(2022-03-15). Mass executions in SA contrary to most basic human rights. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) — Condemning the mass execution of innocent people in Saudi Arabia, Iran's Parliament Speaker said that such acts are contrary to the most basic human rights and international law practices.
(2022-03-15). US threatens China over Ukraine crisis. wsws.org US National Security Adviser Sullivan warned Beijing that "there will absolutely be consequences for large-scale sanctions evasion efforts or support to Russia to backfill them."
(2022-03-15). Venezuela Defines Conditions for Sale of Oil to US. orinocotribune.com The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela maintained its willingness to resume its oil trade with countries such as the United States, and even those that belong to the European Union, but it has clearly outlined the diplomatic and political conditions necessary for any exchange to take place. | Venezuela's position was reiterated by its Minister for Foreign Affairs, Félix Plasencia, within the framework of the Antalya Diplomatic Forum, in the Republic of Turkey. This international meeting of diplomats coincides with the energy crisis facing North America and Europe, due to the economic blockade they…
(2022-03-15). China continues to resist U.S. demand to join "global web to strangle Russia" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMarch 15, 2022 US cannot expect China to cooperate under its suppression: Global Times editorial Edited On Monday, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi met with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Rome, Italy. They …
(2022-03-15). India should quit Quad now! mronline.org 
This is a moment of truth, therefore, as the U.S. unsheathes the sword to bleed and dismember Russia, and gives an ultimatum to China to stay out of it.
(2022-03-15). Hamid Karzai warns Ukraine against repeating Afghan tragedy. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The HinduMarch 9, 2022 Ukraine should learn Afghanistan lessons, should not get involved in big power games, says Hamid Karzai Excerpt You're drawing parallels between Ukraine and Afghanistan when it comes to the big power games. Many have warned that with its occupation or continuing invasion of Ukraine, Russia could face another version of what …
(2022-03-15). Mayo Clinic's 2021 achievements affirm 'Bold. Forward.' strategic vision, staff dedication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. ‚Äï Mayo Clinic is proud to report a year of extraordinary achievements in 2021, thanks to the hard work and dedication of its more than 73,000 staff members. Mayo Clinic accelerated progress on goals related to its "Bold. Forward." strategic plan to transform health care while continuing to provide leadership in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, Mayo cared for more than 1.4 million patients from every U.S. state and…
(2022-03-15). US threatens trade embargo as fighting continues to escalate, sanctions devastate Russian economy. wsws.org Announcing a further escalation of economic warfare against Russia, the US deputy treasury secretary threatened that the US was considering a full trade embargo on Russia and the closure of international waterways to the country.
(2022-03-15). Britain to remove all remaining COVID travel measures. ecns.cn The British government will remove all remaining COVID restrictions on international travel for all passengers ahead of the Easter holiday, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced Monday.
(2022-03-15). Imperial pioneer wins UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize. imperial.ac.uk An Imperial Regius Professor of Engineering has won the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences.
(2022-03-15). Consumer Health: Who needs a gluten-free diet and why? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org March is National Nutrition Month, which makes this a good time to learn why some people need a gluten-free diet. Whole grains are an important part of healthy diet. They are good sources of complex carbohydrates, as well as some key vitamins and minerals. And because whole grains are naturally high in fiber, they may help you feel full and satisfied, which can make it easier to maintain a healthy body weight. Eating more whole-grain…
(2022-03-15). China to lead world's AI application: U.S. media. ecns.cn China is on its way to lead the world in AI applications, the National Interest reported on Sunday.
(2022-03-15). Arson attack on Berlin's Lomonosov International School—a result of anti-Russian agitation. wsws.org The incident is no isolated event. Ethnic Russians and Russian institutions in Germany have been experiencing hostility and open attacks since the beginning of the war.
(2022-03-15). China's industrial output up 7.5 pct in first two months. ecns.cn China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 7.5 percent year on year in the first two months of this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.
(2022-03-15). China's fixed-asset investment up 12.2 pct in first two months. ecns.cn China's fixed-asset investment went up 12.2 percent year on year in the first two months of the year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.
(2022-03-15). Spanish truckers mount nationwide strike against rising fuel prices. wsws.org As strikes spread in Italy, Morocco and beyond, an international movement is emerging against the rise in prices now accelerated by NATO-EU sanctions against Russia.
(2022-03-15). Democrats to run as party of war and national unity in midterm election. wsws.org Facing mounting domestic crises and the prospect of losing both the House and Senate, leading Democratic Party officials laid out their midterm electoral strategy of attempting to unite the country behind Biden as a "wartime" president.
(2022-03-15). Mayo Clinic Minute: What you can eat to avoid kidney stones. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org March is National Kidney Month, a time to raise awareness about your kidney health and generate support for those affected by conditions, including kidney stones, kidney infections and kidney disease. It's estimated that 1 in 10 people will get a kidney stone in his or her lifetime. Kidney stones are not only painful, but they can lead to serious complications that may require hospitalization and even surgery. The good news is kidney stones are preventable,…
(2022-03-15). The other side of the truth. indybay.org Without U.S. President Obama's breach of international law eight years ago, Putin's illegal military invasion probably would not have happened… It is time to stop settling for half-truths from one side or the other and tell the story of the conflict in a complete and balanced way.
(2022-03-14). The life of a great Marxist: Aijaz Ahmad (1941-2022). mronline.org 
Aijaz Ahmad (1941-2022) died at home on March 9, surrounded by his books and papers, and by the warmth of his children and his friends.
(2022-03-14). On the Origins of "Genocide": What We Learn from Amnesty's Report on Israeli Apartheid. mintpressnews.com 
The biggest lie perpetrated by Zionists is that Israel is somehow a response to the crime against humanity perpetrated against Jews by Nazi Germany. In fact, Israel is itself a crime that needs to be pointed out.
(2022-03-14). Beijing, Delhi, Moscow partnership: Primakov's Strategic Triangle belatedly emerging? antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Times of IndiaMarch 14, 2022 Pressure on China, India to distance themselves from RussiaChidanand Rajghatta ==== The Strategic Triangle Russia-India-China Triangle — From Russian Perspective Primakov: The man who created multipolarity ==== The United States is urging China not to help Russia out in the Ukraine crisis amid growing apprehension in Washington over whether Beijing …
(2022-03-14). Saturday 4/2: IndigeFest 2022: Celebrating Indigenous Cultures of the Americas. indybay.org Quarry Amphitheater, UC Santa Cruz…
(2022-03-14). Russia and China demand investigation into Pentagon-funded 'biolabs' In Ukraine. workers.org 
On March 9, Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova demanded transparency from the United States on its military biological weapons program carried out in Ukraine and funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. (tinyurl.com/yeys4jj9) The Russian military previously claimed to have documentary evidence that Ukrainian authorities have been hastily . . . |
(2022-03-14). Philly protest: Biden ‚àí carry out your immigration promises! workers.org 
Migrant groups protested outside President Joe Biden's meeting with Democratic Party officials in Philadelphia on March 11. About 75 people came out on short notice to criticize Biden and the Democratic Party for failing to act on immigration reform that could legalize 11 million migrants and refugees in the U.S. . . . |
(2022-03-14). Translating 'No fly zone'. workers.org 
How to translate the slogan "No fly zone!" as some Congress members have applied to the Ukraine crisis into understandable English from Washingtonese? Another set of three one-syllable words hits home: "World War III." Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, among others in Congress, have . . . |
(2022-03-14). Luchar contra la xenofobia, una forma de guerra. workers.org 
El conflicto instigado por Estados Unidos y la OTAN en Ucrania tiene sus raíces en la búsqueda de saquear y sacar provecho de la vasta riqueza de Rusia en gas natural y petróleo. Este ha sido un pilar importante de la búsqueda del imperialismo estadounidense para reconstruir su imperio global . . . |
(2022-03-14). The enduring importance of Eric Williams' "Capitalism and Slavery" mronline.org 
First published in 1944, 'Capitalism and Slavery' is an investigation of the notorious relationship between the Atlantic slave trade and the emergence of European industrial capitalism from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries.
(2022-03-14). Business as usual: Facebook, Russia, and hate speech. mronline.org 
The Russian Federation, President Vladimir Putin, and Russians in general emerge as the latest contenders, the comic strip villains who those in the broadly designated "West" can now take issue with.
(2022-03-14). El Sur Global rechaza la agresión de EE. UU. y la OTAN. workers.org 
Mientras EE. UU. y la OTAN trabajan para avanzar en su guerra contra Rusia que ahora estalla en Ucrania, muchos países, que han experimentado la agresión imperialista —por parte de EE. UU., Francia, Gran Bretaña y otros miembros de la OTAN— están alzando la voz. Denuncian el impacto de las . . . |
(2022-03-14). Supreme Court says torture at CIA Black Site is a "State Secret" mronline.org 
Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo wrote in a declaration that although the enhanced interrogation techniques are no longer classified, the location of the CIA black site in question remains a state secret. Pompeo maintained that soliciting information about the involvement of Polish nationals in Zubaydah's treatment could compromise national security.
(2022-03-14). Hedges: Waltzing Toward Armageddon with the Merchants of Death. scheerpost.com 
"Raft of Doom" / Illustration by Mr. Fish | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | The Cold War, from 1945 to 1989, was a wild Bacchanalia for arms manufacturers, the Pentagon, the CIA, the diplomats who played one country off another on the world's chess board, and the global corporations able to loot and pillage by equating predatory capitalism with freedom. In the name of national security, the Cold Warriors, many of them self-identified liberals, demonized labor, independent media, human rights organizations, and those who opposed the permanent war economy and the militarization of American society as…
(2022-03-14). The Uyghur Podcast brought to you by a CIA torture propagandist. mronline.org 
On February 2nd, eagle-eyed pro-China activist Arnaud Bertrand revealed that WEghur Stories, a podcast "working to create a conversation within and about the global Uyghur diaspora" that has been aggressively promoted on Facebook and Spotify, is funded by Washington's French diplomatic mission—and that John Bair, its co-creator, co-host and producer, is a former CIA operative.
(2022-03-14). Venezuela: Eyewitness Report Day Three Of The PSUV Fifth Congress. popularresistance.org Caracas, Venezuela – Day three of the PSUV 5th Congress began on March 8, with thousands filling the large auditorium again as Afro-Venezuelan dancers took to the stage and Caribbean coast music filled the air. The Chavista delegates smiled and swayed to the steady rhythm of folkloric songs about the Bolivarian Revolution. PSUV militants came prepared to listen to speeches and consider the changing conditions and forces in motion, explanations of errors, questions about how to achieve new goals, and implementation of the Three R's: Resistance, Rebirth, and Revolution. | Luis Brito Garcia, a professor, spoke on et…
(2022-03-14). On the Edge of a Nuclear Abyss. transcend.org 10 Mar 2022 – To grasp this possibility within the context of Ukraine, we need to put aside all talk of morality, rights, international law, and think in terms of great power politics. When a great power feels its existence is threatened, might makes right. You simply can't understand world politics without thinking at this level. It is a means of clarifying the causes of wars.
(2022-03-14). Worthy and Unworthy Victims. transcend.org 7 Mar 2022 – Dividing the world into worthy and unworthy victims is a tactic used to justify our crimes and demonize our enemies. Conflicts will not be solved until all nations abide by international law and all victims are deemed worthy.
(2022-03-14). President Biden: De-Escalate In Ukraine Or Risk Nuclear War! popularresistance.org "The first casualty of war is truth." This simple yet profound statement is attributed to many, including Hiram Johnson in a speech in the U.S. Senate in 1918, during the "war to end all wars." Hiram Johnson was a progressive Republican who had been elected to the Senate from California that very year. He remained in the Senate until he died of old age on August 6, 1945, the day the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the civilian population of Hiroshima, Japan. | The Baltimore Sun quoted Senator Johnson more fully in 1929, during a Senate debate on an international agreement called the "General Treaty for the Renunci…
(2022-03-14). Western Rush To Ban Everything Russian Smacks Of Totalitarianism. popularresistance.org Western Russophobic hysteria is now in full force. German political culture, heir of the most totalitarian system the world has ever known, has led to the recent firing of a Russian orchestra conductor who refused to condemn Moscow's military actions in Ukraine, and Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko. | As a German Jewish activist friend recently told me, this incident is not totally unrelated to the firing of German Jewish musicians in 1933 as well as German Christian musicians for refusing to support National Socialism, and that was before the 1935 Nuremberg Laws. | And a few weeks ago, Germany's state-owned De…
(2022-03-14). Latin America Is Rejecting US Assistance. popularresistance.org Latin America and the Caribbean is partnering with China on multi-billion dollar development projects and while turning down assistance offered by the United States. | 21 of 31 countries of the region, both friends and foes of Washington alike, have joined the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to the dismay of U.S. lawmakers. Congressional Representative Lisa McClain sought an explanation for the phenomenon at this week's House Armed Services Committee hearing on National Security Challenges and Military Activity in North and South America. | McClain, a Republican representing Michigan, remarked on the failure of th…
(2022-03-14). Iran women's junior handball team qualifies for world c'ships. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) — The national Iranian U18 women's handball team became runner-up at 2022 Asian Women's Handball Championships to qualify for the 2022 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.
(2022-03-14). New Zealand government expedites law to ramp up Russian sanctions. wsws.org Under intensifying international and domestic pressure, the Labour government has passed a law under urgency enabling it to ramp up its sanctions against Russia.
(2022-03-14). International Monetary Fund calls for drastic austerity measures in Sri Lanka. wsws.org The IMF's report came two weeks after the Financial Times published an editorial warning that Sri Lanka and Zambia were the most vulnerable of the world's most heavily-indebted emerging economies.
(2022-03-14). Iraqi National Museum reopens after 3-year closure. ecns.cn People visit the Iraqi National Museum after its reopening in Baghdad, Iraq, March 13, 2022. Iraq's National Museum reopened on Monday to visitors after a three-year closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic and political unrest.
(2022-03-14). U.S. pressures China over Russia-NATO conflict: no respect, no cooperation. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMarch 14, 2022 China, US keep dialogue, but 'no respect, no cooperation'By Yang Sheng, Wan Lin and Wang Wenwen Edited China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi met US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in the Italian capital of Rome Monday to exchange views on China-US relations and other international and regional issues of common‚ÄÇconcern. Chinese …
(2022-03-14). Russophobia and Discrimination is the New Pandemic. orinocotribune.com By Yoselina Guevara — Mar 11, 2022 | "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and, endowed as they are with reason and conscience, should behave towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." | -Universal Declaration of Human Rights | It is unacceptable for countries that claim to be civilized or that call themselves developed to discriminate against someone just because they are Russian, whether by birth or naturalization, and suddenly single them out publicly as an enemy. Hundreds of transnational communication entities have been aiming their heaviest artillery to generate a Russop…
(2022-03-14). NATO is Not a Defensive International Organization But Was Founded to Threaten the USSR. thiscantbehappening.net Reading US reports on the deadly Russian rocket attack on the so-called International Peacekeeping and Security Center in western Ukraine, one could be excused for thinking that the Russians might have been destroying some UN peacekeeping base. In fact, the deceptively named target, as a few US news reports on the attack did note, … |
(2022-03-14). Russophobia: NATO's Psychological Torture Manual and the Construction of a Single Perception. libya360.wordpress.com José Negrón Valera In Venezuela we have experience in dealing with psychological siege tactics. For 20 years, Chavismo has been subjected to a campaign of psychological torture that reached its paroxysm when, in 2017, news portals called for "hunting" and publishing the location of people the opposition identified as Chavistas.mind Today, a very dangerous strategy…
(2022-03-14). Gabriel Boric takes office as Chile's new president. peoplesdispatch.org Gabriel Boric of the left-wing Approve Dignity coalition was sworn in as the president of Chile on March 11. 36-year-old Boric became the youngest president in the country's history, after winning the presidential run-off in December 2021. | During the investiture held at the Hall of Honor of the National Congress, in the city of Valparaíso, Boric received the presidential sash from the president of the Senate, àÅlvaro Elizalde, and O'Higgins' pickaxe from outgoing president, Sebastián Piñera, symbolizing the transfer of power. Following his inauguration, his majority women ministerial cabinet also took off…
(2022-03-14). China approves another five COVID-19 antigen kits for self-testing. ecns.cn Another five COVID-19 antigen kits for self-testing were approved for listing by China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) on Sunday, bringing the total number of such products officially listed in the country to 10.
(2022-03-14). UK and US Jointly Develop Biological Weapons. journal-neo.org 
Documentary evidence of Washington's aggressive plans for developing and manufacturing biological weapons in secret US biological laboratories in Ukraine, banned by international conventions, has been uncovered during the Russian special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine, and it is frankly horrifying! Although suspicions of such US activities have already been repeatedly published by many media …