(2005-12-25). For a cultural and academic boycott of the UAE: An open letter in solidarity with the Sudanese people. links.org.au 
We, the undersigned workers and members of academic and cultural institutions, condemn the United Arab Emirates' role in creating, funding, and prolonging the counter-revolutionary war in Sudan.
(2025-12-05). Sudanese journalist Taj al-Sir Ahmed Suleiman killed by RSF paramilitary in EL-Fasher. CPJ Staff
(2025-12-05). Microsoft Faces Reckoning For Assisting Israel's Genocide In Gaza. popularresistance.org Ahead of its annual shareholders meeting on December 5, Microsoft is coming under mounting pressure to reconsider its relationship with the Israeli military, which has used the tech giant's products to carry out the genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing of the West Bank. | In an open letter to the company released on Tuesday, December 2, an international coalition of legal aid groups said Microsoft and its executives potentially face legal liability for "aiding and abetting … atrocity crimes" committed by the Israeli military against Palestinian civilians. | "Over the last few months, it has become exceedingly…
(2025-12-05). International Workers Build 'People's Embargo' Against Israeli Genocide. popularresistance.org From the docks of Oakland to the ports of Morocco, from Italian logistics hubs to South African coal mines, an international movement is taking shape to do what governments have refused: Cut off the flow of weapons and fuel sustaining Israel's assault on Gaza. | On Nov. 22, labor organizers, Palestinian activists, and anti-war campaigners from six countries gathered online to launch the People's Embargo for Palestine — a coordinated effort to leverage workers' power at critical chokepoints in the global military supply chain. The webinar brought together a veteran of the anti-apartheid struggle with a new g…
(2025-12-05). Havana Film Festival fires up the projectors and the miracle continues. radiohc.cu A meeting place for lovers of the seventh art and a source of nightmares for the enemies of the Cuban Revolution, the 46th edition of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema got underway Thursday evening in Havana… and the miracle continues. | In her opening remarks at the Charles Chaplin Theater in Havana, Festival Director Tania Delgado drew attention to the dangers currently looming over the region, whose peace is once again threatened by the hostility of the U.S. government. | She also expressed the festival's solidarity with the Palestinian cause and denounced the Israeli genocide, a cause…
(2025-12-05). Several nations boycott Eurovision over Gaza genocide. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia announced they would not take part in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, after it was decided Israel would be allowed to compete.
(2025-12-05). Inside Coca-Cola's Multi-Billion Dollar Theft Of Trade Secrets. popularresistance.org Since 2004, as part of the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, I have attended Coca-Cola's annual meetings of shareholders to confront The Coca-Cola Company's chief executives and board members over the company's involvement in horrific human rights abuses and other criminal behavior. | These meetings often became confrontational and tense. I was violently attacked from behind while standing at the microphone raising issues of Coca-Cola's complicity in deadly human rights abuses perpetrated against union leaders in Colombia. The assailants turned out to be Wilmington, Delaware police dressed in plain clothes moonlighti…
(2025-12-05). Lord Macaulay: Saint or Sinner? ummid.com While the Modi tribe is blaming Macaulay for our ills, the Dalit thinkers like Chandrabhan Prasad are hailing the contribution of Macaulay in laying the foundations which in due course led to the struggle for dignity and rights of equality for Dalit and marginalized sections of society.
(2025-12-05). Unilateral coercive measures impede realization of HR. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — Iranian ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations has warned that unilateral coercive measures violate and impede the realization of human rights, including the right to development,…
(2025-12-05). NEP 2020 and Silent Erosion of Minority Rights. ummid.com The National Education Policy 2020 represents a quiet and comprehensive restructuring of Higher Education that never once acknowledges the existence of constitutional Minority Rights.
(2025-12-05). Martín Mosquera: The Meaning of Milei. newleftreview.org With Latin America in Trump's cross-hairs, a report from Buenos Aires on the social stalemate that allowed far-right firebrand Javier Milei to impose the harshest shock therapy in Argentina's history. Mosquera mobilizes the conceptual legacies of Gramsci, Trotsky, Otto Bauer and Angelo Tasca to identify the function of the region's highly successful new rights.
(2025-12-05). Russian MFA reveals nothing on Putin-Witkoff meet, rejecting Western spin. hindustantimes.com Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the Kremlin will not disclose details of President Vladimir Putin's nearly five‚Äëhour meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff, stressing the talks are "focused on results, not on external appearances." She dismissed Western coverage claiming Moscow rejected US proposals, calling the conversation "useful and constructive," and used the briefing to attack the EU's "moral authority," accusing Brussels of weaponising human rights and ignoring alleged abuses in Ukraine while selectively pressuring other states.
(2025-12-05). The Reluctant Hegemon: China's Strategic Rejection of Global Currency Primacy. moderndiplomacy.eu Ever since the 2008 global financial crisis, a popular narrative has assumed that China's rise will inevitably push the Chinese yuan (Renminbi, RMB) to replace the U.S. dollar as the world's dominant reserve currency. The logic seems straightforward: China is now the world's second-largest economy and its biggest trading nation, so surely its currency will …
(2025-12-05). Australian economy "flat" amid global volatility. wsws.org The data shows a drop to zero in the per capita growth rate, under conditions of rising inflation, a continuing cost-of-living crisis and low levels of corporate investment, except for AI-related data centres.
(2025-12-05). Crisis and division grip Bolivia's new right-wing government. wsws.org Caught between the demands of global finance capital and the resistance of the working class, Bolivia's ruling class is incapable of governing in the old way.
(2025-12-05). Lamola responds to US criticism, defends SA's G20 Presidency. sanews.gov.za Lamola responds to US criticism, defends SA's G20 Presidency | South Africa has responded to United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio's newsletter on Substack. | In the newsletter Rubio criticised Pretoria, stating that Washington will not tolerate what he describes as the "radical" ANC-led government. He also condemned South Africa's focus on climate change, diversity, and inclusion during its presidency of the Group of 20 (G20). | In a break from long-standing tradition, the G20 Leaders' Summit last month adopted a declaration addressing the climate crisis and other global challenges right at the start of t…
(2025-12-05). Honduras: Plot By The US-Backed Far Right Causes Political Crisis. popularresistance.org More than 6 million Hondurans went to the polls this past Sunday to elect the country's next president in a process marked by irregularities, foreign interference, and coup attempts by the far right. Pre-election polls showed a wide lead for the candidate of the ruling Libre party, Rixi Moncada. However, today Honduras marks three days without knowing its president-elect, amid technical failures and an extremely tight count that keeps conservative candidates Nasry Asfura and Salvador Nasralla in a technical tie, in what Moncada describe as an electoral plot.
(2025-12-05). US Military Blows Up Another Boat in Latin America Amid Scrutiny of Bombing Campaign. news.antiwar.com The US military blew up another boat in the waters of Latin America on Wednesday, an attack that comes amid growing congressional scrutiny of the bombing campaign. US Southern Command said in a statement on X that its forces conducted a "lethal kinetic strike" on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The command claimed, …
(2025-12-05). UAE-backed paramilitary forces abduct political commentator in southwestern Yemen. Geoffrey King/CPJ Technology Program Coordinator and Tom Lowenthal/CPJ Staff Technologist
(2025-12-05). "Kill Everybody" : War Crimes and Pete Hegseth's Lust for Blood. globalresearch.ca Pete Hegseth, the soap opera-styled US Secretary of Defense, sports a questionable sanity. His behaviour before generals is the stuff of low comedy. His mania about sending narco-traffickers making passage on the sea from Venezuela to a watery grave …
(2025-12-05). Sheikh Hasina's Future After Death Penalty. ummid.com In the wake of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) verdict for the death penalty for Sheikh Hasina, will her political career come to an end on the road?
(2025-12-05). Iran condemns US sanctions as 'crimes against humanit. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — Iran has strongly condemned US-imposed unilateral sanctions on the occasion of the newly established International Day against Unilateral Coercive Measures, describing them as "illegal, inhuman, and crimes against humanity."
(2025-12-05). Ethnic music in Xinjiang: Music of the Desert in Northwest China. ecns.cn In the vast desert of Northwest China, there are woods that can sing. They are examples of the string instruments used by China's Uyghur ethnic group, with quite a long history.
(2025-12-05). Two New Hanover flood victims identified as recovery efforts continue. sanews.gov.za Two New Hanover flood victims identified as recovery efforts continue | Two remaining bodies of three residents who were swept away by floods in New Hanover have been identified, as recovery and humanitarian efforts continue across affected communities. | KwaZulu-Natal Transport and Human Settlements MEC Siboniso Duma reported that the Mayor of Umshwathi Local Municipality Mandla Zondi, Ward 02 Local Councillor Sikhumbuzo Nxumalo, and uMgungundlovu Disaster team, informed the department that the body of one resident who was swept away has been identified. All known victims have been recovered. | Giving an update…
(2025-12-05). West Contra Costa California educators and classified workers launch joint strike. wsws.org The strike by 3,000 educators and support staff has shut down normal operations in one of the San Francisco Bay Area's largest school districts.
(2025-12-05). ICE Now Grabbing People Out Of Churches. popularresistance.org Chicago — ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), in an ever-expanding unconstitutional crime spree, is ushering in the Christmas season by launching immigration raids inside churches across the country. Trump's holiday gift to the nation is the administration's new policy that it is legal to enter churches as people worship and round them up in the immigration raids happening from coast to coast. | Not waiting for the fightback on the part of immigrants and their supporters that has already begun, ICE agents began their terror campaign here in Chicago on a recent Sunday.
(2025-12-05). President calls on men to take lead in GBV fight. sanews.gov.za President calls on men to take lead in GBV fight | President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South African men to stand up and be counted in the national fight against gender-based violence (GBV), warning that the country faces a pandemic of violence that will continue to destroy families and communities unless men take responsibility. ⚪ Addressing delegates at the 2025 Men's Indaba at Lemo Green Park in Bloemfontein on Thursday, the President said he was encouraged to see "brothers, fathers, grandfathers, uncles and sons of our nation" gathered with a shared purpose. ⚪ "You are here because you recognise that…
(2025-12-04). United Nations warns of famine among Sudanese children. plenglish.com Khartoum, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations has reportedly warned of the urgent need for humanitarian aid in Sudan, where more than 30 million people, including 15 million children, are suffering from hunger due to the war.
(2025-12-04). Rubio says Trump to get involved in Sudan peace efforts as civil war rages. aljazeera.com US secretary of state says US president is 'the only leader in the world capable of resolving the Sudan crisis'.
(2025-12-04). Patrick Lawrence: Zionism on the Upper East Side. scheerpost.com Park East Synagogue, New York. (Gryffindor/Wikimedia Commons) | In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Patrick Lawrence / We watch in horror from afar as the Zionist terror state continues its genocide against t…
(2025-12-04). Court rules dissolution of the Palestine Congress 2024 in Berlin was unlawful. wsws.org A Berlin court has ruled that the violent shutdown of the 2024 Palestine Congress was unlawful, exposing the arbitrary political actions behind the police operation. The judgment highlights how the German authorities have trampled on democratic rights to suppress criticism of Israel's genocide in Gaza.
(2025-12-04). New York Times sues Pentagon over restrictive press policy, free speech rights. scmp.com The New York Times sued the US Department of Defence and Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth on Thursday in an effort to force the Pentagon to abandon its restrictive new press policy, the latest attempt by a US news organisation to reclaim access to government spaces. | The press policy, enacted last month, requires journalists to acknowledge that they could be branded security risks and have their Pentagon press badges revoked if they ask department employees to disclose classified and some types…
(2025-12-04). Russia increases its international reserves. plenglish.com "At the end of November 28, 2025 International reserves amounted to $ 4.3 billion more than the previous week and amounted to $ 733.4 billion, mainly due to positive revaluation," said the regulator to the press. | In 2024, international reserves of the Eurasian country grew 1.8 percent and amounted to 609,100 billion dollars on January 1, 2025. | International reserves include highly liquid foreign assets held by the Bank of Russia and the government and consist of monetary gold, special drawing rights, the IMF reserve position and foreign currency funds. | It was previously reported that Russia's international…
(2025-12-04). Trump Implements Israel's Anti-Muslim Free Speech Crackdown Agenda. thelastamericanvagabond.com Donald Trump is implementing an Israel Lobby plot to eliminate nonprofits critical of Israel and to crack down on the First Amendment rights of his citizens, under the guise of targeting Muslim Brotherhood organizations. This insidious conspiracy is part of a carefully calibrated plot to silence all dissent and is being carried out using the
(2025-12-04). Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales. grist.org 
Zillow, the largest real estate listing site in the U.S., has removed a feature that allowed people to view a property's exposure to the climate crisis, following complaints from the industry and some homeowners that it was hurting sales. | In September last year, the online real estate marketplace
(2025-12-04). Texas Cities Have Some of the Highest Preterm Birth Rates in the US, Highlighting Maternal Health Crisis Nationwide. counterpunch.org 
Seven years ago, at 30 weeks into a seemingly low-risk pregnancy, I unexpectedly began to bleed. Doctors diagnosed me with complete placenta previa. Then, while on bed rest at 32 weeks, my placenta suddenly ruptured, leading to an immediate emergency cesarean section. I became one of about 10% of women giving birth in Nigeria to
(2025-12-04). Five Palestinians killed in Gaza as captive remains identified. newarab.com 
Israeli aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes on the tents of displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area near Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip Wednesday evening, resulting in the killing of five Palestinians, including two children. Dozens of people were also wounded. | Israel's army also said Thursday the remains of the second-to-last "Following the completion of the identification process…IDF representatives, together with the Ministr…
(2025-12-04). Sahand-2025 Drill: Iran emerges as regional security hub. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) — The Sahand-2025 joint anti-terrorism drill, hosted by IRGC Ground Forces in East Azarbaijan province, signals Tehran's emerging leadership in a powerful Eastern coalition and its commitment to safeguarding regional security.
(2025-12-04). Administrative detention: Israel hunts al-Balboul brothers again. thecanary.co Mohammed and Mahmoud al-Balboul were again arrested, earlier this month, by Israeli occupation forces (IOF). Over the years, they have been repeatedly detained by the IOF. Although Mahmoud has now been released, his brother Mohammed remains in prison under administrative detention. Administrative detention—repeated arrests for the al-Balboul brothers On June 9, 2016, Israeli occupation soldiers […] | By
(2025-12-04). Yasser Abu Shabab killed in Gaza. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Gaza's militia leader, Yasser Abu Shabab, was killed in the Gaza Strip, Israel's Channel 12 reported on Thursday.According to Israeli media, Yasser Abu Shabab was killed at the hands of unknown armed men.Abu Shabab is a Palestinian militant and the leader of the Popular Forces, which is an anti-Hamas armed group in the Gaza Strip.During the Gaza war, which lasted for two years, the Popular Forces, led by Yasser, worked along with the Israeli army against Hamas.Some sources reportedly said that he was killed at the hands of a Hamas fighter; however, the Palestinian group has not made any announcement re…
(2025-12-04). Watched, Tracked, and Targeted: Inside Gaza's Fight for Privacy and Survival. scheerpost.com Nehemia Gershuni-Aylho By: Joshua Scheer | In Gaza, surveillance has become as relentless as the bombing. In "Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza," author Mohammed R. Mhawish, describes how Israeli forces use cameras, drones and digital tracking to monitor — and control — every move of Palestinians. The piece pulls back the curtain on a system where daily life, flight and survi…
(2025-12-04). Belarus, Laos discuss expanding political, humanitarian ties. eng.belta.by The Belarusian ambassador held a meeting with Laos' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Maithong Thammavongsa.
(2025-12-04). Luxury brands face probe over alleged Chinese worker exploitation in Italy. scmp.com Italian prosecutors on Thursday named Gucci, Prada, Versace and Yves Saint Laurent as among 13 luxury brands suspected of using subcontractors who exploited migrant workers in Italy, as part of a growing investigation into sweatshop conditions. | Milan prosecutor Paolo Storari issued requests for information about alleged abuses by the brands, although they are not yet under formal investigation.
(2025-12-04). Right-wing hatred of asylum seekers rallies the left in Chesterfield. thecanary.co 
It's been one hell of a week whizzing around the country from Glasgow to Manchester, Birmingham yesterday, and now Chesterfield. I'm here to watch a bunch of fascist wombles and their Fisher-Price journalist mates shout abuse outside a hotel where asylum seekers live. Take that, concrete. ____ you, and ____ the fact that you're (barely) housing […] | By
(2025-12-04). Palestinians celebrate as young couples attend mass wedding. tehrantimes.com A number of young Palestinians gathered in the war-torn city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza to solidify the love they found amid the ruins. Speaking to reporters, they stated their determination to start a new life despite mass displacement and the devastating living conditions caused by Israeli violence that began in 2023.
(2025-12-04). Finance for smaller companies boosted. ecns.cn China has continuously strengthened its inclusive finance support for small and micro firms during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), with the average annual growth rate of inclusive loans to these entities exceeding 20 percent during the period.
(2025-12-04). FBI charges man with planting pipe bombs on eve of January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. scmp.com The FBI arrested a 30-year-old Virginia man and charged him on Thursday with planting a pair of pipe bombs in Washington the night before the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, capping a years-long investigation that gave rise to numerous conspiracy theories. | The suspect, Brian Cole Jnr, of Woodbridge, was charged with use of an explosive device and attempted malicious destruction by means of explosive materials, Attorney General Pam Bondi and…
(2025-12-04). Araghchi sends written message to Lebanese foreign minister. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi has reiterated Tehran's unwavering support for Lebanon's sovereignty in a message to his Lebanese counterpart.
(2025-12-04). Dube-Ncube attends unveiling of UNIVEN's major infrastructure projects. sanews.gov.za Dube-Ncube attends unveiling of UNIVEN's major infrastructure projects | Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Nomusa Dube-Ncube, will on Friday attend the official opening of several major infrastructure projects at the University of Venda (UNIVEN) in Thohoyandou, Limpopo. | The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) continues to support infrastructure development at South Africa's 26 public universities through the Infrastructure and Efficiency Grant (IEG) programme. | Introduced in 2007/08 financial year, the IEG aims to address historical backlogs, upgrades, and refurbishment needs…
(2025-12-04). Philly's William Way has raised the funds to renovate its historic home in Center City. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? After months of uncertainty, the William Way LGBT Community Center announced this week that the nonprofit is not abandoning, but repairing its longtime home in Center City. | "Thanks to the support of multiple sources, including generous donors, and the efforts of our board, staff, and partners, we are pleased to share that the Center will return to the building once redevelopment is complete," said board co-chairs David Huting and Laura Ryan in a statement. | The update is…
(2025-12-04). US authorities arrest Brian Cole as suspect in 2021 Capitol Hill pipe bombs. aljazeera.com Arrest of Virginia man potentially ends five-year mystery that highlighted rise of political violence in the US.
(2025-12-04). Qalqilya targeted as Israel escalates raids in northern West Bank. aljazeera.com Raids lead to arrest of Palestinians, as Israeli violence surges across northern occupied West Bank.