Daily Archives: December 5, 2023

2023-12-05: News Headlines

Steve Topple, The Canary. (2023-12-04). People Have Taken Action UK-Wide Over Fuel Poverty. popularresistance.org Campaign groups Fuel Poverty Action, Unite Community, and their allies held nationwide protests this weekend, carrying out 'Warm Ups' to demand action on fuel poverty. People occupied British Gas offices, protested outside Scottish Power, and engaged their local communities. | However, not everyone was receptive to the groups' demands. Security at a South London shopping centre removed activists, simply for 'warming up' — albeit with a rather large banner reading 'Cold Homes Kill'. | Fuel Poverty Action has carried out Warm Ups for over a decade. Activists enter buildings or public spaces in order to warm u…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-12-05). We Can Have Either Billionaires or Democracy. Not Both. counterpunch.org The wealthy are so secure in the protections they have from democratic curbs on their financial power that their biggest worries, as per the UBS report, include "geopolitical tensions," inflation, recession, and higher interest rates. Fears around a "tight jobs market" and "stricter sustainability rules," fall low on their list. In other words, they feel secure against threats of wage rebellions and government regulations.

WSWS (2023-12-04). The bankruptcy of the Signa Real estate empire. wsws.org Real estate speculator René Benko is the product and embodiment of a sick society in which profit and wealth count for everything, while the fate and even the lives of ordinary people count for nothing.

ecns.cn (2023-12-05). PBOC may bolster real estate. ecns.cn The People's Bank of China may seek to support the real economy by further reducing interest rate levels, making better use of outstanding loans to facilitate economic restructuring and easing local governments' debt stress.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-12-04). COP28 Climate Summit Negotiations Focus on Commitments for Developing Countries. indybay.org Most Developing Countries Spend More on Debt Service than on Addressing Country Climate Crisis Challenges…

Alex Nitkin, Next City. (2023-12-04). As Chicago Punts On Apartment Safety, Denver Shows What's Possible. popularresistance.org The tenant of a two-story house in east Denver had been expecting Kevin Lewis when he knocked on her door this past June. | After a brief introduction and a glance around the home, Lewis quickly checked the water pressure, power outlets and the cooling sources in each room. He reached a wiry arm up to a ceiling smoke alarm and pressed a button, prompting a chirp to echo through the house. | "Music to my ears," Lewis said, already halfway to the basement to make sure the boiler had a working gas line connection. | Minutes later, Lewis was gone — on to the next house. | Lewis wasn't sent by the city to invest…

ecns.cn (2023-12-04). Plans unveiled for emission control across 18 Chinese regions. ecns.cn 18 regions across China have hammered out their working plans on synergizing the emission control of traditional air pollutants and heat-trapping gases, said Zhao Yingmin, vice-minister of ecology and environment.

infobrics (2023-12-04). Will Russia take Avdeyevka at all costs?>. infobrics.org It's important to note that Moscow is in no hurry. On the contrary, the time is working against the Kiev regime that's now facing an increasingly disillusioned populace, both at home and abroad, with many in the political West talking about the so-called "Ukraine fatigue".

Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman (2023-12-04). Painkillers can't be found in Gaza's pharmacies. electronicintifada.net I try to keep working when the migraines start.

infobrics (2023-12-04). Bolivia's New Top Diplomat Pledges Efforts Toward BRICS Membership. infobrics.org "As the Foreign Ministry, we will continue working toward Bolivia's joining BRICS as a full-fledged member as well as activating new mechanisms of financial integration between countries of the Global South which would reduce dependence on the dollar," Celinda Sosa said…

noreply (2023-12-04). A Very Timely… smoothiex12.blogspot.com news about Russia's lithography of 7-28 nm. The prototype has been already created and is working. And this:

There are some very important clarifications about this whole 7-28 nm thingy, which even I with my limit…

unitedEditor (2023-12-05). The bankruptcy of France's Africa policy. uwidata.com By Ali Rƒ±za Ta≈üdelen In 2017, the year Emmanuel Macron was elected president, France started to lose its influence in Africa. Because in the 2000s, Africa had started to turn towards China, the centre of attraction of the New World. The imperialist powers, especially France, together with the US, staged a series of coups and …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-12-04). Telehealth's lasting impact on cancer care delivery. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Mayo Clinic retrospective study shows that cancer practices can integrate telehealth without duplicative care, allowing for a more streamlined healthcare experience for patients and their caregivers. Researchers analyzed trends in telehealth use from 2019 to 2021 across Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. The study looked at hematology and oncology visits conducted across Mayo Clinic campuses in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona, as well as at community-based clinics across Mayo Clinic Health System. In 2019, telehealth visits accounted for…

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2023-12-04). Never-ending Wars, Famine and Injustice: This Society Is Making People Ill. Mental Causes of Physical Illness. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-12-04). Remembering the rise and fall of Grenada's New Jewel Movement. therealnews.com In 1979 a socialist revolution under the leadership of the New Jewel Movement took power in Grenada. For the next four years, the Caribbean island nation engaged in a daring experiment of popular sovereignty and democracy, tackling questions of education, inequality, and hunger head-on. But the revolution didn't last. Weakened by infighting and eventually deposed …

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