2024-04-26: News Headlines

teleSUR (2024-04-26). Russian Cosmonauts Complete Spacewalk Ahead of Schedule. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos said that cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub completed their spacewalk tasks ahead of schedule, returning to the International Space Station (ISS) two hours earlier than planned. | RELATED: | Their spacewalk lasted 4 hours and 36 minutes. During the spacewalk, Kononenko and Chub brought the radar of the Napor-miniRSA experiment into working condition. | They installed equ…

Zane McNeill (2024-04-26). Maryland Governor Signs "Freedom to Read Act" Into Law. truthout.org On Thursday, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) enacted HB 0785, known as the Freedom to Read Act, into law, prohibiting libraries that receive state funding from banning books. "Schools should be working to build inclusive environments that reflect the diversity of their student body and community. It is especially critical that state leaders like Governor Moore rise up for policies that foster… |

Patrick Mazza (2024-04-26). Moving to Universal Health Care, Beginning in the States. counterpunch.org One of the greatest systemic failures in the U.S. is healthcare. Even after the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act: + 26 million Americans, or 7.9% of the population, still lack health insurance. + 51% of working age adults have difficulties affording health insurance. + 38% of working age adults delayed or skipped needed

Helen H. Abraha (2024-04-26). Restaurant Workers Deserve a Living Wage, Too. counterpunch.org Growing up, I looked up to my father and aunt, who began restaurant industry careers after immigrating from Eritrea in the 1970s. When I started working, a restaurant job was a natural choice. While I took great pride in my work, I struggled with the conditions. I was often on my feet for 10-12 hour

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2024-04-26). Haiti Response External Fact Sheet January 2024. reliefweb.int Country: Haiti | Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Please refer to the attached file. | Highlights | The humanitarian crisis in Haiti is marked by a rapid escalation of gang violence, which has compounded the suffering of people already affected by critical levels of food insecurity, poverty and a breakdown in essential services. Whilst tens of thousands are being displaced from their homes, others remain trapped inside gang-controlled neighborhoods, facing very serious protection concerns. | Situation Overview | The UN Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan estimates that 5.5 million Haitians need…

SAM (2024-04-26). Some People Have All the Luck. inequality.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-04-26). Debt From Above: The Carbon Credit Coup. libya360.wordpress.com Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin Latin America is quietly being forced into a carbon market scheme through regional contractual obligations — enforced by the satellites of a US intelligence-linked firm — which seeks to create an inter-continental "smart grid," erode national and local sovereignty, and link carbon-based life to the debt-based monetary system via a…

GAIA (2024-04-26). CSOs Denounce ADB's Draft Safeguards Policy, Call for Immediate Revisions. pressenza.com The draft ESF, aimed at updating ADB's safeguards policies, is being met with opposition from civil society groups due to a wide range of critical shortcomings, including: | Lack of Clear Lines of Accountability | Lack of Clarity Related to the Stakeholder Engagement | Lack of Human Rights Approach | Weakened Environmental and Social Protections | Gender Consideration Dilution | Climate Change standards that fail to stand up to climate science | Opaque Financial Intermediary Lending | In light of these grave concerns, the NGO Forum on ADB and the Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) together wit…

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management, Humanitarian Assistance (2024-04-26). Disaster Management Reference Handbook – Lao PDR (May 2024). reliefweb.int Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) | Source: Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance | Please refer to the attached file. | Executive Summary | The Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, with the majority of the population comprised of ethnic Lao people alongside many other minority groups who reside predominantly in the foothills and mountains. While Lao PDR still faces relatively high poverty rates, it has made incredible strides in poverty reduction since the socialist state instituted economi…

WSWS (2024-04-26). Higher for longer interest rates hit the global economy. wsws.org Apart from the US, where there are mounting concerns over the levels of government debt, major industrial countries are in grip of a marked economic slowdown.

ecns.cn (2024-04-26). Private firm working on new liquid-fuel rocket. ecns.cn Orienspace, a private space company that makes the world's mightiest solid-propellant carrier rocket, has begun to develop a new, liquid-fuel model, according to the new type's chief designer.

The Independent (2024-04-26). One Health approach is the way to go. independent.co.ug Veterinarians as Essential Health Workers COMMENT | Dr Jesse Mukisa Mutesasira | In a lay man's language, One health is an approach where many cats chase one rat. The cats consist of a collection of different professionals working under one team to achieve the same set target or solution towards societal health challenges (rat), or …

Jesse Fairbanks (2024-04-26). Forced Treatment and Criminalization Won't End Homelessness. progressive.org If the Supreme Court rules against the right of people to sleep outdoors, it would only make homelessness harder to prevent.

ecns.cn (2024-04-26). U.S. household food insecurity a symptom of systemic social inequality: Australian expert. ecns.cn This data is symptomatic of a social settlement that is not meeting the basic expectations of a large proportion of people. The effects are multifarious, including spillover into the global sphere where domestic imbalances play out in attacks on other countries' trade relations and productive capacities, according to Wariwick Powell.

Fátima Martín (2024-04-26). Geopolitical conflicts could exacerbate the new international debt crisis, which has already reached the record level of $313,000 billion, according to the IIF. cadtm.org

Eric Toussaint (2024-04-26). The World Bank saw the debt crisis looming. cadtm.org

Eric Toussaint (2024-04-26). The debt trap. cadtm.org

newarab (2024-04-26). Northern Gaza heading towards famine as Israel bombs Rafah. newarab.com

Pressenza Berlin (2024-04-25). #ECSA To build another Europe, activists from the entire continent meet in Marseille. pressenza.com From April 26 to 28, hundreds of social movement activists will converge on Marseille from all | over Europe. Associations, trade unions, NGOs and local collectives want to make the voice of | civil society heard for a social, ecological, pacifist, and democratic Europe, in contrast to the | resurgence of nationalism and authoritarianism in Europe. Workshops, conferences, concerts: | for 3 days, they will be working to unite their forces for future struggles. | What better way to counter the poison of the far right and authoritarian neoliberalism than to strengthen emancipatory alternatives at the European level?

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2024-04-15: News Headlines

WSWS (2024-04-15). The Simpson murder case: Imitation of life. wsws.org In this society, success in any endeavor is identified not with its intrinsic value or the personal sanction it brings, but with the accumulation of wealth and status. The concrete, qualitative side of an activity, whether it be playing football or anything else, loses significance; it becomes merely a means to an end.

themoscowtimes (2024-04-15). Russia's Novosibirsk Bans Migrants From Working as Taxi Drivers. themoscowtimes.com Companies in the region are required to fire migrant workers who drive taxis or sell tobacco and beverages within 60 days.

The Independent (2024-04-15). World Bank: African economies projected to grow by 3.4 % in 2024. independent.co.ug However, the growth is insufficient to have a significant effect on poverty reduction ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Increased private consumption and declining inflation are supporting an economic rebound in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the recovery remains fragile due to uncertain global economic conditions, growing debt service obligations, frequent natural disasters, and escalating conflict and violence, according to …

GRAIN (2024-04-15). Oil palm in Latin America: monoculture and violence. cadtm.org The global oil palm craze
| Oil palm plantations are rapidly gaining ground in Latin America, driving communities from their lands and causing deforestation, violence, and poverty.
| Global production of palm oil has increased by almost 600% from 14.72 million tonnes in 1994 to 80.58 million tonnes in 2021. The cultivation area has also expanded drastically from 7.86 million hectares in 1994 to 28.91 million hectares in 2021. [1] The multiple uses of palm oil, together with its relatively low (…) | – | / |

Eric Toussaint (2024-04-15). Theoretical lies of the World Bank. cadtm.org In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by democratic institutions serving an ecological, feminist and anti-racist bifurcation. To mark these 80 years, we are republishing a series of articles every Wednesday until July, looking in detail at the history and damage caused by these (…) | – | / |

Aamanur Rahman, Abdul Khaliq, Amali Wedagedara, David Calleb Otieno, Eric Toussaint, Solange Koné (2024-04-15). New International Debt Crisis. cadtm.org

newarab (2024-04-15). Yale students hold hunger strike over Gaza war. newarab.com A group of around a dozen Yale students launched a hunger strike on Saturday in protest of Israel's war in Gaza and their university's weapons investments. | The hunger strike, which came about after months of pro-Palestinian student activists making multiple demands for the university to take steps to oppose

presstv.ir (2024-04-15). Israel continues to block aid deliveries into famine-stricken Gaza: Rights group. presstv.ir Israel has continued to obstruct the delivery of aid into Gaza amid its 7-month genocidal war on the besieged territory, using food as a tool to "pressure" and "blackmail" Palestinians, according to a rights group.

presstv.ir (2024-04-15). Rescuers pull bodies from rubble after Israeli strike on Rafah. presstv.ir Rescue teams searching the area were working on retrieving two more bodies of the Zorob family from under the debris.

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2024-04-13: News Headlines

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch. (2024-04-13). United Nations: We Have 'Two Years To Save The World' From Climate Crisis. popularresistance.org We are running out of time to take action on climate change, says Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. | In a speech titled "Two Years to Save the World," Stiell emphasized that governments, development banks and business leaders must take steps to avert much more serious impacts of the climate crisis within that time frame, reported Reuters. | "For those who say that climate change is only one of many priorities, like ending poverty, ending hunger, ending pandemics, or improving education, I simply say this…

Dana Floberg, Morgan Duckett, Scheer Post. (2024-04-13). The Slow Death Of A Prison Profiteer. popularresistance.org Last week, the nation's largest prison and jail telecom corporation, Securus, effectively defaulted on more than a billion dollars of debt. After decades of preying on incarcerated people and their loved ones with exploitative call rates and other predatory practices that have driven millions of families into debt, Securus is being crushed under the weight of its own. In March, the company's creditors gave the corporation an eight-month extension to pay up, urging its sale to a new owner to stave off an otherwise imminent bankruptcy.

Adam Wetzstein (2024-04-13). Milei's policies push Argentina to the brink. workers.org Four months after Javier Milei's inauguration as president, Argentina's crisis of leadership has worsened, with the working class suffering the worst poverty rate in 20 years. Fed up by decades of government that failed working people, some of the public fell for Milei's anti-establishment theatrics while on the campaign trail . . . |

midwesternmarx (2024-04-13). The Integral Crisis in the U.S. and the Purity Fetish By: Carlos L. Garrido. midwesternmarx.com Lecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico The United States tells the world and its citizens that it is the greatest country on the planet, where freedom and democracy reign, and where there is an American dream that gives everyone the opportunity to live flourishing "middle class" lives with white-fenced houses and two cars. For the American working masses, however, as the great critical comedian George Carlin noted, "it's called the American dream because you have to be a …

WSWS (2024-04-13). UAW President Fain at the White House dinner: The corporatist alliance for World War III. wsws.org The role of the bureaucracy in the plans for war are to discipline the working class on the "home front," to ensure the continued production and deployment of military equipment and to prevent opposition from workers both to the war itself and the demands for their "sacrifice," which will inevitably accompany it.

WSWS (2024-04-13). Woody Allen's Coup de Chance: The "wonderfully wealthy" businessman as a sociopath. wsws.org The newest film by Woody Allen had to be made in France because the US movie industry has essentially excluded the veteran writer-director.

The Independent (2024-04-13). Parliament delays allocation of Shs200 billion for UNRA staff. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has rejected and re-allocated Shs200 billion budgeted to compensate Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) staff that will be affected by rationalisation. The funds have now been earmarked for debt repayment. This decision came amidst deliberations led by Dan Atwijukire, the Chairperson of the Committee on Physical Infrastructure, during the …

newarab (2024-04-13). Al-Shifa Hospital witnesses reveal bloodshed of Israeli raid. newarab.com Witnesses of According to testimonies collected by Mondoweiss, civilians working for the Gaza government had been at the hospital collecting salaries at the time of the Israeli assault. | This included civil defence crews, police officers, internal secu…

newarab (2024-04-13). US official admits parts of Gaza 'already suffering famine'. newarab.com A senior US humanitarian official stated that US Agency for International Development (USAID) chief Samantha Power's admission came on Wednesd…

presstv.ir (2024-04-13). Rescuers pull bodies from rubble after Israeli strike on Rafah. presstv.ir Rescue teams searching the area were working on retrieving two more bodies of the Zorob family from under the debris.

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2024-04-02: News Headlines

Jonathan Michels, Will Cox, Jacobin. (2024-04-02). The UAW's 2028 National Strike Should Center Medicare For All. popularresistance.org The United Auto Workers (UAW) are laying the groundwork for workers across multiple sectors to join them in a general strike on International Workers Day, May 1, 2028. | UAW president Shawn Fain's call to utilize labor power — four hundred thousand working members and six hundred thousand retirees make up the UAW alone — for the "good of the entire working class" is a major departure from business-as-usual unionism and represents a potential game changer for social movements to secure public goods, including Medicare for All, that extend beyond the shop floor.

Editor (2024-04-02). I Could Not Stay Silent: Annelle Sheline Resigns from State Dept. over U.S. Gaza Policy. scheerpost.com By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now! A State Department official working on human rights issues in the Middle East resigned Wednesday in protest of U.S. support for Israel's assault on Gaza. Annelle Sheline, who worked as a foreign affairs officer in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, was not planning on publicly resigning, …

Staff (2024-04-02). Israel coordinates with international food aid workers, only to murder them in a drone strike. thecanary.co NGO World Central Kitchen aid workers were coordinating their journey with Israel and in clearly marked vehicles when the Israeli military murdered them with repeated drone strikes. The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) killed seven people working with the NGO after the aid workers dropped off 100 tonnes of food at a warehouse in central Gazan …

WSWS (2024-04-02). Growing outrage among Canada Post workers over miserable working conditions and complicity of CUPW bureaucracy. wsws.org The major issues currently facing the approximately 50,000 postal workers across the country include real wage cuts, increased workloads and speed-up, multi-tier pay scales, and aggressive bullying from management.

Staff (2024-04-02). Active-Duty U.S. Airman, Inspired by Aaron Bushnell, on Hunger Strike Outside White House over Gaza. democracynow.org Democracy Now! speaks with an active-duty soldier in the U.S. Air Force on hunger strike to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Senior Airman Larry Hebert is on day three of his hunger strike outside the White House, where he has been holding a sign that reads "Active Duty Airman Refuses to Eat While Gaza Starves." "It's just completely wrong and immoral for civilians to be starved and bombed and targeted in any manner," says Hebert. "I'm hoping that other active-duty members will be more public with their concern over the atrocities happening in Gaza." Hebert wa…

newarab (2024-04-02). In Gaza, our Ramadan has turned from feast to famine. newarab.com I eagerly await Each

newarab (2024-04-02). Several aid workers killed in Israeli strike in Gaza: NGO. newarab.com Several people working for US-based charity World Central Kitchen were killed Monday in an World Central Kitchen "lost several of our sisters and brothers in an IDF air strike in Earlier, the health ministr…

newarab (2024-04-02). Fire tears through Istanbul apartment block, killing 29. newarab.com A fire that raged from the basement of a 16-storey block in central Istanbul left at least 29 people dead Tuesday, with flames and thick smoke billowing for hours despite a massive emergency response. | By late afternoon around 20 fire trucks and ambulances were still crowded around the building, where builders had been working on a nightclub in the basement. | A police cordon kept onlookers and traffic 100 metres (yards) away from the scorched facade, while an AFP reporter saw three exhausted firefighters sat on the ground with smoke-blackened faces and equipment. | The fire began at 12: 47 (0947 GMT), the cit…

newarab (2024-04-02). Blinken urges Palestinian reforms in call with Abbas. newarab.com Blinken told Abbas that the United States "looks forward to working with the new PA cabinet to promote peace, security and prosperity and urged the implementation of necessary reforms," State Dep…

aljazeera.com (2024-04-02). Israel's war on Gaza live: Seven aid workers killed after food deliveryUS-based aid group World Central Kitchen confirms seven staff members were killed in a "targeted attack" by the Israeli military and called on it to stop "this indiscriminate killing" in Gaza. Those killed were from Palestine, Australia, Poland, the UK, and a US-Canada citizen.

Oscar Rickett (2024-04-01). War on Gaza: The Palestinian doctors found dead in the ruins of al-Shifa hospital. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: The Palestinian doctors found dead in the ruins of al-Shifa hospital | Ahmad al-Maqadmeh and his mother Yusra, both working at al-Shifa, were found executed at the nearby Carrefour Mall roundabout | | Ahmad Maqadmeh, a plastic surgeon in his early thirties, was killed outsid…

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2024-03-29: News Headlines

Qassam Muaddi (2024-03-29). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 175: ICJ orders Israel to stop famine in Gaza as Israel continues to raid hospitals. mondoweiss.net The International Court of Justice imposed new provisional measures in South Africa's case against Israel for its genocide in Gaza, ordering Israel to ensure the entry of food and other supplies in order to stop the spreading famine.

WSWS (2024-03-29). Warning "famine is setting in," International Court of Justice orders "unhindered provision" of humanitarian aid to Gaza. wsws.org Given the undeniable fact that Israel has systematically blocked aid deliveries into Gaza, and massacred Palestinians trying to access food from the few shipments that have made it through, the Court's statement implicitly accuses Israel of committing genocidal actions.

Joe Sims (2024-03-29). Build the Party, Build the Clubs. cpusa.org Editor's Note: Build the Party, Build the Clubs is one of three discussion documents submitted by the CPUSA in preparation for its 32nd National Convention. It was approved for submission by the party's National Board at its March 27th meeting. | As the 2024 election unfolds, the U.S. working class is increasingly taking the fight to the bosses. Last year, strike action was way up, as was involvement in electoral struggles all over the country. Labor is taking greater independent political initiative to set the national agenda. The AFL-CIO, for example, recently demanded a ceasefire in Gaza. | This independen…

krish-rad_ind (2024-03-29). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 175: ICJ orders Israel to stop famine in Gaza as Israel continues to raid hospitals. mondoweiss.net

Peoples Dispatch (2024-03-29). People's movements to launch massive Land Day mobilizations in solidarity with Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org On March 30, people's movements and working class parties around the world will mark Land Day as Palestinians continue to resist against land theft and genocide…

Staff (2024-03-29). "Like Lying in a Coffin": UNICEF Spokesperson Warns of Devastating Toll on Gaza's Children. democracynow.org As the death toll in Gaza tops 32,600, we speak with UNICEF spokesperson James Elder in Rafah near the Egyptian border, now home to some 1.5 million Palestinians seeking shelter from the fighting. He says Israel's continued obstruction of aid into the territory is a "man-made and preventable" crisis of hunger and acute malnutrition that could be ended if Israel just opened access to more aid trucks, especially in northern Gaza, where desperate people could be reached in as little as 10 minutes. "When I'm on the street, every person, the first thing they want to tell me in English or…

Staff (2024-03-29). Over 1.1 mn people in Gaza facing food insecurity: UN. muslimmirror.com Gaza : The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that more than 1.1 million people in the Gaza Strip are facing "an extreme level of food insecurity," as Israel prevents aid from entering the enclave. The statement, posted on Thursday on social media platform X, emphasised the need to …

Staff (2024-03-29). Over 1.1 mn people in Gaza facing food insecurity: UN. muslimmirror.com Gaza : The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that more than 1.1 million people in the Gaza Strip are facing "an extreme level of food insecurity," as Israel prevents aid from entering the enclave. The statement, posted on Thursday on social media platform X, emphasised the need to …

WSWS (2024-03-29). New Zealand Labour Party leader feigns concern about inequality. wsws.org Workers and young people should not be taken in by the utterly hypocritical posturing of Labour leader Chris Hipkins, who leads a party of big business and imperialist war, which is responsible for the worsening social crisis.

WSWS (2024-03-29). UK child poverty at highest level in 30 years, with schools providing basic living necessities. wsws.org In September 2023, the Child Poverty Action Group reported that 4.2 million children nationwide were growing up in poverty—equivalent to nine children in an average classroom of 30.

Eric Brooks (2024-03-29). Strategies for organizational unity and action. cpusa.org The only remedy against a highly organized ruling class is a highly organized Communist Party. The fascist MAGA right is becoming Struggles within the Struggle | The Party Program states, "Grassroots Communist Party clubs are vital to bringing the Party's vision, strategy, and tactics into local work with masses of working people." As a member of a newer, smaller club, however, we are of…

themoscowtimes (2024-03-29). Tajikistan Detains 9 Moscow Concert Attack Suspects — Reports. themoscowtimes.com Sources said that the Tajik intelligence services were working together with their Russian counterparts in an investigation.

Staff (2024-03-29). ESG Funds Under Attack: Why Republicans Are Targeting Socially Responsible Investing. democracynow.org Republicans are on a "crusade" against responsible investing, says Andrew Behar, CEO of the nonprofit group As You Sow that promotes corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy. His group was subpoenaed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee this week as Republicans probe whether investments that take into account environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns violate antitrust laws. Republicans have introduced bills in dozens of states across the U.S. to limit state bodies from working with banks and other financial firms that take things like climate change into consideration…

The Independent (2024-03-29). Uganda makes progress in preparing for rewilding endangered white rhinoceros. independent.co.ug ARUA, Uganda | Xinhua | Conservationists in Uganda are working to transform the Ajai Wildlife Reserve in the northwestern Ugandan district of Madi-Okollo into a home for the endangered white rhinoceros. The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), a state conservation agency, is deploying both biological and manual efforts to restore the 166-square-kilometer reserve to its original …

Paul Craig Roberts (2024-03-29). The New York City Council No Longer Differentiates Between Illegal Aliens and US Citizens. thealtworld.com The New York City Council is begging the New York state Supreme Court to permit the council to ignore the New York state constitution that only permits citizens to vote. | The city council says that allowing illegal immigrants to vote can only strengthen democracy "by increasing civic engagement." | Think about this for a moment. For the NY City Council, the only difference between an American citizen and an illegal alien is that the alien is discriminated against by not being allowed to vote. | It was obvious from the beginning that this is what happens when a country allows immigrant-invaders to settle among th…

WSWS (2024-03-29). California fast food restaurants conduct mass layoffs in retaliation against state minimum wage increase. wsws.org The new legislation also creates a nine-member "Fast Food Council" with the authority to annually increase wages by the lower of the Consumer Price Index or 3.5 percent, guaranteeing that workers continue to receive cuts in real pay each year.

David S. D'Amato (2024-03-29). The Antiauthoritarians of the First International. counterpunch.org The International Workingmen's Association, popularly known as the First International, first met in September of 1864 at St. Martin's Hall in London. It began as a relatively modest gathering of workers, trade unionists, and socialists of various kinds and political inclinations a half-century before the fated October Revolution, before the twentieth century cemented a particular

WSWS (2024-03-29). The German Train Drivers Union wage settlement and the government's pro-war policy. wsws.org What GDL union leader Claus Weselsky grandiosely describes as a reduction in train drivers' working hours, with full wages maintained, is in fact the opposite: a reduction in real wages and an open-ended "working time corridor" leading to longer working hours and lower pay.

albawaba (2024-03-29). How to Start a Landscaping Business: Easy Guide! albawaba.com Starting a landscaping business can be total fun! Especially if you love to work outside and create lovely spaces. If you happen to love nature, considering a landscaping business should be your goal. | The demand for landscaping services is always around the corner. You only need to get some useful tools and decide on rates for each service you provide. | By learning how to start a landscaping business, you can enjoy the freedom of your new full of talent and fun job as well as choosing your own clients and an ultimate comfortable working schedule. | How to Start a Landscaping Business: Steps: | 1. Outli…

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2024-03-29). Aumentan la pobreza urbana y la indigencia en Argentina. telesurtv.net El rango de edad más afectado por la pobreza es el de los niños de hasta 14 años donde alcanza el 58,4 por ciento.

Michael Roberts (2024-03-29). Sri Lanka's debt trap and the vultures. cadtm.org

newarab (2024-03-29). US official quits State Dept. over Israel Gaza war support. newarab.com A US State Department official working on human rights issues in the Middle East resigned Wednesday in protest over Annelle Sheline, 38, left her position as a foreign affairs officer in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor just a year into her role, with nearly half of that period overshadowed by Israel's

Larry Johnson (2024-03-29). A Desperate West Steps Up Its Covert Actions As Delusional Thinking Persists. sonar21.com The CIA is working overtime to push the lie that they warned the Russians about the 22 March terrorist attack and the Russians ignored that warning. Simply not true. As I noted in my previous article, the USG warning issued on March 7 only specified 48 hours. I have no idea when that "clock" started but let's assume it was Friday the 7th and ended on Sunday the 9th. Since the "predicted" action did not take place there are at least two possible explanations — 1) the intel was bogus or 2) the stepped up Russian security at the Crocus City Hall on March 8 thwarted the attack. | Unless the intel stipulat…

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2024-03-27: News Headlines

In Defense of Liberation! (2024-03-27). Difficult Posting During a Genocide. podcasters.spotify.com Explaining why I haven't posted while updating on situation in West Asia, connecting to trends worldwide and in Turtle Island – re: Militarization, Cop Cities, Hyper-Repression, Inequality, etc.

ecns.cn (2024-03-27). Insights | Global Development Initiative a way for China to share development experience: U.S. expert. ecns.cn The Global Development Initiative proposed by China has made significant contributions to fostering consensus on development, global poverty reduction, and economic development, said Benjamin Norton, chief editor of the Geopolitical Economy Report, in an interview with China News Network in Wuyishan, Nanping City of East China's Fujian Province.

WSWS (2024-03-27). Right-wing presidential candidate RFK Jr. picks wealthy Silicon Valley lawyer Nicole Shanahan as running mate. wsws.org Shanahan, 38, is a longtime donor to Democratic Party campaigns and was formerly married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, the 10th wealthiest person in the world.

WSWS (2024-03-27). "Unprecedented" growth of US debt could bring market shock. wsws.org The Congressional Budget Office director has warned the US could face a Liz Truss style financial crisis.

WSWS (2024-03-27). Campaigning begins for South Korea's general election. wsws.org The two main big-business parties have offered nothing but empty populist pledges while ignoring the major issues facing the working class.

Patricia Harrity (2024-03-27). Dr. Fàºllmich Statement From Prison — 'Their House of Cards is Collapsing'. expose-news.com Dr. Reiner Fàºllmich has continued to analyse evidence of the crimes against humanity from prison. that he and the Corona Committee had been working to expose since 2020. The corruption is being …

Waging Nonviolence (2024-03-27). 45 years after Three Mile Island, we need a 'No Nukes' comeback. pressenza.com As Biden sinks billions into nuclear energy, members of the historic Clamshell Alliance are reuniting to spark a new wave of anti-nuke resistance. | By Arnie Alpert | When a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania went from a technological miracle to a pile of radioactive rubble in a matter of moments in 1979, the Portsmouth, New Hampshire office of the Clamshell Alliance became a hive of activity. I was working there at the time, fielding calls from activists and journalists from around the world. Everyone wanted our opinion since — over the previous few years — our nonviolent demonstrat…

ecns.cn (2024-03-27). Insights | Chinese modernization a good example for developing countries: Lebanese scholar. ecns.cn Lebanese scholar Adham Sayed said in an interview with China New Network that it is necessary to let more people in the world see the real China, a good example of a nation working to make a better future.

Michael Roberts (2024-03-27). Sri Lanka's debt trap and the vultures. cadtm.org

newarab (2024-03-27). Will famine in Gaza force an end to Israel's war. newarab.com

newarab (2024-03-27). Moscow teens 'saved over 100' from Crocus City Hall attack. newarab.com Russian schoolboys Islam Khalilov, 15, and Artyom Donskoy, 14, have been praised for saving scores of people from the When the attack began, the students were working as cloakroom attendants. Along with other employees, they directed people towards the exits and away from dead ends. | Khalilov filmed himself running towards the scene of the attack and directing people towards the exits, while Donskoy was seen escorting another group out of the burning building. | Islam recall…

newarab (2024-03-27). With no work, Gaza starts the full-time job of staying alive. newarab.com "Sometimes I wake up and think my dreams have come true. But then I remember that I live in Gaza," sighs Yousef Almassri, a recent graduate of IT. | "Today Gaza is like a Before the war started, Yousef had his heart set on a career in IT. "I love the world of apps and working with clients around the world. In a place like Gaza, remote working is often the best optio…

csmonitor.com (2024-03-27). NBC sought a conservative voice. But its employees didn't want Ronna McDanielNBC News cut ties March 26 with former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel less than a week after hiring her as an on-air political contributor, a decision that followed a furious protest by some of its journalists and commentators.

Comment: This story shows how American MSM that only serves both Dems and Repubs has gotten stupider from year-to-year.

aa.com.tr (2024-03-27). Top UN court likely to issue tough decision against Israel for ongoing attacks on Gaza The world court will rule on the requested additional measures in the coming days, which may include criticism of Israel as well as requests for additional monitoring reports, according to the KAN broadcaster report.

newcoldwar.org (2024-03-27). Hezbollah retaliates against Israeli atrocities in Gaza with strikes on military bases Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has conducted multiple operations against Israeli military outposts in the northern part of the 1948 occupied territories, expressing its unwavering support for Palestinians in Gaza amid a genocidal war.

ca.news.yahoo.com (2024-03-27). Palestinians drown trying to reach Gaza aid air-dropped by US into seaThe Pentagon confirmed that three of the 18 packages it air-dropped on Monday had parachute malfunctions and fell into the water just off the coast of the Strip. However, US officials did not confirm if any Gazans were killed while trying to reach the aid.

firstpost.com (2024-03-27). Teens in Gaza hoping to be killed to end their "nightmare" : UN – Firstpost A spokesman for the UN children's agency said on Tuesday that the situation in the war-torn Gaza is so bad that teens are increasingly expressing their desire to be quickly murdered in order to end the "nightmare".
  "The unspeakable is regularly said in Gaza," said James Elder, spokesman for the United Nations children's agency UNICEF.

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2024-03-25: News Headlines

Staff (2024-03-25). As Israel Blocks More U.N. Aid, Gaza Is on the Brink of "Most Intense Famine" Since WW2. democracynow.org In Gaza, millions of Palestinians are starving after five months of U.S.-backed attacks by Israel, while Israel continues to prevent the delivery of essential provisions. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini wrote on social media, "This man-made starvation under our watch is a stain on our collective humanity." The head of the World Health Organization says children in Gaza are already dying of malnutrition. "This is fundamentally a political crisis," says Alex de Waal, the author of Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine, who explains that even with a ceasefire and humanitarian aid,…

albawaba (2024-03-25). UN Security Council adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution despite US objection. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with three votes in favor, the US voting against, and 11 abstentions.However, the proposed amendment by Russia, which aimed to include the phrase "permanent ceasefire," was not adopted. China expressed its support for the new draft resolution emphasizing an "immediate" ceasefire. The Russian delegate to the UN announced that they were instructed to vote affirmatively on any resolution containing the term "permanent ceasefire." Similarly, Mozambique's delegate emphasized the importance of working towards ac…

Olivia Rosane (2024-03-25). Northern Gaza on the Brink of Famine as Israel Denies Entry of UNRWA Food Aid. truthout.org Israel will no longer permit the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to drive convoys bearing food aid into northern Gaza, even as the area is on the brink of famine. Israeli officials informed the U.N. of the new restrictions on Sunday, prompting outrage and dire warnings from U.N. officials and other human rights advocates. "By preventing UNRWA to… |

Editor (2024-03-25). Flour massacre called 'aid-related deaths'—rather than part of Israel's engineered famine. mronline.org Over 100 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded on February 29, when Israeli snipers opened fire on people approaching a convoy of trucks carrying desperately needed supplies of flour. The attack was quickly dubbed the flour massacre.

Democracy Now! (2024-03-25). Democracy Now! 2024-03-25 Monday. democracynow.org Headlines for March 25, 2024; ISIS-K Claims Credit After 137 Killed in Moscow Concert Attack; Russia Tries to Blame Ukraine; As Israel Blocks More U.N. Aid, Gaza Is on the Brink of "Most Intense Famine" Since WW2; World Ignores Sudan Hunger Crisis; 230,000 Children and Mothers Could Die in Coming Months | Headlines for March 25, 2024; ISIS-K Claims Credit After 137 Killed in Moscow Concert Attack; Russia Tries to Blame Ukraine; As Israel Blocks More U.N. Aid, Gaza Is on the Brink of "Most Intense Famine" Since WW2; World Ignores Sudan Hunger Crisis; 230,000 Children and Mothers Could Die in…

Democracy Now! (2024-03-25). Democracy Now! 2024-03-25 Monday. democracynow.org Headlines for March 25, 2024; ISIS-K Claims Credit After 137 Killed in Moscow Concert Attack; Russia Tries to Blame Ukraine; As Israel Blocks More U.N. Aid, Gaza Is on the Brink of "Most Intense Famine" Since WW2; World Ignores Sudan Hunger Crisis; 230,000 Children and Mothers Could Die in Coming Months | Headlines for March 25, 2024; ISIS-K Claims Credit After 137 Killed in Moscow Concert Attack; Russia Tries to Blame Ukraine; As Israel Blocks More U.N. Aid, Gaza Is on the Brink of "Most Intense Famine" Since WW2; World Ignores Sudan Hunger Crisis; 230,000 Children and Mothers Could Die in…

Sharon Zhang (2024-03-25). Ocasio-Cortez Condemns US Complicity in Gaza "Genocide" and "Forced Famine" truthout.org Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) said that Israel's siege of Gaza amounts to a "genocide" in a speech on the House floor on Friday as she condemned Israel's "forced famine" and U.S. complicity in the massacre. "As we speak, in this moment, 1.1 million innocents in Gaza are at famine's door, a famine that is being intentionally precipitated through the blocking of food and global… |

Staff (2024-03-25). World Ignores Sudan Hunger Crisis; 230,000 Children and Mothers Could Die in Coming Months. democracynow.org Sudan is on track to become the world's worst hunger crisis, according to the United Nations. For over a year, fighting between the Sudanese military and the rival Rapid Support Forces has disrupted the country, displacing over 8 million people who experience extreme hunger in the areas with the most intense fighting. The increasing demand comes as the U.N.'s appeal for $2.7 billion for Sudan is less than 5% funded. Funding is also drying up in Chad, where some 1.2 million Sudanese have taken refuge. "This is the largest sort of mass mortality crisis that we are facing in the world and the largest…

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-03-25). Sending Weapons To Israel Illegal, US Lawmakers Say. popularresistance.org US Democratic lawmakers are warning President Joe Biden that providing weapons to Israel is illegal under existing US law because Israel is withholding US humanitarian aid from Gaza as famine looms. | Haaretz reported on 24 March that the group of prominent lawmakers sent a letter to President Biden stating that "so long as Israel continues to restrict the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, the continued provision of US security assistance to Israel would constitute a violation of existing US law and must be restricted."

SAM (2024-03-25). AOC: "There Is No Defense for Forced Famine" progressivehub.net JAKE JOHNSON | COMMON DREAMS…

Agence France-Presse (2024-03-25). UNRWA says Israel will no longer approve its food convoys to northern Gaza. scmp.com 'This is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct life-saving assistance during a man-made famine,' said Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency.

albawaba (2024-03-25). Israel informs UNRWA it will no longer approve aid entry to North Gaza. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote in a social media post on X that from now on Israel will be denying the northern parts of Gaza from aid entry which is provided by the UN agency. "Despite the tragedy unfolding under our watch, the Israeli Authorities informed the UN that they will no longer approve any UNRWA food convoys to the north," Lazzarini said in his post. He described the decision as "outrageous," claiming it was made with the goal of obstructing life-saving relief delivery during a man-created famine in the northern Gaza Strip.@UNRWA, the main lifeline for c-span.org (2024-03-25). U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Security Council Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza During a U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East and following the adoption of a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield delivered brief remarks. The ambassador said the United States supports the resolution but chose to abstain from the vote because they did not agree with everything in the resolution.

c-span.org (2024-03-25). U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Security Council Resolution for Ceasefire in GazaDuring a U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East and following the adoption of a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield delivered brief remarks. The ambassador said the United States supports the resolution but chose to abstain from the vote because they did not agree with everything in the resolution.

middleeasteye.net (2024-03-25). 'Seeing for Ourselves': A call for inner reflection while tackling injustice In her honest reflections, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan invites readers on a spiritual journey of self-accounting, helping us to think about how we see ourselves and want to be seen

en.abna24.com (2024-03-25). Burning Palestinian civilians by Israel, a model of America's massacre in JapanIn Gaza, Palestine, three Palestinian women get martyred every hour as a result of Israeli airstrikes, targeting residential homes with incendiary bombs and being trapped in dire conditions; women, who are often harder to rescue from under rubble or fires than men.

tasnimnews.com (2024-03-25). Iraqi Islamic Resistance Targets Israeli Military Headquarters with Drone StrikeThe Islamic Resistance in Iraq said it launched a drone strike early Sunday targeting the headquarters of the Israeli regime's ministry for military affairs in the occupied territories.

scoop.co.nz (2024-03-25). Jewish And Muslim Youth Unite To Respond To Gaza Humanitarian Crisis "It was both empowering and sobering to be in the room alongside many of our Jewish brothers and sisters who are committed to upholding their Jewish values in support of a liberated Palestine" said Tahirah Moton (Ng?ti Maniapoto) from the Muslim youth community.

_____ (2024-03-25). Israel's Trojan Horse. transcend.org 18 Mar 2024 – The "temporary pier" being built on the Mediterranean coast of Gaza is not there to alleviate the famine, but to herd Palestinians onto ships and into permanent exile.

Editor (2024-03-25). Mar 25, 2024. sitrepworld.info Jules Massenet / Thais / Meditation A Barely‚ÄëDisguised Genocide, by Caitlin Johnstone Observers say Israel could cease to exist if a big war breaks out, by Don Hank Jewish Fingernail Fact Check — NOI Research Group The 'New Anti-Semitism,' by Steven Friedman "Man-Made Hell On Earth": A Canadian Doctor on His Medical Mission to Gaza, by Jeremy Scahill Rick Sterling on Political Weaponization of Sports & JFK-Israel, by Kevin Barrett Elites, Commoners, And The Shrinking Trust Horizon, by John Rubino Total U.S. Billionaire Wealth: Up 88 Percent over Four Years, by Chuck Co…

WSWS (2024-03-25). No to imperialist war and genocide! Reject the capitalist political establishment! Build the Socialist Equality Party in Turkey! wsws.org The March 31 local elections in Turkey are being held against the backdrop of the threat of nuclear conflict, exacerbated by NATO's escalating imperialist war against Russia in Ukraine, Israel's genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza and preparations for war against Iran, and an emerging international movement of the working class.

Amy Goodman (2024-03-25). Sudan May Soon Face the World's Worst Hunger Crisis. truthout.org Sudan is on track to become the world's worst hunger crisis, according to the United Nations. For over a year, fighting between the Sudanese military and the rival Rapid Support Forces has disrupted the country, displacing over 8 million people who experience extreme hunger in the areas with the most intense fighting. The increasing demand comes as the U.N.'s appeal for $2.7 billion for Sudan is… |

Gabisile (2024-03-25). SA-US relationship built on mutual respect and cooperation. sanews.gov.za SA-US relationship built on mutual respect and cooperation | President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged that the relationship between South Africa and the United States has recently received a great deal of attention due to the Israel-Palestine conflict. | In his weekly newsletter, the President assured citizens that strengthening ties between the two countries was among the important issues discussed by the International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Dr Naledi Pandor, during her working visit to Washington last week, where she met with United States officials. | "The topic also featured prominently in a me…

Amie Stager, In These Times. (2024-03-25). Across Industries, Workers Are Harnessing Their Collective Power. popularresistance.org Minneapolis – Collective power is rising in Minnesota. Thousands of union members and a broad coalition of community groups banded together to demand better contracts, quality schools, housing and a livable planet. Unions in Minnesota have been aligning with community groups for more than a decade, participating in actions to build solidarity and worker power. | On Tuesday, March 5, around 1,000 nursing home workers filled the Minnesota Capitol grounds to picket for better wages and working conditions in what was the industry's largest strike in the history of the state.

tvbrics (2024-03-25). Iran and China agree to cooperate in areas related to the environment through forming joint working group. tvbrics.com The two sides also decided to organise meetings to exchange experiences…

| Our Correspondent | (2024-03-25). Peasant's body doubts credibility of Kissan Card. tribune.com.pk Hari Welfare Association (HWA), a non-profit organisation working for the rights of peasants, has contended that the Sindh government's Kissan Card initiative is unlikely to benefit the farm workers who do not own land. | The association's president Akram Khaskheli said in a statement on Monday that the peasants who mostly offer their labour to the landlords on the basis of sharing crops will not be able to avail the card. | Through the card, which was one of the promises made during the election campaign by Pakistan Peoples Party's Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the farmers will receive subsidies, loans and…

Joseph Essertier (2024-03-25). American Censorship is Bad for Peace. dissidentvoice.org I cannot sit back and allow the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids. — General Jack D. Ripper in Dr Strangelove Most people would agree that in any modern, wealthy, multicultural, free, non-colonized, democratic society, people have the right to know what is going on in their community. In fact, …

ecns.cn (2024-03-25). Xi meets Dominican PM. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit in Beijing on Monday.

albawaba (2024-03-25). Dubai to launch Air Taxis service ahead of USA, maker Joby Aviation announces. albawaba.com ALBAWABA — Joby Aviation, the startup working on electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, has announced that its Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) aircrafts are set to launch an air taxi service in Dubai, UAE in late 2025, beating the US in the race.Joby's president of operations, Bonny Simi, has explained in an interview according to Bloomberg, that progress with partners in Dubai is "a bit more advanced in the approach that they're taking" compared to other regions, enabling them to launch in the emirate first.Joby's electric air taxi in the skies above New York City, piloted by James "Buddy" De…

Sarah Anderson (2024-03-25). Is 'Neoliberal Feminist' an Oxymoron? inequality.org Christine Lagarde is one of the strongest proponents of gender equality amongst the global elite. President of the European Central Bank, she is also a former International Monetary Fund Managing Director and French finance minister. The former lawyer was the first woman to chair global law firm Baker McKenzie, the first woman to serve as a finance minister from …

GABIK (2024-03-25). Mchunu tackles water shortage in King Cetshwayo District Municipality. sanews.gov.za Mchunu tackles water shortage in King Cetshwayo District Municipality | Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu has raised concern at the high deficit of water supply to communities in the King Cetshwayo District Municipality and the management of debt owed to the uMngeni-uThukela Water Board. | Mchunu raised his concerns at a meeting held with the leaders of the King Cetshwayo District Municipality, including the Mfolozi and uMlalazi Local Municipalities, which fall under the district in KwaZulu-Natal. | According to the 2022 Stats SA community survey, the King Cetshwayo District Municipality is home to 1 02…

WSWS (2024-03-25). Laid off UPS worker denounces Teamsters: "They knew they would enact these mass layoffs ahead of time" wsws.org Julia, a single mother of two and recently laid-off worker, spoke to the WSWS about her time working at UPS, the layoffs, the Teamsters union, as well as the immense hardship and injustice facing her and other sections of the working class.

Michael Roberts (2024-03-25). Sri Lanka's debt trap and the vultures. cadtm.org

newarab (2024-03-25). Canada student collapses after hunger strike for Gaza. newarab.com A Canadian student at Rania Amine began her hunger strike on February 19. She fainted on Saturday and is now "stable and under observation" at hospital, Middle East Eye reported. | Amine is one of a group of students hunger striking…

presstv.ir (2024-03-25). Canadian student hospitalized after month-long hunger strike for Palestine. presstv.ir A Canadian student from McGill University, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, is admitted to hospital.

presstv.ir (2024-03-25). Israel kills Palestinian journalist, his son in Gaza City. presstv.ir Saher Akram Rayan had been working as a correspondent for the Palestinian news agency WAFA for more than 20 years.

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2024-03-23: News Headlines

Betsey Piette (2024-03-23). Palestine/Irish solidarity gathering in Philadelphia. workers.org Gathering for Palestine/Irish solidarity. Philadelphia, March 18, 2024. Around 75 people came out for a Palestine/Ireland solidarity gathering at the Irish famine memorial in Philadelphia on March 18, organized by the Philadelphia Palestine Coalition and Philadelphia Irish Against Oppression. The very moving event, which included Irish music performed by Kevin . . . |

Michael Arria (2024-03-23). U.S. cuts UNRWA funding as famine looms for Gaza. mondoweiss.net Congress passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill that will continue a ban on funding UNRWA until at least 2025. President Biden has said he will sign the bill immediately.

James North (2024-03-23). Mainstream media finally reports on Gaza famine but won't admit Israel is deliberately responsible. mondoweiss.net Palestinians in Gaza are starving, but the mainstream media won't tell you the simple truth that Israel is intentionally causing the famine.

Editor (2024-03-23). Flour Massacre Called 'Aid-Related Deaths'—Rather Than Part of Israel's Engineered Famine. scheerpost.com By Robin Andersen / FAIR Over 100 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded on February 29, when Israeli snipers opened fire on people approaching a convoy of trucks carrying desperately needed supplies of flour. The attack was quickly dubbed the flour massacre. Corporate media reporting was contentious and confused, mired in accusations and conflicting details …

WSWS (2024-03-23). Australia: NSW Labor, Canterbury-Bankstown Council ban discussion of Gaza genocide at Lakemba Ramadan night market. wsws.org Labor, working with Zionists and police agencies, is trying to prohibit discussion of the Gaza genocide in a working-class area of Sydney with a major Middle Eastern and Islamic population.

Editor (2024-03-23). Inequalities and concentration of wealth in USA have wide implications. mronline.org A study by the Urban Institute (UI) in 2018, before the pandemic struck, found that nearly 40 per cent of non-elderly adults and their families struggled to afford at least one basic need for health care, housing, utilities or food in 2017.

channelnewsasia (2024-03-23). Singapore is capable of hosting the Commonwealth Games, observers say. But does it need to? channelnewsasia.com CNA looks at the relevance — and the possible political repercussions — of staging the multi-sport event.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-03-23). Assessing breast cancer risk. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The genetic risk of breast cancer has been in the news lately. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center are working toward pinpointing individuals' risk of developing breast cancer. The discovery of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in the 1990s enabled many women to learn they are at high risk of developing breast cancer. More than a dozen other breast cancer genes have been identified since, but the risks associated with them have been…

tvbrics (2024-03-23). CIS sectoral co-operation bodies continue to interact with BRICS, SCO and EAEU. tvbrics.com Commonwealth states intend to jointly implement targeted programmes…

WSWS (2024-03-23). Homeless Australians dying 30 years younger than the national average. wsws.org Studies suggesting that even a brief period of rough sleeping can have an enormous impact on health and life expectancy are of particular concern amid a rise in homelessness, including among people with paid jobs.

Dave Kellaway, Uraz Aydin (2024-03-23). Left activism in Turkey. internationalviewpoint.org "One positive approach adopted by the TIP is not to only try and win new members and support from the secular, non—religious sectors, the educated youth and intellectuals but also to reach out to the base of the more religious orientated working class and poor through work around working class demands." | – | / |

palestinechronicle.com (2024-03-23). Amid Israeli Genocide – Gaza's Faith Unbroken (PHOTOS & VIDEO) Faith is a central component in the lives of Palestinians. Gaza, now undergoing an Israeli genocide, is in greater need of its faith than ever before.

inthesetimes.com (2024-03-23). Defunding UNRWA Was Never About HamasThe refugee agency is a reminder that Palestinian refugees exist and have inalienable political rights—a truth the Israeli government finds deeply inconvenient.

sfgate.com (2024-03-23). The UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a Ramadan cease-fire The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a NEW resolution demanding a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The resolution, put forward by the 10 elected council members, is backed by Russia and China, who vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution Friday. The council is expected to vote on the resolution Monday morning.

truthout.org (2024-03-23). US Has Redefined "Human Shields" to Enable Israel's Slaughter of Gaza Civilians President Biden and members of Congress have cynically reinterpreted "human shields" to flout international law.

palestinechronicle.com (2024-03-23). 'She Never Returned Home' – Palestinians Children Remember Their Mothers, Killed in Israeli Airstrikes In fact, for many children, there will be no mothers to celebrate anymore as well over 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed since the beginning of the war. Moreover, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement on X on Thursday that the Israeli war on Gaza has been killing an average of 37 mothers daily since October 7.

Israel-Gaza War Update: Latest Figures and Statistics

Posted by Richard Medhurst.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-03-23). Proletarian Internationalism: The Disconnect of the Western Left. orinocotribune.com By Agonas — Mar 20, 2024 | The Disconnect of the Western Left | Proletarian Internationalism stands as a cornerstone principle in socialist theory, rooted in the understanding that capitalism systematically exploits and oppresses the global working class. Advocating for a unified struggle against capitalist exploitation and imperialism, internationalism recognizes the interconnectedness of the modern world, necessitating a global approach to addressing social, economic, and environmental issues. | Within the Western left, particularly in affluent countries, there has been a noticeable detachment from the pri…

Prabhat Patnaik (2024-03-23). Once more on poverty figures of India. mronline.org Poverty in short had increased significantly between 2011-12 and 2017-18. After 2017-18 we have had a pandemic, and a lockdown induced by it, from which the economy is just recovering, though unemployment today is higher than before the pandemic.

Richard Horton (2024-03-23). Comment] Offline: It's about more than a climate emergency. thelancet.com Flying to Singapore to take part in a meeting of the Lancet Commission on Sustainable Healthcare is not without tragic irony. A defence that more can be achieved from 3 days of face-to-face encounters than a few hours of stilted Zoom calls might be weakly self-exculpatory. Proof will come with the final product, which, judging by the leadership of Co-Chairs Jodi Sherman and Andrea MacNeill, is likely to be highly compelling. A second reason for visiting this tropical science superpower was the launch of a new Centre for Sustainable Medicine within the National University of Singapore.

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2024-03-22: News Headlines

Amy Goodman (2024-03-22). Even If Gaza Aid Increased Tomorrow, It Wouldn't Be Enough in the Immediate Term. truthout.org As Israel continues its relentless assault on Gaza, causing mass famine, injury and death, we get an update on the malnutrition and mental health crises in Gaza from Dr. Nahreen Ahmed, a pulmonary and critical care doctor and the medical director of the humanitarian aid group MedGlobal. She is recently back from a two-week volunteer trip to Gaza, where she says these crises are growing so rapidly… |

Rania Khalek (2024-03-22). Why the US Wants to Block Free and Fair Elections in Palestine w/ Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. thealtworld.com Israel continues to starve, bombard, and ethnically cleanse Palestine with the full backing of the US government. The death toll stands at over 31,000 people, and more than half of Gaza's population of 2.3 million people are facing imminent famine. And while the world has its eyes on Gaza, Israel has intensified its slaughter and torture of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. | Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, a physician and general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, joins the show from Ramallah to discuss the possibility of Palestinian political unification in a postwar Gaza why free and fair election…

Staff (2024-03-22). "Children Are Dying": Doctor Just Back from Gaza Describes Severe Malnutrition, Preventable Infections. democracynow.org As Israel continues its relentless assault on Gaza, causing mass famine, injury and death, we get an update on the malnutrition and mental health crises in Gaza from Dr. Nahreen Ahmed, a pulmonary and critical care doctor and the medical director of the humanitarian aid group MedGlobal. She is recently back from a two-week volunteer trip to Gaza, where she says these crises are growing so rapidly "that even if aid was increased tomorrow, we would still be in a severe situation where the amount of food would not be enough in the immediate term." It is a "horrific experience for all involved,&#822…

Staff (2024-03-22). Headlines for March 22, 2024. democracynow.org Al-Shifa Evacuees Describe Terror of Israeli Attack on Besieged Hospital, Video Shows Israeli Forces Targeting and Killing Group of Unarmed Gazans, Antony Blinken Meets Netanyahu in Tel Aviv as He Acknowledges Severe Hunger Crisis in Gaza, Dozens of Ex-U.S. Officials Warn Biden Against Enabling Israeli Abuses in Occupied West Bank, Sudan Could Soon Become the World's Worst Hunger Crisis, Biden Admin Urged to Halt Haiti Deportations as Deadly Unrest Continues, 70+ Rohingya Refugees Could Be Dead After Boat Capsizes Off Aceh Coast, France Pushes Law to Curb Devastating Impacts of Fast Fashion, Russian Strikes…

Salma Yaseen (2024-03-22). Homeless all over again. electronicintifada.net Israel destroyed one of Rafah's largest residential buildings.

WSWS (2024-03-22). French army prepares to send ground troops to Ukraine. wsws.org These statements confirm that Macron and the French army command intend to escalate the war, trampling underfoot deep working class opposition to war.

April M. Short (2024-03-22). The Double Edge Theater's Project to 'Rematriate Land'. counterpunch.org The economic realities in the U.S. do not generally support working-class artists and culture bearers—an issue that has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a March 2021 report titled "Solidarity Not Charity: Arts and Culture Grantmaking in the Solidarity Economy," 63 percent of creatives in the U.S. were "fully unemployed" as of December 2020 and one-third

WSWS (2024-03-22). Canada Post demands sweeping concessions in contract talks as postal union keeps workers demobilized. wsws.org The WSWS urges postal workers ready to fight CPC's outrageous concessions demands to draw the necessary conclusions from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers' complicity in undermining their working conditions. The only way forward is through the construction of rank-and-file committees at every depot to seize control of the contract struggle.

SAM (2024-03-22). Coming Soon to a Mansion Near You: A Tax on Over-the-Top Greed Grabs. inequality.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-03-22). HaàØti: The Barbecue Revolution — Civil War & Viv Ansanm's Path to Power. libya360.wordpress.com New Black Nationalism "We are an organization of nationalists, focused on the country and the ghetto, who united to dismantle a number of vagabonds and gangs that politicians use to harm the ghettos each time they seek to take power. We have formed it so the ghetto gets its share…Hungry people don't play around." —…

GABIK (2024-03-22). SA marks World Water Day. sanews.gov.za SA marks World Water Day | Today South Africa joins the globe in marking World Water Day which is celebrated annually on 22 March. | South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chairperson, Professor Bongani Ncube has underscored the need to improve access to productive water across South Africa's disadvantaged communities. | "I'm talking about water for productivity, water for agriculture, [and] water that will take people out of poverty," Professor Ncube said. | The SARChI was established in 2006 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the National Research Foundation (NRF). | The main goal…

WSWS (2024-03-22). US$152 million "pre-wedding" bash of Asia' richest man shows contempt of billionaires toward workers and rural poor. wsws.org This immense accumulation of wealth in the hands of a handful of billionaires should be ended and those resources should be used to resolve the miserable living conditions of hundreds of millions of Indian workers and poor.

youtube.com (2024-03-22). LIVE: Outside Moscow concert hall after shooting by several gunmenRussia's Federal Security Service said 40 people died and more than 100 were wounded in an attack Friday at a Moscow concert hall.
  The attack, which Russian authorities are investigating as terrorism, is the deadliest in Russia in recent years.
  Several gunmen burst into the concert hall on the edge of Moscow and sprayed visitors with automatic gunfire, killing and wounding dozens and starting a massive blaze

PositiveUniverse.com Comment (2024-03-22). The duplicitous American MSM wants the public to believe that Russia vetoed the US drafted Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.The American MSM wants the public to believe that Russia vetoed the US drafted Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
  It was a trick resolution question. It did NOT call for a ceasefire and simply stated that a ceasefire is an 'imperative' (important), further enabling the march by Israel for an upcoming Rafah invasion and massive slaughter of Palestinians.

Homeless Garden Project (2024-03-22). Saturday 3/30: Day of Service in Honor of Cesar Chavez. indybay.org Homeless Garden Project Farm, 904 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz…

Ron Jacobs (2024-03-22). The Arrogance of the Powerful, From Palestine to People's Park. counterpunch.org I lived in Berkeley in 1981. In fact, I'd been there for a few years except for a summer in Santa Cruz and a winter in San Diego. I spent a lot of the time I wasn't working some day job hanging out in People's Park and on Telegraph Avenue. I wasn't alone. In fact,

Staff (2024-03-22). Maldives Prez seeks debt relief from India after insisting on withdrawal of military personnel. muslimmirror.com Male : After his anti-India rhetoric, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has struck a reconciliatory tone, saying India will continue to remain his country's "closest ally" and urged New Delhi to provide debt relief to the archipelago nation. The Maldives owed approximately USD 400.9 million to India by the end of last year. Ever since he …

Vicente Navarro (2024-03-22). The Importance of Social Class as a Power Category Besides Race and Gender to Understand What is Going on in the US. counterpunch.org The widely reproduced perception that the majority of the working population is middle class, as even President Biden mentioned in his State of the Union address, is inaccurate and is based on a biased survey that asked people to define themselves either as upper, middle, or lower class. The term lower class is derogatory and insulting, and very few people choose to define themselves as lower class. The occupational groups used by the General Social Survey (GSS) give an idea of classes in the U.S.: The corporate class includes corporate owners and managers; the middle class is comprised of professionals and techn…

Hussein Askary (2024-03-22). "Iraq's oil wealth is in the hands of Washington, while Iraqi go hungry," Interview with Hussein Askary. globalresearch.ca

MEE correspondent (2024-03-22). Iranian press review: Afghans claim organ theft from deceased relatives in Iran. middleeasteye.net Iranian press review: Afghans claim organ theft from deceased relatives in Iran | Meanwhile, unions argue proposed minimum wage increase would push workers deeper into poverty, and the closure of the pro-reformist Aftab daily highlights pressure on critical media
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newarab (2024-03-22). Sudan among 'worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory': UN. newarab.com After nearly a year of war, Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, the United Nations warned Wednesday, slamming the international community for its lack of action. | Fighting between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has since April killed tens of thousands and led to acute food shortages and a looming risk of famine. | "By all measures – the sheer scale of humanitarian needs, the numbers of people displaced and facing hunger – Sudan is one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory," said Edem Wosornu, director of oper…

newarab (2024-03-22). Ramadan: Gaza is trapped in a cycle of 'starving to fasting'. newarab.com "There's no food in Gaza, no water, and nothing to buy. We don't have money, we've spent our savings, we sold our belongings, and we have Bahaa Talab slumps in his chair, he's barely eaten since Ramadan began. "We were already fasting before Ramadan," the Al-Saraya resident sighed, "On the first day, I ate a bite of stale bread and a cup of tea for Suhoor. While Muslims around the world agonise over Iftar, we agonise over when the next bomb will explode." | Food shortages, malnutrition, and famine…

newarab (2024-03-22). Canada FM confirms halting arms shipments to Israel. newarab.com Canada will halt all arms shipments to Israel, The besieged Palestinian territory is facing a mounting humanitarian crisis, and months of war have pushed hundreds of thousands of Gazans to the brink of famine. | Canada, a key ally of the United States, which provides Israel with billions of dollars a year in military aid, had alre…

newarab (2024-03-22). Inside the TikTok trend exploiting child hunger in NW Syria. newarab.com In recent years, a disturbing phenomenon has spread across the IDP (internally displaced persons) camps of This is provided to them by the Tiktok account holders, who have themselves

presstv.ir (2024-03-22). Biggest rise in 'absolute poverty' for 30 years seen in UK. presstv.ir The United Kingdom has seen the biggest rise in "absolute poverty" in 30 years.

albawaba (2024-03-21). M. Emmet Walsh, 'Blade Runner' actor, dead at 88. albawaba.com The world of cinema has lost one of its most distinctive character actors, M. Emmet Walsh, who passed away at the age of 88 due to cardiac arrest.Walsh, whose career spanned over six decades, was a familiar face to audiences, often playing roles that left a lasting impression.Born on March 22, 1935, in Ogdensburg, New York, and raised in rural Swanton, Vermont, Walsh's journey into acting began with his onscreen debut in "Alice's Restaurant" in 1969. He quickly became known for his versatility, appearing in a variety of genres and working with some of Hollywood's most renowned directors and actors.RIP, M. Emmet W…

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2024-03-21: News Headlines

International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine, Popular Resistance. (2024-03-21). International Coalition To Stop Genocide In Palestine Global Call. popularresistance.org On March 17, the International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine (ICSGP) held its first Global Call to Action as a webinar simultaneously translated into five languages. The goals of the meeting were to share ways that groups are working to build public support for an end to Israel's genocidal acts, provide humanitarian aid to Palestinians and amplify the global anti-colonial, anti-imperial movement. | The ICSGP convened in late December, 2023 to push for Israel to be held accountable under the Genocide Convention for its acts in Palestine.

Jamal Kanj (2024-03-21). Gaza's Floating Pier and Biden's Fake Empathy. counterpunch.org Gaza is teetering on the brink of famine. At least twenty-seven children, including many newborns, have perished due to the severe shortage of essential nourishment, particularly baby milk. Additionally, hundreds of adults and elderly individuals have lost their lives as a result of Israeli attacks while waiting for aid trucks at various drop-off locations throughout

Staff (2024-03-21). Headlines for March 21, 2024. democracynow.org Israeli's Assault on Al-Shifa Hospital Enters 4th Day, Attacks Continue Throughout Gaza Strip, U.S. Submits Ceasefire Resolution to UNSC; Netanyahu Tells GOP Israel Will Continue Attacking Gaza, Lawmakers Pushing to Cut Off U.S. Funding for UNRWA for Another Year Amid Soaring Hunger in Gaza, "Completely Contrary to Human Rights": AMLO Blasts Texas's SB4, Says Mexico Will not Accept Deportees, Georgia Executes Prisoner Willie Pye After 4-Year Pause in Capital Punishment, Two More "Goon Squad" Officers Sentenced to 40 and 17.5 Years for Torture of Two Black Men, Assange's L…

Staff (2024-03-21). British Surgeon Describes Children Suffering "Appalling Injuries" in Gaza, Demands Immediate Ceasefire. democracynow.org We speak with British surgeon Dr. Nick Maynard, who recently led an emergency medical team at Gaza's Al-Aqsa Hospital, about Israel's ongoing attacks on healthcare infrastructure and the worsening humanitarian crisis in the besieged territory, where Israel's brutal assault has killed about 32,000 Palestinians since October 7. Maynard is part of a group of international doctors with experience in Gaza who met with officials at the United Nations and in Washington, D.C., this week to express alarm over civilian suffering. Medical workers in Gaza are "working under extremely challenging condi…

MEE staff (2024-03-21). US senators urge Biden to begin working on a two-state solution in Israel-Palestine. middleeasteye.net US senators urge Biden to begin working on a two-state solution in Israel-Palestine | A letter from over a dozen Democratic lawmakers pushed Biden to facilitate and recognise a 'non-militarised' Palestinian state | | US President Joe Biden shakes hands with Democratic Senator Tom Carper of Delaware…

Vijay Prashad (2024-03-21). The Struggle for Women's Emancipation Will Always Be Worth It. dissidentvoice.org 8 March was not always International Women's Day, nor has there always been any such day at all. The idea emerged from the Socialist International (also known as the Second International), where Clara Zetkin of the German Social Democratic Party and others fought from 1889 to hold a day to celebrate working women's lives and …

albawaba (2024-03-21). M. Emmet Walsh, 'Blade Runner' actor, dead at 88. albawaba.com The world of cinema has lost one of its most distinctive character actors, M. Emmet Walsh, who passed away at the age of 88 due to cardiac arrest.Walsh, whose career spanned over six decades, was a familiar face to audiences, often playing roles that left a lasting impression.Born on March 22, 1935, in Ogdensburg, New York, and raised in rural Swanton, Vermont, Walsh's journey into acting began with his onscreen debut in "Alice's Restaurant" in 1969. He quickly became known for his versatility, appearing in a variety of genres and working with some of Hollywood's most renowned directors and actors.RIP, M. Emmet W…

stclair (2024-03-21). The New York Times' Answer to the Collapse of the News Industry: Free Journalism School. counterpunch.org Yes, I am serious. That is the answer that the New York Times opinion page gave us this morning. The argument is that if students leaving school didn't have so much debt, it would be easier for them to take relatively low-paying jobs in journalism. This is incredibly annoying for two reasons. First, there are

WSWS (2024-03-21). The American oligarchy and the 2024 election. wsws.org The contest between Biden and Trump is in reality a competition for the favor of the few hundred billionaires who monopolize the wealth of the United States and control its political system.

Nadra Nittle (2024-03-21). Biden to Forgive $6 Billion in Student Debt for 78,000 Public Service Workers. truthout.org President Joe Biden has good news for public service workers with outstanding student loan debt. He's slated to announce Thursday that he will forgive roughly $6 billion for 78,000 borrowers such as teachers, nurses or social workers enrolled in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, a track designed for employees of government agencies or nonprofit organizations. This wave of relief… |

Homeless Garden Project (2024-03-21). Saturday 3/30: Day of Service in Honor of Cesar Chavez. indybay.org Homeless Garden Project Farm, 904 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz…

ecns.cn (2024-03-21). China may pare its U.S. debt holdings. ecns.cn China may continue to reduce the share of U.S. debt in its overall foreign exchange reserves amid its ramped-up efforts to diversify foreign asset portfolios, experts said on Wednesday.

navyrecognition.com (2024-03-21). Russia & China have secured agreement with Houthis to protect their vessels According to information published by Bloomberg on March 21, 2024, the Houthi group has assured China and Russia that their naval vessels will be granted safe passage through the strategically critical maritime zones of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

muslimnews.co.uk (2024-03-21). Gaza: 100 Palestinians killed 92 injured by Israeli bombings last 24 hoursMore than 100 Palestinians were killed and 92 more injured by Israeli indiscriminate bombings in the last 24 hours in Gaza Strip according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza. The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli deadly attacks since 7 October 2023 has gone up to 31,988 including over 13,000 children and 74,188 Palestinians injured in Gaza Strip. 8,500 Palestinians are missing.

The Exposé (2024-03-21). Uncovered: Macron, Trudeau, Ardern, and Boris Johnson among WEF Young Global Leaders working in unison to implement The Great Reset! expose-news.com How is it that more than 190 governments from all over the world ended up dealing with the Covid pandemic in almost exactly the same manner, with lockdowns, mask mandates, and vaccination …

tvbrics (2024-03-21). China, India, Iran and Egypt may join the BRICS Marathon League. tvbrics.com The organisers plan to continue working on the international promotion of the league until 2030…

Dean Baker (2024-03-21). The New York Times' Answer to the Collapse of the News Industry: Free Journalism School. counterpunch.org Yes, I am serious. That is the answer that the New York Times opinion page gave us this morning. The argument is that if students leaving school didn't have so much debt, it would be easier for them to take relatively low-paying jobs in journalism. This is incredibly annoying for two reasons. First, there are

albawaba (2024-03-21). France fines Google $270M as its Gemini AI bot broke media agreement. albawaba.com ALBAWABA — French competition authorities have imposed a $271 million fine on Google for breaching intellectual property laws after it was found that the tech giant has trained its Bard AI model, later rebranded to Gemini, on articles from news agencies without prior notification.Google has reportedly agreed on the settlement and pledged not to contest as Reuters writes, saying "it is time to move on," adding "we want to focus on the larger goal of sustainable approaches to connecting people with quality content and on working constructively with French publishers," noting that the company has suggested a r…

Sharon Zhang (2024-03-21). Sanders, Democrats Introduce Bill to Guarantee Workers Paid Time Off. truthout.org A group of congressional Democrats has introduced a bicameral bill this week that would establish a federal guarantee for paid time off for workers across the U.S. and end the U.S.'s status as the only wealthy country in the world that doesn't guarantee the benefit to its workforce. On Wednesday, a group of House Democrats led by Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-Rhode Island) introduced the Protected Time… |

Editor (2024-03-21). 'We call for the respect of Haitian popular sovereignty and an end to Western imperialist intervention'. mronline.org After months of the U.S., Core Group, and other imperialist collaborators working to execute an armed intervention into Haiti that they are now calling a "Multinational Security Service," ex-de facto Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned from his illegitimately-held position.

Abahlali baseMjondolo (2024-03-21). Still No Human Rights for the Poor. dissidentvoice.org The poor and marginalised have not seen any gains in almost 30 years of democracy. The poor remain poor and unemployment, poverty and inequality are worse today than at the end of apartheid. Many more people live in shacks than in 1994. Those who live in shack settlements continue to be denied access to basic …

Bharat Dogra (2024-03-21). Inequalities and Concentration of Wealth in the USA Have Wide Implications. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2024-03-20). China-EU financial cooperation set to improve. ecns.cn The China-EU Working Group on Financial Cooperation has held its first meeting in Beijing from Monday to Tuesday, a sign that China-EU financial regulatory cooperation is poised to gather steam.

Thierry Meyssan (2024-03-21). Meyssan : face à la famine massive qui se prépare à Gaza. thealtworld.com Thierry Meyssan fait le point de la situation à Gaza, des perspectives politiques et du désespoir humanitaire alors que les Israéliens organisent l'extinction de la présence palestinienne sur place.

Deepanshu Mohan (2024-03-21). In 9 Charts: India's Growing Debt Problem Has 'Crisis-Like Symptoms'. cadtm.org

newarab (2024-03-21). Canada FM confirms halting arms shipments to Israel. newarab.com Canada will halt all arms shipments to Israel, The besieged Palestinian territory is facing a mounting humanitarian crisis, and months of war have pushed hundreds of thousands of Gazans to the brink of famine. | Canada, a key ally of the United States, which provides Israel with billions of dollars a year in military aid, had alre…

newarab (2024-03-21). Sudan among 'worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory': UN. newarab.com After nearly a year of war, Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, the United Nations warned Wednesday, slamming the international community for its lack of action. | Fighting between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has since April killed tens of thousands and led to acute food shortages and a looming risk of famine. | "By all measures – the sheer scale of humanitarian needs, the numbers of people displaced and facing hunger – Sudan is one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory," said Edem Wosornu, director of oper…

newarab (2024-03-21). Can Joe Biden's floating pier plan prevent famine in Gaza. newarab.com Israel's annihilatory campaign in Gaza began almost six months ago. By now, nearly all of the 2.3 million people living in the besieged enclave

presstv.ir (2024-03-21). 'On brink of death': WHO raises alarm on Gaza children's dire hunger crisis. presstv.ir The World Health Organization has warned that a growing number of children in Gaza are teetering on the edge of death due to severe hunger.

presstv.ir (2024-03-21). Siege, hunger, and disease to be 'main killer' in Gaza: UN. presstv.ir Siege, hunger, and diseases will soon become the main killer in Gaza, says commissioner- general of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

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