(2025-04-11). New Jersey Peace Action in DC for Peace and Cease Fire in Gaza, Apr 10. fightbackbetter.com Down on Capitol Hill today with @nj.peaceaction advocating for the people of #Gaza. We are demanding a ceasefire and for independent aid organizations…
(2025-04-11). Strike Highlights Palestinian Frustrations With 'Symbolic' Protest. popularresistance.org Palestinians across the West Bank observed a general strike on Monday protesting the renewed Israeli genocide in Gaza. The strike was observed in all West Bank cities and towns and joined by all civil society bodies. The Palestinian Teachers' Union announced the halt of all classes, while the Palestinian Bar Association announced that all lawyers and judges were called to abstain from attending court hearings. The "national and Islamic forces," the coalition of all Palestinian political parties, also called for the general strike. It was observed by all of Palestinian society in the West Bank, including businesse…
(2025-04-11). Protests erupt as Israel massacres more health workers. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-04-11). Gulf-Backed Genocide: How Arab Monarchies Fuel Israel's War Machine. orinocotribune.com By Mawadda Iskandar — Apr 10, 2025 |
(2025-04-11). In Solidarity with Yale Professor Helyeh Doutaghi, Against Academic and Political Repression, Against Genocide. globalresearch.ca On Friday, March 28, Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi, a prominent Iranian scholar and Deputy Director of the Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project at Yale Law School, was terminated from her position. Yale's decision followed a smear campaign by a …
(2025-04-11). "When You Make Enemies Everywhere, You Can't Sell Anything" . "The No-Win War" . China vs. America. globalresearch.ca In a recent article before Trump's tariff announcement, I mentioned the growing movement to boycott Made in USA because of its continuing to abet Genocide in Gaza. That has now spread even farther in defiance of the tariffs. But …
(2025-04-11). Trump administration to roll out red carpet for genocide cheerleader Itamar Ben-Gvir. peoplesworld.org 
Itamar Ben-Gvir, the head of the Kahanist, fascist Otzmat Yehudit (Jewish Power) Party in Israel, is set to make an official visit to the United States following the Passover holiday. This marks his first formal diplomatic trip abroad since becoming one of the most notorious faces of Israel's far-right political establishment. Ben-Gvir, who briefly resigned …
(2025-04-11). Israeli Reservists Dismissed Over Protest Letter Demanding End To War. popularresistance.org Around 1,000 Israeli reservist soldiers from the air force have signed a letter of protest demanding the prioritization of returning captives from Gaza over the continuation of the war, which they say is being led for personal and political reasons. | Ten percent of the signatories are active reservists, while the others are either retired or no longer in service. | "We, reserve and former air force personnel, demand the immediate return of the hostages — even if it requires an immediate cessation of hostilities. At this time, the war serves primarily political and personal interests, not security ones," re…
(2025-04-11). Trump's Gaza Riviera real estate dream is already under way — in Albania. defenddemocracy.press Nick Squires in Zvernec, Albania Febr. 9, 2025 US president's Middle Eastern plan has far-reaching tentacles from the Kushners to the Balkan country's 'only island' Featured Image: Albania's government has approved a ‚Ǩ1.4 billion ( £1.2 billion) project by Jared Kushner to transform Albania's only island into a tourist destination A marsh harrier sweeps across a meadow of …
(2025-04-11). Factchecking the leaders on cost of living, budget repair and Gaza. independentaustralia.net 
(2025-04-11). Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Air Strike Kills 10, Including 7 Children. latintimes.com The Israeli military said it was looking into the attack, adding in a separate statement that it had struck approximately 40 "terror targets" across Gaza over the past day.
(2025-04-11). Video: Israel bombs displaced people in tents in Gaza 'safe zone' again. skwawkbox.org People of Rafah ordered to move to al-Mawasi — now occupation is killing them there too, not for the first time, and again targeting mainly children Last week, Israel ordered hundreds of thousands of people living in Rafah, southern Gaza, to move to the tiny supposed 'safe zone' of al-Mawasi, a wasteland filled with the …
(2025-04-11). IDF faces internal dissent over Gaza war. albawaba.com ALBAWABA — As hundreds of soldiers and thousands of academics join an expanding petition calling on the government to halt the military assault and ensure the release of Israeli captives, opposition to the current conflict in Gaza is spreading in Israeli society.Over 2,000 university professors and reservists from Unit 8200, a crucial military intelligence unit, signed a petition stating that diplomatic diplomacy, not more military escalation, is the only practical way to rescue prisoners, according to Israeli media. The government's strategy was criticized for prioritizing political goals above national se…
(2025-04-11). Trump says hostage deal in Gaza nearing completion. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that progress is being made toward securing the release of hostages held in Gaza. He confirmed that Washington is in active communication with both Israel and Hamas to resolve.The announcement follows a statement by Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, who revealed that the U.S. is working on a comprehensive agreement between Israel and Hamas, expected to be announced soon. According to Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth, the deal may include a call for a ceasefire within the coming weeks, followed by direct negotiations.Witkoff also met with families of the…
(2025-04-11). American surgeons return from Gaza and forget the nightmare. haaretz.com Feroze Sidhwa and Mark Perlmutter say American hospitals would be overwhelmed by the kind of suffering they witnessed in Gaza. They're hoping Israelis wake up…
(2025-04-11). Israeli army intercepts drone launched the IDF soldier wounded in Gaza. haaretz.com ISRAEL: IDF soldier seriously wounded in southern Gaza ‚ñ GAZA: 26 Gazans killed in past 24 hours, over 100 wounded ‚ñ IRAN: Giving 'genuine chance' to talks with U.S., foreign ministry says…
(2025-04-11). serves political Over 250 reservists, alumni of IDF elite intelligence unit demand to end Gaza war. haaretz.com ISRAEL: Trump says progress being made on hostage return, cease-fire talks reportedly 'accelerated' ‚ñ GAZA: 11 Hamas terrorists involved in Oct. 7 attacks killed, Shin Bet says ‚ñ YEMEN: U.S. reportedly attacks targets in Yemen overnight into Friday ‚ñ IRAN: Giving 'genuine chance' to talks with U.S., foreign ministry says…
(2025-04-11). Israeli report: Only 25% of Hamas tunnels destroyed after months of war. presstv.ir Israeli military sources estimate that Israel's strikes on Gaza have destroyed only a quarter of the tunnel network and defense capabilities of Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.
(2025-04-11). Mostly women, children killed as Israel expands Gaza onslaught. presstv.ir Israeli strikes have killed at least 13 people, including seven children, across the Gaza Strip, Gaza's civil defense agency said.
(2025-04-11). 150 Israeli former naval officers join calls to end to Gaza war. newarab.com 
(2025-04-11). Gaza: Israeli attacks continue amid 'progress' in captive talks. newarab.com 
At least 12 Palestinians have been killed in fresh Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn on Friday. | Ten members of the same family were killed when Israeli forces shelled a house in Khan Younis, Palestinian news agency WAFA is reporting. | Another five were wounded in the attack, according to Al Jazeera Arabic. | A drone attack in Beit Lahia killed two civilians and wounded several others, according to WAFA. | The attacks came a few hours after US President Donald Trump claimed progress in ongoing talks to broker a prisoner-swap agreement between Hamas and Israel. | "We're getting close" to agreeing a deal…
(2025-04-11). Israel, Egypt discuss Gaza truce proposal as NGOs declare famine. newarab.com 
Israeli Prime Minister The draft document reportedly aims at bridging a compromise between an…
(2025-04-11). We need to talk about Sudan. newarab.com 
I recently attended an interview with the Egyptian-Canadian writer and journalist Omar El Akkad ahead of the publication of his book, One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. | The book was born from a viral tweet sent shortly after bombardment began in Gaza in October 2023. El Akkad wrote: "One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."
(2025-04-11). A Look at the Obscure Cold War Law Revived in Deportation Case Against Pro-Palestinian Activist. latintimes.com The Trump administration is using a rarely invoked Cold War-era immigration statute to justify the potential deportation of Mahmoud Khalill…
(2025-04-11). Trump Faces Palestine. counterpunch.org 
In the colonial view of the world — and, in its own strange fashion, Donald Trump's view couldn't be more colonial — White European colonizers were embattled beacons of civilization, rationality, and progress, confronting dangerous barbaric hordes beyond (and even, sometimes, within) their own frontiers. Colonial violence then was a necessary form of self-defense needed
(2025-04-11). Beyond Outrage: Israel's Execution of Medical Workers. counterpunch.org 
(2025-04-11). Luke Thomas: Fighting for Palestine, UFC's Monopoly, Saudi Sportswashing. counterpunch.org Combat sports journalist Luke Thomas joins Eric Draitser on CounterPunch for a discussion of the politics of MMA, Boxing, and combat sports broadly. The discussion explores the inspiration of Belal Muhammad for Palestinian solidarity and resistance, the right-wing politics and culture of the UFC, the motivations for the Saudi government's move into sports, the role
(2025-04-11). Student and Faculty Repression on US Campuses: the Palestine Exception. counterpunch.org 
Thanks to Donald Trump, the 45th AND the 47th President of the Greatest Democracy on Earth (NOT!)—liberal white Euro-America now knows what the two-thirds world (also referred to as the Third World or the Global South)-has always known in its gut— albeit those of us from the ( so-called) global south who immigrated to the
(2025-04-11). Democracy Now! 2025-04-11 Friday. democracynow.org Headlines for April 11, 2025; Supreme Court Orders U.S. to "Facilitate" Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador; Michigan Lawyer Detained at Detroit Airport, Phone Seized; He Represents Pro-Palestine Protester; Microsoft Worker Fired for Israel Protest: "Cloud & AI Are the Bombs & Bullets of the 21st Century"; "The Teacher": Director Farah Nabulsi and Actor Saleh Bakri on New Film Based in Occupied West Bank | Headlines for April 11, 2025; Supreme Court Orders U.S. to "Facilitate" Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador; Michigan Lawyer Detained at Det…
(2025-04-11). Fund Care Not Killing. dissidentvoice.org As Americans prepare their taxes for Tax Day on April 15, remember that the U.S. government continues to spend the citizen's money to fund mass violence against Palestinians. What could the U.S. fund instead of more weapons to Israel? In collaboration with our partners, U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights-Action (USCPRA), we updated our visual series, …
(2025-04-11). Israel puts Palestinian jailed at 13 under house arrest after release. presstv.ir Israeli authorities issued a house arrest order for 23-year-old freed Palestinian detainee Ahmad Manasra until Sunday, just hours after his release following nine-and-a-half years in prison.
(2025-04-11). Palestinian jailed as a child, freed after almost 10 years. aljazeera.com Palestinian Ahmad Manasra, who was jailed at 14-years old, has been freed after nearly a decade in an Israeli prison.
(2025-04-11). Israeli prisons for juvenile Palestinians are "far from fair" aljazeera.com Lawyer Khaled Quzmar says the Israeli military system is far below international standards.
(2025-04-11). 50 years since the fall of Saigon — build the movement to liberate Palestine. greenleft.org.au 
Fifty years ago, the world celebrated the historic victory of the National Liberation Front over the United States-backed puppet regime in South Vietnam, writes Jim McIlroy.
(2025-04-11). Protesters call on Labor to cut ties with Israel on Palestinian Day. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-04-11). a disconnect between Israel and the Middle East. As if we actually. haaretz.com An autodidact on the Middle East, strategic consultant Tom Wegner is promoting a vision of dialogue in the region. The story is bigger than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he says…
(2025-04-11). Hate crime probe urged on attack of pro-Palestinian NYC protest. newarab.com 
A hate crime probe is being urged following an attack on a protester during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in On Monday, an individual was reported to have thrown faeces, rubbish, and liquid out of a window in the Summit Apartments complex in midtown on pro- "We strongly condemn this abhorrent attack on pro-Palestinian pr…
(2025-04-11). US revokes 600 student visas in pro-Palestine activism crackdown. newarab.com 
The Trump administration has Inside Higher Ed, a US website that provides data on the higher education community in the US, has identified hundreds of cases where foreign students have had their legal status changed by t…
(2025-04-11). Watch: Israel bombs tent housing Journalists, burns them alive. ummid.com Israeli occupation force Monday April 07, 2025 forces bombed a tent housing Palestinian journalists, killing two and wounding nine others while burning them alive.
(2025-04-11). Lawyer Representing Pro-Palestine Protester Detained at Airport, Phone Seized. truthout.org A lawyer who represents a pro-Palestinian student protester in Michigan was detained Sunday at the Detroit Metro Airport on his way back from a family vacation. Dearborn attorney Amir Makled was separated from his wife and children and asked to surrender his cellphone by Border Patrol agents. "This wasn't something that was random," says Makled. "They had a whole profile about me. |
(2025-04-11). China breaks taboo on discussing Palestine's armed resistance, sparking call for legal clarity. peoplesworld.org 
On Feb. 22, 2024, China's Ambassador to The Hague, Zhang Jun, uttered the unexpected. His testimony, like that of a number of others, was meant to help the International Court of Justice (ICJ) formulate a critical and long-overdue legal opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestine. Zhang articulated the Chinese position, which, …
(2025-04-11). 'People are hiding in their apartments': Inside Trump's assault on universities. therealnews.com 
International students are being abducted and disappeared by ICE in broad daylight. Life-saving research projects across the academy are being halted or thrown into disarray by seismic cuts to federal grants. Dozens of universities are under federal investigation for their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs, their allowance of trans athletes to compete in college sports, and their tolerance of constitutionally protected Palestine solidarity protests. In today's urgent episode of Working People, we get a harrowing, on-the-ground view of the Trump administration's all-out assault on institutions of hig…
(2025-04-11). Video: The West's Catastrophic Destruction of Syria. Line Lauridsen Interviews Mark Taliano. globalresearch.ca Line Lauridsen, Team-Free21DK, interviews author and researcher, Mark Taliano, Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (Global Research) on the West's deliberate destruction of Syria. | Mark Taliano identifies the culprits responsible for the catastrophe that has befallen …
(2025-04-11). US bans Arab states from supporting Lebanon, Syria reconstruction: Report. presstv.ir The US warns Persian Gulf Arab countries that they are not allowed to deliver any of the promised reconstruction aid to Lebanon and Syria until Israel's objectives are met.
(2025-04-11). International Mine Awareness Day: Addressing the threat of explosive ordnance in Syria. icrc.org A statement from Stephan Sakalian, the Head of ICRC Delegation in Syria…
(2025-04-11). IDF officers authorize entry to Syria against orders, will not face action. haaretz.com In a similar incident nearly five months ago, an Israeli citizen and Gur Kehati, the soldier escorting him, were killed in a firefight in southern Lebanon. The incident remains under investigation; however, in this case, the IDF chief of staff has chosen not to take disciplinary action…
(2025-04-11). Can Israel and Türkiye Manage Their Escalating Rivalry in Syria? globalresearch.ca Israel and Türkiye held talks in Azerbaijan last week on the creation of a so-called "
(2025-04-11). Pakistan demands end to Israeli violations of Syria's sovereignty. plenglish.com Islamabad, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) Pakistan demanded at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), on Friday, an end to the Israeli violations of Syria's sovereignty in denunciation of the recent attacks by the Israeli Government.
(2025-04-11). PATCO's Lessons For This Crisis. popularresistance.org Donald Trump's March 27 executive order revoking the collective bargaining rights of more than 700,000 federal workers is the largest act of union-busting in U.S. history. | The closest historical parallel is Ronald Reagan's busting and decertification of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization. When 12,000 air traffic controllers initiated an illegal strike on August 3, 1981, and stayed out in defiance of Reagan's ultimatum, the federal government came down on them with all its might. | Many PATCO leaders were arrested, the union was bankrupted and decertified, and the strikers were permanently rep…
(2025-04-11). Tariffs Trigger Crisis: Are American Families Paying the Price? thinktank.pk In 2025, American consumers are facing a deepening economic crisis—one not triggered by war or natural disaster, but by policy. The Trump administration's sweeping tariff measures, framed as "reciprocal" protectionism, are increasingly being blamed for a surge in consumer prices across the board. From eggs to electronics, inflation appears to be spiraling. Inflate consumer costs …
(2025-04-11). Ukraine's Military Crisis: Far-right Whistleblower Exposes Leadership Failures. globalresearch.ca Bohdan Krotevych, a notorious former Ukrainian commander and ex-chief of staff of the
(2025-04-11). Haiti: Renewed clashes fuel a humanitarian crisis that has no end in sight. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). War, Terrorism and the Global Economic Crisis. Ninety-nine Interrelated Concepts. globalresearch.ca Everything is interrelated: war, terrorism, the police state, the global economy, financial fraud, corrupt governments, poverty and social inequality, media disinformation, war propaganda, WMD, international law,…
(2025-04-11). Iraq makes progress defeating ISIS amid debates over US role. newarab.com 
As While Iraqi officials initially suggested the ISIS threat had been sufficiently contained, recent political shifts have led some factions,…
(2025-04-11). Sudan faces world's worst crisis as war nears second anniversary. newarab.com 
A nearly two-year-old Nearly 25 million people, half of Sudan's population, face extreme hunger, while people are dying in famine-hit areas in western
(2025-04-11). Susan Watkins: Baselines. newleftreview.org Trump's second term has begun with a whirlwind of iconoclastic pronouncements and an opening to Moscow that has sent European rulers into ideological crisis. An American-policy aide-mémoire offers baseline metrics for the ruptures—and continuities—ahead.
(2025-04-11). US tariffs will intensify debt crisis in lower-income countries. cadtm.org
(2025-04-11). A new debt crisis since 2020-2022 [Part 2]. cadtm.org
(2025-04-11). Trump on Shaky Legal Ground With Executive Order Targeting State Climate Laws. truthout.org President Donald Trump continued dismantling U.S. climate policy this week when he directed the Justice Department to challenge state laws aimed at addressing the crisis — a campaign legal scholars called unconstitutional and climate activists said is sure to fail. The president, who has called climate change a "hoax," issued an executive order restricting state laws that he claimed have… |
(2025-04-11). Phantom Pain of Lost Empires: Starmer and Macron Risk Global Conflict Over Ukraine. defenddemocracy.press March 29, 2025 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron are the most dangerous politicians in the world now, potentially sparking a global crisis over Ukraine due to their "phantom pain" from lost empires, Swiss weekly Die Weltwoche writes. The magazine notes that, while the European Union was founded for peace, leaders …
(2025-04-11). UN slams Myanmar's ruling military for breaching truce amid quake recovery. aljazeera.com Army carried out some 120 attacks after earthquake, with more than half of them after declaration of ceasefire, UN says.
(2025-04-11). 'Israel' Renews Its Violation of Lebanese Sovereignty, Ceasefire Agreement. english.almanar.com.lb The Israeli occupation army renewed its violation of Lebanese sovereignty and the ceasefire agreement, including UN Resolution 1701. In this context, the National News Agency stated that on Friday morning, the Abu Laban neighborhood in the town of Aita al-Shaab, Bint Jbeil District, southern Lebanon, was struck by a number of Israeli artillery shells. Separately, …
(2025-04-11). Kiev Breaks Energy Ceasefire: Putin's Pursuit of a New Yalta. Paul C. Roberts. globalresearch.ca And these violations of the agreement are on top of previous violations. | So why is Russia complying with a non-existent ceasefire? | If Kiev will not comply with a partial ceasefire, why …
(2025-04-11). M23 calls out ceasefire violations by DRC Army. plenglish.com Kinshasa, April 11 (Prensa Latina) The Congo River Alliance and the March 23 Movement (AFC/M23) expressed concern over what they considered ceasefire violations by the Army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its allies.
(2025-04-11). New York Lawmakers Criticized for Pushing Law to Give Animals 'Due Process' Before Euthanasia: 'Squirrels Get More Rights Than Immigrants'. latintimes.com Social media users criticized the newly introduced bill "Peanut's Law," which would give animals due process before undergoing euthanasia.
(2025-04-11). NYC Helicopter Company CEO Doesn't Know How Fatal Crash 'Went Down'. latintimes.com A New York sightseeing helicopter crash killed six people, prompting an investigation as the tour company's CEO admits he doesn't know what happened.
(2025-04-11). Yale Professors Flee To Toronto School Linked To Massive Human Rights Abuses. popularresistance.org In late March, three professors at Yale University—scholars Marci Shore and "fascism experts" Jason Stanley and Timothy Snyder—announced that they were leaving the United States to teach at the University of Toronto. They made the decision in the face of Donald Trump's intensifying attacks on higher education, a deeply alarming trend that has seen agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) abduct student activists off the streets with the aim of forcibly deporting them. Stanley and Snyder cite the complicity of the Columbia University administration in Trump's assault on student activism…
(2025-04-11). US/El Salvador: Venezuelan Deportees Forcibly Disappeared. hrw.org Relatives of Venezuelan migrants deported from the US to a maximum security prison in El Salvador attend a vigil in front of the El Salvadoran embassy in Caracas on April 2, 2025. | © JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images…
(2025-04-11). A Financial Coup. counterpunch.org 
What we're witnessing is the calculated use of emergency powers to concentrate power in the hands of the president, enrich the Deep State, and dismantle what remains of economic and constitutional safeguards. Nearly 250 years after our nation's founders rebelled over abused property rights, Americans are once again being subjected to taxation without any real
(2025-04-11). New Footage Shows Tourist Helicopter Falling Into Hudson River As Lawmaker Call For Ban on Chopper Tours. latintimes.com New York lawmakers have called for a ban to helicopter sightseeing tours following the death of six people in a crash on Thursday…
(2025-04-11). WhatsApp Unveils 12 Epic Features For iPhone Users, Group Chats, Channels—Here's What's New. latintimes.com WhatsApp just dropped 12 new features, including event planning, group highlights, and HD video calls. Here's everything iOS and Android users need to know.
(2025-04-11). 'Iran's chemical warfare victims living proof of hollowness of West's human rights claims'. presstv.ir A senior Iranian diplomat says the Islamic Republic's chemical warfare victims stand as undeniable evidence of the hypocrisy behind Western human rights narratives.
(2025-04-11). Armenia: Operational highlights for 2024. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). Highlights of the ICRC's activities in Venezuela and the Caribbean in 2024. icrc.org Strengthening partnerships for sustainable humanitarian action…
(2025-04-11). New York sightseeing helicopter crashes in Hudson River: What we know. aljazeera.com New York Helicopters has suspended operations indefinitely while authorities investigate the crash.
(2025-04-11). High-Stakes Diplomacy: U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff's Critical Mission in Russia. devdiscourse.com Amidst escalating tensions with Iran and China, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Russia, where he might engage in high-level talks with President Vladimir Putin. His presence highlights ongoing efforts to navigate complex international relations and explore joint investments, particularly in the Arctic and Russian rare earth minerals.
(2025-04-11). Chhabra Highlights Strategic Tech Cooperation at Carnegie Summit. devdiscourse.com At the Carnegie Global Tech Summit, former Deputy Assistant to the US President, Tarun Chhabra, highlighted the strategic significance of US-India technological cooperation. Chhabra reflected on the shared strategic outlook between Washington and New Delhi, particularly emphasizing concerns around supply chains and the technological rise of China.
(2025-04-11). Human Rights Watch slams WA for highest forced Aboriginal child removals. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-04-11). ICE Can Now Enter K-12 Schools. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | United States federal agents tried to enter two Los Angeles elementary schools on April 7, 2025, and were denied entry, according to the Los Angeles Times . The agents …
(2025-04-11). Keystone oil spill shows need to protect rights to protest and free speech. commondreams.org In response to a reported 3,500 barrels of oil spilling from the Keystone pipeline this week in North Dakota, Sushma Raman, Interim Executive Director of Greenpeace USA, said: | "We know fossil fuels are unhealthy at every stage of their life-cycle. There is no failsafe way to transport oil and gas, and the risks unfairly fall on the people who live near the route, while the company reaps the benefits. The Keystone spill — the latest in a long history of spills — shows exactly why we need to protect protest, free speech, and the right to speak up against harm. Everyday people, public watchdogs, and…
(2025-04-11). Netanyahu's Shin Bet Scandal: Who Holds the Power? counterpunch.org 
In just 24 hours, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominated Eli Sharvit as the new chief of Shin Bet, Israel's internal security agency, only to quickly retract the nomination. This episode highlights the lack of coherence in Netanyahu's leadership, reinforcing the perception that decisions at the highest levels of government are made impulsively and without
(2025-04-11). Israeli media quotes Netanyahu: Anyone who encourages refusal to serve in the Army will be dismissed immediately. english.almanar.com.lb
(2025-04-11). How attempts to politicize Shin Bet could become a stunning own goal. haaretz.com Netanyahu has used new tactics to shift the narrative against Shin Bet as an investigation into his aides threatens to reveal his secrets. Within the agency, morale is low, with many feeling Bar was wronged as frustration grows…
(2025-04-11). Poll: Majority of Israelis think that Netanyahu was aware of Qatargate. haaretz.com The number of Israelis who believe bringing the hostages back is more important than eliminating Hamas rose from 62 percent to 68 percent, a poll by the Israel Democracy Institute shows…
(2025-04-11). Report: Israel-Hamas negotiations since Netanyahu confidant took charge. haaretz.com Netanyahu's decision to appoint Ron Dermer as chief negotiator has led to a 'significant difference in momentum,' a source tells CNN…
(2025-04-11). Why did Netanyahu accept High Court decision? haaretz.com Maybe it was the fear of mass protests and strikes. Perhaps it was the trauma of the Oval Office that caused Netanyahu to heed the ruling. Or it just might be, that he's trying to change the coverage and kill democracy in silence…
(2025-04-11). "Qatar Gate" threatens Netanyahu and Hamas, strengthens Egypt, and embarrasses Qatar and the USA. unitedworldint.com Details and repercussions of the affair. By Mohamed Sabreen, Cairo / Egypt The "Qatar Gate" affair has shaken Israel, not only because it is yet another corruption scandal hounding Benjamin Netanyahu, even if his involvement has not been revealed, but also because it is a bribery scandal benefiting Doha and aimed at tarnishing Egypt's image, …
(2025-04-11). AUSVOTES ECONOMIC FACTS Labor brought down government debt by billions. independentaustralia.net 
(2025-04-11). Senate confirms Dan Caine as top US general. aljazeera.com Trump's nominee becomes chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff with 60 votes against 25.
(2025-04-11). Analysis: 'Deep State' — The Latest Israeli Import From the US. themedialine.org 
(2025-04-11). Israel stakes claim while Trump takes aim. onlineopinion.com.au Israel signals intent to assert sovereignty in West Bank as Trump delays his long-promised announcement.
(2025-04-11). Observe the sons of Israel marching to their doom. strategic-culture.su
(2025-04-11). The Obscenity and Futility of US and Israeli Air Power. counterpunch.org 
(2025-04-11). Far-right Israeli settlements minister's daughter accuses parents and brother of years-long sexual abuse. skwawkbox.org 
Shoshana Strook, the daughter of the Israeli government's far-right 'Minister of Settlement and National Missions' Orit Strook, has filed a formal complaint with Italian police accusing her parents and one of her brothers of sexually assaulting her for years. In a social media statement, Shoshana Strook wrote of her alleged ordeal: Hi, after a long …
(2025-04-11). Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC appalled by killing of PRCS medics and first responders. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). Israeli occupation infantry force crosses the border, tours Al-Wazzani town: Al-Manar correspondent in south Lebanon. english.almanar.com.lb
(2025-04-11). Al-Manar correspondent in south Lebanon reports Israeli shelling of Abu Laban neighborhood in Ayta Al-Shaab border town. english.almanar.com.lb
(2025-04-11). Israeli occupation military claims recent strike killed Hamas sniper forces commander in Rafah. english.almanar.com.lb
(2025-04-11). All protesters arrested at anti-war rally in Haifa released. haaretz.com Twenty detainees were released overnight, and three more were released this morning by the court following a hearing to extend their detention. In his decision, Judge Zeller who presided over the hearing said 'participating in a protest does not indicate danger'…
(2025-04-11). unseasoned bode well for nuclear talks with Iran. haaretz.com The U.S. president has left his country with hardly any nuclear experts in office — actually, with hardly any experts in office ‚ñ A veteran journalist's death shows the difference that 49 years make…
(2025-04-11). I moved to New York, I decided to be more open to all sorts of. haaretz.com This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A jazz musician who chose New York over Israel, and a diehard surfer who wants to save the coral reefs that are being destroyed by global warming…
(2025-04-11). Refusing to serve comes at a price, but I support regime anymore. haaretz.com Despite my doubts about this war, I did not shirk reserve duty, to which I reported faithfully. Until, that is, Israel renewed fighting last month, making clear that the war's real goal is to keep the regime in power…
(2025-04-11). Three people shot dead in central Israeli city of Ramle. haaretz.com Police investigators believe the triple homicide is connected to the murder of two brothers in Ramle on Thursday…
(2025-04-11). Fishermen accidentally dredge Denisovan jawbone from Taiwanese seabed. haaretz.com The Denisovan hominins were known for resilience in cold, harsh climes, but now they pop up, as genetics predicted, in the Asian subtropics…
(2025-04-11). Iran Says Seeking 'Real And Fair' Deal In Nuclear Talks With US. latintimes.com Longtime adversaries Iran and the US are set to hold talks on Saturday in Muscat, aimed at reaching a potential nuclear deal. US President Donald Trump last month sent a letter to Khamenei urging negotiations and warning of possible military action if Tehran refuses.
(2025-04-11). Iran 'giving diplomacy a genuine chance' with Oman talks. presstv.ir Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman says upcoming indirect talks between the Islamic Republic and the United States on Tehran's peaceful nuclear program will test Washington's goodwill and seriousness.
(2025-04-11). Official: Iran has surpassed West's 'arbitrary' redlines on nuclear tech. presstv.ir Iran's atomic chief has highlighted the endogenous capacity of nuclear science in the country, saying the West has failed to deprive the nation from the technology.
(2025-04-11). What stands in the way of the US reaching a new nuclear deal with Iran? aljazeera.com Al Jazeera's Maziar Motamedi explains the obstacles to the US and Iran reaching a new nuclear deal.
(2025-04-11). Russia Invests $100 Billion in Navy Modernization. devdiscourse.com Under President Vladimir Putin's directive, the Russian Navy's strategic nuclear forces are fully equipped with modern weapons, emphasizing the importance of maintaining these advanced capabilities.
(2025-04-11). 'Desperate' Liberals urge Dutton to dump nuclear policy. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-04-11). Iran giving diplomacy 'genuine chance' in nuclear talks with US. newarab.com 
Longtime adversaries Iran and the United States are set to
(2025-04-11). The Criminality of Nuclear Deterrence. globalresearch.ca [We are reposting this important article by the late Prof. Francis Boyle, first published by GR in 2012.] | The human race stands on the verge of nuclear self-extinction as a species, and with it will die most, if not all, …
(2025-04-11). Minsk-Moscow treaty guarantees Belarus' security. plenglish.com The head of State, who gave statements to the Mir broadcaster, stated that the agreement represents absolute security for his nation, as no one will go to war with a nuclear country. | He said, "No matter how much somebody might want to wipe the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) off the face of the earth, it will not happen: it is a nuclear country. If there were to be an explosion, they would feel too much of a response. It is the same with Belarus." | Lukashenko noted, "The Poles, Baltic countries, and so on have their plans, but somehow they are quiet. Why are they quiet? I follow their statements,…
(2025-04-11). With Yemen Attack, US Continues Long History of Deliberately Bombing Hospitals. mintpressnews.com 
In repeatedly targeting and destroying a cancer center in Yemen, the United States has carried on a long pattern of bombing hospitals. | On March 24, the United States carried out a premeditated attack on the Al Rasool Al-Azam Oncology Hospital in Saada, Yemen, turning it into rubble. At least two people were This was not an isolated incident. Eight days previously, on March 16, Washington
(2025-04-11). EPA Torches Home Insurance Coverage. dissidentvoice.org The Trump administration's EPA has put the home insurance industry, home mortgage industry, real estate industry, and individual homeownership on notice that the rules are changing against their best interests. Already, before these negativePreview (opens in a new tab) changes to EPA policy, radical climate change has forced insurance companies to eliminate home coverage in …
(2025-04-11). Have Militaristic "Culture," Enemy Images, and Threats of War Become the Unifying Force in our Society? dissidentvoice.org 9 April marked the 80th Anniversary of Hitler's invasion of Denmark. Denmark's Radio reports today on how the country's war museums have become 'attractions' where people queue to get in and go on guided tours, and ticket sales are booming. Of course, it never occurs to anyone to ask why Denmark and so many other …
(2025-04-11). Globalization, its Demise, and its Consequences. dissidentvoice.org There is very, very much to like about the recent (3-24-2025) article in Jacobin by Branko Milanoviƒá entitled "What Comes After Globalization?" First, Milanoviƒá explores historical comparisons between the late-nineteenth-century expansion of global markets and trade (what he calls Globalization I and dates from 1870 to 1914) and the globalization of our time (what he …
(2025-04-11). Junk Science and Bad Policing: The Homicide Prediction Project. dissidentvoice.org The law enforcement breed can be a pretty dark lot. To be paid to think suspiciously leaves its mark, fostering an incentive to identify crimes and misdemeanours with instinctive compulsion. Historically, this saw the emergence of quackery and bogus attempts to identify criminal tendencies. Craniometry and skull size was, for a time, an attractive pursuit …
(2025-04-11). Chris Hedges Report: The Economics Of A Dying Empire. popularresistance.org "These are levels of craziness that are part of the decline I suspect of all empires when they consume themselves," Professor Richard Wolff says of America's current situation in the outset of Donald Trump's second term. He joins host Chris Hedges on this episode of The Chris Hedges Report to discuss the history and rationale behind the decisions made by Trump and how it relates to the decline of the US empire. | From tariffs to deregulation, Wolff says it is all erratic, uncoordinated and unpredictable, which are tangible signs of America's decay. "You cannot tell people what a tariff will do.
(2025-04-11). US Has No Real Targets in Yemen, and It's Costing Taxpayers Billions. mintpressnews.com Trump's costly air war in Yemen has produced limited military results, with mounting civilian casualties and no clear targets—raising questions about its legality, effectiveness, and purpose.
(2025-04-11). Mass Migration And The Echoes Of Late Rome. popularresistance.org The ancient world can teach us much, if we only let it. One of its key lessons is that mass migration is capable of destroying even the mightiest of empires. | At the height of its power, the Roman Empire was so vast and so omnipotent that it was run on the basis of the dictum: "Roma locuta est. Causa finita est!" (Rome has spoken. The cause has finished). | The names of its most powerful figures have been so heralded through the ages, they remain almost as familiar to us today as if they'd only passed from the stage yesterday. Pompey, Caesar, Augustus, Nero, Hadrian, Vespasian, Constantine; these were men whose…
(2025-04-11). Elon Musk's DOGE Reportedly Installed Artificial Intelligence At The EPA. popularresistance.org Two people familiar with the use of technology by Elon Musk's DOGE team told Reuters that the team has setup artificial intelligence to spy on employees at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). | The objective, according to the two media sources, is to look for "language in communications considered hostile" to Musk or President Donald Trump. | "Trump-appointed officials who had taken up EPA posts told managers that DOGE was using AI to monitor communication apps and software, including Microsoft Teams, which is widely used for virtual calls and chats," the sources additionally claimed.
(2025-04-11). Pentagon Head Makes Military Threats In Visit To Panama. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited Panama to attend the Central American Security Conference, an initiative of the U.S. military's Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). SOUTHCOM is one of the 11 unified combatant commands in the U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for contingency planning, operations, and security cooperation in Central and South America and the Caribbean. | During the conference, Hegseth announced a series of joint military operations with the Panamanian military, scheduled to take place from April 8 to 10.
(2025-04-11). Trump Terror, Complicit Local Leadership: The Assault Against Southeast D.C. popularresistance.org On March 27, 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the "Safe and Beautiful" federal task force for Washington, DC. Framed as a public safety and beautification campaign, the initiative is led by his Homeland Security Advisor, Stephen Miller—a figure known for his hardline white nationalist policies. Under the guise of civic improvement, this task force seeks to further entrench surveillance, policing, and state control over DC's most marginalized communities, particularly Black working-class residents in the Southeast neighborhood.
(2025-04-11). China Retaliates With 84% Tariff As Trump's Trade War Escalates. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, April 9, Trump announced that he is raising the tariffs on China to 125%. Earlier that day, China raised its tariff on all American imports to 84% in response to the US raising the total tariffs on Chinese exports to 104% on Monday. The new rates will be effective from Thursday, the Chinese state council said in a brief statement. | China also issued a white paper on Wednesday about its trade relations with the US. Published on the same day that Donald Trump's so-called "reciprocal tariffs" regime went into effect, the white paper refutes his claims of a massive trade deficit with China.
(2025-04-11). Wall Street crash: What does it mean? workers.org 
Sam Marcy — a Marxist-Leninist historian, theoretician and strategist, journalist and activist, co-founder of Workers World Party in 1959 and chairperson until his death in 1998 — wrote this still relevant analysis of the impact of the October 1987 stock market crash that holds many lessons for today. The article . . . |
(2025-04-11). End the war in Ukraine! U.S./NATO out of Eastern Europe! workers.org End the war in Ukraine! U.S./NATO out of Eastern Europe! Workers World republishes the March 21, 2025, commentary of the Louisiana Workers Voice Socialist Movement in New Orleans, which provides a summary of the U.S. intervention in Ukraine that provoked the war, including the role of the Democratic and Republican . . . |
(2025-04-11). °Construir protestas para defender a los estudiantes! workers.org 
Mundo Obrero (MO) hace un llamamiento a todos los estudiantes que tienen derechos ciudadanos en Estados Unidos y que se identifican con el derecho a protestar para que emprendan acciones en defensa de cualquier estudiante que haya sido blanco de la administración Trump y de los policías del Servicio de . . . |
(2025-04-11). Residential buildings, farms hit in new US strikes on Yemeni capital. presstv.ir The United States has intensified its military campaign against various sites of the Houthi forces in Yemen, conducting nearly a dozen airstrikes across the capital Sana'a and surrounding areas.
(2025-04-11). What's behind escalating US air attacks in Yemen? aljazeera.com What's behind the US-Houthi conflict? Redi Tlhabi hosts political analysts to unpack what's happening in Yemen.
(2025-04-11). Devastating earthquake in Myanmar: ICRC responds to help people on the ground. icrc.org Providing medical supplies, access to clean water, critical supplies, and helping families keep in touch in the wake of disaster…
(2025-04-11). She organised the screening of an anti-Zionist film. Then Emerson College fired her. defenddemocracy.press Anna Feder is now suing Emerson, telling Middle East Eye her programme was most likely axed because of the film By MEE staff April 9, 2025 The longtime head of a film series at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, is suing the institution for firing her last year, citing her "legally guaranteed right to freedom of …
(2025-04-11). Trumpism as the Nazism of our time! cadtm.org
(2025-04-11). Made in Sri Lanka, Taxed in America, and Failed by the IMF. cadtm.org
(2025-04-11). How do creditors respond to defaults? [Part 3]. cadtm.org
(2025-04-11). Trump tariffs seen from contradictory angles. cadtm.org
(2025-04-11). Trump's tariffs some facts and consequences (from various sources). cadtm.org
(2025-04-11). Budget 2025: Playing A Bad Hand. cadtm.org
(2025-04-11). Beijing aims for extensive 5G implementation by 2027. tvbrics.com 
New action plan prioritises Infrastructure upgrades, smart ecosystems, and 45 per cent industrial uptake…
(2025-04-11). Belarus considers BRICS as authoritative international platform. tvbrics.com 
Minsk says the association plays an important role in shaping a multipolar world…
(2025-04-11). Brazil expects record grain harvest. tvbrics.com 
Increased planting areas and rising productivity drive record crop yields and cotton production…
(2025-04-11). Brazil to host 3rd UN Tourism Summit in 2026. tvbrics.com 
It was stated at the 2nd UN Tourism Africa & Americas Summit in Zambia…
(2025-04-11). China reveals drier lunar far side, offering vital clues to moon's origin. tvbrics.com 
China plans to build a research outpost on the Moon and send astronauts there before 2030…
(2025-04-11). India is ahead of climate targets: how country transforms energy sector. tvbrics.com 
TV BRICS reports on combating the effects of climate change…
(2025-04-11). India to increase natural gas demand by 60% by 2030. tvbrics.com 
India aims to raise the share of natural gas in the national energy mix to 15 per cent by 2030…
(2025-04-11). Iran to expand domestic investment and international collaboration in space. tvbrics.com 
The country seeks to position space technologies as a pillar of future economic and scientific development…
(2025-04-11). Russia and India agree on six new strategic projects. tvbrics.com 
They are aimed at deepening bilateral investment cooperation…
(2025-04-11). Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: countries outside BRICS to have access to group's payment platforms. tvbrics.com According to him, work is underway to create alternative payment systems…
(2025-04-11). UAE reiterates commitment to strengthen ties with African Union. tvbrics.com 
Ambassador invites AU Chairperson to UAE as both sides explore deeper economic ties…
(2025-04-11). UAE study uncovers ancient origins of water in early universe. tvbrics.com 
The research adds a vital new perspective to ongoing efforts to understand the universe's early development…
(2025-04-11). Uzbekistan expects to receive 15 million tourists in 2025. tvbrics.com 
A unified platform on tourism is being developed in the country…
(2025-04-11). Trump's tariffs: A simple illustrated guide to 15 economic terms to know. aljazeera.com What do terms like tariffs, trade deficits, trade wars, bonds, and recession mean in simple language?>
(2025-04-11). 'Child was raped every half an hour' in two months in eastern DR Congo: UN. aljazeera.com Up to 45% of 10,000 sexual violence cases in DRC's conflict zone in January and February involved minors, says UNICEF.
(2025-04-11). China raises stakes in Trump's tariffs 'game' with 125% levy on US goods. aljazeera.com Beijing to challenge US tariffs before the WTO, saying Trump administration to blame for global economic 'turbulence'.
(2025-04-11). UN agrees deal on shipping emissions despite US threats. aljazeera.com The US pulled out of the climate talks at the International Maritime Organization in London this week.
(2025-04-11). Sorry, America, tariffs won't bring jobs back. aljazeera.com Globalisation has already reshaped America's workforce – tariffs can't turn back time.
(2025-04-11). United States is no longer a safe destination for international students. aljazeera.com Abductions, deportations and fear define campus life for many foreign students in Trump's America.
(2025-04-11). A court upheld the impeachment last week, and removing removed him from off. aljazeera.com South Korea's ousted president Yoon Suk-yeol left the presidential residence for the final time on April 11.
(2025-04-11). Trump's tariffs: Short-term damage or long-term ruin? aljazeera.com What does Trump aim to achieve by making it costlier for the rest of the world to sell their goods in the US?>
(2025-04-11). Barcelona cleared as Osasuna lose appeal over Martinez selection. aljazeera.com Osasuna believed Barcelona fielded an ineligible player in their defeat by the LaLiga leaders on March 27.
(2025-04-11). FIFA's Infantino promises 'world will be welcomed' at US Club World Cup. aljazeera.com As FIFA President Gianni Infantino visits the US to promote the Club World Cup, Al Jazeera takes a closer look.
(2025-04-11). South America propose one-off 64-team World Cup in 2030. aljazeera.com CONMEBOL president makes official proposal to FIFA to expand men's 2030 World Cup on the continent to 64 teams.
(2025-04-11). Tottenham have leak inside club, says manager Postecoglou. aljazeera.com Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou believes there is a leak inside the north London club affecting his role.
(2025-04-11). Trump "should be investigated" on insider trading. aljazeera.com Donald Trump's post that may have influenced the stock market should be investigated, says political adviser Jeff Hauser…
(2025-04-11). How US funding cuts are threatening South African families living with HIV. aljazeera.com Critical community initiatives that provide testing, food and support and HIV vaccine research have been dismantled.
(2025-04-11). China to 'reduce' Hollywood movie releases in response to Trump's tariffs. aljazeera.com China's National Film Administration says US movies will be less popular after Washington imposed a 145 percent tariff.
(2025-04-11). Myanmar's military drafts thousands in first year of conscription drive. aljazeera.com Forced conscription has failed to change the course of Myanmar's grinding civil war, and many are refusing to serve.
(2025-04-11). Taiwan charges captain of China-linked ship with damaging subsea cable. aljazeera.com The case marks a first for Taiwan in prosecuting what it alleged is deliberate damage to a subsea cable.
(2025-04-11). US Supreme Court orders return of migrant wrongly deported to El Salvador. aljazeera.com Lawyer for Salvadoran man Kilmar Abrego Garcia hails Supreme Court's order, saying that 'the rule of law prevailed'.
(2025-04-11). Family killed after helicopter crashes into New York's Hudson River. aljazeera.com
(2025-04-11). Rose storms into Masters golf lead, McIlroy stumbles late. aljazeera.com United Kingdom's Justin Rose tops the opening days at golf's US Masters but Rory McIlroy falters at the start.
(2025-04-11). Mohamed Salah signs new two-year Liverpool contract extension. aljazeera.com Liverpool's Egyptian international has signed a new two-year contract with the Premier League leaders.
(2025-04-11). Steve Witkoff's Iran mission holds seamless possibilities. indianpunchline.com Steve Witkoff, President Trump's senior aide on Russia negotiations, is expected to kickstart talks with Tehran (File photo) The rubric of the US-Iranian talks slated for Saturday in Muscat turned into a vanity fair of sorts — whether the talks should be called 'indirect' or 'direct'. The US President Donald Trump sought direct talks and … |
(2025-04-11). Venezuela, 2002: When the people overturned a coup. therealnews.com 
These were days of marches. | Huge marches. | That wrapped themselves around the capital, Caracas | And, in particular, the higher-class eastern side of the city. | It was April 2002. | President Hugo Chavez had been elected four years before. | He'd promised a revolution. A Bolivarian revolution—named after South America's greatest Independence leader, Simon Bolivar. | And Chavez decreed dozens of laws hoping to turn the tides on the concentration of wealth in the country. They would hand large estates over to small farmers and redirect the profit from the state oil company to social services. | But…
(2025-04-11). American Tourist Found Dead On Bahamas Beach After Allegedly Spitting On Restaurant Staff At Atlantis Resort. moguldom.com A family vacation to the Bahamas ended in heartbreak for the McAlmont family of Bowie, Maryland, when 23-year-old Dinari McAlmont was found dead on the shoreline of Paradise Island just hours after arriving at the luxurious Atlantis Resort, Fox 5 DC reported. Dinari, the son of Guyanese immigrants, had traveled with his parents for a …
(2025-04-11). WATCH: Florida Crooks Use Stolen Tesla to Break Through Fence Before Speeding Off With Two New Teslas. latintimes.com Two suspects drove out of a Miami parking lot with two Tesla vehicles after damaging a third during their break-in.
(2025-04-11). India-US Trade Agreement: A Potential 'Win-Win' Breakthrough. devdiscourse.com Negotiations between India and the United States are advancing as both nations work towards finalizing a trade agreement. The deal, crucial to enhancing economic ties, could be concluded during a 90-day suspension period announced by the Trump administration, providing a significant opportunity for mutual progress.
(2025-04-11). Russian Navy's R 8.4 Trillion. smoothiex12.blogspot.com There will be many ships and subs coming. British military cretinism is off the charts ⚪ that's what happens when you do not have real military education, military history which is falsified through and through, and The Times commits the media equivalent of the Charge of the Light Brigade by exposing sheer incompetence and malice of British top command. But then again, only in UK a humiliating defeat at Dunkirk, and only then with some Hitler's good will, or killing a Light Brigade by throwing it at Russian guns can be viewed as an achievement. This all defies logic and common sense ⚪ I guess mental breakdown from…
(2025-04-11). To Eradicate Polio Once And For All, We Need A New Vaccine That's What We're Working On. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Aside from recent outbreaks of polio in war-torn regions of the world, the deadly virus is close to being eradicated , thanks to vaccines. | All vaccines work by training …
(2025-04-11). Election Diary: Labor Breaks Practice Of Preferencing Greens To Protect Jewish MP Josh Burns. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | It takes a bit for Labor not to preference the Greens but on Friday it was announced that in the Melbourne seat of Macnamara, where Jewish MP Josh Burns is embattled, the …
(2025-04-11). Trump's Threats Against Iran Exposes Continuity of US Agenda. orinocotribune.com
(2025-04-11). We Need a Trade Policy That Works for People. counterpunch.org 
As someone who strongly opposed disastrous unfettered free trade deals with China, Mexico and other low-wage countries, I understand that we need trade policies that benefit American workers, not just large corporations. Targeted tariffs can be a powerful tool to stop corporations from outsourcing American jobs. They can help level the playing field for American
(2025-04-11). Our Huge Trade Deficit with China Does NOT Give Us the Upper Hand in Tax (Tariff) War. counterpunch.org 
Many reporters and commentators have claimed the United States has the upper hand in a trade war with China because we have a large trade deficit with China. We import almost $440 billion a year in goods from China, while they import only a bit over $140 billion from us. That means we can impose
(2025-04-11). China Dismisses Trump's Trade Strategy as 'Joke' While Issuing Major Hike on US Goods. latintimes.com China again raised tariffs on U.S. goods, retaliating to Donald Trump's escalation of the trade war between the countries…
(2025-04-11). US-China Trade War: Amazon's Products Expected to Rise as Chinese Sellers Suffer 145% Tariff. latintimes.com Amazon shoppers may face higher prices as Chinese sellers respond to new 145% U.S. tariffs by raising costs or exiting the market.
(2025-04-11). China Hikes Tariffs On US Goods To 125%. latintimes.com Chinese exports to the U.S. are now facing tariffs as high as 145%, signaling a major escalation in the ongoing trade conflict.
(2025-04-11). Virada Totalitária na Europa. strategic-culture.su
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(2025-04-11). 'Fight to the End,' Why China Won't Back Down from U.S. Tariff Hikes. CGTN. globalresearch.ca In just a few days, the U.S.-China tariff dispute has intensified dramatically. | On April 2, the U.S. imposed a 34-percent "reciprocal tariff" on Chinese imports, following earlier hikes from 10 percent in February to 20 percent in March. In response, …
(2025-04-11). Another Week in the Twilight Zone. One Day We Will Really All be Victims. Philip Giraldi. globalresearch.ca Many Americans will be relieved to learn that US Embassy employees and their families in China can no longer have
(2025-04-11). China's oil imports from Iran surge despite US sanctions: Report. presstv.ir Tanker tracking agencies say China's imports of Iranian oil surged last month as buyers stocked up despite threats of sanctions by the US administration and amid an escalating trade war between Beijing and Washington.
(2025-04-11). China and Spain Forge Agricultural Trade Bond Amid Tense U.S. Tariff Wars. devdiscourse.com China has taken a significant step to strengthen its trade relationships with the European Union by signing agricultural trade protocols with Spain, focusing on pork and cherries. This move emerges as a strategic response amid escalating trade tensions with the United States. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced the deal during his visit to Beijing, following the U.S.'s decision to increase tariffs on Chinese products to 145% and China's subsequent 125% tariffs on American imports.
(2025-04-11). Global Economy Strained by U.S.-China Tariffs. devdiscourse.com The global economic landscape is under duress following an assertion by Chinese Premier Li Qiang regarding the adversities imposed by U.S.-China tariffs. In a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Li condemned the tariffs as detrimental to global trade processes.
(2025-04-11). Market Movers: Bank Earnings and Trade War Impact U.S. Stocks. devdiscourse.com U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday, buoyed by earnings announcements from major banks such as JPMorgan. This surge comes amidst market instability due to a trade war with China, which has increased its tariffs on U.S. imports to 125%.
(2025-04-11). China slaps 125% tariffs on US goods but to 'ignore' further hikes. geo.tv 
Shipping containers sit at a port in Tianjin, China February 8, 2025. — Reuters China dismisses Trump's mounting brinkmanship as "joke".Beijing's latest levies of 125% will go into effect from Saturday.Further action by US will be ignored: Chinese finance ministry.
(2025-04-11). China lifts tariffs on US goods to 125% as trade war escalates. newarab.com 
Beijing's retaliation sparked fresh In a sign of inves…
(2025-04-11). Teemu Ruskola: The Making of the Chinese Working Class. newleftreview.org Drawing inspiration from Edward Thompson's classic study, a comparative analysis of the forces that have shaped and re-shaped China's labouring masses, as wave upon wave of 'new enclosures' complete the proletarianization of the peasantry.
(2025-04-11). Trump's latest move takes total U.S. tariff on China to 94%. ummid.com U.S. President Donald Trump announced 50% additional tariff on Chinese exports to U.S. taking the overall duties on Chinese goods to all time high of 94%.
(2025-04-11). COSCO unit to add more vessels. ecns.cn COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co, a unit of State-owned China COSCO Shipping Corp, will add 52 vessels, including car carriers, multipurpose and heavy-lift vessels, into its fleet by the end of this year.
(2025-04-11). Daqing Oilfield hits record high monthly gas production. ecns.cn In March, Daqing Oilfield Co, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corp in Heilongjiang province, achieved a monthly natural gas production of over 100 million cubic meters in its exploration area of Sichuan province and Chongqing city.
(2025-04-11). China clarifies chip import rules, impacting U.S. firms with domestic fabs. ecns.cn The China Semiconductor Industry Association on Friday clarified regulations governing the origin determination of semiconductors for import declarations, impacting U.S. chip makers that have domestic plants.
(2025-04-11). Foreign participants at Canton Fair to enjoy one-stop customs clearance. ecns.cn Foreign exhibitors and business representatives attending the upcoming 137th China Import and Export Fair, commonly known as Canton Fair, can now go through customs clearance procedures for their exhibits and related exhibition business via a single website.
(2025-04-11). China's cloud gaming market to leap to $2.6 bln by 2029. ecns.cn The scale of China's cloud gaming industry is estimated to reach a value of $2.6 billion in 2029, according to a report released by market research firm International Data Corp on Friday.
(2025-04-11). China stays atop UNESCO geopark rankings with two new additions. ecns.cn Kanbula National Geopark in northwest China's Qinghai Province and Yunyang Geopark were designated Global Geoparks by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
(2025-04-11). China raises tariffs on imported U.S. products to 125%. ecns.cn China will raise the additional tariffs on products imported from the United States to 125 percent, effective from Saturday, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced Friday.
(2025-04-11). China refutes robber logic of U.S. 'reciprocal' tariffs at WTO. ecns.cn China made firm retaliation on Thursday, the second day of the first annual meeting of the Council for Trade in Goods of the WTO, as the U.S. added the topic of "reciprocal tariffs" under "other matters" to promote its robber logic of the so-called "reciprocal tariffs".
(2025-04-11). China's commerce minister discusses multilateral cooperation with Saudi, South African counterparts. ecns.cn China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao on Thursday met with Saudi Minister of Commerce Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi and G20 Presidency holder, South Africa's Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition Parks Tau separately through video calls.
(2025-04-11). China's financial sector should establish full-spectrum service system, experts say. ecns.cn China's financial sector should establish a full-spectrum service system that interconnects equity investment, loans, bonds and insurance, to provide a solid underpinning for the development of the artificial intelligence industry, experts said.
(2025-04-11). China says it will not bow to U.S. pressure. ecns.cn China said it would not accept "maximum pressure" from the United States and will stick to the end if the U.S. insists on engaging in a "tariff war" amid escalating tariffs the U.S. has imposed on goods from China.
(2025-04-11). Regions in China suspend classes, close parks as extreme gale warnings trigger safety responses. ecns.cn Due to extreme gales alerts, several regions in China have enacted emergency safety measures.
(2025-04-11). China reveals espionage case involving overseas returnee recruited by foreign intelligence. ecns.cn As China's National Security Education Day looms, the Ministry of State Security (MSS) launched a special video feature series on major national security cases, starting with one titled "overseas returnee who applied for a job with ulterior motives."
(2025-04-11). New gene therapy drug approved for use in China. ecns.cn The gene therapy drug Dalnacogene Ponparvovec Injection has received approval from China's National Medical Products Administration for the treatment of moderate to severe hemophilia B in adult patients, marking the first approved gene therapy drug for the disease in the country.
(2025-04-11). IOC puts more medals on the table. ecns.cn With an unprecedented six-gold sweep in table tennis now possible, and more medal events added, China's sports community has embraced both the opportunities and challenges brought by the new sports program at LA28.
(2025-04-11). China launches new communication technology test satellite. ecns.cn The satellite will be used mainly to carry out multi-band and high-speed communication technology validation tests.
(2025-04-11). (W.E. Talk) China's countermeasures against U.S. tariffs lawful, justified and proportionateÔºö scholar. ecns.cn The U.S. government has tried to bully China through raise "reciprocal tariffs" on Chinese exports, while China has responded to it with prompt countermeasures.
(2025-04-11). Indonesian Students: China-Indonesia infrastructure cooperation helps accelerate Indonesia's Modernization. ecns.cn
(2025-04-11). In Trade War With The US, China Holds A Lot More Cards Than Trump May Think. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | When Donald Trump pulled back on his plan to impose eye-watering tariffs on trading partners across the world, there was one key exception: China . | While the rest of the …
(2025-04-11). China responds with 125 percent tariffs to the U.S. plenglish.com The Chinese Customs statement specified that if Washington further raises tariffs on goods from China, Beijing will no longer pay attention to it. | The Chinese government thus responds to the latest escalation by the United States after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs of 125 percent on China, which are in addition to the 20 percent that China already had. | "There are no winners in a trade war, protectionism has no future," the Chinese government said. But it also stressed that if Washington insists on its hegemonistic approach and wants to wage a tariff war "or any kind," China "will go along with it to…
(2025-04-11). Rusia, Irán y China: øtodos para uno y uno para todos? strategic-culture.su
(2025-04-11). Gulf Of Willful Ignorance. commondreams.org 
(2025-04-11). EPA Environmental Justice Staff Seeks Return to Work. commondreams.org For the past two months, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency staff who had been assigned to work on environmental justice issues have been on paid administrative leave, with no agency access, and under orders not to conduct any official business. A legal complaint filed on their behalf by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) aims to reintegrate them into the EPA workforce with new assignments.In one of his first flurries of Executive Orders this January, President Trump rescinded 30 years' worth of executive actions directing EPA to address environmental justice concerns to reduce the disp…
(2025-04-11). Stages of An Abusive Relationship with the United States. counterpunch.org 
I believe that countries in the Global South are in an abusive relationship with the United States. We don't want to be in this domineering cycle of abuse but unfortunately the US government will never cease in its ambition to control our lives and resources, which forces us to endlessly resist its aggression. Through personal
(2025-04-11). Emergency Forest Cutting Will Exacerbate Wildfires. counterpunch.org 
On April 3rd, the Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, issued an Emergency Order (EO) to accelerate logging on national forest lands. The alleged emergency is the presumed increase in wildfires across the West. Unfortunately, most of the rationales for this "emergency" are based on flawed assumptions about "active" management (better known as logging) and the
(2025-04-11). SCOTUS: the Robed Religious Junta. counterpunch.org 
No reasonable person now objects to recognizing the Supreme Court as a political body — at least in reference its six-person super majority. And few would question that the same majority is an aggressively Christian body, Roman Catholic in flavor. Politics and religion have made this Supreme Court supreme in ways not intended by the
(2025-04-11). Taking Courage from Our Emerson. counterpunch.org 
I desire, even with profane words, if I may not use sacred, to indicate the heaven of this deity and to report what hints I have collected of the transcendent simplicity and energy of the Highest Law. —Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Oversoul All reform aims in some one particular to let the soul have its way
(2025-04-11). The Lost Armenian City of Erzerum. counterpunch.org 
This is the fifteenth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in worlds beyond the pathological obsessions of Donald Trump. (This week, Trump's direct superior, the white nationalist Elon Musk, tried to buy a judicial election in Wisconsin by passing out supersized $1 million
(2025-04-11). Hands Off! Dissent Isn't Treason, It's an American Tradition. counterpunch.org 
Journalists attacked, discredited, and labeled "enemies of the people." Loyalty tests. Court rulings ignored. Judges harassed. Whistleblowers discredited. Protesters rebranded as "extremists" by people who actually are. Books banned. Curricula rewritten to serve a political agenda so thinly veiled it might as well be written in all caps. A sitting president refusing to commit to
(2025-04-11). The Privatization of Mass Detention. counterpunch.org 
Right after the election, Wall Street observers noted that the stock prices for two companies — GEO Group and CoreCivic — soared right away. What was happening? Trump's threatened policy of mass deportation would be a boon for the private prison industry, and these two companies are the biggest players. The White House's pledge to
(2025-04-11). Trump's Trade Tariffs and America's Small Businesses. counterpunch.org 
President Trump vows to "make America wealthy again" as he pursues a global trade policy that favors new, sweeping tariffs, a price hike on foreign-made goods arriving for sale in America. Invoking his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, he will impose a 10% tariff on all countries to begin April
(2025-04-11). Taxidermy Drones: Tool of Conservation or Weapon of War? counterpunch.org 
New Mexico professor Dr. Mostafa Hassanalian has devised a way to disguise an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) — popularly known as a drone — inside a stuffed pheasant or pigeon to better study the activities of real-live birds in flight. Until now, when researchers attempted to use drones to study birds up close, they generally
(2025-04-11). Montenegro and the Challenges of Serbian and Croatian Nationalism. counterpunch.org 
The fundamental issue Serbian societies (in Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina / Republika Srpska) face with Croatian nationalism lies in the fact that, despite the existence of comprehensive and high-quality studies on its pre-modern origins and modern evolution—its political, cultural, and legal dimensions—authored by scholars such as Radivoje Radiƒá, Milorad Ekmeƒçiƒá, and Mirjana Stefanovski,
(2025-04-11). Poetic Interventions: Martín Espada's New Collection and the Fight Against Fascism. counterpunch.org 
One of the late Jacques Derrida's most useful exercises in linguistic play was to hyphenate "represent." The word that appears after the alteration, "re-present," offers transformed definition and application. To re-present something, especially a memory, is to present it anew, but also to mark, mangle, and manufacture a different present. The present now, which is
(2025-04-11). Tariffs and the King. counterpunch.org 
The report to President Nixon submitted on June 11th 1971 by the U. S. Tariff Commission considered the petition of the "Pipe Organ Workers Federal Labor Union, AFL-CIO, with the assistance of the United Furniture Workers of America, AFL-CIO … for a determination of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance on behalf of production and
(2025-04-11). Roaming Charges: Who Shot the Tariffs? counterpunch.org 
The contradictions of life in late-capitalist America under Trump: Most Americans want the return of manufacturing jobs to the US, as long as they don't have to work them. But they simultaneously support the mass deportation of those who are willing to work near the blast furnaces and on the assembly lines.
(2025-04-11). Florida Diary: Environmental Protection or Bust. counterpunch.org 
March 23 — Bone Valley, Florida If there's one thing about ecology everybody should know, it's the story of shit. If you already do(o), or are squeamish, please skip the next paragraph. Back in pre-industrial and pre-capitalist days, farming was sustainable. Poop, and pee too, were collected and used as fertilizer to nourish crops, creating
(2025-04-11). Matt Hancock Intervened to Help Conservative Donor's Pizza Firm Land Lucrative Covid PPE Contract. bylinetimes.com 
(2025-04-11). Despite Zuckerberg's Promises, Facebook 'Fact Checkers' Continue Censoring Information About COVID-19 Vaccines. globalresearch.ca In early January 2025 Meta
(2025-04-11). Donald Trump is making the case for BRICS. strategic-culture.su I have posted two videos at the end of this post that may interest you. The first is a roundtable, hosted by Danny Haiphong, which features yours truly, Ray McGovern and Glenn Diesen… quality information. The second video is my conversation from Monday with Ryan Dawson. Ryan, who is suffering from macular degeneration, could not appear on camera, but his voice is fine. He is a bona fide expert on the JFK and RFK assassinations.
(2025-04-11). Former DEA Agent Warns Against U.S. Drone Strikes Against Mexican Cartels: 'It Would Become Another Vietnam'. latintimes.com A former DEA agent issued a warning against the possibility that the Trump administration will launch drone strikes against Mexican cartels…
(2025-04-11). Fecal samples suggest presence of new panda. ecns.cn Forest rangers recently discovered fresh panda droppings in the Shifang section of the Giant Panda National Park in Sichuan province, indicating the possible presence of a subadult wild giant panda in the area.
(2025-04-11). Xi meets Spanish PM. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Beijing on Friday.
(2025-04-11). Xi says there is no winner in a tariff war. ecns.cn There is no winner in a tariff war, and going against the world will only result in self-isolation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said when meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Beijing on Friday.
(2025-04-11). More clinics to manage weight. ecns.cn All major hospitals will set up weight management clinics by the end of June as part of efforts to battle the escalating problem of obesity and help people who are overweight.
(2025-04-11). Zhuhai to enhance oversight of apps for education. ecns.cn The education bureau of Zhuhai, a city in Guangdong province's Pearl River Delta, has introduced policy measures to strengthen oversight of educational apps in schools, allowing only standardized ones for use.
(2025-04-11). Beijing implements emergency measures as extreme winds sweep through capital. ecns.cn Authorities in Beijing have introduced emergency measures to cope with extreme winds sweeping through the capital, including suspending ground-level metro services once gusts speed reach Force 9 or higher.
(2025-04-11). (W.E. Talk) Fmr. World Bank VP: "Reciprocal Tariffs" undermine multilateralism and could revive the destructive pattern in the 1930s. ecns.cn
(2025-04-11). "Nobody Cares" : Ukrainian Army Commanders Treat Their Fighters "Like Cattle" globalresearch.ca The Ukrainian Armed Forces' high command treats soldiers like cattle, ignoring complaints and sending them to the most dangerous places, from where they never return, Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) deputy Anna Skorokhod said in an interview with local media. Yet, despite …
(2025-04-11). Did the Kiev Regime Plot to Kill Trump? globalresearch.ca Last year was one of the most intense in recent memory. The Deep State was determined to prevent Trump's return to the Oval Office and it used virtually any means at its disposal, including his physical removal after media smear …
(2025-04-11). The Russia-Iran Alliance: What It Means for the Middle East and the World. globalresearch.ca In recent months, some media outlets and analysts have been suggesting that Russia would prioritize
(2025-04-11). New Book: At the Lost and Found by Edward Curtin. globalresearch.ca The following is the Introduction to my new book, My dear mother, who had an artistic temperament that tended at times toward the sentimental, l…
(2025-04-11). Thwarted Trump Assassin Tried to Buy Rocket Launcher from Ukraine: DOJ. globalresearch.ca Ryan Wesley Routh attempted to acquire a rocket launcher from Ukraine just one month before his arrest for allegedly plotting to assassinate President Prosecutors …
(2025-04-11). This Week's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca 
(2025-04-11). Selected Articles: Here We Go Again — $1 Trillion for US 'Defense'. globalresearch.ca 
By On April 7, President Trump and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
(2025-04-11). 80 Years Since the Victory Over Nazism and Fascism: Appeal, "Deeply Concerned Over the Revival of Neo-Nazism" globalresearch.ca May 9, 2025 will mark 80 years since the glorious victory of the Allies over Nazi-Fascism, the greatest evil in the history of civilization. | Serbia and the Serbian people made a tremendous contribution to that victory and, along with …
(2025-04-11). Humanitarian Report 2025: the situation in Colombia reached its most critical point in eight years in 2024. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). With too many wars raging and tensions rising, we must uphold international humanitarian law and the vision of a mine-free world. icrc.org Joint statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden National Red Cross Societies…
(2025-04-11). Afghanistan: Communities still endangered by mines and unexploded ordnance. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). The constant danger of explosive hazards. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). Empress Shōken Fund announces grants in 2025 to support Red Cross and Red Crescent projects in 17 countries. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). Ethiopia: Raising awareness about weapon contamination among schoolchildren in Oromia. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). Frequently asked questions about the ICRC's work in Myanmar. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). Frequently asked questions on the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention or 'Ottawa Treaty'. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). Final Environmental and Social Safeguard Documents for Consultation – Strengthening Community Resilience (SCORE) April 2025. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). Myanmar: Landmine awareness saves lives amid conflict and natural disasters. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). Russia-Ukraine International Armed Conflict: Helping civilians cross frontlines and borders. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). A Week in Ukraine. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). Landmines and explosive remnants cast a long shadow over Iraq amid recovery efforts. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). Myanmar: ICRC calls for courageous decisions to bring respite to suffering communities. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). Senior police officials from 63 countries meet in Colombia to strengthen the implementation of international standards in police operations. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). Somalia: Frontline hospitals under pressure as fighting escalates. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). Sudan: "We have nothing to go back to" — new report sheds light on two years of devastation in Sudan. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). The ICRC's Bangkok Regional Delegation: Key Activities in 2024. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). The ICRC is registering unprecedented numbers of missing persons. icrc.org
(2025-04-11). First Call for the Mesoamerican Caravan for the Climate and Life. itsgoingdown.org
(2025-04-11). Europe Pledges $23 Billion in Military Support for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) pledged to send 21 billion euros ($23.7 billion) in future military aid for Kiev. Under the Joe Biden administration, Washington led the UDCG and was the largest contributor to the Western proxy war in Ukraine. Following a meeting of the UDCG on Friday, the bloc announced the new military …
(2025-04-11). Perry Anderson: Idées-forces. newleftreview.org What weight should be given to the role of ideas in moments of radical change, as opposed to that of material interests and forces? From the Reformation to the Enlightenment, rise of Marxism and hegemony of neoliberalism, lessons for a system-changing left.
(2025-04-11). DHS Secretary Noem Defends Taking Migrants in El Salvador Maximum-Security Prison: 'They Should Stay There for the Rest of Their Lives'. latintimes.com Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the Trump administration's decision to take over 200 Venezuelan migrants in a maximum-security prison in El Salvador…
(2025-04-11). Trump's Border Czar Issues Stern Warning to Immigrants in Arizona: 'You Should Be Looking Over Your Shoulder'. latintimes.com "Arizona will do everything we can to support you in your efforts" said Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen to Homan after his speech in the Legislature…
(2025-04-11). Trump Admin Lists Many Living Immigrants as Dead in Social Security Database. truthout.org The Trump administration this week reportedly classified thousands of immigrants living in the United States as dead in a Social Security database in an effort to force them out of the country, a scheme that was met with furious uproar from advocates and lawmakers. By entering the names and Social Security numbers of roughly 6,000 immigrants into Social Security's "death master file… |
(2025-04-11). Gobierno de EE.UU. endurece controles migratorios. radiohc.cu La Habana, 11 de abr (RHC) A partir de hoy el Gobierno de Estados Unidos implementará medidas para endurecer los controles migratorios al exigir el registro obligatorio ante las autoridades federales de aquellos inmigrantes que se encuentran en el país sin autorización legal.
(2025-04-11). Why It Matters For European Security If An American No Longer Commands Nato Troops By A Former Trident Submarine Commander. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Gen Christopher Cavoli is due to come to the end of his term as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (Saceur ) this summer. Since 1951, this post has been filled by American …
(2025-04-11). La NATO contro l'Europa. strategic-culture.su L'Alleanza Atlantica, con i suoi apparati su più dimensioni, si presenta ancora oggi come il migliore strumento per mantenere il Vecchio Continente in una condizione di "eterna" cattività geopolitica. Qui si ripercorrerà parte di questa storia travagliata. | Segue nostro Lord Hastings, primo segretario generale della NATO, ebbe modo di affermare che lo scopo dell'Alleanza era mantenere una presenza salda anglo-americana sul continente eu…
(2025-04-11). La NATO e l'Unione Europea cercano di destabilizzare la Turchia. strategic-culture.su Le proteste in Turchia potrebbero portare a un cambiamento del regime di Erdogan, che da diversi anni sta perdendo popolarità nonostante i successi politici dell'ultimo decennio? | Segue nostro Erdoƒüan dal 2016, ovvero dopo il tentativo di golpe contro di lui organizzato dagli atlantisti e dagli integralisti islamici della setta di Fethullah Gàºlen, ha compiuto una talvolta apparentemente contraddittoria, ma tutto sommato…
(2025-04-11). Il delicato ruolo della Russia nello scacchiere del Caucaso. strategic-culture.su Mosca deve agire con attenzione per evitare che le tensioni nel Caucaso vengano usate come giustificazione per aumentare la presenza occidentale nello spazio post-sovietico. | Segue nostro Il conflitto tra Armenia e Azerbaigian, in particolare per quanto riguarda la regione del Nagorno-Karabakh, ha sempre suscitato intense discussioni e divisioni nella politica internazionale, con il ruolo della Russia spesso bersaglio di critiche e inco…
(2025-04-11). US, Ukrainian Officials Resume Talks on Natural Resources Deal. news.antiwar.com The White House continued in its efforts to engage with Russia and Ukraine. A top US diplomat traveled to Russia to speak with President Vladimir Putin. While US and Ukrainian officials met in Washington to discuss a deal that will give the US access to the profits from Ukraine's natural resources. A Ukrainian delegation arrived …
(2025-04-11). Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello: María Corina Machado is Plotting to Provoke Violence during May 25 Elections. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Minister for the Interior Diosdado Cabello expressed that far-right politician María Corina Machado has plans to generate violence in the country during the elections of May 25. | During the broadcast of his television program Con El Mazo Dando on Wednesday, April 9, Cabello shared information that he received about Machado and her allies "thinking of how to attack the May 25 election; they have a violent plan." | The information further indicated that Machado has infiltrated into the lists of right-wing parties more than 40 candidates for the National Assembly. | According to the source, Machado is no…
(2025-04-11). US Revokes Trinidad's Gas Production License With Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The United States has revoked authorizations for Trinidad and Tobago to produce gas fields jointly owned and operated with Venezuela. | The prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Stuary Young, made the announcement on Tuesday, April 8, at a The government of former US President Joe Biden had granted some one-off…
(2025-04-11). The Employment of Young Men. peoplespolicyproject.org 
The message has apparently gone out among conservatives to start focusing on out-of-work young men in order to make cuts to Medicaid ( On its face, this seems implausible. After all, man cannot live on doctor visit…
(2025-04-11). Ethiopia and EU analyze bilateral nexus and cooperation. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos met with Simon Mordue, Deputy Secretary General for Economic and Global Issues at the EEAS, on Friday to discuss bilateral issues…
(2025-04-11). Cuba hosts meeting of ballet teaching academies. plenglish.com Havana, April 11 (Prensa Latina) The 30th International Meeting of Ballet Teaching Academies is being held in Cuba from today until April 20, with more than 300 participants from 30 schools and 12 countries.
(2025-04-11). Xi Jinping's tour of Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia confirmed. plenglish.com Beijing, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia next week on state visits that will include meetings at the highest level, the Foreign Ministry confirmed today.
(2025-04-11). Argentine subway and premetro workers to stage strike. plenglish.com The Subway and Premetro Workers Union Association (AGTSyP) informed that transportation will be stopped from 14: 00 hours to 15: 00 hours (local time) to denounce "the presence of fraudulently hired workers, under the false form of security personnel." | In fact, they perform tasks equivalent to the position of Station Attendant and others included in our collective bargaining agreement, the Association stated in a press release and warned of outsourcing the work performed by its members. | The AGTSyP regretted the inconvenience to users and criticized the violation of the regulations in force by the employers.
(2025-04-11). Partagás Cedro captivates Cuban cigar lovers in Indonesia. plenglish.com Jakarta, April 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuban cigar lovers in Indonesia woke up rejoicing after the launch of the new Partagás Cedro in this capital, dedicated this time to the Year of the Snake.
(2025-04-11). French Communists support Cuba and promote solidarity. plenglish.com Paris, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) Members of the French Communist Party (PCF) of the Paris Region reiterated on Friday their support for Cuba in the face of the US blockade, and agreed to promote solidarity with the island.
(2025-04-11). En Geociencias 2025 conversando con Rafael Guardado Lacabe de la Universidad de Moa (+Audio). radiohc.cu Como parte de la segunda jornada de la XI convención internacional Ciencias de la Tierra, Geociencias 2025, y promovido por la Sociedad Cubana de Geología, la UNAM y varias instituciones cubanas que tienen que ver con las geociencias y otras, subscribieron un memorando de entendimiento que contribuirá a impulsar la colaboración de ambos países en el campo de las geociencias.
(2025-04-11). En Venezuela, donde todo 11 tiene su 13. radiohc.cu La Habana, 11 de abr (RHC) El 11 de abril de 2002 fue el día escogido por la derecha venezolana y sus aliados externos para la arremetida contra el gobierno del Comandante Hugo Chávez. Lo que en un inicio parecía una marcha pacífica, se tornó violenta cuando la oposición decidió cambiar la ruta hacia el Palacio de Miraflores, para "exigir" la salida del Presidente Constitucional de la nación.
(2025-04-11). Contribuir al desarrollo económico desde el pensamiento y el actuar colectivo. radiohc.cu La Habana, 11 de abr (RHC) Desde nuestra misión como representantes del pueblo, es imprescindible aportar al pensamiento y el actuar colectivo, frente a los desafíos que impactan hoy en el desarrollo de la economía cubana.
(2025-04-11). Cierra en Cuba XI Convención Internacional Ciencias de la Tierra. radiohc.cu La Habana, 11 de abr (RHC) Una conferencia magistral sobre los avances en estudios geológicos en Cuba durante 2025, acaparará la atención hoy en la jornada final de la XI Convención Ciencias de la Tierra, que agrupó a investigadores de todas latitudes.
(2025-04-11). Silvio Rodríguez volverá a Chile en gira por Sudamérica. radiohc.cu La Habana, 11 de abr (RHC) El emblemático trovador cubano Silvio Rodríguez anunció su retorno a Chile, después de siete años, en el inicio de una gira por Sudamérica que incluye también a Argentina, Uruguay, Perú y Colombia.
(2025-04-11). Arranca el silencio electoral en Ecuador. radiohc.cu La Habana, 11 de abr (RHC) En Ecuador rige hoy el silencio electoral luego de que este jueves concluyera la campaña previa a la segunda vuelta electoral del próximo domingo 13 de abril.
(2025-04-11). Definen Cambodia y Cuba hoja de ruta para cooperación agrícola. radiohc.cu La Habana, 11 de abr (RHC) Expertos en desarrollo agrícola de Cambodia y Cuba definieron una hoja de ruta que abre hoy posibilidades reales de alcanzar resultados concretos en la cooperación bilateral en ese ámbito.
(2025-04-11). Variada cartelera en Mes de Europa en Cuba. radiohc.cu La Habana, 11 de abr (RHC) Desde el Festival de Cine Europeo, pasando por una muestra de cine nostálgico polaco y una selección de cine sueco de novela negra, el Mes de Europa en Cuba extiende su pantalla.
(2025-04-11). Hondureños agradecidos por la ayuda brindada por Cuba (+Fotos y audio). radiohc.cu El Vice Presidente Asociación Amistad Honduras-Cuba, el abogado Leonel Casco Gutiérrez, envió un mensaje de agradecimiento al pueblo cubano por las muestras de solidaridad con el envío de brigadas médicas para socorrer a las víctimas ocasionadas por diferentes huracanes.
(2025-04-11). En mayo, exámenes de ingreso a la Educación Superior. radiohc.cu La Habana, 11 de abr (RHC) Los exámenes de ingreso a la Educación Superior, correspondientes al curso 2025-2026, se realizarán los días 6, 9 y 13 de mayo para las asignaturas de Matemática, Español e Historia de Cuba, respectivamente, informó, en conferencia de prensa, René Sánchez Díaz, director de Ingreso y Ubicación Laboral del Ministerio de Educación Superior…
(2025-04-11). Why Europe's Unity on Russia Is Falling Apart. thinktank.pk In recent weeks, a wave of uncertainty has swept through Europe as the European Union (EU) appears increasingly divided over its position on Russia, Ukraine, and the broader implications of the war that has reshaped the continent's geopolitical architecture. From troop deployment hesitations to disputes over seizing Russian assets, the cracks in EU unity are …
(2025-04-11). Fact Check: "Trump Needs to Learn from Soviet Leader" thinktank.pk A widely circulated article by Russian state-affiliated media compares Donald Trump to the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, asserting that Trump's tariff policies mirror the economic collapse of the Soviet Union and will hasten America's downfall. It blends historical comparisons, economic critiques, and ideological references to frame Trump's leadership as destructive. What's True? Donald Trump …
(2025-04-11). Leaked files reveal the Steele Dossier was discredited in 2017 — but sold to the public anyway. strategic-culture.su On March 25, Donald Trump signed an executive order declassifying all documentation related to Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI's 2016 investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. The order has unexpectedly resurrected buried documents that cast new light on the Steele dossier — and when it was known to be false.
(2025-04-11). European rearmament: Shuffling fake money around a monopoly board? responsiblestatecraft.org 
Amid calls for Europe to rearm, competing ideas are circulating around how to ensure European nations can take on Russia in a possible future war without U.S. backing. While the idea of a rearmament bank may carry some appeal, it's less clear that there's any new money for what is likely to be a very expensive enterprise.The European Commission recently unveiled €800 billion ($876 billion) plan to
(2025-04-11). European elitist rulers are hyping the Russian threat and war for political survival. strategic-culture.su
(2025-04-11). Belarus, Russia hold ministerial consultations on Latin America. eng.belta.by The Belarusian delegation was led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | Evgeny Shestakov, the Russian delegation – by Deputy Foreign Minister | Sergey Ryabkov.
(2025-04-11). Developed: Batteries that operate at -50 ∞C and below. ummid.com A team of Russian scientists and researchers has developed batteries capable of operating under extreme weather conditions at temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius and below.
(2025-04-11). Back to the Post-Cold War Order: How the Russia-US Hockey Match Can Be Organized. unitedworldint.com Türkiye could host the match. Here's how and why.: | : | By Feyyaz Erkin E≈üli | The phone talks between Putin and Trump were constructive and even upbeat. The main takeaway is that both leaders expressed interest in continuing the dialogue and developing relations between the two countries. | Many experts have already noted that the most significant aspect of the conversation was not the discussion of ongoing conflicts but the future of bilateral relations. Improving these ties could serve as a guarantee of global stability. | Moscow emphasized that during the talks, there was a "m…
(2025-04-11). Argentina General Strike Demands End to Milei's 'Chainsaw' Austerity Policies. scheerpost.com
(2025-04-11). The State Department Has Revoked the Visas of Over 600 Students at 100+ Schools. scheerpost.com
(2025-04-11). Trump Advisor Reveals Tariff Strategy: Force Countries To Pay Tribute To Maintain US Empire. scheerpost.com
(2025-04-11). Why Aren't You Supporting the Trump Tariffs? scheerpost.com
(2025-04-11). They Made a Discovery. smoothiex12.blogspot.com
(2025-04-11). A socialist response to the Trump trade war. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-04-11). Trump's Tariffs Seen from Contradictory Angles. socialistproject.ca 
Donald Trump's paleo-conservative, isolationist attack on global capitalist trade is already having formidable impacts. If tariff levels and targets announced on "Liberation Day," April 2, are sustained, a full-blown economic catastrophe could result, perhaps reminiscent of 1930s-scale The worst danger: national elites in victim countries will be divided-and-conquered. Even South African President Cyril Ramaphosa — who 15 months a…
(2025-04-11). Argentina Braves 24-hour Strike As It Awaits Word On IMF Loan. latintimes.com The capital's central Constitucion railway station was closed Thursday, the main Jorge Newbery airport deserted and bank branches shuttered.
(2025-04-11). We Rise Fighting! Labor Podcast E112: UAW Local 291 on Strike in Osh Kosh, Wisconsin. wibailoutpeople.org
(2025-04-11). Yemeni media reports: 11 US airstrikes targeted several areas in the capital, Sanaa. english.almanar.com.lb
(2025-04-11). DOJ Ignores Court Ordered Deadline for Plan to Return Wrongly Deported Man: 'Is Anyone Moving With Any Kind of Speed?'. latintimes.com The Department of Justice failed to meet the Supreme Court's deadline to provide a plan to return a Maryland resident wrongly deported to El Salvador.
(2025-04-11). Supreme Court says Trump administration must work to bring back mistakenly deported Maryland man. whyy.org The The court acted in the case of U.S. District Judge Paul…
(2025-04-11). SCOTUS Orders Trump Admin to Return Man Wrongfully Deported to Salvadoran Prison. truthout.org The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday issued a ruling with no noted dissents affirming a federal judge's order compelling President Donald Trump's administration to enable the stateside return of Kilmar Abrego García, a Salvadoran man wrongfully deported to a notorious prison in his native country. "The rule of law won today," said Andrew Rossman, one of Abrego García's lawyers. |
(2025-04-11). Afghanistan marks deadliest day of public executions since Taliban takeover. geo.tv 
Taliban security personnel stand guard as people watch a public flogging at a stadium in Charikar, Parwan province, Afghanistan, December 8, 2022. — AFP All men were executed for murder after repeated case reviews.Two men were shot by male relative of victims in…
(2025-04-11). Along With Measles, Whooping Cough Cases Surge as Vaccine Rates Drop. truthout.org In the past six months, two babies in Louisiana have died of pertussis, the disease commonly known as whooping cough. Washington state recently announced its first confirmed death from pertussis in more than a decade. Idaho and South Dakota each reported a death this year, and Oregon last year reported two as well as its highest number of cases since 1950. While much of the country… |
(2025-04-11). Florida Teacher Loses Job for Using Student's Chosen Name. truthout.org Melissa Calhoun, a public school teacher in Florida, has been informed that her contract will not be renewed after she used a student's chosen name without parental consent. While several states have enacted similar anti-trans legislation, Calhoun's case appears to be the first publicly reported instance where a teacher's job has been directly impacted for affirming a student's identity. |
(2025-04-11). Zelenskyy doubles down on Chinese fighters in Ukraine. responsiblestatecraft.org 
According to Ukraine's President, Volodymy Zelenskyy, at least Ukrainian intelligence
(2025-04-11). Code, Contracts, and Culture: How Blockchain and Web3 Unlock New Horizons for Black Technologists. moguldom.com Prologue: A Decentralized Dream It starts with a spark — a line of code, a moment of connection, a refusal to be locked out. For generations, the tech world has mirrored the inequities of the physical one: access shaped by race, capital, gatekeepers. But something is shifting. In the ambient hum of Web3, in the …
(2025-04-11). Optimal Solutions for ASICs Hosting in the Cryptocurrency Industry. moguldom.com The increasing complexity of cryptocurrency mining has amplified the demand for efficient and reliable ASICs hosting solutions. Tailored to accommodate advanced application-specific integrated circuits, such hosting services ensure optimal performance, security, and energy management. Key solutions include strategically located facilities with access to sustainable and cost-effective energy sources, such as renewable power. These setups not …
(2025-04-11). The Evolution of Digital Hustles: How Online Gaming Is Creating New Income Streams. moguldom.com The digital revolution has rewritten the rules of earning a living. For individuals from underserved and minority communities especially, the surge in online platforms has sparked a new wave of financial opportunity—one that blends passion with potential income. Nowhere is this more evident than in the world of online gaming. From monetizing gameplay to leveraging …
(2025-04-11). Nick Turse Joins The Intercept as Inaugural National Security Reporting Fellow. theintercept.com 
The Intercept is pleased to announce the appointment of investigative reporter Nick Turse to a National Security Fellowship. Through this yearlong fellowship, he will cover U.S. military operations, national security issues, and foreign affairs. | "As global power dynamics are being profoundly reshaped, Nick's work has never been more essential. The Intercept has always questioned mainstream coverage about American military power, and there is no one better than Nick to provide the kind of nuanced, incisive coverage that our readers want and deserve right now," said CEO Annie Chabel. | "Nick is a thoughtful, t…
(2025-04-11). This Passover, Press for Freedom. themedialine.org 
(2025-04-11). Can We Still Celebrate Freedom This Passover? themedialine.org 
(2025-04-11). Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base Reportedly Handed Over to US. themedialine.org 
(2025-04-11). 'Hostages' in Guatemala: The Fight for 140 Children. themedialine.org 
(2025-04-11). Back to Muscat: Oman Is the Venue for Last-Chance US-Iran Talks. themedialine.org 
(2025-04-11). Police Chief's Comments on April 9th Arrests. urbancny.com 
'Syracuse Police conducted an investigation of a use of force in connection with arrests made on Wednesday, April 9th, around 3: 09 p.m., at the intersection of South Avenue and Bellevue …
(2025-04-11). Rally for Tax Justice April 15. urbancny.com On April 15, taxes are due, but tax justice is long overdue, says the Syracuse Peace Council. The Council says the people of Central New York will convene at the …
(2025-04-11). Fatal Hit-and-Run Suspect Sought. urbancny.com 
The Syracuse Police Department is asking for the public's help in the ongoing search for 27-year-old Nigel Chabot-Douglas. | Chabot-Douglas | Chabot-Douglas is accused of fleeing the scene of a fatal hit-and-run that took place on Sunday, March 23rd, around 10: 21 p.m., in the 1200 block of Butternut Street. | It is believed that Chabot-Douglas may have fled the State of New York. If you have any information on the whereabouts of Chabot-Douglas, please call the Syracuse Police Department Traffic Division at (315) 442-5130 or 911.
(2025-04-11). Gun Buyback Scheduled for April 12. urbancny.com 
The Syracuse Police Department, in conjunction with the New York State Attorney General's Office and New York State Police, will host a gun buyback event this Saturday, April 12th, from …
(2025-04-11). April 2025 CNY Financial Empowerment Convention. urbancny.com 
Presented by Me'Shae Rolling, MPA. Executive Producer, Financial Empowerment Convention As our region continues to face economic uncertainty, financial empowerment has never been more vital. This April, the 2025 Regional …
(2025-04-11). California News Station 'Accidentally' Tweets Racial Slur, Blames 'Technical Error'. latintimes.com Los Angeles news station KTLA claimed to have experienced a "technical error" after posting a racial slur to its official X account on Friday.
(2025-04-11). Chicago Waitress' Violent Attack by Customers Over $50 Bill Caught on Video. latintimes.com The attack occurred at El Taco Azteca in Pilsen last week, and left the waitress with cuts, bruises and a broken finger.
(2025-04-11). Elon Musk Wants Control of a Public Beach in Texas Near SpaceX Starbase and He Might Just Get It. latintimes.com Musk seeks to tighten his grip on a remote stretch of coastline near the Texas-Mexico border where the billionaire wants to control access to Boca Chica beach.
(2025-04-11). Everything We Know About Sean Johnson: Pilot of Helicopter That Crashed into Hudson River Killing 6 Identified. latintimes.com The pilot of the helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday was identified as Sean Johnson, a 36-year-old former Navy SEAL…
(2025-04-11). Judge Rejects Bid to Block Immigration Enforcement at Religious Sites, Questions 'Credible Threat' of Enforcement'. latintimes.com A federal judge in Washington, D.C., rejected on Friday a request by over two dozen Christian and Jewish religious groups to block immigration enforcement operations at houses of worship…
(2025-04-11). MAGA Journalist Fact-Checked Over Claims Obama Bailed Out Wall Street in 2008. Bush Was President in 2008. latintimes.com A conservative journalist was mocked online after wrongly blaming Obama for the 2008 Wall Street bailout.
(2025-04-11). Mike Johnson Says Men Need to Stop 'Playing Video Games All Day' and Get to Work: 'They're Draining Resources'. latintimes.com Speaker Mike Johnson defended efforts to attach work requirements to Medicaid, suggesting that young men are wasting their lives "playing video games all day."
(2025-04-11). Musk Mocked After 'Top Secret' Cabinet Meeting Notes Go Viral: 'They Wrote That to Make Him Feel Included'. latintimes.com Social media users are mocking billionaire Trump ally Elon Musk after a photo of his notepad during a cabinet meeting began making rounds online, with the words "Top Secret!!" scrawled onto it in blue ink.
(2025-04-11). Tennessee Senate Advances Bill to Deny Public Education to Undocumented Students Despite Opposition: 'They Didn't Ask to Be Brought Here'. latintimes.com Tennessee is moving forward with legislation that would allow public schools to deny enrollment or charge tuition to undocumented students…
(2025-04-11). Top Beer Modelo Owner Says Lower Sales Show Latinos Are Looking To Blend Into The Crowd. latintimes.com President Donald Trump's immigration policies are hurting Modelo and Corona beer sales, pushing Latino consumers to stay away from the brand…
(2025-04-11). Top Trump Officials Reportedly Annoyed By Musk To The Point Of Leaving Rooms: 'He's Not Funny, Like, At All'. latintimes.com Top Trump officials are reportedly annoyed by Elon Musk's behavior at government meetings, with many earnestly asking each other if the DOGE head is high…
(2025-04-11). Trump Loyalist Sports 'Troubling' Trump Golden Bust Lapel Pin: 'Makes It Easier to Recognize Cult Members'. latintimes.com
(2025-04-11). Trump Supported Sending US Citizens to Salvadoran Prisons, But There is No Legal Pathway To Do So, Experts Say. latintimes.com The Trump administration is eyeing sending U.S. citizens who have committed "heinous, violent" crimes despite lack of legality.
(2025-04-11). Trump's Nearly 5-Hour Physical Exam Raises Questions About His Health After Massive Bruise Saga. latintimes.com President Trump's physical exam lasted nearly five hours, almost twice as long as Biden's in 2024.
(2025-04-11). U.S. Military Removes Greenland Base Commander After JD Vance Visit: 'Actions To Subvert President Trump's Agenda Will Not Be Tolerated'. latintimes.com The U.S. military announced on Thursday it removed the commander of its Pituffik base in Greenland, saying it would not tolerate actions going against President Trump's agenda…
(2025-04-11). Walmart Employee Left Work Mid Shift, Grabbed Gun and Killed Coworker in Georgia Store: Police. latintimes.com A shooting at a Walmart in Newton County, Georgia, has left two dead and one injured, according to law enforcement.
(2025-04-11). HBL PSL X: A Decade of Cricketing Glory! thinktank.pk As the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) gears up for its landmark 10th season, the energy surrounding the tournament is nothing short of electric. With the curtain rising at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium as defending champions Islamabad United clash with Lahore Qalandars, HBL PSL X is already being hailed as the biggest, boldest, and most impactful …
(2025-04-11). A New Military-Industrial Complex Arises. defenddemocracy.press By Michael Klare, Droning Washington Feb. 9, 2025 Yes, some of us still remember that the now-famous (or do I mean infamous?) phrase "the military-industrial complex" actually came from the farewell address of former World War II general and then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 17, 1961. But how often do any of us remember the all-too-painfully …
(2025-04-11). One phone call to Trump could give Dutton an election edge. independentaustralia.net 
(2025-04-11). CARTOONS: The Election circus has come to town. independentaustralia.net 
(2025-04-11). Trump's tariff pause a high-stakes gamble with the world. independentaustralia.net 
(2025-04-11). Europe—Asia Green Automotive Cooperation. unitedworldint.com The Missing Link in Global Climate Ambitions By Mehmet Enes Be≈üer The green transformation in the car industry is no longer a vision of the future but a here-and-now necessity. Transport emissions account for almost a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, and the decarbonization of mobility is at the heart of both European …
(2025-04-11). SATIRE: Hush Falls Over Crowd After Bagel Tears ACL In Jumbotron Race. theonion.com CHICAGO—Thousands of horrified Bulls fans reportedly gasped and shuddered Tuesday when a cartoon bagel tore his ACL in the jumbotron race, a gruesome injury that caused a hush to fall over the crowd at the United Center. "Oh Jesus, Biggie Bagel just went down hard—I'm not sure he'll ever compete in another Dunkin' race after an …
(2025-04-11). SATIRE: Trump's Tariffs By The Numbers. theonion.com The Trump administration has raised taxes on Chinese imports to 125% as the trade war continues to heat up. The Onion looks at the key facts and figures behind the president's tariffs. $3.2 billion: Market gains for bug-out bags 29: Turnips to be substituted into average American's weekly diet 1 in 3: Americans currently screaming …
(2025-04-11). SATIRE: New Clearblue Test Comes With Flight Voucher In Case Result Positive. theonion.com WASHINGTON—In an effort to help customers living in areas with little or no access to abortion care, Clearblue announced Monday that its pregnancy tests sold in the U.S. market would now come with a flight voucher in case the result was positive. "Starting today, our home diagnostic products will include a generous $100 credit that can …
(2025-04-11). Federal judge directs Trump administration to take all available steps for return of mistakenly deported man. whyy.org
(2025-04-11). Live at 1 p.m. ET: US Exiting the Climate Alarm Cabal — The Climate Realism Show. wattsupwiththat.com In news that has climate alarmists in an even greater panic, the Trump administration is ending funding for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the panel that produced the federal government's National Climate Assessment every four years. Several officials in the office have reportedly been fired, and Trump's NASA has canceled the contract with the firm that coordinates the production of the National Climate Assessment. Defenders of the program say the report has been a "comprehensive look at climate change," but has that ever been true?>
(2025-04-11). 'Junket to play with giraffes': Del. attorney general took corporate-paid trips to resorts and enjoyed facials, safari. whyy.org 
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings and her husband settled into first-class seats on a jumbo jet. | It was November 2023, and the couple was taking a nonstop flight to South Africa, where Delaware's chief law enforcement officer would attend a weeklong legal conference. | Her agenda included lectures and forums on issues such as human trafficking and cybersecurity with about a dozen fellow attorneys general and "other vital stakeholders," the confab's organizers said.
(2025-04-11). "Green" Fuel May Contain Palm Oil. wattsupwiththat.com Years ago, some bright sparks decided that using palm oil to produce biodiesel would be good for the planet, as it would avoid the need for carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels. | We have since found out about the environmental catastrophe that resulted.
(2025-04-11). 'The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions', U.S. Department of Energy Example. wattsupwiththat.com Rossi's description of the spirit at DOE is uplifting until one realizes that this agency was actually squandering scarce resources and penalizing consumers and taxpayers. "Greater speed to the wrong destination …", as the saying goes.
(2025-04-11). U.S. Attorney Habba investigating New Jersey governor, attorney general over immigration enforcement policy. whyy.org The top federal prosecutor in New Jersey says she has launched an investigation into Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and state Attorney General Matt Platkin over the state's directive to local law enforcement not to cooperate with federal agents conducting immigration enforcement. | Alina Habba, appointed last month by President Donald Trump as the interim U.S. attorney for the state, announced the investigation on Thursday evening on Fox News. | "I want it to be a warning for everybody that I have instructed my office today to open an investigation into Governor Murphy, to open an investigation into Attorney General…
(2025-04-11). Philly health officials report second case of measles, warn of possible exposures in 2 locations. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Philadelphia is reporting another case of measles in a person who recently traveled abroad. City leaders said there is "no threat to the general public," but This is the city's
(2025-04-11). Delaware weighs response to U.S. Education Department memo threatening funding for low-income students over DEI programs. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Delaware has days to respond to a letter from the Trump administration that threatens to withhold funding for low-income students from public schools with diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. | The
(2025-04-11). Philly may lose federal dollars to protect drinking water, shifting the costs to ratepayers. whyy.org
(2025-04-11). Studio 2 Extra: Meet the O.G. Philly Elmo. whyy.org You've seen him — the furry red muppet leading the PME drumline down a city street. Tony Royster, founder of PME and often the guy in the costume, joins Avi Wolfman-Arent.
(2025-04-11). Acme Accordion School Sees Rise in Popularity. whyy.org The
(2025-04-11). The Rise of YouTube and How It's Changed Our Lives. whyy.org On this episode, we mark the 20th anniversary of YouTube with an exploration of how the video-streaming platform has transformed everything from global pop culture, to social movements, to how we seek out and consume information. We hear about new research on how short-form videos affect our brains, how algorithms dictate culture, and what makes YouTube so helpful — and addictive.
(2025-04-11). WHYY Newscast for Friday 12:00 p.m. whyy.org The latest local headlines from WHYY…
(2025-04-11). WHYY Newscast for Friday 6:00 a.m. whyy.org The latest local headlines from WHYY…
(2025-04-11). WHYY Newscast for Friday 9:00 a.m. whyy.org The latest local headlines from WHYY…
(2025-04-11). Policies for the Opposition Leader: three paths to electoral success. onlineopinion.com.au Although they have been disappointingly ineffective for as long as I can remember, I broadly prefer the Coalition in government to Labor.
(2025-04-11). Minister reaffirms commitment to efficient policing. sanews.gov.za Minister reaffirms commitment to efficient policing | Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has reaffirmed the South African Police Service's (SAPS) commitment to realising an efficient, effective, and responsible police service. | "… I want to reaffirm our commitment. We are committed to realising an efficient, effective, and responsible police service; one that reflects the values and aspirations of our democracy. This is non-negotiable," the Minister said. | Mchunu was addressing a media briefing on the outcomes of the recently held three-day National Policing Summit. | "The people of South Africa demand policing tha…
(2025-04-11). Hlabisa urges communities to protect children. sanews.gov.za Hlabisa urges communities to protect children | The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Velenkosini Hlabisa, has urged communities to be vigilant and proactive in protecting the health and well-being of children. | The Minister was speaking at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg, where he was visiting an eight-year-old boy. It was reported that the boy was hospitalised after he fell ill after consuming contaminated snacks purchased from a spaza shop in Mapetla, Soweto. | According to reports, the eight-year-old boy was taken to a nearby clinic after complain…
(2025-04-11). Plans afoot to revitalise Durban's inner-city precinct. sanews.gov.za Plans afoot to revitalise Durban's inner-city precinct | The eThekwini Municipality has rolled out an ambitious project to revitalise the inner-city precinct. | This as the city increased capacity to achieve its ambitious plan to rejuvenate the inner-city precinct and deliver a safer, cleaner, and greener Durban. | Plans for the rejuvenation are moving swiftly, and the programme involves a comprehensive range of services designed to revitalise the heart of the city. These include the deployment of professional security teams, armed patrol units, and rapid-response squads. | Complementing these efforts is a team o…
(2025-04-11). Media industry called to transform ownership patterns. sanews.gov.za Media industry called to transform ownership patterns | With the media industry fighting for its survival amidst the rise of digital media, Deputy Minister in The Presidency, Kenny Morolong, has called on the industry to make deliberate efforts to transform the sector's ownership patterns. | "Government remains committed to working alongside industry stakeholders to ensure that South Africa's media landscape is inclusive, competitive, and representative of the country's diversity," Morolong said. | The Deputy Minister was addressing the members of the Print and Digital Media Transformation and Revitalization Stee…
(2025-04-11). Review of White Paper on Local Government published for discussion. sanews.gov.za Review of White Paper on Local Government published for discussion | The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Velenkosini Hlabisa, has officially published a discussion document on the Review of the 1998 White Paper on Local Government. | According to the department, this represents a significant and necessary step towards creating a reimagined and results-oriented local government system in South Africa. | This document, published under Notice No. 6118 (Gazette: 52498) on Thursday, initiates a national discussion aimed at producing a revised White Paper on Local Government by March…
(2025-04-11). Concern over Limpopo justice vacancy rate. sanews.gov.za Concern over Limpopo justice vacancy rate | Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has identified the high number of vacancies at the Limpopo justice department as a critical issue to resolve. | Kubayi conducted an oversight visit to the Polokwane High Court and the Master's Office on Thursday. | "The Minister noted that these capacity challenges are severely affecting service delivery. She clarified that this is not a failure on the part of the provincial team but rather an issue that requires urgent attention at the national level. | "Misinterpretations of public service regulations th…
(2025-04-11). Chris Hani remembered as a martyr whose sacrifice shaped South African democracy. sanews.gov.za Chris Hani remembered as a martyr whose sacrifice shaped South African democracy | Deputy President Paul Mashatile has hailed the late Chris Hani as a revolutionary leader and a revered freedom fighter, whose assassination in April 1993 marked a pivotal moment in South Africa's transition to democracy. | Delivering the keynote address at the 32nd anniversary of Hani's assassination commemorative event, held in Sabalele Village, Cofimvaba – Hani's birthplace in the Eastern Cape, Mashatile reflected on Hani's legacy and the sacrifices he made for South Africa's democracy. | Hani, the former Chief of Staff of Umkhon…
(2025-04-11). Justice Minister condemns alleged actions of court interpreter. sanews.gov.za Justice Minister condemns alleged actions of court interpreter | The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has strongly condemned the alleged actions of a court interpreter whose actions led to…
(2025-04-11). Security strengthened at Wynberg court following shooting. sanews.gov.za Security strengthened at Wynberg court following shooting | The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DJCOD) has ordered that security be strengthened at the Wynberg Magistrate's Court, in Cape Town, following a fatal shooting inside the court building earlier this week. | A high-level delegation, led by DJCOD Director-General, Advocate Doc Mashabane, conducted an oversight visit to the court on Thursday. | The delegation also included Acting Secretary-General in the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ), Advocate Marelize Potgieter, and the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions in the Western Cape,…
(2025-04-11). Monstrous Dreaming: Lauren Beukes and Andrew Pepper. publicbooks.org "I guess my actual process is probably despair and cortisol."
(2025-04-11). Ursula, the Talmud and Europe. strategic-culture.su
(2025-04-11). Two Victims Of Hudson River Helicopter Crash Were Alive When Pulled Out of Frigid Waters. latintimes.com Two victims of the helicopter crash in the Hudson River on Thursday were alive when pulled out of the frigid waters, police said…
(2025-04-11). Trump Threatens Mexico With More Tariffs, 'Even Sanctions' If It Fails To Deliver Owed Water To Texas. latintimes.com Donald Trump threatened Mexico with more tariffs and "even sanctions" if it doesn't honor a water treaty the country has with Texas…
(2025-04-11). DeFi Broker Rule Repealed: Trump Becomes First US President To Sign Crypto Bill Into Law. latintimes.com Trump has once again proven that he is pro-crypto as he signed a bill into law that overturns a Biden-era IRS rule that would have required DeFi platforms to provide the same tax reporting requirements as traditional brokers do.
(2025-04-11). Novartis Plans $23 Billion US Buildout as Pharma Faces Pressure From Trump. latintimes.com Novartis plans a $23 billion U.S. expansion to boost drug production and counter potential import tariffs.
(2025-04-11). New DHS Task Force Scours International Student's Social Media For Potential Grounds To Revoke Visas. latintimes.com
(2025-04-11). Looming Indian Ocean showdown. responsiblestatecraft.org
(2025-04-11). Ministry of Justice Slammed for Work Environment That Was 'Intimidating, Hostile, Degrading and Humiliating'. bylinetimes.com The Ministry of Justice has been found guilty of racial discrimination, harassment, and constructive unfair dismissal by an Employment Tribunal, following allegations first revealed by The case centred on Uzo Mbonu, a former prison officer at HMP Swaleside, whose harrowing account of racism, bullying, and neglect, which we reported as part of a Freedom of Information-led investigation that revealed the MoJ had failed to centrally collect…
(2025-04-11). 'The Culture War is Dead: Long Live the Culture War'. bylinetimes.com 
(2025-04-11). Streeting appoints ex-boss of health privatiser, who pushed non-doctor expansion, to run Dept of Health. skwawkbox.org 
Samantha Jones, who pushed use of 'associates' without medical training and ran GP business with half usual no of GPs, to run DHSC as part of NHS cost-cutting 'integrated care' plan Right-wing Labour Health Secretary Wes Streeting has appointed a health privatiser, who was previously a senior adviser to Boris Johnson and has been behind …
(2025-04-11). SATIRE: Ozempic User Explains How Weight Loss Changed The Way People Slapped Her Belly. theonion.com
(2025-04-11). SATIRE: The Onion Cultural Standard: Yellowjackets. theonion.com
(2025-04-11). Inside the group plotting Poilievre's blitzkrieg of cuts. breachmedia.ca Over beers, Evans's drinking companion laid out more about the transition planning than anything yet discovered.
(2025-04-11). Belarus to take part in Ethiopia Agrofood Expo 2025. eng.belta.by Ethiopia Agrofood is a specialized exhibition event covering the entire | food production chain: from agricultural equipment to finished products.
(2025-04-11). Shehbaz Sharif invites Belarusian specialists to Pakistan. eng.belta.by "Belarus is of great importance for us in terms of agriculture. We know | how much Belarusians can help in the development of the agricultural | sector of our country," the prime minister of Pakistan said.
(2025-04-11). Belarus' FM receives copy of credentials from Sudanese ambassador. eng.belta.by The parties discussed the situation in Sudan, issues high on the | international agenda, the current state and prospects of | Belarusian-Sudanese cooperation.
(2025-04-11). FM: Belarus-Pakistan interaction is at its peak. eng.belta.by "Over the past six months, there has been an unprecedented uptick in our interaction. Various delegations have visited Belarus and Pakistan," the Pakistani foreign minister noted.
(2025-04-11). Shehbaz Sharif: Pakistan seeks close cooperation with Belarus on mutual agreements. eng.belta.by "We are ready to work together and will do everything to implement all the agreements and memorandums," he emphasized.
(2025-04-11). Shehbaz Sharif pledges to strengthen Pakistan-Belarus friendship. eng.belta.by The prime minister thanked the Belarusian head of state for the warm welcome. The Pakistani leader noted that Belarus is actively developing under the wise leadership of Aleksandr Lukashenko.
(2025-04-11). Belarus suggests joint assembly of electric buses to Pakistan. eng.belta.by The participants in the talks discussed the deliveries of Belarus-made utility vehicles, trucks and quarry equipment to Pakistan.
(2025-04-11). Lukashenko: Belarus enjoys friendly relations with Pakistan. eng.belta.by Belarus and Pakistan must implement the reached agreements, Belarusian | President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Prime Minister of | Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif in Minsk on 11 April.
(2025-04-11). Lukashenko: Belarus, Pakistan agreed to develop mechanism to facilitate labor migration. eng.belta.by Belarus and Pakistan have agreed to develop a mechanism to facilitate labor migration, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during an expanded-format meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Minsk on 11 April.
(2025-04-11). Lukashenko: Belarus, Pakistan remain friends and partners despite global challenges. eng.belta.by Belarus and Pakistan continue to be good friends and reliable partners despite global upheavals and security challenges, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during an expanded-format meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Minsk on 11 April.
(2025-04-11). Lukashenko meets with Pakistan PM in Palace of Independence. eng.belta.by The program of the talks will include a one-on-one meeting and a meeting | with the participation of members of the delegations. Aleksandr | Lukashenko and Shehbaz Sharif are set to discuss the progress in the | implementation of the agreements reached during the official visit of…
(2025-04-11). Lukashenko names agriculture driver of Belarus-Pakistan cooperation. eng.belta.by "In general, I believe that agriculture and related industries are the drivers of our bilateral cooperation," Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized.
(2025-04-11). Lukashenko outlines key priorities of Belarus-Pakistan cooperation. eng.belta.by Economy and trade remain key areas of cooperation between Belarus and Pakistan, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko told the media following the talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Minsk on 11 April.
(2025-04-11). Pakistan invited to promote its products to West via Belarus. eng.belta.by According to the president, Belarus will be glad to see more products | from Pakistan on its market. These could be, for example, rice and | mandarins, pharmaceutical and textile products, sporting goods, clothing…
(2025-04-11). Belarusian wrestler Alina Shauchuk claims European champion title. eng.belta.by On the way to the podium the Belarusian wrestler defeated Albina Drazhi | of Albania, Türkiye's Buse Tosun, and Ukraine's Manola Skobelska. In the | final Alina Shauchuk faced Romania's Kateryna Zelenykh to secure a 2-1…
(2025-04-11). Trump policy protest erupts outside US Congress. presstv.ir The Trump imposed tariffs and budget cuts have led to protests in front of Congress, with speakers expressing concerns about the disproportionate impact on lower and middle-class Americans.
(2025-04-11). Reaching agreement 'possible' if US ends intimidation, threats: Iran's deputy FM. presstv.ir An Iranian deputy foreign minister says there is good possibility for an agreement between Iran and the US if Washington stops threats against Tehran.
(2025-04-11). One killed in a helicopter crash in Hudson River. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in the United States, killing one person. The dramatic moment was captured on video and widely shared across social media, showing the helicopter spiraling out of control and crashing upside down into the water.All six people aboard the helicopter were confirmed dead after the aircraft flipped and crashed into the Hudson River near Manhattan, according to emergency responders. Pedestrians nearby were seen rushing toward the riverbank in shock as the wreckage splashed down. Emergency response teams quickly arrived at the scene, but one person onboard was pronoun…
(2025-04-11). Did Andrew Tate point a gun at a woman? New court documents claim. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – 39-year-old controversial influencer Andrew Tate has once again made headlines, after court documents claimed that he allegedly pointed a gun at a woman and said, "I'm a boss… you're going to do as I say or there'll be hell to pay." The controversial influencer and owner of Hustlers University has been accused of rape, assault, human trafficking and coercive control which he denied in the past. According to Sky News, four others, including the woman in question, have launched a civil claim against Andrew Tate, accusing him of the claims mentioned above. Caution: Graphic language is mentioned below.
(2025-04-11). Ballet dancer Ksenia Karelina exchanged with Arthur Petrov in new deal. albawaba.com
(2025-04-11). Bangladesh-Balochistan: Divided by Distance, United by Struggle. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2025-04-11). Justice March in Chhattisgarh: Congress Protests Against BJP Government. devdiscourse.com The Chhattisgarh Congress is set to embark on a foot march labeled 'Nyay Path', spanning from Durg to Raipur between April 18 to 21. The protest is directed against the BJP government, following the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Durg, highlighting law and order concerns.
(2025-04-11). Delhi Mayor Demands Ouster of MCD Commissioner Over Unilateral Tax Hikes. devdiscourse.com In a significant political development, Delhi Mayor Mahesh Kumar has called upon Union Home Minister Amit Shah to dismiss MCD Commissioner Ashwani Kumar. The plea follows the commissioner's alleged unilateral imposition of additional user charges on property-tax payers, bypassing the elected council's consent.
(2025-04-11). EU-India Solar Collaboration: New Era in Renewable Manufacturing. devdiscourse.com The National Solar Energy Federation of India and SolarPower Europe announced the signing of a new agreement to identify business and financing opportunities in solar manufacturing. This strategic move aims to fortify the ties between the European Union and India, enhancing collaboration amid ongoing global trade uncertainties.
(2025-04-11). Jharkhand's Rise: Hemant Soren's Vision for State's Transformation. devdiscourse.com Hemant Soren, the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has announced ambitious plans to drive the state into a leading position within India. Speaking at the Sido-Kanhu Jayanti celebrations, Soren underlined his administration's focus on bolstering both rural and state economies.
(2025-04-11). U.S. Producer Prices Fall Amid Energy Cost Decline, Tariffs Poised to Raise Inflation. devdiscourse.com In an unforeseen twist, U.S. monthly producer prices fell in March, driven primarily by a steep drop in energy product costs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This 0.4% decline followed a modest 0.1% gain in February and counters economists' expectations of a 0.2% rise.
(2025-04-11). CK's Bakery Steps into Karnataka: A Fresh Slice of Expansion. devdiscourse.com CK's Bakery, supported by the FMCG giant CavinKare Group, has officially entered the Karnataka market with the opening of its flagship store in Bengaluru on Friday. The company lays out ambitious plans to establish 25 company-owned outlets in the city within the next 12 months, underscoring its commitment to becoming a major player in the organized bakery and Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) sectors in India.
(2025-04-11). Wells Fargo Navigates Economic Uncertainty Amid Tariff Tensions. devdiscourse.com Wells Fargo reported a 6% increase in first-quarter profit, attributing the rise to strategic cost-cutting and reduced provisions for loan losses. This financial boost comes amid growing concerns about the U.S. economic outlook due to variable tariff policies.
(2025-04-11). Nainar Nagenthiran Set to Lead Tamil Nadu BJP, Succeeds K Annamalai. devdiscourse.com Nainar Nagenthiran, Tamil Nadu BJP Vice President, is set to become the party's new state president. His nomination was announced by the Union Home Minister, with Nagenthiran as the sole candidate, replacing K Annamalai.
(2025-04-11). Europe Sees Opportunity in U.S. Academic Exodus Amidst Funding Cuts. devdiscourse.com David Die Dejean, a dedicated researcher specializing in tuna studies, was recently dismissed from his position at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Miami due to sweeping job cuts targeting probationary employees. These cuts are part of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration's budget slashes aimed at controlling the federal deficit.
(2025-04-11). Kashi's Transformation: Balancing Heritage with Progress. devdiscourse.com Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a jab at opposition parties, accusing them of prioritizing family over national interests, unlike his administration's focus on inclusive development. During a public address, Modi laid the foundation for 44 projects worth Rs 3,880 crore, highlighting his government's mantra of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas' (together with all, development for all).
(2025-04-11). MCD Set for Crucial Leadership Elections. devdiscourse.com The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has announced the schedule for its upcoming leadership elections. Set for April 25, the elections will determine the new mayor and deputy mayor.
(2025-04-11). Kashmiri Cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Barred from Prayers Amid Controversy Over Waqf Amendment Act. devdiscourse.com Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the prominent leader of the Hurriyat Conference and chief cleric of Kashmir, was under house arrest on Friday, preventing him from leading congregational prayers at Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta. The incident has sparked criticism over governmental actions influenced by the Waqf Amendment Act.
(2025-04-11). Nainar Nagendran Set to Lead BJP in Tamil Nadu. devdiscourse.com Nainar Nagendran, a BJP legislator from Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli constituency, is on track to be named the next state chief of the BJP, taking over from K Annamalai.
(2025-04-11). Muscat Talks Seen as Litmus Test for US' Intent: Iranian Spokesman. english.almanar.com.lb While Iran has given diplomacy a genuine chance by agreeing to hold indirect negotiations with the US in Oman, it will be evaluating the other side's seriousness in the talks, Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Ismael Baqaei said. "In earnest & with candid vigilance we are giving diplomacy a genuine chance," Baqaei said in …
(2025-04-11). US troops to deploy to Panama Canal bases under new deal. geo.tv 
An aerial view shows cargo vessels docked at Balboa Port, operated by Panama Ports Company, at the Panama Canal, in Panama City, Panama, February 1, 2025. — ReutersPANAMA CITY: US troops will be allowed to use a series of military bases along the Panama Canal for training and…
(2025-04-11). Not just penguins on Antarctic islands hit by Trump tariffs. geo.tv 
This representational image shows emperor penguins in Dumont d'Urville, Antarctica. — Reuters/FileA pair of sub-Antarctic volcanic islands unexpectedly hit by Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs may be the world's most inhospitable spot for international trade.When Australia's…
(2025-04-11). Nearly 100 killed after heavy rain in India, Nepal. geo.tv 
(2025-04-11). US ends billion-dollar defence contracts in cost-saving drive. geo.tv 
US army soldiers stand in formation at the Novo Selo training ground, Bulgaria, on December 19, 2024. —Reuters
(2025-04-11). Stand up for workers on May Day. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-04-11). Whitehaven Coal protested as EPA looks to convict. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-04-11). Members hold ground in Public Service Association elections. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-04-11). Stop Liberal and Labor's gaslighting. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-04-11). Geelong Mayor dismisses community concerns about aged care service cuts. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-04-11). Karyn Brown: demolishing public. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-04-11). Secrecy and virtue signalling: Another view of 'Signalgate'. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-04-11). The Bolsheviks' vision for women and liberation. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-04-11). Mexico Reportedly Plans "Mega Expulsion" of 40 Narcos, Including El Cuini and La Tuta. latintimes.com According to a government source, the operation is a joint effort between Washington and Mexico City. El Cuini is part of CJNG, while La Tuta is part of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's effort to avoid more tariffs for Mexican products in the U.S.
(2025-04-11). Aneila Afsar on being Gladiators first British Muslim finalist. newarab.com 
When The reboot of the famous British '90s TV show pits everyday people against 'gladiators,' a team of ultra-fit men and women, in several adrenaline-packed physical challenges. | Months later, the Manchester-based sportsperson, online coach and single mother-of-two is not only Bri…
(2025-04-11). Khartoum: A cinematic escape from Sudan war through dreamscapes. newarab.com 
The ongoing wars in That's why a film like
(2025-04-11). MENA Sports Wrap: Salah ends Saudi speculation, signs LFC deal. newarab.com 
Relief as Salah signs two-year deal with Liverpool, ends rumours of a Saudi Arabia m…
(2025-04-11). S.Sudan used incendiary weapons to kill nearly 60 people: HRW. newarab.com 
(2025-04-11). Sudan paramilitaries say seized key Darfur town. newarab.com 
Sudan's paramilitary "Our forces took full control of the strategic town of Um Kadadah," an RSF spokesman said in a statement, adding that hundreds of members of its garrison had been killed.
(2025-04-11). Tesla opens first showroom in Saudi Arabia. newarab.com 
The Tesla electric vehicle company owned by billionaire The opening of showrooms in the capital Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam comes as Tesla global sales fall. | Showrooms in the United States have been attacked, reportedly because of links between Musk, the world's richest person, and
(2025-04-11). Turkey releases over 120 anti-government protesters. newarab.com 
(2025-04-11). US congressional hearing on antisemitism set for next month. newarab.com 
Another congressional hearing on antisemitism has been planned for May, around a year and a half since US Congress members This time, on 7 May, the House Education & Workforce Committee will be questioning leaders of more universities over alleged antisemitism on college campuses. | "For the past few years, our Committee has played a…
(2025-04-11). What does Iran seek from 'indirect talks' with the US. newarab.com 
A sudden change in Until recently, senior Iranian officials were publicly rejecting the idea of negotiations, citing the Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei's stance. But US President Donald Trump's surprise announcement on Monday, 7 April, about talks in Oman caught Tehran off gua…
(2025-04-11). Malcolm Bull: Why Is There the Amount of Art That There Is? newleftreview.org If, since Duchamp, anything can be art, regardless of skill or vision, why isn't more of it produced? Drawing on Frank Knight's work on financial risk to probe the institutional theory of art, Malcolm Bull finds curious links with the worlds of cryptocurrency and NFTs.
(2025-04-11). NLR Editors: Symposium: Introduction. newleftreview.org A discussion of Robin Blackburn's quintet on slavery in the Atlantic world: origins, rise, overthrow, legacy.
(2025-04-11). John Clegg: Roads To Freedom. newleftreview.org Opening a symposium on Robin Blackburn's The Reckoning, a probing examination of political agents and structuring conditions behind the late overthrow of slavery in the American South, Cuba and Brazil.
(2025-04-11). Enrico Dal Lago: Atlantic Histories. newleftreview.org How should Blackburn's slavery quintet be situated in relation to shifting historiographical paradigms of the Atlantic World, from the voyages of discovery to the age of Anglo-American predominance?
(2025-04-11). Nancy Fraser: Slavery and Social Theory. newleftreview.org What questions for critical social theory are posed by the capitalist slave regimes of the Americas? An inquiry into the political, economic and social-reproductive dimensions of enslaved and 'doubly free' labour.
(2025-04-11). Robin Blackburn: Contradictions of Capital and Slavery: A Reply. newleftreview.org Responding to his interlocutors in NLR's symposium, Blackburn foregrounds the contradictions of capital and political rule in the Atlantic slave systems that opened space for class struggle.
(2025-04-11). Gao 10th Result 2025 Today: Where and How to Check. ummid.com The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) is set to declare the results of the GBSHSE Class 10 or SSC 2025 examinations on its official as well as associate websites today i.e. Monday April 07, 2025.
(2025-04-11). Kratika Kaushal tops AMU 12th Board Exam 2025. ummid.com Class XII result of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Board was announced Friday April 05, 2025.
(2025-04-11). 73.45% Clear Karnataka 12th Exam 2025 – Full List of Toppers. ummid.com The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) has announced on its official website karresults.nic.in the results of the Higher Secondary 12th (Karnataka 2nd PUC) 2025, also known Class 12 exams, along with details of toppers and their marks.
(2025-04-11). Jamiat Chief Arshad Madani opposes street protest over Waqf Act 2025. ummid.com Maulana Arshad Madani, President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind, has opposed street protests over Waqf Amendment Act 2025.
(2025-04-11). Karnataka 2nd PU 12th Result 2025 Declared, Check Pass Percentage. ummid.com Karnataka Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) has announced the results of the Second Year Pre-University (2nd PUC) or Class 12 2025.
(2025-04-11). Samsung, Stanford Medicine join hands to advance sleep apnea detection. ummid.com Samsung Electronics and Stanford University Tuesday April 07, 2025 jointly announced a research project with Stanford Medicine to initiate an innovative health solution based on Samsung's obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) feature.
(2025-04-11). GUJCET 2025 Result: When and Where to Check. ummid.com The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) is releasing GUJCET 2025 Result on its official website gujcet.gseb.org.
(2025-04-11). 'Micromoon': April 2025 Full Moon will be smallest. ummid.com April 12, 2025 again brings a unique, if not rare, celestial even when the Full Moon will be the smallest of the year hence named 'Micromoon'.
(2025-04-11). The Many Uses of Aurangzeb. ummid.com Aurangzeb, the last powerful Mughal King of India, is destined to evoke strong reactions in Indians of all political inclinations and for all kinds of reasons, it seems.
(2025-04-11). Umrah and Ziyarah Forum 2025: Why Attend? ummid.com Less than a week is left before the second edition of the Umrah and Ziyarah Forum or UZF 2025 kickstarts in Madinah al Munawwarah on April 14, and the Prophet's City is abuzz with hectic activities for the special event.
(2025-04-11). Adobe rolls-out AI agents for Photoshop, Premiere Pro. ummid.com Software major Adobe has rolled out AI agents for Photoshop and Premiere Pro, aimed at simplifying the editing process by suggesting and executing context-aware edits.
(2025-04-11). After 'Nations Want to Kiss My Ass' Claim, Trump Pauses Tariffs. ummid.com A day after taking international diplomacy to its lowest level, U.S. President Donald Trump has put on hold for 90 days the tariffs he announced on different countries.
(2025-04-11). Trump Tarriffs: Pot Calling The Kettle Black. ummid.com The perpetrator of injustices claiming instead to be the victim then gives a loud call to others to make up for this by agreeing to not just paying much higher tariffs, decided and imposed in highly arbitrary ways, with no room left for questioning calculations and fairness.
(2025-04-11). Waqf Act 2025 has put Indian Secularism to test. ummid.com The Waqf Amendment Act 2025 has questioned the word 'Secularism' enshrined in the preamble of the Constitution.
(2025-04-11). 'Mr. Mohammad! Are you a Muslim': The most ludicrous part of Waqf Act. ummid.com The most ludicrous part of the Waqf Act is that it asks Mr. Mohammad to prove that he is a Muslim.
(2025-04-11). Assam HSLC 2025 Toppers: Amishi Saikia bags 1st rank, Saptarswa Bordoloi 2nd. ummid.com The Board of Secondary Education Assam (SEBA) has declared the result of HSLC/AHM Class 10th Examination 2025 on its official website sebaonline.org today i.e. Friday April 11, 2025 along with the list of toppers.
(2025-04-11). AISSEE 2025 Answer Key: When, Where and How to Check. ummid.com The National Testing Agency (NTA) is preparing to publish the Answer Key and scanned images of OMR Answer Sheets of the candidates who appeared in the All India Sainik School Entrance Exam 2025 (AISSEE 2025).
(2025-04-11). Apple transported 1.5 mn iPhones from India to U.S. in March. ummid.com Smartphone major Apple transported 600 tons or 1.5 million iPhones in 5 aero planes from India to the United States in March to beat Donald Trump's tariffs.
(2025-04-11). Saudi national 1st non-US Physician to win Weinberger Prize. ummid.com Dr. Mahmoud Aljurf created history becoming the first non-U.S. Physician to win the Steven E. Weinberger Award for Physician Executives/Leaders by the American College of Physicians (ACP), the largest medical specialty organization in the US.
(2025-04-11). Dutch F-35s Provide Targeting For Rocket Artillery. twz.com 
(2025-04-11). KC-10 Extender Tankers Are Up For Auction. twz.com 
The U.S. government is offering for sale 10 of the
(2025-04-11). Can Personal Data Be Considered A Trade Secret? menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Have you ever wondered why some people say Data is the New Oil ? | First coined by British mathematician Clive Humby in 2006, the statement illustrates how, similar to …
(2025-04-11). US Tariffs Will Squeeze The UK Economy. Could The Government Buy Itself Some Breathing Space? menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Iron-clad and non-negotiable is how UK prime minister Keir Starmer recently described the country's fiscal rules. The government has been coming under pressure to …
(2025-04-11). How Insects And The Smallest Animals Survive Antarctica. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | In Antarctica's freezing depths, tiny creatures have mastered survival tactics that could unlock secrets to extreme cold resistance, with implications for science and …
(2025-04-11). Why Keir Starmer's Psychological Profile Is Different From Other Prime Ministers And What It Means For His Dealings With Donald Trump. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | The question Who is Keir Starmer? echoed across headlines before and after he took office in 2024. Despite leading the Labour party for years, his personality, …
(2025-04-11). What Lies Ahead For South Korea After The Impeachment Of President Yoon Suk Yeol? menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | South Korea's constitutional court upheld the parliament's decision to impeach the country's suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, on April 4. The court stated that, by …
(2025-04-11). Manuscript Sold For ¨ 300 Is Now Attributed To Cyrano De Bergerac But Questions Remain About The Play's Authorship 300. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | French researchers recently published an edition of a previously unknown 17th-century French play that they argue could be attributed to the French satirist and dramatist …
(2025-04-11). Sudan's War Isn't Nearly Over Armed Civilian Groups Are Rising. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Sudan's war , now entering its third year, has taken another unexpected turn. In March 2025 , the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), also known as the Janjaweed, withdrew from …
(2025-04-11). Pikachu Protesters, Studio Ghibli Memes And The Subversive Power Of Cuteness. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | In Antalya, Turkey, in the early hours of March 27, 2025, Pikachu was spotted fleeing the police, making a getaway as fast as his short yellow legs could waddle . | The …
(2025-04-11). Companies Will Still Face Pressure To Manage For Climate Change, Even As Government Rolls Back US Climate Policy. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | As the federal government moves to eliminate U.S. climate rules , companies still face pressure to be better stewards of the planet from their customers , investors , …
(2025-04-11). White House Plans For Alaskan Oil And Gas Face Some Hurdles Including From Trump And The Petroleum Industry. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | The second Trump administration has launched the next stage in the half-century-long battle between commerce and conservation over Alaskan oil and gas development. But …
(2025-04-11). A Roman Governor Ordered Jesus' Crucifixion So Why Did Many Christians Blame Jews For Centuries? menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | It's a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges …
(2025-04-11). Tiny Cut Marks On Animal Bone Fossils Reveal That Human Ancestors Were In Romania 1.95 Million Years Ago. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil's surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran , took a deep breath. Illuminated by a strong light positioned nearly …
(2025-04-11). AI-Generated Images Can Exploit How Your Mind Works. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | I'm more of a scroller than a poster on social media. Like many people, I wind down at the end of the day with a scroll binge, taking in videos of Italian grandmothers …
(2025-04-11). Pornography May Be Commonplace, But A Growing Body Of Research Shows It Causes Lasting Harm To The Brain And Relationships. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | While pornography has been present throughout human history in various forms, such as ancient erotic art to more modernized motion pictures, research shows an increase in …
(2025-04-11). The Largest Flood In Earth's History Burst Through Gibraltar And Sicily And Refilled The Entire Mediterranean In Just A Few Years. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar. According to this theory, oceanic water rushed …
(2025-04-11). Being Married Linked To Increased Risk Of Dementia New Study. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Would you believe me if I told you that staying single or ending your marriage could lower your odds of getting dementia? A new study led by researchers at Florida State …
(2025-04-11). Brains Of People With Schizophrenia May Age Faster How Our Research Adds To The Evidence. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | What causes schizophrenia? This severe mental illness, which affects over 20 million people worldwide and is characterised by recurrent hallucinations and delusions, …
(2025-04-11). Jitters In The US Bond Market Look Like The Main Reason Trump Hit Pause On Higher Tariffs. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Bond markets don't often make front-page news but the recent sharp sell-off in US Treasuries appears to have been enough to prompt US president Donald Trump to pause his …
(2025-04-11). Good Night, And Good Luck: Why AP's Battle For Press Freedom Echoes The Theme Of George Clooney's New Play. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | George Clooney's role as a veteran TV reporter in the play Good Night, and Good Luck has received general acclaim after the play opened on Broadway last week. A New York …
(2025-04-11). From Brain Bluetooth To 'Full Robocop': Where Chip Implants Will Be Heading Soon. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | In the 1987 classic film RoboCop, the deceased Detroit cop Alex Murphy is reborn as a cyborg. He has a robotic body and a full brain-computer interface that allows him to …
(2025-04-11). Traded Like Assets, Expected To Be Loyal: The Unique Double Standard Of Being An Australian Footy Player. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Few issues in Australian sport generate as much media noise or emotional fan reactions as player movement, especially in our major winter codes the National Rugby League …
(2025-04-11). We Study 'Planktivores' And Found An Amazing Diversity Of Shapes Among Plankton-Feeding Fishes. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Swim along the edge of a coral reef and you'll often see schools of sleek, torpedo-shaped fishes gliding through the currents, feeding on tiny plankton from the water …
(2025-04-11). Kids Cheering 'Chicken Jockey!' At A Minecraft Movie Isn't Antisocial It Creates A Chance For Us To Connect. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Social media is ablaze with reports of kids going wild at screenings of A Minecraft Movie. | Some cinemas are cracking down. There are reports of cinemas calling in police …
(2025-04-11). Coalition Plan To Dump Fuel Efficiency Penalties Would Make Australia A Global Outlier. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | The Coalition has announced it would, if elected to government, weaken a scheme aimed at cutting car emissions . | The scheme, known as the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard …
(2025-04-11). Could Changing Your Diet Improve Endometriosis Pain? A Recent Study Suggests It's Possible. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Endometriosis affects around 10% of women of reproductive age. It's a chronic inflammatory condition that occurs when tissue similar to the lining of the uterus (the …
(2025-04-11). Peter Dutton's Climate Policy Backslide Threatens Australia's Clout In The Pacific Right When We Need It Most. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Australia's relationship with its regional neighbours could be in doubt under a Coalition government after two Pacific leaders challenged Opposition Leader Peter Dutton …
(2025-04-11). South Africa's Coalition Government Is Crumbling: Why Collapse Would Carry A Heavy Cost. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | South Africa's multi-party government of national unity (GNU), which emerged in the wake of the May 2024 elections, marked a turning point in the country's political …
(2025-04-11). Mother Arrested for Theft and Held in Cell for Seven Hours for Confiscating Own Children's iPads. dailysceptic.org A mother of two was arrested for theft and held in a police custody cell for more than seven hours after she confiscated two iPads belonging to her own children.
(2025-04-11). West Yorkshire Police's Anti-White Hiring Policy Says the Quiet Bit Out Loud. dailysceptic.org West Yorkshire Police's anti-white hiring policy says the quiet bit out loud. Former cop Paul Birch says those in the police have known this has been going on for years — and the public doesn't know the half of it.
(2025-04-11). Lucy Connolly is Again Refused Leave to See Daughter and Sick Husband. dailysceptic.org Lucy Connolly, who was jailed for 31 months over a tweet during last summer's riots, has again been refused leave to spend time with her daughter and sick husband in a move said to "confirm" she is a political prisoner.
(2025-04-11). Reform Needs to Get its Act Together if it's to Become a Serious Party. dailysceptic.org Reform could learn some valuable lessons from the Danish People's Party, says Tom Jones. By focusing on immigration, it forced the Left to clamp down on asylum seekers. Reform, by contrast, seems chaotic and unfocused.
(2025-04-11). Europe Resorts to the Carbon Indulgences Scam Again. dailysceptic.org You can tell Net Zero is holed below the waterline when the EU resorts to the carbon indulgences scam again. Despite abandoning corrupt carbon credits in 2013, the desperate EU is bringing them back, says Tilak Doshi.
(2025-04-11). Episode 35 of the Sceptic: Fred de Fossard on Trump's Tariffs, Sam Bidwell on Muslim Sectarianism and Mario Trabucco on Why the Elgin Marbles Belong in Britain. dailysceptic.org In Episode 35 of the Sceptic: Fred de Fossard on Trump's Tariffs and the UK, Sam Bidwell on Muslim sectarianism and Dr Mario Trabucco on why the Elgin Marbles belong in Britain.
(2025-04-11). Vietnam, Truth, and Reconciliation 50 Years Later. davidswanson.org Approaching 50 years since the end of the American War, as the Vietnamese call it, and something over 70 years since the start of it, depending when you start the clock, truth and reconciliation remain incomplete. I don't mean for the people of Vietnam, who seem, from what little I know, in general to have …
(2025-04-11). Double Agent of Liberal Reform: Ihor Kolomoisky's Contradictory Roles Across Borders. lefteast.org 
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine and Georgia entered a period of widespread privatization and economic liberalization. The Soviet command economy was dismantled, and state holdings were sold for pennies. The IMF, Western banks, and other large foreign bureaucracies played a crucial role in this process, urging the establishment of policies that would reduce the state's role and make…
(2025-04-11). Gila Monsters Are Threatened by Development Not Warming, Science News. wattsupwiththat.com The Gila monster migration data presented by the study authors, although interesting, was unfortunately informed by flawed climate models and the extreme modelling scenarios they chose to use to forecast the species decline. In the process, they ignored the long history of the species and its evolution and survival across shifting climates, and downplayed other factors that directly threaten the lizard. Promoting the catastrophic climate change narrative is not going to help preserve the Gila monster's habitat. Instead, it is likely to encourage even more damage to their range in the form of land-hungry, habitat-…
(2025-04-11). Bogota lifts water rations despite persistent shortages. colombiareports.com The mayor of Colombia's capital Bogota said Friday that his government would end the water rations that were put in place to raise water levels in the city's main reservoir…
(2025-04-11). The end of La Grande illusion democratique. strategic-culture.su
(2025-04-11). Dicha grande de José Martí, a 130 años. cubadebate.cu El 11 de abril de 1895, Martí escribió en su Diario de campaña: "Arribamos a una playa de piedras, La Playita (al pie de Cajobabo). Me quedo en el bote el último vaciándolo. Salto. Dicha grande". Esa anotación muestra el sentir del Apóstol a llegar a tierra cubana para incorporarse a la guerra, lo que fue un proceso complicado y con diversos inconvenientes en el camino.
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