newarab(2025-02-08). Gaza ceasefire's fifth captive exchange to take place.newarab.com The exchange of Israeli captives is set to take place in Deir el-Balah, and will see the release of three Israelis – Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Amin. 183 Palestinians are also set to be released, of which 72 are from the occupied West Bank a…
A Guest Author(2025-02-08). Veterans oppose mass deportation, military deployments.workers.org Veterans for Peace Statement Workers World received this statement from Veterans For Peace on Feb. 7. It pledges that VFP "will support military personnel who question the legality of [President Donald] Trump's orders" and is an important contribution to mobilizing to defend the rights of migrant workers. National Guard in . . . |
Hugo GABBERO(2025-02-08). Cambodia: British environmental journalist denied re-entry to the country.fidh.org The Cambodian government's decision to deny British journalist Gerald Flynn re-entry to Cambodia and ban him from the country is a blatant attack on journalism and serves as yet another example of the Cambodian authorities' intolerance of critical and investigative journalism. The Observatory for the protection of human rights defenders (International Federation for Human Rights-FIDH and World Organisation Against Torture-OMCT) along with 19 other organisations condemn this arbitrary (…) | – |
newarab(2025-02-08). Netanyahu: Let Palestinians build their state in Saudi Arabia.newarab.com Israeli Speaking to Israeli media on Thursday, Netanyahu rejected the two-state solution, calling a Palestinian state a "security threat" to Israel. | Netanyahu, who faces arrest warrants over war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Israel in Gaza, directly dismissed Palestinian claims to their homeland. | "The Saudis can create a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia; they have a lot…
Alan MacLeod, MintPress News.(2025-02-08). Tom Brady And Snoop Dogg's Super Bowl Ad Isn't What You Think.popularresistance.org Football star Tom Brady and rap legend Snoop Dogg will appear in a big-money Superbowl ad denouncing hatred. The ad is paid for by the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, a group staffed by Israel lobbyists that attempts to equate opposition to Israel's destruction of Gaza with anti-Jewish racism. The group was founded by billionaire owner of the New England Patriots, Robert Kraft, who is one of the pro-Israel Lobby's most generous benefactors. Kraft has used his power to attempt to crush the nationwide Palestine solidarity movement on campus and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
Chris Hedges, Scheer Post.(2025-02-08). Chris Hedges Report: Arab Regimes And The Betrayal Of Palestine.popularresistance.org Farah El-Sharif, writer, academic and Visiting Scholar at Stanford, is uncompromisingly blunt in her assessment of the Middle East. The decades of repression faced by an entire people have produced a fragmented society—culturally and through colonially imposed borders. To help understand why the Muslim world is so broken, corrupt and full of contradictions, El Sherif joins host Chris Hedges on this episode of The Chris Hedges Report. | "The systemic repression that Muslim communities worldwide experience is inextricably linked to the interventionist, expansionist, supremacist American-Israeli Western projec…
Staff(2025-02-08). Hamas militants gather near stage in Gaza's Deir al-Balah ahead of release of Israeli hostages.haaretz.com ISRAEL: U.S. Secretary of State Rubio set to visit Israel, Middle East next week ‚ñ GAZA: Netanyahu tells reporters 'If the Gazans want to leave, they should be allowed to leave' ‚ñ ICC: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Trump sanctions on ICC are 'the wrong tool' ‚ñ LEBANON: Hezbollah condemns U.S. deputy Middle East envoy's statement on U.S. position calling to exclude group from Lebanese gov't…
Nava J. Thakuria(2025-02-08). Saraswati Puja celebrated in Bangladeshi Hindus.pressenza.com Guwahati: The dwindling Hindu population of Bangladesh celebrated Saraswati Puja peacefully to worship the deity of wisdom, knowledge, and arts on 3 February 2025 across the trouble-torn South Asian nation. As Saraswati Puja is a major religious festival of the Hindu community in the neighbouring country, the devotees celebrate the occasion every year amid enthusiasm, festivity and religious fervour seeking blessings to enhance their creative endeavours in their respective fields. All Hindu temples along with universities, colleges, schools and other educational institutions across Bangladesh organized the festiv…
newarab(2025-02-08). Al-Qaeda in Yemen says senior official killed in blast.newarab.com A senior member of Al-Qaeda in Abu Yusuf al-Muhammadi al-Hadrami died when a motorcycle packed with explosives detonated near where he worked in Marib, east of the rebel-held capital Sanaa. | "By God, we will not let your blood (be spilled) in vain," said the AQAP statement, which was issued late Thursday. | Washington regards the group, known as Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Pe…
Anthony Watts(2025-02-08). False, Washington Post, Climate Change Isn't Causing a Rat Crisis.wattsupwiththat.com This latest attempt to link climate change to urban rat infestations is yet another example of the decline in journalistic integrity at WaPo, sadly a growing problem for the mainstream media in general, especially when reporting on climate change. Rather than investigating the real causes of urban rodent problems — mismanagement, weak policies, and neglect — WaPo chose to push a climate change narrative lacking any basis in fact. This is not just bad reporting; it is deliberate misdirection. The public deserves better than climate hysteria masquerading as news.
The Independent(2025-02-08). Opposition: Over crowded polling stations a form of cheating.independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With just a year to the 2026 general elections, the opposition has raised alarm about the significant overcrowding at polling stations, particularly in areas traditionally supportive of opposition parties. They argue that this issue is not just a matter of logistical inefficiency but a deliberate tactic that undermines the democratic …
newarab(2025-02-08). Israel forces Palestinian prisoners to watch Gaza carnage video.newarab.com Palestinian prisoners set to be released in the latest phase of a The Hebrew-language news website Walla reported on Friday that the three-minute video, produced by the Israeli army in collaboration with the Israeli Prison Service, will be shown on large screens moments before the prisoners are released. | Israeli authorities claim the video is intended t…
newarab(2025-02-08). From Lebanon, Ortagus thanks Israel for 'defeating Hezbollah'.newarab.com The US has warned that Ortagus' visit came amid ongoing political negotiations, with Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam working to form a government. | The US is reportedly pressuring him to exclude Hezbollah, reinforcing Washington's longstanding stance against the Iran-backed g…
Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.(2025-02-08). Let Us Find Our Lost Diamonds.popularresistance.org Donald Trump returned to the White House with a loud thump. His staff threw executive order upon executive order on his desk, which he signed with a flourish and then got on the phone to bark orders at the Danes and the Panamanians and the Colombians, demanding this, that, and the other thing, that thing, this thing, the things that he feels that the United States deserves. | In Trump's history, the US once had a Golden Age. He is now the symbol of its anxiety. His slogan, 'Make America Great Again', does not disguise the worry about its collapse: Make it great again, he says, because it no longer is great, and i…
Jacqueline Luqman, Black Agenda Report.(2025-02-08). DEI's Demise Exposes Absurdity Of Trusting Oppressors To Correct Themselves.popularresistance.org Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs did not emerge from Biden's Executive Order. Many corporate efforts at diversity emerged or were expanded following the 2020 uprisings against racist terrorism sparked by the murder of George Floyd. These corporate efforts claimed to have a goal of addressing the underrepresentation of marginalized groups within their workforces and supply chains. These moves were in response to yet another moment in American history where the deep inequality between white and Black people in the U.S. was exposed as an ever growing chasm, rather than the rose-tinted example of Americ…
Jim McMahan(2025-02-08). The case for reparations: The rise and fall of U.S. enslavement.workers.org The U.S. independence revolution of 1776 would have been a good timet o bring enslavement to an end. Tragically it was not done. Enslavement was discussed a few years later during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. But in the end enslaved people were sold out as matters were left to . . . |
Paddy Colligan(2025-02-08). Trump's big Lunar New Year gift to Vietnam: No more help with de-mining operations.workers.org The Trump thugs continue to crash through norms of humane behavior with the abrupt suspension for 90 days of all foreign aid programs in countries around the world. Such programs have long had a dual purpose: doing good while serving to hide the essence of a cruel and aggressive capitalist . . . |
Viviana Weinstein(2025-02-08). 10,000 King Soopers workers strike 77 stores.workers.org Denver Unionized workers walked out at 5: 00 a.m. on Feb. 6 in a two-week strike against 77 King Soopers stores in Colorado. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 struck stores in six counties that include the major cities of Denver, Boulder and Louisville. Three King Soopers strikers, Denver, Feb. . . . |
Daniel Haqiqatjou(2025-02-08). Are Twelver Shia Disbelievers? A Second Response to Mufti Zameel.muslimskeptic.com The first response can be read here. Introduction On Nov 10th 2024, I engaged in a highly publicized Youtube debate over whether contemporary Twelver Shiis should be considered Muslims. At present, many people are interested in this debate topic given political developments in the Middle East. Here, Twelver Shii powers (e.g., Iran, Hezbollah, Houthis) have …
newarab(2025-02-08). Beirut blast judge questions senior officials as probe resumes.newarab.com The Lebanese judge leading an investigation into the The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to brief the media. | On 4 August, 2020, hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate detonated in a Beiru…
Juan M. Garcia(2025-02-08). US envoy's statements described in Lebanon as interference.plenglish.com Beirut, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) The leader of the Loyalty to the Resistance parliamentary bloc, Mohammad Raad, described the statements by US Deputy Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus as interference in Lebanon's sovereignty.
Omar Aziki(2025-02-08). Microcredit as an instrument of the international financial system and alternatives.cadtm.org At the CADTM South Asia workshop in Colombo, which took place from Thursday 30 January to Saturday 1 February, Omar Aziki delivered a critical analysis of microcredit. He showed how this tool is an instrument of capitalist and patriarchal domination. Read his presentation below. | – | / |
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). In case you missed it: This week's Top 5 stories on social media.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Check out a few of the most popular News Network stories on @mayoclinic social media this past week. Mayo Clinic opens new doors in cancer treatment innovation Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a pioneering strategy to improve targeted cancer therapies.‚Å The approach combines antibody-drug conjugates with proteolysis-targeting chimeras. These molecular tools break down specific proteins to improve how cancer cells internalize the cancer-fighting therapy. Who should get screened for cervical cancer, and when? Cervical cancer…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). (VIDEO) What you need to know about HMPV.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org You may have heard recent news reports about a surge in cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, in the Northern Hemisphere, especially in China. But Dr. Matthew Binnicker, director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, says people shouldn't be concerned. "In the late winter, early spring, it can account for 5% to 10% of all the respiratory infections that we diagnose in the United States. So it's definitely out there," says Dr. Binnicker….
ecns.cn(2025-02-08). China remains world's largest goods trading nation for 8th consecutive year.ecns.cn China's foreign trade volume surpassed the 43 trillion yuan (about $5.9 trillion) for the first time in 2024, marking a 5 percent year-on-year increase and securing its position as the world's largest goods trading nation for the 8th consecutive year, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) announced Friday.
ecns.cn(2025-02-08). Multiple sectors report robust holiday growth.ecns.cn China's consumption market gained momentum during the Spring Festival holiday spanning from Jan 28 through Tuesday, showing robust growth across multiple sectors including retail, tourism and cultural services.
ecns.cn(2025-02-08). China-U.S. ties poised to get a boost: Experts.ecns.cn As China-U.S. relations enter a new chapter, experts are cautiously optimistic about the potential for a more stable, predictable relationship.
ecns.cn(2025-02-08). China blasts U.S. official's baseless accusations.ecns.cn Beijing dismissed on Friday the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio's remarks concerning China during his Latin America tour as "unfounded accusations aimed at sowing discord between the country and relevant Latin America and the Caribbean nations."
ecns.cn(2025-02-08). Thai PM lauds collaboration, says she's no stranger to Harbin.ecns.cn Before leaving for Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra told China Daily in Beijing on Thursday that although it will be her first time to participate in the Asian Winter Games, she's no stranger to the host city.
ecns.cn(2025-02-08). Ceremony opens annual ice harvest.ecns.cn In the presence of a biting wind, fur-clad workers wielded steel chisels to tackle the frozen surface of the Songhua River, producing a large crystalline slab of ice to the cheers of spectators in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province.
ecns.cn(2025-02-08). Asian Winter Games opens in China's 'Ice City'.ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the 9th Asian Winter Games (AWG) in Harbin on Friday night during a festive ceremony celebrating the city's rich ice and snow culture.
ecns.cn(2025-02-08). Yingge dance makes debut performance in Qinghai.ecns.cn The dance, a national intangible cultural heritage in China, dates back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and is considered a dance for heroic warriors due to its close association with the classic novel about Chinese heroism called Water Margin.
ecns.cn(2025-02-08). Chinese tech stocks set to grow further.ecns.cn Chinese A shares posted a strong rally for the second consecutive session on Friday, boding well for a sustained market uptrend as investors re-evaluate Chinese stocks after advances in the country's artificial intelligence models surprised the market, analysts said.
ecns.cn(2025-02-08). U-shaped robot saves three drowning men in large ocean waves.ecns.cn A U-shaped robotic lifebelt successfully saved three drowning tourists two kilometers away from the coast in large ocean waves. Rescue team members noted that the robot outperforms human rescuers in typhoon conditions.
ecns.cn(2025-02-08). Harbin hailed as Games begin.ecns.cn With competitions running smoothly and the opening show taking the world's breath away, Harbin 2025 has set a high benchmark for efficient event organization, as the 9th Asian Winter Games officially got underway.
ecns.cn(2025-02-08). Shanghai-style dress ensures officials impress.ecns.cn Traditional Chinese cultural elements and aesthetics are subtly stitched into the ceremonial dresses and officials' attire at the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, demonstrating the city's unique features while sending out best wishes for participants.
ecns.cn(2025-02-08). Anti-doping mechanisms rigorously tested.ecns.cn With the Asian Winter Games officially underway in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, the intense action is matched by an equally rigorous commitment to anti-doping, ensuring that athletes compete in a clean and fair environment.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). (VIDEO) Who should get screened for cervical cancer, and when?newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Editor's note: January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. When it comes to healthcare screening, different healthcare guideline organizations may have different recommendations. The same is true for cervical cancer screening. Cervical cancer is almost always caused by a persistent infection with high-risk strains of HPV. Routine screening has dramatically reduced cervical cancer deaths, and regular screenings are essential because early detection makes precancer treatment more effective. Dr. Kathy MacLaughlin, a Mayo Clinic family physician specializing…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). Tomorrow's Cure: Predicting disease risk with polygenic risk scores.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Imagine knowing your risk for disease long before symptoms appear. With early detection and targeted interventions, this knowledge could transform how complex healthcare challenges are addressed. Researchers are now leveraging genetic data to enhance disease risk prediction through an innovative tool known as a polygenic risk score. Learn more on a new episode of Tomorrow's Cure. The podcast's latest episode features Victor Ortega, M.D., Ph.D., associate director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine,…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). Mayo Clinic and American Hospital Dubai Strengthen Collaboration to Transform Healthcare and Medical Education in Dubai.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DUBAI — American Hospital Dubai, a distinguished member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network and the globally renowned Mayo Clinic, announced an enhanced collaboration marking a milestone in advancing healthcare delivery, medical education, and research in Dubai and the region. The announcement was made at Arab Health 2025, the healthcare industry's premier event being held in Dubai from Jan. 27-30, 2025, at the World Trade Centre. The strengthened relationship between American Hospital Dubai and Mayo…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). Mayo Clinic hospitals named among America's Best Hospitals by Healthgrades.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic hospitals in Arizona, Florida, Rochester and Mankato were named in the top 1% of hospitals nationwide for overall clinical performance. Mayo Clinic hospitals in Arizona, Florida, Rochester, Minnesota, and Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, Minnesota, were named among America's 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, an independent healthcare ratings company. In addition, Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire and La Crosse, Wisconsin, were included in the Healthgrades 100 Best Hospitals list. Notably, the La Crosse location is…
newarab(2025-02-08). Turkey raises year-end inflation forecast.newarab.com Turkey's central bank on Friday increased its year-end inflation forecast to 24 percent from 21 percent. | Turkey has experienced double-digit inflation since 2019, making life increasingly expensive for millions of people, notably hitting the cost of education, housing, healthcare, hotels and restaurants. | Speaking at a briefing in Istanbul on the 2025 Inflation Report, bank governor Fatih Karahan said the inflation forecast was set at 12 percent for 2026 and eight percent for 2027. | He said the revision of the inflation forecast for this year did not signal any easing in Turkey's monetary policy stance.
Juan M. Garcia(2025-02-08). UN allocates funds for humanitarian aid in Colombia's Catatumbo.plenglish.com Bogota, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) United Nations Emergency Coordinator Tom Fletcher approved the allocation of 3.8 million dollars for humanitarian aid to the Catatumbo region, in northeastern Colombia, sources from the organization said on Friday.
SKWAWKBOX (2025-02-08). SA president Ramaphosa gives Trump lesson in dignity as US president signs order against S Africa.skwawkbox.org Ramaphosa has plenty of controversies and serious allegations against him in his history — but he exposed and humiliated the orange one without even mentioning him South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is no Nelson Mandela. He has been accused of many things, including providing a massive police presence that carried out an appalling massacre of …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). World Cancer Day 2025: People with cancer are 'united by unique'.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Editor's note: The Union for International Cancer Control leads World Cancer Day every Feb. 4 to raise awareness about cancer, encourage its prevention and mobilize action to address the global pandemic World Cancer Day's new campaign, "United by Unique," celebrates the stories of every person affected by cancer. "Every experience with cancer is unique, and it will take all of us, united, to create a world where we look beyond the disease and see the person before the patient. This World Cancer…
Juan M. Garcia(2025-02-08). Cuba's Conference for Balance of the World highlighted in Guatemala.plenglish.com Guatemala, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) A column in the newspaper La Hora de Guatemala, published on Friday, provided details about the 6th International Conference for the Balance of the World, held January 28 to 31 in Cuba.
Juan M. Garcia(2025-02-08). Festival in Cuba to celebrate pairing of classic cars and Tropicana.plenglish.com Havana, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) Classic cars are part of Cuba's heritage and tourist attraction, and together with the Tropicana Cabaret, they will join forces to celebrate the first Tropicana & Classic Car Pairing Festival, the director of the nightclub, Joaquín Yuenking, said.
WSWS(2025-02-08). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific.wsws.org India: Assam oil refinery workers protest two-tier wages; Pakistan: Educators demonstrate over tax rebates; Australia: Vocational teachers at Victoria University demand pay rise; New Zealand medical laboratory workers strike.
Pressenza New York(2025-02-08). Reviving The Death Penalty Is One Of Trump's Greatest Moral Failures.pressenza.com One of Trump's most despicable day-one executive orders revoked Biden's moratorium on federal executions, ensured that states that still carry out capital punishment have "a sufficient supply of drugs needed to carry out lethal injection," and urged the Attorney General to seek to overrule the Supreme Court's precedents on limitations of capital punishment. Capital punishment is a moral travesty, and Trump's hunger to not only reestablish executions but expand their use is a clear signal of his deepening depravity. | By Kimberlee Hurley | In his Executive Order 14164, Trump decried Biden's commutation of 37 out o…
Our Reporter(2025-02-08). NRM Caucus Resolves to Withdraw UPDF Amendment Bill.plusnews.ug The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Parliamentary Caucus has agreed that the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (Amendment) Bill, 2024, currently in parliament be withdrawn. The decision was reached during Friday's Caucus meeting at State House, Entebbe, following an address of the ruling party chairman, President Yoweri Museveni. The decision also follows a recent Supreme Court ruling …
Ryan Cristián(2025-02-08). The Technocratic Coup Is Underway.thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (2/7/25). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth
BAN Toxics(2025-02-08). BAN Toxics to Content Creators and Online Sellers: Stop Spreading Misinformation on Mercury-containing Skin Lightening Products.pressenza.com Toxic watchdog BAN Toxics urges content creators and online sellers to remove social media content, advertisements, and listings promoting prohibited and banned skin-lightening beauty products containing hazardous mercury. | Recent social media monitoring by BAN Toxics revealed that illegal skin-lightening products continue to be widely advertised and sold online through platforms like TikTok and Facebook Reels, as well as e-commerce sites such as Lazada and Shopee. Many of these products contain hazardous mercury, posing serious risks to consumer health. | Last year, the group purchased 50 skin-whitening beauty…
presstv.ir(2025-02-08). Ayatollah Khamenei receives senior Hamas delegation.presstv.ir Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has met with Hamas Shura Council chairman Muhammad Darwish Ismail and other members of the group's political bureau.
presstv.ir(2025-02-08). Trump is serious about annexation of Canada: PM Trudeau.presstv.ir Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says US President Donald Trump is serious about annexing Canada, warning that the American president's fixation on absorbing Canada is "a real thing."
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). Mayo Clinic Minute: What to do for a healthier heart.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the American Heart Association. Heart disease refers to a range of conditions, of which many can be prevented or treated by making healthy lifestyle choices. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/wXk1Nj28Hm4 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 07) is in the downloads at the end of…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). Mayo Clinic Q and A: What to eat for a healthy heart.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: We hear a lot about "heart-healthy" diets, but the guidance seems to always change. It's confusing to me. What foods are important, and what should we avoid? ANSWER: One of the most important factors for a healthy heart is to try to follow a healthy diet. We usually recommend a Mediterranean diet, which is mostly based on trying to eat more white meat, such as fish and chicken, instead of red meat, such as beef…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Clot buster? Surgery? What is the right treatment for stroke?newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A physician points to a brain scan examining for signs of stroke DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My neighbor had a stroke and received a "clot buster" medication. Then, I found out my uncle had a surgery after a stroke. Can you help me understand different kinds of stroke treatments? My neighbor seems almost back to normal, but my uncle is still in rehabilitation because of some paralysis on his left side. ANSWER: We have excellent treatments to reverse stroke symptoms, but…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Living kidney donation can start a chain reaction.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've signed up on my driver's license to be an organ donor if I die. It's important to me. I've also considered being a living kidney donor. I don't personally know someone who needs a kidney, but I've seen billboards and other advertisements from people seeking a kidney donor. Does that have something to do with a donor chain? I am not sure how it works. I'm a little scared and not quite ready…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). (VIDEO) Improving cervical cancer screening with HPV self-collection tests.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cervical cancer is almost always caused by persistent high-risk HPV, particularly HPV 16 and HPV 18, which account for about 70% of cases. Dr. Kathy MacLaughlin, a Mayo Clinic family physician specializing in cervical cancer prevention, says screening for HPV is important, but there are barriers for some patients to screening tests that require a speculum exam — and that leads to lower screening rates in those populations. A new option will be offered soon to help with…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). Mayo Clinic Minute: How alcohol affects your liver.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Excessive alcohol use can harm the body in many ways, including an increase in the risk of various cancers. It damages liver cells, leading to inflammation, scarring and serious conditions such as cirrhosis. Dr. Andrew Keaveny, a Mayo Clinic transplant hepatologist, says heavy drinking also can lead to alcoholic hepatitis, which is becoming more common in younger people. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/R4VyXCoVih8 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 09) is in the downloads at the end of this…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). Mayo Clinic Minute: Dual procedure combines liver transplant, bariatric surgery.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic surgeons have found that an innovative approach can help patients with obesity get lifesaving care. Obesity can be a barrier to liver transplant. Dr. Julie Heimbach, director of the Mayo Clinic Transplant Center in Rochester, Minnesota, says that combining gastric sleeve surgery, a type of bariatric surgery with liver transplantation is effective in addressing both health issues. This dual procedure is especially helpful for patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), formerly known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease….
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). 3D models of uveal melanoma offer hope for improved treatments.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic researchers have developed organoid models to study uveal melanoma, one of the most common types of eye cancer in adults. Their goal is to use these models to better understand how this disease works and develop treatments for unmet patient needs.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). Mayo Clinic Minute: Alcohol and cancer risk.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Office of the Surgeon General recently released a new Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk. It outlines a connection between drinking alcohol and increased risk of cancer, specifically cancers of the mouth, throat, voice box, esophagus, breast, liver and colon. The advisory has recommendations to increase awareness, including updating the existing Surgeon General's health warning label on alcohol-containing beverages. According to Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic physician specializing in preventive medicine and nutrition,…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). In case you missed it: This week's Top 5 stories on social media.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Check out a few of the most popular News Network stories on @mayoclinic social media this past week. Mayo Clinic Minute: Aging and the benefits of exercising There is no magic pill to reverse the aging process. But if you want to counter the biological mechanisms that drive age-related conditions, like the accumulation of senescent cells, you will need to exercise. Dr. Nathan LeBrasseur, director of the Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging at…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). Mayo Clinic opens new doors in cancer treatment innovation.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org This 3d rendering shows antibody drug conjugates delivering therapy to cancer cells. Getty Images. Antibody-drug conjugates are targeted cancer therapies. They deliver potent drugs directly into cancer cells while minimizing harm to healthy tissue. These therapies work by recognizing specific proteins found on the surface of cancer cells. The proteins function like a lock and the therapy acts as a key, latching onto the cancer cells with precision to deliver the treatment. But precision alone…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2025-02-08). Student's research aims to uncover new biomarkers for Krabbe disease.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Krabbe disease is a rare, inherited neurological disease that most commonly affects infants, but can also present later in life, including during adolescence and very rarely in adulthood, according to the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Current clinical laboratory testing identifies individuals with Krabbe disease, but it is challenging to provide a prognosis of the disease course. Symptoms include mental and motor skill weakness and deterioration, seizures, blindness and deafness. "There's a…
Pressenza New York(2025-02-08). Mexico Launches National Semiconductor Design Center "Kutsari" to Boost Technological Innovation.pressenza.com In a landmark move to position Mexico as a global leader in science and technology, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the creation of the National Center for Semiconductor Design "Kutsari". The initiative, named after the Purépecha word for "sand," symbolizes the raw material used in semiconductor production and underscores Mexico's ambition to become a key player in the high-tech industry. | View this post on Instagram | The Kutsari…
newarab(2025-02-08). Mohammad Rasoulof: Prison, politics and his Oscar-nominated film.newarab.com Mohammad is in town to promote Since then he's travelled the world to screen the politically potent familial drama, earning both BAFTA and Oscar nominations along the way, which somewhat explains his fatigue. | Still, as much as he relaxes into our co…
The Independent(2025-02-08). 3,000 injuries, 900 deaths recorded in eastern DRC.independent.co.ug Goma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization said on Friday that the recent surge in violence in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has led to significant loss of life and trauma with over 3,082 injuries recorded in 31 health facilities in North Kivu alone. According to a statement released on …
The Independent(2025-02-08). All to play for on final day of Pearl of Africa golf.independent.co.ug Musimenta is first amateur winner of the Pearl of Africa Golf Series Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & UGC MEDIA | Uganda's top professional golfers will slug it out from 11.30am today for honors when the inaugural Pearl of Africa Golf Series reaches a climax at Uganda Golf Club, Kitante. Marvin Kibirige (-4), Ronald Rugumayo …
The Independent(2025-02-08). Drama as Chief Justice Owiny-Dollo demands apology from ULS president.independent.co.ug "You come to someone's house whom you have been abusing and you demand to speak….only a fool can allow you to speak. I personally told the program manager to remove you from the list of the people to talk" Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo Chigamoy has demanded an apology …
The Independent(2025-02-08). Experts searching how Uganda's first ebola victim was infected.independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that scientists are yet to identify how the Ugandan health worker who succumbed to the Sudan virus disease got infected. Speaking at a meeting on Thursday, Otim Patrick Ramadan, a Health Emergency Officer at the World Health Organisation Africa office revealed that they …
The Independent(2025-02-08). Is the PROFESSIONAL UPDF YELLING at the CONSTITUTION.independent.co.ug COMMENT | Olivia Nalubwama |Dear reader, as we say in Ugandan speak, let us be guided. Today's class will revisit the use of UPPER CASE (or CAPITAL LETTERS as my teachers taught) in online communication. The great internet code deems typing in CAPITAL LETTERS offensive, equivalent to YELLING. Typography and graphic communication experts observe that …
The Independent(2025-02-08). Jinja Hospital sets up Ebola isolation center.independent.co.ug Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja Regional Referral Hospital has set up an Ebola isolation centre. The facility will attend to all the probable contacts traced from the different parts of the Busoga sub-region. It will also serve as a treatment centre for all Ebola cases traced from the different parts of the Busoga …
The Independent(2025-02-08). Uganda's coffee exports revenue rise to USD 115.02 million.independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF) has reported that Uganda's coffee export revenue has risen to USD 115.02 Million, in December 2024. Information from MAAIF indicates that Uganda exported 413,221 60-kg bags of coffee in December 2024, generating USD 115.02 Million in revenue, marking an increase from November 2024, …
Our Reporter(2025-02-08). 30 Gang Members Arrested in Kampala.plusnews.ug A joint security operation by the Police and army has led to the arrest of over 30 suspected gang members of the Kasoro criminal group. The group is responsible for terrorizing residents of Lubaga and Nansana municipalities in Wakiso district. The suspects were apprehended in two intelligence-led operations in Kampala, targeting Katooke A and …
Our Reporter(2025-02-08). Kapelebyong District Gets UGX 1.2bn Health Centre III.plusnews.ug The government has constructed a health centre III in Akoromit Sub County. Akoromit Health Centre III will serve a population of over 30,000 people. The facility worth 1.2 billion shillings was constructed under the Government program of UGIFT to bridge the gap of shortage of health services in the sub-county. This health facility comes along …
Our Reporter(2025-02-08). Owiny-Dollo Demands Apology From Law Society.plusnews.ug The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo Chigamoy has demanded an apology from the Uganda Law Society leadership. He accuses the Society's leadership of abusing judicial officers including Justice Musa Ssekaana. According to Owiny-Dollo, the abuses hurled against justice Musa Ssekaana by lawyers is the gravest thing that has ever happened during his tenure as the Chief …
Janine(2025-02-08). SONA in numbers – 2025.sanews.gov.za SONA in numbers – 2025 | MOURNING | 14 — South African soldiers who died as part of a mission to bring peace to the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. | HISTORY | 70 — years since the adoption of the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown. | 30 — years since the dawn of democracy. | ECONOMY AND INFRASTRUCTURE | 5 — number of years for the implementation of the Medium-Term Development Plan. | 3 — government's strategic priorities to be advanced by the Medium-Term Development Plan. | Over 3% — the level of economic growth that government aims to lift to…
Steve Zeltzer(2025-02-08). Trump's DOGE Shuts Down NED Which Funds AFL-CIO Solidarity Center AFL-CIO Schuler Silent.indybay.org Trump and Musk's DOGE have shutdown not only USAID but the funding for the National Endowment For Democracy which funds the AFL-CIO "Solidarity Center" which has operations in 62 countries. The AFL-CIO leadership has been completely silent about the closure of their international operations through the "Solidarity Center". The "Soldiarity Center" has a long record of supporting coups and US imperialist intervention in many countries around the world.
A a(2025-02-08). Come sono cambiati i processi di dipendenza con gli Stati Uniti d'America.strategic-culture.su Occorre osservare con una certa obiettività i cambiamenti che stanno avvenendo nel contesto geopolitico europeo a seguito dell'insediamento di Donald Trump, per comprendere la ridefinizione delle geometrie di potere. | Segue nostro Una storia lunga parecchi decenni | L'imperialismo americano ha avuto uno sviluppo non lineare nei confronti dell'Europa. Per far parte dell'impero americano, ovviamente come sudditi, fino alla fine degli anni…
Staff(2025-02-07). Transforming all West into a dictatorship of Israel and its lobbies.defenddemocracy.press Journalist Richard Medhurst detained in Austria after police raid Feb 7, 2025 Journalist Richard Medhurst, known for his critical reporting on the Israeli genocide in Gaza, was detained by Austrian authorities this week following a raid on his home and studio. Police seized all his electronic devices and accused him of being "a member of …
Max Blumenthal(2025-02-07). New ICJ President Plagiarized in the Name of Christian Zionism.globalresearch.ca Julia Sebutinde is a dedicated Christian Zionist who stood alone in rejecting South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. Now the court's president, the Ugandan judge appears to have plagiarized sections of her dissenting opinion …
presstv.ir(2025-02-07). Trump sanctions ICC for Israel, US probes.presstv.ir Trump has signed an executive order slapping sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) for what he called baseless investigations targeting America and its close ally Israel over genocide in Gaza.
Staff(2025-02-07). Trump's attack on the ICC is no worse than Biden's support for genocide and impunity.thecanary.co Republican Party president Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the arrest warrants it issued against his war criminal ally, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But it's essential to remember that this is simply an extension of Democratic Party president Joe Biden's own assault on international law. Because it's high …
Ed Sykes(2025-02-07). Albanese calls for Starmer and others to be investigated for complicity with Israel's war crimes.thecanary.co UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese has called for accountability over the British government's participation in Israel's genocide in Gaza. But because of the impunity Western allies have given Israel, she said: This is a situation in which everyone loses. Because we are embracing or we have entered a lawless world. And especially for us in […] | By
Jonathan Cook(2025-02-07). How the West Hides its Gaza Genocide Guilt behind Holocaust Day Remembrance.dissidentvoice.org The ghosts of thousands of Palestinian children crushed by Israeli bombs loomed over this year's Auschwitz commemorations An entirely mendacious message lay at the heart of this week's coverage by the BBC of the 80th Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations. The British state broadcaster asserted throughout the day that the voices of the few remaining survivors …
Naama Blatman — Neve Gordon(2025-02-07). The Right to Remain in the Face of Genocide.counterpunch.org Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the White House, US President Donald Trump said Palestinians have "no alternative" but to leave Gaza. When the two leaders met in the oval office, Trump declared that after Palestinians from the Gaza Strip are moved elsewhere, the US will "take over". The US president also expressed his desire to transform the Israeli-occupied territory into the "Riviera of the Middle East".
Stanley L. Cohen(2025-02-07). A Sales Pitch for Ethnic Cleansing.counterpunch.org Across the Arab world, ordinary citizens stand and watch the United States sliding into the abyss and wonder, what can the Americans be thinking there? Their institutions, packaged once as the envy of the world with a free society and values of compassion and tolerance … all blowing away in the winds of history, over
David Schultz(2025-02-07). Trump and Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza.counterpunch.org US President Donald Trump's declaration to remove the Palestinians from Gaza reveals the two truths. First, history repeats itself, but in doing so, it does in farcical ways. Second, whatever shred of rules-based order that was imposed by the United States on international politics is effectively dead. In The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte Karl
SKWAWKBOX (2025-02-07). Breaking: Israel finally appears to lift ban on tortured Dr Hussam Abu Safiya meeting lawyers.skwawkbox.org Human rights group urgently trying to arrange access after more than 40 days denial but fate of Dr Ahmad al-Muhanna remains unknown after well over 300 days The Israeli occupation has finally lifted its ban on kidnapped Kamal Adwan hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya meeting lawyers, after more than forty days' arbitrary detention and …
presstv.ir(2025-02-07). Israel strikes eastern, southern Lebanon despite ceasefire.presstv.ir Israeli warplanes have carried out a fresh series of airstrikes on several areas in southern and eastern Lebanon in a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement with the Arab country.
dzorinoco(2025-02-07). Syria's Currency Crisis.orinocotribune.com The Syrian pound has surged in the black market, reaching about 7,600 Pounds per USD, nearly half the exchange rate from December, raising concerns about its "illusory" nature and its impact on Syrians' savings. This rapid currency deflation comes amid continuous warnings, with economists pointing out that the Syrian pound's increase in price is not correlated to fundamental economic factors such as a boost in industry or exports. | The Central Bank of Syria continues to set official rates about 40% higher than market rates, a departure from the previous government of al-Assad which set the rates at 10% lower tha…
Vijay Prashad(2025-02-07). How to Understand the Change of Government in Syria.dissidentvoice.org Houmam al-Sayed (Syria), Namle, 2012. One of the most stunning events of the past few months has been the fall of Damascus. This fall had initially been expected over a decade ago, when rebel armies funded by Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the United States crowded around the edges of Syria and threatened then President …
WSWS(2025-02-07). Mass protest on second anniversary of deadly Turkey-Syria earthquake.wsws.org On February 6, thousands of people took to the streets of Hatay in commemorative events and silent marches to express their anger at the state authorities, the failure to hold those responsible accountable and the continued policy of impunity.
John Catalinotto(2025-02-07). Hunter College students defend migrant rights.workers.org With a public action declaring its intention to combat the attacks from the Trump administration on their PICTURE STORY: WWPHOTO: John Catalinotto fellow students and their families, the Hunter College Committee to Defend Immigrants held a rally and demonstration outside Hunter West in New York City on the afternoon of . . . |
Martha Grevatt(2025-02-07). Cleveland: Solidarity with detained migrants.workers.org Cilantro Taqueria in Cleveland Heights, Ohio,was especially crowded, even for a Saturday night, on Feb. 1. People came out to express solidarity and outrage over the arrest of six Cilantro workers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Jan. 26. The workers were taken to the ICE detention center . . . |
Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch.(2025-02-07). When Workers Resisted Labor Exploitation At Bronx 'Slave Markets'.popularresistance.org Following the Great Depression, Black working class women flocked to street corners in the Bronx, New York, forced to sell domestic labor for far below its value in order to make ends meet. "They come to the Bronx, not because of what it promises," reads the renowned exposé by two Black radical activists, investigative journalist Marvel Cooke and civil rights leader Ella Baker. These informal domestic workers flocked to the infamous "Bronx Slave Market," "largely in desperation," Cooke and Baker wrote in 1935. | Desperation did indeed characterize the circumstances at the so-called slave markets, in which impover…
Staff(2025-02-07). ExxonKnews: State judges side with Big Oil, teeing up appeals fights.commondreams.org A New Jersey judge this week dismissed the state's climate deception lawsuit against oil and gas companies, becoming the fourth judge in six months to side with Big Oil in such cases. As similar lawsuits creep closer toward trial, state and local governments are vowing to fight these latest rulings, which grapple with a central …
Natalia Marques(2025-02-07). Labor fights back against attacks on federal workers.peoplesdispatch.org Following a legal response by organized labor, one of Trump's early attacks against the US federal workforce have been temporarily halted. On Thursday, February 6, Trump's deadline to furlough millions of federal workers if they did not accept a
Olivia Barber(2025-02-07). Conservative Lord accused of 'staggering u-turn' on renters' rights.leftfootforward.org Renter advocacy groups have accused Conservative peers of "a staggering u-turn" after they tabled amendments to the Renters' Rights Bill. | On Wednesday, Conservative housing lead in the Lords, Baroness Scott of Bybrook, tabled amendments which campaigners have said would "completely wreck" the legislation. | The proposed amendments included keeping fixed term tenancies and retaining 'no fault' (section 21) evictions for the 85% of landlords who let out five properties or less. | The Renters' Reform Coalition, made up of 21 organisations that represent renters' rights, has pointed out that in February 2023, Ba…
The Independent(2025-02-07). Experts share insights on microfinance and poverty alleviation.independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While microfinance institutions are a vital source of credit for many businesses, experts are stressing the need for financial literacy to truly empower entrepreneurs and break the cycle of poverty. Jane Nalunga, Executive Director of SEATINI Uganda, says business training should be tailored to the individual," she says. "When it …
Amy Goodman(2025-02-07). Communities of Color Hit Hardest as Trump Shutters Environmental Justice Office.truthout.org The Trump administration is planning to shutter the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights at the Environmental Protection Agency and has placed nearly 170 employees on administrative leave. "I'm very concerned about the deregulation and the focus on corporate profits," says Mustafa Santiago Ali, the former head of the environmental justice program at the EPA. |
Juan M. Garcia(2025-02-07). UN demands end to US maximum pressure policies against Cuba.plenglish.com Geneva, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Experts from the United Nations Human Rights Council demanded on Friday that the Government of the United States end the blockade against Cuba and exclude the Caribbean island from the States Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list.
Ann Brown(2025-02-07). HBCU Bands Go All Out In Battle Of The Bands In Los Angeles: Here Are The Highlights.moguldom.com The Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB) made its West Coast debut on Feb. 1, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, bringing the spirit, pride, and musical excellence of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to Los Angeles for the first time—ever. This highly anticipated event kicked off Black History Month in grand fashion, showcasing …
Hugo GABBERO(2025-02-07). Cambodia: British environmental journalist denied re-entry to the country.fidh.org The Cambodian government's decision to deny British journalist Gerald Flynn re-entry to Cambodia and ban him from the country is a blatant attack on journalism and serves as yet another example of the Cambodian authorities' intolerance of critical and investigative journalism. The Observatory for the protection of human rights defenders (International Federation for Human Rights-FIDH and World Organisation Against Torture-OMCT) along with 19 other organisations condemn this arbitrary (…) | – |
Newswire Editor(2025-02-07). U.S. and Japan agree to new LNG exports.commondreams.org Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump met today at the White House and announced plans for Japan to import more U.S. LNG, or fossil gas.Fossil gas causes devastating impacts on communities and the planet, starting from when a hole is drilled in the ground to the LNG export terminals in the Gulf South to Japanese import facilities. Last week, a delegation of community leaders from the U.S. visited Japan to expose the destructive impacts of Japanese financing for U.S. LNG-related facilities.Manning Rollerson, Black community rights activist and founder of Freeport Haven Project f…
G. Dunkel(2025-02-07). Fighting intensifies in the eastern Congo.workers.org While MONUSCO, the United Nations stabilization mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), counts nearly 100 armed groups fighting in the eastern Congo, the crisis escalated recently when the city of Goma was seized by the March 23 Movement (M23). Goma, the Congo, January 2025. The Congolese government . . . |
Ray Acheson(2025-02-07). The Time of Monsters.counterpunch.org In Fire Weather, author John Vaillant describes the "Lucretius Problem," a phenomenon wherein people can have all the information about what is happening yet fail to understand that it is happening. People tend to perceive reality within the confines of what they have already experienced, and struggle to grasp a worst-case scenario even as it unfolds around them. Vaillant, writing about the Fort McMurray fire in Alberta, Canada in 2016, is talking about the increasing destructive potential of fire due to the climate crisis, the fossil fuel extraction industry, and changes in the materials and methods for building…
WSWS(2025-02-07). Worst mass shooting in Swedish history claims 11 lives.wsws.org The 35-year-old lone gunman shot and killed 10 people before turning one of his weapons on himself. The mass shooting occurred against the backdrop of rapidly growing social inequality, the promotion of militarism and war fever, and ongoing gang violence driven by the deepening social crisis.
Staff(2025-02-07). Israeli hostages Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy set to be released Saturday.haaretz.com ISRAEL: U.S. Secretary of State Rubio set to visit Israel, Middle East next week ‚ñ GAZA: Netanyahu tells reporters 'If the Gazans want to leave, they should be allowed to leave' ‚ñ ICC: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Trump sanctions on ICC are 'the wrong tool' ‚ñ LEBANON: Hezbollah condemns U.S. deputy Middle East envoy's statement on U.S. position calling to exclude group from Lebanese gov't…
Yossi Verter(2025-02-07). Netanyahu will return to Israel a new man on the wings of Trump's verbiage.haaretz.com Still, Israelis must remember that they're just one ring of the Trump circus, not the whole show ‚ñ When the stardust settles, Bibi will face the challenge of stage two of the cease-fire deal ‚ñ The threat to Hamas is also a threat to the living hostages ‚ñ Netanyahu makes new appointments to his goon show…
Staff(2025-02-07). Israel targets Hezbollah military sites in Lebanon, IDF confirms.haaretz.com ISRAEL: U.S. Secretary of State Rubio set to visit Israel, Middle East next week ‚ñ GAZA: Netanyahu endorses Trump's plan to displace Gaza's Palestinian population ‚ñ ICC: Trump sanctions ICC employees who work on cases related to the U.S. and its allies, including Israel ‚ñ LEBANON: IDF says it targeted Hezbollah military sites in Lebanon…
Pressenza New York(2025-02-07). Forcing The Palestinians Out Of Gaza Is A Recipe For Unimaginable Disaster.pressenza.com Even after Trump declared that he wanted to take back the Panama Canal, acquire Greenland by force, if necessary, and rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, I could not, like many others, imagine that his madness could reach a new unfathomable height. At his news conference on February 4, with Prime Minister Netanyahu standing beside him, sporting a sinister grin, Trump announced that the US would take over Gaza, ship the Palestinians like sheep to Jordan and Egypt, build such a mesmerizing Riviera along the Mediterranean Sea and, voilà , bring peace and prosperity to the whole region. 'What a wonderfu…
M. K. Bhadrakumar(2025-02-07). Netanyahu Entraps Trump in a Quagmire.globalresearch.ca Seldom, if ever, one gets to pick up the threads of what one had written 3 days back as conjectures. But my prognosis that "the sea side view" of Gaza is mesmerising President Donald Trump and his special envoy for …
Sue Harris(2025-02-07). New Israeli aggression meets resistance by Palestinians: The case of UNRWA.workers.org As Israeli aggression on the occupied West Bank increases, the Palestinian resistance there grows. On Feb. 1, occupation forces destroyed 20 homes in a residential neighborhood in Jenin. At the same time, resistance brigades in the West Bank have been more and more effective in their attacks on invading Israeli . . . |
Ali Salam(2025-02-07). Israeli Army Continues its Offensive in Jenin.imemc.org On Thursday, Israeli forces continued their aggression against the northern West Bank city of Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp for the 17th consecutive day; the ongoing assault has killed 25 citizens, displaced thousands, and destroyed many homes and infrastructure. According to the Jenin Camp Media Committee, at least 15,000 citizens have been displaced from …
IMEMC News(2025-02-07). Army Abducts Four Palestinians In Hebron, Bethlehem, And Nablus.imemc.org On Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least four Palestinians, including a father and his son, in Hebron, Bethlehem, and Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. In Beit Kahil town, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank's southern part, the soldiers stormed and ransacked several homes and abducted Rafat Rasmi Al-Asafra. The soldiers …
IMEMC News(2025-02-07). Updated: Israeli Army Continues Offensive In Tubas.imemc.org Israeli soldiers continued their aggression on the town of Tammun and the Al-Far'a refugee camp south of Tubas, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank, for the sixth consecutive day. Update: An Israeli drone bombed an area in the town of Tammun, without resulting in any injuries.
IMEMC News(2025-02-07). Israeli Army Continues Offensive In Tulkarem For Twelfth Day.imemc.org The Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression on the city of Tulkarem for the twelfth consecutive day, amid military reinforcements and the seizure of homes, turning them into military barracks after forcing their residents to leave. Media sources reported that the occupation forces have pushed more military reinforcements, including infantry and armored units, toward the …
IMEMC News(2025-02-07). Israeli Explosive Remnant Kills A Palestinian Child In Rafah.imemc.org On Friday, a Palestinian child died due to an explosion of an object left behind by the Israeli army in the city of Rafah, in the Gaza Strip's southmost part. Medical sources said the child, Mohammad Yasser Al-Qadi, died as a result of the explosion of an object left behind by the occupation forces in …
IMEMC News(2025-02-07). Ongoing Israeli Aggression In West Bank: Airstrikes And Home Demolitions.imemc.org Updated: The Israeli occupation army continues its siege and aggression on Jenin, Tulkarem, and Tubas as part of an ongoing military offensive initiated on January 21st in the northern, northwestern and northeastern parts of the occupied West Bank. |
IMEMC News(2025-02-07). Soldiers Assault And Abduct Two Palestinians In Hebron.imemc.org On Friday, Israeli soldiers assaulted and injured two Palestinians before abducting them in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources reported that the soldiers assaulted Tareq Jaber, 55, and Rafat Mohammad Marar, injuring them before taking them away. |Updated:…
Staff(2025-02-07). Israeli Forces Kill One in Gaza, Displaced People Suffer from the Elements.imemc.org In Gaza on Thursday, Israeli occupation forces' gunfire killed a Palestinian father, north of Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. A Wafa news correspondent reported that Palestinian citizen Salman Rushdi Salman Abu Ghoula was martyred after being shot by the occupation forces in the town of Al-Maghraqa, north of Al-Nuseirat camp. Medical sources …
scorinoco(2025-02-07). Situation in Ecuador in the Lead-Up to Presidential Elections.orinocotribune.com On Sunday, February 9, more than 13 million Ecuadorians will go to the polls to elect the next president who will govern the country until 2029, as well as the 137 members of the National Assembly. | The rules of the electoral process are determined by the Code of Democracy, which establishes that, to win the presidency in the first round, a candidate must obtain 50% plus one of the valid votes, or at least 40% with an advantage of 10 percentage points over the second-place candidate. If these thresholds are not met, a second round will be held on April 13. | A polarized electoral scenario | There are 16 ca…
thecommunists(2025-02-07). Who is Elon Musk really?thecommunists.org Its public image is something that the bourgeoisie has had to take increasingly seriously over the course of the last 150 years. As workers gained literacy and the capitalists had to concede them the right to vote, the ruling class needed to maintain an image of itself that could be marketed to workers. The capitalists …
WSWS(2025-02-07). Germany's Greens on course for the far-right AfD.wsws.org If you want the policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), you can also vote Green. That is essentially the core message of Robert Habeck's 10-point plan "Security offensive for Germany."
President Claudia Sheinbaum(2025-02-07). Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Addressing Trump.globalresearch.ca So, you voted to build a wall… | Well, dear Americans, even if you don't understand much about geography, since America to you is your country, not a continent, it's important that you discover, before the first brick is laid, that …
The exchange of Israeli captives is set to take place in Deir el-Balah, and will see the release of three Israelis – Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Amin. 183 Palestinians are also set to be released, of which 72 are from the occupied West Bank a…
Veterans for Peace Statement Workers World received this statement from Veterans For Peace on Feb. 7. It pledges that VFP "will support military personnel who question the legality of [President Donald] Trump's orders" and is an important contribution to mobilizing to defend the rights of migrant workers. National Guard in . . . | 
Israeli Speaking to Israeli media on Thursday, Netanyahu rejected the two-state solution, calling a Palestinian state a "security threat" to Israel. | Netanyahu, who faces arrest warrants over war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Israel in Gaza, directly dismissed Palestinian claims to their homeland. | "The Saudis can create a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia; they have a lot…
A senior member of Al-Qaeda in Abu Yusuf al-Muhammadi al-Hadrami died when a motorcycle packed with explosives detonated near where he worked in Marib, east of the rebel-held capital Sanaa. | "By God, we will not let your blood (be spilled) in vain," said the AQAP statement, which was issued late Thursday. | Washington regards the group, known as Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Pe…
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With just a year to the 2026 general elections, the opposition has raised alarm about the significant overcrowding at polling stations, particularly in areas traditionally supportive of opposition parties. They argue that this issue is not just a matter of logistical inefficiency but a deliberate tactic that undermines the democratic …
The exchange comes despite uproar in the region over a shock 
Palestinian prisoners set to be released in the latest phase of a The Hebrew-language news website Walla reported on Friday that the three-minute video, produced by the Israeli army in collaboration with the Israeli Prison Service, will be shown on large screens moments before the prisoners are released. | Israeli authorities claim the video is intended t…
The US has warned that Ortagus' visit came amid ongoing political negotiations, with Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam working to form a government. | The US is reportedly pressuring him to exclude Hezbollah, reinforcing Washington's longstanding stance against the Iran-backed g…
The State Department has signed off on the sale of $6.75 billion in bombs, guidance kits and fuses, in addition to $660 million in Hellfire missiles, according to the US Defense Security Cooper…
The U.S. independence revolution of 1776 would have been a good timet o bring enslavement to an end. Tragically it was not done. Enslavement was discussed a few years later during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. But in the end enslaved people were sold out as matters were left to . . . | 
The Trump thugs continue to crash through norms of humane behavior with the abrupt suspension for 90 days of all foreign aid programs in countries around the world. Such programs have long had a dual purpose: doing good while serving to hide the essence of a cruel and aggressive capitalist . . . | 
Denver Unionized workers walked out at 5: 00 a.m. on Feb. 6 in a two-week strike against 77 King Soopers stores in Colorado. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 struck stores in six counties that include the major cities of Denver, Boulder and Louisville. Three King Soopers strikers, Denver, Feb. . . . | 
The Lebanese judge leading an investigation into the The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to brief the media. | On 4 August, 2020, hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate detonated in a Beiru…
Vietnam ranked as Malaysia's sixth-largest rubber supplier…
Turkey's central bank on Friday increased its year-end inflation forecast to 24 percent from 21 percent. | Turkey has experienced double-digit inflation since 2019, making life increasingly expensive for millions of people, notably hitting the cost of education, housing, healthcare, hotels and restaurants. | Speaking at a briefing in Istanbul on the 2025 Inflation Report, bank governor Fatih Karahan said the inflation forecast was set at 12 percent for 2026 and eight percent for 2027. | He said the revision of the inflation forecast for this year did not signal any easing in Turkey's monetary policy stance.
Ramaphosa has plenty of controversies and serious allegations against him in his history — but he exposed and humiliated the orange one without even mentioning him South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is no Nelson Mandela. He has been accused of many things, including providing a massive police presence that carried out an appalling massacre of …
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The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Parliamentary Caucus has agreed that the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (Amendment) Bill, 2024, currently in parliament be withdrawn. The decision was reached during Friday's Caucus meeting at State House, Entebbe, following an address of the ruling party chairman, President Yoweri Museveni. The decision also follows a recent Supreme Court ruling …
The departing team said on X that it had handed over the embassy in Ankara to the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Thursday. The unusually strongly-worded statement said that the decision by…
Mohammad is in town to promote Since then he's travelled the world to screen the politically potent familial drama, earning both BAFTA and Oscar nominations along the way, which somewhat explains his fatigue. | Still, as much as he relaxes into our co…
France and the United Arab Emirates agreed on Thursday to a framework accord for a 1 gigawatt data centre dedicated to President 
Clashes erupted between locals and the police in Tunisia's eastern city of The clashes came hours after an unnamed 26-year-old set himself on fire at the st…
Goma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization said on Friday that the recent surge in violence in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has led to significant loss of life and trauma with over 3,082 injuries recorded in 31 health facilities in North Kivu alone. According to a statement released on …
Musimenta is first amateur winner of the Pearl of Africa Golf Series Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & UGC MEDIA | Uganda's top professional golfers will slug it out from 11.30am today for honors when the inaugural Pearl of Africa Golf Series reaches a climax at Uganda Golf Club, Kitante. Marvin Kibirige (-4), Ronald Rugumayo …
"You come to someone's house whom you have been abusing and you demand to speak….only a fool can allow you to speak. I personally told the program manager to remove you from the list of the people to talk" Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo Chigamoy has demanded an apology …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that scientists are yet to identify how the Ugandan health worker who succumbed to the Sudan virus disease got infected. Speaking at a meeting on Thursday, Otim Patrick Ramadan, a Health Emergency Officer at the World Health Organisation Africa office revealed that they …
COMMENT | Olivia Nalubwama |Dear reader, as we say in Ugandan speak, let us be guided. Today's class will revisit the use of UPPER CASE (or CAPITAL LETTERS as my teachers taught) in online communication. The great internet code deems typing in CAPITAL LETTERS offensive, equivalent to YELLING. Typography and graphic communication experts observe that …
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja Regional Referral Hospital has set up an Ebola isolation centre. The facility will attend to all the probable contacts traced from the different parts of the Busoga sub-region. It will also serve as a treatment centre for all Ebola cases traced from the different parts of the Busoga …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF) has reported that Uganda's coffee export revenue has risen to USD 115.02 Million, in December 2024. Information from MAAIF indicates that Uganda exported 413,221 60-kg bags of coffee in December 2024, generating USD 115.02 Million in revenue, marking an increase from November 2024, …
A joint security operation by the Police and army has led to the arrest of over 30 suspected gang members of the Kasoro criminal group. The group is responsible for terrorizing residents of Lubaga and Nansana municipalities in Wakiso district. The suspects were apprehended in two intelligence-led operations in Kampala, targeting Katooke A and …
The government has constructed a health centre III in Akoromit Sub County. Akoromit Health Centre III will serve a population of over 30,000 people. The facility worth 1.2 billion shillings was constructed under the Government program of UGIFT to bridge the gap of shortage of health services in the sub-county. This health facility comes along …
The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo Chigamoy has demanded an apology from the Uganda Law Society leadership. He accuses the Society's leadership of abusing judicial officers including Justice Musa Ssekaana. According to Owiny-Dollo, the abuses hurled against justice Musa Ssekaana by lawyers is the gravest thing that has ever happened during his tenure as the Chief …
The ghosts of thousands of Palestinian children crushed by Israeli bombs loomed over this year's Auschwitz commemorations An entirely mendacious message lay at the heart of this week's coverage by the BBC of the 80th Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations. The British state broadcaster asserted throughout the day that the voices of the few remaining survivors …
Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the White House, US President Donald Trump said Palestinians have "no alternative" but to leave Gaza. When the two leaders met in the oval office, Trump declared that after Palestinians from the Gaza Strip are moved elsewhere, the US will "take over". The US president also expressed his desire to transform the Israeli-occupied territory into the "Riviera of the Middle East". 
Across the Arab world, ordinary citizens stand and watch the United States sliding into the abyss and wonder, what can the Americans be thinking there? Their institutions, packaged once as the envy of the world with a free society and values of compassion and tolerance … all blowing away in the winds of history, over 
US President Donald Trump's declaration to remove the Palestinians from Gaza reveals the two truths. First, history repeats itself, but in doing so, it does in farcical ways. Second, whatever shred of rules-based order that was imposed by the United States on international politics is effectively dead. In The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte Karl 
Human rights group urgently trying to arrange access after more than 40 days denial but fate of Dr Ahmad al-Muhanna remains unknown after well over 300 days The Israeli occupation has finally lifted its ban on kidnapped Kamal Adwan hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya meeting lawyers, after more than forty days' arbitrary detention and …
With a public action declaring its intention to combat the attacks from the Trump administration on their PICTURE STORY: WWPHOTO: John Catalinotto fellow students and their families, the Hunter College Committee to Defend Immigrants held a rally and demonstration outside Hunter West in New York City on the afternoon of . . . | 
Cilantro Taqueria in Cleveland Heights, Ohio,was especially crowded, even for a Saturday night, on Feb. 1. People came out to express solidarity and outrage over the arrest of six Cilantro workers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Jan. 26. The workers were taken to the ICE detention center . . . | 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While microfinance institutions are a vital source of credit for many businesses, experts are stressing the need for financial literacy to truly empower entrepreneurs and break the cycle of poverty. Jane Nalunga, Executive Director of SEATINI Uganda, says business training should be tailored to the individual," she says. "When it …
While MONUSCO, the United Nations stabilization mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), counts nearly 100 armed groups fighting in the eastern Congo, the crisis escalated recently when the city of Goma was seized by the March 23 Movement (M23). Goma, the Congo, January 2025. The Congolese government . . . | 
In Fire Weather, author John Vaillant describes the "Lucretius Problem," a phenomenon wherein people can have all the information about what is happening yet fail to understand that it is happening. People tend to perceive reality within the confines of what they have already experienced, and struggle to grasp a worst-case scenario even as it unfolds around them. Vaillant, writing about the Fort McMurray fire in Alberta, Canada in 2016, is talking about the increasing destructive potential of fire due to the climate crisis, the fossil fuel extraction industry, and changes in the materials and methods for building…
As Israeli aggression on the occupied West Bank increases, the Palestinian resistance there grows. On Feb. 1, occupation forces destroyed 20 homes in a residential neighborhood in Jenin. At the same time, resistance brigades in the West Bank have been more and more effective in their attacks on invading Israeli . . . | 
On Thursday, Israeli forces continued their aggression against the northern West Bank city of Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp for the 17th consecutive day; the ongoing assault has killed 25 citizens, displaced thousands, and destroyed many homes and infrastructure. According to the Jenin Camp Media Committee, at least 15,000 citizens have been displaced from …
On Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least four Palestinians, including a father and his son, in Hebron, Bethlehem, and Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. In Beit Kahil town, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank's southern part, the soldiers stormed and ransacked several homes and abducted Rafat Rasmi Al-Asafra. The soldiers …
Israeli soldiers continued their aggression on the town of Tammun and the Al-Far'a refugee camp south of Tubas, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank, for the sixth consecutive day. Update: An Israeli drone bombed an area in the town of Tammun, without resulting in any injuries.
The Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression on the city of Tulkarem for the twelfth consecutive day, amid military reinforcements and the seizure of homes, turning them into military barracks after forcing their residents to leave. Media sources reported that the occupation forces have pushed more military reinforcements, including infantry and armored units, toward the …
On Friday, a Palestinian child died due to an explosion of an object left behind by the Israeli army in the city of Rafah, in the Gaza Strip's southmost part. Medical sources said the child, Mohammad Yasser Al-Qadi, died as a result of the explosion of an object left behind by the occupation forces in …
Updated: The Israeli occupation army continues its siege and aggression on Jenin, Tulkarem, and Tubas as part of an ongoing military offensive initiated on January 21st in the northern, northwestern and northeastern parts of the occupied West Bank. |
On Friday, Israeli soldiers assaulted and injured two Palestinians before abducting them in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources reported that the soldiers assaulted Tareq Jaber, 55, and Rafat Mohammad Marar, injuring them before taking them away. |Updated:…
In Gaza on Thursday, Israeli occupation forces' gunfire killed a Palestinian father, north of Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. A Wafa news correspondent reported that Palestinian citizen Salman Rushdi Salman Abu Ghoula was martyred after being shot by the occupation forces in the town of Al-Maghraqa, north of Al-Nuseirat camp. Medical sources …