(2023-03-31). Mueren 13 personas tras colapso del piso de un templo en India. telesurtv.net El incidente se produjo cuando se desplomó el piso del local y alrededor de 25 fieles cayeron en un pozo bordeado de escaleras, utilizado en rituales religiosos.
(2023-03-30). Russian Carrier Aeroflot Increases Flight Frequency on Delhi-Moscow Route. infobrics.org Russian flag carrier Aeroflot has increased the frequency of its flight services on the Delhi-Moscow route to seven times a week against four weekly services earlier, from March 26, a statement said on Monday.In addition, the airline has also started operating a Boeing 777 jet along with Airbus A330 to cater to passenger traffic between the two capital cities, Delmos Aviation, which handles cargo operations for Aeroflot in India…
(2023-03-30). Indianapolis library workers and patrons demand Nichelle Hayes as library CEO. peoplesworld.org 
INDIANAPOLIS—Month after month, the Indianapolis Marion County Public Library Board of Trustees continues to ignore the will of the community and deny Nichelle Hayes the position as CEO of IMCPL, despite the strong backing she has from the community and workers at the library. On Monday, March 27, the board met yet again and denied …
(2023-03-30). Duke University's ploy to ban graduate student unions at all private universities. therealnews.com 
At colleges and universities across the country, a heated battle is playing out right now over workers' right to organize and have a say over how the institutions they keep afloat with their labor are run. From graduate student-worker unionization efforts and strikes at Temple University, the University of California, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern University, Northeastern University, the University of Chicago, and Indiana University, to faculty strikes (and near-strikes) at the University of Illinois at Chicago, The New School, Howard University, etc., to workers across the higher ed sect…
(2023-03-30). India: Long march by farmers succeeds after gov't accepts demands. greenleft.org.au Indian farmers held a successful march to demand crop price guarantees, land ownership rights for tribal farmers, immediate financial relief and loan waivers, reports Peoples Dispatch.
(2023-03-30). India: People will have easier access to tuberculosis treatment after patent extension rejected. greenleft.org.au The Indian Patent Office rejected pharmaceutical company Janssen's application for an extension of its patent on a drug used in the treatment of tuberculosis, reports Peoples Dispatch.
(2023-03-30). Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi expelled from Indian parliament after trumped-up criminal conviction. wsws.org Gandhi's expulsion was the culmination of a weeks-long campaign by the governing far-right BJP to denigrate and silence him after he raised pointed questions about Modi's connections to the billionaire Adani and his troubled corporate empire.
(2023-03-30). Adenovirus outbreak in Indian state of West Bengal ravaging children. wsws.org During February and March, pediatric health care facilities in West Bengal were overwhelmed by an adenovirus outbreak.
(2023-03-30). India: Long march by farmers in Maharashtra succeeds after gov't accepts demands. greenleft.org.au Thousands of Indian farmers in the state of Maharashtra held a successfu long march to demand crop price guarantees, land ownership rights for tribal farmers, immediate financial relief and loan waivers, reports Peoples Dispatch/Globetrotter News Service.
(2023-03-30). Pension Reform Or Revolution! popularresistance.org Major trade unions in France estimate that two million people hit the streets across France on Tuesday, March 28, denouncing the controversial pension reforms pushed by Emmanuel Macron's government. The reforms were forcibly passed in the National Assembly on March 16 using Article 49.3 to bypass the parliamentary vote. The move has further weakened the legitimacy of the reforms, already detested by the majority of the French working class. While the government, headed by President Macron and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, narrowly survived a no-confidence vote on March 20, the approval rating of the president h…
(2023-03-30). When Killer Cops Evade Accountability, Victims' Families Find Other Paths. popularresistance.org A recent article by The Independent revealed how James Connolly used his connections to NYPD higher-ups to successfully evade accountability for not only his murder of Collado, but also for a murder he committed less than three years prior. Anthony Roman was 18 years old when Connolly shot him while the officer was on an undercover narcotics assignment. Connolly was never held accountable for this killing, in fact, he won two awards for it. In 2015, then-mayor of New York Bill DeBlasio presented Connolly with the second-highest award in the NYPD for shooting Anthony Roman, an award given for acts of "extraordinar…
(2023-03-30). Game-Changer: Tiny Islands of Vanuatu Convince UN to seek Int'l Court Ruling on Harms of Climate Emergency. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Vanuatu, a set of South Pacific islands, is not what you would call a prominent international player. The small country of a little over 300,000 people has nevertheless made history, according to UN News. It presented a resolution to the UN General Assembly asking the UN's International Court of Justice …
(2023-04-01). [Correspondence] Health for all requires commitment to healthy ageing. thelancet.com In a Comment, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida emphasised the "strategic importance of undertaking efforts on human security and universal health coverage [UHC]" during Japan's G7 presidency this year.1 Kishida highlighted three health-related priorities to realise this vision: first, strengthening global health architecture through improved international governance and sustainable financing; second, advancing UHC in…
(2023-04-01). [Correspondence] No climate change justice in lieu of global authorship equity — Authors' reply. thelancet.com Climate change is the biggest threat to individual and public health of this century.1 But although no country is immune, people living in low-income settings (which historically contributed the least to the climate crisis) are disproportionately affected.2 Through its annual reports, the Lancet Countdown has exposed the low prioritisation of climate change and health in countries' political agendas and how the failure of high-income countries to deliver a robust response and international climate finance has so far undermined timely action.
(2023-04-01). [Correspondence] The role of police enforcement in public health emergencies. thelancet.com The COVID-19 pandemic, which has lasted for nearly 3 years, has killed millions of people worldwide. Globally, during this public health emergency of international concern, the police have played an important role in maintaining social stability and preventing the crisis from further escalating during lockdowns.1 They also partnered with local centres for disease control and prevention (CDC) to track citizens' information to prevent the virus from spreading and conducted crisis communication to keep people away from misinformation.
(2023-03-31). How Africa is facilitating Multipolar World. journal-neo.org 
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(2023-03-31). Major oil, gas players post profit surge. ecns.cn China's three oil and gas majors, China National Petroleum Corp, China Petrochemical Corp and China National Offshore Oil Corp, all reported their biggest annual net profits ever in 2022, thanks to a global spike in energy prices and rising oil and gas output.
(2023-03-31). China's non-manufacturing PMI up in March. ecns.cn The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's non-manufacturing sector came in at 58.2 in March, up from 56.3 in February, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.
(2023-03-31). China's manufacturing PMI down in March. ecns.cn The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector came in at 51.9 in March, down from 52.6 in February, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Friday.
(2023-03-31). China's manufacturing sector expands for third straight month. ecns.cn China's manufacturing sector expanded for the third straight month in March while non-manufacturing activity grew at the fastest pace in recent years, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Friday.
(2023-03-31). (W.E. Talk) Will Lehman Moment stage again for the U.S.?>. ecns.cn Is this a new Lehman moment that stages again for the U.S.? Will there be another round of financial crisis? Will the whole world bear the consequences? | In the latest W.E. Talk, Josef Gregory Mahoney, professor of Politics and International Relations at East China Normal University, and Qu Qiang, fellow researcher at Beijing Foreign Studies University were invited to share their observations.
(2023-03-31). IOC Executive Board reallocates London 2012 gold medal to China's Qieyang Shijie. ecns.cn The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board took the decision on Thursday to reallocate the women's 20km race walk gold medal at London 2012 to China's Qieyang Shijie.
(2023-03-31). Camera records brown bear's wake-up after months of hibernation. ecns.cn A brown bear is captured on camera emerging after months of hibernation at the Sanjiangyuan National Park, northwest China's Qinghai Province.
(2023-03-31). Solar and Wind to Supply 16% of US Electricity this Year, But some States are in the Vanguard. juancole.com 
By: By Robert Zullo — Despite supply-chain problems amid the lingering effects of the pandemic, 2022 saw major increases in solar and wind power in the United States, though that growth varied by state, according to a report released last month by a nonprofit focused on climate change. Nationally, electricity generated from solar and …
(2023-03-31). Daily Round-up | Saudi Arabia joins SCO & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up, we look at Saudi Arabia joining SCO; , Chad nationalizes oil assets, US senate repeals Iraq wars' authorizations, and Colombia announces conference to promote Venezuelan dialogue.
(2023-03-31). The Cowboy Style of the International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) Irreversibly Crosses the "Redline of Legal Decency" globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-31). Argentina Celebrates 40 Years Of Democracy And Human Rights. popularresistance.org Last week, Argentina celebrated 40 years of democracy and human rights by hosting the Third World Forum of Human Rights (March 20-24) scheduled in tandem with its National Day of Remembrance for Truth & Justice. The Forum closed with a march and rally on March 24 which marked 47 years since the US-backed military coup that overthrew the democratically elected government on March 24, 1976, and installed the bloodiest dictatorship in the history of #Argentina remained in power until 1983.
(2023-03-31). IYSSE holds first meeting in Canada on the war in Ukraine and how to stop it. wsws.org The IYSSE meeting—part of a series being organized around the world to develop a global working class-led movement against war—went ahead despite the University of Waterloo's attempt to censor it and Ukrainian-Canadian nationalists' attempt to disrupt it.
(2023-03-31). Daily Round-up | Saudi Arabia joins SCO & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up, we look at Saudi Arabia joining SCO; , Chad nationalizes oil assets, US senate repeals Iraq wars' authorizations, and Colombia announces conference to promote Venezuelan dialogue.
(2023-03-31). The Cowboy Style of the International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) Irreversibly Crosses the "Redline of Legal Decency" globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-31). Argentina Celebrates 40 Years Of Democracy And Human Rights. popularresistance.org Last week, Argentina celebrated 40 years of democracy and human rights by hosting the Third World Forum of Human Rights (March 20-24) scheduled in tandem with its National Day of Remembrance for Truth & Justice. The Forum closed with a march and rally on March 24 which marked 47 years since the US-backed military coup that overthrew the democratically elected government on March 24, 1976, and installed the bloodiest dictatorship in the history of #Argentina remained in power until 1983.
(2023-03-31). IYSSE holds first meeting in Canada on the war in Ukraine and how to stop it. wsws.org The IYSSE meeting—part of a series being organized around the world to develop a global working class-led movement against war—went ahead despite the University of Waterloo's attempt to censor it and Ukrainian-Canadian nationalists' attempt to disrupt it.
(2023-03-31). Nearly 300 mln tonnes of oil, gas reserves discovered in Bohai Sea in 2022. ecns.cn The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) announced that it discovered approximately 300 million tonnes of crude oil and natural gas reserves in China's Bohai Sea in 2022.
(2023-03-31). Senior Chinese diplomat meets president of National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. ecns.cn Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with Stephen Orlins, president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations in Beijing on Friday.
(2023-03-31). Chinese telescope LAMOST reaches new milestone in spectral data. ecns.cn The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) has become the world's first sky survey telescope to release more than 22 million spectra, said the National Astronomical Observatories under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC).
(2023-03-30). New winds are blowing from China. workers.org 
New Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, one of those the imperialist media calls a 'Wolf Warrior.' By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein* March 21, 2023 — On March 7, during a press conference held within the framework of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress in Beijing, the recently appointed . . . |
(2023-03-30). US Threatened To Invade International Criminal Court. popularresistance.org Many countries in the Global South have denounced the International Criminal Court as a neocolonial institution, biased in favor of the West. Its leadership has been dominated by Europeans, and as of 2016, only Africans had been brought to trial at the court. | In a rare point of agreement, the United States has also opposed the International Criminal Court (ICC) since its inception. The US is not a member of the ICC, and Washington has even imposed sanctions on its top officials and threatened to arrest judges and prosecutors. | In fact, when the court first opened in the Netherlands in 2002, the United States p…
(2023-03-30). World Court Rules US Illegally Froze Some Iranian Assets. news.antiwar.com The UN's top court on Thursday ruled that the US violated international law by freezing assets owned by Iranian companies. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Washington to pay compensation to Tehran, but the amount has yet to be determined, and the court has no way of enforcing its rulings. Iran brought the case …
(2023-03-30). Alfred de Zayas on the arrest warrant for Putin. mronline.org 
The arrest warrant for the President of Russia, issued by the International Criminal Court is, on one side, a rather ridiculous affair.
(2023-03-30). Communist Party of the Philippines calls on NPA to "stir up and spread flames" of armed struggle. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The leadership of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today, March 28, issued a statement on the occasion of 54th anniversary of the New People's Army (NPA) tomorrow, March 29. The CPP exhorted the NPA's commanders and Red fighters to "stir up and spread the flames of the people's war for national freedom and democracy." | The Central Committee of the CPP cited "intensified imperialist oppression against the Filipino people" and emphasized the need to "attain freedom from US control and dominatio…
(2023-03-30). China and Russia Define Study Objectives for Their Lunar Station. infobrics.org The Chinese and Russian space agencies have selected five study objectives for the international research station on the Moon, which they plan to operate by 2035, an official source confirmed…
(2023-03-30). American Plan 2.0: The Global Fragility Act Unfolds. libya360.wordpress.com Kim Ives People walk past an abandoned police station in the Drouillard neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov. 7, 2022. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times) The Global Fragility Act may wear the humanitarian garb of USAID, but it is fundamentally a military deployment. In the late 1980s, after the fall of Jean—Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier…
(2023-03-30). Belarusian Mercenaries Fighting for Kiev Plan Terrorist Attacks against Minsk. libya360.wordpress.com Lucas Leiroz Sabotage operations may take place within the territory of the Republic of Belarus. According to information provided by an important Russian official, Belarusian mercenaries who are currently fighting for the Ukrainian side would be sent back to their homeland with the aim of planning mutiny, boycott and terrorism operations against the local government….
(2023-03-30). Brazil & China Sign Trade Deals in Local Currency. libya360.wordpress.com Brazil's state-owned company for the promotion of exports and investments, ApexBrasil, announced on Wednesday the beginning of the establishment of bilateral trade between China and Brazil in local currencies, directly between the Chinese Yuan and the Brazilian Real, excluding the US dollar as a method of payment. During the Brazil-China Economic Seminar, held in Beijing,…
(2023-03-30). Chechen Fighters Sign Deal with Ukraine to Form All-Chechen Brigade to Fight Russians. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov Foreign soldiers who volunteered to fight for Ukraine participate in training exercises. Kiev is welcoming Chechens to join the war against Russia. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty / Geovien So Jihadists coming fresh from Syria exemplify yet again that War on Terror is a fraud. In early March, Asia Times reported that the Ukrainian government under Volodymyr…
(2023-03-30). Nicaragua Supports Russia's Global Security Efforts. libya360.wordpress.com Nicaragua supports Russia's efforts to ensure security and stability at the international level, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Colindres said during talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Thursday. Moncada is in Moscow accompanied by a high-profile government delegation, which includes representatives from several Nicaraguan agencies and departments. Nicaragua supports Russia's people and government…
(2023-03-30). 'Russia Alone Can Already Confront the Entire West…'. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. Bhadrakumar President Vladimir Putin (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of talks in restricted format, Kremlin, Moscow, March 21, 2023 The Russian media reported that President Vladimir Putin made an extraordinary gesture as President Xi Jinping left the Kremlin following the state dinner last week on Tuesday evening by escorting him to…
(2023-03-30). US Experts Grapple with Ukraine End Game: Admit War of Attrition is Unwinnable. libya360.wordpress.com Desperation and fantastical thinking take hold of "top US foreign policy experts" as they contemplate an end game in Ukraine… — CSIS admits crucial weapons and munitions face critical shortages including HIMARS launchers, 155mm artillery rounds, anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles; — CSIS suggests the US could deplete all of its inventories along with Europe into…
(2023-03-30). Starbucks CEO Schultz raked over coals by Sanders in the Senate. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—In an often-contentious 4-1/2-hour Senate hearing, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz denied, ducked and stonewalled workers' reports and National Labor Relations Board findings of the monster coffee chain's constant, centrally-controlled and nationwide labor law-breaking. Senate Labor Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., led off the March 29 session by declaring of Schultz that "Even if he's a …
(2023-03-30). Sydney University staff votes to continue strike action at historic meeting. greenleft.org.au At the biggest National Tertiary Education Union meeting ever held at Sydney University, union members voted for two days of strikes to be held on March 31 and April 5. Markela Panegyres reports.
(2023-03-30). Palestinian Prisoners' Movement Victory. popularresistance.org After the escalation of Zionist attacks against the achievements gained by the prisoners' movement over the years, and the attempts of the fascist Ben Gvir to seize our rights by enacting laws and policies such as the laws for the execution of prisoners, revocation of nationality, and deportation of prisoners and former prisoners, as well as the attacks on the achievements of daily life of the prisoners' movement, such as cutting access to water, setting brief times for bathing and the imposition of dozens of punitive measures, such as repeated transfer and isolation, led the prisoners' movement to take action.
(2023-03-30). Women in science: Q&A with Robin Patel, M.D. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robin Patel, M.D. Two events held early each year are opportunities to support and recognize the contributions of women in scientific fields. In February, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science promotes full and equal access to and participation in science. Women's History Month in March is an opportunity to recognize women who have made significant contributions to science. Mayo Clinic physician researcher Robin Patel, M.D., shares her perspective and advice for others pursuing a research career in this…
(2023-03-30). Myanmar's military dissolves Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, preventing it from participating in elections. peoplesdispatch.org
(2023-03-30). "The Tale" Filmmaker Jennifer Fox on Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse & Finally Naming Her Abuser. democracynow.org 
We speak with writer and filmmaker Jennifer Fox, whose 2018 movie The Tale dealt with childhood sexual abuse. She has now come forward to name her abuser. The film is a narrative memoir based in part on Fox's own life experience about being abused by a coach as a young girl. While the main character is named Fox, the name of the abusive coach was fictionalized. Now Fox has revealed the man who abused her as Ted Nash, the legendary Olympic rower and coach who died in 2021. Nash took part in 11 Olympic teams as a rower or coach, and USRowing, the national governing body for the sport, is now investigating the…
(2023-03-30). Bernie Sanders vs. Howard Schultz: Longtime Starbucks CEO Grilled on Company's Union-Busting Tactics. democracynow.org 
Just weeks after the National Labor Relations Board accused Starbucks of engaging in "egregious and widespread misconduct" to prevent employees from unionizing, the company's longtime CEO Howard Schultz appeared before the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday to answer questions. Committee Chair Bernie Sanders of Vermont grilled Schultz on the company's union-busting record and demanded an end to retaliation against workers. Since 2021, nearly 300 Starbucks locations have voted to unionize, but the company has responded by firing many organizers and s…
(2023-03-30). PDVSA-Crypto Corruption Case Detainees Officially Charged. orinocotribune.com 
A presentation hearing of 23 people allegedly involved in the "PDVSA-Crypto" corruption plot was held, comprising 20 officials from Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the National Superintendence of Crypto-assets (Sunacrip), and other businessmen, as well as three judges accused of plots in the judiciary. | Venezuelan Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, announced via social media that the detainees were presented this Tuesday, March 28, before the Second Control Judge. Nine public officials, ten businessmen, and one former deputy were presented, as well as three judges also accused of corruption. Saab pointed out…
(2023-03-30). President Petro To Convene International Conference to Promote Venezuelan Dialogue, US & Opposition On Board. orinocotribune.com
(2023-03-30). Bad Faith UN Report on Nicaragua Whitewashes Violent US-Backed Coup. orinocotribune.com By Stephen Sefton — Mar 27, 2023 | A new, anonymously-produced UN report denouncing Nicaragua's government whitewashes the brutal US-backed 2018 coup against it while refusing to interview victims of sadistic opposition violence. | Abuse and weaponization of the United Nations system by the United States and its vassal governments to both mislead and intimidate the rest of the world have been a feature of international relations since the very founding of the United Nations during the time of the Korean War. In recent years, that situation has deteriorated to the point where demonization campaigns promoted b…
(2023-03-30). For an all-out strike in the public sector and beyond! Build independent rank-and-file committees. wsws.org The SGP calls on civil servants to form rank-and-file committees, independent of the trade unions, to take the strike into their own hands and to network with workers from other companies throughout Europe and internationally.
(2023-03-30). Higher education employers begin imposing pay cut as University and College Union steps up moves to sell out UK national strike. wsws.org Higher education workers entered into this fight determined to defend their living standards and defeat a concerted offensive by the employers and government. To prevent another UCU sellout, they must take leadership of the dispute out of the hands of the union bureaucracy.
(2023-03-30). Chinese FM meets PNG counterpart. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with Papua New Guinea (PNG) Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Justin Tkatchenko on Thursday in Boao, Hainan Province, and pledged to boost bilateral ties.
(2023-03-30). Wild panda and her cub seen in rare footage. ecns.cn When the staff at Giant Panda National Park in southwest China's Sichuan Province recently collected data from infrared cameras, they found precious footage of a wild panda mother and baby together. "ÄÄ…
(2023-03-30). Minnesota pushes for Cuba to be taken off terror list. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On March 26 Cuba solidarity activists responded to the national call for monthly car caravans to end the U.S. blockade of Cuba and to take Cuba off the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism list (SSOT). The 18-car caravan flew Cuba flags and displayed pro-Cuba signs while they drove down Lake Street through a Latino neighborhood. It was welcomed with car honks and fist pumps. | In the last days of Trump in office, he added Cuba back on the SSOT. During Biden's campaign to become president, he indicated he would take them off the list as well as revoke the 247 additional sanctions Trump had imposed, n…
(2023-03-31). Sri Lankan cinnamon farmers and workers discuss worsening social conditions. wsws.org Sri Lanka has about 35,000 hectares of cinnamon, which is mainly grown in Galle and Matara districts, with about 60,000 farmers and 300,000 workers earning a living from the labour intensive low-paid industry.
(2023-03-30). Daily Round-up | Brazil ex-president Rousseff elected to BRICS bank presidency & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we look at Brazil's ex-president Rousseff being elected to BRICS bank presidency, Sri Lankan workers protesting privatization of government oil company, and more.
(2023-03-30). Sri Lanka: Kolonnawa residents denounce government's IMF-dictated austerity. wsws.org SEP campaigners spoke with residents at Sanhida Sevana, an 11-storey apartment block accommodating about 200 families about the impact of soaring prices, shortages and deteriorating services.
