latintimes (2023-12-11). Argentina's Milei Warns Of 'Shock' Austerity As He Takes Office. latintimes.com Latin America's third-biggest economy is on its knees after decades of debt and financial mismanagement, with annual inflation at 140% and 40% of Argentines living in poverty.

Washington Uranga (2023-12-11). Argentina — El ajuste que pagan los de siempre. globalizacion.ca En su primer discurso como Presidente Javier Milei anunció al país una "nueva era de paz y prosperidad, de libertad y de progreso", basada en "la libertad" ( °carajo!) y "dejando atrás las ideas empobrecedoras del colectivismo". | Como era previsible la…

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-11). Labor falls short on Robodebt royal commission measures. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-10). Labor falls short on Robodebt royal commission measures. greenleft.org.au

midwesternmarx (2023-12-11). Why Are Intellectuals Divorced from Working People? By: Carlos L. Garrido. midwesternmarx.com This article is a transcript of a presentation for a panel on the subject, hosted by the International Manifesto Group, the Critical Theory Workshop, and the Midwestern Marx Institute, with other presentations from Gabriel Rockhill, Radhika Desai, Glenn Diesen, and Noah Khrachvik. ​The question we are exploring today, concerning the divorce of intellectuals and the working class, is fundamental for assessing the crisis we face in the subjective conditions for revolution. The first …

Xinhua (2023-12-10). EU reaches agreement on landmark artificial intelligence law. pressenza.com European Union (EU) lawmakers and member states reached an agreement on rules governing artificial intelligence (AI). | "Historic! The EU becomes the first continent to set clear rules for the use of AI," European internal market commissioner Thierry Breton said on Friday night after the conclusion of talks that began on Wednesday. | Breton added on social networking site X, formerly Twitter, that "the AI law is much more than a rulebook, it is a launch pad for EU start-ups and researchers to lead the global AI race". | The European Commission said in a statement in the early hours of Saturday morning that it wel…

_____ (2023-12-11). Genocide — The Gaze from the Abyss. transcend.org 7 Dec 2023 – In October, we discussed the corporate media invention of so-called 'disinformation experts'. Although journalists are 'working within profit-maximising, billionaire-owned, advertiser-dependent, government-subsidised media, they are nevertheless exposing "disinformation" without the slightest trace of bias'.

_____ (2023-12-11). Peacebuilding During a Time of War? Bottom-Up Peacebuilding Between Israelis and Palestinians. transcend.org While the world focuses on the human tragedy of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, there are hundreds of organizations and thousands of individuals actively working to build peace. Peace News spoke to some of these peacebuilders to understand their experience during this war.

reliefweb.int (2023-12-11). Malawi WASH Cluster Emergency Assessments Technical Working Group (TWiG) – October 2023 V2. reliefweb.int

Talya Wintman (2023-12-10). Social Worker Shortage Looms If Field Keeps Relying on Unpaid Student Labor. truthout.org Anyone who has ever interacted with New York City's vast social welfare system has probably come into contact with a social work student. For those who haven't, it might come as a surprise that much of the case management, housing stabilization, crisis intervention and counseling services for people who are low-income, criminal legal system-involved, experiencing homelessness, or disabled… |

Marc Vandepitte (2023-12-11). Israel and US Plan Complete Deportation from Gaza. Famine in Looming. "A Child is Killed Every Ten Minutes" globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-12-11). "Please Stop This War Against Us": Gaza Doctor Begs for World's Help as Hunger & Disease Spread. democracynow.org We get an update from one of the few hospitals still operating in southern Gaza from Ahmed Moghrabi, a doctor at Nasser Hospital, who describes horrific conditions. "I've developed psychological disorder," says Moghrabi, who himself is barely surviving on little food and clean water. "Please stop this genocide against us. Stop this war. Please, please, I beg you." We also speak with Dr. Tarek Loubani, an emergency room medical doctor shot by the Israeli military in Gaza in 2018, about the arrests, killings and torture of his fellow medical workers by the Israeli military, and the eno…

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-10). Labor falls short on Robodebt royal commission measures. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-09). Labor falls short on Robodebt royal commission measures. greenleft.org.au

Hannah Riley, Consortium News. (2023-12-09). The 'Cop City' Mass Arraignment Circus. popularresistance.org On November 6, I sat in a courtroom in downtown Atlanta as 57 people churned through arraignments on charges tied to a sweeping racketeering case. | The case in question is as light on the evidence as it is clear in its aim: to suppress the movement to stop Cop City from being built in an Atlanta-area forest. The arraignment process was the first of what will likely be many surreal days in court as the state attempts a prosecution unprecedented in both size and scope. | Being somewhat confused by the inner workings of our Byzantine court system on even the best days, I didn't know what to expect from a mass arrai…

WSWS (2023-12-09). Protesters in the Philippines denounce Israel's genocide in Gaza. wsws.org While many people across the Philippines are repulsed by the barbaric crimes taking place in Gaza, petty-bourgeois layers in the country are working to derail the protest movement that has emerged.

Max Kozlov, Portside. (2023-12-09). NIH Researchers Vote To Form A Union For The First Time. popularresistance.org Hundreds of early-career researchers at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) have voted overwhelmingly to form a union, nearly completing the official process required to do so. They plan to call on the agency — the world's largest public funder of biomedical research — to improve pay and working conditions, and to bolster its policies and procedures for dealing with harassment and excessive workloads. | About 98% of the research fellows who participated in the ballot voted on 6 December to form the union, with 1,601 voting in favour and just 36 against. Barring any objections, the result will b…

Talya Wintman (2023-12-10). Social Worker Shortage Looms If Field Keeps Relying on Unpaid Student Labor. truthout.org Anyone who has ever interacted with New York City's vast social welfare system has probably come into contact with a social work student. For those who haven't, it might come as a surprise that much of the case management, housing stabilization, crisis intervention and counseling services for people who are low-income, criminal legal system-involved, experiencing homelessness, or disabled… |

Homeless Garden Project (2023-12-09). Monday 1/15: Homeless Garden Project Day of Service in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr. indybay.org Homeless Garden Project's Natural Bridges Farm, Shaffer Rd. and Delaware Ave., Santa Cruz…

Rédaction Montréal (2023-12-09). Joint Statement on Climate, Nature and People #COP28. pressenza.com We, the UNFCCC COP28 Presidency, CBD COP15 Presidency, chairs of the undersigned partnerships, initiatives and coalitions, and endorsing member countries: | Recognizing that the growing and projected impacts of climate change critically threaten biodiversity and the billions of livelihoods dependent on high-integrity ecosystems; | Noting that continued loss and degradation of nature increases climate vulnerability, contributes to significant greenhouse gas emissions, and impedes sustainable development; | Acknowledging that efforts which promote sustainable land management, drought resilience and ocean health pro…

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-08). Labor falls short on Robodebt royal commission measures. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2023-12-08). Question mark raised over the world's most important financial market. wsws.org The $25 trillion US Treasury market, where government debt is bought and sold, forms the key foundation for the global financial system.

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-07). Labor falls short on Robodebt royal commission measures. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2023-12-07). Giant Chinese property developer Evergrande given stay of execution. wsws.org There is concern that an Evergrande liquidation could severely impact the ability of other corporations, not only highly indebted real estate developers, to raise money in international financial markets.

WSWS (2023-12-07). Yellow bankruptcy auction raises $1.9 billion for Wall Street. wsws.org Yellow's asset auction raised more than enough funds to pay off its nearly $1.6 billion in debt.

WSWS (2023-12-08). "Helen was our comrade, friend and fighter. She was an indefatigable fighter for the working class and socialism" wsws.org We are publishing here the tribute given by Larry Porter, the assistant national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (US), to Helen Halyard.

WSWS (2023-12-08). David North sends a message to Sri Lankan SEP members attacked by pro-government thugs. wsws.org "The cowardly thugs—trade union bureaucrats who serve as the hirelings of the capitalist regime—stupidly believe that they can intimidate our party with such reactionary tactics. In fact, they draw upon themselves the contempt of the working class."

Media Lens (2023-12-07). Genocide: The Gaze from the Abyss. dissidentvoice.org Left-progressive websites don't always get it right. Take Media Lens, for example. In October, we discussed the corporate media invention of so-called 'disinformation experts'. We lampooned the claim that although journalists are 'working within profit-maximising, billionaire-owned, advertiser-dependent, government-subsidised media, they are nevertheless exposing "disinformation" without the slightest trace of bias'. Last May, the BBC unveiled …

Melvin Goodman (2023-12-07). The Washington Post Gratuitously and Wrongly Trashes Jimmy Carter. counterpunch.org Unlike Kissinger, who had no regard for democratic values in the making of national security policy, Carter's "design" for foreign policy stressed the importance of the rule of law, universal human rights, self-determination, and the avoidance of military intervention. Whereas Kissinger orchestrated the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende in Chile, Carter suspended military and economic aid to the authoritarian government of Augusto Pinochet.

Peter Certo (2023-12-07). In OtherWords: December 7, 2023. otherwords.org Nothing makes home feel like home like the holidays. | This week, housing advocate Kazmyn Ramos writes about watching her family struggle to provide stable housing, working with housing insecure mothers, and pulling together with neighbors to provide for each other. As Americans plan trips home for the holidays, she outlines Of course, for many of us the holidays also mean a good deal of shopping — whether for gifts or an ugly Christmas sweater party. This week in OtherWords,…

WSWS (2023-12-07). The struggle of Quebec's 600,000 public sector workers at the crossroads. wsws.org To prevail against the big business CAQ government, workers must wrest control of their struggle from the pro-capitalist union apparatuses and transform it into a unified political offensive of the entire working class against the Quebec and Canadian ruling elite's agenda of austerity and war.

Leila Warah, Mondoweiss. (2023-12-07). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 62: United Nations Chief Invokes Article 99. popularresistance.org Israel's ruthless attacks, the brutal military siege, and the displacement of over a million people in the space of two months, have left the Gaza Strip in ruins and its population severely traumatized, sick, injured, starving, and, in most cases, homeless. | In only seven weeks, Israel has flattened entire neighborhoods in northern Gaza and severely damaged over 60 percent of its buildings. | The extent of destruction has approached levels seen during the years-long carpet bombing of German cities during World War II, according to a report by the Financial Times. | "Gaza will also go down as a place name denotin…

Santa Cruz Homeless Union (2023-12-07). Thursday 12/21: Santa Cruz Homeless Memorial. indybay.org Town Clock, Pacific Ave & Water St, Santa Cruz…

Michelle Begue (2023-12-07). Colombians file for bankruptcy. america.cgtn.com The number of Colombians who declared bankruptcy in 2023 is 1/3rd higher than 2022. | While this may indicate harder times for Colombians, some experts say the good news is that more people are using bankruptcy laws, to recover.

David Schultz (2023-12-07). Inequality in America? Bah, Humbug! counterpunch.org If the US economy is in such great shape why are there so many poor in America and why is there such inequality in the country? According to The Economist we are entering the golden years for American workers. After decades of the closing of factories, the loss of blue-collar jobs, wage stagnation, and a

SAM (2023-12-07). Another Hardwood Shakedown: Your Money or Your Team! inequality.org

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-12-06). Guayana Esequiba: Geo-Economics of an Occupation. orinocotribune.com By Irene León — Dec 2, 2023 | An air of bonanza has raised the projections of the ExxonMobil corporation, which accumulated around $414 billion in 2022, an unprecedented income in its history which represents 44.8% more than the previous year. It is a gigantic increase if compared to its crisis in 2020, when its losses put its place in the stock market in jeopardy. Research by ExxonMobil indicated that Guyana could become "the country that produces the most barrels of oil per inhabitant in the world, surpassing Kuwait, in that case, when measuring the wealth per capita of its 800 thousand inhabitants, it wou…

Staff (2023-12-06). Carbon Colonialism: Oil-Rich UAE Buys Up Large Swaths of Africa for Carbon Credits to Keep Polluting. democracynow.org As Democracy Now! broadcasts from COP28 in Dubai, we look at how the United Arab Emirates is using its vast oil money to buy up the rights to land in many African countries in order to sell carbon credits to major polluters, a plan that critics characterize as a new form of colonialism. "After failing to mitigate at the source," wealthy polluters now "want to, basically, buy, on the cheap, African land," says Power Shift Africa's Mohamed Adow about wealthy nations' failure to deliver on climate finance and turn to a "land grab" on the African continent. "What…

Ruth Milka (2023-12-05). Billionaire Heirs: The accelerating $5.2 trillion wealth transfer. nationofchange.org Without robust wealth and inheritance taxes the children and grandchildren of today's billionaires will dominate our future politics, economy, culture, and philanthropy."

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.

Heather Digby Parton (2023-12-06). Eagerness to Cut Social Security and Medicare Wins Haley Wealthy Donors. truthout.org Get ready for another magical night in American politics. Yes, the fourth Republican Presidential Second Place Debate is tonight, broadcast by an obscure cable channel called News Nation. The whole country is crackling with excitement at the prospect of watching the last four standing, Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron Desantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-12-05). Democrats Seek to End Major Billionaire Tax Avoidance Scheme in New Senate Bill. truthout.org Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) introduced a bill last week aimed at bringing an end to loopholes in the tax code that have, for decades, allowed the wealthiest Americans to avoid paying taxes on a huge portion of their incomes and assets. The Billionaires Income Tax Act takes aim at a practice known as "buy, borrow, die" by taxing unrealized capital gains, the very heart of the three… |

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-12-05). 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…

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.

Bob Bishop (2023-12-06). The Bull Elephant in the Room: Exponential Growth. sonar21.com On September 18, 2023, the U.S. national debt crossed $33 trillion. It will reach $34 trillion in late December, a little over 90 days. It took the U.S. over 200 years to have national debt exceed $1 trillion. The national debt now exceeds gross domestic production by 122%. The U.S. government's 2023 expenditure ratio is 23% of GDP, creating an economy dependent on money printing. The last time the government had a surplus was in 2001, and the last time it paid down treasury debt was in 1961. The runaway high deficits are due to the U.S.'s exorbitant privilege of treasuries being the primary global reserve…

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-12-06). 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…

Palestine News Network (2023-12-06). Journalists Pay the Ultimate Price: 63 Media Professionals Martyred in Israeli Aggression on Gaza. pressenza.com The Journalists Syndicate announced the martyrdom of 63 journalists since the beginning of the Israeli occupation forces' aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7 of last month. | A statement from the Freedom Committee of the Syndicate stated that the monitoring committee documented the martyrdom of 63 journalists due to targeting by the occupation forces with missiles from airplanes, artillery shells, and sniper gunfire. | The statement added that among the media casualties are 41 journalists working in various media disciplines, while 21 of their colleagues working in administrative, financial, and technical d…

Queen Mary University of London. (2023-12-06). Working For Climate Justice: Report Urges Unions To Lead Transition. popularresistance.org Ahead of COP28 the UN warns that the world is facing 'hellish'3C of climate heating, and with European lawmakers urging COP28 climate summit to take aim at fossil fuels, a new report published today from the Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice and Institute of Employment Rights, reveals why trade unions need to put climate bargaining at the centre of everything they do and maps out the steps that must be taken to achieve this. | The report, 'Working for Climate Justice: Trade unions in the front line against climate change' asserts that until now, the trade union movement has failed to make climate chang…

infobrics (2023-12-05). 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…

WSWS (2023-12-05). How the 2015 Quebec public sector workers' struggle was derailed—vital lessons for today. wsws.org With the explosion of workers' struggles on an international scale, conditions are even more favorable for the development of a mass movement against austerity and war. But as in 2015, the unions are determined to prevent a working-class challenge to the capitalist elite's class-war agenda and to isolate Quebec public sector workers from their class brothers and sisters in the rest of Canada.

WSWS (2023-12-05). Sir Keir Starmer praises Margaret Thatcher: The Labour Party versus the working class. wsws.org Starmer's paragraph on Thatcher also praises how Tony Blair "reimagined a stale, outdated Labour Party into one that could seize the optimism of the late 90s".

WSWS (2023-12-05). Spain's pseudo-left parties divert anger over Gaza genocide behind PSOE-Sumar government. wsws.org Pseudo-left parties of the affluent middle class are shielding Podemos and Sumar by blocking a movement in the working class against Spain's capitalist government in which they sit as coalition partners of the Socialist Party (PSOE).

Zoya Teirstein (2023-12-06). Public Health Finally Gets a Platform at COP28, But Will Real Action Follow? truthout.org For the better part of a decade, researchers working at the intersection of climate change and human health have been desperately sounding alarm bells about the significant public health threats lurking in every tenth of a degree of planetary warming. Billions of people are at risk from illnesses linked to extreme heat; malnutrition following crop failure; bacteria and viruses that lurk in… |

ecns.cn (2023-12-05). Insights | U.S. Scholar: Resumption of military ties between U.S. and China crucial for regional peace and development. ecns.cn David Blair, vice president and senior economist at the Center for China and Globalization, said the confidence-building measures that the U.S. and China are working out now are really important for the future of the world."ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-12-05). Country aims to shine in space-based solar power tech to boost clean energy. ecns.cn Amid global efforts to replace fossil fuels with clean energy, Chinese scientists and engineers are working on a bright idea — soaking up abundant energy from the sun and then beaming it back to Earth.

Santa Cruz Homeless Union (2023-12-05). Thursday 12/21: Santa Cruz Homeless Memorial. indybay.org Town Clock, Pacific Ave & Water St, Santa Cruz…

WSWS (2023-12-05). Los Angeles area homeless targeted in series of killings last week. wsws.org Three homeless men were murdered last week in Los Angeles. Their killings were the outcome of sustained ruling class efforts to demonize the homeless population in the nation's second largest city.

ecns.cn (2023-12-05). Proposal set to advance cause of human rights. ecns.cn Beijing has put forward a four-point proposal for advancing global human rights, including "galvanizing common security and shaping a stabler international environment", in order to end conflicts and facilitate the return of the homeless to their homeland.

BAN Toxics (2023-12-06). GEF-UNIDO Healthcare Wastes Project Launches to Pioneer Sustainable Solutions in Philippine Healthcare Waste Management. pressenza.com Quezon City, December 6, 2023 — The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB), Department of Health (DOH), and BAN Toxics, together with EcoWaste Coalition and Healthcare without Harm-Southeast Asia (HCWH-SEA), have joined together to lead the launching of the five-year project funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF). The project is focused on the reduction of unintended organic pollutants and mercury from healthcare wastes. | The groups marked the launch with a symbolic giant face mask, represen…

isabella (2023-12-05). The Transit Equity Movement Wins Their Biggest Zero Fare Victory Yet. inequality.org It's happening: The city of Albuquerque is permanently eliminating public bus fares, becoming the largest U.S. city to embrace this critical step toward racial and economic equity. A coalition headed by Together for Brothers — a community organizing and power-building group led by and for young men of color — made the victory possible. …

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 …

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…

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.

Aaron Fernando, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2023-12-03). Artisans Cooperative: An Etsy Alternative. popularresistance.org We have all experienced it: Some organization or service starts out good — or great, even — and then as time goes on, either costs and fees go up, or quality declines. | In the context of a dominant economy that demands faster production, cheaper labor, and lower quality — all for the sake of channeling wealth upward to shareholders who have little to do with the real-world value created by a business — it is understandable that people may feel cynical about any type of retail organization. | This is a story of how the makers who create a living off their hard-earned skills, banded togethe…

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…

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.

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…

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…

The Independent (2023-12-03). This modern popsicles business offers women in the hood a lifeline. independent.co.ug A modest popsicle-making business in Umoja, Kenya is transforming options for women working in the neighbourhood. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | The rains may have started but residents of Umoja in Nairobi County are still able to enjoy a frozen treat from Azin Pops — and while they're at it, also support a group …

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

Mindy Isser, In These Times. (2023-12-03). UAW Is Largest US Union To Call For An Immediate End To The Violence. popularresistance.org The United Auto Workers have endorsed a cease-fire, making them the largest national union to do so in a major development for labor and the larger movement for peace and justice in Palestine and Israel. | Brandon Mancilla, Director of United Auto Workers (UAW) Region 9A, which represents 50,000 active and retired workers within the larger UAW, announced the union's call for a cease-fire publicly on Friday at a news conference outside of the White House where organizers and activists have been on a hunger strike. | "We opposed fascism in World War II, we opposed the Vietnam war, we opposed apartheid South Africa…

Dan Collyns (2023-12-02). Spreading gang violence worsens food crisis in Haiti. america.cgtn.com A UN report released this week on the situation in Haiti paints a grim picture of life in the Caribbean nation. Already wracked by poverty and lawlessness, the report warns of spreading gang violence further threatening food supplies.

Aaron Fernando, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2023-12-03). Artisans Cooperative: An Etsy Alternative. popularresistance.org We have all experienced it: Some organization or service starts out good — or great, even — and then as time goes on, either costs and fees go up, or quality declines. | In the context of a dominant economy that demands faster production, cheaper labor, and lower quality — all for the sake of channeling wealth upward to shareholders who have little to do with the real-world value created by a business — it is understandable that people may feel cynical about any type of retail organization. | This is a story of how the makers who create a living off their hard-earned skills, banded togethe…

The Independent (2023-12-02). Zimbabwe mulls wealth tax targeting the rich. independent.co.ug Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Mthuli Ncube on Thursday proposed a "wealth tax" that targets the country's super-rich with an intention to use the funds earned from the new measure to upgrade urban infrastructure. Presenting the 2024 national budget statement to Parliament, Ncube said the current …

The Independent (2023-12-03). This modern popsicles business offers women in the hood a lifeline. independent.co.ug A modest popsicle-making business in Umoja, Kenya is transforming options for women working in the neighbourhood. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | The rains may have started but residents of Umoja in Nairobi County are still able to enjoy a frozen treat from Azin Pops — and while they're at it, also support a group …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-12-03). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-12-02). 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…

Mindy Isser, In These Times. (2023-12-03). UAW Is Largest US Union To Call For An Immediate End To The Violence. popularresistance.org The United Auto Workers have endorsed a cease-fire, making them the largest national union to do so in a major development for labor and the larger movement for peace and justice in Palestine and Israel. | Brandon Mancilla, Director of United Auto Workers (UAW) Region 9A, which represents 50,000 active and retired workers within the larger UAW, announced the union's call for a cease-fire publicly on Friday at a news conference outside of the White House where organizers and activists have been on a hunger strike. | "We opposed fascism in World War II, we opposed the Vietnam war, we opposed apartheid South Africa…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-11-30). Unemployment rate continues upward trend in Chile. plenglish.com The institution pointed out in a press release that in the Metropolitan Region, where the capital is, the unemployment rate is even higher and reached 9.8 percent. | As usual, women are the most affected by the lack of jobs, with a nationwide indicator of 9.1 percent compared to men (8.7 percent). | According to INE, the growth of Chile's working age population remains above the capacity to create new jobs. | The economic sectors with the highest employment during the analyzed quarter were health care, public administration and commerce. | Informal employment fell slightly to 27.0 percent, with a 0.2-percent dro…

Staff (2023-11-30). Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operation has imprints of Hindu-Muslim unity. muslimmirror.com By Syed Ali Mujtaba In a befitting reply to the Hindutva forces who are working overtime to ostracize Muslims from India, seven Muslims and three Hindu workers united together to rescue 41 men trapped in in Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand on November 28. The 41 persons were trapped for 17 days since November 12. These …

Staff (2023-11-30). Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operation has imprints of Hindu-Muslim unity. muslimmirror.com By Syed Ali Mujtaba In a befitting reply to the Hindutva forces who are working overtime to ostracize Muslims from India, seven Muslims and three Hindu workers united together to rescue 41 men trapped in in Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand on November 28. The 41 persons were trapped for 17 days since November 12. These …

Yumna Patel (2023-11-30). Israel has a long history of taking Palestinian children captive. mondoweiss.net Israel has a long history of taking Palestinian children captive, abusing and scarring them in the process. This mass incarceration of children living under occupation boils down to one thing: control and the deprivation of liberty.

WSWS (2023-12-01). Wilders' election victory in the Netherlands: How can war and fascism be stopped? wsws.org The election victory of the right-wing extremist Geert Wilders in the Dutch parliamentary elections is the product of the complete bankruptcy of the former left-wing forces and at the same time expresses the shift to the right of the entire political establishment.

Staff (2023-11-30). Historian Greg Grandin: Glowing Obituaries for Henry Kissinger Reveal "Moral Bankruptcy" of U.S. Elites. democracynow.org Henry Kissinger is dead at the age of 100. The former U.S. statesman served as national security adviser and secretary of state at the height of the Cold War and wielded influence over U.S. foreign policy for decades afterward. His actions led to massacres, coups and and even genocide, leaving a bloody legacy in Latin America, Southeast Asia and beyond. Once out of office, Kissinger continued until his death to advise U.S. presidents and other top officials who celebrate him as a visionary diplomat. Yale historian Greg Grandin says those glowing obituaries only reveal "the moral bankruptcy of the political…

Democracy Now! (2023-11-30). Democracy Now! 2023-11-30 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for November 30, 2023; "Horror Show": Doctors Without Borders Demands Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, Medical Aid for Wounded; "This Is Genocide": Attorney Raji Sourani on Israeli War Crimes & Fleeing Gaza After Home Was Bombed; Historian Greg Grandin: Glowing Obituaries for Henry Kissinger Reveal "Moral Bankruptcy" of U.S. Elites | Headlines for November 30, 2023; "Horror Show": Doctors Without Borders Demands Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, Medical Aid for Wounded; "This Is Genocide": Attorney Raji Sourani on Israeli War Crimes & Fleeing Gaza After H…

Democracy Now! (2023-11-30). Democracy Now! 2023-11-30 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for November 30, 2023; "Horror Show": Doctors Without Borders Demands Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, Medical Aid for Wounded; "This Is Genocide": Attorney Raji Sourani on Israeli War Crimes & Fleeing Gaza After Home Was Bombed; Historian Greg Grandin: Glowing Obituaries for Henry Kissinger Reveal "Moral Bankruptcy" of U.S. Elites | Headlines for November 30, 2023; "Horror Show": Doctors Without Borders Demands Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, Medical Aid for Wounded; "This Is Genocide": Attorney Raji Sourani on Israeli War Crimes & Fleeing Gaza After H…

Bella DeVaan, Inequality. (2023-12-01). Red Cup Rebellion Redux: An Interview With Starbucks Workers United. popularresistance.org The Starbucks Workers United are here to stay. After Buffalo-area stores organized in 2021, unionization caught on like wildfire at franchise locations across the nation. (That year, the median Starbucks employee made under $13,000 while the company's then-CEO Kevin Johnson took home $20.4 million) | Since then, the organizing workers haven't let up, roasting former CEO Howard Schultz in a high-profile Senate hearing and escalating their campaign. President Biden's National Labor Relations Board has issued landmark rulings in the union's favor against the company's cruel union busting. Now, over 9,000 workers con…

SAM (2023-12-01). Sick of Outrageously Excessive CEO Compensation? inequality.org

presstv.ir (2023-11-30). Actress Cynthia Nixon launches hunger strike calling for permanent ceasefire in Gaza. presstv.ir Cynthia Nixon, joined by state legislators and activists, launches a hunger strike calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

Staff (2023-11-30). Headlines for November 30, 2023. democracynow.org Israel and Hamas Agree to Last-Minute Deal Extending Truce by 24 Hours, Decomposing Bodies of Premature Babies Discovered in Besieged Gaza Hospital, Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinian Children in Raid on Jenin Refugee Camp, Palestinian Gunmen Kill 3 at Jerusalem Bus Stop; Netanyahu Pledges Gaza Assault Will Resume, "Christmas Is Canceled": Protesters at NYC Tree-Lighting Ceremony Call for End to Israeli Occupation, House Progressives Join White House Hunger Strikers in Call for Gaza Ceasefire, Prominent Law Firm Rescinds Job Offer to Arab American Attorney Who Supports Palestinian Rights, Henry Kissi…

Staff (2023-11-30). Headlines for November 30, 2023. democracynow.org Israel and Hamas Agree to Last-Minute Deal Extending Truce by 24 Hours, Decomposing Bodies of Premature Babies Discovered in Besieged Gaza Hospital, Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinian Children in Raid on Jenin Refugee Camp, Palestinian Gunmen Kill 3 at Jerusalem Bus Stop; Netanyahu Pledges Gaza Assault Will Resume, "Christmas Is Canceled": Protesters at NYC Tree-Lighting Ceremony Call for End to Israeli Occupation, House Progressives Join White House Hunger Strikers in Call for Gaza Ceasefire, Prominent Law Firm Rescinds Job Offer to Arab American Attorney Who Supports Palestinian Rights, Henry Kissi…

Asia Walters (2023-11-29). It Takes Strength to Survive Poverty — and a Safety Net to Escape It. otherwords.org As a struggling single mom, I've learned that poverty is a policy choice, not a personal one. We can reverse it — if we choose.

Ann Brown (2023-11-29). Adobe: Consumers Are Increasingly Using 'Buy Now, Pay Later Debt' (BNPL), Cyber Monday Up 42% This Year. moguldom.com Multinational computer software company Adobe has released data highlighting the significant rise in the use of "Buy Now, Pay Later"'(BNPL) services among consumers during Cyber Monday, which saw a major increase in sales this year. Cyber Monday witnessed remarkable growth in 2023, with online spending surging to a whopping $12.4 billion, reflecting a 9.6 percent …

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-11-30). Unemployment rate continues upward trend in Chile. plenglish.com The institution pointed out in a press release that in the Metropolitan Region, where the capital is, the unemployment rate is even higher and reached 9.8 percent. | As usual, women are the most affected by the lack of jobs, with a nationwide indicator of 9.1 percent compared to men (8.7 percent). | According to INE, the growth of Chile's working age population remains above the capacity to create new jobs. | The economic sectors with the highest employment during the analyzed quarter were health care, public administration and commerce. | Informal employment fell slightly to 27.0 percent, with a 0.2-percent dro…

WSWS (2023-11-29). A Tribute to Helen Halyard (November 24, 1950—November 28, 2023). wsws.org The unexpected and sudden death of Helen Halyard at the age of 73 deprives the working class in the United States and throughout the world of a courageous and selfless fighter for socialism.

WSWS (2023-11-29). A Tribute to Helen Halyard (November 24, 1950-November 28, 2023). wsws.org The unexpected and sudden death of Helen Halyard at the age of 73 deprives the working class in the United States and throughout the world of a courageous and selfless fighter for socialism.

geo.tv (2023-11-29). Revealed: How Modi govt planned to assassinate pro-Khalistan leader Pannun on US soil. geo.tv Sources says Indian national Nikhil Gupta is a veteran agent working for Indian spy agency RAW…

WSWS (2023-11-29). Drastically rising rents fuel growing homelessness in Germany. wsws.org Rising rents across the country mean the number of homeless people in Germany is also increasing dramatically.

isabella (2023-11-29). Red Cup Rebellion Redux: A Q&A with Starbucks Workers United. inequality.org

presstv.ir (2023-11-30). Actress Cynthia Nixon launches hunger strike calling for permanent ceasefire in Gaza. presstv.ir Cynthia Nixon, joined by state legislators and activists, launches a hunger strike calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Actress Cynthia Nixon launches hunger strike calling for permanent ceasefire in Gaza. presstv.ir Cynthia Nixon, joined by state legislators and activists, launches a hunger strike calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Activists begin hunger strike outside White House demanding Gaza truce. presstv.ir Activists begin a hunger strike outside the White House calling for a permanent truce in Gaza.

Phil Wilson (2023-11-28). Poverty and Climate Overheating: Flip Sides of One Coin. counterpunch.org I retired in 2020 after decades as a mental health outreach worker. My job involved going out to my clients' apartments — usually in sprawling housing projects or in "section 8" apartments in run down neighborhoods. Some of my clients slept in backyard sheds or abandoned factories and I met with them on playgrounds, parking

Zane McNeill (2023-11-28). Idaho Asks Supreme Court to Let State Prosecute Doctors, Ban Abortions. truthout.org The state of Idaho, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom — designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center — asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to allow its abortion ban to take full effect. Idaho's Defense of Life Act is one of the strictest abortion bans in the country and imposes criminal penalties on doctors who perform abortions in the state. In 2022… |

Jake Johnson (2023-11-28). House GOP-Led Hearing Is a Trojan Horse for Social Security Cuts, Critics Warn. truthout.org The Republican-controlled House Budget Committee is set to convene a hearing Wednesday to examine legislation that would establish a so-called fiscal commission for the U.S. debt, a proposal that critics have called a Trojan horse for Social Security and Medicare cuts. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), a longtime proponent of Social Security cuts, described such a commission as one of his top… |

WSWS (2023-11-29). A Tribute to Helen Halyard (November 24, 1950-November 28, 2023). wsws.org The unexpected and sudden death of Helen Halyard at the age of 73 deprives the working class in the United States and throughout the world of a courageous and selfless fighter for socialism.

Muhammed Shabeer (2023-11-28). The people reclaim the Dublin streets rampaged by right-wing mobs. peoplesdispatch.org Working class groups marched in Dublin on November 27, in solidarity with Dubliners traumatized by far-right riots and the gruesome knife attack on November 23. In the march Participants highlighted that the Irish society stands against all attempts to divide working people and also se…

WSWS (2023-11-28). Royal Mail workers denounce stitch up of reps and members by the Communication Workers Union in Falconer Review. wsws.org It is an obscenity that the livelihoods of fighters for the working class are threatened. Those who should face the axe are the pro-company bureaucracy responsible for the betrayal of those they were meant to represent.

WSWS (2023-11-29). Drastically rising rents fuel growing homelessness in Germany. wsws.org Rising rents across the country mean the number of homeless people in Germany is also increasing dramatically.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-11-28). What Would a Just Peace in Palestine Look Like? libya360.wordpress.com The Eclectic Radical A meme on Twitter has been asking "Where do the Israeli Jews go?" as if this is the supreme gotcha and this question completely invalidates all discussion of Palestinian liberation, as if Palestinian self-determination automatically means rendering the entire population of Israel homeless and stateless. This ignores the fact that the mere…

WSWS (2023-11-28). Australia protesters denounce Gaza genocide: "The whole capitalist system has shown its true face" wsws.org "I've lost nearly 45 members of my family there. Most of their houses are destroyed, and whoever is left are homeless. So it's very close to my heart."

Chuck Collins, Inequality. (2023-11-28). The Climate Justice Shot Heard 'Round The World. popularresistance.org In 1775, the first battles of the American Revolution began in Massachusetts at Lexington and Concord with what is now known as the "shot heard 'round the world." | Three miles away, at an airport known as Hanscom Field, climate activists are launching what might be the newest shot to ring across a warming planet: No new private jet infrastructure. | Located 14 miles outside Boston, Hanscom is New England's largest private jet port. Private jets are the epitome of private excess at public and planetary expense. They pollute between 10 and 20 times more per passenger than commercial flights.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Actress Cynthia Nixon launches hunger strike calling for permanent ceasefire in Gaza. presstv.ir Cynthia Nixon, joined by state legislators and activists, launches a hunger strike calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Activists begin hunger strike outside White House demanding Gaza truce. presstv.ir Activists begin a hunger strike outside the White House calling for a permanent truce in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-28). Actress Cynthia Nixon launches hunger strike calling for permanent ceasefire in Gaza. presstv.ir Cynthia Nixon, joined by state legislators and activists, launches a hunger strike calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-28). Activists begin hunger strike outside White House demanding Gaza truce. presstv.ir Activists begin a hunger strike outside the White House calling for a permanent truce in Gaza.

Staff (2023-11-28). Headlines for November 28, 2023. democracynow.org Israel and Hamas Agree to Extend Truce by 48 Hours to Exchange More Captives , Elon Musk Says Starlink Internet Service Will Operate in Gaza Only with Israel's Approval , Vermont Man Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Murder of Three Palestinian Students, Former Obama Adviser Pleads Not Guilty to Hate Crimes over Racist Harassment of NYC Vendor, Activists at White House Launch Hunger Strike Demanding Biden Press for Gaza Ceasefire, Ahead of COP28 Climate Summit, U.N. Warns of Rapidly Melting Antarctic Sea Ice , Biden Won't Join World Leaders at COP28 Climate Talks, Climate Reporters' Sting Reveals S…