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filter:- + LA Times Environment: Major storm caps California's wet season with more rain, winds, snow—A massive low-pressure system swirling over the Pacific has generated dozens of wind advisories and winter storm warnings for California.
- + LA Times Environment: Aerial fire retardant drops are attacked as ineffective and environmentally harmful—A lawsuit over the use of pink fire retardant could reshape how the U.S. Forest Service battles wildfires as they grow larger and more destructive.
- + LA Times Environment: How Newsom fell short of the oil penalty he wanted but still scored a political win—California Gov. Gavin Newsom launched an offensive in his war with Big Oil. The battle didn't go as planned.
- + LA Times Environment: Don't put away your umbrella yet: Cold storm system moves into California, bringing more rain, snow—A powerful Pacific storm strikes Northern California and will make its way south on Wednesday, keeping temperatures in the 50s in much of the state.
- + LA Times Environment: California's 'phantom lake' returns with a vengeance, unearthing an ugly history of water—The 'phantom' Tulare Lake returns
- + LA Times Environment: 'Nature gave us a lifeline': Southern California refills largest reservoir in dramatic fashion—Diamond Valley Lake — a backbone of the region's water storage system — should refill to its full capacity by the end of this year, officials said.
- + LA Times Environment: Can California put an end to corporate greenwashing? —A bill would require companies with more than $1 billion in annual revenue to disclose their carbon emissions if they do business in California.
- + LA Times Environment: Storm warnings issued for several Northern California counties—A low-pressure system coming from the Gulf of Alaska is set to bring more rain across Northern California early this week.
- + LA Times Environment: More rain is rolling into L.A. County Tuesday after high winds die down Monday—Strong wind conditions across L.A. County are expected to continue until Sunday night, as the region braces for more rain this week, forecasters said.
- + LA Times Environment: Amid conflicts and climate change, U.N. puts focus on 'deep trouble' in water worldwide—The United Nations held its first water conference in decades, focusing on crises and solutions. The U.N. chief said 'water is in deep trouble' global...
- + LA Times Environment: 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline —The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is struggling to maintain the city's Eastern Sierra aqueduct amid continued flooding from snowmelt.
- + LA Times Environment: Snowpack in southern Sierra hits all-time record levels. How deep is that?—The statewide snowpack record also hangs in the balance as another storm is poised to bring even more snow to the Sierra.
- + LA Times Environment: Newsom rolls back California drought restrictions after remarkably wet winter—Newsom's decision to rescind some of the most severe restrictions comes after drenching storms eased extreme drought conditions across the state.
- + LA Times Environment: Worry and suspicion reign as once-dry Tulare Lake drowns California farmland —As historic storms fill once-dry Tulare Lake and submerge prime California farmland, tensions are building over how to handle the swiftly rising flood...
- + LA Times Environment: Editorial: Sunlight can help California rein in Big Oil's greed—A deal to address gas price gouging by California's powerful oil industry contains key transparency provisions that will force an industry that operat...
- + LA Times Environment: In Pajaro, children and teens grapple with displacement after flooding —After a flood struck Pajaro, children have been displaced, with families living out of cars, sleeping in emergency shelters or moving out of Monterey ...
- + LA Times Environment: Scientists uncover startling concentrations of pure DDT along seafloor off L.A. coast—In a sobering update Thursday, researchers shared their latest findings on the legacy of DDT ocean dumping off the L.A. coast — which turned out to be...
- + LA Times Environment: Destructive tornadoes are part of life in Southern California — rare but dangerous—The region averages one to two tornadoes a year, but the twister that hit Montebello this week was the Los Angeles area's strongest since 1983.
- + LA Times Environment: Opinion: California housing and the environment are often at odds. They don't have to be—New legislation in Sacramento encourages urban and suburban housing while discouraging exurban sprawl that paves over wilderness and invites fires and...
- + LA Times Environment: Unusual parasite killing sea otters off California coast, scientists warn—A parasite appears to be capable of killing healthy, adult otters that showed no other signs of disease.
- + Nature: All-perovskite tandem 1 cm2 cells with improved interface quality—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05992-yAll-perovskite tandem 1 cm2 cells with improved interface quality
- + Nature: Video: Safeguarding the kidney—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00805-8Physicians aim to find better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat acute kidney ...
- + Nature: Bacterial ‘syringes’ could inject drugs directly into human cells—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00926-0Repurposing a microbial system to deliver molecules directly into cells, and th...
- + Nature: STING inhibits the reactivation of dormant metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05880-5STING signalling is activated in metastatic cancer cells that exit from an immu...
- + Nature: Tracking cubic ice at molecular resolution—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05864-5Tracking the formation of cubic ice (ice Ic) using transmission electron micros...
- + Nature: Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05772-8The advantage of living in cities compared with rural areas with respect to hei...
- + Nature: Determining the gluonic gravitational form factors of the proton—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05730-4The gluonic gravitational form factor of the proton was determined using variou...
- + Nature: Entwined African and Asian genetic roots of medieval peoples of the Swahili coast—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05754-wAnalysis of ancient human DNA from the Swahili coast reveals that predominantly...
- + Nature: Thousands of conductance levels in memristors integrated on CMOS—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05759-5Chips with 256 × 256 memristor arrays that were monolithically integrated on co...
- + Nature: Basis of the H2AK119 specificity of the Polycomb repressive deubiquitinase—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05841-yThe cryo-electron microscopy structure of the Polycomb repressive deubiquitinas...
- + Nature: Forming intracluster gas in a galaxy protocluster at a redshift of 2.16—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05761-xAnalysis of observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ...
- + Nature: Structural mechanisms for regulation of GSDMB pore-forming activity—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05872-5The cryo-EM structure of the GSDMB pore reveals mechanisms by which GSDMB pore-...
- + Nature: Ornithine aminotransferase supports polyamine synthesis in pancreatic cancer—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05891-2Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells show a specific dependency on ornithine ...
- + Nature: Structural basis for GSDMB pore formation and its targeting by IpaH7.8—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05832-zThe authors report the cryogenic electron microscopy structures of human GSDMB ...
- + Nature: Norovirus MLKL-like protein initiates cell death to induce viral egress—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05851-wThe murine norovirus NTPase NS3 induces mitochondrial disruption, resulting in ...
- + Nature: Mechanistic formulation of inorganic membranes at the air–liquid interface—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05809-yBy switching the nucleation preferences in aqueous systems of inorganic precurs...
- + Nature: An atlas of genetic scores to predict multi-omic traits—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05844-9A machine learning approach is used to analyse multi-omics (proteomics, metabol...
- + Nature: Programmable protein delivery with a bacterial contractile injection system—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05870-7The tail fibre of an extracellular contractile injection system (eCIS) from Pho...
- + Nature: Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05762-wSimulations show that projected increases in Antarctic meltwater will slow down...
- + Nature: Spatial multiomics map of trophoblast development in early pregnancy—Nature, Published online: 29 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05869-0A multiomics single-cell atlas of the human maternal–fetal interface including ...
- + Yale Environment 360: Unheralded Environmentalist: Jimmy Carter’s Green Legacy—With the former president now in hospice care, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird looks back on Jimmy Carter’s environmental record in the Whi...
- + Yale Environment 360: EU Approves 2035 Ban on Sales of Gas-Powered Cars—EU countries have approved an end to the sale of gas-powered cars in 2035, allowing the law to enter into force.Read more on E360 →
- + Yale Environment 360: Some Big Green Groups Drawing More Foundation Money Than All Environmental Justice Groups Combined—Foundations have given more money to individual green groups, including the Sierra Club, the Environmental Defense Fund, and The Nature Conservancy, t...
- + Yale Environment 360: European Central Bank Cuts Carbon Intensity of Corporate Bond Purchases in Half—The European Central Bank has made marked progress on its goal of investing in lower-carbon corporations, cutting the carbon intensity of new corporat...
- + Yale Environment 360: As Enforcement Lags, Toxic Coal Ash Keeps Polluting U.S. Water—Despite rules requiring remediation, only a few of the nearly 300 U.S. power plants storing toxic ash — the residue of burning coal — have started cle...
- + Yale Environment 360: In Eastern U.S., Climate Change Has Extended Forest Growing Season by a Month—A century of rising temperatures has extended the growing season of hardwood forests in the eastern U.S. by one month, a new study finds.Read more on ...
- + Yale Environment 360: Lauded as Green Model, Costa Rica Faces Unrest in Its Forests—Costa Rica has won international acclaim for its initiatives to restore its forests. But those successes are now jeopardized by conflicts over the gov...
- + Yale Environment 360: Total Weight of Wild Land Mammals Less Than One-Tenth Weight of All Humans—The combined weight of every human is more than 10 times that of every wild land mammal put together, a new study finds.Read more on E360 →
- + Yale Environment 360: Swiss Startup to Install Solar Panels on Railroad Track—A Swiss start-up will install solar panels on a railway in western Switzerland, pending approval from transportation officials.Read more on E360 →
- + Yale Environment 360: Averting Crisis, Europe Learns to Live Without Russian Energy—Faced with the cutoff of Russian gas and oil, Europe ramped up solar and wind power, got serious about energy conservation, and tweaked policies to sp...
- + Yale Environment 360: As 1.5 Degrees Looms, Scientists See Growing Risk of Runaway Warming, Urgent Need to Slash Emissions—As the planet rapidly approaches 1.5 degrees C of warming, scientists warn that rising temperatures are degrading the Earth's ability to soak up carbo...
- + Yale Environment 360: How Indigenous People Are Restoring Brazil’s Atlantic Forest—The Guarani Mbya people are working to restore the once-vast Atlantic Forest, which has been largely lost to development. Gaining official tenure of t...
- + Yale Environment 360: Facing Intense Heat and Dust Storms, Iraq Aims to Plant 5 Million Trees—Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has announced plans to plant 5 million trees to help the country cope with climate change.Read more on E3...
- + Yale Environment 360: U.S. Deploys Modified B-57 to Study Chemicals That Could Cool the Planet—U.S. scientists have deployed a modified Korean War-era bomber to measure trace gases in the stratosphere that reflect sunlight. The goal of the proje...
- + Yale Environment 360: U.S. Energy Storage Made Record Gains Last Year—Last year saw a record buildout of energy storage in the U.S., with battery and thermal storage growing by 73 percent, a new report finds.Read more on...
- + Yale Environment 360: The East Coast Whale Die-Offs: Unraveling the Causes—Activists are blaming a recent spate of humpback strandings off New York and New Jersey on seismic exploration by offshore wind companies. But scienti...
- + Yale Environment 360: Less Than 1 Percent of People Globally Breathing Safe Levels of Pollution, Study Finds—Only one in every 100,000 people on Earth are breathing safe levels of fine particulate pollution, according to a new study.Read more on E360 →
- + Yale Environment 360: Countries Reach Deal to Protect Marine Life in International Waters—UN member states have forged a landmark deal to guard ocean life, charting a path to create new protected areas in international waters.Read more on E...
- + Yale Environment 360: Remnants of Two Banned Insecticides Nearly Eliminated in Great Lakes Region—Two banned insecticides known to linger in the atmosphere have been all but eliminated from North America's Great Lakes region, a study finds.Read mor...
- + Yale Environment 360: In Cambodia, a Battered Mekong Defies Doomsday Predictions—After years of environmental assault — from dam building, overfishing, and logging — stretches of the Mekong River, upon which millions of people depe...
- + ABC News: Cops rushed into school not knowing whereabouts of victims, suspect—When the suspected shooter drove into the parking lot of Nashville's Covenant School at 9:53 a.m. local time on Monday, a group of children were at a ...
- + ABC News: John Fetterman set for return to Senate following treatment for depression—John Fetterman is expected to return to the Senate the week of April 17, more than a month after checking into an inpatient facility with depression [...
- + ABC News: Ohio lawmakers OK rail safety rules after train derailment—Rail safety measures proposed after the East Palestine train derailment are closer to becoming law in Ohio [Category: Politics]
- + ABC News: Railroad will use Ohio-based firms for derailment cleanup—Norfolk Southern has agreed to exclusively use Ohio-based businesses to clean up the site of a fiery train derailment last month in a small town near ...
- + ABC News: Starbucks' ex-CEO denies lawbreaking, Sen. Sanders accuses company of 'union busting'—Howard Schultz faced sharp criticism over Starbucks' response to a union wave. [Category: Business]
- + ABC News: Murdaugh judge Newman not surprised by jury's quick verdict—The judge who presided over Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial in South Carolina told his law school he wasn’t surprised the jury came back with...
- + ABC News: Congress to consider new no-fly list for unruly passengers—Congress is taking another look at creating a new no-fly list for unruly passengers [Category: Business]
- + ABC News: FDA approves overdose reversal spray Narcan to be sold over-the-counter—The FDA approved the overdose reversal drug Narcan for over-the-counter use Wednesday. [Category: US]
- + ABC News: Hitman in New Jersey murder-for-hire sentenced to 16 years—A career criminal whose rap sheet includes bank robberies and a murder conspiracy was sentenced to 16 years for killing a New Jersey political consult...
- + ABC News: Arizona governor's aide resigns after controversial tweet—The press secretary of Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has resigned after a controversial social media post made in the wake of a fatal shooting at a Tenness...
- + ABC News: Major storm heads east; 13 states on alert for strong winds, heavy snow—Storm hits the west leaving 13 states from Oregon to Texas on alert for strong winds and heavy snow. [Category: US]
- + ABC News: WATCH: Watch the heartwarming moment this injured deputy walked his daughter down the aisle —Master Deputy Harold ‘Hal’ Davis of Florida was left temporarily paralyzed after an accident last year, but was able to be there for his daughter on h...
- + ABC News: WATCH: Alabama bridge collapses after heavy rain and flooding—A man in Alabama stopped driving and started recording when he noticed the ground was gone beneath a bridge—just in time for it to crumble into the cr...
- + ABC News: New Hampshire high court rejects Pamela Smart's latest chance at freedom—The New Hampshire Supreme Court court on Wednesday dismissed a petition that could have set Pamela Smart on a path to freedom. [Category: US]
- + ABC News: United Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Houston—A United Airlines flight bound from Houston to Rio de Janeiro returned to Bush Intercontinental Airport for an emergency landing shortly after takeoff...
- + ABC News: Irvo Otieno funeral to be held amid outrage over his death—Irvo Otieno’s funeral will be held Wednesday following outrage over his in-custody death. [Category: US]
- + ABC News: Mother of deceased cadet speaks out after police reopen case —Alexander Bello-Ortiz’s mother spoke out Monday about the death of her son after the Daytona Beach Police Department reopened the case last year. [Cat...
- + ABC News: WATCH: Unlikely duo: Dog, goat become best friends at animal shelter—A North Carolina animal shelter is trying to find a forever home for a couple of unlikely best friends: a dog named Felix and a goat named Cinnamon. [...
- + ABC News: WATCH: Dash camera captures wild Los Angeles crash—Police say the driver of an SUV suffered minor injuries after a wheel separated from a white pickup truck and crashed into the SUV again. [Category: G...
- + ABC News: LIVE: ABC News Live—24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events [Category: Live]
- + Addis Standard: News: OLA calls PM Abiy’s remarks on peace talks “ill-timed and misleading”, yet notes “positive signs” for negotiations—0 ...
- + Addis Standard: Analysis: Ethiopian rights defenders’ call for independent investigations into war-related crimes deterred, as gov’t pushes for transitional justice—0 ...
- + Addis Standard: News: UN alarms rising cases of Cholera in Ethiopia as death toll reaches 50, 3.3 million people at high-risk—0 ...
- + Addis Standard: News: Army kills three civilians, severely injures six following protests in Sitti zone, Somali region: local official—0 ...
- + Addis Standard: News: MSF cautions people cut off from healthcare in Omo valley at high risk after outbreak of kala azar, a fatal tropical disease—0 ...
- + Addis Standard: News: PM Abiy endures tough questions from MPs including on whether he would consider to resign—0 ...
- + Addis Standard: News: Severe shortage of humanitarian needs amid surging number of IDPs in Debre Berhan, Amhara region—1 ...
- + Addis Standard: News: Security forces detain journalist Getnet Ashgare—1 ...
- + Addis Standard: Analysis: EFFORT says four factories completely demolished during war, as industries in Tigray gear up to resume production—0 ...
- + Addis Standard: News: Heavy flood kills seven in drought ravaged Dawa zone, Somali region, displace IDPs reeling from drought—0 ...
- + Addis Standard: News: Tigray interim president sets out regional territorial integrity, justice, IDPs as priorities as interim administration assume power—0 ...
- + Addis Standard: News: Orthodox Synod pushes back against “new illegal regional structure” in Tigray; asks interim admin, religious leaders to play role to keep Church’s “institutional unity”—2 ...
- + Addis Standard: News: New cross-border Cholera outbreak kills five in Moyale town, vicinity areas—0 ...
- + Addis Standard: Obituary: Tewelde Berhan Gebre Egzeabher: A scientist larger than life—0 ...
- + Addis Standard: #ASDailyScoop: EzEMA, NaMA hold first consultative meeting, agree to take common position on national issues of concern—0 ...
- + Africa: British-Nigerian actor John Boyega hopes latest movie "Breaking" sparks conversation—"Brian Brown's ex-wife was the closest to us and giving us kind of like that day to day response and advice, which was very, very important to this be...
- + Africa: Senegal: Clashes between police officers, students in Dakar on the eve of Sonko trial—Mr. Sonko and his supporters accuse the government of using the justice system to prevent him from running for president in February 2024. The preside...
- + Africa: Kamala Harris Ghana trip ends, pledges $1B to advance women's economic participation—Beyond this commitment, I am also pleased to announce a series of other significant private sector commitments alongside U.S. government efforts. In t...
- + Africa: British-Nigerian actor John Boyega hopes his latest movie "Breaking" sparks conversation—"Brian Brown's ex-wife was the closest to us and giving us kind of like that day to day response and advice, which was very, very important to this be...
- + Africa: Gabonese student killed in Turkey—The death of a Gabonese student in Turkey, confirmed by her embassy and her university, provokes strong emotion among the African students welcomed in...
- + Africa: World Cup Trophy Tour lands in Brazil—The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup trophy was unveiled in Brazil by former player, Formiga [Author: editorial@africanews.com] [Link to media]
- + Africa: Burkina Faso: Civil society concerned after cases of "forced recruitment —A group of civil society organisations in Burkina Faso have expressed concern over cases of "abduction" and "forced recruitment" of citizens as army a...
- + Africa: Top 10 African countries with the most millionaires—The report indicates that Africa's 'Big 5' wealth markets, namely South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, and Morocco, together make up 56% of the contin...
- + Africa: Somalis displaced by long-term drought struggle to celebrate Ramadan—Moslems in Somalia are celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, but faced with the country’s longest drought, many people are struggling to make ends me...
- + Africa: DRC: Bleak Ramadan for displaced Muslims in the east—Some 500 displaced Muslims, fleeing attacks by M23 rebels, now live in the Munigi camp in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The local imam...
- + Africa: Kenyans must obey rule of law - President Ruto —Speaking in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday (Mar. 28), Kenya’s president urged fellow Kenyans "to respect the rule of law". He also vowed action against "all...
- + Arab News: Fate of Russian girl separated from father over Ukraine unclear—Author: AFParticle author: AFPID: 1680113540594423200Wed, 2023-03-29 21:18 MOSCOW: The fate of a Russian child who drew a pro-peace sk...
- + Arab News: UAE appoints a vice president and a crown prince for Abu Dhabi—article author: Arab NewsWed, 2023-03-29 21:17 DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates appointed a new vice president, two deputy rulers and a crown pri...
- + Arab News: Saudi Ministry of Culture’s Ramadan tent opens to visitors—article author: Haifa AlshammariWed, 2023-03-29 21:02 RIYADH: Visitors are flocking to the Ramadan tent in Riyadh, one of the star attractions o...
- + Arab News: Seven jailed in Belgium terrorism probe: prosecutor—Author: AFParticle author: AFPID: 1680111239984269900Wed, 2023-03-29 20:36 BRUSSELS: Seven people were imprisoned in Belgium Wednesday...
- + Arab News: Israel should be held accountable for Al-Aqsa incursions: Royal Committee for Jerusalem Affairs—Author: article author: Arab NewsWed, 2023-03-29 20:10 AMMAN: Israel should be held accountable for its “criminal incursions” into Al-Aqsa ...
- + Arab News: Israel offers hope of airport link to 2m Gaza residents—article author: Mohammed NajibWed, 2023-03-29 19:51 RAMALLAH: Israel is considering allowing 2 million residents of the Gaza Strip to use Ramon ...
- + Arab News: Lebanese PM Najib Mikati arrives in Saudi Arabia—article author: Arab NewsWed, 2023-03-29 19:41 RIYADH: Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived in Madinah on Wednesday. Mikati will pray...
- + Arab News: Hundreds flee fighting in Yemen’s Marib province—Author: article author: Saeed Al-BatatiWed, 2023-03-29 19:30 AL-MUKALLA: Hundreds of Yemenis have been forced from their homes in the centr...
- + Arab News: Lebanon airport expansion sparks transparency concerns—Author: AFParticle author: AFPID: 1680105209973563300Wed, 2023-03-29 18:56 BEIRUT: Civil society organizations and lawmakers in crisis...
- + Arab News: Saudi Arabia to sign International Coffee Agreement—article author: Arab NewsWed, 2023-03-29 18:50 RIYADH: The Saudi Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Kingdom’s accession to the International Coff...
- + Arab News: E-vision acquires exclusive MENA broadcast rights to Indian Premier League 2023—Author: article author: Arab NewsWed, 2023-03-29 16:11 DUBAI: E-vision, the media and entertainment arm of e& life, has acquired the ex...
- + Arab News: Humza Yousaf sworn in as Scotland’s leader as bid for unity falters—Author: Reutersarticle author: ReutersID: 1680093473782213300Wed, 2023-03-29 12:19 LONDON: Humza Yousaf was sworn in as Scotland’s new...
- + Arab News: UN nuclear chief visits Ukraine nuclear plant amid safety concerns—Author: Reutersarticle author: ReutersID: 1680094120012245000Wed, 2023-03-29 15:51 KYIV: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog visited t...
- + Arab News: Diplomats extend Ramadan greetings—Author: article author: Rashid HassanWed, 2023-03-29 15:42 RIYADH: Diplomats in Riyadh gathered to share greetings and messages filled with...
- + Arab News: Aramco JV breaks ground on China petchem complex—Author: article author: Arab NewsWed, 2023-03-29 15:38 RIYADH: A ground-breaking ceremony was held on Wednesday for a major integrated refi...
- + Arab News: UK’s international aid hindered by asylum-seeker spending: report—article author: Arab NewsWed, 2023-03-29 15:18 LONDON: A report has criticized the UK government’s use of its aid budget on supporting asylum-se...
- + Arab News: UAE approves 24 initiatives as it aims doubling country’s re-export by 2030 —Author: article author: Arab NewsWed, 2023-03-29 15:28 RIYADH: The UAE government has approved 24 national initiatives that will increase t...
- + Arab News: Portugal: Muslim center stabbings not seen as terror attack—Author: By BARRY HATTON and CIARÁN GILES | AParticle author: APID: 1680092835382171000Wed, 2023-03-29 15:29 LISBON, Portugal: Authorit...
- + Arab News: Tunisia dodge bottles to secure Cup of Nations place—Author: AFParticle author: AFPID: 1680091746112114400Wed, 2023-03-29 15:21 JOHANNESBURG: Tunisia qualified for the Africa Cup of Natio...
- + Arab News: Britain’s top movie funder accused of inadequate steps to tackle ‘systemic racism’—Author: article author: Arab NewsWed, 2023-03-29 15:00 LONDON: A prominent filmmaker has accused the British Film Institute, the UK’s chief...
- + CSM: US military’s top-brass women got together. Here’s what they said.—The U.S. military’s top-ranking women shared a stage recently and recounted discrimination, but also the positive impact – and growing welcome – of fe...
- + CSM: Biden’s democracy summit 2.0: Ukraine war spurs globalized format—Two years into President Biden’s signature initiative, successful democracies from around the world are co-hosting a second democracy summit. What les...
- + CSM: Reviving extinct species: Can we? Should we?—Righting a wrong? Or playing God? Emerging efforts to revive extinct species raise questions about the promise – and ethics – of bioengineering.
- + CSM: Looping China into the anti-corruption fight—A U.S. charge that an American crypto-currency leader bribed Chinese officials might bring China into the global campaign against transnational corrup...
- + CSM: Protecting female protesters during Egypt’s Arab Spring revolution—Activist Yasmin El-Rifae helped rescue women from sexual assault during Arab Spring protests in Egypt. She talks about her book “Radius,” which confro...
- + CSM: States’ responses to mass shootings: Party determines policy—Amid public mourning and anger after Nashville school shooting, Tennessee will likely not pass new gun control laws, due to the political party that c...
- + CSM: ‘Sunsetting’ the war? Senate moves to repeal OK for 2002 Iraq invasion.—The Senate is expected to repeal the 2002 measure that authorized the US invasion of Iraq. Lawmakers in both parties are increasingly seeking to claw ...
- + CSM: Can public trust endure in India amid high surveillance?—As India is poised to become the world’s most populous country, the increased digitization of services has led to greater government surveillance and ...
- + CSM: In Niger, poorest of the poor protect refugees on the run—Niger, one of the world's poorest countries, has a reputation as one of the most welcoming when it comes to refugees. That generosity brings benefits.
- + CSM: ‘Wilderness Tales’ unfolds short stories with a sense of place—Collected stories about the wild, uncharted frontiers of North America expand to include everything from classic nature tales to dystopian climate fic...
- + CSM: First Black presidential candidate: How Shirley Chisholm paved the way—Shirley Chisholm blazed the trail for generations of Black Americans in politics. A new biography takes a deeper look at the “brilliant strategist, in...
- + CSM: Puny snowmen? Biking in January? New England’s winter that wasn’t.—From fat-tire bikes to tapping maple trees in December, small businesses from Maine to Connecticut are adapting as snowy New England winters become th...
- + CSM: A frustrated French public defies Macron. But do protests matter?—Protests against President Macron's retirement reforms have inflamed France. Yet in a country where demonstrating is practically de rigueur, how much ...
- + CSM: Constance Baker Motley: Still my mentor and friend—March is Women’s History Month in the United States. But our contributor honors Constance Baker Motley all year long, appreciating her groundbreaking ...
- + CSM: Where the accent is on merit—Scotland’s new leader, the first Muslim to lead a Western European state, adds to a growing embrace of values over personal identity.
- + CSM: For the love of nature: Outdoorspeople help lawmakers bridge divides—Climate action can be politically divisive. But a love for nature is bringing people together – even in Washington.
- + CSM: New Mexico tackles food insecurity with free school meals for all—New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed a bill to provide free school meals to all students, setting aside more than $22 million to fund the...
- + CSM: Turning point: More US electricity generated by renewables than coal—In 2022, electricity generated from renewable energy passed coal electricity production in the United States for the first time. Experts say renewable...
- + CSM: Erasing stigmas: Women workers’ unique right, and an inclusive census—Progress roundup: Spain passes Europe’s first menstrual leave law, Chile’s fishers sacrifice catch for marine refuges, Singapore makes a High Line.
- + CSM: ‘We need to remember’: Nashville community unites after shooting—On Monday The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, was the target of an elaborately planned mass shooting. The community is planning vigils for th...
- + Egypt News: Multi-car collision kills 7, wounds 20 in N. Egypt—CAIRO, March 29 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people were killed and 20 others were wounded on Wednesday in a multi-car collision in Egypt's Delta provin...
- + Egypt News: India considering investment in Russian Arctic shipping—The countries want to use the Northern Sea Route to transport cargo reliably and safely, a Russian official saysMoscow and New Delhi are discussing th...
- + Egypt News: Defending champions Senegal book their ticket for 2024 Cup of Nations—Senegal secured their slot to defend their Africa Cup of Nations trophy following a 1-0 victory over Mozambique.Boulaye Dia scored the only goal of th...
- + Egypt News: Ancient Egypt excavation uncovers 2,000 mummified ram heads at Abydos—CAIRO, 27th March, 2023 (WAM) -- At least 2,000 mummified ram heads dating from the Ptolemaic period and a palatial Old Kingdom structure have been un...
- + Egypt News: After Riyadh and Damascus agree to reopen Embassies, Syrian President is expected to return to the Arab fold—By John SolomouNicosia [Cyprus], March 27 (ANI): March has been a month full of surprises in the Middle East, as after the shock created by the announ...
- + Egypt News: Statue of ancient Egyptian pharaoh unearthed—Stone fragments depicting Ramses II were discovered at a Sun temple near Cairo, the Ministry of Tourism has said ...
- + Egypt News: Why US efforts to reduce Israel-Palestine tensions keep failing—The latest Washington-sponsored summit aims to bring stability to the Middle East, but is based on outdated policies ...
- + Egypt News: Opinion- Fasting, praying during Ramadan does so much for me—People buy traditional lanterns in Sayyeda Zeinab market ahead of the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, March 21, 20...
- + Egypt News: Aly Goni, Asim Riaz to perform their first Umrah this Ramzan—Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 24 (ANI): 'Bigg Boss' contestants Aly Goni and Asim Riaz are all set to perform their first Umrah in the holy city...
- + Egypt News: Atif Aslam, wife Sarah become parents to a baby girl—Islamabad [Pakistan], March 23 (ANI): Singer Atif Aslam and his wife Sarah Bharwana have been blessed with a baby girl. On Thursday, the 'Dil Diyan Ga...
- + Egypt News: Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, March 22—CAIRO -- The World Bank said Wednesday it has agreed to provide Egypt a partnership agreement worth 7 billion U.S. dollars to support the country's re...
- + Egypt News: World Bank approves 7-bln-USD partnership deal to support Egypt—CAIRO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank said Wednesday it has agreed to provide Egypt a partnership agreement worth 7 billion U.S. dollars to suppo...
- + Egypt News: Feature: Soaring inflation hits lantern market in Egypt ahead of Ramadan—CAIRO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- In Egypt, traditional colorful metal and glass lanterns are always among the items in high demand ahead of the Muslim holy...
- + Egypt News: Egypt condemns Israel's repeal of settlement ban—CAIRO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday condemned the Israeli parliament's amendment of a law that paves the way for Je...
- + Egypt News: No signs of Russian oil production cut Bloomberg—Moscow had planned to reduce output by 500,000 barrels per day in MarchShipments of Russian seaborne crude declined last week but there is no substant...
- + Egypt News: Restoring ties with Egypt key step in Türkiye's regional detente push—© Provided by Xinhua Türkiye's latest move to normalize ties with Egypt is a key step in Ankara's reconciliation with regional countries, and economic...
- + Egypt News: Abu Dhabi to host 62nd IAWP Annual Training Conference under patronage of Fatima bint Mubarak—ABU DHABI, 21st March, 2023 (WAM) - The 62nd International Association of Women Police (IAWP) Annual Training Conference will take place in Abu Dhabi,...
- + Egypt News: Abu Dhabi to host 62nd IAWP Annual Training Conference under the patronage of Fatima bint Mubarak—ABU DHABI, 21st March, 2023 (WAM) - The 62nd International Association of Women Police (IAWP) Annual Training Conference will take place in Abu Dhabi,...
- + Egypt News: Russia boosting trade with Egypt official—Bilateral cooperation boomed last year despite Western sanctions on MoscowRussia and Egypt are ramping up economic cooperation after a surge in trade ...
- + Egypt News: Sheikha Fatima congratulates all mothers on their Day—ABU DHABI, 21st March, 2023 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak "Mother of the Nation", Chairwoman of the General Women's Union, President of th...
- + HBR: Getting Along: My Boss Doesn’t Trust Me—HBRs advice columnist offers three research-backed approaches to try. [Author: Amy Gallo] [Category: Managing up, Managing conflicts, Interpersonal sk...
- + HBR: What Silicon Valley Bank Did Right—It became a fixture among startups because it understood their needs better than other banks. [Author: Lou Shipley] [Category: Entrepreneurial finance...
- + HBR: Video Quick Take: Medidata’s Anthony Costello on the Value of Decentralized Trials - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MEDIDATA—Sponsor content from Medidata. [Category: Sponsor Content]
- + HBR: How Machine Learning Can Improve the Customer Experience—Seven potential applications from better recommendations to fraud detection. [Author: Eric Siegel] [Category: Customer experience, Consumer behavior,...
- + HBR: A New Gold Standard for Digital Ad Measurement?—As the digital ad measurement landscape changes, companies should consider marketing mix models calibrated with ad experiments. [Author: Julian RungeH...
- + HBR: Are You Hung Up on That Career Path You Didn’t Choose?—Research-backed advice for moving forward when youre dwelling on what might have been. [Author: Rachel Burgess] [Category: Psychology, Managing yourse...
- + HBR: How to Tell If a Potential Employer Has a Burnout Culture—Questions to ask and red flags to look out for in your next interview. [Author: Emily StarkBecca CarnahanJacqueline Kerr] [Category: Burnout, Job in...
- + HBR: Should You Share AI-Driven Customer Insights with Your Customers?—Artificial intelligence tools help brands know their customers. They could also help customers better understand themselves. [Author: Tomas Chamorro-P...
- + HBR: X’s Astro Teller on Managing Moonshot Innovation—A conversation with Astro Teller on taking big swings and accepting the mess. [Category: Innovation, Leadership and managing people, Technology and an...
- + HBR: BMW’s Decarbonization Strategy: Sustainable for the Environment and the Bottom Line—Can BMW convince stakeholders that its strategy is good for the environment and the companys financial performance? [Category: Environmental sustainab...
- + HBR: How to Build Supply Chain Resilience Without Sacrificing ESG Goals or Inflating Costs - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM GEP—Sponsor content from GEP. [Category: Supply chain management, Sustainable business practices, Sponsor Content]
- + HBR: Remove Boredom and Frustration from Your Customer Journey—Too many companies prioritize efficiency over the customer experience. [Author: Alexander Chernev] [Category: Customer experience, Customer service, D...
- + HBR: 5 Ways to Boost Creativity on Your Team—The way we work today often stifles creativity. But it doesnt have to. [Author: Jeremy UtleyPerry Klebahn] [Category: Creativity, Innovation, Decision...
- + HBR: Research: The Pros and Cons of Soliciting Customer Reviews—When its worth it and when it can backfire. [Author: Leif BrandesDavid GodesDina Mayzlin] [Category: Sales and marketing, Marketing, Social marketing...
- + HBR: Don’t Learn the Wrong Lessons from Failure—Three common traps that leaders fall into and how to avoid them. [Author: Emre SoyerRobin M. Hogarth] [Category: Organizational learning, Decision ma...
- + HBR: Becoming More Collaborative — When You Like to Be in Control—It can be hard to let go, but being more inclusive will lead you to better decisions. [Author: Jenny FernandezLuis Velasquez] [Category: Decision maki...
- + HBR: How Biometrics Are Transforming the Customer Experience—As technology like facial recognition becomes more pervasive, companies need to prioritize privacy and security. [Author: Therese Stowell] [Category: ...
- + HBR: A Framework for Picking the Right Generative AI Project—How to identify the most valuable and least risky use cases for your company. [Author: Marc Zao-SandersMarc Ramos] [Category: AI and machine learnin...
- + HBR: Are Your Digital Platforms Wasting Your Customers’ Time?—Instead of just responding to requests, anticipate peoples needs. [Author: David W. NortonB. Joseph Pine II] [Category: Customer experience, Digital t...
- + HBR: Robots Are Changing the Face of Customer Service—The potential benefits are clear but to realize them, service robots must be designed and implemented the right way. [Author: Alicia A. GrandeyKayley...
- + India ET: ICMR studying rise in sudden heart attacks after Covid-19: Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya—He said that the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) has started the study and the results are expected in next two months. "We have seen inci...
- + India ET: Russia stops sharing missile test info with US, opens drills—Along with the data about the current state of the countries' nuclear forces, the parties also have exchanged advance warnings about test launches. Su...
- + India ET: Paris garbage collectors to end strike—Clean-up crews were set Wednesday to start picking up heaps of trash that had piled up over their weekslong strike beginning March 6 - as well as debr...
- + India ET: Crisil downgrades Vedanta citing dividend outflows—Vedanta on Tuesday announced an interim dividend of ₹20.50 per share - its fifth for the year. With this, the company's total outflow on account of di...
- + India ET: 'Governance issues at Adani Group may hit stable entities'—"However, the sponsor and other group entities' governance weaknesses - including highly concentrated shareholding structures across group entities an...
- + India ET: Centre's H1 market borrowing to be tad lower at ₹8.9 lakh crore—The issuance of sovereign green bonds would be announced in the second half of FY24. The government has already borrowed ₹16,000 crore through such bo...
- + India ET: FM grants GST exemption on Cancer drug for minor—Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor had reached out to Sitharaman seeking the GST exemption for the medication following an appeal by the girl's fam...
- + India ET: Mukul Rohatgi's wife buys Golf Links bungalow for ₹160 crore—Last year, former Solicitor General of India Gopal Subramanium bought a sprawling 866-square-yard bungalow at Lutyens' Delhi's Sunder Nagar locality f...
- + India ET: MHA wants 100+ apps linked to China, Philippines blocked—The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), in the past, has sought a ban on as many as 500 apps that were sending data of Indians to China and ...
- + India ET: SC allows centre's plea to release ₹5kcr Sahara funds to pay investors—The apex court said that the amount shall be paid within nine months to genuine depositors in the most transparent manner, on proper identification an...
- + India ET: ED attaches ₹106cr assets in Chinese loan app case—The agency, in a statement released on Wednesday, said that its probe has revealed the modus operandi of these entities, wherein these entities were i...
- + India ET: India will start exporting thermal coal by 2025-26: Pralhad Joshi—The country's coal production is expected to reach 1.1 billion metric tons by FY26, of which 200 million tonnes would be from captive and commercial c...
- + India ET: No takers for Congress plan against speaker—Some senior Parliamentarians, including those from the Congress, felt those who floated such an idea, and those in the Congress leadership who backed ...
- + India ET: Patna court asks Rahul to appear on April 12—The special judge of the MP, MLA and MLC court in the Bihar capital has summoned Gandhi to record his statement on a petition filed by BJP leader Sush...
- + India ET: Karnataka Polls: BJP banks on recast Quota Policy to combat Congress's Ahinda card—The Basavaraj Bommai government's decision to increase the reservation quota for STs from 3% to 7% and for SC's from 15% to 17%, as well as scrapping ...
- + India ET: MP, MLA disqualification ceases if conviction stayed, Centre said in 2017—The Centre was responding to a writ petition by Lucknow-based NGO Lok Prahari, which argued that even in case of a stay of conviction - for an offence...
- + India ET: Karnataka Polls: Congress, JDS candidates on the field; BJP first list to be out soon—Several MLAs are uneasy at the delay as many candidates from Congress and JDS have a head start in campaigning. BJP, however, claims the delay was del...
- + India ET: India to seek consensus on global issues at G20—A government official said the five-day meeting at Kumarakom in Kerala will work towards building consensus on a range of cross-cutting issues of glob...
- + India ET: Gandhis, Sanjay Raut meet to end rift Over Savarkar—There are indications that Raut conveyed to the Gandhis that insulting Savarkar will hurt the important task of opposition unity as Shiv Sena (UBT) co...
- + India ET: President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen to visit US
- + LA Time National: Mexican president vows no cover-up in investigation of fire that killed 38 migrants—Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador promises the investigation of the fire that killed 38 migrants will 'find out what really happened.'
- + LA Time National: New Mexico D.A. resigns from 'Rust' criminal case against Alec Baldwin—New Mexico's criminal case against Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed in the fatal "Rust" shooting suffered another setback this week.
- + LA Time National: Health premiums and consumers' medical costs may be about to soar, even as inflation falls—Medical inflation is accelerating as demand for non-COVID-19-related health services recovers and providers seek to make up for soaring labor costs.
- + LA Time National: Inflation is declining, but health premiums and medical costs are heading higher—Medical inflation is accelerating as demand for non-COVID-19-related health services recovers and providers seek to make up for soaring labor costs.
- + LA Time National: Column: Scandal after scandal, Trump has defied political physics. Will this time be different?—It's foolish to predict the impact if Trump is indicted. But there's reason to believe things have changed and his ability to defy political physics m...
- + LA Time National: Opinion: Now Trump's cruel border policy is spreading in Canada—Under last week's Biden-Trudeau deal, many migrants seeking safety could soon be passed from Canada to the U.S., Mexico and beyond.
- + LA Time National: Can this town save itself from fentanyl addiction? The race to turn around a threatened community—The town of Española, N.M., has struggled with drug addiction for generations. But fentanyl has contributed to rising homelessness and overdose rates.
- + LA Time National: 'Let's go!': Video from Nashville shooting shows officers rushing to end shooter's deadly prowl—Nashville police swiftly released video from Monday's school shooting, showing the assailant's chilling prowl and responding officers' sense of urgenc...
- + LA Time National: Mark Hamill adds Luke Skywalker's voice to Ukrainian air-raid app—Ukraine supporter Mark Hamill has loaned Luke Skywalker's voice to a smartphone app that warns of incoming air raids amid the war with Russia.
- + LA Time National: Nashville shooter, who was 'under doctor's care for emotional disorder,' used 3 guns, police say—Audrey Hale, 28, legally purchased seven firearms and used three of them in the shooting at a Christian school that left six people dead, authorities ...
- + LA Time National: At least 38 migrants killed in a fire at a detention center in Mexico—At least 38 people died in a fire late Monday at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, officials said.
- + LA Time National: At least 40 migrants killed in a fire at a detention center in Mexico—At least 40 people died in a fire late Monday at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, officials said.
- + LA Time National: News Analysis: Israel's protests, Netanyahu and the crisis his government unleashed—If the Netanyahu government falls apart, it is unclear who would fill the void or what new unrest could be ignited.
- + LA Time National: Walter Cole, world's oldest drag queen as Darcelle XV, dies at 92—A fearless advocate for the LGBTQ community, Cole was crowned the world's oldest drag performer in 2016 by Guinness World Records.
- + LA Time National: Biden immigration plan could force asylum officers to break law, union warns—The union's decision to oppose Biden's asylum proposal is one indication of the plan's similarities to Trump-era efforts.
- + LA Time National: Fugees' Pras Michel is entangled in a campaign-finance case. His trial begins today—Former Fugees rapper Pras Michel is on trial in Washington, D.C., after he pleaded not guilty to conspiring with fugitive Malaysian financier Jho Low.
- + LA Time National: Photos: Nashville church school shooting, 3 children, 3 staff killed —The shooter, described as a 28-year-old woman, was armed with at least two assault rifles and a handgun, officials say.
- + LA Time National: Supreme Court to decide if government can prosecute someone for 'encouraging' illegal immigration—Can someone be prosecuted for 'encouraging' illegal immigration or is it free speech? The Supreme Court will decide.
- + LA Time National: 'Rust' shooting prosecution against Alec Baldwin faces another setback—Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Lead prosecutor tells the judge her office is "in dire...
- + LA Time National: Opinion: The fall of Benjamin Netanyahu—Israel's longest-serving prime minister is out of tricks. His attempt at a judicial revolution has left Israelis feeling disenfranchised and desperate...
- + Latest UPI: SEC files charges against crypto platform Beaxy.com founder Artek Hamazaspyan—The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against Artak Hamazaspyan, the founder and ex-CEO of Beaxy.com, for "raising $8 million in an...
- + Latest UPI: Court denies Pamela Smart’s bid to have life sentence commuted—The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that it does not have jurisdiction to reduce or commute the life sentence of Pamela Smart.
- + Latest UPI: Miami Open: Cirstea upsets heated Sabalenka to reach tennis semifinal—Aryna Sabalenka flung open her court-side refrigerator and covered her face with an ice bag, as she struggled to overcome heat, in addition to quarter...
- + Latest UPI: Look: Multiple entangled alpacas rescued from barbed wire in Tennessee—Emergency responders in Tennessee conducted what they branded "The Great Alpaca Rescue" when several of the animals wandered into barbed wire and ende...
- + Latest UPI: Message in a bottle floats from Canary Islands to Bermuda—A message in a bottle thrown into the water near the Canary Islands was returned to one of its authors after washing up on a Bermuda beach.
- + Latest UPI: Look: 'Stunt Devil' cat reunited with family after highway overpass rescue—A lost cat was reunited with his family after being rescued from a ledge on a San Antonio highway overpass.
- + Latest UPI: Pope Francis hospitalized with heart problems, respiratory infection—Pope Francis was at a Rome hospital for a medical checkup on Wednesday, the Vatican said.
- + Latest UPI: Man wins $2 million lottery jackpot 2 years after $1 million prize—A North Carolina man won a $2 million jackpot from a scratch-off lottery ticket under two years after collecting a $1 million prize.
- + Latest UPI: Energy Department releases offshore wind energy plan—The Energy Department released a plan on Wednesday to meet President Joe Biden's goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore energy by 2030, which woul...
- + Latest UPI: LGBTQ ally Daniel Radcliffe leads discussions with transgender youth in new Trevor Project series—The Trevor Project is making space at the table for LGBTQ youth in its new roundtable discussion series Sharing Space.
- + Latest UPI: Too much screen time may raise risk of mental health disorders among kids—Children's screen use could be altering their developing brains as they enter adolescence and increasing their risk for mood disorders, a major new st...
- + Latest UPI: Sen. Bernie Sanders, ex-Starbucks CEO clash over allegations of union-busting—Sen. Bernie Sanders grilled former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz over his former company's alleged anti-union activities during a Senate Health, Educat...
- + Latest UPI: Assistant U.S. attorney in Florida district pleads guilty in steering contracts to spouse—An assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Florida has pleaded guilty to charges of violating federal conflict of interest regulations by...
- + Latest UPI: Biden's approval rating lags at 40%—A new Gallup poll found that President Joe Biden's approval rating sits at just 40%, as a majority of Americans disapprove of his handling on key issu...
- + Latest UPI: United Airlines reaches agreement with union representing 30,000 workers—The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said on Wednesday it reached agreements in principle with United Airlines covering 3...
- + Latest UPI: Look: 'Fargo' Season 5 coming late 2023; Jon Hamm appears in photos—FX shared a release date and first-look photos of "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm in "Fargo" Season 5.
- + Latest UPI: Watch: Escaped horses lead police on 30-minute chase through Pennsylvania town—An animal control officer and police from two departments teamed up in Pennsylvania to wrangle a pair of loose horses that went trotting through the s...
- + Latest UPI: Atlanta Falcons to sign veteran defensive end Calais Campbell—The Atlanta Falcons are expected to sign veteran defensive end Calais Campbell in free agency.
- + Latest UPI: 'Grown-ish' to end with two-part Season 6—"Grown-ish," a "Black-ish" spinoff starring Yara Shahidi, will conclude with a two-part sixth and final season on Freeform.
- + Latest UPI: Boy sleeps in tent for 3 years, raises $860,000 for hospice—A young British boy who slept in a tent in his family's yard for three years to raise money for charity is headed back inside after raising more than ...
- + McClatchly All: Honda recalls over 330,000 cars over side-view mirror glass possibly causing accidents—A defect in certain Honda side-view mirrors has led to a mass recall of more than 330,000 vehicles in an abundance of caution, officials say. Honda is...
- + McClatchly All: Democrats and Republicans agree — President Biden should approve more California storm aid—It’s not often that federal California lawmakers across parties and congressional chambers unanimously agree. But amid months of catastrophic weather ...
- + McClatchly All: Rand Paul staffer who suffered injuries in knife attack in stable condition, parents say—The parents of a Rand Paul staffer who was brutally attacked in Washington over the weekend by a man with a knife said their son is in stable conditio...
- + McClatchly All: How Xavier Becerra went from working construction in Sacramento to launching Obamacare—“Ex-zavey-err Becerra,” an elementary school teacher called out in 1960s Sacramento. It wasn’t the pronunciation that Xavier Becerra a future U.S. Hea...
- + McClatchly All: NC’s McHenry begins congressional hearings on ‘the first Twitter-fueled bank run’—Asked whether he still wants to lead the House Committee on Financial Services, a goal he’s had almost his entire congressional career, Rep. Patrick M...
- + McClatchly All: Live Updates: Biden touts North Carolina’s role in US manufacturing—President Joe Biden has left Research Triangle Park, where he touted his national economic agenda at one of the Triangle’s largest employers. Biden to...
- + McClatchly All: Ron DeSantis to deliver speech next month at conference in Israel, a nation in turmoil—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will travel to Israel next month as the country faces unprecedented protests over proposed reforms to its judiciary, an earl...
- + McClatchly All: Here’s what to know about President Joe Biden’s visit to Durham, NC on Tuesday—LIVE UPDATES: President Biden arrives in Research Triangle Park for tour of tech company President Joe Biden plans to visit Durham Tuesday to launch h...
- + McClatchly All: Will US consumers have to bail out struggling banks?—Could taxpayers wind up bailing out wealthy customers at banks such as Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and others that are struggling? Depends on ...
- + McClatchly All: DeSantis begins ramping up SC outreach for 2024, with backing from state lawmakers—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies are starting to lay the groundwork for a presidential campaign in South Carolina, moving to build a political...
- + McClatchly All: After E. coli found, beef recalled from hotels, restaurants in New York, 8 other states—About 3,436 pounds of Elkhorn Valley Pride Angus Beef got recalled because the beef might have Shiga-toxin E. coli O103. The USDA recall notice announ...
- + McClatchly All: Brownie brittle with a popular candy is recalled. It could cause serious allergy issues—This recall may rattle a lovable Steven Spielberg movie character. That’s because there’s a recall of a product that is made using Reese’s Pieces. It’...
- + McClatchly All: Parents’ rights or censorship? A bill championed by an NC Republican passes US House—What’s so bad about “To Kill a Mockingbird?” Or “Of Mice and Men?” Or “The Kite Runner?” “The Life of Rosa Parks” by Kathleen Connors? “Melissa” by Al...
- + McClatchly All: Junipero Serra’s controversial statue represents California. Here’s how it could be replaced—A California sculpture almost 3,000 miles away from home stood for nearly a century without much public controversy — until now. Statues of Father Jun...
- + McClatchly All: Stroke and blood clot drug recalled for an impurity volume that can increase cancer risk—Ascend Laboratories has recalled 10 lots of Dabigatran Etexilate capsules, used to lower the risk of blood clots and strokes, after finding the nitros...
- + McClatchly All: Florida cities ramped up foreclosures to hurt speculators. Instead they helped them—In 2015, then-St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman championed a plan to crack down on the city’s so-called “zombie properties” by aggressively foreclosi...
- + McClatchly All: Haiti will be discussed during Biden and Trudeau meet. But breakthrough remains uncertain—The White House is lowering expectations that President Joe Biden’s visit to Canada on Thursday will produce a breakthrough in its diplomatic effort t...
- + McClatchly All: A Miami company’s children’s ADHD medicine might not work. There’s a national recall—Four strengths of Daytrana prescription patches, worn to help children and adolescents diagnosed with ADHD, have been recalled nationwide by Noven Pha...
- + McClatchly All: Trump case recalls John Edwards’ scandal in NC. Would it play out differently in court?—Former President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that prosecutors were likely to arrest him Tuesday in connection to a $130,000 payment made t...
- + McClatchly All: Florida legislators may vastly expand state funds for anti-abortion pregnancy centers—The glass outside the Pregnancy Help Medical Clinics location in North Miami reads: “FREE pregnancy Testing, Walk-Ins Welcome, Ultrasound Verification...
- + Mereja Ethiopia News: Ethiopia government trying peace outreach to OLA rebels: PM—The Ethiopian government is currently undertaking peace outreach to Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) rebels, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said [Cate...
- + Mereja Ethiopia News: Ethiopia PM says individuals, entities want to make Gurage people “November Donkey”—Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on the weekend accused unnamed individuals and entities of wanting to make Gurage people a [Category: Addis Abeba,...
- + Mereja Ethiopia News: Boat capsizes in Southern Ethiopia leaving eight dead—A small boat capsized in Ethiopia’s southern region killing eight people, local authorities disclosed on Saturday evening. In A Facebook [Category: A...
- + Mereja Ethiopia News: Ethiopia PM suggests Gurage statehood advocates are causing infrastructure destruction —Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday suggested Gurage people statehood advocates are destroying water and road infrastructure. The PM [Cat...
- + Mereja Ethiopia News: Ethiopia Investment Holding weighing adding land bank activities: Report —Ethiopia’s strategic investment arm, the Ethiopia Investment Holdings (EIH) is weighing modalities to take over the activities of the Land [Category: ...
- + Moscow Times: Russian Prison Boss Offers Inmate Labor to Boost Military Production —Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service has reportedly offered defense conglomerate Rostec the use of inmate labor.
- + Moscow Times: ‘I Pray to God’: Desperate Relatives of Russian PoWs Decry Lack of Official Help—In some cases, relatives have located their captured loved ones on their own or with the help of Ukrainian social media groups.
- + Moscow Times: Firm Owned by Kremlin Spokesman's Daughter Sees Massive Revenue Spike—An event firm owned by the daughter of Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov grew its revenue by 70 times in 2022.
- + Moscow Times: St. Petersburg Man Given 5 Years for Comments Made on Archeology Forum —The case is the first time strict war censorship laws have been used in Russia's second city since their introduction last year.
- + Moscow Times: Russia Places Pussy Riot Co-Founder Nadya Tolokonnikova on Wanted List —Russian authorities opened an investigation into Tolokonnikova for "insulting the religious feelings of believers" earlier this year.
- + Moscow Times: IAEA Head Arrives at Russian-Occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant —International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi arrived at Europe's largest nuclear power plant Wednesday.
- + Moscow Times: Sweden Summons Russian Envoy After NATO Bid Warning—Tatarintsev said that Sweden would be "taking a step towards the abyss" by joining the Western alliance.
- + Moscow Times: In Photos: Russia's Pivot to Asia Spurs Boom in Mandarin Classes—The demand for Mandarin classes in Russia has surged as Moscow grows ever closer to Beijing.
- + Moscow Times: Kremlin Forecasts ‘Long War’ With ‘Unfriendly Countries’—Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov predicted a long-lasting hybrid war against Russia’s Western adversaries Wednesday.
- + Moscow Times: Top Agriculture Trader Cargill to Stop Exporting Russian Grain —Top global agricultural trader Cargill is to end its exports of Russian grain this summer while maintaining its other operations.
- + Moscow Times: Espionage: U.S. Charges Shed Light on the Life of a Russian 'Illegal'—According to a U.S. indictment, Brazilian Viktor Ferreira was a Russian spy under deep cover.
- + Moscow Times: IOC Backs Return of Russian Athletes as Individuals, No Timeline for Paris Olympics —The head of Russia's Olympic Committee said forcing Russians to compete under a neutral flag would amount to "discrimination."
- + Moscow Times: Mayor of Russian Arctic Town to Serve on the Frontline in Ukraine—Shaposhnikov will be replaced by one of his deputies until a new city head is elected.
- + Moscow Times: Damaged Russian Soyuz Capsule Returns to Earth — Roscosmos—The space vehicle began leaking coolant after being hit by what officials believe was a small meteoroid.
- + Moscow Times: Father Facing Charges After Daughter’s Anti-War Drawing Escapes House Arrest—Alexei Moskalev reportedly fled house arrest on the eve of his sentencing and was not in court to hear the verdict.
- + Moscow Times: Russian Secret Services Likely Helped Siberian Governor's Son Flee Italy—Uss faces a number of charges in the U.S., including sanctions violations and money laundering.
- + Moscow Times: Student Expelled for Anti-War Stance Wins Payout From Russian University—A Russian court has ordered a St. Petersburg university to pay compensation to a student expelled for his anti-war stance.
- + Moscow Times: Belarus Blames Western 'Pressure' for Decision to Accept Nuclear Weapons —Belarus said the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons on its territory "in no way" breached non-proliferation treaties.
- + Moscow Times: Russian Court Overturns Acquittal of LGBT Activist on Pornography Charges—Yulia Tsvetkova’s case prompted nationwide pickets and online flashmobs protesting her prosecution.
- + Moscow Times: Russian Demand for Online Mysticism Courses Jumps 20-Fold—Analysts say Russians’ growing interest in mysticism is related to the stress and uncertainty caused by the war.
- + NYT: The Liberal Maverick Fighting Race-Based Affirmative Action—For decades, Richard Kahlenberg has pushed for a class-conscious approach to college admissions. He may finally get his wish, but it comes at a person...
- + NYT: G.O.P. Lawmakers Override Kentucky Governor’s Veto on Anti-Trans Laws—Republican legislators voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to enact a bill that places new restrictions on transgender youth, including banning access t...
- + NYT: Decades Later, Senate Votes to Repeal Iraq Military Authorizations—The bipartisan action to roll back resolutions from 1991 and 2002 was a major advancement in a long-running bid by Congress to claw back war powers fr...
- + NYT: Do You Live in a ‘Tight’ State or a ‘Loose’ One? Turns Out It Matters Quite a Bit.—What has happened to produce such intense hostility between left and right? [Category: Conservatism (US Politics), Elections, Discrimination, Polls an...
- + NYT: In Rare Show of Force, House Democrats Pressure Hochul on Climate Bill—Several House members, including Jerrold Nadler and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are pushing the governor to fully support a climate policy proposed by t...
- + NYT: U.S.-Israel Tensions Over Judicial Overhaul Burst Into Open—In response to sharp criticism by President Biden, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would make its own decisions. [Category: Politic...
- + NYT: Trump’s Return to Fox News Gets a Cool Reception … on Fox News—The network used to be a safe space for the former president. But Brian Kilmeade, Jason Chaffetz and others had tough words for his appearance on “Han...
- + NYT: Pope Francis Is in Hospital and Will Stay for Several Days—The Vatican said the 86-year-old pontiff was taken to a hospital in Rome, where he was being treated for a respiratory infection. [Category: Popes, Fr...
- + NYT: Modi Tightens Grip on India’s Democracy, Wielding the Judiciary—The ouster from Parliament of India’s best-known opposition leader shows how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is manipulating the judiciary, criti...
- + NYT: Republicans Face Setbacks in Push to Tighten Voting Laws on College Campuses—Party officials across the country have sought to erect more barriers for young voters, who tilt heavily Democratic, after several cycles in which the...
- + NYT: Will Ambitious Plans for a ‘New’ New York Get Crushed in Albany?—The State Legislature appears ready to block plans to significantly expand housing in the city and suburbs. [Category: Zoning, State Legislatures, Rea...
- + NYT: How a TikToker Brought Hundreds of Transplants to a Midwestern City—People hoping to become homeowners have answered the call to relocate to Peoria, Ill., where the housing is affordable and a one-person welcoming comm...
- + NYT: Future of New York’s Housing Crisis Is Being Decided in the Suburbs—The governor’s quest, to force suburbs around New York City to build more housing, is meeting with resistance. [Category: Area Planning and Renewal, R...
- + NYT: Michigan Democrats Rise, and Try to Turn a Battleground Blue—With a strong governor, a Legislature passing a raft of liberal measures and a looming early presidential primary, Democrats are testing the promise a...
- + NYT: We’re About to Find Out How Far the Supreme Court Will Go to Arm America—The Biden administration has asked the justices to overturn an appeals court decision on guns that can charitably be described as nuts. [Category: Fir...
- + NYT: How Ukraine’s Battered Steel Industry Galvanized Its War Effort—The iron- and steel-producing factories of Ukraine’s rust belt have made body armor, helmets and armored plates for vehicles — and steelworkers risked...
- + NYT: Eastern Kentucky Needs Flood Relief, Not Another Federal Prison—Exploitation is not an economic development strategy. [Category: Floods, Prisons and Prisoners, Rural Areas, Appalachian Region, Kentucky]
- + NYT: Nashville School Shooting Victims Remembered by Community in Anguish—As investigators searched for a motive in the killing of six people at the Covenant School in Nashville, the close-knit community there was struggling...
- + NYT Africa: Randall Robinson, Anti-Apartheid Catalyst, Is Dead at 81—He also supported reparations for descendants of enslaved Americans and sanctuary for Haitian refugees. But he lived for two decades in self-imposed e...
- + NYT Africa: Kamala Harris, at Former Slave Port in Ghana, Ties Past to Present—The vice president leaned into her heritage during a three-nation trip to Africa to strengthen U.S. relations on the continent. [Category: Harris, Kam...
- + NYT Africa: Paul Rusesabagina, ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Dissident, Lands in Qatar—His release ended more than two and a half years of captivity, during which he was tried on terrorism charges and sentenced to 25 years in prison. [Ca...
- + NYT Africa: Kamala Harris Looks to Deepen Relations With Africa Amid China’s Influence—In a weeklong trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia, the vice president will face a balancing act as she tries to foster a collaborative U.S. relationshi...
- + NYT Africa: A Sting Operation to Save Elephants, With No Stings—While live bees can be used as a deterrent to keep elephants away from farms, a new technology fills in for cases where a buzz without the sting is pr...
- + NYT Africa: Paul Rusesabagina, ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero, Freed From Prison—Paul Rusesabagina, a critic of Rwanda’s president, was tricked into entering the country, then sentenced to 25 years after what his supporters called ...
- + NYT Africa: ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero, Paul Rusesabagina, to Be Released From Prison—Paul Rusesabagina, whose story inspired a Hollywood movie, was kidnapped by the Rwandan government and jailed. In a deal brokered by the U.S., he is t...
- + NYT Africa: I Went on a Package Trip for Millennials Who Travel Alone. Help Me.—On visiting Morocco with a group-travel company that promised to build “meaningful friendships” among its youngish clientele. [Category: voyages2023, ...
- + NYT Africa: West African Commandos Train to Battle Terrorists by Land and Sea—As terrorists move south through the Sahel, the Pentagon’s annual Flintlock exercise reinforced the rule of law in a region roiled by coups. [Category...
- + NYT Africa: Uganda Passes Strict Anti-Gay Bill That Imposes Death Penalty for Some—The legislation, which now goes to the president, also calls for life in prison for anyone engaging in gay sex. Policies to stifle L.G.B.T.Q. rights h...
- + NYT Africa: American Held Hostage in Africa Is Freed—Jeffery Woodke, an aid worker abducted in Niger by militants, was released after more than six years in captivity. A second hostage was also released:...
- + NYT Africa: First Official Estimate of Somalia’s Drought Shows 43,000 Dead—At least half of the deaths were children under the age of 5, according to the report by health researchers, the United Nations and the Somali governm...
- + NYT Africa: A ‘New Cold War’ Looms in Africa as U.S. Pushes Against Russian Gains—The U.S. is reprising its playbook in Ukraine, where it has used classified information to expose plans by Russia. Next target: Chad. [Category: Afric...
- + NYT Africa: 10 Drums of Nuclear Material Are Missing From Libya Site, U.N. Agency Says—The U.N. nuclear watchdog said that 2.5 tons of natural uranium concentrate was unaccounted for, but that the ore itself posed little radiation hazard...
- + NYT Africa: Blinken Calls for ‘Accountability’ on War Crimes in Ethiopia—Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken walked a careful line during a visit to Ethiopia as the Biden administration reassesses relations with the prime ...
- + NYT Africa: Cyclone Freddy Leaves Nearly 200 Dead in Malawi—The record-breaking storm barreled across southeastern Africa into landlocked Malawi, where rescue workers searched for survivors as rain kept falling...
- + NYT Africa: An Oil Rush Threatens Natural Splendors Across East Africa—A multibillion-dollar oil drilling and pipeline project is displacing thousands of people in Uganda and Tanzania, and ravaging pristine habitats. Envi...
- + NYT Africa: Cyclone Freddy Persists, Leaving Scores More Dead in Africa—A storm that has broken records for its longevity — now 35 days — swept inland from the southeastern coast of Africa and is causing massive flooding a...
- + NYT Africa: Restoring Glory of Angola’s Carnival, With a Puny Budget but Much Passion—A singer and son of a music legend is trying to once again make the Carnival celebration a highlight of the year — and to make it a year-round force f...
- + NYT Africa: An Activist’s Flight Reveals Widening Repression in Algeria—Four years after a popular uprising fueled hopes for change and real democracy, the country’s government is using vaguely defined statutes to round up...
- + Spiegel: The Beneficiary of Bedlam: Marine Le Pen Surges as Macron's Star Fades—The intense protests against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform in France have put him on the defensive. Right-wing populist Marine Le Pen is ...
- + Spiegel: The Search for the Origins of SARS-CoV-2: "The Results on My Screen Were: Raccoon Dog, Raccoon Dog, Raccoon Dog!"—Evolutionary biologist Florence Débarre has long been searching for gene sequences from the market in Wuhan. Recently, she made an astounding discover...
- + Spiegel: Sinn Féin Party Leader Mary Lou McDonald: "We Will See a Reunification Referendum Within the Decade"—Mary Lou McDonald's star is rising in Ireland, which could put her in a position to push for reunification with Northern Ireland. DER SPIEGEL speaks w...
- + Spiegel: The Unwanted: Georgians Don't Always Roll Out Welcome Mat for Russian Exiles—Up to a million Russians have left their country since Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Many have ended up in Georgia. They have brought along an economic...
- + Spiegel: Estonian Defense Minister: "German Forces Need to Get Into Better Shape"—In an interview, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur discusses EU support for Ukraine, NATO's presence in the Baltic region and the state of German...
- + Spiegel: Debt Forgiveness for Cape Verde: A Climate Deal that Could Become a Model for Others—Cape Verde is just one of many countries that are struggling under the effects of global warming. But a new approach could provide relief: Debt forgiv...
- + Spiegel: The Chechens Fighting on the Ukrainian Side: Acrylic Paints and Urban Combat—Muslim fighters from Chechnya have a reputation for brutality, and thousands of them are fighting for the Russians in Ukraine. But some have also join...
- + Spiegel: Head of the Eurogroup Paschal Donohoe: "We Have to Recognize How Quickly Things Can Change"—It has been a bad couple of weeks for banks in the U.S. and Europe. In an interview, Eurogroup head Paschal Donohoe discusses the possible dangers fac...
- + Spiegel: SVB's European Shockwaves: Silicon Valley Brings Disruption to Global Finance—Rising interest rates have plunged the financial markets into turbulence. Regional banks in the U.S. are facing bank runs while in Europe, Credit Suis...
- + Spiegel: Germany's Migration About-Face: Berlin Seeking to Recruit Skilled Labor from Africa—For years, many Germans were frightened by the idea of economic immigrants from Africa. Now, though, Berlin has begun to proactively recruit them. It ...
- + Spiegel: Interview with Yulia Navalnaya: "It Is Putin Personally Who Is Keeping Alexei in Prison"—Yulia Navalnaya has been unable to visit her husband for 13 months now. On Sunday, a documentary film about the Russian opposition leader won an Oscar...
- + Spiegel: The Black Sea Region Is Suddenly Cast in Geopolitical Spotlight—For many years, the Black Sea was largely ignored by geostrategists. But with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its aggressive posturing elsewhere in t...
- + Spiegel: Support for Russia's War Economy?: A German Auto Parts Supplier Raises Eyebrows—German auto parts supplier Schaeffler is selling its factory in Russia. But a letter to the Russian president and a questionable loan are raising ques...
- + Spiegel: Moscow Mole: The Story Behind Germany's Embarrassing Intelligence Leak—From the shores of a lake near Munich to a brothel in the German capital city and a brasserie in Moscow: It is one of the biggest intelligence scandal...
- + Spiegel: Timothy Snyder on the Ukraine War: "In Russia, Will Is Placed over Reason"—Historian Timothy Snyder is one of the best and most argumentative experts on Ukrainian history. In an interview, he explains why he considers fears o...
- + Spiegel: Superpower Posturing: Fears Grow of New Cold War Between U.S. and China—China and the United States are lurching from one crisis to the next. It's not just deep economic interdependence that is at stake, but also global pe...
- + Spiegel: Thwarting Vladimir Putin: The Ukrainian Economy Just Keeps On Going—Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to plunge Ukraine into darkness and cold this winter. But the country's economy continues to survive, and supe...
- + Telegraph Spain: Catch me if you can! Man accused of running cannabis farm hides from police— [Category: topics:things/crime, structure:news, structure:news/uk-news, storytype:standard] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: Guy Pearce apologises for ‘starting a fire’ over trans casting— [Category: topics:things/Transgender, structure:news, storytype:standard] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: The Queen and Paul O’Grady shared ‘lots of laughter and waggy-tailed memories’— [Category: topics:organisations/itv, topics:organisations/bbc, topics:people/camilla-queen-consort, topics:things/dogs, topics:people/elton-john, str...
- + Telegraph Spain: Ukraine: The Latest podcast - Ukraine repulses attacks in the Donbas and the changing face of Russia's cyber war— [Category: topics:in-the-news/ukraine-crisis, topics:in-the-news/russia-ukraine-invasion-live, topics:places/ukraine, topics:things/russion-invasion,...
- + Telegraph Spain: Wednesday evening news briefing: The King and Queen land in Berlin— [Category: topics:in-the-news/breaking-news, structure:news, structure:news/uk-news, storytype:standard] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: ‘Phantom Cat Shaver’ on the loose as over 80 pets attacked— [Category: topics:things/cats, topics:things/animal-welfare, topics:organisations/rspca, topics:places/kent, topics:things/shaving, structure:news, s...
- + Telegraph Spain: Depression speech app can diagnose condition in 60 seconds— [Category: topics:things/artificial-intelligence, topics:things/depression, topics:things/digital-healthcare, topics:things/mental-health, structure:...
- + Telegraph Spain: Queen 'deeply saddened' by death of Paul O'Grady at 67— [Category: topics:organisations/itv, topics:organisations/bbc, structure:news, structure:news/uk-news, structure:television, structure:comedy, storyt...
- + Telegraph Spain: New cervical cancer drug could extend patients' lives by eight months— [Category: topics:things/cancer, topics:organisations/nhs, structure:news, structure:news/uk-news, storytype:standard] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: Pictured: Giant meatball created using woolly mammoth flesh— [Category: topics:places/australia, structure:news, storytype:standard] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: Northern Ireland terror threat level raised to ‘severe’ after recent New IRA attacks— [Category: topics:places/northern-ireland, topics:organisations/sinn-fein, topics:organisations/mi5, topics:things/ira, structure:news, structure:new...
- + Telegraph Spain: Paedophile aristocrat died after being given insulin ‘overdose’ by mistake— [Category: topics:organisations/nhs, topics:things/abuse, structure:news, storytype:standard] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: Sir David Jason meets daughter 52 years after having fling with co star— [Category: topics:organisations/bbc, structure:news, storytype:standard] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: Tuesday evening news briefing: Humza Yousaf elected Scotland's First Minister— [Category: topics:in-the-news/breaking-news, structure:news, structure:news/uk-news, storytype:standard] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: Watch: Protesters set fire to LTN road blocks placed to stop traffic— [Category: topics:organisations/roads, topics:places/local-councils, topics:places/rochdale, topics:places/greater-manchester, structure:news, storyt...
- + Telegraph Spain: Customer who threatened to blow up Lloyds is spared jail after judge accepts online banking 'frustration'— [Category: topics:organisations/lloyds-banking-group, topics:things/crime, topics:in-the-news/court-cases, structure:news, storytype:standard] [Link ...
- + Top News UPI: Energy Department releases offshore wind energy plan—The Energy Department released a plan on Wednesday to meet President Joe Biden's goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore energy by 2030, which woul...
- + Top News UPI: LGBTQ ally Daniel Radcliffe leads discussions with transgender youth in new Trevor Project series—The Trevor Project is making space at the table for LGBTQ youth in its new roundtable discussion series Sharing Space.
- + Top News UPI: Sen. Bernie Sanders, ex-Starbucks CEO clash over allegations of union-busting—Sen. Bernie Sanders grilled former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz over his former company's alleged anti-union activities during a Senate Health, Educat...
- + Top News UPI: Assistant U.S. attorney in Florida district pleads guilty in steering contracts to spouse—An assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Florida has pleaded guilty to charges of violating federal conflict of interest regulations by...
- + Top News UPI: Biden's approval rating lags at 40%—A new Gallup poll found that President Joe Biden's approval rating sits at just 40%, as a majority of Americans disapprove of his handling on key issu...
- + Top News UPI: United Airlines reaches agreement with union representing 30,000 workers—The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said on Wednesday it reached agreements in principle with United Airlines covering 3...
- + Top News UPI: Dallas Fed survey finds growth in oil and gas sector on the decline—Growth in the oil and gas sector is on the decline relative to previous years, with respondents to an energy survey for the Federal Reserve Bank of Da...
- + Top News UPI: Pope Francis undergoes hospital checkup in Rome—Pope Francis was at a Rome hospital for a medical checkup on Wednesday, the Vatican said.
- + Top News UPI: Demand weakness suggested in U.S. energy data—The amount of refined petroleum products supplied to the U.S. economy, a proxy for demand, remains below year-ago levels amid concerns of slower growt...
- + Top News UPI: Senate Finance chair Wyden says Credit Suisse continues to use secret offshore accounts—Troubled Swiss lender Credit Suisse violated a 2014 plea agreement with the Justice Department by enabling wealthy U.S. residents to evade taxes with ...
- + Top News UPI: Kurdish oil production halted amid export row—Major energy companies working in northern Iraq said Wednesday they shut down production due to an international court decision that tacitly limits cr...
- + Top News UPI: FDA approves over-the-counter sales of Narcan nasal spray—The Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter sales for Narcan, a nasal spray which reverses opioid overdoses.
- + Top News UPI: Biden, Netanyahu clash over Israeli government plan to overhaul judicial system—Israeli government leaders blasted President Joe Biden Thursday after he criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial plan to overhaul...
- + Top News UPI: Sotheby's to auction off most highly valued pink diamond in history—Sotheby's will be auctioning off the most valuable purplish pink diamond ever brought to auction in Hong Kong this June.
- + Top News UPI: U.S. and South Korea stage beach assault in show of military force—The United States and South Korea conducted major amphibious drills Wednesday, storming a beach in the southeastern city of Pohang one day after North...
- + Top News UPI: Drillers set to bid on Gulf of Mexico oil and gas acreage—Would-be drillers are weighing prospects for a chance to work offshore in the Gulf of Mexico as the next auction for the Biden administration got unde...
- + Top News UPI: Reports: Judge orders Pence to testify in front of grand jury—A D.C.-based federal judge has ordered former Vice President Mike Pence to testify in front of a grand jury about conversations he had with ex-Preside...
- + Top News UPI: Myanmar junta dissolves Aung San Suu Kyi's party, dozens of other opposition parties—Myanmar's military government moved Wednesday to guarantee victory in upcoming elections by dissolving all opposition parties, including Aung San Suu ...
- + Top News UPI: Biden hosts dozens of world leaders virtually during 2nd 'Summit for Democracy' event—The second Summit for Democracy entered its second day Wednesday with President Joe Biden hosting a number of world leaders virtually in an effort to ...
- + Top News UPI: Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen departs for U.S. amid warnings from China—China is promising retaliatory action if Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen meets with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as she began her 10-day trip to...
- + Zero Hedge: RESTRICT Act Is Orwellian Censorship Grab Disguised As Anti-TikTok Legislation—RESTRICT Act Is Orwellian Censorship Grab Disguised As Anti-TikTok Legislation The RESTRICT Act, introduced by Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) a...
- + Zero Hedge: "More Dangerous Than Ever": Experts Warn Americans Against Going To Mexico To Buy Cheap Pharmacy Drugs—"More Dangerous Than Ever": Experts Warn Americans Against Going To Mexico To Buy Cheap Pharmacy Drugs Authored by J.M. Phelps via The Ep...
- + Zero Hedge: Zelensky Invites China's Xi To Visit Ukraine As US Rebuffs 'Alternate' Peace Plan—Zelensky Invites China's Xi To Visit Ukraine As US Rebuffs 'Alternate' Peace Plan Coming on the heels of Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow whe...
- + Zero Hedge: "Global Permission Slip For Every Neocon Fantasy": Gaetz Intros Bill To Withdraw From Somalia—"Global Permission Slip For Every Neocon Fantasy": Gaetz Intros Bill To Withdraw From Somalia Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, O...
- + Zero Hedge: Denmark Recovers, Identifies Mystery Object Found Next To Nord Stream 2 Pipeline—Denmark Recovers, Identifies Mystery Object Found Next To Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Denmark has announced the recovery of a 'mystery' object...
- + Zero Hedge: It Has To Stop!—It Has To Stop! Authored by James Howard Kunstler via DailyReckoning.com, The current madness has to stop. And it will stop because, as ...
- + Zero Hedge: Bonds "Quiet, Too Quiet" As Big-Tech Soars Into New Bull Market—Bonds "Quiet, Too Quiet" As Big-Tech Soars Into New Bull Market The last 'calm' day before GDP and PCE saw bond yields uncomfortably quie...
- + Zero Hedge: Watch: Ted Cruz Eviscerates DHS Secretary For Still Refusing To Admit There Is A Border Crisis—Watch: Ted Cruz Eviscerates DHS Secretary For Still Refusing To Admit There Is A Border Crisis Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, ...
- + Zero Hedge: FDIC Weighs Squeezing Big Banks To Plug $23 Billion Hole From Small Bank Failure Costs—FDIC Weighs Squeezing Big Banks To Plug $23 Billion Hole From Small Bank Failure Costs Yesterday, we explained that the reason why the st...
- + Zero Hedge: FDIC Weighs Squeezing Big Banks To Plug $23 BIllion Hole From Small Bank Failure Costs—FDIC Weighs Squeezing Big Banks To Plug $23 BIllion Hole From Small Bank Failure Costs Yesterday, we explained that the reason why the st...
- + Zero Hedge: The Implausibility Of A Net Zero Carbon Energy Future Is Now Obvious—The Implausibility Of A Net Zero Carbon Energy Future Is Now Obvious Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Germany has hit a brick...
- + Zero Hedge: No, Social Media Had Nothing To Do With SVB's Implosion—No, Social Media Had Nothing To Do With SVB's Implosion An odd narrative which emerged following the dramatic collapse of Silicon Valley ...
- + Zero Hedge: Ohio River Disaster As Barge Hauling 1,400 Tons Of Methanol Smashes Into Dam—Ohio River Disaster As Barge Hauling 1,400 Tons Of Methanol Smashes Into Dam Three large barges, one carrying 1,400 tons of methanol, wer...
- + Zero Hedge: Peter Schiff: Bank Regulations Aren't The Solution; They Are The Problem—Peter Schiff: Bank Regulations Aren't The Solution; They Are The Problem Via SchiffGold.com, In the aftermath of the failure of Silicon ...
- + Zero Hedge: Trump Grand Jury To Take One Month Break, Former Attorney Claims "I Think I Got Through To Them"—Trump Grand Jury To Take One Month Break, Former Attorney Claims "I Think I Got Through To Them" After so much media hype (including Trum...
- + Zero Hedge: AZ Governor's Press Secretary Resigns Amid Outrage After Calling For Violence Against 'Transphobes'—AZ Governor's Press Secretary Resigns Amid Outrage After Calling For Violence Against 'Transphobes' Update (1325ET): Josselyn Berry, Gove...
- + Zero Hedge: Mediocre 7Year Auction Tails For The 5th Time In The Past 6 Months—Mediocre 7Year Auction Tails For The 5th Time In The Past 6 Months After a dismal 2Y auction and a solid 5Y, moments ago the Treasury con...
- + Zero Hedge: Jefferies Sends A Warning To The Big Banks As Profit Plunges—Jefferies Sends A Warning To The Big Banks As Profit Plunges By now everyone knows that small banks - which have little to no capital mar...
- + Zero Hedge: Musk, Wozniak Call For Pause In Developing 'More Powerful' AI Than GPT-4—Musk, Wozniak Call For Pause In Developing 'More Powerful' AI Than GPT-4 Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio and others ha...
- + Zero Hedge: De-Dollarization Just Got Real—De-Dollarization Just Got Real Authored by John Rubino via Substack, A multi-polar world is bad news for the American Empire but great n...
- + Aljazeera: US urges China against ‘overreacting’ toTaiwan president transit—Taiwans Tsai Ing-wens stopover in the US is normal and consistent with longstanding US policy, White House says. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Medieval Swahilis had African and Asian ancestry: DNA study—Researchers say up to half of the DNA of people from Swahili areas was from Persia (90 percent) and India (10 percent). [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Who will hold human rights abusers in Libya to account?—UN investigators say security forces and armed militia groups in Libya have committed a wide range of war crimes. [Category: TV Shows]
- + Aljazeera: Adidas to withdraw trademark complaint against Black Lives Matter—The sportswear company has taken frequent legal action since 2008 to defend its exclusive use of the three-stripe logo. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: ‘Friends’: White House downplays Biden-Netanyahu public spat—White House spokesman says theres a lot to like about Israeli PM statement rejecting US presidents criticism. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: UAE leader designates his son Khaled as crown prince—UAE president names son Sheikh Khaled as crown prince of Abu Dhabi, and three brothers to top roles. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Pope Francis admitted to hospital with respiratory infection—The pope has a respiratory infection that will require several days of appropriate treatment at Romes Gemelli Hospital. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: UN votes to ask world court to rule on countries’ climate duties—Call for International Court of Justice to offer legal opinion on climate crisis follows campaign led by island Vanuatu. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: ‘Critical first step’: US Senate votes to repeal Iraq war powers—Advocates say the vote shows progress in efforts to reform legal architecture of the USs post-9/11 war on terror. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Musk, other tech experts urge halt to further AI developments—Over 1,000 tech leaders sign petition calling for pause of giant AI experiments in response to the release of GPT-4. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Colombian rebels kill nine soldiers in blow to peace talks—Preliminary military assessment has identified the left-wing ELN as responsible for the attack in a northern province. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: ‘No impunity’ for migrant detention centre fire: Mexico president—How is it possible that the Mexican authorities left human beings locked up with no way to escape? Amnesty Intl asks. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Biden kicks off Summit for Democracy with $690m funding pledge—NATO allies Turkey and Hungary not invited to the summit; Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the event. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: FIFA strips Indonesia of U-20 World Cup hosting rights—FIFA has removed Indonesia as host after Bali refused to host Israel for tournament draw; new host to be announced soon. [Category: Sports]
- + Aljazeera: Saudi partners with China-led security bloc as ties grow—Saudi cabinet approves decision at a meeting chaired by King Salman in a move that could grant Riyadh dialogue partner. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: US approves sale of overdose reversal drug without prescription—The decision comes as a bid to widen access to the life-saving drug as the US struggles with a wave of overdose deaths. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Iran’s FM: Is China the stabilising factor the Middle East needs?—Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian discusses his countys eastern-focused foreign policy. [Category: TV Shows]
- + Aljazeera: Iran may set deadline for nuclear talks, says FM Amir-Abdollahian—Irans parliament could pass more legislation making government efforts at talks difficult, says the foreign minister. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Iran may set deadline for nuclear talks, says FM Amirabdollahian—Irans parliament could pass more legislation making government efforts at talks difficult, says the foreign minister. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Senegal’s gold rush brings hope and despair—Search for precious metal has dramatically transformed Bantakokouta, a Senegalese town near Mali and Guinea. [Category: News]
- + BBC: Watch: King Charles speaking German in Berlin—The King and his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, are attending a state banquet in Berlin.
- + BBC: Ukraine war: Orthodox clerics say they will not leave Kyiv monastery—Ukraine suspects some of Ukraine's Orthodox Church's top clergy have ties with Russia's Orthodox Church.
- + BBC: Russian spies more effective than army, say experts—Russia's intelligence services have had more success in Ukraine than its army, says a top think tank.
- + BBC: Italy moves to ban lab-grown meat to protect food heritage—Right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says the proposed ban aims to protect farmers and consumers.
- + BBC: Adidas backtracks on Black Lives Matter design opposition—The firm previously said a Black Lives Matter design would create confusion with its famous three-stripe mark.
- + BBC: Swiss court case ties human rights to climate change—Thousands of women say the country's climate change policy damages their right to life and health.
- + BBC: King Charles's first state visit: What to expect from Germany trip—Improving relations with Europe is the priority as the King's first state visit heads for Germany.
- + BBC: Amsterdam launches stay away ad campaign targeting young British men—The Dutch city targets UK men aged 18-35 in an ad campaign aimed at changing its reputation.
- + BBC: Amsterdam launches 'stay away' ad campaign targeting young British men—The Dutch city targets UK men aged 18-35 in an ad campaign aimed at changing its reputation.
- + BBC: Russian influx drives up rental prices in Dubai—Average rents in the Emirate rose by more than a third last year as soaring demand outstripped supply.
- + BBC: New cars sold in EU must be zero-emission from 2035—The deal was delayed for weeks after Germany called for an exemption for cars running on e-fuels.
- + BBC: IOC recommends Russian and Belarusian individual athletes compete as neutrals—The International Olympic Committee recommends that Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete under a neutral flag - but has yet to make ...
- + BBC: Russian whose daughter drew anti-war picture flees jail term—Alexei Moskalev was investigated after his daughter drew an anti-war picture at school.
- + BBC: Lisbon stabbing: Two women killed at Ismaili Muslim centre—The attacker was arrested after the incident at the city's Ismaili Centre, Portuguese police say.
- + BBC: Two people stabbed to death at the Ismaili Centre in Lisbon—The attacker was arrested after the incident at the city's Ismaili Centre, Portuguese police say.
- + BBC: Angélique Kidjo says the Grammys 'need diversity'—"We are working on it," says the star, who sits on the awards' board of trustees.
- + BBC: Malaga: From Champions League to inescapable nightmare in 10 years—Ten years ago Malaga were playing in a Champions League quarter-final, now they are on the brink of dropping into Spain's third tier.
- + BBC: Ukraine war: Germany sends much-awaited Leopard tanks—The first 18 of the cutting-edge tanks are sent, amid reports UK Challenger 2s have also arrived.
- + BBC: Euro 2024 qualifiers: Republic of Ireland 0-1 France - Pavard goal gives French win in Dublin—The Republic of Ireland make a losing start to Euro 2024 qualifying as Benjamin Pavard's superb second-half goal gives France victory in Dublin.
- + BBC: Why fun apps are banned on French officials' phones—France is removing not only TikTok but all "recreational" applications from government devices.
- + CBC Politics: Conservatives, NDP criticize budget's impact on people, businesses as Trudeau defends measures—Opposition leaders took turns criticizing the Liberal budget as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended the document he said would help insulate Canadi...
- + CBC Politics: Tax rules changing for transfers of family businesses, farms—The federal government is moving to change the tax rules that govern the transfer of a small business or farm from parents to other members of the fam...
- + CBC Politics: Danielle Smith discussed COVID charges 'almost weekly' with justice officials, according to leaked call—Alberta Premier Danielle Smith spoke to a pastor just weeks before his criminal trial on pandemic-related charges, promising she would again discuss h...
- + CBC Politics: Trudeau and Freeland up the ante on a clean economy—Tuesday's federal budget represents a key piece of the Liberal response to climate change and the energy transition. [Author: Aaron Wherry] [Category:...
- + CBC Politics: Freeland presents a plan to green Canada's electricity supply—The 2023 federal budget promises an ambitious national electricity plan to provide net-zero power from coast to coast to coast. [Author: David Thurton...
- + CBC Politics: Budget floats $2.4B loan for Ukraine—Canada will extend a $2.4 billion loan to Ukraine in the coming budget year to help prop up the embattled country’s finances. [Author: Murray Brewster...
- + CBC Politics: Budget earmarks millions to combat foreign interference—The RCMP will be getting $49 million over the next three years to ramp up investigations related to the harassment and intimidation of immigrant diasp...
- + CBC Politics: Highlights from the 2023 federal budget—The 2023 federal budget is proposing spending to make life more affordable, encourage investments in green energy, provide improved health-care servic...
- + CBC Politics: From groceries to booze, payday loans to plane tickets — here's what the budget means for your wallet—With inflation still near its highest level in decades, the federal budget unveiled in Ottawa Tuesday offered a lot of talk about making life more aff...
- + CBC Politics: Budget 2023 offers billions for dental care, plus spending cuts and tax hikes to tame deficit—Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled a federal budget Tuesday projecting a deficit about $10 billion higher than initially forecast — an increase...
- + CBC Politics: Federal government eases some restrictions on non-Canadians purchasing property—The government is walking back some restrictions on foreigners purchasing residential property just months after the new rules came into force. [Autho...
- + CBC Politics: How — and why — Canada and the U.S. kept their border deal secret for a year—It was big news when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden announced last week a revised Safe Third Country Agreement to control ...
- + CBC Politics: Freeland's budget expected to focus on green investments, helping the vulnerable—Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to deliver a budget Tuesday that will offer limited cost-of-living relief to the vulnerable and promote...
- + CBC Politics: Walmart joins Canadian grocery rivals in pushing back against profiteering claims—Like its Canadian counterparts, Walmart is pushing back against claims that grocers are profiting from the rising cost of food. Gonzalo Gebara, the he...
- + CBC Politics: Canada in the market for up to 16 military surveillance aircraft—Canada is looking to buy up to 16 advanced military surveillance aircraft and has formally requested information and an offer from the U.S. government...
- + CBC Politics: Unions call on Ottawa to drop challenge of Black public servants' planned discrimination lawsuit—Unions representing more than three million workers are urging the federal government to drop its challenge of a proposed class-action lawsuit brought...
- + CBC Politics: Centre Block construction within budget but Ottawa needs to make faster decisions: AG—The modernization of Parliament's Centre Block is within budget so far, but the federal government needs to do a better job of making up its mind befo...
- + CBC Politics: Ottawa asks court to dismiss ruling directing it to repatriate 4 men detained in Syria—The federal government says the Federal Court of Appeal should dismiss a high-profile ruling ordering Canada to bring home four Canadian men detained ...
- + CBC Politics: Canada falling behind on connecting rural areas to high-speed internet: report—Rural and remote areas are falling behind cities on high-speed internet access, Canada's auditor general says in a new report tabled Monday. The repor...
- + CBC Politics: MP Han Dong says he has retained a lawyer, plans to take legal action against Global News—MP Han Dong says he has retained a lawyer and plans to sue Global News after it published a story alleging he advised a senior Chinese diplomat in Feb...
- + Daily New Egypt: Egypt’s IDA gears up to provide its services for investors online —Chairperson of Industrial Development Authority (IDA) Mohamed Abdel Karim announced holding monthly meetings with representatives of each industrial c...
- + Daily New Egypt: Iranian FM says Tehran, Moscow taking final step toward signing long-term cooperation agreement—The Iranian foreign minister said on Wednesday that Tehran and Moscow are taking the final step toward the signing of a long-term cooperation agreemen...
- + Daily New Egypt: Egypt, Germany discuss promotion of cooperation in communications, digital transformation—Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, has met with Frank Hartmann, German Ambassador to Cairo, to discuss strengthening c...
- + Daily New Egypt: Egypt-Australia trade exchange reaches AUD 1bn in FY2022: Ambassador—Australia’s Ambassador to Egypt Axel Wabenhorst has said that the trade exchange between Australia and Egypt reached AUD 1bn in fiscal year 2021/22, n...
- + Daily New Egypt: Volatile trading on EGX amid anticipation of interest rate movement—Volatility took over the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices due to investors fear of changes in the economic scene. This forced fluctuations on the marke...
- + Daily New Egypt: Mohamed Nasr El-Din appointed as new CEO of Telecom Egypt—Telecom Egypt (TE) announced on Wednesday the appointment of Mohamed Nasr El-Din as the company’s new CEO and Managing Director. Nasr El-Din was the A...
- + Daily New Egypt: Cairo Opera hosts Chopin Piano Competition for children, youth—Play with all your heart, play the way you feel composer Fryderyk Chopin once said. The Embassy of Poland in Cairo, in cooperation with Cairo Opera H...
- + Daily New Egypt: Health Minister, UNODC discuss bilateral cooperation in combating drugs, corruption—Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar met on Wednesday Ghada Wali, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Exec...
- + Daily New Egypt: 13 golden licences granted to companies, 40 others under study: GAFI —President of the General Investment Authority (GAFI) Hossam Heiba reviewed the efforts recently made by the Egyptian government to facilitate and acce...
- + Daily New Egypt: UAE President appoints Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed as Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi—In his capacity as Ruler of Abu Dhabi the UAE President issued an Emiri decree appointing Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed as Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. ...
- + Daily New Egypt: Al-Sisi directs development of imams to keep abreast of contemporary issues—President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has directed the development of imams to keep pace with contemporary issues and in accordance with the Islamic religion...
- + Daily New Egypt: Minister of Environment, UNODC discuss cooperation in combating environmental crimes—Egypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad met with Ghada Wali, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the Uni...
- + Daily New Egypt: Cabinet approves Egypt’s 2023/24 budget—The Cabinet approved Egypts draft budget for fiscal year (FY) 2023/24, during a meeting in the New Administrative Capital on Wednesday. Minister of...
- + Daily New Egypt: CBE to decide fate of EGP interest rate amid strong expectations of new rise—The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) will hold its second periodic meeting in the current year to discuss the fate o...
- + Daily New Egypt: EU countries agree to ban new CO2-emitting cars from 2035—European Union (EU) member states on Tuesday agreed to ban the sale of new CO2-emitting cars by 2035. The decision came after the European Commission ...
- + Daily New Egypt: Lebanese cut back on car use amid steep increase in fuel prices—Surging fuel costs in Lebanon have forced Mohammad Eido, a 46-year-old university teacher, to sell his BMW and opted for sharing his brothers car or u...
- + Daily New Egypt: Egyptian Health Minister directs accelerating completion of New Heart Institute in El-Shorouk —Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar; directed the speedy completion of construction work at the new Heart Institute in El-...
- + Daily New Egypt: Financial, insurance services are most vulnerable sectors to cyberattacks in Middle East, Africa: Report—IBM Security has announced the results of its 2023 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index report, which revealed the success of global cyber attackers in d...
- + Daily New Egypt: 2.66% decrease in manufacturing, extractive index during January 2023 —The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) issued a press release of primary data of manufacturing and extractive industries o...
- + Daily New Egypt: JICA offers 44bn yen finance to support comprehensive health insurance in Egypt—Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait and Head of the Office of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Egypt, Kato Ken, have signed an ex...
- + Egyptian Streets: 5 Brands that Are Keeping Egypt’s Artisanal Crafts Alive—Women in Akhmim. Source: Daily News Egypt Craftsmanship in Egypt is a long-held legacy passed on from generation to generation. The country’s time-hon...
- + Egyptian Streets: 7 Egyptian Shows to Watch During Ramadan 2023—Few things bring people together like the holy month of Ramadan, where over iftar gatherings and late night suhoors, Egyptians gather around discussin...
- + Egyptian Streets: Egypt Introduces New Measures for Visas to Increase Tourism—Photo via Egypt Independent In an effort to boost tourism, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Monday, 27 March, that it will be ...
- + Egyptian Streets: Egypt’s Public Prosecution Gives Temporary Custody to Baby Shenouda’s Adoptive Family—Egypt’s public prosecution ordered the return of five-year-old Shenouda back to his Christian adoptive parents with temporary custody on Tuesday, 29 M...
- + Egyptian Streets: Egypt Defeats Malawi 4-0 in 2023 African Cup Qualifiers—Photo credit: Ahram Online Egypt’s National Football Team defeated Malawi by four goals to none in the fourth round of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations ...
- + Egyptian Streets: Who are The Unknown Pioneers of Egyptian Photography?—Outside of Luxor’s illustrious Winter Palace is a small shop whose walls are filled with books, vintage photographs, and remnants of decades past: the...
- + Egyptian Streets: Ramadan Sweets From Egypt’s Oldest Dessert Shops—Nutella samboosak, kunafa tiramisu, red velvet basbousa cupcake, and cheesecake zalabya are some of the bizarre—although sometimes delicious—Ramadan d...
- + Egyptian Streets: 5 Spots for the Ultimate Suhoor Experience in Cairo—Suhoor tablePhoto credit: Magnificent Online Every year in Ramadan, Egyptians are bombarded with endless options for iftar outings. From iftar buffets...
- + Egyptian Streets: 7 Ramadan Radio Shows to Give a Listen To—Between the hours between iftar and suhoor, Egyptians gather around in Ramdan to watch a wide range of mosalsalat (TV shows) that air on Arab televisi...
- + Egyptian Streets: Egypt to Get Its Very Own Fashion Week For the First Time—(Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images) Egypt will now have its very own fashion week for the first time in May...
- + Egyptian Streets: Trickle-Down Turmoil: The Indirect Effects of Egypt’s Currency Crisis—A street vendor sells bananas close to a market in Cairo, December 30, 2014. REUTERS /Mohamed Abd El Ghany The holy month of Ramadan is known to be a ...
- + Egyptian Streets: Egypt Defeats Malawi 2-0 in Qualifiers for Africa Cup of Nations—Egypt’s National Football Team defeated Malawi by two goals to none in the third round of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers (AFCON) on Friday,...
- + Electronic Intifada: Hopelessly devoted to Israel —Antonio López-Istúriz breaks European Parliament rules by refusing to protest against war crimes. [Category: Antonio López-Istúriz, NGO Monitor, Benny...
- + Electronic Intifada: Solar energy lights up Gaza—Solar power is a lifeline for Gaza’s business owners. [Category: Solar energy, Electricity crisis in Gaza, Gaza business, gaza economy, Israeli siege]
- + Electronic Intifada: PA must stop playing Israel's game—Israel broke Sharm al-Sheikh deal before the ink was dry. [Category: Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Authority security forces, Bezalel Smotrich, S...
- + Electronic Intifada: US will fund Israel whether it’s a “democracy” or not—Congresswoman Susan Wild thinks grassroots Democrats don’t know enough to be more sympathetic to Palestinians than Israelis. [Category: Susan Wild, po...
- + Electronic Intifada: Palestinians mark Ramadan amid Israeli repression—Amir Abu Khadijeh, 25, “assassinated” on first day of holy month. [Category: Ramadan, Tulkarm, Amir Abu Khadijeh, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Damascus Gate, Jerus...
- + Electronic Intifada: Israel lobby smeared Palestinian American professor, then got him fired—Kareem Tannous says he is now blacklisted from teaching. [Category: Kareem Tannous, Israel Lobby, Cabrini University, Pennsylvania, Jewish Federation ...
- + Euractiv: Malicious links still on EU Commission website as hackers change tactics—A security company flagged to the European Commission that cybercriminals used its official website to spread hundreds of malicious links. Twenty days...
- + Euractiv: Banking crisis: Have we learnt nothing?—Following the downfall of multiple US banks, Credit Suisse, as well as uncertainty about Deutsche Bank, the EU should close its gaps in its banking re...
- + Euractiv: The EU needs a new approach to meet its migration goals—The EU must change direction to achieve its migration objectives in the Mediterranean, write James Dennison and Andrew Geddes. [Category: border contr...
- + Euractiv: The Brief — Get your act together, France—Dear French protesters, there is a saying in German: “Ihr habt wohl den Schuss nicht gehört?” Loosely translated, it describes someone who has missed ...
- + Euractiv: Nuclear vs renewables: Two camps clash in Brussels—EU energy ministers were divided into two camps at the EU Council meeting on Tuesday (28 March): the pro-nuclear alliance, which includes France and 1...
- + Euractiv: Healthcare professionals face the test of catching up with digitalisation—As 2023 is the European year of skills, one question inevitably springs to mind: Is the healthcare sector ready to upskill and unlock advancements in ...
- + Euractiv: EU Council lawyers confirm legal basis of Media Freedom Act—The legal basis of the European Media Freedom Act (MFA) has been upheld by the influential EU Council legal service, weakening a push by some to unpac...
- + Euractiv: Biden vows funds, tech alliance as democracy summit takes on backsliding—President Joe Biden on Wednesday (29 March) urged unity among democracies in the face of Russia and China as he committed nearly $700 million to halt ...
- + Euractiv: Ukraine hits Russian-held city of Melitopol, deep behind front—Ukraine struck a railway depot and knocked out power in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol, deep behind the front line, on 29 March amid growing t...
- + Euractiv: Cocaine trade expanding rapidly in Europe, especially France—While the cocaine market continues to grow around the world, a new report by the French Observatory of Drugs and Addictive Tendencies (OFDT) found tha...
- + Euractiv: Crowdsourcing citizens’ ideas can benefit EU policy cycle, experts say—Ten European cities took part in a pioneering experiment to gather citizens’ ideas on how to address air pollution and present possible solutions to p...
- + Euractiv: EU seeks compromise over nuclear’s role in renewable energy goals—Two rival alliances of EU countries held final-hour talks in Brussels on Tuesday, ahead of negotiations on whether to recognise nuclear power under th...
- + Euractiv: Packaging sustainability needs infrastructure and a strong Single Market [Promoted content]—The packaging industry is fully committed to the journey towards packaging circularity but we cannot fix the problems alone. The circular economy will...
- + Euractiv: Nuclear fusion can help Europe achieve net-zero goal, EU official says—Nuclear fusion, which replicates the sun's energy production, is a carbon-free technology that could help secure Europe's energy supply and slash its ...
- + Euractiv: Europe lagging behind on digital skills development, says EU official—Barriers to lifelong learning and limited investment in training are slowing down the European Union’s efforts to fill the digital skills gap by 2030,...
- + Euractiv: Health brief: The unbeatable ‘as old as humanity’ disease—The fight against the as old as humanity disease in Europe stagnated: Most recent data suggests that eliminating tuberculosis (TB) by 2030 is impossib...
- + Euractiv: King Charles heads to Germany on first overseas trip as monarch—King Charles travels to Germany on 29 March in his first state visit abroad since becoming British monarch, as part of efforts to turn the page on yea...
- + Euractiv: Why Brussels needs to overcome its nuclear aversion—Welcome to EURACTIV’s Green Brief, our weekly selection of energy and environment news from across Europe. To subscribe, follow this link. You can als...
- + Euractiv: Iveco CEO says Euro 7 vehicle emissions regulation is ‘plain stupid’—The CEO of Italian truck and bus maker Iveco has condemned as "plain stupid" the Euro 7 standards which tighten vehicle emission limits for pollutants...
- + Euractiv: EU countries seek legal option to stop Russian LNG imports—European Union countries agreed on Tuesday (28 March) to seek a legal option to stop Russian companies sending liquefied natural gas to EU nations, by...
- + Le Monde: After Sturgeon, Humza Yousaf: what next for Scotland?—In the second of two podcasts this month, Glasgow-based journalist Jamie Maxwell discusses Scotland's change of leader after Nicola Sturgeon's surpris...
- + Le Monde: Kurdish autonomous regions—- Middle East / Map, 2023/04 Kurds [Link to media]
- + Le Monde: Białowieża: a migrant hunting ground —- Europe / Map, 2023/04 Poland [Link to media]
- + Le Monde: Atlantropa: one man's answer to the ‘decline of the Occident'—A century ago, a German architect came up with a scheme to solve all of Europe's problems – to drain the Mediterranean. His contemporaries took his id...
- + Le Monde: Twilight years of Spain's monarchy—The Spanish monarchy's relationship with democracy has always been problematic: Juan Carlos was fascist dictator Franco's designated successor. Barely...
- + Le Monde: Some protests are more legitimate than others—A comparison of Venezuela and Peru, and their recent histories of civil strife, reveals that not all demonstrators are equal in the eyes of the media ...
- + Le Monde: The Yukpa's long struggle—Why the attack on Esneda Saavedra Restrepo, governor of an Andean indigenous people in Colombia, went unnoticed. - 2023/04 / article
- + Le Monde: Tanzania forces the Maasai from their land to make way for trophy hunters and tourists—The Maasai have suffered over a century of forced evictions from their ancestral lands in Tanzania in the name of both game hunting and conservation. ...
- + Le Monde: Poland pursues double standards on migration—Poland grants Ukrainian refugees protected status. Those fleeing other countries and attempting to cross the Białowieża forest straddling Belarus and ...
- + Le Monde: Clock ticking for TikTok—In the early 2000s the West bridled when China banned Google, Facebook and Twitter on its territory. Now the US wants to ban TikTok, which is owned by...
- + Le Monde: China's race to become global AI superpower—China wants to be world leader in artificial intelligence (AI) by the end of the decade. But US trade sanctions affecting technology imports and a bra...
- + Le Monde: Kurdish discontents are growing—The Kurds won international support for fighting against Saddam Hussein and then ISIS. But turning autonomy into independence remains out of reach, as...
- + Le Monde: China casts itself as Middle East peacemaker—The recent Chinese-brokered agreement between arch-rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia suggests that the US no longer has a monopoly on influence in the Midd...
- + Le Monde: Down among the strikers in western France—Most French people side with the strikers in opposing the government's pension reform. But it's not easy for the unions to translate that support into...
- + Le Monde: ‘No scruples, no regrets'?—President Macron's unpopular pension reform, forced through in a most undemocratic way, will only fuel support for the far right and further weaken vo...
- + Mondoweiss: Analysts say Palestinians will pay the price for Israeli ‘democracy’—Benjamin Netanyahu temporarily halted reforms he sought to make to Israel's judicial system, but critics say Palestinians will pay the ultimate price ...
- + Mondoweiss: Major media and the systemic silencing of Palestinians—Eِِِxcluding Palestinian voices and firing journalists who want to speak out about Israeli apartheid makes the mainstream media complicit in Israel’s ...
- + Mondoweiss: US media turn on Netanyahu (finally) for meddling in U.S. policy—Netanyahu once said that America is "a thing that you can move, very easily." But maybe those days are over? The media are finally paying attention. [...
- + Mondoweiss: Adam Schiff says Israel was on worse path than Afghanistan—Rep. Adam Schiff on why Israel looked worse than Afghanistan in 2019: "It looked like Israel was heading into a terrible cul de sac and it was incapab...
- + Mondoweiss: There is no crisis in US-Israel relations. Yet.—It has never been politically safer to be “tough” on Israel, but so far the Biden administration is working overtime to avoid a diplomatic crisis with...
- + Mondoweiss: Two farms tell the story of agricultural apartheid facing Palestinians—Palestinian farmers are systematically prevented from working their land as Israelis thrive from ecotourism on stolen land. Agriculture in Palestine s...
- + Mondoweiss: Why the main players behind the Israeli protest movement are bringing the confrontation to a head—The protests roiling Israel represent a struggle over its future. The traditional elite is in an existential fight to maintain power, while the ascend...
- + Mondoweiss: ‘NY Times’ won’t explain why Palestinians aren’t joining the big anti-Netanyahu demonstrations in Israel—The U.S. media has missed one key part of the anti-Netanyahu protest story: the shockingly different ways Israeli police and military treat Jewish and...
- + Mondoweiss: The meaning of Israel’s ultra-nationalist government for Palestinian prisoners—Since entering office, Israel's new government has dramatically increased the repression of Palestinian prisoners, moves which reflect its hostile age...
- + Mondoweiss: Israeli protest movement must dismantle the foundations of society to be successful—For the Palestinian people to achieve justice, Zionism must be dismantled. And for Jewish Israelis to achieve peace, we too must free ourselves from t...
- + Open Democracy: We need to have an honest conversation about ‘foreign agent’ laws—Pushback against ‘foreign agent’ laws in Georgia should not stop us from asking whether countries have a right to limit foreign influence
- + Open Democracy: Here’s how Humza Yousaf can deliver a fairer, greener Scotland—After 16 years in power, the SNP is stagnating. With these 16 policies, the new first minister can change that
- + Open Democracy: The US’s anti-drag movement is state-sponsored LGBTIQ persecution—OPINION: Tennessee’s ban on drag in the presence of minors is a ‘gateway law’ to harsher anti-LGBTQ repression
- + Open Democracy: Are humanitarian visas the solution to the UK’s ‘small boats’ crisis?—Compromising on humanitarian visas could allow the Illegal Migration Bill to end territory-based asylum in the UK
- + Open Democracy: UK’s extreme weather support for rough sleepers labelled ‘inadequate’—Exclusive: A new report has warned homelessness services in the UK are not prepared for the climate crisis
- + Open Democracy: UK's extreme weather support for rough sleepers labelled ‘inadequate’—Exclusive: A new report has warned homelessness services in the UK are not prepared for the climate crisis
- + Open Democracy: UK's extreme weather support for rough sleepers labelled 'inadequate'—Exclusive: A new report has warned homelessness services in the UK are not prepared for the climate crisis
- + Open Democracy: More women in the police won’t reduce police violence—OPINION: Focusing on the gender of officers is misleading – violence and intimidation are integral to policing
- + Open Democracy: Somali families say they’re being forced out of east London community—Tower Hamlets residents say they are being overlooked for social housing and accused the council of discrimination
- + Open Democracy: ‘Night and day we cry’: A family’s year in an asylum seeker hotel—As a new report labels asylum accommodation ‘de-facto detention’, a mother details her family’s struggle
- + Open Democracy: ‘Night and day we cry’: A family's year in an asylum seeker hotel—As a new report labels asylum accommodation “de-facto detention”, a mother details her family's struggle
- + Open Democracy: What will the UK’s Illegal Migration Bill really do to trafficking survivors?—This legislation is going to make some traffickers very happy
- + Open Democracy: What will the UK's Illegal Migration Bill really do to trafficking survivors?—This legislation is going to make some traffickers very happy
- + Open Democracy: New film focuses on love – not war – in Nagorno-Karabakh—The Dream of Karabakh, about a woman’s attachment to her village, is rooted in personal memories that cannot be moved, unlike borders
- + Open Democracy: Ukraine's fight for economic justice—Russian aggression is driving Ukrainians into poverty. But the war could also be an opportunity to reset the Ukrainian economy – if only people and po...
- + Open Democracy: Ofcom must crack down on the Conservative Party love-ins on GB News and TalkTV—OPINION: Will the regulator allow two Tory MPs to interview a Tory chancellor about a Tory Budget on a news channel?
- + Open secrets: Gun rights groups continue to target state and federal assault weapons bans amid mass shootings—Amidst mass shootings, gun rights groups continue to target legislation regulating or banning assault weapons at the state and federal level.
- + Pravda Report: Armenia choses self-destruction by declining friendship with Russia—Armenia is close to losing its statehood in the fight against Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, it is possible to preserve the Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh as p...
- + Pravda Report: Ukrainian Afterglow: German Death Throes—What do the Sumerians, Etruscans and Germans each have in common? They’ll all be extinct in another century…only to be fair it’s a trick question… Ger...
- + Pravda Report: Russia ready for peaceful settlement of Ukrainian crisis but has a number of conditions—Russia is ready for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, but Moscow has a number of conditions, Mikhail Galuzin, Deputy Foreign Minister ...
- + Pravda Report: Kremlin: It is up to Xi Jinping to decide whether to go to Ukraine or not—Moscow can not advise the Chinese leadership which partners it is advisable for Beijing to negotiate with, Kremlin's official spokesman Dmitry Peskov ...
- + Pravda Report: Ukraine's upcoming counteroffensive will be its last – Chechen commander—Apti Alaudinov, an assistant to Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, the commander of the Akhmat special forces unit, believes that the possible countero...
- + Pravda Report: Patrushev: Russia will achieve its four goals in Ukraine even if opposed by 50 countries—Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council said that all 50 countries that take part in military exercises at Ramstein base act as a...
- + Pravda Report: Japan panics about growing alliance between Russia and China—Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made a number of trips around the world lately trying to strengthen ties with other countries, an article pu...
- + Pravda Report: Brazil supports Russia's UN Security Council on Nord Streams. Causes and consequences—Having supported the UN investigation into the Nord Stream blasts, Brazil has shown that it is a sovereign country that Russia may rely on. Brazil une...
- + Pravda Report: CIA's NewsGuard decides to control global media Internet—It could not even occur to us that a little known organisation could take on the job of a prosecutor to interrogate people, companies, mass media outl...
- + Pravda Report: Russian Aerospace Forces prepared for Ukraine's imminent counteroffensive—Russia's Aerospace Forces are prepared to repel any possible counteroffensive of the Ukrainian forces, a Russian pilot said in an interview with RIA N...
- + Pravda Report: Russia's decision to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus could be huge mistake—The decision of the Kremlin to deploy tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) in Belarus has negative aspects. What if Belarus tries to keep those weapons to i...
- + Pravda Report: Russian forces encircle nearly all of Bakhmut and half of Avdiivka—The Russian Armed Forces have encircled Bakhmut (the Russian name of the city is Artemovsk) almost entirely and have taken Avdiivka in a semicircle, Y...
- + Pravda Report: Russian forces strike Ukrainian troops in Avdiivka with incendiary munitions—Artillerymen of the 114th Brigade of the First Donetsk Army Corps struck the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdiivka with the use of ince...
- + Pravda Report: Patrushev: Russia has unique weapons to destroy any enemy—Russia has a unique weapon that can destroy any enemy, Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council said in an interview with the Rossiyskaya ...
- + Pravda Report: Russian State Archive exposes photos from site of Yuri Gagarin's death—The Russian State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documentation published photographs from the site where first man in space Yuri Gagarin was kill...
- + Pravda Report: EU vows to respond should Russian tactical nuclear weapons appear in Belarus—Russia will deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus to protect the two states from NATO's growing threats, MP Dmitry Novikov belie...
- + Pravda Report: Russian war veteran dies under strange circumstances—Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Lisitsky, war veteran and Hero of Russia allegedly committed suicide in his own apartment in the city of Stavropol, Baza Tel...
- + Pravda Report: US military presence in Syria fraught with unexpected clashes—The Americans are not going to curtail their illegal military presence in Syria, where no one invited them, orientalist, Professor of the Moscow State...
- + Pravda Report: 'Journalists' on CIA's payroll. Pravda.Ru should become foreign agent… in USA—US-based company NewsGuard that positions itself as a fighter against disinformation published a report on the advertising market of the Russian Inter...
- + Pravda Report: Russian General Staff prepares for possible offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine—The General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces is preparing for a possible offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Deputy Chairman of the Security Co...
- + Pro Publica: How Abortion Bans Are Impacting Pregnant Patients Across the Country—by Ziva Branstetter ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive ...
- + Pro Publica: The Federal Government Is Finally Increasing Funding for Salmon Hatcheries. Tribes Say It’s Not Enough.—by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting N...
- + Pro Publica: A Rare Statue of Buddha Fails to Sell at Auction as Questions Swirl Around a Renowned Art Collection—by Elyssa Cherney, Crain’s Chicago Business, and Steve Mills, ProPublica The statue of Buddha that was up for sale at Chr...
- + Pro Publica: A Scammer Who Tricks Instagram Into Banning Influencers Has Never Been Identified. We May Have Found Him.—by Craig Silverman and Bianca Fortis ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Si...
- + Pro Publica: A Scammer Tricked Instagram Into Banning Influencers With Millions of Followers. Then He Made Them Pay to Recover Their Accounts.—by Craig Silverman and Bianca Fortis ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Si...
- + Rabble: Chuka Ejeckam on the meaning of corporate capture—Chuka Ejeckam is a writer and policy researcher. His work focuses on inequity and inequality, drug policy, structural racism, and labour. He is also a...
- + Rabble: New toolkit shows, not tells, the history of Indigenous rights—The ‘Home on Native Land’ learning series launched in January, offering ten entertaining 30-minute modules to help learners deepen their understanding...
- + Rabble: Freeland’s budget keeps NDP onside, wins praise from corporate Canada—The Trudeau government tabled a no-surprise budget on Tuesday, March 27. Much of what is in finance minister Chrystia Freeland’s document had...
- + Rabble: David Macdonald: Who really benefits from inflation?—David Macdonald is the senior economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). He has been a commentator on national policy issues, ap...
- + Rabble: Decisive climate action will bring a more prosperous future—There’s no shortage of available, affordable solutions to avoid the worst impacts of a changing climate — and more are being developed every day. Empl...
- + Rabble: Alta. finance & environment ministers won’t seek re-election—I’d like to say the rats are leaving the sinking ship, but I don’t think Travis Toews or Sonya Savage are rats, and I’m not certain the United Conserv...
- + Rabble: Watch Off The Hill: Mind the gap – the federal budget and income equality—Last year’s budget was aimed at growing the economy in Canada and making life more affordable and equitable. But did it? Our guests, including MP Niki...
- + Rabble: The U.S. is a not-so safe third country for refugees—Canada shares a land border with just one country. It is the longest border in the world. That border was at the heart of discussions between Prime Mi...
- + Rabble: What kind of UCP candidates will replace the finance and environment ministers?—Friday’s revelation that neither Finance Minister Travis Toews nor Environment Minister Sonya Savage would be running for re-election in the expected ...
- + Rabble: Canadian government prioritizes war over climate crisis—Their recent record proves Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are warmongers who care little about genuine security. As the climate crisis spirals further out ...
- + Rabble: Workers of colour issue challenge to labour movement: we should listen—Stephanie Fung, Anna Liu, Karine Ng, and Chris Ramsaroop are the co-authors of “Uprooting the Racism in Our Ranks: Reflections from a Labour Perspecti...
- + Rabble: Labour education: film, fair and organizing—In the first episode of our fourth series, we welcome CLiFF (Canadian Labour International Film Festival board members, Lorene Oikawa and Derek Blacka...
- + Rabble: UCP denies it wants to privatize health care—If it is truly an axiom of practical politics that you can you can never believe anything until it’s been officially denied, we now have confirmation ...
- + Rabble: Ford’s baloney budget—Ford’s budget is brought to you today by the letters B and S. Ford is calling his budget “a serious budget for serious times”, still clinging to auste...
- + Rabble: This “Nazi hunter” is no Holocaust educator—Late last year, the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) invited Steven Rambam to speak to a class of grade 10 students at Westmount High School. The ...
- + Rabble: Starbucks’ perennial CEO and the future of the union movement—Starbucks perennial CEO and album cover, Howard Schultz, quit again this week, for the third time, but you know he’ll be back. Schultz is Starbucks, e...
- + Rabble: Canadians can undermine their own democracy without China’s help—If the People’s Republic of China is trying as hard as the Conservative Party of Canada insists it is to undermine Canadian Democracy, it’s hard to un...
- + Rabble: Introducing the fourth season of the Courage My Friends podcast—The Courage My Friends podcast returns next week under the triple theme of Covid! Capitalism! Climate! Though Conflict is quickly gaining gro...
- + Raw Story: 'It’s like a classic mob case — they're going to get some of these people to flip': Ex-Trump aide—Former Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor predicted Wednesday that former employees of the White House likely want to do whatever they can ...
- + Raw Story: Citing ‘crony capitalism,’ Iowa Supreme Court blasts late-night legislative logrolling—In a decision that appears to be highly critical of Iowa legislators, the Iowa Supreme Court has sided with electric transmission companies challengin...
- + Raw Story: Pence testimony brings special counsel’s case against Trump to the 1-yard line: Legal expert—Former Vice President Mike Pence’s potential testimony in the special counsel investigation over alleged interference in the 2020 election figures to ...
- + Raw Story: Jill Biden to attend vigil for Nashville shooting victims; Pope Francis sends condolences—First Lady Jill Biden is set to attend Wednesday night’s candlelight vigil in Nashville to “honor and mourn” the six victims killed in the Covenant Sc...
- + Raw Story: CNN’s Van Jones bursts out laughing over Trump’s latest ‘witch hunt’ rant—In a Truth Social post this Wednesday, former President Donald Trump slammed "THE HIGHLY PARTISAN & HATEFUL DISTRICT ATTORNEY" Alvin Bragg, accusi...
- + Raw Story: Matt Gaetz's military affairs aide served time for shooting Afghan civilian in the head: report—Derrick Miller, who serves as a military policy aide for Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), was convicted in a military trial for shooting an Afghan civilian in ...
- + Raw Story: Grand jury delays in Trump's hush money case likely don't mean much: legal experts—The Manhattan grand jury hearing evidence in the case against former President Donald Trump in the Stormy Daniels hush money case got an unexpected sh...
- + Raw Story: ‘This is about one client – Donald Trump’: Eric Swalwell destroys Jim Jordan and his ‘Insurrection LLC’ committee—U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) unleashed massive criticism of Jim Jordan Wednesday afternoon, accusing the House Judiciary Committee Chairman of worki...
- + Raw Story: 'Save the fetus, slaughter the child': House Republican roasted after claiming 'gun violence doesn't exist'—United States Congressman Clay Higgins (R-Louisiana) attempted to redefine reality during an Oversight Committee hearing in the House of Representativ...
- + Raw Story: Public face of Pope Francis' efforts to root out child sex abuse in the Catholic Church resigns—The public face of Pope Francis' efforts to root out child sex abuse in the Catholic Church has quit his position after growing "increasingly concerne...
- + Raw Story: Watch: Tense moment unfolds as Dem clashes with Marjorie Taylor Greene over Nashville school shooting—A Florida congressman on Wednesday assailed Republicans who oppose gun safety laws in the aftermath of a school shooting in Nashville earlier this wee...
- + Raw Story: Lauren Boebert lashes out at gun bans: 'We're not a democracy so quit with that!'—Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) argued that the United States is "not a democracy" in response to teachers union president Randi Weingarten's call to enact...
- + Raw Story: Teen carjackers arrested after realizing they don't know how to drive a stick shift: police—Two teenagers in Maryland have been arrested after they tried to carjack a person on Saturday but soon realized they couldn't drive the car because it...
- + Raw Story: Trump-appointed judge blasted over his ‘remarkably childish’ attack on law professor—University of Texas School of Law Steve Vladeck fired back at a controversial Trump-appointed judge on Wednesday for personally attacking him in a rec...
- + Raw Story: Trump makes it embarrassingly clear he doesn't know the difference between NATO and NAFTA—Former President Donald Trump recently conducted a television interview where he appeared to not know the difference between the North Atlantic Treaty...
- + Raw Story: 'He’s hardly infirm': Judge shoots down Fox News lawyers’ efforts to avoid Rupert Murdoch’s testimony—At 92, Rupert Murdoch is far from retired. Much of the coverage at Fox News and Fox Business reportedly reflects his enthusiasm for Florida Gov. Ron D...
- + Raw Story: UK museum to surrender Courbet painting stolen by Nazis—A British university museum has agreed to return a 19th-century painting by French artist Gustave Courbet, which was seized by the Nazis, to the desce...
- + Raw Story: Stellantis CEO: There may not be enough raw materials to electrify globe—The CEO of the maker of Jeep SUVs, Ram pickup trucks and other vehicles says he's not sure there will be enough raw materials to replace the existing ...
- + Raw Story: Trump, with no evidence, claims hush money grand jury is resisting being ‘rubber stamp’ for Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg—Former President Donald Trump Wednesday claimed a Manhattan grand jury is resisting District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s push to charge him in the Stormy D...
- + Raw Story: Elon Musk, tech leaders call for halt in ‘dangerous race’ to further AI research—Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak and other tech industry leaders called for a brief pause in artificial intelligence research in an open letter publicized Wed...
- + Shadow Proof: Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Mount Meigs’ By Lonnie Holley—Originally published at Ongoing History of Protest Music Founded in 1911, the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children was a juvenile correctional...
- + Sputnik: US to Become Largest LNG Exporter When Trains Return Online in Texas - EIA—WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States will become the largest exporter of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) when additional liquefaction train facilities...
- + Sputnik: US Senator Risch Says He Supports US Escalation With Russia to Win Ukraine Conflict—WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Senator Jim Risch said on Wednesday that he supports escalation between the United States and Russia for the sake of supporting...
- + Sputnik: NASA to Continue "Long-Term" Cooperation With Roscosmos - ISS Manager—UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik), Lenka White - NASA’s long-term plan is to continue Soyuz flights and integrated mission crews with Roscosmos despite the upc...
- + Sputnik: Reparations Could Cost California Over $800Bln - State Panel Report—WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - California's plan to compensate Black residents for centuries of slavery, racism and discriminatory practices could cost the st...
- + Sputnik: Pope to Spend Several Days in Medical Facility Due to Respiratory Infection—VATICAN (Sputnik) - Pope Francis will have to spend several days in a medical facility as recent tests revealed a respiratory infection, head of the H...
- + Sputnik: Swiss Government Introduces Exemptions From Russia Sanctions—MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Switzerland has introduced exemptions from sanctions against Russia, authorizing the provision of certain humanitarian services to ...
- + Sputnik: Iran Denies Alleged Plot to Attack Jewish Sites in Greece—MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Iranian embassy in Athens denied on Wednesday claims made by Israel that Tehran was behind two Pakistanis' plot to launch anti-...
- + Sputnik: Russian Defense Ministry Reports Ceasefire Violation in Nagorno-Karabakh—MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A violation of the ceasefire was recorded in Nagorno-Karabakh in the zone of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping troops, the...
- + Sputnik: Does the US Recognize Taiwan as Country?—While the United States treated the authorities at Taiwan as the only legitimate government of China back in the early 1950s, Washington changed its s...
- + Sputnik: Wanna Feel What It's Like to Die? VR Program Offers Preview of Death and Out-of-Body Experience—Some people, who have already taken the VR “death simulator” plunge, warn that it can be an anxiety-inducing experience that may even cause panic. [Li...
- + Sputnik: Fractured Ukraine Poisoned by Depleted Uranium 'Win' Scenario for Pentagon, Says Ex-DoD Official—House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul's hearing on "Oversight, Transparency, and Accountability of Ukraine Assistance" is aimed at e...
- + Sputnik: White House Says Taiwanese Leader's Private 'Transit' Via US in Line With One China Policy—WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen's transit through the United States is private, unofficial, and consistent with Washington's "one...
- + Sputnik: Trump Grand Jury on 'Scheduled Hiatus' Until at Least Late April: Reports—WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Manhattan Grand Jury probing US President Donald Trump’s alleged involvement in a hush payment to adult film star Stormy Da...
- + Sputnik: Sy Hersh Hints Nord Stream Leak Wouldn't Have Occurred Unless US Gov't or CIA Gave the OK—Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh has lifted a veil of secrecy on the Kennedys' secret Sicilian Operation and dropped yet another hint a...
- + Sputnik: Synod Member: Zelensky's US Handlers Likely Behind Decision to Seize Kiev-Pechersk Lavra —Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to drive a wedge between Russian and Ukrainian Christians by forcing the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra monks to...
- + Sputnik: African Interests 'Take Backseat' When US Plays Geopolitical Games, Says Expert—While US Vice President Kamala Harris tours Africa, with visits to Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia in order to counter Russia and China on the continent, ...
- + Sputnik: Grossi Sees No Offensive Weapons at Zaporozhye NPP: Russia's Rosenergoatom—MOSCOW (Sputnik) - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi saw during his visit to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant...
- + Sputnik: UK to Use 4 Military Bases for Asylum Seekers Accommodation, Immigration Minister Confirms—MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The UK authorities will use the territory of four military bases instead of hotels to accommodate asylum seekers in a bid to save m...
- + Sputnik: Top US Military Officer Warns "Very Difficult” to Fight Great Power War With China, Russia Combined—WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley warned on Wednesday that it would be “very difficult” for the US to f...
- + Sputnik: US Senate Passes Bill to Repeal 1991, 2002 Iraq War Authorizations—WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMFs) against I...
- + TASS: Soyuz-2.1v carrier rocket delivers military satellite to orbit — Russian Defense Ministry—According to the ministry, the spacecraft’s onboard systems are operating routinely [Category: Russia, Science & Space] [Link to media]
- + TASS: Putin may attend fuel loading ceremony at Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, says Erdogan—The project to build the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant is being carried out successfully, Turkish leader said [Category: Russia, World, Business & Ec...
- + TASS: Ukrainian court to hold hearing on Kiev-Pechersk Lavra monks’ lawsuit on April 26—It is explained that the lawsuit indicates that the state reserve should be prohibited during the trial from taking any action aimed at obstructing th...
- + TASS: DPR head says Russian forces steadily advance near Maryinka—Denis Pushilin also said intense military operations are taking place inside and outside Artyomovsk, a town known in Ukraine as Bakhmut [Category: Rus...
- + TASS: Guterres is ready to meet with Lavrov if he comes to UN in April — spokesman—The Ukrainian delegation to the UN had earlier campaigned against Russia’s presidency in the UN Security Council, which comes in April [Category: Worl...
- + TASS: Turkmenistan’s election commission announces final results of parliamentary election—According to the TV report, final voter turnout was 91.12% [Category: World]
- + TASS: Soyuz-2.1v carrier rocket blasts off from Plesetsk spaceport with military satellite—This year, it is the sixth launch of a Russian space launch vehicle and the second one from the Plesetsk space center [Category: Russia, Science &...
- + TASS: Grossi says it’s possible to protect Zaporozhye nuclear power plant—The IAEA director visited the ZNPP on Wednesday and inspected its territory [Category: World]
- + TASS: Russian service members help evacuate two people from Rukban camp in Syria—According to Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, in the past 24 hours, four cases of shelling were documented in the Idlib de-escalation zone from the position...
- + TASS: Pope Francis to stay in hospital for several days for respiratory infection—The 86-year-old pontiff has complained of breathing difficulties in recent days [Category: World, Society & Culture]
- + TASS: Putin lists drug trafficking in Russia by foreign special services as security threat—The decree amends the Strategy of State Anti-Narcotics Policy that was adopted in 2020 to run until 2030 [Category: Russia, Society & Culture]
- + TASS: Moscow supports IAEA director general’s efforts to protect ZNPP — Russian diplomat—International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi visited the ZNPP on Wednesday and inspected its premises [Category: Russia, Non-poli...
- + TASS: Russian, Nicaraguan Defense Ministry representatives discuss military cooperation—The sides discussed relevant issues of Russian-Nicaraguan military and military-technical cooperation, and outline step for their further development ...
- + TASS: Promoting Mir bank card system crucial for Russian-Indian ties, Moscow trade official says—It is stated that the development of logistics chains is critical [Category: Business & Economy]
- + TASS: Russia, China to hold December culminating event to wrap up year of bilateral sports links—It is added that the Chinese government devotes a great deal of attention to sports education [Category: Sport]
- + TASS: Pope Francis’ health condition not concerning — report—Earlier, it was announced that the 86-year-old pontiff is in a hospital for a "planned examination," without providing any details or a diagnosis [Cat...
- + TASS: Exit of international players not affecting Russian grain exports — trade association—Earlier, it was reported that Viterra, a leading international grain trader, intends to halt Russian grain exports and exit the country’s market [Cate...
- + TASS: Israeli president holds second round of talks with politicians on judicial reform—The first round of talks took place a day earlier [Category: World]
- + TASS: Russia, Nicaragua sign agreement on peaceful nuke cooperation—Last November, Russia and Nicaragua signed a roadmap for dialogue on the peaceful use of nuclear energy on the sidelines of the XII international foru...
- + TASS: ‘Nerves of steel’: Deputy PM Khusnullin recollects Putin’s trip to Mariupol—The Russian president arrived in Mariupol on a helicopter and visited several districts of the city driving a car [Category: Society & Culture, Mi...
- + The Plum Line: A new book-ban fiasco in Florida reveals the monster DeSantis created—How the governor's school censorship regime will lead to more purges, crackdowns and hysteria.
- + The Plum Line: On guns, conservatives are winning. This nightmare is the result.—They've gotten almost everything they wanted, but even they won't claim it has rid us of this terror.
- + The Plum Line: In Michigan, an agenda countering the anti-woke GOP frenzy takes shape—How repeal of a "right to work" law suggests a response to the GOP's reactionary turn.
- + The Plum Line: Democrats should stop squandering money on glamorous lost causes—The party is wasting less of its money on quixotic elections. But it still needs to invest more in the long term.
- + TomDispatch: The War of Surprises in Ukraine—Some wars acquire names that stick. The Lancaster and York clans fought the War of the Roses from 1455-1485 to claim the British throne. The Hundred Y...
- + TomDispatch: Congress Has Been Captured by the Arms Industry—On March 13th, the Pentagon rolled out its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024. The results were or at least should have been stunning, even by the...
- + TomDispatch: Prophecies, Then and Now—Indulge me for a moment.This is how The Prophecy in my 1962 high school yearbook began. It was written by some of my classmates in the year we graduat...
- + UPI International: Pope Francis hospitalized with heart problems, respiratory infection—Pope Francis was at a Rome hospital for a medical checkup on Wednesday, the Vatican said.
- + UPI International: Pope Francis undergoes hospital checkup in Rome—Pope Francis was at a Rome hospital for a medical checkup on Wednesday, the Vatican said.
- + UPI International: Kurdish oil production halted amid export row—Major energy companies working in northern Iraq said Wednesday they shut down production due to an international court decision that tacitly limits cr...
- + UPI International: Biden, Netanyahu clash over Israeli government plan to overhaul judicial system—Israeli government leaders blasted President Joe Biden Thursday after he criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial plan to overhaul...
- + UPI International: Sotheby's to auction off most highly valued pink diamond in history—Sotheby's will be auctioning off the most valuable purplish pink diamond ever brought to auction in Hong Kong this June.
- + UPI International: Sotheby's to auction off most highly-valued pink diamond in history—Sotheby's will be auctioning off the most valuable purplish pink diamond ever brought to auction in Hong Kong this June.
- + UPI International: U.S. and South Korea stage beach assault in show of military force—The United States and South Korea conducted major amphibious drills Wednesday, storming a beach in the southeastern city of Pohang one day after North...
- + UPI International: Drillers set to bid on Gulf of Mexico oil and gas acreage—Would-be drillers are weighing prospects for a chance to work offshore in the Gulf of Mexico as the next auction for the Biden administration got unde...
- + UPI International: Myanmar junta dissolves Aung San Suu Kyi's party, dozens of other opposition parties—Myanmar's military government moved Wednesday to guarantee victory in upcoming elections by dissolving all opposition parties, including Aung San Suu ...
- + UPI International: Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen departs for U.S. amid warnings from China—China is promising retaliatory action if Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen meets with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as she began her 10-day trip to...
- + UPI International: UBS taps former CEO to steady the helm after Credit Suisse takeover—Switzerland's UBS said Wednesday that it was bringing back one of its own to deal with the challenges facing the banking giant following its $3.2 bill...
- + UPI International: France deploys 13,000 police as anti-pension reform protests gather momentum—A fresh wave of demonstrations and disruption against plans by the French government to raise the pension age materialized as promised Tuesday amid ca...
- + UPI International: Tip from Mossad leads to Greece police thwarting attack on Athens synagogue—Greek police arrested two Pakistani nationals accused of planning a terror attack against a synagogue in Athens Tuesday, following a tip from the Isra...
- + UPI International: Knife-wielding assailant kills 2 women at Ismaili Muslim center in Portugal—A stabbing attack at a cultural center used by Ismaili Muslims in Lisbon, Portugal, has left two women dead. The attacker was shot at the scene, arres...
- + UPI International: Chinese mega-company Alibaba to split into six entities—Worldwide retailer and e-commerce company Alibaba announced on Tuesday that it will be splitting its business into six distinct entities.
- + UPI International: Yousaf wins support to become next first minister of Scotland—Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon left Bute House in Edinburgh for the last time Tuesday after handing in her official resignation letter afte...
- + UPI International: Fire at Ciudad Juarez migration center kills at least 39—Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blamed protesting immigrants for starting a fire at a borer migration camp that killed at least 39 peopl...
- + UPI International: BP, ADNOC make bid for Eastern Mediterranean natural gas—British energy company BP said Tuesday it was working with a counterpart in Abu Dhabi to form a joint venture that would capitalize on the natural gas...
- + UPI International: MI5: Terror threat level in Northern Ireland now 'Severe'—The MI5, the British domestic counterintelligence agency, rose the terrorism level in Northern Ireland to "severe," an official told Parliament Tuesda...
- + UPI International: IRENA: Stakes high, finances short, in the fight against climate change—Progress has been made in the fight against climate change, but it's lopsided and still far short of what's necessary to avoid a global crisis, the U....
- + Washington Post: Deal ‘evolving’ to protect Ukrainian nuclear plant at risk of catastrophe—Proposals for the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe’s largest, are "a work in progress," IAEA head Rafael Mariano Grossi said during a ...
- + Washington Post: UAE leader designates his eldest son as crown prince—Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates, has appointed his eldest son Khaled as crown prince of Abu Dhabi
- + Washington Post: EU slams prison term for Russian father in antiwar art case—Russia’s prosecution of a single father whose daughter drew an antiwar sketch at school elicited outrage from the European Union, even as the man, who...
- + Washington Post: Pope Francis hospitalized with respiratory infection, Vatican says—Pope Francis is seeking treatment for a respiratory infection. The Vatican said he would spend "a few days" at the Gemelli hospital in Rome.
- + Washington Post: Ukraine live briefing: IAEA chief says nuclear safety deal ‘evolving’ after Zaporizhzhia visit—Rafael Mariano Grossi said he hopes to secure a long-sought deal to establish a "protection zone" around the Russian-controlled nuclear power plant.
- + Washington Post: Kyiv monks accused of Russia links refuse eviction order—Orthodox monks who’ve been ordered out of a monastery in Kyiv have refused to leave as a deadline to vacate the complex expired
- + Washington Post: Pope to be hospitalized for days with respiratory infection—The Vatican says Pope Francis will be hospitalized for several days for treatment of a respiratory infection after experiencing difficulty breathing i...
- + Washington Post: Amsterdam launches ‘Stay Away’ campaign to discourage drug tourism—A couple of PSAs targeted at young Brits warn visitors to Amsterdam that excessive partying could send you to the hospital — or jail.
- + Washington Post: Amsterdam warns hard-partying Brits to ‘Stay Away’ from street drugs—A couple of PSAs targeted at young Brits warn visitors to Amsterdam that excessive partying could send you to the hospital — or jail.
- + Washington Post: Storm kills 4 people, injures several in war-torn Syria—A pro-government radio station says a storm in central Syria collapsed building walls in two villages, killing four people, including two children
- + Washington Post: Mexico: Despite "coup," Castillo legal president of Peru—Mexico’s president says Pedro Castillo remains “the legal and legitimate president” of Peru and that he was jailed as part of a “coup.”
- + Washington Post: Mexico probes 4 marines found protecting Russian migrants—Mexico’s Navy says it has placed four marines under investigation after they were allegedly found providing protection for a group of undocumented Rus...
- + Washington Post: Russia puts Pussy Riot member on wanted list for criminals—Russian authorities have put a member of the Pussy Riot punk group on a wanted list of criminal suspects as the Kremlin works to stifle political diss...
- + Washington Post: Vatican: Pope Francis goes to hospital, cancels audiences—Pope Francis has canceled his audiences for the next two days as he undergoes tests at a Rome hospital
- + Washington Post: Mexico's president says country is safe to travel anywhere—Mexico’s president claims every corner of his country is safe enough to travel to, despite persistently high murder rates and areas plagued by drug ga...
- + Washington Post: Founding member of pope's child protection board resigns—A founding member of Pope Francis’ child protection advisory board has resigned
- + Washington Post: Biden-Netanyahu spat bursts into full view—A growing rift between President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu burst into the open as the two leaders exchanged barbs.
- + Washington Post: Ukraine live briefing: IAEA chief arrives in Zaporizhzhia for nuclear safety visit—Rafael Mariano Grossi said he hopes to secure a long-sought deal to establish a "protection zone" around the Russian-controlled nuclear power plant.
- + Washington Post: Vatican: Pope Francis goes to hospital for scheduled tests—The Vatican says Pope Francis has gone to a Rome hospital for some scheduled tests
- + Washington Post: Adidas gives up attempt to block Black Lives Matter trademark—Adidas had filed an opposition to a Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation logo, which had three yellow stripes, saying was "confusingly similar...
- + Washington Post: In Congress, little urgency to address gun violence with legislation —“I would say we’ve gone about as far as we can go," said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), a key negotiator of a bipartisan gun control package that passed l...
- + Washington Post: Post Politics Now: Biden hails ‘turning point’ for democracies despite recent backsliding—The president is expected to call for up to $690 million in new funding for his initiative to support democracy and fight corruption worldwide.
- + Washington Post: Fetterman expected to return to Senate next month after depression treatment—Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in February after he was evaluated by the attending phys...
- + Washington Post: The polarization of Trump, in one simple poll result—Quinnipiac University polling shows how Trump divides in a way Speaker McCarthy doesn't.
- + Washington Post: Fentanyl is ‘single greatest challenge’ U.S. faces, DHS secretary says—Alejandro Mayorkas told a Senate panel that the Biden administration was working with Mexico to “bring the fight to the cartels.”
- + Washington Post: A new lens into Maria Bartiromo’s embrace of 2020 conspiracy theories—An email obtained by Dominion Voting Systems shows how fully Bartiromo seized on nonsensical fraud claims.
- + Washington Post: How each senator voted on the repeal of the Iraq War authorization—The Senate voted 66-30 with bipartisan support to repeal a decades-old military force authorization to go to war in Iraq.
- + Washington Post: N.Y. grand jury not expected to hear evidence in Trump case until at least late April—The grand jury pause comes days after former president Donald Trump publicly predicted he would soon be arrested, stoking widespread public interest.
- + Washington Post: New poll shows skepticism of Manhattan DA’s case against Trump—By a nearly 2-to-1 margin, Americans view the case as being more about politics than the law. And when it comes to Trump, that’s unusual.
- + Washington Post: Senate votes to repeal decades-old authorizations for Iraq, Gulf wars—If passed by the House and signed into law, the bill would repeal the 1991 Gulf War authorization and 2002 authorization for the Iraq War.
- + Washington Post: The unrelenting pace of mass shootings in 2023—Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) thinks it's premature to discuss new laws almost 29 hours after a mass shooting. The average gap between mass shootings this ...
- + Washington Post: GOP donors open to other Trump challengers as DeSantis tries to find footing—Interviews show the desire for a backup option in 2024 has intensified amid questions about the Florida governor.
- + Washington Post: Americans want spending cuts. Just not those ones. Or those ones.—As Republicans push for spending cuts in the debt-ceiling debate, a poll shows 60 percent say the government spends too much. But people also don't wa...
- + Washington Post: Idaho bill would ban ‘abortion trafficking’ for minors traveling for procedure—A Republican-led Idaho House bill would limit minors’ ability to travel for an abortion without parental consent, even in states where the procedure i...
- + Washington Post: Donald Trump does not understand democracy—The former president views leadership like a private business, not as a function of public trust.
- + Washington Post: Biden says he has exhausted executive action on guns, Congress must act—The president renewed his call for Congress to pass an assault weapons ban and said there’s a “moral price to pay for inaction.”
- + Washington Post: Post Politics Now: Biden rebukes Republicans during North Carolina visit—The president kicked off a three-week “Investing in America” tour with a visit to a semiconductor manufacturer in Durham, N.C.
- + Washington Post: Congress authorized war in Iraq. Its repeal debate focuses on Iran.—A spotlight on mission creep as lawmakers get ready to sunset AUMF, which has authorized the use of force for 20 years.
- + Arc Technica Science: NASA delays flight of Boeing’s Starliner again, this time for parachutes—Enlarge / Starliner touches down in December 2019 for the first time. (credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani) NASA and Boeing announced Wednesday tha...
- + Arc Technica Science: Elemental music: Interactive periodic table turns He, Fe, Ca into Do, Re, Mi—Enlarge / Graduate student W. Walker Smith converted the visible light given off by the elements into audio, creating unique, complex sounds for each ...
- + Arc Technica Science: California wants to build more solar farms but needs more power lines—Enlarge / Westlands Solar Park, near the town of Lemoore in the San Joaquin Valley of California, is the largest solar power plant in the United State...
- + Arc Technica Science: Healthy adults don’t need annual COVID boosters, WHO advisers say—Enlarge / A vial containing Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine at a vaccination center. (credit: Getty | SOPA Images) A vaccine advisory group ...
- + Arc Technica Science: Healthy adults don’t need annual COVID boosters, WHO advisors say—Enlarge / A vial containing Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine at a vaccination center. (credit: Getty | SOPA Images) A vaccine advisory group ...
- + Arc Technica Science: Human cells hacked to act like squid skin cells could unlock key to camouflage—Enlarge / Certain squid have the ability to camouflage themselves by making themselves transparent and/or changing their coloration. (credit: YouTube...
- + Arc Technica Science: Did we already observe our first “blitzar”?—Enlarge / The CHIME telescope has proven adept at picking up fast radio bursts. (credit: Andre Renard / CHIME Collaboration) By combing throu...
- + Arc Technica Science: A front-runner emerges in the European small launcher race—Enlarge / Isar Aerospace tests its Aquila rocket engine. (credit: Isar Aerospace) There are essentially three areas in the world where cluste...
- + Arc Technica Science: NY officials detect polio again, warn of possible summer wave—Enlarge / Transmission electron micrograph of poliovirus type 1. (credit: Getty | BSIP) Health officials in New York have once again detected...
- + Arc Technica Science: Webb Telescope confirms nearby rocky planet has no significant atmosphere—Enlarge / An illustration of what the inner portion of the TRAPPIST-1 system might look like. (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Olmsted (STScI), T. P. Gree...
- + Arc Technica Science: Blue Origin provides a detailed analysis of its launch failure—Enlarge / The emergency escape system is seen firing on the New Shepard spacecraft Monday morning after its rocket was lost. (credit: Blue Origin) ...
- + Arc Technica Science: Would building a Dyson sphere be worth it? We ran the numbers.—Enlarge (credit: Kevin Gill (CC BY 2.0)) In 1960, visionary physicist Freeman Dyson proposed that an advanced alien civilization would someda...
- + Arc Technica Science: Your grocery bag might not have been recycled—Enlarge / Recycling is sorted at the Sims Municipal Recycling Facility in New York City in 2015. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) To jump...
- + Arc Technica Science: The fight to expose corporations’ real impact on the climate—Enlarge (credit: Walter Zerla via Getty Images) Say you are a maker of computer graphics cards, under pressure from investors questioning you...
- + Arc Technica Science: Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded—Enlarge / If this road is your only route to the outside world, it might not matter that your house didn't flood. (credit: Maurice Alcorn / EyeEm) ...
- + Arc Technica Science: Two more dead as patients report horrifying details of eye drop outbreak—Enlarge (credit: Getty | UniversalImagesGroup) Two more people have died and more details of horrifying eye infections are emerging in a nati...
- + Arc Technica Science: New value for W boson mass dims 2022 hints of physics beyond Standard Model—Enlarge / Event display of a W-boson candidate decaying into a muon and a muon neutrino inside the ATLAS experiment. The blue line shows the reconstru...
- + Arc Technica Science: Climate change enables spread of flesh-eating bacteria in US coastal waters—Enlarge / Magnified view of Vibrio vulnificus bacteria. (credit: Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images) Cases of a potentially fatal infecti...
- + Arc Technica Science: Dream Chaser is delayed again, raising questions about Vulcan launch plans—Enlarge / United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket, without its payload, rolls to the launch pad for tests on March 9, 2023. (credit: United Launch Alli...
- + Arc Technica Science: Rocket Report: German launch company loses backer; Soyuz-5 may be in trouble—Enlarge / The Terran 1 rocket sure cleans up nice. (credit: Relativity Space/John Kraus) Welcome to Edition 5.30 of the Rocket Report! A hea...
- + Ars Technica Software: Fearing “loss of control,” AI critics call for 6-month pause in AI development—Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a globe that has stopped spinning. (credit: Stable Diffusion) On Wednesday, the Future of Life Institute p...
- + Ars Technica Software: Ransomware crooks are exploiting IBM file-exchange bug with a 9.8 severity—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Threat actors are exploiting a critical vulnerability in an IBM file-exchange application in hacks that instal...
- + Ars Technica Software: Ransomware crooks are exploiting IBM file exchange bug with a 9.8 severity—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Threat actors are exploiting a critical vulnerability in an IBM file-exchange application in hacks that instal...
- + Ars Technica Software: Generative AI set to affect 300 million jobs across major economies—Enlarge (credit: Thomas Barwick via Getty) The latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence could lead to the automation of a quarter of t...
- + Ars Technica Software: Immaculate AI images of Pope Francis trick the masses—Enlarge / An AI-generated photo of Pope Francis wearing a puffy white coat that went viral on social media. (credit: @skyferrori on Twitter) ...
- + Ars Technica Software: Biden’s executive order limits government’s use of commercial spyware—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order barring many uses by the federal government of commerc...
- + Ars Technica Software: Hobbyist builds ChatGPT client for MS-DOS—Enlarge / A photo of an IBM PC 5155 portable computer running a ChatGPT client written by Yeo Kheng Meng. (credit: Yeo Kheng Meng) On Sunday,...
- + Ars Technica Software: Twitter source code was leaked on GitHub shortly after Musk’s layoff spree—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Future Publishing) Portions of Twitter's source code recently appeared on GitHub, and Twitter is trying to fo...
- + Ars Technica Software: Android app from China executed 0-day exploit on millions of devices—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Android apps digitally signed by China’s third-biggest e-commerce company exploited a zero-day vulnerability t...
- + Ars Technica Software: ChatGPT gets “eyes and ears” with plugins that can interface AI with the world—Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) On Thursday, OpenAI announced a plugin system for its ChatGPT AI assistant. The plugins give C...
- + Ars Technica Software: Huge collection of vintage Apple computers goes to auction next week—Enlarge / I mostly recognize this early laptop from its resemblance to a similar-looking computer in the film 2010. It's up for auction along with hun...
- + Ars Technica Software: If your Netgear Orbi router isn’t patched, you’ll want to change that pronto—Enlarge / An Orbi 750 series router. (credit: Netgear) If you rely on Netgear’s Orbi mesh wireless system to connect to the Internet, you’ll ...
- + Ars Technica Software: Journalist plugs in unknown USB drive mailed to him—it exploded in his face—Enlarge / Ecuadorian police tweeted this picture of officials investigating a drive mailed to a journalist in Guayaquil. (credit: Policía Ecuador/Twi...
- + Ars Technica Software: Ethical AI art generation? Adobe Firefly may be the answer.—Enlarge / An Adobe Firefly AI image generator example. (credit: Adobe) On Tuesday, Adobe unveiled Firefly, its new AI image synthesis generat...
- + Ars Technica Software: “Acropalypse” Android screenshot bug turns into a 0-day Windows vulnerability—Enlarge / Windows 10 and 11 have their own version of the Acropalypse screenshot editing bug. (credit: acropalypse.app/Andrew Cunningham) Ear...
- + Ars Technica Software: Hackers drain bitcoin ATMs of $1.5 million by exploiting 0-day bug—Enlarge / A BATM sold by General Bytes. (credit: General Bytes) Hackers drained millions of dollars in digital coins from cryptocurrency ATMs...
- + Ars Technica Software: Amazon layoffs will shut down camera review site DPReview.com after 25 years [Updated]—Enlarge (credit: Nikon) Amazon has plans to lay off at least 27,000 workers this year, including 9,000 that were announced in an internal ema...
- + Ars Technica Software: Bing’s AI chatbot can now generate unhinged images along with unhinged text—Enlarge / "A gaming PC riding a skateboard" as generated by the DALL-E 2-powered Bing Image Creator. The version of DALL-E in the Bing Chat preview ma...
- + Ars Technica Software: Amazon is laying off another 9,000 workers—Enlarge / Amazon has announced 27,000 layoffs since November 2022. (credit: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images) Amazon will lay off another 9,000 work...
- + Ars Technica Software: Anthropic introduces Claude, a “more steerable” AI competitor to ChatGPT—Enlarge (credit: Anthropic) On Tuesday, Anthropic introduced Claude, a large language model (LLM) that can generate text, write code, and fun...
- + Computer Weekly: New North Korean APT launders crypto to fund spying programmes
- + Computer Weekly: Generative AI presents opportunities and challenges to UK schools
- + Computer Weekly: Microsoft expands AI Copilot project into security realm
- + Computer Weekly: Apple security updates fix 33 iPhone vulnerabilities
- + Computer Weekly: Europol warns cops to prep for malicious AI abuse
- + Computer Weekly: Ethical hackers urged to respond to Computer Misuse Act reform proposals
- + Computer Weekly: Ransomware attacks up 45% in February, LockBit responsible
- + Computer Weekly: How APCOA is using big data to reinvent car parks
- + Computer Weekly: triage in IT
- + Computer Weekly: France latest to ban TikTok on government devices
- + Computer Weekly: JP Morgan pilots palm and face-recognition technology in US
- + Computer Weekly: vishing (voice or VoIP phishing)
- + Computer Weekly: National Crime Agency sting operation infiltrates cyber crime market
- + Computer Weekly: Over a third of UK’s online transactions used digital wallets
- + Computer Weekly: Why Veeam thinks ransomware warranty payouts are unlikely
- + Computer Weekly: Government launches seven-year NHS cyber strategy
- + Computer Weekly: Nordics move towards common cyber defence strategy
- + Computer Weekly: Hitachi Energy emerges as victim of Clop gang’s Fortra attack
- + Computer Weekly: Ferrari rejects ransom demand after cyber attack
- + Computer Weekly: Ransomware gangs harass victims to ‘bypass’ backups
- + dangerous: App note: Evaluating the lifetime behavior of LED systems—Understanding the known factors of LEDs to help evaluate LED system lifetime discussed in this white paper from Lumileds. Link here (PDF) One of th...
- + Dark Reading: Top Tech Talent Warns on AI's Threat to Human Existence in Open Letter—Musk, Wozniak, and Yang are among more than a thousand tech leaders asking for time to establish human safety parameters around AI. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: Trojan-Rigged Tor Browser Bundle Drops Malware—Attackers are targeting cryptocurrency accounts belonging to users in Russia and more than 50 other countries. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: Patch Now: Cybercriminals Set Sights on Critical IBM File Transfer Bug—A vulnerability with a 9.8 CVSS rating in IBM's widely deployed Aspera Faspex offering is being actively exploited to compromise enterprises. [Link to...
- + Dark Reading: Phishing Emails Up a Whopping 569% in 2022—Credential phishing emails are the clear favorite of threat actors, with a 478% spike last year, new research shows. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: Cybersecurity Investment Outlook Remains Grim as Funding Activity Sharply Declines—Security analysts expect little improvement until at least the second half of the year. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: Cybersecurity Investment and M&A Activity Slowed in Q1, 2023—Security analysts expect little improvement until at least the second half of the year. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: Using Observability to Power a Smarter Cybersecurity Strategy—With an infrastructure for observability, security teams can make better decisions about access and identity-based threats. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: Google: Commercial Spyware Used by Governments Laden With Zero-Day Exploits—Google TAG researchers reveal two campaigns against iOS, Android, and Chrome users that demonstrate how the commercial surveillance market is thriving...
- + Dark Reading: The CISO Mantra: Get Ready to Do More With Less—For the foreseeable future, with the spigots closing shut, CISOs will need to find ways to do more with less. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: How Does Data Literacy Enhance Data Security?—With the rise in cloud-based security concerns and other issues, organizations must improve data literacy across the enterprise. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: Microsoft Security Copilot Uses GPT-4 to Beef Up Security Incident Response—Microsoft's new AI assistant tool helps cybersecurity teams investigate security incidents and hunt for threats. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: MacStealer Malware Plucks Bushels of Data From Apple Users—A novel cyber threat against macOS users is being sold for $100 a pop on the Dark Web, and activity is ramping up. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: NullMixer Polymorphic Malware Variant Infects 8K Targets in Just a Month—The NullMixer loader has compromised thousands of endpoints in the US, France, and Italy, stealing data and selling it to Dark Web data dealers, all w...
- + Dark Reading: Millions of Pen Tests Show Companies' Security Postures Are Getting Worse—A lack of website protections, Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records, and DNSSEC configurations leave companies open to phishing and data exfiltration...
- + Dark Reading: Bitwarden Announces Secrets Management With a Combination of Open Source, End-to-End Encryption, and Ease of Use
- + Dark Reading: North Korea's Kimsuky Evolves into Full-Fledged, Prolific APT43—In cyberattacks against the US, South Korea, and Japan, the group (aka APT43 or Thallium) is using advanced social engineering and cryptomining tactic...
- + Dark Reading: Hey, Siri: Hackers Can Control Smart Devices Using Inaudible Sounds—A technique, dubbed the "Near-Ultrasound Inaudible Trojan" (NUIT), allows an attacker to exploit smartphones and smart speakers over the Internet, usi...
- + Dark Reading: Spend on Safety Measures & Call Out Insecure Practices for Safer IoT—IoT risk and security must get more attention from vendors and support from the marketplace. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: How CISOs Can Reduce the Danger of Using Data Brokers—Without proof that it was collected legally, purchased data can threaten an enterprise's security compliance and even expose the company to litigation...
- + Dark Reading: CISA Releases Hunt Tool for Microsoft's Cloud Services—CISA released the hunt and response tool to help defenders extract cloud artifacts without performing additional analytics. [Link to media]
- + Hack a Day: Stripped Clock Wheel Gets a New Set of Teeth, the Hard Way—If theres one thing weve learned from [Chris] at Clickspring, its that a clockmaker will stop at nothing to make a clock not only work perfectly, but ...
- + Hack a Day: MOSFET Heater Is Its Own Thermostat—While we might all be quick to grab a microcontroller and an appropriate sensor to solve some problem, gather data about a system, or control another ...
- + Hack a Day: Linux Fu: Gum Up Your Script—We often write quick bash scripts and judging by the comments, half of us use bash or a similar shell to pop out quick, useful scripts, and half of us...
- + Hack a Day: Two-Tube Spy Transmitter Fits in the Palm of Your Hand—Its been a long time since vacuum tubes were cutting-edge technology, but that doesnt mean they dont show up around here once in a while. And when the...
- + Hack a Day: Weird Electric Jet Skis Are Hitting The Waves—When it comes to reducing emissions from human sources, were at the point now where we need to take a broad-based approach. Its not enough to simply m...
- + Hack a Day: Robot 3D Prints Giant Metal Parts with Induction Heat—While our desktop machines are largely limited to various types of plastic, 3D printing in other materials offers unique benefits. For example, printi...
- + Hack a Day: EPROM Does VGA—If you wanted to create a VGA card, you might think about using an FPGA. But there are simpler ways to generate patterns, including an old-fashioned E...
- + Hack a Day: Kino Wheels Gives You a Hand Learning Camera Operation—Have you ever watched a movie or a video and really noticed the quality of the camera work? If you have, chances are the camera operator wasnt very sk...
- + Hack a Day: History of the SPARC CPU Architecture—[RetroBytes] nicely presents the curious history of the SPARC processor architecture. SPARC, short for Scalable Processor Architecture, defined some o...
- + Hack a Day: A New Gaming Shell For a Mouse—For some gamers, having a light fast polling mouse is key. [Ali] of [Optimum Tech] loved his 23-gram mouse but disliked the cord. Not seeing any optio...
- + Hack a Day: IOT Message Board Puts Fourteen-Segment Displays to Work—Were not sure, but the number of recognizable alphanumeric characters that a seven-segment display can manage seems to have more to do with human patt...
- + Hack a Day: Magic 8 Ball Provides Tech Support—ChatGPT might be making the news these days for being able to answer basically any question its asked, those of us who are a little older remember a m...
- + Hack a Day: The 2023 Hackaday Prize is Ten, First Challenge is Educational—If you were anywhere near Hackaday over the weekend, you certainly noticed that we launched the tenth annual Hackaday Prize! In celebration of the mil...
- + Hack a Day: Debugging and Analyzing Real-Mode 16-Bit x86 Code With Fresh Bread—Running a debugger like gdb with real-mode 16-bit code on the x86 platform is not the easiest thing to do, but incredibly useful when it comes to anal...
- + Hack a Day: Feeling the Heat: Railway Defect Detection—On the technology spectrum, railroads would certainly seem to skew toward the brutally simplistic side of things. A couple of strips of steel, some wo...
- + Hack a Day: Hams Watch For Meteors—After passing an exam and obtaining a license, an amateur radio operator will typically pick up a VHF ratio and start talking to other hams in their l...
- + Hack a Day: It’s Difficult To Read An Audiophile Guide As An Analogue Engineer—Sitting on a train leaving the Hackaday Berlin conference, and Hacker News pops up Julian Shapiro with a guide to HiFi. What Hackaday scribe wouldnt g...
- + Hack a Day: An Old Netbook Spills Its Secrets—For a brief moment in the late 00s, netbooks dominated the low-cost mobile computing market. These were small, low-cost, low-power laptops, some tiny ...
- + Hack a Day: Long-Distance Gaming Over Packet Radio—The amateur radio community often gets stereotyped as a hobby with a minimum age requirement around 70, gatekeeping airwaves from those with less expe...
- + Hack a Day: Hackaday Berlin was Bonkers—In celebration of the tenth running of the Hackaday Prize, we had a fantastic weekend event in Berlin. This was a great opportunity for all of the Eur...
- + Parabolic Arc: Space SPAC Index: Uncertain Futures And Delisting Notices Loom—It is the worst of times for launch providers Virgin Orbit and Astra Space, whose futures could be decided in the next week. And two satellite operato...
- + Parabolic Arc: Virgin Orbit Stock Plunges on Reported Collapse of Investment Deals—Shares of Richard Bransons Virgin Orbit (NASDAQ: VORB) plunged again on Monday amid a report that negotiations with two separate investors had broken ...
- + Parabolic Arc: South Korean Startup Launches Suborbital Rocket—South Korean startup Innospace conducted a successful maiden launch of its HANBIT-TLV suborbital rocket on March 19, taking a major step toward the de...
- + Parabolic Arc: Launches: OneWeb to Provide Global Service, Chinese Rocket to Debut—OneWeb said it can now offer global broadband service following the launch of 36 satellites aboard an Indian LVM III booster on Sunday. Relativity Spa...
- + Parabolic Arc: SEC Charges New Shepard Spaceflight Auction Winner With Cryptocurrency Fraud—The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the winner of an auction to fly to space aboard New Shepard in 2021 with fraud related to his...
- + Scientific American: Rural Children Now Grow Slightly Taller than City Children in Wealthy Countries—A new international study finds that the growth and development benefits of children living in cities may have diminished in the past two decades [Cat...
- + Scientific American: Bacterial 'Nanosyringe' Could Deliver Gene Therapy to Human Cells—This novel injection system could help advance gene therapy by nimbly inserting gene-editing enzymes into a variety of cell types [Category: Technolog...
- + Scientific American: Asteroid Didymos May Spin So Fast It Flings Rocks into Space—The asteroid Didymos witnessed its companion get slammed by NASA’s DART spacecraft, and Didymos itself may have interesting activity [Category: ...
- + Scientific American: How the Gun Became Integral to the Self-Identity of Millions of Americans—The firearm as a totemlike symbol of personal identity emerged from the psychological insecurities of former enslavers after the Civil War [Category: ...
- + Scientific American: Smell-Loss Tests Could Reveal Health Problems—Unlike other senses, smell is not something doctors routinely test for—but some scientists think that should change [Category: Biology, Health, ...
- + Scientific American: Why Primates (Including Humans) Love to Spin Ourselves around until We All Fall Down—The menagerie that twirls and twirls includes gorillas, bonobos and, yes, us humans [Category: Biology, Animals]
- + Scientific American: Cases of a Drug-Resistant Fungus Tripled during the COVID Pandemic—Stress on health care facilities might have accelerated outbreaks of the hard-to-treat yeast Candida auris [Category: Health, Epidemiology]
- + Scientific American: Cases of a Drug-Resistant Fungus Tripled During the COVID Pandemic—Stress on health care facilities might have accelerated outbreaks of the hard-to-treat yeast Candida auris [Category: Health, Epidemiology]
- + Scientific American: Guns Now Kill More Children and Young Adults Than Car Crashes—Firearms now exceed motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of injury-related death for people ages one to 24, a new analysis shows [Category: News...
- + Scientific American: Tornadoes at Night and in the Southeast Are Especially Deadly—Population density and a prevalence of mobile homes make the region a hotspot for tornado deaths [Category: Environment, Natural Disasters, Weather]
- + Scientific American: Millions of People Living with HIV Are Alive, Thanks to a 20-Year Public Health Effort—Being infected with HIV is no longer a terminal diagnosis, but researchers are looking to fill the gaps that remain to ensure treatment reaches all wh...
- + Scientific American: Eye Drops Recalled after Deaths and Blindness--Here's What to Know—Here’s how to tell whether your eye drops are safe to use and how to recognize a potential infection [Category: Biology, Health, Pharmaceuticals...
- + Scientific American: Top Math Prize Awarded for Describing the Dynamics of the Flow of Rivers and the Melting of Ice—Argentine mathematician Luis Caffarelli has won the 2023 Abel Prize for making natural phenomena more understandable and eliminating dreaded “in...
- + Scientific American: Mitochondria Transplants Save Rats from Cardiac Arrest—A new study in rats suggests “powerhouse” organelles could help heal not only hearts but other organs damaged by lack of oxygen during car...
- + Scientific American: Was 'Oumuamua, the First Known Interstellar Object, Less Weird Than We Thought?—A new study suggests that ‘Oumuamua, the mysterious visitor that whizzed through our solar system in 2017, may have been merely a small comet fr...
- + Scientific American: Volcanic Activity on Mars Upends Red Planet Assumptions—A mass of moving material on Mars called a mantle plume may be causing marsquakes and volcanism [Category: The Universe, Space & Physics, Planetar...
- + Scientific American: Spring Is Starting Earlier--It's Not Your Imagination—Birds are heading north before their insect prey emerge. Bees are missing out on early blossoms. Ticks and other pests have more time to feast and spr...
- + Scientific American: Will Humans Ever Go Extinct?—It’s probably a matter of when and how, not if, we humans will meet our doom [Category: Environment, Climate Change, Public Health]
- + Scientific American: Fast, Deep Cuts in Emissions Are Needed to Avoid 'Climate Time Bomb'—To keep warming below levels that scientists say will bring extreme climate impacts, nations must act quickly to make deep cuts in carbon emissions, a...
- + Scientific American: The Strange Way a 12-Foot-Long Invasive Python Was Caught—In Key Largo, Fla., scientists are looking to protect endangered native rodents and slow the invasion of massive Burmese pythons [Category: Animals, E...
- + Tech Dirt: The Dirty Secret Behind Porn Filtering Laws? Content Filtering Doesn’t Work.—A couple of years ago, Utah became the first state in the union to mandate that content filters be enabled on all mobile devices sold by manufacturers...
- + Tech Dirt: Winnie The Pooh Escapes Copyright Hell, Grabs Some Weapons, And Immediately Gets Kicked Out Of Hong Kong—The life-plus-seventy-years sentence imposed on Winnie the Pooh by Chers ex-husband is finally over. Petitions for an early release went unheeded, for...
- + Tech Dirt: As The Social Media Moral Panic Continues, People Keep Highlighting How Much Value It Actually Provides—I know we’re deep, deep, deep into the moral panic about social media being uniquely awful, especially for kids. It’s driving all sorts of nonsense, i...
- + Tech Dirt: Daily Deal: The All-In-One Hardcore Unity Game Developer Bundle With Xbox Ultimate 1-Month Game Pass—The All-In-One Hardcore Unity Game Developer Bundle has 8 courses to help you learn how to build your own games plus a 1 month pass for Xbox Game Pass...
- + Tech Dirt: Deputies Who Raided Afroman’s House Sue Him For Daring To Turn Footage Of The Raid Into A Viral Video—When the Adams County (OH) sheriffs office raided rap artist Afromans home, he didnt just sit back and assume everyone involved operated in good faith...
- + Tech Dirt: Biden FCC Makes Some Empty Noise About Cracking Down On Bullshit Cable & Broadband Fees—The broadband and cable industry has long perfected the use of bullshit fees to jack up subscriber bills. Countless cable and broadband companies tack...
- + Tech Dirt: Microsoft Yanked Forthcoming Game’s PlayStation Port To Make It Exclusive—Timing, as they say, is everything. Weve been talking about Microsofts proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard a lot lately and for good reason. I...
- + Tech Dirt: US And EU Nations Request The Most User Data From Tech Companies, Obtain It More Than Two-Thirds Of The Time—Most tech companies handling data requests from governments now publish transparency reports. As everything moves towards always-online status (includ...
- + Tech Dirt: Techdirt Podcast Episode 348: Sci-Fi & Silicon Valley—Science fiction has always served as a source of inspiration for real technological progress. Sometimes thats great, but other times it enables abuse ...
- + Tech Dirt: Forget Shadow Banning, Now Elon Is Shadow Boosting Accounts He Likes, While Trying To Drive Away Users Who Won’t Pay—Elon Musk says he’s against a “lords and peasants” system on Twitter. And he thinks celebrities on the platform should be treated equal: And he’...
- + Tech Dirt: In Internet Speech Cases, SCOTUS Should Stick Up For Reno v. ACLU—It was by no means certain that the internet would enjoy full First Amendment protection. The radio is not shielded from the government in that way. N...
- + Tech Dirt: Daily Deal: StackSkills Unlimited—StackSkills is the premier online learning platform for mastering todays most in-demand skills. Now, with this exclusive limited-time offer, youll gai...
- + Tech Dirt: The Soft Corruption Of Link Tax Bills: Enriching The News Orgs Politicians Want To Endorse Them—Okay, this is just getting silly. We just explained why the various attempts to tax Google and Meta to fund the owners of news organizations (often he...
- + Tech Dirt: Consumers Aren’t Buying Automaker Plans To Make Everything A Subscription—For numerous years, automakers have been keen to boost consistent monthly income by pushing users subscription services. The problem: whether its a sp...
- + Tech Dirt: Gamers Celebrate Their ‘Loss’ In Court Over Blocking Microsoft’s Activision/Blizzard Acquisition—Weve spilled a great deal of ink thus far on the subject of Microsofts proposed purchase of Activision Blizzard. The discussion around this whole thin...
- + Tech Dirt: Elon Musk Effectively Admits That He Set Fire To More Than Half Of Twitter’s Value—For months, Elon Musk has been promising the rapidly dwindling workforce at Twitter that he’d give them stock grants. He’d promised that those grants ...
- + Tech Dirt: Indian Government Cuts Off Internet Access To 27 Million Punjab Residents As It Continues Its Targeting Of Sikhs—The Indian government under Narendra Modi has become an even worse version of itself. It has expanded its power unilaterally to silence critics and op...
- + Tech Dirt: As Free Speech Enthusiast Elon Plans To Release Twitter’s Source Code, Twitter Desperately Seeking Identity Of FreeSpeechEnthusiast Who Leaked Twitter Source Code—Ever since Elon Musk made his initial bid to buy Twitter, he’s talked about “open sourcing” the algorithm. He mentioned it last April in the first int...
- + Tech Dirt: Greek Government Used Predator Spyware To Spend A Year Surveilling A US Citizen—While NSO Group made most of the headlines in the cell phone malware market, it had plenty of competition back at home. Israel is also home to its com...
- + Tech Dirt: Daily Deal: Microsoft Office Pro 2021—Microsoft Office 2021 Professional is the perfect choice for any professional who needs to handle data and documents. It comes with many new features ...
- + Tech News World: Consumers, Businesses: It’s Time To Self-Protect Against Tax Season Fraud—Tax fraud schemes in 2022 netted scammers $5.7 billion, more than twice the amount of the previous year, according to the Internal Revenue Service, an...
- + Tech News World: AU10TIX, Microsoft Team Up on Verifiable Credentials Solution—AU10TIX is working with Microsoft on Reusable ID, a technology that uses verifiable credentials to enable enterprises to simplify and accelerate ongoi...
- + Tech News World: Bark and Calix Partner To Combat Cyberbullying—The issue of cyberbullying has gained significant attention in recent years due to the widespread use of the internet and social media platforms. Fort...
- + Tech News World: Why Nvidia Is Winning the Race To Dominate the Metaverse—Let's explore why Nvidia's metaverse effort has been wildly successful while Facebook's became one of the most expensive failures in tech history. We'...
- + UFO Sightings: Unidentified Submerged Objects: A Hidden Dimension of the UFO Phenomenon—Discover the enigmatic world of unidentified submerged objects (USOs), their baffling cases, and their impact on the UFO phenomenon. The post Unidenti...
- + UFO Sightings: The Gateway Process: Unraveling the CIA’s Secret Space & Time Travel System—Explore the CIA's secret Gateway Process: a classified system for space time travel using consciousness. Unravel the mystery now! The post The Gatewa...
- + UFO Sightings: Unmasking the Men in Black: A Journey Through Time and Conspiracy—Unmasking the Men in Black: Delve into the history theories of these enigmatic figures connected to UFO sightings cover-ups. The post Unmasking the ...
- + UFO Sightings: The Mysterious UFO Over Chile: Real Life UFO Footage Caught On Camera—Chile's UFO enigma: Investigating a perplexing Navy video of an unidentified object, with experiments to unravel its mysterious origin. The post The M...
- + UFO Sightings: The Enigmatic Senganmori Mountain: Japan’s UFO Attraction—Discover Senganmori Mountain, Japan's UFO hotspot, drawing enthusiasts to the village of Iino for its mysterious past and alien connections. The post ...
- + UFO Sightings: Amazing Mumbai, India UFO sighting – 2023 (Today!)—UFO sighting in Mumbai sparks intrigue! Hovering object displays bizarre flight patterns, reignites ancient alien theories. The post Amazing Mumbai, I...
- + UFO Sightings: Tic Tac UFO Filmed from a Plane Over Central California – A Detailed Account—UFO spotted over Central California! A Southwest Airlines passenger captures a mysterious Tic Tac-shaped object on video. The post Tic Tac UFO Filmed ...
- + UFO Sightings: Mystifying UFO Sighting in Southeastern Coachella Valley Stirs Curiosity—UFO sighting in Coachella Valley: 2 glowing orbs merge vanish! See the stunning video. The post Mystifying UFO Sighting in Southeastern Coachella Va...
- + UFO Sightings: Mysterious Daytime UFO Sighting: Man and His Dog Encounter a Puzzling Orb in March 2023—Man dog stumble upon gyrating orb in daytime sky. Mysterious object hovers in empty field, sparking UFO debate. The post Mysterious Daytime UFO Sigh...
- + UFO Sightings: Triangular UFOs: A Historical Journey Through Unexplained Phenomena—Explore the history of triangular UFO sightings, their consistent characteristics, and how preserving data may unveil the truth behind them. The post ...
- + UPI Science: Energy Department releases offshore wind energy plan—The Energy Department released a plan on Wednesday to meet President Joe Biden's goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore energy by 2030, which woul...
- + UPI Science: LGBTQ ally Daniel Radcliffe leads discussions with transgender youth in new Trevor Project series—The Trevor Project is making space at the table for LGBTQ youth in its new roundtable discussion series Sharing Space.
- + UPI Science: Sen. Bernie Sanders, ex-Starbucks CEO clash over allegations of union-busting—Sen. Bernie Sanders grilled former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz over his former company's alleged anti-union activities during a Senate Health, Educat...
- + UPI Science: Assistant U.S. attorney in Florida district pleads guilty in steering contracts to spouse—An assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Florida has pleaded guilty to charges of violating federal conflict of interest regulations by...
- + UPI Science: Biden's approval rating lags at 40%—A new Gallup poll found that President Joe Biden's approval rating sits at just 40%, as a majority of Americans disapprove of his handling on key issu...
- + UPI Science: United Airlines reaches agreement with union representing 30,000 workers—The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said on Wednesday it reached agreements in principle with United Airlines covering 3...
- + UPI Science: Dallas Fed survey finds growth in oil and gas sector on the decline—Growth in the oil and gas sector is on the decline relative to previous years, with respondents to an energy survey for the Federal Reserve Bank of Da...
- + UPI Science: Pope Francis undergoes hospital checkup in Rome—Pope Francis was at a Rome hospital for a medical checkup on Wednesday, the Vatican said.
- + UPI Science: Demand weakness suggested in U.S. energy data—The amount of refined petroleum products supplied to the U.S. economy, a proxy for demand, remains below year-ago levels amid concerns of slower growt...
- + UPI Science: Senate Finance chair Wyden says Credit Suisse continues to use secret offshore accounts—Troubled Swiss lender Credit Suisse violated a 2014 plea agreement with the Justice Department by enabling wealthy U.S. residents to evade taxes with ...
- + UPI Science: Kurdish oil production halted amid export row—Major energy companies working in northern Iraq said Wednesday they shut down production due to an international court decision that tacitly limits cr...
- + UPI Science: FDA approves over-the-counter sales of Narcan nasal spray—The Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter sales for Narcan, a nasal spray which reverses opioid overdoses.
- + UPI Science: Biden, Netanyahu clash over Israeli government plan to overhaul judicial system—Israeli government leaders blasted President Joe Biden Thursday after he criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial plan to overhaul...
- + UPI Science: Sotheby's to auction off most highly valued pink diamond in history—Sotheby's will be auctioning off the most valuable purplish pink diamond ever brought to auction in Hong Kong this June.
- + UPI Science: U.S. and South Korea stage beach assault in show of military force—The United States and South Korea conducted major amphibious drills Wednesday, storming a beach in the southeastern city of Pohang one day after North...
- + UPI Science: Drillers set to bid on Gulf of Mexico oil and gas acreage—Would-be drillers are weighing prospects for a chance to work offshore in the Gulf of Mexico as the next auction for the Biden administration got unde...
- + UPI Science: Reports: Judge orders Pence to testify in front of grand jury—A D.C.-based federal judge has ordered former Vice President Mike Pence to testify in front of a grand jury about conversations he had with ex-Preside...
- + UPI Science: Myanmar junta dissolves Aung San Suu Kyi's party, dozens of other opposition parties—Myanmar's military government moved Wednesday to guarantee victory in upcoming elections by dissolving all opposition parties, including Aung San Suu ...
- + UPI Science: Biden hosts dozens of world leaders virtually during 2nd 'Summit for Democracy' event—The second Summit for Democracy entered its second day Wednesday with President Joe Biden hosting a number of world leaders virtually in an effort to ...
- + UPI Science: Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen departs for U.S. amid warnings from China—China is promising retaliatory action if Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen meets with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as she began her 10-day trip to...
- + Wired: The 21 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now—The Bear and Great Expectations are just two of the shows you won’t want to miss on this streaming service. [Category: Culture, Culture / TV]
- + Wired: Watches & Wonders 2023: Rolex Has an Emoji Watch—Colored lab-grown diamonds, 3D printing, and more titanium that you can shake a stick at mark the wild releases from Watches & Wonders 2023. [Cate...
- + Wired: Lamborghini’s Revuelto Is Its First Hybrid—The 217-mph electrified Revuelto puts out 1,001 horsepower and boasts 13 driving modes, but it can manage only 8 miles on battery power alone. [Catego...
- + Wired: How to End Bias and Taboos in Women’s Health Care—Equity will require educating medical staff, reducing maternity and fertility costs for employees, and investing more in female health research. [Cate...
- + Wired: How Good Smile, a Major Toy Company, Kept 4chan Online—Documents obtained by WIRED confirm that Good Smile, which licenses toy production for Disney, was an investor in the controversial image board. [Cate...
- + Wired: The Best iPad (2023): Which Apple Tablets to Buy or Avoid—Apple’s tablet lineup is more confusing than ever. We're here to help you find the right slate for your needs. [Category: Gear, Gear / Buying Guides, ...
- + Wired: All-Clad Cordless Rechargeable Hand Blender Review: Cordlessness Isn't a Necessity—All-Clad's stick lets you blend things that are far away from a power outlet. That may not be a good reason to buy it. [Category: Gear, Gear / Reviews...
- + Wired: Red Teaming GPT-4 Was Valuable. Violet Teaming Will Make It Better—To keep up with the speed of AI advances, we need to develop systems that use AI to defend public goods, too. [Category: Ideas]
- + Wired: The Chemical Menace Inside Glaciers and Icebergs—Ice can trap pollutants and accelerate their breakdown, with troubling environmental consequences. [Category: Science, Science / Environment]
- + Wired: In Sudden Alarm, Tech Doyens Call for a Pause on ChatGPT—Tech luminaries, renowned scientists, and Elon Musk warn of an “out-of-control race” to develop and deploy ever-more-powerful AI systems. [Category: B...
- + Wired: Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 (2023): How to Download, New Features, Supported Devices—The latest versions for iPhones and iPads are now available, complete with a revamped lock screen, Freeform, and Apple Pay Later. [Category: Gear, Gea...
- + Wired: One Man’s Quest to Revive the Great American Vacuum Tube—The prized retro audio components are mostly manufactured in Russia and China. Now, a small Georgia company is rebooting US production. [Category: Bus...
- + Wired: Microsoft's ‘Security Copilot’ Sics ChatGPT on Security Breaches—A new security tool aims to actually deliver the network insights and coordination that “AI” security tools have long promised. [Category: Security, S...
- + Wired: North Korea Is Now Mining Crypto to Launder Its Stolen Loot—A spy group working for the Kim regime has been feeding stolen coins into crypto mining services in an effort to throw tracers off their trail. [Categ...
- + Wired: 25 Best Cat Toys and Supplies (2023): Scratchers, Window Perches, Modern Furniture, and More—Between litter boxes, beds, scratchers, and trees, felines need a lot of stuff. Here’s what the cats of WIRED have tested and loved. [Category: Gear, ...
- + Wired: Amazon Sidewalk Releases a Hardware Developer Kit—The massive public mesh network taps into wireless bandwidth from Echo and Ring devices. Now, developers can build Sidewalk connectivity into their ow...
- + Wired: Technology Addiction Has Created a Self-Help Trap—The history of other industries shows that individuals aren't always personally responsible, and that there's a way out. [Category: Ideas]
- + Wired: 24 Best Wireless Chargers (2023): Pads, Stands, iPhone Docks, and More—Stop fumbling for cables in the dark. These WIRED-tested stands and pads will take the hassle out of refueling your phone, wireless earbuds, and watch...
- + Wired: Be Your Own Tab Manager—WIRED's spiritual advice columnist on the tendency to keep tabs open and the desire to reduce the infinite possibilities of the internet. [Category: I...
- + Wired: The Trans-American Race to Build Chargers for Electric Trucks—Startups and investors are rushing to build networks of charging stations. But it’s still unclear when—or if—battery-powered big rigs will rule the r...
- + Wired Science: How to End Bias and Taboos in Women’s Health Care—Equity will require educating medical staff, reducing maternity and fertility costs for employees, and investing more in female health research. [Cate...
- + Wired Science: The Chemical Menace Inside Glaciers and Icebergs—Ice can trap pollutants and accelerate their breakdown, with troubling environmental consequences. [Category: Science, Science / Environment]
- + Wired Science: Your Speech May Reveal Early Signs of Alzheimer’s—Startup Accexible says the way you talk can indicate preclinical Alzheimer’s or other underlying health conditions. [Category: Science, Science / Heal...
- + Wired Science: What Time Is It on the Moon?—Lunar astronauts will need to synchronize their watches on future missions. But on a rock that rotates much slower than Earth, time gets weird fast. [...
- + Wired Science: Plastics Are Devastating the Guts of Seabirds—New research shows that seabirds’ ingestion of the pollutant scars their insides—a new disease called “plasticosis”—and may disturb their microbiomes....
- + Wired Science: Gene Expression in Neurons Solves a Brain Evolution Puzzle—The neocortex is the seat of human intellect. New data suggests that mammals created it with new types of cells only after their evolutionary split fr...
- + Wired Science: California’s Atmospheric Rivers Are Getting Worse—As climate change makes storms warmer and wetter, the state’s flood control system is struggling to keep up. [Category: Science, Science / Environment...
- + Wired Science: Can You Really Pump Water Without Any Electricity?—To see if those videos of people conjuring liquid without any external power actually hold water, you’ll need physics—and a straw. [Category: Science,...
- + Wired Science: A Nonprofit Wants Your DNA Data to Solve Crimes—Privately run genealogy databases have become a crucial tool for police investigators. Now a nonprofit is collecting data to help crack more cold case...
- + Wired Science: Climate Freeloaders Are Destroying the Planet—Governments are ignoring calls to stop fossil fuel expansion—despite there being little time left to avoid the worst effects of global warming. [Categ...
- + Wired Science: This Is the Lightest Paint in the World—An energy-saving coating needs no pigments, and it keeps the surface beneath it 30 degrees cooler. [Category: Science, Science / Physics and Math]
- + Wired Science: The Quest for Injectable Brain Implants Has Begun—The hard electrodes inserted into the brain to treat Parkinson’s and paralysis damage the organ’s soft tissue. A new invention could change that. [Cat...
- + Wired Science: Feral Hogs Are the Worst Invasive Species You've Never Thought About—Wild hogs destroy crops, uproot landscapes, and spread diseases—and not much is stopping them. [Category: Science, Science / Health]
- + Wired Science: The IPCC’s 2023 Climate Report Has Dire Warnings About Humanity’s Future—The planet is on track for catastrophic warming unless countries take extreme action, according to the IPCC’s latest climate report. [Category: Scienc...
- + Wired Science: Russia’s Space Program Is in Big Trouble—A set of Soyuz spacecraft coolant leaks hints that Roscosmos is struggling as the space agency loses international partnerships and funding. [Category...
- + Wired Science: What Lit the Lamps That Let Humanity Measure the Universe—Type Ia supernovas are astronomers’ best tools for measuring cosmic distances. In a first, researchers recreated one on a supercomputer to learn how t...
- + Wired Science: India’s Sacred Groves Are Resurrecting a Vanishing Forest—Botanists and community stewards are using patches of native flora as blueprints to revive tropical dry evergreen ecosystems from near-extinction. [Ca...
- + Wired Science: It’s Official: No More Crispr Babies—for Now—In the face of safety risks, experts have tightened the reins on heritable genome editing—but haven’t ruled out using it someday. [Category: Science, ...
- + Wired Science: The Filthy Truth About Your Tap Water—The US is proposing bold action to clean thousands of “forever chemicals” out of drinking water. It’s long overdue. [Category: Science, Science / Heal...
- + Wired Science: Your Nighttime Snores and Coughs May Be Unique—Early research aims to look for patterns in an individual’s sleep sounds using deep neural networks—with potential applications for health care. [Cate...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Roasting green chile the official New Mexico state aroma—Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 188 Tuesday, March 28, making the smell of roasting green chile the official New Mexico state aroma. ...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Public pool opens just in time for summer—Pools re open for summertime, aqua walk, and lap swim sessions [Author: Alamogordo Daily News]
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Dozens dead, injured in border fire at migrant detention center in Juárez—Several ambulances responded to the scene as bodies lay scattered at the site. [Author: El Paso Times] [Link to media]
- + Alamogordo Daily News: How is New Mexico spending your tax dollars to fight pollution?—The agency received $114 million in state and federal funding for the 2023 using it for programs to protect New Mexicans from pollution. [Au...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Judge: District attorney can't be co-counsel in Baldwin case—A New Mexico judge says Santa Fe's district attorney shouldn't serve as co-counsel in the manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin. [Aut...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Food for thought: Free meals for all New Mexico students—Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed legislation to provide free school meals to all students regardless of family income. [Author: ...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Budget guru to New Mexico Legislature retires after 25 years—Director David Abbey will leave the agency known as the Legislative Finance Committee this summer. [Author: Las Cruces Sun-News] [Link to me...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Covenant School shooting in Nashville: 3 children, 3 adults dead; victims' names released—Three children and three adults were dead after a shooting at a Nashville school early Monday, a hospital official said. [Author: USA TODAY]...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: $1.4B oil and gas merger announced as Permian Basin boom to grow in New Mexico, Texas—Energy Transfer announced it bought out Lotus Midstream, which included 3,000 miles of crude oil gathering and transportation pipelines. [Au...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Missing woman in Mescalero found almost a week later—Kassidy Chino was found safe on March 25. [Author: Alamogordo Daily News] [Link to media]
- + Alamogordo Daily News: With Second Chances signed into law, advocates want better programming on the inside—Prison is not an environment conducive to the type of development and change children need, said Eric Alexander. That needs to change, advocates say. ...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Rep. Gabe Vasquez stops at Holloman Air Force Base amid tour of New Mexico's 2nd District—Vasquez promises more visits to New Mexico's second district. [Author: Alamogordo Daily News] [Link to media]
- + Alamogordo Daily News: New Mexico OKs its 1st wildlife bridges to limit collisions—The state will also set aside $100 million for conservation projects. [Author: Las Cruces Sun-News] [Link to media]
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Meet the millennial who bought a blighted ghost town in far-West Texas—"You have to take risks," said Jon Jasniak. "As long as you buy it and do your research, it's nearly impossible to lose money on land." [Aut...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Legacy Tile Project at Farmington's Aztec High School helps students channel their emotions—Each year, graduating seniors at Aztec High School leave a message to their younger classmates in the form of a painted ceiling tile. [Autho...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: The Reporter's Notebook Podcast, Ep. 61: Melanie Majors—This week, we're joined by Melanie Majors, executive director of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government to talk about transparency and the legi...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Rails to trails association uses March work day to clean up Salado Creek—The March workday for rails to trails is from 9 a.m. to noon March 25. [Author: Alamogordo Daily News] [Link to media]
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Alamogordo ThunderDogs take first place in robotics STEM competition—Local robotics team places first in Texas engineering event [Author: Alamogordo Daily News] [Link to media]
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Mescalero woman reported missing—Kassidy Chino, 22, of Mescalero, was reported missing March 19. [Author: Alamogordo Daily News] [Link to media]
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Missile test to close three highways for a few hours—Highway 70, which stretches through Alamogordo and San Augustine Pass will be closed for a few hours Wednesday morning, March 23. [Author: A...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Roasting green chile the official New Mexico state aroma—Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 188 Tuesday, March 28, making the smell of roasting green chile the official New Mexico state aroma. ...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Carlsbad approves $90M school bond. Funds will be used to build and remodel schools—Carlsbad voters approved a $90M bond issue Tuesday. Approval allows Carlsbad Municipal Schools to move forward with a new middle school. [Au...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: No charges by police in 'self-defense' shooting on National Parks Highway in Carlsbad—Michael Dudley Strickland was shot by a family member near his residence after fighting with the shooter at the Carlsbad RV Park. [Author: C...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: How is New Mexico spending your tax dollars to fight pollution?—The agency received $114 million in state and federal funding for the 2023 using it for programs to protect New Mexicans from pollution. [Au...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Eddy County seeks new manager as Allen Davis retires after three years—Eddy County announced Allen Davis' last day as county manager was Wednesday. He announced his retirement in February. No replacement has been named. ...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Dozens dead, injured in border fire at migrant detention center in Juárez—Several ambulances responded to the scene as bodies lay scattered at the site. [Author: El Paso Times] [Link to media]
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Why oil company Matador is paying $6.2M for air pollution in southeast New Mexico—Matador, New Mexico's ninth-biggest oil and gas producers, was found in violation of air pollution rules at 239 well pads in southeast region. ...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Judge: District attorney can't be co-counsel in Baldwin case—A New Mexico judge says Santa Fe's district attorney shouldn't serve as co-counsel in the manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin. [Aut...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Food for thought: Free meals for all New Mexico students—Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed legislation to provide free school meals to all students regardless of family income. [Author: ...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Budget guru to New Mexico Legislature retires after 25 years—Director David Abbey will leave the agency known as the Legislative Finance Committee this summer. [Author: Las Cruces Sun-News] [Link to me...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Covenant School shooting in Nashville: 3 children, 3 adults dead; victims' names released—Three children and three adults were dead after a shooting at a Nashville school early Monday, a hospital official said. [Author: USA TODAY]...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: $1.4B oil and gas merger announced as Permian Basin boom to grow in New Mexico, Texas—Energy Transfer announced it bought out Lotus Midstream, which included 3,000 miles of crude oil gathering and transportation pipelines. [Au...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Carlsbad scores a slam dunk with city's first Gus Macker Basketball Tournament—An event nearly two years in the making came to Carlsbad this past weekend with the Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. [Author: Carlsb...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: With Second Chances signed into law, advocates want better programming on the inside—Prison is not an environment conducive to the type of development and change children need, said Eric Alexander. That needs to change, advocates say. ...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: New Mexico OKs its 1st wildlife bridges to limit collisions—The state will also set aside $100 million for conservation projects. [Author: Las Cruces Sun-News] [Link to media]
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Meet the millennial who bought a blighted ghost town in far-West Texas—"You have to take risks," said Jon Jasniak. "As long as you buy it and do your research, it's nearly impossible to lose money on land." [Aut...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Cornudas, Texas: Small town, big possibilities—Jon Jazniak is the new owner of the unincorporated town of Cornudas, Texas. [Author: Carlsbad Current-Argus] [Link to media]
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Legacy Tile Project at Farmington's Aztec High School helps students channel their emotions—Each year, graduating seniors at Aztec High School leave a message to their younger classmates in the form of a painted ceiling tile. [Autho...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Can New Mexico hold oil and gas accountable? Some fear State budget lacking—Environmentalists said environmental impacts from the oil and gas industry meant more state oversight resources were needed. [Author: Carlsb...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: The Reporter's Notebook Podcast, Ep. 61: Melanie Majors—This week, we're joined by Melanie Majors, executive director of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government to talk about transparency and the legi...
- + El Paso Times: 'Cookie robbers' wanted in gunpoint pastry stickup at South El Paso grocery store—Me want cookies! Robbers steal cookies during a bungled robbery of an El Paso grocery store. [Author: El Paso Times] [Link to media]
- + El Paso Times: 'Cookie Robbers' wanted in El Paso Crime of the Week—Cookie packages are stolen during a gunpoint robbery at an El Paso grocery store in the unsolved Crime of the Week. [Author: El Paso Times] ...
- + El Paso Times: Vatican: Pope to be hospitalized for days for lung infection—Pope Francis was hospitalized with a lung infection Wednesday after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days, the Vatican said. [Aut...
- + El Paso Times: Mexico releases names of migrants affected by Juárez fire—There were at least 38 people confirmed dead, a number that changed from the 39 reported dead on Monday by Mexico's National Migration Institute. &...
- + El Paso Times: El Paso man in wheelchair dies after being hit by car at Vista Hills shopping center—An 84-year-old driver collided with a car before hitting a pedestrian and parked cars in an El Paso shopping center. [Author: El Paso Times]...
- + El Paso Times: El Paso County sheriff's deputies fatally shoot man during gun call in Canutillo—A man was killed in a shooting involving El Paso County sheriff's deputies responding to a call of a man with a gun. [Author: El Paso Times]...
- + El Paso Times: Texas House bill calls for armed school employee at every campus. Here's what's proposed.—A few House school safety bills would require strict safety audits, penalties for lack of compliance and armed personnel on every campus. [A...
- + El Paso Times: Mexican immigration detention center catches fire in Juarez—A fire broke out at a Mexican immigration center in Juarez, killing numerous migrants and injuring others in Juarez. [Author: El Paso Times]...
- + El Paso Times: Texas House bill would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth. What's proposed.—Jonathan Van Ness joined the protesters rallying at the Capitol in opposition to the bill, as House lawmakers heard hours of testimony. [Aut...
- + El Paso Times: Watch as hundreds of people pick, pack, and ship Amazon orders—Watch as hundreds of people pick, pack, and ship Amazon orders in robotic-filled fulfillment center in far East El Paso County. [Author: El ...
- + El Paso Times: Dozens dead, injured in border fire at migrant detention center in Juárez—Several ambulances responded to the scene as bodies lay scattered at the site. [Author: El Paso Times] [Link to media]
- + El Paso Times: Fire at immigration center in Juarez kills 39 migrants; here's how El Paso leaders responded—It was the deadliest incident inside a Mexican immigration facility in recent memory. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire. [...
- + El Paso Times: A fire in Juárez killed killed 39 migrants. Here's a look at aftermath and the toll it took—The fire broke out when migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze late Monday at the National Immigration Institute (INM). [Author:...
- + El Paso Times: See photos of the El Paso Amazon Fulfillment Center—Media tour the El Paso Amazon Fulfillment Center in East El Paso on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. [Author: El Paso Times] [Link to media]
- + El Paso Times: Climate charter proponents target criticism from El Paso business chambers—Activists from Sunrise El Paso and Ground Game Texas, the groups behind the proposed climate charter, fight back against chambers' opposition. &nbs...
- + El Paso Times: Lottery app representatives push back against suggestion they are skirting Texas law—A state Senate panel is considering a measure that would end lottery app ticket sales in Texas. [Author: Corpus Christi Caller Times] [Link ...
- + El Paso Times: Bipartisan support emerges for bill to lower Texas sales tax rate—A bill introduced in the Texas Senate would lower the state's sales tax rate from 6.25% to 5.75%, providing much needed relief across the state. &nbs...
- + El Paso Times: Video inside Juárez migrant detention center shows moments before emergency services arrived—Cell phone video captured the scene from inside a Mexican immigration detention center where a fire late Monday left more than three dozen migrants de...
- + El Paso Times: El Paso police officer, sheriff's deputy assaulted in unrelated incidents—A man broke a bone in an El Paso police officer's face, while a sheriff's deputy was attacked by another man, officials said. [Author: El Pa...
- + El Paso Times: Video shows Texas DPS trooper cross Mexican border at El Paso-Juárez to detain driver—Texas Department of Public Safety says release of apparent dashcam video showing trooper's pursuit of a driver into Mexico is being investigated. &...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Roasting green chile the official New Mexico state aroma—Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 188 Tuesday, March 28, making the smell of roasting green chile the official New Mexico state aroma. ...
- + Las Cruces Sun: How is New Mexico spending your tax dollars to fight pollution?—The agency received $114 million in state and federal funding for the 2023 using it for programs to protect New Mexicans from pollution. [Au...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Judge: District attorney can't be co-counsel in Baldwin case—A New Mexico judge says Santa Fe's district attorney shouldn't serve as co-counsel in the manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin. [Aut...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Food for thought: Free meals for all New Mexico students—Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed legislation to provide free school meals to all students regardless of family income. [Author: ...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Budget guru to New Mexico Legislature retires after 25 years—Director David Abbey will leave the agency known as the Legislative Finance Committee this summer. [Author: Las Cruces Sun-News] [Link to me...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Las Cruces man who confessed to killing his wife begins trial—Police received a call from a relative of Lopez-Banos saying Lopez-Banos had killed his wife. That relative is scheduled to testify. [Author...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Rinconada Dog Park to open March 28—The city's newest dog park, at 3551 Bataan Memorial West, will open to the public Tuesday, March 28. [Author: Las Cruces Sun-News] [Link to ...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Hiker recovered after 11-hour rescue on Organ Mountain—Four rescue teams responded to an injured hiker on Organ Mountain. Here's what happened [Author: Las Cruces Sun-News] [Link to media]
- + Las Cruces Sun: With Second Chances signed into law, advocates want better programming on the inside—Prison is not an environment conducive to the type of development and change children need, said Eric Alexander. That needs to change, advocates say. ...
- + Las Cruces Sun: New Mexico OKs its 1st wildlife bridges to limit collisions—The state will also set aside $100 million for conservation projects. [Author: Las Cruces Sun-News] [Link to media]
- + Las Cruces Sun: 'Con Amor,' from Anahy Nuñez: Local artist makes her mark in Visit Las Cruces mural—Local artist Anahy Nuñez painted a love letter to her hometown through her mural entitled, "Con Amor." [Author: Las Cruces Sun-News] [Link t...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Legacy Tile Project at Farmington's Aztec High School helps students channel their emotions—Each year, graduating seniors at Aztec High School leave a message to their younger classmates in the form of a painted ceiling tile. [Autho...
- + Las Cruces Sun: The Reporter's Notebook Podcast, Ep. 61: Melanie Majors—This week, we're joined by Melanie Majors, executive director of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government to talk about transparency and the legi...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Verdict delivered in night club shooting murder trial—The jury deliberated for three hours. But the trial came 44 months after police believe a feud ended in gunfire. [Author: Las Cruces Sun-New...
- + Silver City Sun News: Roasting green chile the official New Mexico state aroma—Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 188 Tuesday, March 28, making the smell of roasting green chile the official New Mexico state aroma. ...
- + Silver City Sun News: How is New Mexico spending your tax dollars to fight pollution?—The agency received $114 million in state and federal funding for the 2023 using it for programs to protect New Mexicans from pollution. [Au...
- + Silver City Sun News: Judge: District attorney can't be co-counsel in Baldwin case—A New Mexico judge says Santa Fe's district attorney shouldn't serve as co-counsel in the manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin. [Aut...
- + Silver City Sun News: Food for thought: Free meals for all New Mexico students—Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed legislation to provide free school meals to all students regardless of family income. [Author: ...
- + Silver City Sun News: Budget guru to New Mexico Legislature retires after 25 years—Director David Abbey will leave the agency known as the Legislative Finance Committee this summer. [Author: Las Cruces Sun-News] [Link to me...
- + Silver City Sun News: With Second Chances signed into law, advocates want better programming on the inside—Prison is not an environment conducive to the type of development and change children need, said Eric Alexander. That needs to change, advocates say. ...
- + Silver City Sun News: New Mexico OKs its 1st wildlife bridges to limit collisions—The state will also set aside $100 million for conservation projects. [Author: Las Cruces Sun-News] [Link to media]
- + Silver City Sun News: Legacy Tile Project at Farmington's Aztec High School helps students channel their emotions—Each year, graduating seniors at Aztec High School leave a message to their younger classmates in the form of a painted ceiling tile. [Autho...
- + Silver City Sun News: The Reporter's Notebook Podcast, Ep. 61: Melanie Majors—This week, we're joined by Melanie Majors, executive director of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government to talk about transparency and the legi...
- + Silver City Sun News: Bill in-hand, Lujan Grisham renews fight against nuclear waste site in southeast New Mexico—Holtec's plan would ultimately store up to 100,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel rods from reactors around the country in southeast New Mexico. ...
- + Silver City Sun News: Service and sacrifice: New Mexico former POW Valdemar De Herrera honored at Bataan Memorial Death March—New Mexico World War II hero Valdemar De Herrera was honored Sunday at the 34th annual Bataan Memorial Death March. [Author: Las Cruces Sun-...
- + Silver City Sun News: New Mexico gov to abusive caregivers: 'We're coming for you'—New Mexico's governor is warning caregivers who mistreat and abuse developmentally disabled or otherwise vulnerable people. [Author: Las Cru...
- + Silver City Sun News: Pollution bills struggle in New Mexico legislature. Here's what passed and failed—Here are some of the top environmental bills introduced during the session and how they fared in the House and Senate. [Author: Carlsbad Cur...
- + Silver City Sun News: Oil giants fueling refinery expansions as Permian Basin oil production to grow in April—The Permian Basin that spans West Texas and southeast New Mexico was expected to increase oil production by 26,000 barrels per day of oil in April. &...
- + Silver City Sun News: Honoring heroes: 5,000 people participate in 2023 Bataan Memorial Death March—Nearly 5,000 marchers hiked the high desert of White Sands Missile Range Sunday in the first in-person Bataan Memorial Death March since 2019. &nbs...
- + Silver City Sun News: New Mexico Legislature passes sweeping tax-relief plan—New Mexico's Legislature approved a $1.1 billion tax-relief package at the close of its annual session. [Author: Las Cruces Sun-News] [Link ...
- + Silver City Sun News: New Mexico passes bill to safeguard abortion providers—Republicans in the legislative minority raised a series of objections to a bill that aims to protect abortion providers and patients. [Autho...
- + Silver City Sun News: Wilhelmina Yazzie named New Mexico Woman of the Year—Wilhelmina Yazzie is a mother who saw her child struggling in school and took action. [Author: Las Cruces Sun-News] [Link to media]
- + Silver City Sun News: When her son struggled in school, Wilhelmina Yazzie took action. It impacted the entire state.—Wilhelmina Yazzie wanted equitable opportunities for her son in school. Her lawsuit exposed what the state's Public Education Department was lacking. ...
- + Silver City Sun News: The Reporter's Notebook Podcast, Ep. 60: Rep. Nathan Small—This week, we're joined by Rep. Nathan Small, D-Las Cruces, to discuss this year's legislative session, which wraps up at noon Saturday, March 18. ...
- + ARRL News: ARRL Announces Leadership Changes in the Hudson Division—ARRL Director Ria Jairam, N2RJ, who has represented the Hudson Division since 2019, has stepped down, effective March 31, 2023, at 5 PM Eastern.Vice D...
- + hfRadio: Solar Report 2235 29 Mar 2023—Solar Flux: 148 | Ap: 5 | Kp
- + hfRadio: Observed Space Weather 2235 29 Mar 2023—Space weather for the past 24 hours has been strong. Radio blackouts reaching the R3 level occurred.
- + hfRadio: Forecast Space Weather 2235 29 Mar 2023—No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.
- + hfRadio: Flares 2235 29 Mar 2023—(0000 UTC) 6h hi X1.2(0218Z 03/29) 24h hi X1.2(0218Z 03/29)
- + hfRadio: Sunspots 2235 29 Mar 2023—SSN: 114 (03/28/2023)
- + hfRadio: Solar Wind 2235 29 Mar 2023—Solar Wind: 427 km/s @ 2.0 protons/cm3 Bz: 2023 Mar 29 2230Z at 0.8 nT
- + hfRadio: Global Conditions 2235 29 Mar 2023—Global HF Propagation Conditions for 0400Z on 05 May, 2021 High Latitude: Normal Middle Latitude: Normal Low Latitude: Normal
- + hfRadio: Solar Report 2150 29 Mar 2023—Solar Flux: 148 | Ap: 5 | Kp
- + hfRadio: Observed Space Weather 2150 29 Mar 2023—Space weather for the past 24 hours has been strong. Radio blackouts reaching the R3 level occurred.
- + hfRadio: Forecast Space Weather 2150 29 Mar 2023—No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.
- + hfRadio: Flares 2150 29 Mar 2023—(0000 UTC) 6h hi X1.2(0218Z 03/29) 24h hi X1.2(0218Z 03/29)
- + hfRadio: Sunspots 2150 29 Mar 2023—SSN: 114 (03/28/2023)
- + hfRadio: Solar Wind 2150 29 Mar 2023—Solar Wind: 408 km/s @ 1.0 protons/cm3 Bz: 2023 Mar 29 2145Z at -1.0 nT
- + hfRadio: Global Conditions 2150 29 Mar 2023—Global HF Propagation Conditions for 0400Z on 05 May, 2021 High Latitude: Normal Middle Latitude: Normal Low Latitude: Normal
- + hfRadio: Space Weather on Facebook—The Space Weather and Radio Propagation Center at HFRadio.org is on Facebook - Join the community and 'Like' the page: Space Weather and Radio Propag...
- + hfRadio: ACE-HF Pro is on Facebook!—Check out the new ACE-HF Pro Community Page on Facebook - Join the community and 'Like' the page: ACE-HF Pro Facebook Page
- + hfRadio: Solar Report 2110 29 Mar 2023—Solar Flux: 148 frm 159 | Ap: 5 | Kp
- + hfRadio: Observed Space Weather 2110 29 Mar 2023—Space weather for the past 24 hours has been strong. Radio blackouts reaching the R3 level occurred.
- + hfRadio: Forecast Space Weather 2110 29 Mar 2023—No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.
- + hfRadio: Flares 2110 29 Mar 2023—(0000 UTC) 6h hi X1.2(0218Z 03/29) 24h hi X1.2(0218Z 03/29)
- + kb6nu: Videos: Tying knots, chatting on HF with VarAC, and the tech behind POTA—Useful knots for portable hams After watching this video, Im actually able to tie a taut hitch. VarAC HF Chat Im not a big digital guy, but this lo...
- + kb6nu: ICQ Podcast #399 – Hamzilla 2023—In this episode, I joined Martin Butler M1MRB, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT and Edmund Spicer M0MNG and discussed the following topics: Echo of BBC’s fir...
- + Antiwar: Vladimir Putin vs. the International Criminal Court—On March 17, the International Criminal Court issued a warrant of arrest for Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal for allegedly deportin...
- + Antiwar: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Now Ukraine: Reductio ab Absurdum—The recent 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 has caused me to reflect on the two years (2007-08) that I worked as a field-level civi...
- + Antiwar: We Don’t Have To Choose Between Nuclear Madmen—The announcement by Vladimir Putin over the weekend that Russia will deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus marked a further escalation of potenti...
- + Antiwar: The Best Way To Protect US Troops in Syria—Last week saw a sharp increase in attacks on US troops occupying northeastern Syria, with a drone strike against a US base blamed on pro-Iran forces a...
- + Antiwar: The Ukraine War Enters the 2024 US Presidential Election Stage Right—Opposition to Joe Biden’s proxy war to destroy Russia has entered the 2024 US Presidential election – from stage Right. And the growing anti-intervent...
- + Antiwar: The Banality of Biden’s ‘Exceptional’ Elite Advisers—Danger: President Joe Biden’s sophomores running U.S. foreign policy today live in a dream world on the verge of becoming a nightmare. The nightmare –...
- + Antiwar: America Hangs From a Cross of Iron—Originally posted at TomDispatch. Just in case you were wondering where your tax dollars went in this century, consider the American war, now 20 years...
- + Antiwar: The Myth of a Stronger NATO—Putin badly miscalculated, the US often claims, and his invasion of Ukraine has made NATO stronger and more united than ever. He thought NATO would fr...
- + Antiwar: Iraq Daily Roundup: Six Killed—Five others were wounded. The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: Six Killed appeared first on Antiwar.com Original. [Category: Uncategor...
- + Def Talk: Russia says fired anti-ship missiles at mock target in Sea of Japan—DefenceTalkRussias defence ministry said Tuesday that its navy had fired test anti-ship missiles at mock targets in the Sea of Japan during military e...
- + Def Talk: Lockheed Developing Long Range Maneuverable Fires Missile For US Army—DefenceTalkThe U.S. Armys Aviation and Missile Center has selected Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to develop an advanced propulsion Long Range Maneuverab...
- + Def Talk: Germany delivers Leopard tanks to Ukraine—DefenceTalkGermany has delivered promised Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday, providing Kyiv with much-needed heav...
- + Def Talk: Kremlin says won’t change plans on Belarus nuclear weapons—DefenceTalkThe Kremlin on Monday said Western criticism would not change plans announced by President Vladimir Putin to deploy tactical nuclear weapon...
- + Defense One: SecDef to Senator: Your Abortion-Related Holds Are Hurting Readiness—Lloyd Austin told Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., that holding up 160 promotions and appointments "creates a ripple effect through the force that makes...
- + Defense One: Has Congress Learned the Lessons of the Iraq War?—Besides repealing the AUMFs, lawmakers ought to create new tools to curb U.S. military interventions. [Category: Ideas]
- + Defense One: Today's D Brief: Ukraine’s new ‘drone army’; Austin, Milley on the Hill; Army’s ad campaign FRAGO; Navy, Marines reviewing stockpiles; And a bit more.— [Category: Threats]
- + Defense One: Space Force Is Building a Virtual Training Ground for Space Conflict—In an interview, chief of space operations notes China’s efforts to jam and intercept orbiting satellites. [Category: Threats]
- + Defense One: US to Sextuple 155mm Production, Improve Arms Factories—Some $1.45 billion will be spent to better produce artillery rounds, over a million of which have been sent to Ukraine. [Category: Policy]
- + Defense One: Navy, Marines Reevaluating Munition Stockpiles Due To Ukraine War—“Ukraine's war has taught us that we must transition from just-in-time stockpiles of weapons and munitions to just-in-case stockpiles,” Sen. Collins s...
- + Defense One: Failed Hypersonic Test Dims Air Force View of Lockheed Missile—The service had previously disclosed that an ARRW test happened in March, but markedly avoided saying whether it was a success. [Category: Science &am...
- + Defense One: Today's D Brief: Tanks arrive in Ukraine; Army, AF wishlists; Self-flying F-16s; 160 promotions on hold; And a bit more.— [Category: Threats]
- + Defense One: Seapower Chairman Wants Answers on Amphib Fleet Funding—Sen. Tim Kaine also said he expects the Navy’s 30-year-shipbuilding plan this week. [Category: Policy]
- + Defense One: Defense Business Brief: All eyes on Austin, Milley budget testimony; MAG/L3Harris win Army surveillance contract; Questionable hypersonic test; and more.— [Category: Business]
- + Defense One: How Self-Flying F-16s Will Enable Future Fighter Drones—The Air Force’s Venom project aims to use test data to train an AI engine that can be widely used. [Category: Science & Tech]
- + Defense One: Air Force Wishlist: Accelerate E-7 Production, Extend F-15EX Range, Buy New Radars for F-16s—The service’s “unfunded priorities” list also includes $1.2 billion for 21 military construction projects. [Category: Policy]
- + Defense One: Army Wishlist: Tank Upgrades, Augmented Reality —Service has $1.93 billion worth of priority items not included in its official budget request. [Category: Policy]
- + Defense One: The New F-35A Engine Would Be a Win-Win-Win-Win—The fuel savings alone would please taxpayers, environmentalists, the Pentagon and the industrial base. [Category: Ideas]
- + Defense One: Today's D Brief: Putin's saber rattling again; Russia's dire economic forecast; Army pulls new video ad; USAF chief, in conversation; And a bit more.— [Category: Threats]
- + Defense One: Amid Pentagon Focus On China, Indo-Pacific Command Says It Has $3.5B Budget Shortfall—This “unfunded list” comes on top of the $9.1 billion the Pentagon requested for “Pacific deterrence” in its 2024 spending proposal. [Category: Policy...
- + Defense One: Today's D Brief: Drone attack kills US contractor in Syria; US strikes kill 11 in Syria; New Nordic air force; Starlink 'paints a target' on Ukrainians; And a bit more.— [Category: Threats]
- + Defense One: Defense One Radio, Ep. 120: Air Force chief Gen. Charles Q. Brown—Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown sat down with Defense One’s Marcus Weisgerber to discuss priorities for the year ahead, lessons from Russia’s Ukr...
- + Defense One: Lawmakers Blast TikTok CEO Over Data Privacy—At a House hearing, legislators took turns grilling Shou Chew about securing Americans’ data on the popular video-sharing app. [Category: Policy]
- + Defense One: Using Starlink Paints a Target on Ukrainian Troops—Units scramble for solutions as Russia learns to locate and jam the vital comsat links. [Category: Threats]
- + Global Research: German Health Minister Admits COVID Jabs Can Cause ‘Permanent Disabilities,’ Contradicting Past Statements—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: Italy Coronavirus: New Explosive Information—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: Police Violence. Has France become a Police State? Bastille 2.0?: 3.5 Million People Mobilize against Macron—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: Police Violence. Has France become a Police State? 3.5 Million People Mobilize against Macron. Bastille 2.0?—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: Global Governance by Artificial Intelligence: The Ultimate Unaccountable Tyranny—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: Canadians Protest Outside US Embassy Against Biden’s Visit—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: Congress Has Been Captured by the Arms Industry—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: Video: US-NATO Proxy War in Ukraine Utilizes Space Technology—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: Former Wall Street Analyst Counts the True Cost of COVID-19 Vaccines.—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: US and Taiwan Plan to Equip Kiev Regime Forces with ‘Swarms-of-swarms’ Drones—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: China: Democracy and Development—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: Video: What Is “American Exceptionalism”? Ray McGovern and Judge Napolitano—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: A State of Never-Ending Crisis: The Government Is Fomenting Mass Hysteria—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: Why Most of the World Isn’t on Board with the NATO-Russia War—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: The Digital Iron Curtain: How the RESTRICT Act Threatens to Devastate Privacy and Crush Free Speech Online—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: UN Security Council Won’t Probe Nord Stream Bombing—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: Serbia and Hungary Form Strategic Council Despite EU Opposition—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: Where Did the Claim that “97% of Scientists” Believe Climate Change Is a Man-Made, Urgent Problem Come From? Is It True?—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: Radical Protests in France, A Province of the Global Orwellian Empire. Can Fascism be Overcome?—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Global Research: “Facing Clear Evidence of Peril” in a Country of Lies. “Money is the Dirty Secret of all News”—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Researc...
- + Janes: US Army investing in extended-range Precision Strike Missile—US defence companies have begun competing for the fourth increment of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM Inc 4), officials said on 27 March. [Category...
- + Janes: Finland and Sweden jointly procure rifles from Sako—Finland and Sweden are jointly procuring assault and sniper rifles from Finnish company Sako. The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and th...
- + Janes: Israel launches new surveillance satellite—The Ministry of Defense (MoD) of Israel launched its latest surveillance satellite onboard the Shavit rocket on 29 March, the MoD announced. [Category...
- + Janes: Airbus trials autonomous aerial refuelling of unmanned aircraft—Airbus Defence and Space has trialled the autonomous air-to-air refuelling (AAR) of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), flying two test sorties earlier i...
- + Janes: Coming of age: Dutch navy makes progress with De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate capability upgrades—Some two decades after entering service, the Royal Netherlands Navy's (RNLN's) four De Zeven Provinciën-class air defence and command frigates (luchtv...
- + Janes: Canada issues LOR for Poseidon MMA—Canada has issued a letter of request (LOR) to the US government for the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime multimission aircraft (MMA). [Category: 7e464e5...
- + Janes: Singapore awards contract for six multirole combat vessels to ST Engineering—Singapore has awarded its state-linked defence prime ST Engineering with a contract to design and build six multirole combat vessels (MRCVs). [Categor...
- + Janes: South Korea finalises CH-47F acquisition—The South Korean government said it has finalised the acquisition of Boeing CH-47F heavy-lift transport helicopters for the Republic of Korea (RoK) Ar...
- + Janes: Pentagon budget 2024: US military services report USD12.6 billion in ‘unfunded priorities'—The six US military services have told Congress they have identified more than USD12.6 billion in “unfunded priorities”, or necessary programmes that ...
- + Janes: Dutch marines to procure 20 new landing craft to replace LCVPs—The Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD) has outlined plans for the replacement of the Netherlands Marine Corps' landing craft vehicle personnel (LCVP) ves...
- + Janes: Update: IAF to procure radars, radar warning receivers from BEL—The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed two separate contracts with public sector undertaking (PSU) Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to procure mu...
- + Janes: China deploys upgraded HQ-9B surface-to-air missile—The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has deployed the upgraded HQ-9B medium-range, medium-altitude air-defence system in an anti-aircraft brigade of Cen...
- + Janes: Philippine Navy to receive two ex-US Navy Cyclone-class boats—The Philippine Navy is set to receive two more Cyclone-class coastal patrol boats that were formerly in service with the US Navy (USN). [Category: ddf...
- + Janes: FNSS delivers first Zaha MAVs to Turkish navy—Turkey's FNSS Savunma Sistemleri has started delivering the first new Zaha Marine Assault Vehicles (MAVs) to the Turkish Naval Forces Command's (TNFC'...
- + Janes: USN confirms CPS modernisation plan for final DDG 1000 destroyer—The US Navy's (USN's) fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget proposal has confirmed plans to delay the delivery of its third and final DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class de...
- + Janes: Pentagon budget 2024: US Navy emphasises RCOH changes for Nimitz carriers—The proposed Unmanned Aviation Warfare Center (UAWC) for the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) slated for aircraft carrier USS George Washi...
- + Janes: US Coast Guard vice commandant cites progress for cold-climate cutter programmes—The US Coast Guard (USCG) is seeing progress for its cutter programmes for ships meant for cold-climate operations, according to Admiral Steven Poulin...
- + Janes: Parting shot: Very short-range air-defence missile—India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) test-fired two of its very short-range air-defence system (VSHORADS) missiles in March 20...
- + Janes: Ukraine conflict: Leopard 2A6 and Challenger 2 MBTs delivered to Kyiv—Ukraine has received German Leopard 2A6 and UK Challenger 2 main battle tanks (MBTs). The German Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced in a press releas...
- + Janes: Malaysia issues tender for anti-tank guided missiles—The Malaysian Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has requested bids for the supply of 18 medium-range anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) systems. [Category: a3...
- + Understanding War: Iran Update, March 28, 2023— Amin Soltani, Johanna Moore, Annika Ganzeveld, Kitaneh Fitzpatrick, Zachary Coles and Frederick W. KaganMarch 28, 2023, 5:00 pm ETContribu...
- + Understanding War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 28, 2023—Karolina Hird, Riley Bailey, Kateryna Stepanenko, George Barros, and Frederick W. KaganMarch 28, 6:30pm ET Click here to see ISW’s inte...
- + Understanding War: Iran Update, March 27, 2023—Zachary Coles, Annika Ganzeveld, Amin Soltani, Johanna Moore, Nicholas Carl, and Frederick W. KaganMarch 27, 2023, 6:00 pm ETContributor: Andie PerryT...
- + Understanding War: Iran Update, March 27, 2023— Iran Update, March 27, 2023 Zachary Coles, Annika Ganzeveld, Amin Soltani, Johanna Moore, Nicholas Carl, and Frederick W. Kagan March 27, 2023,...
- + Understanding War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 27—Grace Mappes, Karolina Hird, Layne Philipson, and Frederick W. Kagan March 27, 7:15pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map o...
- + Understanding War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 24, 2023—Karolina Hird, Grace Mappes, Angela Howard, Nicole Wolkov, George Barros, and Frederick W. KaganMarch 24, 4:30pm ETClick here to see ISW’s i...
- + Understanding War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 23, 2023— Kateryna Stepanenko, George Barros, Grace Mappes, Nicole Wolkov and Frederick W. KaganMarch 23, 9:30 pm ETClick here to see ISW’s inte...
- + Understanding War: Iran Update, March 23, 2023— Annika Ganzeveld, Amin Soltani, Johanna Moore, Ashka Jhaveri, Nicholas Carl, and Frederick W. KaganMarch 23, 2023, 5:00 pm ETThe Iran Upda...
- + Understanding War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 26— Frederick W. KaganMarch 26, 4:30 pm ETClick here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated ...
- + Understanding War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 25, 2023— Angela Howard, Kateryna Stepanenko, Grace Mappes, Nicole Wolkov, and Frederick W. KaganMarch 25, 10 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s...
- + Understanding War: Iran Update, March 22, 2023— Annika Ganzeveld, Amin Soltani, Johanna Moore, Brian Carter, and Nicholas CarlMarch 22, 2023, 5:30 pm ETThe Iran Updates are produced by t...
- + Understanding War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 22, 2023—Riley Bailey, George Barros, Grace Mappes, Kateryna Stepanenko, Nicole Wolkov, Layne Philipson, and Frederick W. KaganMarch 22, 8 pm ET Click&nbs...
- + Understanding War: Iran Update, March 21, 2023—Annika Ganzeveld, Amin Soltani, Johanna Moore, Nicholas Carl, and Frederick W. KaganMarch 21, 2023, 5:30 pm ETThe Iran Updates are produced by the Cri...
- + Understanding War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 21, 2023— Karolina Hird, Kateryna Stepanenko, Riley Bailey, Nicole Wolkov, and Frederick W. KaganMarch 21, 7:45pm ETClick here to see ISW’s inte...
- + Understanding War: Iran Update, March 20, 2023— Annika Ganzeveld, Amin Soltani, Johanna Moore, Nicholas Carl, and Frederick W. KaganMarch 20, 2023, 7:00 pm ETThe Iran Updates are produced by t...
- + Understanding War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 20, 2023—Riley Bailey, Angela Howard, Karolina Hird, Nicole Wolkov, Layne Philipson, George Barros, and Frederick W. KaganMarch 20, 6:45pm ETClick here&nb...
- + Understanding War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 19, 2023— Karolina Hird, Grace Mappes, Riley Bailey, Kateryna Stepanenko, and Frederick W. KaganMarch 19, 5 pm ETClick here to see ISW’s interac...
- + Understanding War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 18, 2023—Riley Bailey, Grace Mappes, Angela Howard, Kateryna Stepanenko, and Frederick W. KaganMarch 18, 7:15 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s inte...
- + Understanding War: Iran Update, March 17, 2023— Annika Ganzeveld, Amin Soltani, Johanna Moore, and Nicholas CarlMarch 17, 2023, 6:00 pm ETThe Iran Updates are produced by the Critical Th...
- + Understanding War: Iran Update, March 16, 2023— Annika Ganzeveld, Amin Soltani, Johanna Moore, Nicholas Carl, and Frederick W. KaganMarch 16, 2023, 7:30 pm ETContributors: Anya CaraianiThe Ira...
- + Wired Security: How Good Smile, a Major Toy Company, Kept 4chan Online—Documents obtained by WIRED confirm that Good Smile, which licenses toy production for Disney, was an investor in the controversial image board. [Cate...
- + Wired Security: Microsoft's ‘Security Copilot’ Sics ChatGPT on Security Breaches—The new tool aims to deliver the network insights and coordination that “AI” security systems have long promised. [Category: Security, Security / Cybe...
- + Wired Security: North Korea Is Now Mining Crypto to Launder Its Stolen Loot—A spy group working for the Kim regime has been feeding stolen coins into crypto mining services in an effort to throw tracers off their trail. [Categ...
- + Wired Security: 5 Best Password Managers (2022): Features, Pricing, and Tips—Keep your logins locked down with our favorite apps for PC, Mac, Android, iPhone, and web browsers. [Category: Gear, Security, Gear / Buying Guides, S...
- + Wired Security: They Posted Porn on Twitter. German Authorities Called the Cops—Regulators are using an AI system to scan websites and messaging apps to find pornography. Creators face fines and potential prison sentences. [Catego...
- + Wired Security: The Uniquely American Future of US Authoritarianism—The GOP-fueled far right differs from similar movements around the globe, thanks to the country’s politics, electoral system, and changing demographic...
- + Wired Security: Crypto Was Afraid to Show Its Face at SXSW 2023—Any mention of crypto was deliberately veiled at this year’s festival. And that strategy might catch on. [Category: Business, Business / Blockchain an...
- + Breitbart: American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten Calls for Gun Ban—American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten pushed a ban on an entire category of firearms, urging the U.S. to have the "courage" that ...
- + Breitbart: Quinnipiac Poll: Trump Boasts 14-Point Lead over Challengers—Former President Donald Trump is boasting a 14-point lead over potential Republican primary challengers, a Quinnipiac University survey released Wedne...
- + Breitbart: Report: John Fetterman Will Return to U.S. Senate Mid-April—Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) will reportedly make his return to the U.S. Senate the week of April 17 after checking himself into the hospital for “clini...
- + Breitbart: Report: Alvin Bragg's Case Against Donald Trump Delayed One Month —Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's grand jury looking into former President Donald Trump for alleged hush money payments to porn star Stormy Da...
- + Breitbart: 'Patriot Act on Steroids:' Conservatives Slam RESTRICT Act on Social Media—The outrage over the draconian RESTRICT Act, marketed to the public as a "TikTok ban," is rapidly rising. [Author: Allum Bokhari] [Category: Economy, ...
- + Breitbart: Nikki Haley Blasts Biden for Interfering in Israeli Politics—Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley blasted President Joe Biden Wednesday for interfering in Israe...
- + Breitbart: RESTRICT Act, Labeled a 'TikTok Ban,' Includes Jail Sentences, Huge Fines for American Citizens—The Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act or RESTRICT Act, sold to the public as a "Ti...
- + Breitbart: 'Trans Day of Vengeance' Set to Proceed, Despite Nashville Transgender School Shooting—The "Trans Day of Vengeance" event hosted by radical transgender activists is set to proceed this weekend, despite a transgender school shooter taking...
- + Breitbart: Suspect Accused of Stabbing Rand Paul Staffer Was Freed from Prison Early Thanks to GOP-Backed 'First Step Act'—The suspect accused of brutally stabbing a staffer for Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) in Washington, DC, had been released early from prison thanks to the "Fir...
- + Breitbart: India Says Exports Hit Record-High $750 Billion—Indian commerce minister Piyush Goyal told attendees at an industry event on Tuesday that his country had surpassed $740 billion in goods and services...
- + Breitbart: Indiana Legislators Defend Teenagers from Transgender Medicine—Indiana’s State Legislature approved a bill that would defend minors from transgender medical interventions, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hor...
- + Breitbart: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Says He Has No Regrets on Afghanistan, Admits No One Has Been Held Accountable—Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin told House lawmakers during a hearing Wednesday he has "no regrets" on the disastrous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanist...
- + Breitbart: Report: George Soros Donates $1 Million to Wisconsin Democrats Ahead of State Supreme Court Election —George Soros and other out-of-state billionaires have donated millions of dollars to Wisconsin Democrats ahead of the upcoming state Supreme Court ele...
- + Breitbart: NC House Overrides Democrat Governor's Veto, Ends Pistol Permit Requirement—The North Carolina House overrode Gov. Roy Cooper's (D) veto on Wednesday, ending the state's requirement that law-abiding citizens get a permit from ...
- + Breitbart: Report: Katie Hobbs's Press Secretary Resigns After Tweet About Pointing Guns at 'Transphobes'—Gov. Katie Hobbs's (D-AZ) press secretary has reportedly resigned after a tweet that focused on pointing guns at "transphobes." [Author: Nick Gilberts...
- + Breitbart: Pope Francis Cancels Audiences, Taken To Hospital By Ambulance Over 'Respiratory Issues'—Pope Francis has been taken by ambulance to a hospital in Rome on Wednesday after suffering from alleged respiratory issues. [Author: Chris Tomlinson...
- + Breitbart: D.C. Official Claims District Crime 'Is Not' a Crisis After Rand Paul Staffer Stabbing —Days after Sen. Rand Paul's (R-KY) staffer was brutally stabbed over the weekend, Washington, DC, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson testified before Con...
- + Breitbart: Dem Sen. Warner: Biden's Lack of Transparency 'Outrageous' -- Trump Had Better Standards—Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said Wednesday on MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports" that President Joe Biden's lack of ...
- + Breitbart: Nolte: Media Elite's Beloved HBO Show ‘Succession’ Draws a Measly 2.3 Million Viewers—The Sunday night season-four premiere of HBO’s Succession drew only 2.3 million viewers. Oh, and that is not just the total number of viewers across c...
- + Breitbart: DHS Chief Mayorkas: Not 'Sound Policy' to Make Border Crossers Seek Asylum in Mexico Rather than U.S.—President Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says it is not "sound policy" or within the "unilateral autho...
- + Common Dreams: Idaho GOP Invents 'Abortion Trafficking' Crime to Block Minors From Care—Reproductive rights advocates and Democratic state lawmakers in Idaho on Wednesday condemned a Republican proposal to create a new crime in the state ...
- + Common Dreams: 'A Great Start': Peace Advocates Cheer Senate Repeal of Iraq War Authorization—Peace campaigners cheered Wednesday's vote by the U.S. Senate to repeal the authorizations for the 1991 and 2003 invasions of Iraq, while calling on t...
- + Common Dreams: Biden Climate Approval Plummets After Willow Oil Drilling Greenlighted—Survey data published Wednesday shows that the U.S. electorate's approval of President Joe Biden's handling of the climate crisis has declined since O...
- + Common Dreams: Putin Further Stokes Nuclear Fears With 'Sinister' Training Exercises—In what was seen around the world as a "menacing" and "sinister" show of Russia's nuclear capabilities, thousands of Russian troops on Wednesday began...
- + Common Dreams: "Unconscionable": Friends of the Earth Denounces Massive, Unlawful Gulf Lease Sale—Today, the Biden Administration offered 73.3 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing despite widespread opposition from Gulf commu...
- + Common Dreams: The Last Winter of Gas in Europe—While hundreds of activists blockade the European Gas Conference in Vienna to stop further climate chaos and poverty, we call on all movements and org...
- + Common Dreams: European Human Rights Court Hears Historic Climate Case Brought by Elderly Swiss Women—The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday heard arguments in a case brought by a group of elderly Swiss women who are suing their country's gove...
- + Common Dreams: Chinese Official Warns McCarthy Meeting With Taiwanese President Would Be 'Provocation'—China's Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday warned the U.S. that the country will take "resolute countermeasures" if an expected meeting between U.S. H...
- + Common Dreams: Senator Sanders and Representative Bowman call on POTUS and State Department to ensure our tax dollars don’t fund Israel’s oppression of Palestinians—Jewish Voice for Peace Action welcomes the news that Representative Jamaal Bowman and Senator Bernie Sanders are circulating a letter to President Joe...
- + Common Dreams: Rights Groups Blame Horrific Mexico Fire on 'Inhumane' Migration Policies—Calling for a full investigation into the fire that killed at least 38 people at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico this week, United...
- + Common Dreams: The Republican State AGs Doing the Dirty Work for Big Oil—According to the nonpartisan National Association of Attorneys General, a state attorney general’s job is to represent the public interest—not private...
- + Common Dreams: Credit Suisse Complicit in 'Massive' Conspiracy to Help Rich Americans Dodge Taxes: Senate Report—The Senate Finance Committee on Thursday published the results of a two-year investigation showing that the scandal-plagued Swiss bank Credit Suisse h...
- + Common Dreams: It Is Time to Show the American People Photographs of Children Massacred by Gun Violence—And now we have another mass school shooting, this time in Tennessee with three 9-year-old girls dead as well as 3 adults. Immediately followed by ano...
- + Common Dreams: 'I Don't Like Censorship': Omar Slams Proposed TikTok Ban as Hawley Aims to Fast-Track Passage—Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar on Tuesday joined the ranks of progressive lawmakers and advocacy groups voicing opposition to proposals to ban TikTok as R...
- + Common Dreams: PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Questions Howard Schultz in HELP Committee Hearing and Calls on Starbucks to End the Illegal Union Busting—Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today led the committee in a hearing titled, “No Co...
- + Common Dreams: WATCH: Sanders Rips Schultz Over 'Unforgivable' Efforts to Crush Worker Organizing—Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is testifying Wednesday morning before a Senate committee chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders, who used his time to gri...
- + Common Dreams: WATCH LIVE: Sanders Grills Former Starbucks CEO on 'Illegal Anti-Union Activities'—Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is testifying Wednesday morning before a Senate committee chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders, who used his time to gri...
- + Common Dreams: WATCH LIVE: Sanders to Grill Former Starbucks CEO on 'Illegal Anti-Union Activities'—Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is set to testify Wednesday morning before a Senate committee chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is expected to g...
- + Common Dreams: 'This Scam Is a Non-Starter': Dems Blast McCarthy's Latest Call for Painful Cuts—Congressional Democrats reiterated their opposition to steep federal spending cuts on Tuesday after Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy issued a v...
- + Common Dreams: After Bank Collapses, US Regulators Urged to Impose Rules on Climate-Related Financial Risk—In the wake of recent bank collapses and protests across the United States demanding financial institutions end fossil fuel financing, 50 climate, env...
- + DeSmog: Crypto Mining at Gas Wells Sparks Regulatory Headaches, Outcry in Northwestern Pennsylvania—By Audrey Carleton This story originally appeared in Capital & Main, and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration stren...
- + DeSmog: The World Is Burning, but Fossil Fuel Companies Are Meeting Behind Closed Doors to ‘Future-Proof Gas’. This Should Be Criminal. —By Lisa Göldner, Lead Campaigner from Greenpeace Germany for the Fossil Free Revolution campaign France, Nigeria, Finland, South Sudan, Italy, Peru...
- + DeSmog: Fossil Fuel Firms Use Permitting Loopholes to Fast-Track LNG Export Projects Near Black Communities—Years before Hurricane Katrina levee failures flooded New Orleans, a Louisiana hurricane expert warned federal officials of the potential for the leve...
- + Dissent Magazine: Letters— [Category: Article]
- + Dissent Magazine: Can Israel Be a Democracy for All?—It is a mistake to ignore the connection between the attempted judicial coup in Israel and the occupation of the West Bank. [Category: Featured Item, ...
- + Havana: Russian Foreign Ministry: “Guantanamo Base violates Cuban sovereignty”—In statements to the media, the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, denounced the U.S.-held Guantanamo naval base as a strai...
- + Havana: Pitcher Yariel Rodriguez breached contract with Japanese team—The Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) reported that the athlete Yariel Rodriguez Yordi decided not to join the Japanese professional league’s Chunichi D...
- + Havana: Painter Salaya del Toro’s mark on central Cuba—The Filipino-Spanish painter Camilo Jose Salaya del Toro, a graduate of the San Fernando Academy in Madrid, left his mark on major structures of Cienf...
- + Havana: Multimillion-dollar investment will benefit coastal communities—This year, the international project Mi Costa will invest some nine million dollars in technologies to restore 1,300 kilometers of Cuba's southern coa...
- + Havana: FAO's valuable contribution to Cuba—In statements to the media after a short visit to Cuba, FAO assistant director-general Mario Lubetkin, regional representative for Latin America and t...
- + Havana: Cuba Affirms Commitment to Regional Integration—Cuban deputy Foreign Minister Anayansi Rodriguez ratified Cuba’s unyielding commitment to Latin American and Caribbean integration during a Meeting of...
- + Havana: Parliamentary Links Would Favor FAO-Cuba Relations—Inter-parliament links can decisively strengthen positive relations between Cuba and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Mario Lubetki...
- + Havana: Cuban Premier Calls for New Ways to Develop Tourism—Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said that the island tourist sector must keep service quality, guarantee logistics, change marketing strategies an...
- + Havana: Cuban deputy foreign minister carries out work program in South Africa—Elio Rodriguez Perdomo, Cuban deputy foreign minister, co-chaired today in South Africa, with his counterpart Alvin Botes, the 17th meeting of the mec...
- + Havana: Russia to sell products in Cuba through trading house—Russia will sell food, chemical products and other household items to Cuba through a special trading house, announced today Boris Titov, head of the b...
- + Havana: Cuba calls for cooperation for universal access to ICTs—Gerardo Peñalver, Cuban first deputy foreign minister, urged in New York, to strengthen cooperation alliances to achieve universal access to informati...
- + Havana: Cuba debuts with two silver medals in the Pan American Weightlifting—With two silver medals, Arley Calderon opened Cuba's participation in the Pan American Weightlifting Championship in Bariloche, Argentina. Read More ...
- + Havana: Spanish union rejects designation of Cuba as a sponsor of terrorism—The Trade Union Confederation of Workers Commissions (CCOO), from Spain, rejected the unjustified designation of Cuba as a country that sponsors terro...
- + Havana: Medical Biophysics in Cuba, 30 years at the service of science and innovation—Under the premise of developing innovative productions, the Center for Medical Biophysics (Cbiomed), since its foundation on February 10, 1993, has ve...
- + Havana: Cuban parliamentary elections, resounding and confirming victory— "We do not have to receive lessons from anyone and much less from the government of the United States (...) any strategy aimed at destroying the...
- + Havana: Cuban advanced technologies commission approves scientific and technological categories—Nearly 500 scientific and technological categories were approved in 2022 by the National Commission for specialization in advanced technologies, made ...
- + Havana: Cuba mourns death of Italian intellectual Gianni Miná—Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, mourned the death of...
- + Havana: Cuban President Meets with FAO Representative—Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez met on Monday with Mario Lubetk assistance director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Orga...
- + Havana: Russia Congratulates Cuba for Results of National Election—The President of the Federation Council of Russia’s Federal Assembly (Parliament) Valentina Matvienko congratulated the President of the Cuban Nationa...
- + Havana: Cuba is willing to Keep Enhancing Bilateral Dialog with France—Cuba is willing to keep promoting bilateral political dialog with France, said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Monday. Read More ... [Categ...
- + Havana Times: Russian Man Sentenced to 2 Years After 13-Year-Old Daughter Draws Antiwar Picture—The daughter, whose drawing featured a Ukrainian mother and child under Russian missiles, was removed from her home and put in a shelter. The post Rus...
- + Havana Times: Nicaragua: A Struggle to Safeguard or Exploit the Biosphere—The Lakus is a microcosm of the region: escalating land invasions, false land titles, increasing threat and violence, and rapid forest loss. The post ...
- + Havana Times: Nelsito’s World or a Teenager’s Dream—Nelsito’s world is a bed from which he watches his mother and the world she paints, with detailed images in his big eyes, frozen in time... The post N...
- + Havana Times: Nicaragua’s Deep Multi-Faceted Impoverishment—The Ortega government’s supposed anti-imperialism allows them to continue being swallowed by leftist observers in Latin America and Europe. The post ...
- + Havana Times: The Ortega-Wang Canal Scam Isn’t All Over—“The canal was a failure, but the concession is still in force, in the hands of corrupt interests.” The post The Ortega-Wang Canal Scam Isn’t All Over...
- + Havana Times: The Ortega-Wang Canal Scam Isn’t All Over—“The canal was a failure, but the concession is still in force, in the hands of corrupt interests.” The post The Ortega-Wang Canal Scam Isn’t All Over...
- + Havana Times: Faces of Cuba’s Ongoing Crisis—Social divides, everyday experiences that are part of the survival story forced on Cubans given unfulfilled promises of equality. The post Faces of C...
- + Havana Times: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Says Biden Asylum Proposal Violates International Law—In a statement, the UN refugee agency said the regulation would restrict the fundamental human right to seek asylum. The post UN High Commissioner for...
- + Havana Times: President Diaz Canel’s Shameless Foreign TV Performance—He doesn’t mention the fact that he prefers to buy police patrol cars instead of ambulances for his own citizens. The post President Diaz Canels Shame...
- + Havana Times: Spain’s PM Reaffirms Commitment to Democracy in Nicaragua—Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez noted he has taken “significant” steps together with other governments to address injustice in Nicaragua The post...
- + Havana Times: Electrocution Risk from Leaks at Havana’s National Theater—Cuban artists denounce on social networks the calamitous state of the capital's stages. The post Electrocution Risk from Leaks at Havana’s National Th...
- + Havana Times: Terno Rei – Song of the Day—Today's featured band is Terno Rei from Brazil with the song "Medo" from the album "Violeta" (2019). The post Terno Rei – Song of the Day appeared fi...
- + Havana Times: Legislative Elections in Cuba: What happened on March 26th?—Cuba's election authorities reported that all of the 470 candidates, running unopposed for the legislature, were elected on March 26th. The post Legis...
- + Havana Times: More Mass Protests Rock Israel—In Tel Aviv, police used water cannons against protesters Sunday as they blocked a major highway. Fires were set in at least two major roads. The post...
- + Havana Times: Nicaraguan Rural Leaders Still Fighting Canal Project Law—Exiled farmers’ rights activist Francisca Ramirez has led the movement against Nicaragua’s failed inter-oceanic canal project since 2013. The post Nic...
- + Havana Times: Cuba’s Election Staging—The electoral theater was ready for Sunday March 26th in Cuba. There was no loose end and no surprise expected. The post Cubas Election Staging appea...
- + Havana Times: A Serene Sunset, The Bahamas – Photo of the Day—Steven Certilman from the USA took our photo of the day: "A Serene Sunset", in Long Island, The Bahamas. The post A Serene Sunset, The Bahamas Photo ...
- + Havana Times: Cuban State Security Threatens Election Observers—The political police threaten arrests and legal proceedings "for alleged violation of the law", like reporting on voter turnout in today's elections. ...
- + Havana Times: Cuban State Security Threatens Elections Observers—The political police threaten arrests and legal proceedings "for alleged violation of the law", like reporting on voter turnout in today's elections. ...
- + Havana Times: Ortega Shows that Bishop Rolando Alvarez Is Still Alive—Visibly thin and pale, Alvarez received a family visit for the first time since he was transferred to that prison from house arrest. The post Ortega S...
- + La Monde: After Sturgeon, Humza Yousaf: what next for Scotland?—In the second of two podcasts this month, Glasgow-based journalist Jamie Maxwell discusses Scotland's change of leader after Nicola Sturgeon's surpris...
- + La Monde: Kurdish autonomous regions—- Middle East / Map, 2023/04 Kurds [Link to media]
- + La Monde: Białowieża: a migrant hunting ground —- Europe / Map, 2023/04 Poland [Link to media]
- + La Monde: Atlantropa: one man's answer to the ‘decline of the Occident'—A century ago, a German architect came up with a scheme to solve all of Europe's problems – to drain the Mediterranean. His contemporaries took his id...
- + La Monde: Twilight years of Spain's monarchy—The Spanish monarchy's relationship with democracy has always been problematic: Juan Carlos was fascist dictator Franco's designated successor. Barely...
- + La Monde: Some protests are more legitimate than others—A comparison of Venezuela and Peru, and their recent histories of civil strife, reveals that not all demonstrators are equal in the eyes of the media ...
- + La Monde: The Yukpa's long struggle—Why the attack on Esneda Saavedra Restrepo, governor of an Andean indigenous people in Colombia, went unnoticed. - 2023/04 / article
- + La Monde: Tanzania forces the Maasai from their land to make way for trophy hunters and tourists—The Maasai have suffered over a century of forced evictions from their ancestral lands in Tanzania in the name of both game hunting and conservation. ...
- + La Monde: Poland pursues double standards on migration—Poland grants Ukrainian refugees protected status. Those fleeing other countries and attempting to cross the Białowieża forest straddling Belarus and ...
- + La Monde: Clock ticking for TikTok—In the early 2000s the West bridled when China banned Google, Facebook and Twitter on its territory. Now the US wants to ban TikTok, which is owned by...
- + La Monde: China's race to become global AI superpower—China wants to be world leader in artificial intelligence (AI) by the end of the decade. But US trade sanctions affecting technology imports and a bra...
- + La Monde: Kurdish discontents are growing—The Kurds won international support for fighting against Saddam Hussein and then ISIS. But turning autonomy into independence remains out of reach, as...
- + La Monde: China casts itself as Middle East peacemaker—The recent Chinese-brokered agreement between arch-rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia suggests that the US no longer has a monopoly on influence in the Midd...
- + La Monde: Down among the strikers in western France—Most French people side with the strikers in opposing the government's pension reform. But it's not easy for the unions to translate that support into...
- + La Monde: ‘No scruples, no regrets'?—President Macron's unpopular pension reform, forced through in a most undemocratic way, will only fuel support for the far right and further weaken vo...
- + La Monde: Netanyahu's assault on Israeli democracy—Binyamin Netanyahu's new coalition is curbing the independence of the judiciary, undermining secular education, and further eroding Palestinians' righ...
- + Liberation News: TikTok on trial: The latest front in the U.S. tech war on China—Make no mistake: the TikTok hearings had nothing to do with the baseless threat of Chinese surveillance and everything to do with maintaining the domi...
- + Liberation News: When killer cops evade accountability, victims’ families find other paths towards justice—On Saturday, a crowd including many who had also lost loved ones to police brutality cheered as the sign marking “John Collado Way” was revealed at th...
- + Liberation News: Israel protests: “Democracy” in an apartheid regime?—The glaring omission in the demonstrations has been any mention of those who are the primary targets of the new regime - the Palestinian people. [Cate...
- + Liberation News: Movement demands justice for Arif Sayed Faisal, killed by cops in Cambridge, Massachusetts—Cambridge Police shot and killed Arif Sayed Faisal in broad daylight on Jan. 4 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Almost three months later, city officials ...
- + Liberation News: Los Angeles public school workers continue to fight for fair wages in historic 3-day solidarity strike—In a historic show of solidarity, 65,000 public school workers from Service Employees International Union Local 99 and United Teachers Los Angeles are...
- + Liberation News: Inmates go on hunger strike over conditions at Illinois jail—Hunger strikers' mothers speak to Liberation News [Category: Militant Journalism, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, prisoners' rights]
- + Liberation News: Indianapolis police killings underscore issues with mental health emergency response in United States—To meaningfully address the cascading mental health crises created by our society, a shift away from impatient, deadly police is desperately needed. [...
- + Liberation News: Thousands march in Washington, D.C., to launch new movement against U.S. empire—Thousands of anti-war protesters gathered in Lafayette Park, in front of the White House. [Category: Features, Militant Journalism, anti-imperialism, ...
- + Liberation News: Despite record rainfall, California drought is far from over—You may get the impression from corporate media headlines that the decades-long megadrought in California is over. Unfortunately those headlines are m...
- + Liberation News: Revolutionary socialist Chicago City Council candidate makes waves in election—Rather than running for her own personal political career, Santoyo made it clear from the start that she aimed to build a movement that demands justic...
- + Liberation News: The continued silent invasion of Haiti—In coordination with Washington, Canada has begun a “significant military deployment in Haiti." [Category: Analysis, anti-imperialism, anti-war, haiti...
- + Liberation News: New attacks on trans rights, as struggle to protect trans youth broadens—A far-right media figure has openly called for trans people to be “eradicated.” [Category: Militant Journalism, trans rights, Trans rights]
- + Liberation News: Texas man sues ex-wife’s friends for helping her to obtain an abortion—Under Texas’ extreme and layered anti-abortion laws, domestic abusers, anti-abortion activists and even complete strangers have a full legal arsenal a...
- + Liberation News: Black South Carolina county has highest diabetic amputation rate in Deep South—Zip-codes with high percent of poor, Black residents had the highest rate of diabetes-related amputations. [Category: Analysis, health care, racism]
- + Liberation News: Silicon Valley Bank: Canary in the coal mine? The banking crisis is a capitalist crisis—No matter what federal government says, this is a bailout and taxpayers are on the hook. [Category: Analysis, capitalism, economy, silicon valley ban...
- + Liberation News: Family and community continue to demand justice for Matthew Felix, three years after murder—"These past three years have definitely been the most difficult three years of me and my family's lives," Samantha Felix, Matthew Felix’s sister, told...
- + Liberation News: Private train companies threaten lives and livelihoods of working people—Train derailments are common, but they are not inevitable except under the profits-over-people system of capitalis. [Category: Analysis, environment, ...
- + Liberation News: UN High Seas Treaty: Can it save the oceans?—This week, an international agreement was finally reached after 15 years of negotiations to protect the biodiversity of the open oceans, known as the ...
- + Liberation News: ¿Puede salvar los océanos el Tratado de Alta Mar de la ONU?—Si este tratado de la ONU se ratifica y se convierte en ley internacional, será un pequeño paso adelante para abordar los impactos de nuestro sistema ...
- + Liberation News: PSL Editorial – Biden’s budget proposal a reminder of the Democrats’ failure—When it was actually possible to enact the measures included in Biden’s draft budget, the Democratic Party leadership failed [Category: Analysis, Bide...
- + Mint Press: Chris Hedges: The Donald Trump Problem—Washington DC — (Scheerpost) — Donald Trump — facing four government-run investigations, three criminal and one civil, targeting himself and his busin...
- + Mint Press: Roger Waters V. the Machine: Inside the Pink Floyd Frontman’s Battle For Free Speech in Germany—Roger Waters is facing pushback from Germany. City authorities have canceled his upcoming concert over claims the Pink Floyd frontman is anti-Semitic....
- + Mint Press: Xi’s ‘Chilling’ Remarks: What the New Multipolar World Means for the Middle East and Africa—The final exchange, caught on camera between visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian host and counterpart, Vladimir Putin, sums up the c...
- + Mint Press: Two Decades and $90 Billion US Dollars Later: Dissecting The Afghan Military’s Total Collapse—In February, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) published an extensive investigation into the spectacular collapse o...
- + Mint Press: For Israelis, Ethnic Cleansing Palestinians is Fine, But Judicial Reform is a Red Line—The successful mobilization of hundreds of thousands of Israelis to stand up against the Netanyahu government is proof of one thing: Israelis do not w...
- + Mint Press: Iran International: Inside the “Saudi-Funded” Network Promoting Regime Change in Iran—As part of the historic, Chinese-led Iran Saudi Arabia détente deal, multiple outlets have reported that Riyadh has agreed to stop funding or “tone do...
- + Mint Press: The Glaring Hypocrisy Surrounding Bezel Smotrich’s Genocidal Comments—A recent talk in Paris by Israeli Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich raised eyebrows when he claimed that there are no Palestinian people. In fact, ...
- + Moon of Alabama: Ukraine Open Thread 2023-73—Only for news & views directly related to the Ukraine conflict. The current open thread for other issues is here. Please stick to the topic. Contr...
- + Moon of Alabama: The Burden Of Blogging—Some times it's just like this. I am not feeling well. I am not sick but something is just not right. I have no idea what to post about. Every theme a...
- + Moon of Alabama: Polish Nukes—I was busy today but had a good laugh over this entity of the "When 'we' do it" versus "When 'they' do it" collection. Poland suggests hosting US nucl...
- + Moon of Alabama: Ukraine Open Thread 2023-72—Only for news & views directly related to the Ukraine conflict. The current open thread for other issues is here. Please stick to the topic. Contr...
- + Moon of Alabama: The MoA Week In Review - (Not Ukraine) OT 2023-71—Last week's post on Moon of Alabama: Mar 20 - Casino Aficionados Will Have A Busy Day Related: - The Death of Credit Suisse - Joseph Politano How a 16...
- + Moon of Alabama: Ukraine Open Thread 2023-70—Only for news & views directly related to the Ukraine conflict. The current open thread for other issues is here. Please stick to the topic. Contr...
- + Moon of Alabama: Israeli Agents, Not Russian Bears, 'Hacked' The 2016 Elections For Trump—Th Nation has a new, and way too long, piece about secret Israeli interventions in favor of Donald Trump during the 2016 election campaign: The Trump ...
- + Moon of Alabama: Israeli Agents, Not Russian Bears, 'Hacked' The 2016 Elections For Trump—Salon has a new, and way too long, piece about secret Israeli interventions in favor of Donald Trump during the 2016 election campaign: The Trump Camp...
- + Moon of Alabama: Ukraine Open Thread 2023-69—Only for news & views directly related to the Ukraine conflict. The current open thread for other issues is here. Please stick to the topic. Contr...
- + Moon of Alabama: The Rebirth Of The Axis of Evil—Twenty years ago the U.S. launched its war on Iraq. This proceeded by a massive propaganda campaign payed for and directed by the Pentagon. Selling th...
- + Moon of Alabama: Ukraine Open Thread 2023-68—Only for news & views directly related to the Ukraine conflict. The current open thread for other issues is here. Please stick to the topic. Contr...
- + Moon of Alabama: The 'Junior Partner' Meme Gives No Insight To Real Changes—It is quite interesting how 'western' political memes are created and spread. China’s New Vassal - How the War in Ukraine Turned Moscow Into Beijing’s...
- + Moon of Alabama: Ukraine Open Thread 2023-67—Only for news & views directly related to the Ukraine conflict. The current open thread for other issues is here. Please stick to the topic. Contr...
- + Moon of Alabama: Open (Not Ukraine) Thread 2023-66—News & views (not related to the war in Ukraine) ...
- + Moon of Alabama: Ukraine SitRep - Avdiivka—Bakhmut is encircled. All roads in and out of it are under Russian artillery fire. Over the last three days fighting has largely stopped there. No one...
- + Naked Capitalism: Why the Repeal of Anti-Union Laws in Michigan Boosts Workers Nationwide—The union revival is gaining ground, with the latest win being the reversal of a "right to work" law in Michigan. [Category: Free markets and their di...
- + Naked Capitalism: European Gas Prices Extend Gains As French Strikes Block LNG Imports—The economic effects of the massive French strikes are starting to extend beyond France, although so far in a limited way. Is more to come? [Category:...
- + Naked Capitalism: 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/29/2023—~ Today's Water Cooler ~ [Category: Water Cooler]
- + Naked Capitalism: Links 3/29/2023— [Category: Guest Post, Links]
- + Naked Capitalism: Herman Daly (1938-2022): The Economist for Our Time—The double question implied throughout Herman Daly’s work as an economist is this: “Is the economy for the people, or are the people for the economy?”...
- + Naked Capitalism: Fossil Fuel Industry Phase-Out: Three Critical Worker Guarantees for a Just Transition—PERI research shows just transition policies are easily affordable in all high-income countries and critical to limiting climate change [Category: Doo...
- + Naked Capitalism: 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/28/2023—~ Today's Water Coole [Category: Guest Post, Water Cooler]
- + Naked Capitalism: ‘The Billionaire Bailout’: FDIC Chair Says the Biggest Deposit Accounts at SVB Held $13 Billion—"The bailout really did protect billionaires from taking a modest haircut." [Category: Banking industry]
- + Naked Capitalism: As Longterm Partnership With Us Fades, Saudi Arabia Seeks to Diversify Its Diplomacy – And Recent Deals With China, Iran and Russia Fit This Strategy—US policy takes a hit in the Middle East. [Category: China, Commodities, Energy markets, Middle East]
- + Naked Capitalism: Links 3/28/2023— [Category: Guest Post, Links]
- + Naked Capitalism: Brazil Looks To Strengthen Ties With China, As Taiwan Loses Yet Another Ally in Latin America—"Brazilian and Chinese interests... align at present in some important areas, the most important being an investment in a multipolar world order." [Ca...
- + Naked Capitalism: US Continues Its Abuse of the EU With Recent Inflation Reduction Act Agreement—The deal allows European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to sell a breakthrough without accomplishing anything for Europe. [Category: Auto ...
- + Naked Capitalism: Is Our Health Care System Turning Hospitals into (Covid) Death Traps?—Hospital epidemiologists are following the science. Is anybody else? [Category: Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic]
- + Naked Capitalism: 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/27/2023—~ Today's Water Cooler ~ [Category: Guest Post, Water Cooler]
- + Naked Capitalism: Links 3/27/2023— [Category: Guest Post, Links]
- + Naked Capitalism: FDIC Sells Much of Silicon Valley Bank to First-Citizens Bank. Total Cost of SVB Collapse to Deposit Insurance Fund: $20 Bn—Even collapsed banks have lots of assets that the FDIC sells to cover the costs to the Fund. Signature Bank collapse costs the Fund only $2.5 billion ...
- + Naked Capitalism: Fed-Inflicted Bank Wobbles Persist as Investors Fret About Deutsche—Bank fundamentals do not look likely to get better any time soon, yet the Fed seems determined to make matters worse. [Category: Banking industry, Cre...
- + Naked Capitalism: How Debt Dynamics Polarize Economic and Political Power—An overview from Michael Hudson's new book, The Collapse of Antiquity, which extends his analysis of how debt creates an entrenched elite. [Category: ...
- + Naked Capitalism: Please Keep Off the Grass!—Breaking the power of the Lawn Industrial Complex. [Category: Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Pandemic, Permaculture]
- + Naked Capitalism: Links 3/26/2023— [Category: Guest Post, Links]
- + Near East Outlook: Current events in relation to the Taiwan issue—The trite claim that global political processes are accelerating is most glaring at their center, which is steadily evolving into the Indo-Pacific reg...
- + Near East Outlook: US-Led Economic Alliance – Doing the “Humpty Dumpty” Blindfolded—There’s a lot more to the news that India-based defense company BrahMos Aerospace will soon close a deal to sell Indonesia supersonic cruise missiles ...
- + Near East Outlook: Why have Western Investors Turned Their Attention to India and Vietnam?—As from the beginning of 2023, an increasing number of Western companies are looking to invest in Vietnam and India. Leading economists around the wor...
- + Near East Outlook: The Spring Madness Continues—The United States, South Korea, and Japan continue to conduct bilateral and trilateral exercises designed to combat North Korea. This activity has cli...
- + Near East Outlook: Turkey Continues to be a Tool of NATO—Turkey has been a part of NATO since February of 1952. And it took more than two years for this country to join the North Atlantic military alliance, ...
- + Near East Outlook: Syria on the Way to a Possible Settlement of the Conflict—The talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which took place in Moscow, were a great success. The Russia...
- + Near East Outlook: Japan and Mongolia: How Economic Giants are Strengthening Small States—Mongolia is increasingly in the sights of most major geopolitical players, according to modern experts in the field of international relations. For ex...
- + Near East Outlook: The Chinese leader’s new “Global Security Initiative” and the latest AUKUS summit—On March 15, two days after the conclusion of China’s annual “Two Sessions”, Xinhua News Agency reported an equally remarkable event that was in fact ...
- + Near East Outlook: UK Football Presenter Succeeds Where “Politicians Have Failed!”—In 1947 the socially notorious Welsh poet Dylan Thomas wrote the untitled poem beginning “Do not go gentle into that good night”. In it he exhorts the...
- + Near East Outlook: Why’s the West Paranoid About the Putin-Xi Summit?—The recently concluded summit consolidated Russia’s and China’s joint bid to challenge the US-dominated global system as well as concerted US efforts ...
- + NPR: The Manhattan grand jury investigating Trump will take a break from next week—The pre-planned break coincides with the holidays of Easter, Passover and Ramadan. That means an indictment, if it occurs, wouldn't come until the end...
- + NPR: Yang Bing-Yi, patriarch of Taiwan's soup dumpling empire, has died—The cofounder of Taiwan's famed Din Tai Fung restaurant chain died at 96, his company announced March 26. He helped turn delicate soup dumplings into ...
- + NPR: Tech leaders urge a pause in the 'out-of-control' artificial intelligence race —A group of prominent computer scientists and other tech industry notables are calling for a 6-month pause to ponder the risks of powerful technology t...
- + NPR: Fall Out Boy on returning to the basics and making the 'darkest party song'—Fall Out Boy's new album, So Much (For) Stardust, is a return to some of the bands' familiar sound and style of writing. Two of the group's band membe...
- + NPR: The Biden administration sells oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico—Energy companies secured access to 1.6 million acres of waters offered at auction. It's the second time this month that the administration has opened ...
- + NPR: Pope Francis has been hospitalized after having breathing trouble, the Vatican says—Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni's second statement said that hospital tests showed Francis is suffering from a respiratory infection, but they ruled ou...
- + NPR: A non-invite, a mind-your-own-business response — Biden and Netanyahu tensions rise—The Israeli prime minister is pushing back on U.S. warnings against his coalition taking steps that could undermine democratic norms.(Image credit: Mi...
- + NPR: 4 big questions about the Nashville school shooting (and what we know so far)—Monday's deadly school shooting set in motion a familiar cycle of condolences, calls for actions and questions, some unknowable, about how the violenc...
- + NPR: 74 people have been killed or injured by guns at American schools this year—The fatal school shooting in Nashville this week is part of what one expert describes as an "astronomical increase" in violence on school campuses sin...
- + NPR: Senate votes to repeal Iraq War authorization —The measure now goes to the House, where Speaker Kevin McCarthy has indicated it will undergo a series of markups by the Foreign Affairs Committee bef...
- + NPR: In 'Above Ground,' Clint Smith uses poetry to confront the legacy of slavery —Smith's poems, which are addressed to his young children, describe what their ancestors endured and escaped. He also examines the joy and anxiety of p...
- + NPR: The FDA may soon authorize a spring round of COVID-19 boosters for some people—The Food and Drug Administration appears poised to make available the COVID-19 vaccines that target omicron as a second booster for people with weak i...
- + NPR: How a half-eaten burrito led to charges in the firebombing of an anti-abortion office—Federal officials say they've arrested a 29-year-old Wisconsin man in connection with the May 2022 incident. They found him with the help of forensics...
- + NPR: In clash with Bernie Sanders, Starbucks' Howard Schultz insists he's no union buster—A hearing for the history books: The resolutely anti-union architect of the modern Starbucks faces the outspoken champion of the union movement in Con...
- + NPR: The FDA approves the overdose-reversing drug Narcan for over-the-counter sales—The decision could make the life-saving drug more accessible. Emergent BioSolutions, the drug company that produces Narcan, said it anticipates it wil...
- + NPR: A barge carrying methanol broke free in the Ohio River—"There is currently zero evidence of a tank breach or any leaks, and air and water monitoring resources are in place," according to Louisville Metro E...
- + NPR: Visitors flock to see Michelangelo's David sculpture after school uproar in Florida—Tourists , many American, flooded a museum in Florence, Italy, to see the Renaissance masterpiece after a Florida school forced its principal to resig...
- + NPR: A new flu is spilling over from cows to people in the U.S. How worried should we be?—Pigs and goats likely catch it too. It's been found in humans' noses in the Southwest — and in the air at airports and at chicken farms in Malaysia.
- + NPR: Another storm is expected to bring more snow and flooding to California—Storms have been sweeping across California since last December. Areas with high elevation are forecasted to experience the brunt of this week's extre...
- + NPR: Judge to Fox News: Don't make me 'look like an idiot' over Rupert Murdoch testifying —The judge in a $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox seemed doubtful of the network's argument that Murdoch should not travel to testify. The newly engaged...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: Can Grade Retention Help with COVID-19 Learning Recovery in Schools?—Early grade retention is getting more attention as a potential way to make up for missed learning during the pandemic. But retaining kids without prov...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: What Difference Will Polish and Slovakian Fighter Jets Make to Ukraine?—The news that Poland and Slovakia are to deliver MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine signals a departure from the longstanding stance of the international ...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: The Ripples of War Are Only Beginning to Spread. Is America Ready?—There are now more than 1.9 million U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. More than 50,000 were physically injured and around 15 percent ...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: Should Mexico's Drug Cartels Be Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations?—While the outcry over the kidnapping and murder of U.S. citizens by members of the Gulf Cartel in Mexico is understandable, stridency should not precl...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: Twenty Years After the Iraq War, a Q&A with RAND Experts—On the 20th anniversary of the war in Iraq, RAND experts discussed what the war means for the people of Iraq and the veterans who fought there, what l...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: Japan's New Security Policies: A Long Road to Full Implementation—The historic ambition contained within Japan's new defense strategies is notable. But the reality is that an extraordinary alignment of political, eco...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: An Early Warning System for Landslides Protects Sitka, Alaska—A 2015 landslide that killed three people in Sitka, Alaska, changed how residents looked at the steep hills all around them. The community worked with...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: Venture Capital Gives America a Strategic Edge in the Age of Technology Wars—U.S. early-stage hardware startups are seriously disadvantaged by a persistent lack of financing. Congress authorized the U.S. Department of Defense t...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: India Can Bridge the U.S.-Russia Divide over Ukraine—No country is as well positioned as India to mediate between Russia and the United States, and bring the Ukraine conflict to an end. Even limited succ...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: The Time to Prevent Shortfalls in Critical Materials Is Now—China's domination of the rare earth market is a matter of economic and national security concern. Existing plans to diversify the market and help the...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: Healthy Nation, Safe Nation: Build Health Security into National Security—The COVID-19 pandemic revealed a need for a more-robust health security paradigm within the broader national security context. But addressing prepared...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: Opioids in America, Silicon Valley Bank, Semiconductors: RAND Weekly Recap—This weekly recap focuses on addressing America's illicit opioids problem, Silicon Valley Bank’s demise, Taiwan’s semiconductor dominance, and more. [...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: Improving Inclusion of Women Veterans—The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is formally changing its official mission statement to be more inclusive. This is a meaningful step forward in...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: Amplifying Teachers' Voices: Q&A with Ashley Woo—Ashley Woo, an assistant policy researcher at RAND and a Ph.D. candidate at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, aims to bring teachers' perspectives into...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: Financial Panic in the Age of Digital Banking and Social Media—Bank runs as a source of systemic risk are nothing new. To manage systemic risks in the age of social media, regulators may need to anticipate where t...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: Juggled Plan for McCarthy-Tsai Meeting Does Taiwan No Favors—Instead of traveling to Taiwan like Nancy Pelosi did, U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is abiding by the advice of President Tsai Ing-wen to skip the...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: Reducing Racial Disparities in VA Disability Compensation Decisions—Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough recently announced formation of an equity team to examine and address racial differences in d...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: Everyone Over 21 Has a 'License to Drink.' When Should It Get Suspended?—Excessive drinking creates massive economic costs because of its effects on workplace productivity, health care expenditures, and crime. This raises t...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: Why Is China Strengthening Its Military? It's Not All About War—China's military modernization goals serve a variety of political and military purposes, none of which imply any intent to actually start a war. A gra...
- + Rand Infro. Ops.: North Korea Is Forcing U.S. Military Counters—If the U.S. military shoots down a North Korean ICBM fired in the direction of the United States and its territories, North Korea will regard it as an...
- + Shadow Proof: Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Mount Meigs’ By Lonnie Holley—Originally published at Ongoing History of Protest Music Founded in 1911, the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children was a juvenile correctional...
- + The Anarchist Library: Anonymous - A Poem by Kenneth Rexroth, Painted across the Rooftops of the World—Author: AnonymousTitle: A Poem by Kenneth Rexroth, Painted across the Rooftops of the WorldSubtitle: On the Occasion of His BirthdayDate: 2020Notes: R...
- + The Anarchist Library: Anonymous - An Attempt at Interdependence Storytelling / Worldmaking—Author: AnonymousTitle: An Attempt at Interdependence Storytelling / WorldmakingDate: 2017Notes: Taken from Entanglement: on Anarchism & Individua...
- + The Anarchist Library: Paul Avrich - Interview with Laurance Labadie—Author: Paul AvrichTitle: Interview with Laurance LabadieDate: 1995Notes: Gathered in 1975 and published by Paul Avrich in his book Anarchist Voices: ...
- + The Anarchist Library: The Final Straw Radio, M, B, Hadley - Earthbound Farmers' Almanac & Food Autonomy In Bulbancha—Author: The Final Straw Radio, M, B, HadleyTitle: Earthbound Farmers' Almanac & Food Autonomy In BulbanchaDate: 2022Notes: Printed in Return Fire ...
- + The Anarchist Library: Laurance Labadie - The History of a Prognostication—Author: Laurance LabadieTitle: The History of a PrognosticationDate: 1967Notes: This piece was published in 1967 in Vol. 23, No. 3 and 4 of the School...
- + The Anarchist Library: This is America podcast, It's Going Down - 'Not Fighting The Same Fight'—Author: This is America podcast, It's Going DownTitle: 'Not Fighting The Same Fight'Date: 2019Notes: Printed in Return Fire vol.6 chap.5 (spring 2023)...
- + The Anarchist Library: Peter Gelderloos - On A Comet’s Tail—Author: Peter GelderloosTitle: On A Comet’s TailSubtitle: Migration, Revolution, MovementDate: 2023Notes: Published on the Substack account Surviving ...
- + The Anarchist Library: juniper cameryn - A Differentiationist Anarchism Manifesto—Author: juniper camerynTitle: A Differentiationist Anarchism ManifestoSubtitle: Towards a Resolution of the Conflicts of Individualism and Collectivis...
- + The Anarchist Library: Edvin Dahlgren - Militant Unions – The Backbone Of “Movement Socialism”—Author: Edvin DahlgrenTitle: Militant Unions – The Backbone Of “Movement Socialism”Date: 2023-03-21Notes: This article is a short version of an essay ...
- + The Anarchist Library: Andrew Fiala - Political Skepticism and Anarchist Themes in the American Tradition—Author: Andrew FialaTitle: Political Skepticism and Anarchist Themes in the American TraditionDate: 2013Notes: Andrew Fiala, « Political Skepticism an...
- + The Anarchist Library: Anarchist Federation of Rio de Janeiro - Thoughts on Commitment, Responsibility and Self-discipline—Author: Anarchist Federation of Rio de JaneiroTitle: Thoughts on Commitment, Responsibility and Self-disciplineNotes: Translated from Portuguese by Jo...
- + The Anarchist Library: Jeff Stein - Black Wobblies—Author: Jeff SteinTitle: Black WobbliesSubtitle: Hubert Harrison and Ben FletcherDate: 2022, SpringNotes: a review of Jeffrey B. Perry, Hubert Harriso...
- + The Anarchist Library: CrimethInc. - Disasters of State: On the Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria—Author: CrimethInc.Title: Disasters of State: On the Earthquakes in Turkey and SyriaDate: 16.03.2023Notes: Kurdish: Felaketên Dewletê: Li ser Erdhejên...
- + The Anarchist Library: Errico Malatesta - Communists and Fascists—Author: Errico MalatestaTitle: Communists and FascistsDate: 1924Notes: Translation by João Black. Originally published as "Comunisti e fascisti&q...
- + The Anarchist Library: Notes From Below - Illegalism—Author: Notes From BelowTitle: IllegalismDate: January 18, 2010Source: Retrieved on March 6, 2012 from web.archive.org The recent arrest of Alfredo ...
- + The Anarchist Library: Laurance Labadie - In a Pickle!—Author: Laurance LabadieTitle: In a Pickle!Date: January 29, 1965Source: Retrieved 03/17/2023 from unionofegoists.com I don’t know of any party, sec...
- + The Anarchist Library: David S. D’Amato - Language & the Construction of Economic Power—Author: David S. D’AmatoTitle: Language & the Construction of Economic PowerDate: 12/5/22Source: Retrieved on March 13, 2023 from https://dsdamato...
- + The Anarchist Library: Flower Bomb - ADULTHOOD IS A TRAP—Author: Flower BombTitle: ADULTHOOD IS A TRAPSubtitle: Anti-Natalism, Youth Liberation, and a Refusal to SurrenderDate: 2023Source: https://warzonedis...
- + The Anarchist Library: Gabriel Kuhn - Anarchism & sports—Author: Gabriel KuhnTitle: Anarchism & sportsDate: 29 march 2022Source: www.youtube.com Anarchism and sports. Isn’t that a contradiction? Isn’t ...
- + The Anarchist Library: Carlo Salzani - Unauthorized Freedom—Author: Carlo SalzaniTitle: Unauthorized FreedomSubtitle: Agamben’s Anarchism à l’Épreuve of the PandemicDate: March 28, 2022Source: https://parisinst...
- + The Iran Project: Iran pushing for end to Ukraine war: FM—Deploring the Western governments for complicating the situation by arming Ukraine, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian highlighted Tehra...
- + The Iran Project: Russian FM: All illegal sanctions against Iran must be lifted—Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that all illegal sanctions against Iran should be lifted. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a ...
- + The Iran Project: Iran, Russia finalizing draft agreement on strategic cooperation—Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian unveiled plans to finalize the draft agreement on comprehensive and strategic cooperation with Russia...
- + The Iran Project: Iran-Russia defense cooperation against no side: FM—Saying that defense cooperation is one of the issues on the joint agenda of Iran and Russia, the top Iranian diplomat stressed that this cooperation w...
- + The Iran Project: Iran oil exports up 0.76% to 2.65 mln bpd in February: IEA—Latest figures by the International Energy Agency (IEA) show that Iran continued to increase its oil exports in February despite the US sanctions. IEA...
- + The Iran Project: Riyadh to join Shanghai Cooperation Organization—Saudi Arabia’s cabinet approved on Wednesday a decision to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, as Riyadh builds a long-term partnership with C...
- + The Iran Project: Iran’s ambassador joins Iftar ceremony with Saudi counterpart in Norway—Iran’s ambassador to Norway joins an Iftar ceremony hosted by his Saudi counterpart in the Scandinavian country, weeks after Tehran and Riyadh announc...
- + The Iran Project: Iran FM says will discuss nuclear deal revival during Moscow visit—ran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says he will discuss with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, the return of nuclear deal signatori...
- + The Iran Project: Door on nuclear talks still open, but not forever: Iran FM—Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Amirabdollahian has warned parties to a 2015 international deal on Irans nuclear p...
- + The Iran Project: Iran to invite Saudi King Salman for official visit: FM—The Iranian foreign minister says Tehran is set to submit an invitation for Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to visit the Islamic Repu...
- + The Iran Project: Xi Jinping says China to support Saudi Arabia-Iran dialogue— Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday during a telephone conversation with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud said that Beijin...
- + The Iran Project: Iran FM due in Russia on Wed. for high-level talks—ranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will visit Moscow and is expected to negotiate with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, according ...
- + The Iran Project: Delegation from Bahrain reportedly to visit Iran—Following the diplomatic efforts to establish relations between Tehran and Manama, a delegation from Bahrain is going to travel to Iran, various media...
- + The Iran Project: Iran denounces desecration of Quran in Denmark—Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani vehemently condemned the desecration of the Holy Quran by a Danish far-right group, slamming a mu...
- + The Iran Project: No restriction on Iran ties expansion with neighboring states: Shamkhani—The top Iranian security official Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani says that Iran sees no restrictions on the development of relations with neighboring stat...
- + The Iran Project: Iranian FM hosts Qatari State Minister—Qatar’s Minister of State Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, during his visit to Tehran, met with senior Iranian officials, including Foreign Ministe...
- + The Iran Project: Iranian FM holds talks with Saudi, Syrian, Libyan counterparts—Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein Amirabdollahian held separate telephone conversations with his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Syria and Libya about ...
- + The Iran Project: Yemen welcomes Iran-Saudi agreement—A Yemeni official hailed the rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia, reiterating the need for an end to the military attacks and blockade on his ...
- + The Iran Project: Iran-Bahrain talks to begin after Raeisi’s visit to Riyadh—Negotiations between Iran and Bahrain will begin after president Raisi’s visit to Riyadh, a report by Russian media has claimed. Bahraini sources with...
- + The Iran Project: We have upper hand in retaliating US raids in Syria: Iran—Iran’s Military Advisory Center in Syria warns the American occupiers of a stinging response to any attack against Iranian bases and forces deployed t...
- + William Bowles: An update—Wednesday, 29 March 2023 The New Dark Age Im afraid Ive been rather tawdry of late in updating the site and I suppose I should apologise to regular v...
- + Workers World: Despite government attacks: Workers, students in France stay strong—Since President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Élizabeth Borne rammed through the “reform” of France’s pension system March 16 — an attack which w...
- + Workers World: The banking crisis: Will it push the working class or fascism to rise up? – a WW commentary—The capitalist ruling class is worried that the banking crisis, which began less than a month ago with the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and qui...
- + Workers World: Boston Trans Day of Resistance—Masked up and fired up! With Nina Simone’s soulful, silky voice on “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” filling the air, hundreds of protester...
- + Workers World: “La acuñación de la sangre de los niños en capital” – Superexplotación de los niños inmigrantes—El horror retratado en un reciente reportaje del New York Times sobre el trabajo infantil de los inmigrantes demuestra la actualidad de lo que escribi...
- + Workers World: On one-year anniversary of ALU’s historic victory, New York Times does hit job on the union—A year ago, the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) surprised and excited the labor movement and shocked the ruling class with the first union victory at Amazon....
- + Workers World: Long live the working class of France: Vive la classe ouvrière de la France!—The working class of France is in the streets, with millions of people striking and demonstrating. The proverbial straw — more like a whole big bundl...
- + Workers World: As Zelensky speaks, vigil to demand Austria maintain neutrality—Workers World received this petition and call for a vigil from the Austrian group, the Social Alliance for Peace and Neutrality. Translation: John Cat...
- + Workers World: Atlanta: Protest over police murder of Forest Defender—More than 100 people sat cross-legged at Atlanta’s State Capitol March 25, with their hands raised and palms inward with red X’s on the backside, to i...
- + Workers World: El ciclón Freddy pone de relieve las desigualdades ¡Reparaciones para África!—Estados Unidos tiene el 5% de la población mundial, pero es responsable del 28% de las emisiones anuales de carbono del mundo: unas 15 toneladas per c...
- + Zero Hedge: RESTRICT Act Is Orwellian Censorship Grab Disguised As Anti-TikTok Legislation—RESTRICT Act Is Orwellian Censorship Grab Disguised As Anti-TikTok Legislation The RESTRICT Act, introduced by Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) a...
- + Zero Hedge: "More Dangerous Than Ever": Experts Warn Americans Against Going To Mexico To Buy Cheap Pharmacy Drugs—"More Dangerous Than Ever": Experts Warn Americans Against Going To Mexico To Buy Cheap Pharmacy Drugs Authored by J.M. Phelps via The Ep...
- + Zero Hedge: Zelensky Invites China's Xi To Visit Ukraine As US Rebuffs 'Alternate' Peace Plan—Zelensky Invites China's Xi To Visit Ukraine As US Rebuffs 'Alternate' Peace Plan Coming on the heels of Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow whe...
- + Zero Hedge: "Global Permission Slip For Every Neocon Fantasy": Gaetz Intros Bill To Withdraw From Somalia—"Global Permission Slip For Every Neocon Fantasy": Gaetz Intros Bill To Withdraw From Somalia Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, O...
- + Zero Hedge: Denmark Recovers, Identifies Mystery Object Found Next To Nord Stream 2 Pipeline—Denmark Recovers, Identifies Mystery Object Found Next To Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Denmark has announced the recovery of a 'mystery' object...
- + Zero Hedge: It Has To Stop!—It Has To Stop! Authored by James Howard Kunstler via DailyReckoning.com, The current madness has to stop. And it will stop because, as ...
- + Zero Hedge: Bonds "Quiet, Too Quiet" As Big-Tech Soars Into New Bull Market—Bonds "Quiet, Too Quiet" As Big-Tech Soars Into New Bull Market The last 'calm' day before GDP and PCE saw bond yields uncomfortably quie...
- + Zero Hedge: Watch: Ted Cruz Eviscerates DHS Secretary For Still Refusing To Admit There Is A Border Crisis—Watch: Ted Cruz Eviscerates DHS Secretary For Still Refusing To Admit There Is A Border Crisis Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, ...
- + Zero Hedge: FDIC Weighs Squeezing Big Banks To Plug $23 Billion Hole From Small Bank Failure Costs—FDIC Weighs Squeezing Big Banks To Plug $23 Billion Hole From Small Bank Failure Costs Yesterday, we explained that the reason why the st...
- + Zero Hedge: FDIC Weighs Squeezing Big Banks To Plug $23 BIllion Hole From Small Bank Failure Costs—FDIC Weighs Squeezing Big Banks To Plug $23 BIllion Hole From Small Bank Failure Costs Yesterday, we explained that the reason why the st...
- + Zero Hedge: The Implausibility Of A Net Zero Carbon Energy Future Is Now Obvious—The Implausibility Of A Net Zero Carbon Energy Future Is Now Obvious Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Germany has hit a brick...
- + Zero Hedge: No, Social Media Had Nothing To Do With SVB's Implosion—No, Social Media Had Nothing To Do With SVB's Implosion An odd narrative which emerged following the dramatic collapse of Silicon Valley ...
- + Zero Hedge: Ohio River Disaster As Barge Hauling 1,400 Tons Of Methanol Smashes Into Dam—Ohio River Disaster As Barge Hauling 1,400 Tons Of Methanol Smashes Into Dam Three large barges, one carrying 1,400 tons of methanol, wer...
- + Zero Hedge: Peter Schiff: Bank Regulations Aren't The Solution; They Are The Problem—Peter Schiff: Bank Regulations Aren't The Solution; They Are The Problem Via SchiffGold.com, In the aftermath of the failure of Silicon ...
- + Zero Hedge: Trump Grand Jury To Take One Month Break, Former Attorney Claims "I Think I Got Through To Them"—Trump Grand Jury To Take One Month Break, Former Attorney Claims "I Think I Got Through To Them" After so much media hype (including Trum...
- + Zero Hedge: AZ Governor's Press Secretary Resigns Amid Outrage After Calling For Violence Against 'Transphobes'—AZ Governor's Press Secretary Resigns Amid Outrage After Calling For Violence Against 'Transphobes' Update (1325ET): Josselyn Berry, Gove...
- + Zero Hedge: Mediocre 7Year Auction Tails For The 5th Time In The Past 6 Months—Mediocre 7Year Auction Tails For The 5th Time In The Past 6 Months After a dismal 2Y auction and a solid 5Y, moments ago the Treasury con...
- + Zero Hedge: Jefferies Sends A Warning To The Big Banks As Profit Plunges—Jefferies Sends A Warning To The Big Banks As Profit Plunges By now everyone knows that small banks - which have little to no capital mar...
- + Zero Hedge: Musk, Wozniak Call For Pause In Developing 'More Powerful' AI Than GPT-4—Musk, Wozniak Call For Pause In Developing 'More Powerful' AI Than GPT-4 Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio and others ha...
- + Zero Hedge: De-Dollarization Just Got Real—De-Dollarization Just Got Real Authored by John Rubino via Substack, A multi-polar world is bad news for the American Empire but great n...
- + CBC Indigenous: Indigenous businesses in N.B. get help on how to bid for government, industry contracts—A 12-week procurement accelerator program put on by the Joint Economic Development Initiative taught business owners about bidding for contracts and h...
- + CBC Indigenous: Eight children from Nunavut placed in unlicensed group homes in Alberta—The Nunavut government placed eight children in care in three unlicensed group homes in Airdrie, Alta., over the last year. [Author: Matisse Harvey an...
- + CBC Indigenous: New daycare in Fort Smith, N.W.T., opens with focus on culture and life skills—The Fort Smith Métis Daycare, which officially opened its doors on March 6, was two years in the making — a project spearheaded by the Fort Smith Méti...
- + CBC Indigenous: Sacred Indigenous site opens in Edmonton's river valley—The newly opened kihcihkaw askî is a place to hold ceremony without leaving the city of Edmonton. [Author: Andrea Huncar] [Category: News/Canada/Edmon...
- + CBC Indigenous: Budget 2023 continues 'repetitive injustice' of underfunding First Nations, says national chief—The Assembly of First Nations national chief is calling the prime minister a "performative reconciliationist" and wants an economic new deal for First...
- + CBC Indigenous: National Inuit organization seeking $1.6B for school food program—Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami is calling for about $1.6 billion in federal funding over 15 years to set up a co-ordinated school food program in the North. ...
- + CBC Indigenous: Deadly overdose crisis escalating among Alberta children and youth, child advocate warns—The crisis of overdose deaths among Alberta children and youth requires immediate government intervention, Alberta’s child advocate said in a report T...
- + CBC Indigenous: FSIN says 2023-24 Sask. budget doesn't do enough for First Nations—Approximately $249.1 million in targeted funding will be provided for First Nation and Métis people and organizations in the upcoming fiscal year, wit...
- + CBC Indigenous: Two-spirit alliance spearheading new housing project in Halifax—The Wabanaki Two Spirit Alliance has secured government funding for a housing project and community hub. The founders of the organization say it will ...
- + CBC Indigenous: Nunavut flips stance on caribou protection again, now supports development ban on calving grounds—The government of Nunavut has once again flipped its position on resource development on caribou calving grounds, now supporting a "prohibition of dev...
- + CBC Indigenous: Amnesty International report pans Canada's record on Indigenous rights—Amnesty International is denouncing Canada's record on Indigenous rights, which the group's secretary general in Canada says remains "a major concern ...
- + CBC Indigenous: Traditional healing program will help combat intergenerational harm, Southern Chiefs' Organization says—The Southern Chiefs' Organization officially launched a program Monday that it says will help Manitoba's Indigenous communities move forward. The trad...
- + CBC Indigenous: Indigenous groups hope for infrastructure dollars and economic development in budget—Prominent Indigenous organizations are making major requests of the federal government in its upcoming budget, seeking billions in investments for inf...
- + CBC Indigenous: Greg Sarazin voted new chief of Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation—Greg Sarazin has been elected chief of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation for a three-year term, promising to mend divisions in the community...
- + CBC Indigenous: Housing a key priority for Nunavut politicians ahead of federal budget—Nunavut’s premier, member of Parliament and senator are all hoping that the upcoming federal budget will include money to address the territory’s hous...
- + CBC Indigenous: Saulteaux sisters jailed for nearly 30 years to be conditionally released—Nerissa, 48, and her sister, Odelia Quewezance, 51, will be conditionally released while they await results of a ministerial review of their second-de...
- + CBC Indigenous: Alberta has 8 Métis settlements. None of them have full-time doctors—A decade after Alberta's Métis settlements formed a health board to address inequities in their communities, settlement leaders are hopeful that the p...
- + CBC Indigenous: First Nations researcher exploring psychedelics as healing tool for intergenerational trauma—Researchers at Vancouver Island University say Indigenous knowledge is key to exploring how psychedelic substances can help treat a variety of disorde...
- + CBC Indigenous: Program helps families bring their children up speaking Kanien'kéha—Iethiiehiá:rons is Kanien’kéha for ‘we raise them’ and the name of a language project that supports parents raising their children as first language s...
- + Indigenous News: College Withdraws Honorary Degree Due to Vatican Desecration of Mount Graham— [Author: noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)]
- + Indigenous News: San Carlos Apache Nation: High Risk Jet Combat Training over Native Lands— [Author: noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)]
- + Indigenous News: Jet Fighters Endanger Tohono O'odham This Week— [Author: noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)]
- + Indigenous News: Bridge to the Ancestors: Walk Run with Carrizo/Comecrudo Youths in Texas Borderlands— [Author: noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)]
- + Indigenous News: California: The State of Genocide and Forc