(2023-02-09). Allegations of Adani Group corruption shake India's financial markets, Modi government. wsws.org Modi has a decades-long association with the rags-to riches oligarch Gautam Adani, whose wealth has grown exponentially since the BJP came to power in New Delhi in May 2014.
(2023-02-09). Indiana workers denounce fraudulent UAW run-off election. wsws.org In discussions outside factory gates, workers expressed deep opposition to the brazen violation of their rights and the "choice" in the election between two longtime union bureaucrats.
(2023-02-08). India replaces U.S. dollars with dirhams in Russian oil trade. mronline.org 
Citing four sources with knowledge of the matter, Reuters reports that Indian refiners and traders embarked on paying for most of their Russian oil purchased via Dubai-based traders in UAE dirhams instead of U.S. dollars.
(2023-02-09). Over ,000 Sri Lankan workers strike and protest against Wickremesinghe government's austerity measures. wsws.org Sri Lankan trade unions are attempting to dissipate rising mass anger against the government and its escalating social attacks through calling separate isolated actions and promoting illusions that the government can pressured to withdraw new income tax increases.
(2023-02-09). Allegations of Adani Group corruption shake India's financial markets, Modi government. wsws.org Modi has a decades-long association with the rags-to riches oligarch Gautam Adani, whose wealth has grown exponentially since the BJP came to power in New Delhi in May 2014.
(2023-02-09). Indiana workers denounce fraudulent UAW run-off election. wsws.org In discussions outside factory gates, workers expressed deep opposition to the brazen violation of their rights and the "choice" in the election between two longtime union bureaucrats.
(2023-02-08). India replaces U.S. dollars with dirhams in Russian oil trade. mronline.org Citing four sources with knowledge of the matter, Reuters reports that Indian refiners and traders embarked on paying for most of their Russian oil purchased via Dubai-based traders in UAE dirhams instead of U.S. dollars.
(2023-02-09). Over ,000 Sri Lankan workers strike and protest against Wickremesinghe government's austerity measures. wsws.org Sri Lankan trade unions are attempting to dissipate rising mass anger against the government and its escalating social attacks through calling separate isolated actions and promoting illusions that the government can pressured to withdraw new income tax increases.
(2023-02-08). US-backed provincial leader in Solomon Islands removed from office. wsws.org The no-confidence motion against Daniel Suidani is a blow to the US government, which has funnelled so-called aid money into the island of Malaita and extended political support to him to reward his vociferous anti-China stance.
(2023-02-09). Presidential Command Post in Las Tejerías Reinforces Security (+El Conejo). orinocotribune.com 
This Wednesday, February 8, the Venezuelan Ministry of the Interior, Justice and Peace, ordered the reinforcement of security at the presidential command post that was built in Las Tejerías, Aragua, after the landslide that affected the region in October 2022. | This action is in response to an armed attack carried out last Sunday, February 5, against the headquarters of the Scientific, Penal, and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC) and Bolivarian National Police (PNB) located in the area, according to local media outlets. | Meanwhile, the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) remains deployed in the surround…
(2023-02-09). IEA: Renewables plus Nuclear are able to meet 90% of Globe's New Electricity demand Through 2025. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The International Energy Agency, in a new report that is just out, estimates that 90% of new global electricity demand through 2025 will be met by low-carbon sources — renewables and nuclear. It is mostly renewables, but the report mentions the French bringing their reactors back on line and a …
(2023-02-09). International greetings at SGP anti-war rally in Berlin: "This rally is of enormous importance to workers in all countries." wsws.org Hundreds of workers and youth attended the main rally of the SGP in the party's campaign for the Berlin state elections. The SGP is the only party in Germany calling for an end to the US/NATO war against Russia in Ukraine.
(2023-02-08). Monday 2/6: Leonard Peltier Protest. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building | Seventh St.
(2023-02-08). What's National Wear Red Day? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org National Wear Red Day is an annual event held each first Friday of February, dedicated to raising awareness about heart disease in women. It's the leading cause of death among women in the U.S. That's why it's crucial for women to take charge and be proactive in their heart health. Women with heart disease more often have delayed or missed misdiagnoses biases, insufficient research, and symptoms and risk factors that are different than men. "There…
(2023-02-08). World Cancer Day wish from a Mayo Clinic oncologist. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cancer affects people worldwide, regardless of age, gender or socioeconomic status. That's why Mayo Clinic joins the Union for International Cancer Control and other global organizations on World Cancer Day, Feb. 4, to close the gap and reduce inequities in cancer care. Many marginalized groups and disadvantaged populations worldwide often have limited access to preventive measures, early detection and treatment, which leads to higher mortality rates. And they are often not represented in research and clinical trials. "My hope…
(2023-02-08). Consumer Health: Cancer education at Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org February is National Cancer Prevention Month, and Saturday, Feb. 4, is World Cancer Day, which is a global initiative to raise awareness, improve education and promote action to create a cancer-free world. This is a good time to learn more about cancer education at Mayo Clinic. Patients with cancer who come to Mayo Clinic benefit from the knowledge of Mayo Clinic's specialists and the integrated approach to treating each patient. Mayo Clinic's approach to medical care means that…
(2023-02-08). 3.4 Million Adults in U.S. Were Displaced by Extreme Weather Last Year: Census Bureau Survey. popularresistance.org About 3.4 million adults in the U.S. (1.4% of the adult population) were displaced from their homes by extreme weather disasters in 2022, a new survey from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals. | Those findings, based on the 68,500 responses to the Bureau's Jan. 4-16 Household Pulse Survey , are far higher than figures from the International Displacement Monitoring Centre, which estimates an average of 800,000 U.S. residents were displaced annually from 2008 through 2021, including the 1.7 million people the Centre estimates were displaced in 2017 when Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria all rocked the country.
(2023-02-08). March 18: National March — Peace In Ukraine; Stop NATO. popularresistance.org Coinciding with the 20th anniversary weekend of the U.S.-invasion of Iraq, the ANSWER Coalition is initiating a major set of actions including a major demonstration at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Saturday March 18 demanding "Peace in Ukraine — Say NO to Endless U.S. Wars" and "Fund People's Needs, Not the War Machine." | The Biden administration seems determined to escalate the Ukraine war. The danger of a catastrophic global war — including nuclear war — is real. A U.S. General commanding 50,000 troops in the Pacific also issued a letter to his sub-commanders in recent days informing…
(2023-02-08). Mexican Auto Glass Workers Withstand Threats to Form Independent Union. popularresistance.org Workers who produce glass for automakers including Ford, Volkswagen, and Tesla at a big auto glass plant in Mexico are pushing for a new contract, after forming an independent union despite threats of violence from a powerful, employer-friendly union. | The factory, owned by the French multinational Saint Gobain, employs 1,900 workers. It's located in Cuautla, Morelos—the city in south-central Mexico where the revolutionary Emiliano Zapata is buried.
(2023-02-08). Domestic COVID drugs added to reimbursement list. ecns.cn The National Healthcare Security Administration said on Wednesday that all domestic COVID-19 medicines have been added to the national medical reimbursement list.
(2023-02-08). West's Selective Humanitarianism: Syria Earthquake Falls on Deaf Ears. orinocotribune.com 
The devastating earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria and the suffering of the two nations that are still struggling to search the survivors as the death toll is rising by the hour shocked the whole world. | In these defining moments and amid this humanitarian catastrophe, it was expected that all political rifts and rivalries would be pushed aside for a short while at least, mainly because the destructive event has directly affected civilians. | The international community, along with its organizations and institutions, should have declared a moment of "silence" to help facilitate access to basic needs and suppl…
(2023-02-08). UN mission revives consultation among parties in Libya for holding delayed national elections. peoplesdispatch.org UNSMIL head Abdoulaye Bathily has been meeting with Libya's rival political and military leaders in order to find a consensus on holding elections, with emphasis on the expulsion of all foreign mercenaries from the war-torn country…
(2023-02-08). $340 Million Anti-Labor Consulting Industry Is Behind Union-Busting. popularresistance.org The remarkable spikes in union activity over the last few years have given many on the left cause for hope: could we be on the precipice of a resurgent, newly galvanized U.S. labor movement? In the first three quarters of 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) documented a 53 percent increase in organizing petitions — including startling wins by new, independent unions at Starbucks, Amazon, Trader Joe's, and numerous others, across many sectors. There's a widespread sense that a qualitative shift has taken place. | That said — despite the perceptible increase in agitation — on quantitat…
(2023-02-08). Auto Glass Workers Withstand Threats To Form Independent Union. popularresistance.org Workers who produce glass for automakers including Ford, Volkswagen, and Tesla at a big auto glass plant in Mexico are pushing for a new contract, after forming an independent union despite threats of violence from a powerful, employer-friendly union. | The factory, owned by the French multinational Saint Gobain, employs 1,900 workers. It's located in Cuautla, Morelos—the city in south-central Mexico where the revolutionary Emiliano Zapata is buried. | Last September, workers there voted to join the new Independent Union of Free and Democratic Workers of Saint-Gobain Mexico and leave a union affiliated with…
(2023-02-08). 3.4 Million Adults In US Were Displaced By Extreme Weather Last Year. popularresistance.org About 3.4 million adults in the U.S. (1.4% of the adult population) were displaced from their homes by extreme weather disasters in 2022, a new survey from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals. | Those findings, based on the 68,500 responses to the Bureau's Jan. 4-16 Household Pulse Survey , are far higher than figures from the International Displacement Monitoring Centre, which estimates an average of 800,000 U.S. residents were displaced annually from 2008 through 2021, including the 1.7 million people the Centre estimates were displaced in 2017 when Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria all rocked the country. | About h…
(2023-02-08). Disturbing possibilities to explain the Chinese balloon. americanthinker.com How could a Chinese foreign object enter U.S. national airspace undetected and unannounced?>
(2023-02-08). The U.S. Government's Attempt to Control Russia and China, Replace U.N. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by The U.S. Government is ratcheting up its attempt to control Russia and China and to impose America's undefined "rules-based international order" to replace the U.N.'s existing, and far more clearly defined, international laws (which are produced not by any one nation, but instead by all member-nations of the U.N. and in accord with the structure…
(2023-02-08). UK To Train Ukrainian Pilots, Supply Long-Range Weapons To Kiev. southfront.org 
A Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 flies past the audience during the 2019 Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, England, July 20, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jennifer Zima) | The United Kingdom will train Ukrainian fighter pilots and provide long-range weapons to Kiev forces, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a statement on February 8, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in London on a visit."I am proud that today we will expand that training from soldiers to…
(2023-02-08). IN-DEPTH: Chinese-Russian History with Mark Sleboda & Carl Zha. thealtworld.com Historian and podcaster Carl Zha and international relations and security expert Mark Sleboda join the New Atlas again, this time to talk about Russian-Chinese history and whether or not there is any historical basis for the West's current desire to see a new "Sino-Soviet" split.
(2023-02-08). U.S. and Chinese governments present contrasting visions on future of international relations. peoplesworld.org 
In recent weeks, the United States announced that it was shipping 31 Abrams battle tanks worth $400 million to Ukraine. That came only several weeks after Washington agreed to supply $1 billion in arms sales to Qatar, a country in the Persian Gulf and the site of the recent World Cup soccer matches. There's really …
(2023-02-08). New digital mental health tech for children recommended by NICE. healtheuropa.com 
Four digital mental health technologies have been recommended for use in the NHS by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Children and young people with mild to moderate anxiety or low mood symptoms will shortly have access to four new digital mental health technologies. The guided self-help digital cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) …
(2023-02-08). Struggling for climate action, solidarity and ecosocialism in Malaysia. greenleft.org.au Malaysian socialist Soh Sook Hwa, addressing the recent Socialist Alliance national conference, talked about the need for action and solidarity to confront the climate crisis. Susan Price reports.
(2023-02-08). Biden's State of Union: Ukraine Has Become a Test For The US. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, President Joe Biden delivered the "State of the Union" address amid an international context that places the United States on the verge of an economic recession, a possibility that will surely affect his re-election chances. Below are the highlights of his speech to Congress. | RELATED: | Tax equity returns to the scene.: | During his speech, Biden again brought to light the issue of the "Billionaire Minimum Inc…
(2023-02-08). Fire-Fighting Brigades From Mexico and Colombia Arrive in Chile. telesurenglish.net The Mexican contingent of the National Forestry Commission, with experience in dealing with this type of emergency in Central America and Canada, will be assigned to the region of La Araucanía. | This group brings to 300 the number of experts sent by the Government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador to Chile to deal with this catastrophe, which left 24 dead, about two thousand injured and more than 1, 0 houses burned. | RELATED: | Also in the last few hours, a carg…
(2023-02-08). Syria Calls on Intl. Community To Help in Quake's Aftermath. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Syrian Health Minister Hasan Muhammad al-Ghabash called on the international community to support the country following last Monday's devastating earthquakes. | RELATED: | "My message here is from the site of the event to all the countries of the world to provide whatever can be provided in terms of equipment and aid to Syria," al-Ghabash said from Aleppo. | According to state news agency SANA, the Syrian provinces of Alep…
(2023-02-08). Whitney Webb | What is the World Economic Forum? thealtworld.com The World Economic Forum (WEF) plays a significant role in guiding international developments in the interests of the business community. They invite the most powerful people in the world to an annual conference in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss their dreams of the future. These are dreams where the powerful stay powerful, and the underclasses continue to toil and suffer. | Even when they invite a dissenting voice such as climate activist Greta Thunberg, or historian Rutger Bregman, their criticisms are heavily publicized without changing the core of WEF's mission — to solidify corporate control over the go…
(2023-02-08). Bournemouth nurse speaks on Britain's NHS strike. wsws.org Dannielle Gillingham spoke to World Socialist Web Site reporters during the February 6-7 strike by hundreds of thousands of National Health Service nurses and ambulance workers—the largest strike in the NHS since its foundation 75 years ago.
(2023-02-08). How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline. libya360.wordpress.com Seymour Hersh "Biden's decision to sabotage the pipelines came after more than nine months of highly secret back and forth debate inside Washington's national security community . . ." The New York Times called it a "mystery," but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now NORD STREAM The U.S….
(2023-02-08). United States's Pursuit of Imperial Military Base in Northern Somalia Fuels Brutal War. libya360.wordpress.com Jamal Abdulahi Sketch Map of British Somaliland (Image: University of Illinois) The history of European colonialism and the endless U.S. desire for a military presence strengthen a Somalia secessionist movement and warfare that most people in that country do not want. One outcome of the Somali Republic's political collapse in 1991 was the secessionist Somali National Movement (SNM)…
(2023-02-08). Why the Rage Against the War Machine Rally is #AntiWarSoWhite. libya360.wordpress.com Jacqueline Luqman Leftists, especially the Black left, do not share common cause with everyone who wants to end U.S involvement in Ukraine. The politics of some who call themselves anti-war cannot be ignored. I'm looking at this Rage Against The War Machine rally that is being organized by the Libertarian Party and I am genuinely confused…