter-inaugural-1-25-25. Credit: WW Photo, Martha Grevatt Chants, signs and speakers addressed the multitude of issues facing workers and oppressed people, from the . . . |
(2025-01-31). Las amenazas de Trump hacia el Canal de Panamá, una actualización de la Doctrina Monroe. workers.org 
Las amenazas de Trump hacia el Canal de Panamá, una actualización de la Doctrina Monroe Por Olmedo Beluche El autor es un anti imperialista y analista marxista panameña. Desde el 21 de diciembre de 2024, en el marco de la conmemoración de los 35 años de la última invasión militar . . . |
(2025-01-31). Afghanistan: International Criminal Court Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders marks new milestone for gender justice. fidh.org
(2025-01-31). Italy's failure to surrender Libyan suspect to the International Criminal Court is a breach of its Rome Statute obligation. fidh.org
(2025-01-31). Search, rescue ops continue in Tibet's Shigatse following deadly 7.1 magnitude earthquake. presstv.ir Rescue efforts continue in Shigatse region after a devastating earthquake hit Tibet.
(2025-01-31). Taking the place of animals to earn a living. electronicintifada.net With their horses and donkeys dead, many men and boys are now pulling their own carts around Gaza.
(2025-01-31). How to protect ourselves from Trump's Palestine advocacy crackdown. electronicintifada.net On this week's Livestream, we spoke to Abed Ayoub of ADC, reported on the prisoner exchange in Gaza and much more.
(2025-01-31). US seeks to block Hezbollah ally from naming Lebanon FM. newarab.com 
(2025-01-31). Did Nancy Ajram's latest X post confirm her divorce. newarab.com 
Lebanese pop star Nancy, widely known as the 'Queen of Arab Pop,' posted on X: "When a chapter ends, our souls begin writing a new chapter. This is the law of life." | The enigmatic words immediately sparked rumours across social media, with many interpreting them as a sign of a…
(2025-01-31). Sudan: Debt, Maldevelopment, and the Challenge of Stability. cadtm.org At the time of writing, Sudan remains at a dangerous crossroads. It can either be a state ruled by its diverse citizens' desire for the rule of law, equitable and sustainable development, democratization, and justice for all, or it can fragment into "bantustans" along regional and ethnic cleavages. For most of its independent political history, Sudan has been torn between two visions and forces. The colonized political elite lacked the imagination to build a nation beyond coloniality, while (…) | – | / |
(2025-01-31). Trouble at the tip of the Belt and Road: South Africa's largest industrial mega-project meets eco-social resistance. cadtm.org
(2025-01-31). Al Jazeera, the TV channel that saves the honor of modern journalism! cadtm.org
(2025-01-31). Take Trump and Musk's threats very seriously! cadtm.org
(2025-01-31). Iran's FM Meets Hamas Leaders in Qatar, Discusses Gaza Reconstruction. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi met with senior Hamas officials in Doha on Thursday, focusing on Gaza's reconstruction and the latest political and field developments.
(2025-01-31). Iran in Pot 1 of 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iran is draw in Pot 1 of the AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup China 2025.
(2025-01-31). Motorcycle Parade Marks 46th Anniversary of Imam Khomeini's Return to Iran. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A nationwide motorcycle parade commemorating Imam Khomeini's historic return to Iran in 1979 and the beginning of the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, was held in Tehran and across the country.
(2025-01-31). Egyptians Rally Against Trump's Proposal to Displace Palestinians to Arab Nations. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hundreds of Egyptians, including parliamentarians and pro-government party leaders, traveled to the Rafah crossing in North Sinai on Friday to protest US President Donald Trump's proposal to displace Palestinians from Gaza to Arab countries, including Egypt and Jordan.
(2025-01-31). China's first ultra-deepwater gas field surpasses 10 billion cubic metres in production. tvbrics.com 
It is the deepest, highest-temperature, and highest-pressure offshore gas field developed by China to date…
(2025-01-31). EAEU Intergovernmental Council's meeting announces 4% GDP growth of member states. tvbrics.com Belarus outlined its priorities for its EAEU Chairmanship…
(2025-01-31). South African poultry sector aims to boost exports. tvbrics.com 
The poultry sector remains a vital component of South Africa's agricultural landscape…
(2025-01-31). As scams soar, Singapore decides to protect victims from themselves. aljazeera.com City-state's new anti-scam law sparks debate about paternalistic governance embodied by founding father Lee Kuan Yew.
(2025-01-31). Black boxes recovered from plane in deadly American Airlines crash near DC. aljazeera.com National Transportation Safety Board says it will 'leave no stone unturned' in probe of midair collision.
(2025-01-31). For India's budget, a tightrope walk between jobs and gov't deficit. aljazeera.com Growth is slowing but there is 'no room for fiscal leniency' if India is to meet fiscal deficit targets, economists say.
(2025-01-31). Trump pledges to go ahead with 25% tariffs on Canada, Mexico from Saturday. aljazeera.com The US president says he 'may or may not' exclude oil imports from tariffs.
(2025-01-31). With France's military influence in Africa gone, can it rely on soft power? aljazeera.com The French language and a CFA currency tying 14 countries to France's treasury continue to have big effects.
(2025-01-31). Guantanamo deportations: What's Trump's plan? Why is it controversial? aljazeera.com The US president wants to send unauthorised immigrants to Guantanamo Bay, a prison notorious for the abuse of inmates.
(2025-01-31). Pakistan sacks, blacklists dozens of officials after Mediterranean deaths. aljazeera.com The crackdown follows recent boat disasters off Greece and Morocco in which dozens of Pakistanis died. Is it enough?
(2025-01-31). Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events — day 1,072. aljazeera.com Here are the key developments on the 1,072nd day of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
(2025-01-31). Thousands call for impeachment of Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte. aljazeera.com Daughter of former president faces three impeachment complaints over alleged misuse of millions in public funds.
(2025-01-31). A ray of sunshine for Myanmar's wounded rebels as civil war rages. aljazeera.com The Sunshine Care Centre has helped hundreds of badly injured fighters from Myanmar's civil war recover from injuries.
(2025-01-31). Trump insists Jordan and Egypt will take Palestinians from Gaza. aljazeera.com "They will do it". US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his proposal to resettle Palestinians from Gaza.
(2025-01-31). Three million Hindus take 'holy dip' a day after fatal crowd crush. aljazeera.com The Kumbh Mela attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj.
(2025-01-31). Did Trump's firing aviation officials raise the risk of the DC plane crash? aljazeera.com Experts say Trump firing aviation officials and ending DEI programmes likely did not affect aircraft.
(2025-01-31). Is Elon Musk a Nazi, and can he get European far-right hardliners elected? aljazeera.com Many people accuse Musk of harbouring Nazi sympathies. The truth is likely more mundane, say experts.
(2025-01-31). Myanmar military extends state of emergency for another six months. aljazeera.com The declaration is widely anticipated to be the last before the military holds long-delayed national polls this year.
(2025-01-31). Ukraine drone attack sparks fire at key Russian oil refinery. aljazeera.com Kyiv's latest attack on Russia's critical infrastructure hits second oil refinery in space of a week.
(2025-01-31). Which countries will Trump's foreign aid suspension hurt most? aljazeera.com The decision comes as President Donald Trump pushes for all government departments to prioritise 'America First'.
(2025-01-31). Funeral Atmospherics at the British Library. counterpunch.org 
On October 23, 2023, the British Library, one of the world's finest repositories of knowledge, was subjected to a cyber-attack. Some 600GB of files, including the personal data of Library users and staff from the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) database, was pinched or otherwise exfiltrated by the Rhysida ransomware group, said to have members across Russia,
(2025-01-31). Czech senator says new siege of Leningrad in Russia needed. infobrics.org Miroslava Nemcova made clear her intention to create famine and chaos in Russia through sanctions as the Russians marked 81 years since breaking the siege.
(2025-01-31). 'My Son Was Murdered or Sex-Trafficked and the Police Don't Care' — Julie Davis. bylinetimes.com 
It's 17: 40 on 19 April, 2024. A strong southerly wind is whipping off the Balearic sea. Julie Davis is leaning into it, shading her eyes, studying vessels dotting the bay of Barcelona Old Port. | The breakwater on which she stands – a functional 4.8km finger of concrete – is hardly a tourist attraction but it's not her first visit. She is retracing what the police think were the last movements of her son Levi. | Four thousand metres further into the distance, beyond the reach of the naked eye, is the 'Sierra Buoy'; the anchored nautical marker near which it is quite possible Levi was last seen on 30 October, 2…
(2025-01-31). Eskom issues load shedding 'high risk' alert. sanews.gov.za Eskom issues load shedding 'high risk' alert | Eskom has issued an alert for a high risk of load shedding "at short notice". | The power utility has not implemented rolling black outs for at least 10 months owing to the implementation of the Energy Action Plan and Generation Recovery Plan. | Eskom Group Chief Executive, Dan Marokane, explained that there had been several breakdowns over the past week which may result in Stage 4 load shedding over the weekend. | "This is a potentially temporary setback. Load shedding is largely behind us due to the structural improvements in our generation fleet. However, over the…
(2025-01-31). Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas is one of the largest in US history. wsws.org Health officials are downplaying the TB danger, although the outbreak has continued for a full year with no end in sight.
(2025-01-31). Germany's Christian Democrats unite with far-right AfD against refugees. wsws.org For the first time in the 75-year post-war history of the German parliament, one of the major parliamentary groups has made common cause with fascists to help an authoritarian and racist motion achieve a breakthrough.
(2025-01-31). In Morocco, anti-vax conspiracies spawn measles outbreak. newarab.com 
A deadly The measles outbreak—locally known as "Bouhamron"[mdas…
(2025-01-31). Health Ministry calls for support from donors to stop Ebola spreading. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health Dr Diana Atwine has said that they expect donors to intervene in halting further transmission of Ebola Virus Disease from Kampala to the region. Atwine was speaking shortly after declaring an outbreak of Ebola in Kampala following the death of a health …
(2025-01-31). 'All charges involving civilians in the Court Martial must CEASE'. independent.co.ug 
Military Courts Have No Power to Try Civilians- Supreme Court Rules Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda's Supreme Court has put to rest the debate on whether civilians can be tried in military courts. In an almost unanimous decision, the seven judges of the Supreme Court with a little variance ruled that military courts …
(2025-01-31). Ebola Outbreak: WHO Allocates US$1 Million. plusnews.ug 
The World Health Organization ( WHO) has allocated US$ 1 million (200 billion) from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies to help quickly tackle the Sudan Ebola Virus Disease outbreak confirmed in Uganda on Thursday. In their latest statement, WHO says they are readying medical supplies, including personal protective equipment to deliver to Uganda from its Emergency …
(2025-01-31). Samoa's Health Chief Says RFK Jr. Spread Anti-Vax Misinformation Before Deadly Measles Outbreak. democracynow.org 
The second day of confirmation hearings for Trump's secretary of health and human services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. again focused on his long record of vaccine skepticism, his shifting position on abortion and his professional inexperience in public health. Kennedy was questioned about his role in a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa in 2019. Dr. Alec Ekeroma, the director general of Samoa's Health Ministry, says Kennedy promoted anti-vaccine misinformation in the country, leading to the deaths of 83 people, the majority of whom were young children. "He is the preeminent anti-vax campaigner i…
(2025-01-31). They Don't Just Tell Us What To Think, They Train Us HOW To Think. caitlinjohnstone.com.au And this, ultimately, is why the world looks the way it looks: because powerful people have been so successful at manipulating the way the public thinks about things.
(2025-01-31). They Don't Just Tell Us What To Think, They Train Us HOW To Think. thealtworld.com It's not just that they tell us what to think, it's that they train us how to think. | From grade school on we are fed a framework for thinking about the world whose premises are completely fraudulent. Any analysis which does not take place within that framework is portrayed as ignorant at best and dangerous extremism at worst. | Before we come up with a single thought of our own about politics, we are trained to assume as our starting point that elections are real and that the official democratically elected government is the only power structure calling the shots in our country. We are trained to assume that de…
(2025-01-31). They're Still Slaughtering Civilians In Gaza. thealtworld.com 
Drop Site News reports that more than 80 Palestinians Mor…
(2025-01-31). Chinese "Nutcracker" production takes stage in Washington, D.C. america.cgtn.com 
A Chinese twist to a classic ballet show, The Nutcracker, is mesmerizing audiences at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, D.C., thanks to the National Ballet of China. | CGTN's Frances Kuo talks to the people behind the scenes of this classic production. | .
(2025-01-31). America, Japan and Australia coordinate actions against China in the Asia-Pacific. infobrics.org Scheduled for February, the US, Australia and Japan are to conduct their first large-scale joint military exercise, codenamed "Cope North", on the US Pacific colony of Guam. It should be noted that "Cope North" was established in 1978 as a quarterly bilateral exercise held at Misawa Air Base in Japan, but was moved to Andersen Air Force Base (AFB) in 1999. With Australia joining, this is creating the outlines of the so-called "Asia-Pacific NATO", which is yet another monstrosity bound to stoke instability and perhaps even war, death and destruction in the foreseeable future.
(2025-01-31). San Francisco's Chinatown celebrates Year of the Snake. america.cgtn.com 
Celebrations are in full swing for the Chinese New Year around the world. In San Francisco, local officials held a special ceremony in Chinatown.CGTN's Mark Niu reports from the celebration.
(2025-01-31). The Heat: Global economy. america.cgtn.com 
As China celebrates Spring Festival and the year of the snake, there is some optimism about the recovery of the global economy. | China's gross domestic product or GDP grew 5% in 2024, with the country pursuing high quality development, green energy, consumer spending and further opening up. The United States closed 2024 with 2.3% GDP growth. Consumer spending also helped keep the economy humming. The U.S. Federal Reserve announced a pause in interest rate cuts this week describing the economy as strong. The European Central Bank, however, announced more interest rate cuts for the Eurozone. The bloc's largest cou…
(2025-01-31). Trump's Tariffs vs. China's Long Game. counterpunch.org Donald Trump, never one to shy away from a headline-grabbing maneuver, announced on January 21 that he's mulling a 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports, potentially set to take effect February 1. This latest salvo in the long-simmering trade spat between the world's two largest economies raises eyebrows and questions in equal measure. The proposed
(2025-01-31). BRICS+ and G20: Competing or Collaborating for Global South. pressenza.com South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa heads G20, an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 sovereign countries, the European Union, and the African Union, while Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva chairs BRICS+, an association made of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa with four new members and 13 partner states in a category mostly from developing countries. At a quick glance, the G20 and BRICS+ are respectively chaired this year 2025 by South Africa and Brazil, both BRICS+ members, which makes it distinctively important development for the changing geopolitical world. In 2025, G20 and BRICS+ agenda features a…
(2025-01-31). Rescue workers search for survivors after powerful quake strikes China's Tibet. presstv.ir Rescue workers search rubble for survivors after powerful quake strikes China's Tibet.
(2025-01-31). Architect of disastrous Truss mini-budget slammed for saying Brits need a better work ethic. leftfootforward.org Tory Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has been slammed for saying that British people "need a work ethic". | Speaking with Nick Robinson on the BBC's Political Thinking podcast, Philp said that "as a country we need to lift our game". | He said there are nine million working age adults not in employment, and that the UK "needs everyone to make a contribution" to compete with countries like China and India. | Philp referred to George Osborne's remark in 2013 about the UK being in a "global race". He said: "That means we've got to be competitive, and it means we've got to work hard". | Responding to Philp's co…
(2025-01-31). China dominates critical technologies. Further military developments shock US. thesiriusreport.com 
We assess how, in the last 20 years, the roles have been reversed between the United States and China in terms of being technological leaders. We also assess further new developments in military technology, which demonstrate how China continues to be light years ahead of the US.
(2025-01-31). Plan "Made in China 2025": China supera a Estados Unidos en sectores estratégicos clave. cubadebate.cu China se ha embarcado en una ambiciosa estrategia para dejar de ser la fábrica del mundo y competir con Estados Unidos por la supremacía global. El plan "Made in China 2025", anunciado por el presidente Xi Jinping en 2015, busca posicionar al país como líder mundial en 13 tecnologías estratégicas.
(2025-01-31). Health Insurers Profit From Suffering Not Care. counterpunch.org 
Health care is big business in the United States. So big it can be hard to wrap your head around. America's largest health care company, the UnitedHealth Group, pulled in over $100 billion in revenue in just the fourth quarter of 2024 alone. For the full year, the giant's insurance division, UnitedHealthcare, just reported record revenue
(2025-01-31). Trying to Stand Upright in the Dizzying, Spinning Trumpian World. counterpunch.org 
Victims of avalanches or crashing waves have difficulty recognizing what's up from down. In both situations, there is a momentary loss of gravitational pull as well as a loss of oxygen. Following the news these days is similar. Trump's rush of executive orders leaves one breathless and desperate to find solid ground to stand on.
(2025-01-31). Whodunit? The Attack on TurkStream. counterpunch.org Did Washington plan to blow up another Russian gas pipeline? That's the question of the month after Ukrainian drones attacked the TurkStream compressor station January 11. It was also a question directly posed in RT January 16. Although this attack differed from Joe Biden's CIA and navy undersea bombing of the NordStream pipline, in that
(2025-01-31). LA Burning: Capitalism, Climate Change and Resistance. counterpunch.org A combustible combination of capitalist development, climate change, and neoliberal policies transformed normal patterns of wind and fire into an inferno that has laid waste to whole sections of LA. This human made disaster has had devastating impacts particularly on the city's multiracial working class. Join this Spectre Live event to discuss the roots of
(2025-01-31). Understanding the DEI Dismantlement. counterpunch.org 
As an independent cultural anthropologist who has been researching and closely monitoring the DEI domain for the last few years, I would like to confront the question of whether DEI initiatives are divisive and ineffective. The answer is yes on both counts, but not for the narratives propagated by the American ruling class of oligarchs.
(2025-01-31). Canada, Who Will Stand On Guard For Thee? counterpunch.org 
The melodic Canadian national anthem proclaims that its sons and daughters "stand on guard for thee". Well, now is the time as Canada faces insults, lies and threats from Trump. The idea that the US would annex Canada and make it one of its states, has provoked palpable indignation among Canadian people, Indigenous and non-indigenous. Ironically,
(2025-01-31). Trump Hates Accountability So He Fires Independent Inspectors General. counterpunch.org 
(2025-01-31). Killing The Great Barrier Reef. counterpunch.org 
The Great Barrier Reef has been seriously damaged by too much ocean heat. According to University of Sydney: The damage is at catastrophic levels. And as stated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the southern region suffered the highest thermal stress ever recorded since satellite surveyance started in 1985. Only 3% of surveyed
(2025-01-31). From #MeToo to Misdirection: the Smear Campaign Against Blake Lively Perpetuates Structural Misogyny. counterpunch.org 
"I think the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni thing is such a hot-button thing right now that even a mere mention of it will seem like I could be on the wrong side of things, even though I would never be," Nikki Glaser told Yahoo Entertainment, in early January, ahead of her debut as host of the Golden Globes.
(2025-01-31). Serbian Students and the Global Lesson in Democracy. counterpunch.org 
For generations of young people in Serbia and Republika Srpska (since, across the Drina, that mountain of injustice from Skender's poem always seemed somehow more untouchable), those born after the year 2000, the direct-democratic student movement—actually the largest Serbian social movement of the past quarter of the 21st century—has already become a formative experience after
(2025-01-31). After the LA Fire. counterpunch.org 
When the Eaton Fire first began its retreat from Altadena, I was in one of many self-organized mutual aid teams scattered across the area, cleaning up debris. Around this time, I connected with some Black community members who had just lost their homes. They had returned from evacuation almost immediately to help coordinate mutual aid
(2025-01-31). Roaming Charges: The Trick of Disaster. counterpunch.org 
Give Trump some credit. He has no interest in faking empathy, as Biden did so ineptly. In Trump's playbook, empathy is a weakness, even amid tragedy. Instead, each disaster is an opportunity to go on the attack, to ascribe blame on his enemies, to aggrandize himself, and to find ways to profit from the carnage, financially and politically.
(2025-01-31). Donald Trump Revokes Security Clearances of 51 CIA Officers Who Got It Wrong About Hunter Biden Laptop—and So Much Else. covertactionmagazine.com Disinformation artists have repeatedly misled the public in order to demonize American enemies and support more war President Donald Trump on his first day in office revoked the security clearances of all 51 former CIA officers who had signed an open letter in 2020 claiming that the contents of the Hunter Biden laptop "carried all …
(2025-01-31). "Nonsensical": As Trump Blames Crash on DEI, Aviation Expert Says It's Understaffing, Lax Regulation. democracynow.org 
Donald Trump is blaming DEI for the deadliest U.S. aviation disaster in more than two decades, when a regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter collided over a Washington, D.C. airport, killing 67 people. "We have a long list of problems that need to be addressed. … Instead, we're talking about a nonsensical issue that is not based in fact," says FAA-licensed aircraft dispatcher Bill McGee, who says criticisms of DEI distract from and work against a critical staffing shortage at the FAA. McGee also discusses the dangerous politicization of the FAA and the increasing influence of Elon Musk, CEO o…
(2025-01-31). Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's Pick for National Intel Director, Refuses to Call Edward Snowden a Traitor. democracynow.org 
President Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congressmember from Hawaii, is facing major qualms from her former colleagues. During her Senate confirmation hearing, Democrats grilled her over her refusal to label whistleblower Edward Snowden a "traitor." We discuss Snowden's case and what it revealed about government surveillance of the American public with Chip Gibbons.
(2025-01-31). "The Dr. Who Fooled the World": Author Slams RFK's Embrace of Disgraced Anti-Vaxxer Andrew Wakefield. democracynow.org 
Author and investigative journalist Brian Deer, who debunked disgraced ex-doctor Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent claims that vaccines were linked to autism, says that Wakefield and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of health and human services, are major leaders of the anti-vaccine movement. "They basically run this movement together," he says.
(2025-01-31). Drone technology boosts border security over festive season. sanews.gov.za Drone technology boosts border security over festive season | The use of drone technology has boosted South Africa's border security efforts, with operations at ports of entry this festive season having been improved as a result. | Speaking at a briefing on Friday on the Border Management Authority (BMA) festive season operations, Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber said the use of drones at five ports of entry on a pilot basis made an immediate and visible impact. | Schreiber said the piloting of new technology, including drones and body cameras, has demonstrated the power of digital transformation to secure…
(2025-01-31). Venezuela & ALBA News 1.31.2025: US revokes Venezuelan immigrants legal status; CNE on July election; Evo Morales to run for president. afgj.org 
Venezuela TeleSur: Venezuela Welcomes Returning 400,000 Migrant Children in 4 Months President Maduro announced that Venezuelan public schools had received approximately 400,000 returning migrant children over the past four months. In the countries where they had previously resided, the children "did not have the right to free public education. In many places, they were discriminated…
(2025-01-31). David Kass on Billionaire Election-Buying. fair.org 
(2025-01-31). Tears of joy as Palestinians reunite with families in North Gaza. newarab.com 
(2025-01-31). UN says Gaza needs remain 'immense' as Rafah crossing to reopen. newarab.com 
(2025-01-31). UN urges evacuation of Gaza children at 'imminent risk' of death. newarab.com 
(2025-01-31). UN Warns 12,000 in Gaza Need Urgent Medical Evacuation as Rafah Crossing Reopens. truthout.org Over 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza are in urgent need of medical evacuation, including thousands of children, UN officials have warned ahead of the planned reopening of the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza on Saturday. The World Health Organization (WHO) says that an estimated 12,000 to 14,000 Palestinians need medical care outside of Gaza. The group has called for an "accelerated pace of… |
(2025-01-31). Egipto reafirma su respaldo a los derechos del pueblo palestino. cubadebate.cu Cientos de manifestantes egipcios se reunieron en el cruce de Rafah, en la frontera con Palestina, para protestar contra la intención del presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, de desplazar a los palestinos de la Franja de Gaza hacia el Sinaí egipcio. Delegaciones de fuerzas políticas, partidos, sindicatos y organizaciones de la sociedad participaron en la manifestación.
(2025-01-31). Archbishop Ssemwogerere lauds Kabaka's health initiative. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of Kampala, Paul Ssemwogerere, has praised Kabaka Ronald Mutebi's initiative to provide healthcare services to his people through the "Tubeere Balamu" (Let's Live) community outreach program. Speaking at St. Joseph Parish in Kyengera during a visit for the outreach, the Archbishop emphasized the critical need for accessible …
(2025-01-31). Cobalt and anti-blackness: the war DR Congo can't escape. newarab.com 
One of the worst humanitarian crises is unfolding in the Perched on the border with Rwanda a…
(2025-01-31). Moscow to Add 25,700 Hotel Rooms by 2030, Aiming to Attract Indian Weddings and Boost Leisure and Business Travel. infobrics.org Moscow is rapidly positioning itself as a top global destination for both leisure and business travelers, thanks to its vibrant cultural scene, international exhibitions, and world-class events…
(2025-01-31). BRICS Turn to Gold in Face of US Dollar Dominance. infobrics.org In the face of the intensification of global economic tensions, the central role of the dollar in international trade is increasingly being called into question. At the heart of this upheaval, the BRICS nations are seeking to free themselves from this dependence by exploring alternative solutions…
(2025-01-31). Potential for Sino-Russian Cross-Border Cooperation High. infobrics.org The biggest problem of Russian-Chinese interactions in recent decades is the insufficient number of joint investment projects. Why are Chinese businesses very active in working with Belarus but not with Russia on similar projects?>
(2025-01-31). Protests and Student Walkouts Against ICE Spread Across the US. itsgoingdown.org Anger is boiling over in the streets, as demonstrations, protests, and school walkouts are spreading against ICE raids and attacks on undocumented workers, schools and communities. While the Trump administration has attempted to paint the raids as a way to target violent criminals, according to NBC, of the recent arrests in Chicago, "nearly half of those…
(2025-01-31). Report Back on the People's Liberated University Report Back. itsgoingdown.org Report and critical analysis of the encampment in solidarity with Palestine in Boise, ID. Warning, this includes discussion on sexual assault. There were a lot of nearly perfect days at the People's Liberated University (PLU) during its one-hundred and sixty-four day run. When the weather was perfect, the space felt safe and welcoming; it felt…
(2025-01-31). A Pandemic of False Consciousness. libya360.wordpress.com Fernando Buen Abad We live under the dictatorship of "false consciousness" because it is a system of manipulation that proved very useful and very profitable to hide the inhuman conditions of exploitation of labor under the guise of a fair exchange between goods. To study the background, current situation and perspectives of false consciousness. The…
(2025-01-31). Tariffs, Economic Coercion, and U.S. Imperialism. libya360.wordpress.com Erica Caines What Are Tariffs and How Do They Affect Me? Imagine you're in real need of some new work boots, so you walk into your favorite discount clothing store to find a pair. Within minutes you see that the price of the "discount" clothing damn near costs the same as last year's "luxury" clothing,…
(2025-01-31). Top Official Exits Treasury Amid Clash With Musk's Allies Over Federal Payments. truthout.org President Donald Trump has claimed the spending cuts he proposes won't impact Medicare and Social Security, but new reporting on the sudden departure of the U.S. Treasury Department's highest-ranking career official after a dispute over the payment systems that distribute those benefits sparked concern that Trump's billionaire backer, Elon Musk, could have plans for the popular programs relied on… |
(2025-01-31). Fear spreads across border communities as immigration raids increase. america.cgtn.com 
The White House says the Trump administration is demanding authorities make at least 18-hundred immigration arrests every day in the U.S. Over the past week, raids by enforcement officers have rattled migrant communities, where some are afraid to leave their homes. | CGTN correspondent Ediz Tiyansan has spoken to migrants in San Diego.
(2025-01-31). Brazilian immigrants denounce "torture" on US deportation flight. wsws.org The suffocation, chaining and beating of the Brazilian immigrants is comparable to treatment previously meted out during Washington's "war on terror."
(2025-01-31). Trump's New Cuba Policy: Bad for Cuba and Migrants. fpif.org
(2025-01-31). Sri Lanka publishes Cuba's denunciation of U.S. measure on migrants. plenglish.com Colombo, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) The Sri Lanka Guardian newspaper today published Cuba's rejection of the US decision to use the Guantanamo Naval Base to imprison tens of thousands of migrants.
(2025-01-31). More than 300 Uruguayans with deportation orders in the United States. plenglish.com Montevideo, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) The United States notified Uruguay of the deportation of citizens of the South American country as part of the massive repatriations of migrants decided by the government of Donald Trump, it was reported today.
(2025-01-31). Chapeando: øOtra vez Guantánamo?(+Podcast). cubadebate.cu Desde que se robaron 117 kilómetros cuadrados de una de las mejores bahías de Cuba, con el pretexto de protegernos y luego se negaron a irse por el pretexto contrario, la Base Naval de Guantánamo se ha convertido en la cueva de muchas fechorías imperiales… Ahora la orden del poderoso de turno es montar allí campamento para 30 mil inmigrantes que la administración Trump considera delincuentes activos o potenciales.
(2025-01-31). Rechaza Consejo Mundial de la Paz decisión de Washington sobre migrantes. radiohc.cu La Habana, 31 ene (RHC) Hiraklis Tsavdaridis, secretario Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de la Paz calificó de cínica, brutal e inhumana la decisión de Estados Unidos de enviar a la base naval de Guantánamo, en el oriente de Cuba, a migrantes que expulsa forzosamente.
(2025-01-31). Pity the poesy: Mark Rutte, NATO and spending for war. onlineopinion.com.au Rutte is a martial type keen to advance the rule of the gun in the service of the alliance. The result is the evil of banality delivered in poesy.
(2025-01-31). Now 15 trade unions join calls demanding an inquiry into Met's handling of Palestine march. thecanary.co Fifteen trade union leaders have written to the Home Secretary and Mayor of London to call for an independent inquiry into the Met Police's approach to a pro-Palestine protest on Saturday 18th January 2025 which resulted in 77 arrests and charges under the Public Order being brought against organisers. Describing the Met's approach as "repressive …
(2025-01-31). Amabassador of Japan Visits the Isle of Youth in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Jan 31st (Prensa Latina) Japanese ambassador to Cuba, Kasuhito Nakamura developed an intensive work agenda this week in the western province of Isle of Youth, highlighted the national press media.
(2025-01-31). Number of childless women increases in Uruguay. plenglish.com The figures published so far by the National Statistics Institute (INE) show that, although the increase has been sustained since 1996, it increased in 2023. | They also reveal that the growth is present in all age groups. | The percentage of childless women in the 15-19 age group increased from 86% in 1996 to 97% in 2023, which was considered positive in terms of reducing early pregnancy. | At the same time, in the 20-24 age range, it increased from 59% to 79%, and rose from 35% to 55% in the 25-29 age group. | The proportion of childless women in the 30-34 age group increased from 18% to 37 between 1996 and 20…
(2025-01-31). Trafficking in human organs, another problem in Haiti. plenglish.com Port-au-Prince, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) The president of Haiti's Presidential Transitional Council, Leslie Voltaire confirmed that trafficking in human organs is another problem that burdens the lives of inhabitants of the Caribbean nation.
(2025-01-31). Uruguay buys energy from Brazil and Argentina. plenglish.com The acquisitions are more economical and reduce the burning of gas oil and fuel oil, polluting sources. | So far this month, Uruguay has imported 20,1 gigawatt hours (GWh) from Brazil. In the case of Argentina, 47 GWh have been purchased. | To date, 36,5% of demand has been supplied by hydroelectric energy, 33,2% by wind, 14,9% by biomass, 4,7% by solar and 4,4% by thermal energy. | According to El Observador, 1,9% was imported from Brazil and 4,4% from Argentina. | In 2023 Uruguay imported electricity from Brazil to reduce thermal generation costs and conserve water, in the midst of a severe drought that hit th…
(2025-01-31). Cuba strengthens parliamentary ties with the world. plenglish.com Havana, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) In the context of the VI International Conference for the Balance of the World, which is being held in this capital with representatives from a hundred countries, Cuba strengthens today its inter-parliamentary relations.
(2025-01-31). Russia responds to Trump's threats on Brics tariffs. plenglish.com Moscow, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) Russia's presidential spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, assured today that the Brics member countries are not discussing the creation of a common currency, but are talking about new investment platforms.
(2025-01-31). Ukraine is willing for gas transit, says Slovakia. plenglish.com Bratislava, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, under great pressure, began to admit the possibility of gas transit to Europe, Pravda newspaper reported.
(2025-01-31). Sudanese Army announces seizure of strategic city. plenglish.com Khartoum, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) Sudanese military announced the capture of the city of Um Rauaba, located in the state of North Kordofan, in the hands of the so-called Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since May 2023, it was learned here today.
(2025-01-31). Tres cubanos este viernes en Meeting de Miramas. radiohc.cu La Habana, 31 ene (RHC).- Tres cubanos compiten este viernes en el Meeting de Miramas Metropole (Francia), en el comienzo de la gira invernal del atletismo de la isla de cara al Mundial de pista corta de marzo próximo.
(2025-01-31). Jenny Marrero, única mujer jefa del área del basculador y los molinos en centrales azucareros de Cuba (+Foto y Audio). radiohc.cu Jenny Marrero, de 51 años de edad, jefa del área del basculador y los molinos en el Central Antonio Sánchez enclavado en el municipio cienfueguero de Aguada tiene motivos para sentir satisfacción al ser la única mujer que ejerce dicho oficio en Cuba.
(2025-01-31). La música también une a Indonesia y Cuba. radiohc.cu La Habana, 31 ene (RHC) Indonesia participa por primera vez en el Festival Internacional de Jazz de La Habana con la reconocida safoxonista Yuyun George, lo cual constituye el puente que conecta a los pueblos de nuestros países, afirmó la embajadora Nana Juliana.
(2025-01-31). Teatro Playback en Conferencia Internacional por el Equilibrio del Mundo. radiohc.cu La Habana, 31 ene (RHC) "Historias atragantadas para las que no se hayan escenarios de presentación, encuentran espacio en el teatro Playback".
(2025-01-31). Luego de accidente en Washington D.C., ordenan revisión de protocolos aéreos. radiohc.cu La Habana, 31 ene (RHC) Luego del accidente registrado este miércoles en Washington D.C., que dejó 67 muertos, una orden de revisión sobre los cambios en los protocolos aéreos y las contrataciones realizadas durante el gobierno de Joe Biden fue firmada este jueves por el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump.
(2025-01-31). Tres cubanos en el Todos Estrellas de I Serie de las Américas de Béisbol. radiohc.cu La Habana, 31 ene (PL).- Tres jugadores de los Leñadores de Las Tunas integraron el Equipo Todos Estrellas de la l Serie de Beisbol de las Américas 2025, que finalizó el jueves en Nicaragua con la coronación de las àÅguilas Metropolitanas, de Panamá.
(2025-01-31). Cuba Sub 17 (f) por clasificar hoy a segunda fase del premundial. radiohc.cu La Habana, 31 de ene (ACN) La selección femenina cubana sub 17 enfrentará este viernes al combinado de Panamá en un duelo que reúne a las invictas del grupo C en la ronda inicial del clasificatorio de Concacaf 2025 a la cita mundialista de Marruecos, del 17 de octubre hasta el 8 de noviembre próximos.
(2025-01-31). Panameños rechazan pretensiones de Trump sobre el canal. radiohc.cu La Habana, 31 ene (RHC) Grupos de la sociedad civil y estudiantes realizaron la víspera una simbólica ´siembra de banderas ª en los jardines y alrededores del edificio de la Administración del Canal de Panamá, como un forma de repudiar las pretensiones del presidente de Estados Unidos…
(2025-01-31). Partido Comunista de Cuba y Parlamento de Etiopía estrechan nexos. radiohc.cu La Habana, 31 ene (RHC) La miembro del Secretariado del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba Yudí Mercedes Rodríguez y líderes de la Cámara de Representantes del Pueblo (Parlamento) de Etiopía dialogaron hoy sobre el fortalecimiento de los nexos bilaterales.
(2025-01-31). Informan sobre las celebraciones por el aniversario 64 del Inder. radiohc.cu La Habana, 31 ene (ACN).- El Instituto Nacional de Deportes, Educación Física y Recreación (Inder) informó en conferencia de prensa sobre las actividades de celebración por el aniversario 64 de la fundación del organismo deportivo.
(2025-01-31). Escena lista para otra Feria Internacional del Deporte de Cuba. radiohc.cu La Habana, 31 ene (JIT).- Como la mayor oportunidad para impulsar el desarrollo del deporte en la Isla fue anunciada el jueves la II edición de la Feria Internacional del Deporte de Cuba, convocada entre el 23 y el 27 de febrero próximo.
(2025-01-31). Why anti-imperialists and anti-war people should welcome Trump's 'FAFO diplomacy'. thealtworld.com Ron Ridenour, a veteran anti-imperialist activist and writer, says he is happy to see Donald Trump as the US President. | But not for any positive reasons about Trump as a politician or his administration. Ridenour has contempt for the 47th president (and many of his White House predecessors.) | Trump's bullying foreign policy could be coined as FAFO diplomacy: "F..ck around and find out". | Ridenour, the author of the book The Russian Peace Threat, believes that Trump is "good" in that he is exposing the charade of American claims about democracy and "protecting its allies" of the so-called "free world." | Trump…
(2025-01-31). Transcript of 'Dialogue Works' edition of 30 January. gilbertdoctorow.com I strongly urge the community of subscribers to this web platform to read attentively this transcript because in the ample time that was given to me by host Nima Alkhorshid I had the opportunity to go well beyond anything I have said in my recent essays about the skeletons that the Russians have taken from …
(2025-01-31). Transcript of 'Judging Freedom' edition of 30 January. gilbertdoctorow.com That Judge Andrew Napolitano's youtube channel has a large audience is clear from his subscription numbers. The tags from those leaving comments show that this audience comes from across the world, though the U.S. is of course the largest component. It is also clear that the Russians find his program to be a valuable source …
(2025-01-31). Putin and Zelenskyy claim that the other is not ready to negotiate. responsiblestatecraft.org 
Russian and Ukrainian leaders appear to be goading one another as to who and who isn't ready to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov charged late last week that Ukraine is not ready for serious negotiations. "Despite the increasingly loud talk about the need for peace talks," he
(2025-01-31). Recalibration or Retreat? Russia's shifting Africa strategy. responsiblestatecraft.org 
After a whirlwind two-year expansion into the Sahel, 2024 saw a number of setbacks for Russian military operations. The Russian private military company (PMC) Wagner Group's
(2025-01-31). John Sullivan: Biden's Failed Diplomat in Moscow. responsiblestatecraft.org 
Donald Trump is once again the president and there is no greater foreign policy challenge he has promised to tackle than how to resolve the Russia-Ukraine War.In the frenzied rush to save Ukraine from Russian aggression, there has been scant attention paid to the origins of the conflict. However, an
(2025-01-31). Eyewitness video shows moment of plane crash in Kazakhstan. presstv.ir A passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan.
(2025-01-31). A Coup Attempt Against American Taxpayers. scheerpost.com
(2025-01-31). ICE Is Swiftly Expanding Its Sprawling Surveillance Apparatus. scheerpost.com
(2025-01-31). Jonathan Cook: Thirty Years of Middle East Lies Just Keep Coming Back to Haunt Us. scheerpost.com
(2025-01-31). 'Man of the people' Farage to throw Reform UK summer party at Blenheim Palace. leftfootforward.org Reform UK is planning a summer party for thousands of people at Blenheim Palace, Winston Churchill's birthplace and a UNESCO world heritage site. | Self-proclaimed "people's army" leader Nigel Farage is a friend of the 12th Duke of Marlborough, James Spencer-Churchill, who lives in the stately home. | Rooms at the palace cost from £850 a day for the Spencer Churchill room, and start from £1,500 a day for the Marlborough Room. | The Orangery, a private dining room costs from £9,000 a day, and the Saloon costs £17,000 per day. | Farage used Blenheim Palace to film his new year's message,…
(2025-01-31). That Will Work Out Well. smoothiex12.blogspot.com
(2025-01-31). Princes Food threatens to withdraw pay offer in UK dispute and shift production overseas. wsws.org Princes' threat to impose a de facto pay cut or transfer production is a confirmation of the warnings made by the World Socialist Web Site. Workers should form a rank and file committee and mobilise internationally.
(2025-01-31). As the class struggle escalated, US union membership fell once again in 2024. wsws.org That the continuing significant upturn in strike activity has led to zero growth in union membership is an indictment of the right wing character of the corporatist US trade unions.
(2025-01-31). Tentative agreement for USPS city letter carriers likely to be rejected. wsws.org Postal workers must reject not only this insulting and exploitative agreement but also the entire undemocratic framework that bans strikes and imposes binding arbitration, which the National Association of Letter Carriers upholds.
(2025-01-31). War On Workers AS Trump Shuts NLRB: Is It Time For A General Strike. indybay.org The shutdown of the NLRB will likely result in an end of all union elections through the NLRB process. This closure will also be used by the bosses and billionaires to escalate their attacks on workers and unions. Teamster Vice President at large John Palmer talks about what that means to Teamsters and other workers throughout the country. He also discusses the silence of Teamster president Sean O'Brien to challenge this frontal attack on labor.
(2025-01-31). üü• LIVE: Supreme Court to decide today way forward for Court Martial. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All is set for the Supreme Court to deliver the long-awaited judgement in the case that will guide the military courts on whether they should continue trying civilians or not. By the time our reporters arrived at the Supreme Court, the parking at the premises was vacated with no …
(2025-01-31). Four Judges rule that military courts are not independent. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four Justices of the Supreme Court, Monica Mugenyi, Catherine Bamugemereire, Elizabeth Musoke and Percy Night Tuhaise have ruled that the military courts are not independent courts of judicature that can fairly dispense justice. In their ruling, the three justices point out the way the judges of the military courts are …
(2025-01-31). Supreme Court Set to Deliver Judgement on Military Courts Trying Civilians. plusnews.ug 
All is set for the Supreme Court to deliver the long-awaited judgement in the case that will guide the military courts on whether they should continue trying civilians or not. By the time our reporters arrived at the Supreme Court, the parking at the premises was vacated with no vehicle there. The Supreme Court Registrar Mary …
(2025-01-31). Taliban sentences Afghan journalist Sayed Rahim Saeedi to 3 years in prison. afjc.media
(2025-01-31). Trump and Musk's Agenda Is a True Threat to Aviation Safety, Progressives Warn. truthout.org As President Donald Trump attempted to vilify diversity initiatives in the wake of the worst U.S. air disaster in decades, progressives warned that the true threat to aviation safety going forward is Trump and billionaire Elon Musk's shared goal of gutting the federal workforce and eliminating regulatory efforts that have helped make flying the nation's least dangerous form of transportation. |
(2025-01-31). Pentagon Ends Policy Covering Abortion Travel Costs for Military. truthout.org On Wednesday, the Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO) announced that the Pentagon has revoked a Biden-era policy covering travel expenses for military members and their dependents who are seeking abortions or other reproductive care across state lines. According to the DTMO's memo, the change, which became effective Tuesday, was implemented to comply with Trump's anti-abortion executive… |
(2025-01-31). Here's How Faith Leaders Are Standing Between ICE and Their Congregants. truthout.org The first time I sat down at a Quaker meeting I started to cry. Outside, it was a hot and frenetic summer day in the city. But the quiet, light-filled sanctuary was just that — a refuge. I hadn't realized how deeply I'd yearned for the calm until I was enveloped in it. I, like many other queer people, have a fraught relationship with organized religion. Still, nearly three years ago… |
(2025-01-31). We Aren't Powerless in the Face of Trump's Outrageous, Anti-Trans Edicts. truthout.org The Trump administration's chaotic attacks on marginalized people and the workings of the federal government itself have continued this week, with executive orders attempting to ban gender-affirming care for people 18 years or younger and threatening to withhold federal funding from schools that teach "gender ideology." These actions follow an executive order banning trans people from the US… |
(2025-01-31). All We Imagine is Light director Payal Kapadia speaks with WSWS. wsws.org "When it comes to people coming together in India, and really everywhere, the different cultures, languages and identities often come in the way of that unity."
(2025-01-31). More Sri Lankan students denounce Peradeniya university's ban on IYSSE meeting. wsws.org Peradeniya University "is blocking our opportunity to know the truth. Are we supposed to listen only to what the government says? We have never heard of such bans on meetings before and must fight this." — Harsha…
(2025-01-31). Sham Canada Post Industrial Inquiry Commission opens in Ottawa. wsws.org Postal workers should have no illusions that the commission headed by seasoned federal arbitrator William Kaplan will produce anything but a blueprint for the evisceration of their jobs and working conditions.
(2025-01-31). Mid-air collision between passenger flight and military helicopter kills 67 in US capital. wsws.org The crash is the first mass casualty event involving a commercial jet in the United States since 2009.
(2025-01-31). The way forward in the Australian psychiatrists' dispute: A unified struggle of health workers. wsws.org New South Wales psychiatrists face the choice of accepting defeat and the onslaught against the public health system, or taking up a unified struggle involving all health workers against the government and the subordination of health to privatisation and austerity.
(2025-01-31). Homeland Security secretary Noem leads immigration raids in New York City. wsws.org New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, both Democrats, were complicit in Tuesday's raids.
(2025-01-31). Danzy Senna's Colored Television: Lacking the "pathos of distance" wsws.org There is promise in Senna's demonstrating an awareness that there exists a "racial identity-industrial complex" in the contemporary world of art and culture.
(2025-01-31). Two deaths in a week exposes systemic brutality of Knox County, Tennessee's sheriff's department. wsws.org The deaths of two individuals in a week at the hands of the Knox County Sheriff's highlight systemic issues of police brutality in the United States.
(2025-01-31). Exclusive: Into the Palisades fire zone. america.cgtn.com 
At least 16 people have died in the Eaton and Palisades fires, according to the latest update from the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner. The death toll is expected to rise as investigators comb through the devastated neighborhoods. CGTN's Ediz Tiyansan was embedded with a fire crew in the area when fast-moving flames forced more residents to flee and firefighters rushed in to save homes. | Take a look at this exclusive report from Pacific Palisades in California.
(2025-01-31). Figure skating community mourns passengers in plane crash near Washington, D.C. america.cgtn.com 
A number of the passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed earlier this week near Washington, D.C. were athletes returning from a figure skating competition and training in the state of Kansas. | This tragic loss has hit the figure skating community hard. | CGTN's Hendrik Sybrandy reports from Colorado.
(2025-01-31). Honoring Heroes: Syracuse Fire Department's 86th Annual Collins Block Memorial Ceremony. urbancny.com 
The Syracuse Fire Department invites the public to join them for the 86th Annual Collins Block Memorial Ceremony at Firefighter's Memorial Park on Monday, February 3, 2025, from 9: 30 a.m. …
(2025-01-31). Opportunity to Bid: Camillus Pump Station Force Main Rehabilitation Project-Phase 2. urbancny.com Notice to NYS Certified M/WBE, DBE and SDVOB Subcontractors and/or Material Suppliers For Camillus Pump Station Force Main Rehabilitation Project-Phase 2. Quotes are now being accepted. Plans and specs can …
(2025-01-31). His Majesty's pleasure: King reigns over Tongan government despite democratic reform. asiapacificreport.nz COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala Long live the king and long may he reign, so goes the traditional proclamation. In Tonga, King Tupou VI has shown he has every intention of doing that. After a tumultuous and tense year of the chess board of politics, the monarch appears to have won, with ordinary citizens and democratic…
(2025-01-31). NZ-Kiribati fallout: A 'Pacific way' perspective on the Peters spat. asiapacificreport.nz 
(2025-01-31). Former PNG army commander Jerry Singirok pays tribute to Sir Julius Chan. asiapacificreport.nz 
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The former Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) commander who defied a government decision to send mercenaries to Bougainville during the civil war in the late 1990s has paid tribute to Sir Julius Chan, prime minister at the time. Retired Major-General Jerry Singirok, who effectively ended the Bougainville…
(2025-01-31). X Factor Star Levi Davis, Blackmail, and the TV Boss. bylinetimes.com Updated with links to the four preceding parts, two of which were previously exclusive to print. | New evidence in the cold case of missing rugby and X Factor: Celebrity star Levi Davis suggests he was groomed for a nude "casting" by a leading television industry figure he later alleged was part of a plot to sexually blackmail him, a special Byline Times investigation can reveal. | Levi identified the individual – a heavyweight in the world of programme-making – to four separate sources before disappearing in Barcelona four days after claiming on Instagram that an anonymous 'sextortion' group was threatening…
(2025-01-31). Praying for the president. anabaptistworld.org President Donald J. Trump needs our prayers, just as all national leaders need the prayers of the people. Americans are divided between those who think he is God's gift to the nation and those who think he is the devil incarnate. All should pray for him, even those who hate him. Praying for the president …
(2025-01-31). Oh, great: Rat populations are surging as cities heat up. grist.org Rats are in many ways better adapted to cities than the humans that built them. While urbanites struggle with crowds, sparse parking spaces, and their upstairs neighbors stomping around at 4 a.m., rats are living their best lives. Huddled safely underground, they pop up at night to chew through heaps of food waste in dumpsters and hot dogs left on stoops. | Now scientists have found yet another gnawing advantage for rats. A study published on Friday in the journal Science Advances found that as temperatures climb in cities, rat populations are growing, even as city dwellers suffer. "In cities that have experie…
(2025-01-31). Wenda calls for international inquiry into film claim that Indonesia is using chemical weapons in West Papua. asiapacificreport.nz 
Pacific Media Watch A West Papuan advocacy group is calling for an urgent international inquiry into allegations that Indonesian security forces have used the chemical weapon white phosphorus against West Papuans for a second time. The allegations were made in the new documentary, Frontier War, by Paradise Broadcasting. In the film, West Papuan civilians give…
(2025-01-31). Bill is filed in Italian Senate for Italy to exit the WHO. expose-news.com On Thursday a bill was filed with the Italian Senate proposing that Italy withdraw from the World Health Organisation. "The League presented its bill to LEAVE the WHO (World Health Organisation), as …
(2025-01-31). WION interview taken 29 January: Putin Says Ukraine War Will End In A Month Or Two. gilbertdoctorow.com WION interview taken 29 January: Putin Says Ukraine War Will End In A Month Or Two As promised in my essay on the subject a couple of days ago, I offer below the video link to this 10 minute interview which I gave to WION, India's largest English language broadcaster. In the time since the …
(2025-01-31). SATIRE: Area Man Forges Ahead In Pursuit Of Numbness With Third Slice Of Pie. theonion.com SCOTTSDALE, AZ—Sources marveled at the single-mindedness and robotic efficiency with which area man Maxwell DiLuzio raised and lowered his pastry-laden fork Thursday, reporting that nothing could deter the 68-year-old as he forged ahead in his pursuit of numbness with a third slice of pie. "I can still hear that voice in my head telling me to …
(2025-01-31). SATIRE: Cheese Stick Wrappers Piled On Desk Like Shed Skins Littering Cobra Pit. theonion.com
(2025-01-31). SATIRE: Nation Vies For‚Ää‚Ää‚ÄäApproval Of Cool Dog. theonion.com WASHINGTON—Hopelessly captivated by the animal's cheerful energy and striking appearance, the U.S. populace reportedly converged upon a D.C.-area park Tuesday where sources confirmed that all 340 million Americans were vying for the approval of a cool dog. Several reports indicated the charismatic, carefree border collie, named Scout, was first spotted dashing across Georgetown Waterfront Park, …
(2025-01-31). Joining the resistance. anabaptistworld.org What is our peace church witness against war when the U.S. military no longer demands our bodies but depends on our financial support? What shape does our conscientious objection take today, and how could it be a force for change?
(2025-01-31). Trump wants more drilling, but the oil market is already saturated. grist.org 
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Despite President Donald Trump's calls to " Trump has repeatedly said el…
(2025-01-31). South Korea: Submission on discrimination against North Korean escapees. fidh.org
(2025-01-31). Local designers to shine at SONA. sanews.gov.za Local designers to shine at SONA | The spotlight will shine on South African fashion designers at this year's State of the Nation Address (SONA). | While the all-important address is a platform for the President to outline the vision for South Africa for the year ahead, SONA also presents an opportunity to showcase local talent in the fashion industry. | Invited guests and dignitaries dress to the nines to honour the auspicious occasion, with many choosing to dress in locally designed garments. | Proudly South African, the country's official 'buy local' advocacy organisation, is leveraging this important moment…
(2025-01-31). Mashatile extends heartfelt condolences to families of fallen SANDF soldiers in Congo. sanews.gov.za Mashatile extends heartfelt condolences to families of fallen SANDF soldiers in Congo | Deputy President Paul Mashatile has joined President Cyril Ramaphosa in expressing his deepest condolences to the families of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members who recently lost their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | "These brave soldiers were dedicated to their mission and committed to contributing to peace and stability in the DRC. We also call upon His Holiness to pray for peace and stability in the DRC and Africa as a whole," Mashatile said on Thursday. | The Deputy President was speak…
(2025-01-31). Winde hands over George building collapse report to the police. sanews.gov.za Winde hands over George building collapse report to the police | Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has officially handed over to the South African Police Service (SAPS) a report detailing the structural engineering findings of the George building collapse. | Winde handed over the report on Thursday to the province's Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Thembisile Patekile, and the lead investigator from SAPS, Captain Johan de Lange. | The Western Cape Government (WCG) commissioned an independent investigation into the building collapse in George on 6 May 2024. | The incident, which occurred while the building w…
(2025-01-31). Yet Another Lithium Battery Fire. wattsupwiththat.com Yet Another Lithium Battery Fire | From MGUY…
(2025-01-31). DC Plane Crash / Trump To Deport Protesters / RFK Jr Confirmation Hearing. rumble.com
(2025-01-31). DRC: Armed fighting threatens civilians in and around Goma. fidh.org
(2025-01-31). Internship with Asia Desk (6 months). fidh.org
(2025-01-31). Electricity and Energy Ministry notes NERSA electricity tariff decision. sanews.gov.za Electricity and Energy Ministry notes NERSA electricity tariff decision | The Ministry of Electricity and Energy has expressed its confidence in the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) — highlighting the regulator's ability to maintain "independence and integrity" while balancing the diverse interests involved in electricity tariff decisions. | This following NERSA's announcement of its decision on Eskom's Sixth Multi-Year Price Determination (MYPD6) revenue application for the 2025/26, 2026/27 and 2027/28 financial years. | The regulator approved a 12.74% price hike for electricity starting a…
(2025-01-31). NERSA approves Eskom electricity price hike. sanews.gov.za NERSA approves Eskom electricity price hike | South African consumers will have to brace for another blow to their cost of living, as the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) has approved a 12.74% electricity price hike for Eskom, set to take effect in the next financial year. | The regulator has also approved further hikes of 5.36% for 2026/27 and a further increase of 6.19% for the 2027/28 financial year. | The decision comes as part of Eskom's Sixth Multi-Year Price Determination (MYPD6) revenue application for the 2025/26, 2026/27, and 2027/28 financial years, which was announced on Thursday afte…
(2025-01-31). Human Security and its Dimensions. pressenza.com The concept of human security is a controversial approach by a certain group of post-Cold War 1.0 academicians (after 1990) for the purpose of redefining and at the same time making broader the meaning of security in global politics and the studies of international relations (IR). We have to keep in mind that up to the end of the Cold War 1.0, security as both political phenomena and academic studies exclusively were connected only with the protection of the independence (sovereignty) and territorial integrity of states (national polities) from the military threat (war, aggression) by external factors (players) b…
(2025-01-31). The Moment After the Aggression. themedialine.org
(2025-01-31). Conserving crop diversity key to food security. sanews.gov.za Conserving crop diversity key to food security | Millions of farmers across Africa play a crucial role in preserving crop diversity by cultivating traditional crop varieties, saving seeds for the next planting season, and exchanging seeds with neighbours and other farmers. | This practice is essential for safeguarding crop production and ensuring food security, as the population continues to grow. | Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen in a statement said farmers have long been the stewards of crop diversity, helping to secure food production and improve crop yields. | "Farmers have not always been formally reco…
(2025-01-31). 2024 tax year: General increase in compliance. sanews.gov.za 2024 tax year: General increase in compliance | Preliminary figures for the 2024 tax year show a general increase in compliance for provisional taxpayers and trusts filing their annual Income Tax Returns. | "Since the opening of the filing season, 543 252 provisional taxpayers had filed their annual Income Tax Returns for the 2024 tax year. This is 4.76% up from the 517 356 in the 2023 tax year," the South African Revenue Service (SARS) said on Friday. | Additionally, taxpayers also filed returns that were outstanding from prior tax years. | In total, 162 690 provisional taxpayers filed returns for the previous…
(2025-01-31). Government launches project for proper disposal of old electronic devices. sanews.gov.za Government launches project for proper disposal of old electronic devices | In response to the challenge of waste management, government is providing households in Mpumalanga with easy access to recycling facilities, and offering guidance on how to properly separate and dispose of their old electronic devices. | "The increasing number of electronic devices being used without a proper system for disposal has led to the accumulation of waste that harms our environment and contaminates water and soil," Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Bernice Swarts, said on Friday. | Addressing a service…
(2025-01-31). Collapsing empire: RIP CIA front's 'overt operations'. thecommunists.org Reproduced from Global Delinquents, with thanks. ***** In recent months, a remarkable development in US imperialism's decline has gone almost entirely unnoticed. The National Endowment for Democracy's (NED) grant database has been removed from the web. Until recently, a searchable interface allowed visitors to view detailed records of Washington-funded NGOs, civil society groups, and media …
(2025-01-31). 12 people killed in ammunition factory blast in northwest Turkey. presstv.ir A blast ripped through an explosives factory in northwest Turkey, killing a dozen people.
(2025-01-31). More than 260 Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia. presstv.ir More than 260 Rohingya refugees have arrived in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh after floating at sea for days.
(2025-01-31). California firefighters battling wildfire near Los Angeles. presstv.ir California firefighters battle a fast-moving wildfire.
(2025-01-31). Aerial shots of damage caused by the Eaton fire in Altadena, California. presstv.ir Aerial shots show the destruction of a wide range of houses by the Eaton fire in Altadena, California.
(2025-01-31). 'Un-American,' 'Help people already here'- birthright citizenship debate divides NY. presstv.ir With the new administration of Trump rolling out immediate policy pushes on immigration, reaction on the street ran the gamut from horror to firm support.
(2025-01-31). Resistance groups pay tribute to Hamas military commander. presstv.ir Resistance leaders have paid tribute to the chief of Al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas.
(2025-01-31). Iran begins celebrations marking victory of Islamic Revolution. presstv.ir Iranians have begun observing Ten-Day Dawn celebrations which mark the 46th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution that toppled the US-backed Pahlavi regime.
(2025-01-31). Trump blitzkrieg to drastically downsize US government. presstv.ir The Trump administration's initial attempt to freeze federal expenditures caused widespread alarm, potentially impacting trillions of dollars and the national economy.
(2025-01-31). Moderation (The Middle Path) and Sunniyyah — brief dialogue with Alan Rosenbaum. salaficentre.com 
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(2025-01-31). PM Modi's Viksit Budget For Viksit Bharat Push; 'No Foreign Meddling Before Session Since 2014'. hindustantimes.com Prime Minister Narendra Modi listed out his government priorities ahead of the budget session while addressing the media. PM Modi invoked goddess Lakshmi, saying that he prays for continued blessings of Maa Lakshmi on the poor and middle class. He also said that this is the first Parliament session since 2014 when no foreign forces tried to ignite a fire. Watch this video for PM Modi's full address ahead of the budget session.
(2025-01-31). In 'historic win,' court rules against UK's Rosebank Oilfield over climate impacts. nationofchange.org The judgment said the carbon emissions that would be created by the burning of oil and gas at the largest untapped oilfield in the UK had not been taken into consideration.
(2025-01-31). Hamas confirms death of its military commander Mohammed Deif. newarab.com 
"The Al-Qassam Brigades announce to our great people the martyrdom of a group of distinguished fighters and heroic commanders,"
(2025-01-31). Italy: Meloni attacks judges over release of wanted Libyan probe. newarab.com 
(2025-01-31). Rwanda-backed M23 advances towards second Congo regional capital. newarab.com 
The Rwandan-backed armed group The group's capture of most of
(2025-01-31). Sudan army says retakes key southern city from paramilitaries. newarab.com 
(2025-01-31). 9 Indians in Saudi Arabia killed in a traffic crash. newarab.com 
Nine Indians have been killed in a traffic crash in Saudi Arabia, authorities said Wednesday. | There were no immediate details released from Saudi Arabian officials about the crash, with the Indian Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, announcing the accident. | The consulate described the crash as happening in Jizan in southwest Saudi Arabia. | India's Foreign Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar separately wrote on X that he was "grieved to learn of this accident and the loss of lives." | A bus carrying 26 workers collided with a trailer in the Wadi bin Hashbal region of Asir province, south of Mecca, repo…
(2025-01-31). Egypt's oldest footballer retires at 57. newarab.com 
At 57 years of age, Mansour Ali Ibrahim, known as 'Mansour Al-Riyadi ('Mansour the Athlete'), has officially He was the oldest player officially registered with the The veteran footballer played as both…
(2025-01-31). Indonesia lets 76 Rohingya refugees disembark for relocation. newarab.com 
Dozens of The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in The latest group of 76 refugees, including f…
(2025-01-31). Iran says FM in Qatar to meet Hamas leaders. newarab.com 
(2025-01-31). Iraqi presidency denies president's secretary 'bribery' arrest. newarab.com 
The The Commission of Integrity (COI) arrested Chalak Sabah Omar, a member of the president's security team, for allegedly accepting a bribe in exchange for a false…
(2025-01-31). Pakistani accused of killing US-born daughter appears in court. newarab.com 
(2025-01-31). Why Malta's citizenship by investment is gaining Arab interest. newarab.com 
(2025-01-31). PLE RESULTS: UNEB offers rechecks, not remarking. independent.co.ug 
Kampala city-based schools are accusing the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) of intentionally downgrading their candidates. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For years, Kampala's elite schools, often referred to as "distinction factories" have been synonymous with academic excellence, churning out top distinctions and first grades in national examinations. However, in recent years, a worrying …
(2025-01-31). Zambia records 96 cholera cases, 5 deaths. independent.co.ug 
LUSAKA | Xinhua | Cholera cases in Zambia have risen to 96, while five people have died so far, according to data released Thursday by the country's Ministry of Health. The data also show that Chililabombwe District in Copperbelt Province was the hardest hit with 70 cases, followed by Nakonde District in the northern part …
(2025-01-31). Future still not certain for new A-Level students. independent.co.ug 
NCDC Develops Roll Out Plan for Abridged A-Level Transition Curriculum Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) has developed a plan to implement the long-awaited abridged A-Level curriculum, aiming to align it with the recently reviewed lower secondary curriculum. Speaking with our reporter, Dr. Grace Baguma, the NCDC Director, assured …
(2025-01-31). High Court says the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority Board is incompetent. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has adjudged that the current Board of Directors of the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) chaired by former MP Julius Bigirwa Junjura does not have the technical competence to run the affairs of the agency. The board, mainly comprising former MPs, and representatives from …
(2025-01-31). Schools lower cut-off points. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following the decrease in distinctions and first grades in the recently released 2024 PLE results, schools have lowered their cut-off points for students admitted through the national placement process. The lowering of cut-off points has affected all schools including the thought after traditional schools, with some reducing their entry …
(2025-01-31). Colombia and Venezuela kick off joint border operation against ELN. colombiareports.com The armed forces of Colombia and Venezuela kicked off coordinated offensives in the border region to recover territory lost to guerrilla group ELN and organized crime groups. The offensive was…
(2025-01-31). Booze prices to increase as complex post-Brexit tax system comes into force. leftfootforward.org The final stage of a complicated post-Brexit alcohol duty system will come into effect tomorrow, increasing the number of tax bands applied to bottles of wine and resulting in a hike in prices. | On 1 February, tax on all alcohol will increase by 3.6% in line with inflation, while the number of tax bands for wine will expand from one to 30, with duty per bottle ranging from £2.45 to £3.09, depending on its strength. | While the UK was in the EU, taxes on alcohol were set by EU rules. | In his budget speech in October 2021, former Tory Chancellor Rishi Sunak proclaimed: "And now that we've left the…
(2025-01-31). The Story of the Benzodiazepine Drugs. expose-news.com I've been campaigning for stronger controls on the benzodiazepine tranquillisers and sleeping tablets for most of my professional life, Dr. Vernon Coleman writes. He first became aware of the addiction problems associated …
(2025-01-31). SA's economy on recovery trajectory. sanews.gov.za SA's economy on recovery trajectory | South Africa's economic growth prospects are poised to recover in 2025 following a lacklustre economic performance for the past two years. | According to an economic and financial assessments by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) output growth is expected to accelerate from an estimated 0.8 percent in 2024 to 1.5 percent in 2025 driven by improved electricity generation, monetary policy easing, and a return of investor and consumer confidence post elections. | On Thursday, the IMF published the findings of its Article IV Consultation…
(2025-01-31). GB News Hit by Guest Boycott After Hosts Label LGBT+ People 'Paedos' and 'Deviants'. bylinetimes.com The controversy stems from comments made by presenter and 'comedian' Josh Howie on the channel's 'Headliners' programme on 22nd January, as well as separate remarks by presenter Michelle Dewberry just two days later. | During the paper review on GB News at 11: 40pm on Wednesday 22nd, Howie referred to a speech from the Episcopalian Bishop of Washington, Mariann Budde, who had addressed President Trump in a sermon he attended earlier this month, calling for him to show compassion to marginalised groups, including LGBT+ people. | Howie quoted a statement from her church which backs the "full inclusion of LGBTQ+…
(2025-01-31). Trump blames "diversity" for fatal plane crash, investigators cite short staffing. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The normal control tower staffing at the Washington airport is one controller per plane and one per helicopter. When the crash happened the staffing level was only half that with just one aircraft controller having to do both jobs. In fact, there was on;y one controller in the tower having to handle a constant flow …
(2025-01-31). Besigye Petitions Constitutional Court over Court Martial Jurisdiction. plusnews.ug 
Retired Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye and Hajj Obeid Lutaale have petitioned the Constitutional Court, challenging the legality of the charges brought against them in the court martial, as well as the process leading to their arrest and subsequent prosecution. Besigye and Lutaale are jointly charged with Captain Denis Oola from the UPDF's armored brigade. The …
(2025-01-31). CPJ to release 2024 report on killings of journalists worldwide. cpj.org
(2025-01-31). The New York Times is wrong about vaccines containing aluminium being a "good thing" expose-news.com
(2025-01-31). What I Said Today in Havana. davidswanson.org
(2025-01-31). Clive Lewis leads 30 MPs calling for toxic Thames Water to be placed into Special Administration. thecanary.co
(2025-01-31). Labour MPs Pile Pressure on Keir Starmer to Reform the UK's 'Unfair' Voting System. bylinetimes.com Labour MPs were among those using a debate in the House of Commons to pressure their own Government to reform Britain's "flawed" and "undemocratic" voting system. | More than twenty members from both sides of the House lined up to condemn Britain's First Past…
(2025-01-31). Kemi Badenoch refuses to publish tax return while Starmer and Reeves agree to. leftfootforward.org Kemi Badenoch has stated that she will not publish her tax returns for 2023/24, despite it being customary for the leader of the opposition to do so. | Initially, Badenoch said she was waiting to see whether the Chancellor Rachel Reeves would commit to sharing her tax return, which Reeves later agreed to do. | Ahead of today's deadline for tax return submissions, Keir Starmer also agreed to share his tax return. | Badenoch then said she had "no plans" to publish her tax return but would not explain why. | A spokesperson for Badenoch told the Mirror that: "All of her declarations are made in line with the Regis…
(2025-01-31). Assisted suicide: death is ugly, but only because of the shocking state of care. thecanary.co The committee hearings for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill got started this week, and not without controversy. Mainly that, so determined to keep out any organisations with legitimate concerns, Leadbeater has had to relent not once, but twice to allow experts and disability activists to be able to provide evidence after initially …
(2025-01-31). After Five Years of Brexit It's Time to Admit It Was a Terrible Mistake and Build the Case to Rejoin the EU. bylinetimes.com 
Five years ago, the UK took the fateful step of leaving the Instead, we've been left with economic decline, political isolation, and a diminished future. As we mark this painful anniversary, we must confront the harsh reality:
(2025-01-31). Trump's Return is the Perfect Opportunity to Restore the UK as a Development Superpower. bylinetimes.com 
(2025-01-31). Cientos de grupos de derechos humanos, medioambientales, y de fé, junto con académicos y abogados de 44 países, piden al presidente Nayib Bukele que retire los cargos contra cinco defensores del agua salvadoreños y rechace los proyectos mineros en El Salvador. ips-dc.org Más de 300 grupos junto con más de 180 académicos, investigadores y otros doctores, así como expertos jurídicos han firmado una carta antes del nuevo juicio, el 3 de febrero, de cinco destacados defensores del agua salvadoreños que se enfrentan a cargos por motivos políticos.
(2025-01-31). Ciberseguridad y sostenibilidad: Un enfoque integral para un futuro seguro y verde. cubadebate.cu Sean bienvenidos una vez más a Código Seguro. En la era digital, la ciberseguridad y la sostenibilidad han emergido como dos de los desafíos más urgentes para las empresas. Mientras la primera protege los activos digitales y la privacidad de los usuarios, la segunda garantiza que las operaciones empresariales sean respetuosas con el medio ambiente.
(2025-01-31). Cuba anunció la III Feria Internacional del Transporte y Logística (FITL 2025). cubadebate.cu Cuba anunció este viernes la celebración de la III Feria Internacional del Transporte y Logística (FITL 2025), la cual tendrá lugar del 1 al 3 de abril en el recinto ferial Pabexpo. Durante una conferencia de prensa, el viceministro de Transporte, Marcos Bermúdez, destacó que este evento reunirá a importantes figuras nacionales e internacionales.
(2025-01-31). Frei Betto recibe reconocimiento de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. cubadebate.cu En un emotivo acto celebrado este jueves, la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba reconoció al destacado fraile y escritor brasileño Frei Betto, otorgándole la condición de académico. La ceremonia tuvo lugar en el contexto de la VI Conferencia Internacional por el Equilibrio del Mundo, que se desarrolla en La Habana.
(2025-01-31). La Liga Élite del Béisbol Cubano se prepara para la tercera edición. cubadebate.cu Los seis equipos que clasificaron a la Liga Élite del Béisbol Cubano se alistan para participar en la tercera edición del torneo, que comenzará el 15 de marzo de 2025. Los Leñadores de Las Tunas, Vegueros de Pinar del Río, Industriales de La Habana, Tigres de Ciego de àÅvila, Alazanes de Granma y Avispas de Santiago de Cuba competirán.
(2025-01-31). La orquesta femenina Anacaona conquista el público panameño. cubadebate.cu Por primera vez en Panamá, la orquesta femenina cubana Anacaona, fundada hace 93 años, cautivó al público con su distintivo estilo musical. Giorgia Aguirre, bajista y actual directora de la banda, señaló que fue todo un reto presentar su más reciente disco, "Gracias la música", en el histórico Calle Dragones del Casco Antiguo.
(2025-01-31). La Serie de las Américas en Nicaragua supera expectativas y marca un precedente. cubadebate.cu La primera edición de la Serie de las Américas concluyó con éxito en Nicaragua, consolidando al país como sede de primer nivel para el béisbol internacional. El evento reunió a seis equipos del continente y culminó con una emocionante final en la que las àÅguilas Metropolitanas de Panamá se coronaron campeonas al vencer 3-1 al equipo anfitrión.
(2025-01-31). Cuba ratifica su compromiso con la Unión Económica Euroasiática. cubadebate.cu Manuel Marrero Cruz, Primer Ministro de Cuba, reafirmó este viernes el compromiso de Cuba con la Unión Económica Euroasiática (UEEA) durante la reunión del Consejo Intergubernamental Euroasiático. Participando de forma virtual, Marrero Cruz destacó las fortalezas y oportunidades en sectores como la industria farmacéutica, biotecnológica, la producción de alimentos y la industria en general.
(2025-01-31). Inauguran en Italia la primera escultura en homenaje al Comandante Che Guevara. cubadebate.cu Este viernes se develó en la ciudad toscana de Carrara, una escultura en memoria del Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara, rindiendo homenaje al legendario revolucionario argentino-cubano. El evento contó con una gran participación popular, destacándose la embajadora de Cuba en Roma, Mirta Granda. La escultura, llamada "El Che", es la primera de su tipo en Italia.
(2025-01-31). In Myanmar un nuovo successo della diplomazia cinese. strategic-culture.su La firma dell'accordo di cessate il fuoco tra il governo del Myanmar e l'MNDAA, mediata dalla Cina, segna una svolta di grande rilievo in un conflitto complesso e prolungato. Un primo passo verso la stabilità regionale, che inoltre conferma la grande abilità diplomatica di Pechino. | Segue nostro Lo scorso 18 gennaio, il governo del Myanmar e l'organizzazione armata etnica denominata Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) hann…
(2025-01-31). Cierra sus puertas en La Habana la VI Conferencia Internacional por el Equilibrio del Mundo (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Con el llamado a seguir defendiendo las causas justas de los pueblos y la necesidad de establecer un nuevo orden mundial concluyó hoy en el Palacio de las Convenciones de La Habana la VI Conferencia Internacional por el Equilibrio del Mundo.
(2025-01-31). Participa Díaz-Canel en jornada de clausura de la VI Conferencia Internacional por el Equilibrio del Mundo. cubadebate.cu El primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido y presidente de la República Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez asistió a la jornada final de la VI Conferencia Internacional por el Equilibrio del Mundo, desarrollada en el Palacio de las Convenciones de La Habana desde el 28 de enero.
(2025-01-31). Sistema Nacional para el Cuidado Integral de la Vida en Cuba: Implementación y perspectivas (+Vídeo). cubadebate.cu El 15 de octubre de 2023, Cuba dio un paso significativo hacia la formalización del cuidado como un derecho humano con la publicación del Decreto 109 en la Gaceta Oficial de la República. La emisión de la Mesa Redonda de este jueves analizó el Sistema Nacional para el Cuidado Integral de la Vida, un aspecto fundamental en las transformaciones de las personas cuidadas y sus cuidadores.