(2023-03-28). Why have Western Investors Turned Their Attention to India and Vietnam? journal-neo.org 
(2023-03-28). India: Community health workers protest in Bihar. greenleft.org.au Thousands of community health workers held a huge protest in Patna, in Bihar state, calling for higher pay, recognition as workers and access to employment benefits, reports Kerry Smith.
(2023-03-28). Will Xi's visit to Russia mark a change in the world order? peoplesdispatch.org Former Indian ambassador MK Bhadrakumar joins Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha to talk about what went down in these talks and the larger implications of Xi's visit to Russia.
(2023-03-28). Ending a pregnancy in 14 states leaves few Options. Some Americans are looking to Europe and India for help. juancole.com 
By: Kelcie Mosely Morris — ( Wisconsin Examiner) — The pills came in a dark salmon-colored envelope sealed with a plastic covering that traveled more than 7,000 miles, over a dozen time zones from Nagpur, India, in almost exactly one week. They were placed partially under the doormat of a home in a state with …
(2023-03-29). Yemenis Mark Eight Years Of Disastrous War Amid Hopes Of Peace. popularresistance.org Thousands took to the streets across major Yemeni cities including Sanaa, Sa'ada, and Taiz on Sunday, March 26, to mark the eighth anniversary of the beginning of the Saudi-led aggression in the country. The protesters reiterated their demand for an end to the aggression and the lifting of the blockade on the country. The leaders of the Houthi movement have called these essential conditions for peace. | The National Day of Resilience and Steadfastness, as March 26 is celebrated by the Yemenis, symbolizes their resolve amid the large-scale destruction caused by the Saudi-led coalition's airstrikes and blockade.
(2023-03-28). Defend Sri Lankan teachers' right to strike! wsws.org The president accuses teachers and principals of taking students hostage, but in reality, the working masses have been made hostages to the IMF with the Wickremesinghe government acting as its policeman.
(2023-03-29). Punjab: Democracy Under Siege? asia-pacificresearch.com
(2023-03-29). IOC to decide on Russian participation at Paris Olympics at 'appropriate time'. ecns.cn The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) executive board has recommended the return to competition of Russian and Belarusian athletes as individual neutrals, but has yet to decide whether they can compete at next year's Paris Olympics.
(2023-03-29). Yemenis Mark Eight Years Of Disastrous War Amid Hopes Of Peace. popularresistance.org Thousands took to the streets across major Yemeni cities including Sanaa, Sa'ada, and Taiz on Sunday, March 26, to mark the eighth anniversary of the beginning of the Saudi-led aggression in the country. The protesters reiterated their demand for an end to the aggression and the lifting of the blockade on the country. The leaders of the Houthi movement have called these essential conditions for peace. | The National Day of Resilience and Steadfastness, as March 26 is celebrated by the Yemenis, symbolizes their resolve amid the large-scale destruction caused by the Saudi-led coalition's airstrikes and blockade.
(2023-03-28). Defend Sri Lankan teachers' right to strike! wsws.org The president accuses teachers and principals of taking students hostage, but in reality, the working masses have been made hostages to the IMF with the Wickremesinghe government acting as its policeman.
(2023-03-29). Punjab: Democracy Under Siege? asia-pacificresearch.com
(2023-03-29). IOC to decide on Russian participation at Paris Olympics at 'appropriate time'. ecns.cn The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) executive board has recommended the return to competition of Russian and Belarusian athletes as individual neutrals, but has yet to decide whether they can compete at next year's Paris Olympics.
(2023-03-29). U.S. urged to stop smearing and suppressing Chinese companies. ecns.cn The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that it opposes the U.S.' overstretching the concept of national security to hobble foreign companies and abusing state power to disrupt normal market rules and order.
(2023-03-29). Dissecting The Afghan Military's Total Collapse. popularresistance.org In February, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) published an extensive investigation into the spectacular collapse of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces' (ANDSF), which the U.S. spent two decades and $90 billion building. In common with previous SIGAR reports, it offers a remarkably uncompromising, no-punches-pulled assessment, exposing corruption, incompetence, lies, and delusion every step of the way. | At the report's core is a highly detailed timeline of the ANDSF's — and, therefore, the Afghan government's — disintegration. That SIGAR was able to con…
(2023-03-29). ICC Charges Putin With War Crimes; US And Israeli Leaders Enjoy Impunity. popularresistance.org On March 17, a little more than one year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced that the Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC) had issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for the commission of war crimes in Ukraine. The PTC also issued an arrest warrant for Maria Lvova-Belova, commissioner for children's rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation, for the same war crimes. | While the U.S. celebrates the arrest warrant against Putin, it has pressured the ICC to refrain from prosecuting Israelis and Americans…
(2023-03-29). 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…
(2023-03-29). Match Day at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Fourth-year students at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota learned where they will continue their residency training on March 17. Also, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education learned who would be its incoming Mayo residents through the National Resident Matching Program. The medical students opened their envelopes at 11 a.m. CDT discovering their future specialties and residency training locations. Match Day, held on the third Friday in March, is when medical school students and…
(2023-03-29). Recognition of Europe's Crimes Should Go Beyond Rhetoric: Experts on Slave Trade Remembrance Day. orinocotribune.com By Maria Konokhova — Mar 25, 2023 | Over the period from the 16th to 19th centuries, the world saw one of the darkest chapters in its history, during which millions of enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. Today, on March 25, the world commemorates and honors the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. | The annual International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade was proclaimed by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 62/122 in December 2007. Since then, on this day, the world remembers those who suffered a…
(2023-03-29). Anti-AUKUS meeting seeks to divert anti-war concern in reactionary nationalist direction. wsws.org The speakers' central criticism of the AUKUS military pact was that it undermines Australia's "national interests"—that is, economic and strategic interests of Australian imperialism, including in the South Pacific and other parts of the region.
(2023-03-29). NSW election: Australian workers and youth speak about COVID, war and social crisis. wsws.org One worker said: "I think it's a good idea to have an international movement for the working class against war and for democratic rights, for workers to unite, it makes sense."
(2023-03-29). The social and political issues raised in the strike by graduate employees at the University of Michigan. wsws.org Students and young people need to take a hard look at the society in which we live. The orientation must not be to the Democratic Party or any faction of the ruling class but to the international working class.
(2023-03-29). ICC irreversibly crosses the line of legal decency. strategic-culture.org ICCis a disgrace to law in all its civilised forms. State parties should be encouraged to withdraw from it while it is still possible for them to avoid embarrassment by association. | Acting at the behest of its political controllers and paymasters, the racist International Criminal Court [ICC], whose principal activity since its founding in 2003 has been the malicious persecution of black African leaders, now, for a change, targets for judicial abuse a distinguished Eurasian figure. | Observers with an attention span of more than fifteen minutes (which would exclude the vast majority in the bamboozled Western co…
(2023-03-29). Chinese envoy says international community must help Africa eradicate terrorism. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Tuesday called on the international community to help Africa address its most pressing challenges and eradicate terrorist threats.
(2023-03-28). High Stakes as Uncle Sam's Days of Impunity Are Finally Over. strategic-culture.org The edifice of American imperial power has never been challenged at its foundation. It is now. | Russia and China are determined to hold the American perpetrators of the Nord Stream sabotage to account. Uncle Sam's days — indeed decades — of wanton criminality are over. There's going to be hell to pay as the imperialist tyranny in Washington hits a wall of reality. | Several weeks have gone by with the United States and its Western lackeys stonewalling at the United Nations Security Council, squirming and resisting calls from Moscow and Beijing for an international criminal investigation into the sabo…
(2023-03-28). 20 Years On, US Failure In Iraq Still Lingers On, With A Stronger Iran. southfront.org 
A US soldier runs at a coalition forces forward base near West Mosul, Iraq June 21, 2017 (Source: REUTERS)This is part of a larger context, beyond the Middle East: that of the decline of the US world order. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | On March 19 Iran and Iraq signed a border security agreement during Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), visit to Baghdad. On that occasion, referring to Iranian Kurdish factions w…
(2023-03-28). "The Crisis of American National Power has Begun". Col. Douglas Macgregor. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-28). Shipping-container seals standardized. ecns.cn The International Organization for Standardization recently released a standard for international container transportation proposed by a research team from East China Normal University, which is set to bring a digital upgrade to the industry.
(2023-03-28). CNOOC signs over $7.5 bln deal with Shell, partners to expand ethylene production. ecns.cn China National Offshore Oil Corp announced the third major expansion of ethylene production capacity in Huizhou, Guangdong province, with Shell plc, Daya Bay National Economic and Technological Development Zone and the Huizhou city government in Beijing on Sunday.
(2023-03-28). China aims to move ahead in AI race with deployment of scientific research program. ecns.cn China's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) have jointly initiated the deployment program for AI-driven scientific research – AI for Science.
(2023-03-28). Tibetan antelops thrive at Hoh Xil nature reserve. ecns.cn A flock of Tibetan antelopes forage at the Hoh Xil nature reserve, the 51th Chinese site inscribed on the World Heritage List, in the Sanjiangyuan National Park, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai Province, March 25, 2023.
(2023-03-28). You Strike the Women, You Strike the Rock, You Will Be Crushed. scheerpost.com 
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research What constitutes a crisis worthy of global attention? When a regional bank in the United States falls victim to the inversion of the yield curve (i.e., when short-term bond interest rates become higher than long-term rates), the Earth nearly stops spinning. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) …
(2023-03-28). Consistent or Confused? SA Knows Why It Joined BRICS Alliance. infobrics.org South Africa knows why it joined the BRICS alliance. It knows the current dominant capitalist system is not the panacea of all our global problems. It also understands international relations and foreign policy politics require compromise and diplomacy, not rigidity, writes Oscar van Heerden…
(2023-03-28). Biden's Second 'Democracy Summit'. libya360.wordpress.com Atilio A. Boron We Latin Americans know very well that if there is a government in the world that cannot give lessons on democracy, it is precisely the government of the United States History and the present show that an imperial republic like the United States needs vassals, not partners, especially in current times in which…
(2023-03-28). Russia-China Leaders Meeting: A Sign of a Rising Alliance or a Threatening Challenge to the West? North America's Perspective. libya360.wordpress.com Dr. Nivedita Das Kundu The key dynamics at play in the evolving global order are that Russia and China have been advocating a shift away from a system led by Western values and rules, challenging the traditional dominance of Western powers in the international system. However, as per North America's perspective, the notion that the Chinese and Russian alliance is growing faster may be overstated,…
(2023-03-28). The Importance of Building a Just World Order. libya360.wordpress.com Alfred de Zayas Democracy summits are organized not only in the United States, but also in China. The Second summit opened on 23 March 2023 in Beijing with the participation of dozens of experts and professors from the entire globe. I participated in the first summit in 2022 and was invited to Beijing for the…
(2023-03-28). The Preparation of a New World War: Reconstituting the Nazi-Nippon Axis. libya360.wordpress.com Thierry Meyssan Japan's PM Kishida offers support to Kyiv The United States is pushing its European Union allies to prepare for a Third World War. They have no choice but to fight it if they want to emerge victorious from the "Thucydides trap". Unless all this commotion is just a staging to "keep" the allies…
(2023-03-28). The Rise of China and the Decline of the West. libya360.wordpress.com Henry Heller >A view of the CBD in Beijing. [Photo/IC] The focal point of the world's economy is shifting to Asia and Eurasia China's place on the world's stage advances year by year. It is arguably already the world's largest economy. Its Belt and Road Initiative and its other international links like the BRICS have helped to magnify its…
(2023-03-28). Why NATO's Defense Hysteria Warrants Resistance. libya360.wordpress.com Hannan Hussain A wide wave of protests against the West's arms escalation stands to gather more steam. Particularly because true strategic autonomy means charting a nation's own path to domestic stability and geopolitical risk reduction, as opposed to following NATO's dictates. NATO's dictation of defense imperatives and glorified conflict contributions brings its military hysteria out…
(2023-03-28). Pediatric Mental Health Hospitalizations at Acute Care Hospitals in the US, 2009-2019. jamanetwork.com This retrospective analysis of a nationally representative database of US acute care hospital discharges assesses increased mental health diagnoses and hospitalizations among pediatric patients between 2009 and 2019.
(2023-03-28). Trends in Dietary Vitamin A Intake Among US Adults by Race and Ethnicity, 2003-2018. jamanetwork.com This study uses data from the 2003-2004 to 2017-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) to assess whether a difference exists in dietary vitamin A intake as a marker of consumption of vitamin A—rich foods among Black, Hispanic, and White adults in the US.
(2023-03-28). International Criminal Court to Open Ukraine Office Following Putin Arrest Warrant. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-28). Understanding the International Rules-based Disorder. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-28). Weingarten: Schools are key in the fight to save democracy. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Schools are key to democracy, but are beset by staff shortages, culture wars, underfunding, and political efforts to divide parents from teachers and destroy public schools, Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten says. In a major speech March 28 at the National Press Club, Weingarten declared "others are trying to drive a wedge in that connection" …
(2023-03-28). The Crucial Challenge of Venezuela's Oil Industry. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Mar 27, 2023 | The recently revealed corruption scheme at the heart of PDVSA has once again highlighted the pending issue of restructuring the oil industry. Venezuela's oil industry has been harassed for years by a general offensive of "sanctions" that have substantially impacted its operation, productive capacity and foreign trade channels, bringing negative consequences for the national economy as a whole. | The "Ramírez Era" | The great weight that the state company exerts on Venezuela's economic performance by representing the main source of foreign currency income has strengthened the…
(2023-03-28). Consumer Health: Nutritional needs during pregnancy and breastfeeding. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org March is National Nutrition Month, which makes this a good time to learn about your nutritional needs during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. During pregnancy, the basic principles of healthy eating remain the same — get plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein and healthy fats. However, a few nutrients in a pregnancy diet deserve special attention. The nutrients to pay special attention to while you're pregnant include: CalciumYou and your baby need calcium for strong…
(2023-03-28). Negotiators Influenced Final Text Of IPCC 'Summary For Policymakers'. popularresistance.org When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the "Summary for Policymakers" of the Synthesis of its Sixth Assessment Report on Monday, the text was not purely the work of scientists. Instead, delegates from 195 nations spent a week reviewing the document line-by-line and arguing over edits before finally approving it Sunday night. | The ins and outs of the process were revealed this week by the International Institute for Sustainable Development Earth Negotiations Bulletin, the only media outlet allowed to observe the proceedings. The account demonstrates how major emitters and fossil fuel p…
(2023-03-28). Cuba's Ties to Arab World: Al Mayadeen Interviews Cuba President (III). orinocotribune.com Cuban President Miguel-Diaz Canel touches in an interview for Al Mayadeen on the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance, the confrontation of Western imperialism, and his visit to Algeria. | During the third part of Al Mayadeen Media Network Chairman Ghassan Ben Jeddou's interview with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, the president discussed Algeria, the Palestinian cause, El Comandante, and former President Raul Castro in the context of Cuba, global liberation, and international revolution. | Diaz-Canel said that in this past year, Cuba endeavored on a journey across Western Asia and North Africa to restore direc…
(2023-03-28). 75.92% turnout in Cuba's legislative elections. peoplesdispatch.org On Monday March 27, the National Electoral Council of Cuba (CNE) announced the preliminary results of the legislative elections held in the country on Sunday March 26. Alina Balseiro, president of the CEN, Balseiro also
(2023-03-28). Education workers in Los Angeles just won a resounding victory. peoplesdispatch.org 30,000 education workers in Los Angeles, organized with the Service Employees International Union Local 99, just won big after going on a
(2023-03-28). UNSC says no to international investigation into Nord Stream blasts. peoplesdispatch.org Russia has claimed that the ongoing national investigations being carried out by some European countries are not transparent, and accused them of not cooperating with it, despite Russia being the main affected country…
(2023-03-28). House Republican's Vow After School Shooting: "We're Not Going to Fix It" truthout.org As the country reels from news of yet another school shooting at an elementary school in Tennessee this week, one Tennessee Republican has vowed that Congress will never solve the U.S.'s mass shooting epidemic, and that only Christian nationalism can stop the violence. "We're not going to fix it." This was Rep. Tim Burchett's response when asked by reporters about the U.S. |
(2023-03-28). Headlines for March 28, 2023. democracynow.org 39 Asylum Seekers Die in Fire at Mexican Immigration Detention Center Near U.S. Border, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Says Biden Asylum Proposal Violates International Law, Six Killed, Including Three Students, in Shooting at Nashville, TN, Elementary School, Israel's Netanyahu Agrees to Delay Far-Right Judicial Reforms Amid Massive Protests, U.S. Aircraft Carrier Arrives in South Korea as North Korea Ramps Up Nuclear Weapons Production, Taliban Arrests Leader of Campaign to Educate Afghan Women and Girls, Massive Strikes and Protests Across France Demanding Macron Restore Pension Benefits, Haitian-Ch…
(2023-03-28). Palestinians to Pay the Price as Netanyahu Pauses Judicial Overhaul While Further Empowering Far Right. democracynow.org 
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to delay a push to overhaul and weaken Israel's judiciary until the next parliamentary session. The retreat came after months of unprecedented mass protests and a general strike on Monday that shut down much of Israel. Netanyahu had earlier fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, for suggesting a delay to judicial changes. In a concession to his far-right governing allies, Netanyahu has also agreed to establish a new national guard under the control of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the ultranationalist national security minister who was once convicted of racist inci…
(2023-03-28). Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic Condemns US-NATO: International Law Died 24 Years Ago, but Serbian Spirit Was Not Broken. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-28). Israel protests to continue despite Netanyahu's "pause" of dictatorial legislation. wsws.org Netanyahu announced that the legislation would be "paused" to prevent "civil war". But only after negotiations with the far-right parties in his government, granting them a National Guard led by Jewish supremacistItamar Ben-Gvir.
(2023-03-28). U.S. officials really, REALLY want you to know the U.S. is the world's "leader" mronline.org 
In response to questions he received during a press conference on Monday about Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin cementing a "new era" in strategic partnership between China and Russia, the White House National Security Council's John Kirby made no fewer than seven assertions that the U.S. is the "leader" of the world.
(2023-03-28). China promotes green, low-carbon industries to optimize industrial layout. ecns.cn The rapid development of the Daxing International Hydrogen Energy Demonstration Zone exemplifies China's efforts to promote green and low-carbon industries and optimize the industrial layout.
(2023-03-28). China establishes 15 new national cultural demonstration zones. ecns.cn China has established 15 new national-level cultural industry demonstration zones, with the total number climbing to 34, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
(2023-03-28). Video: Co-ed NATO expeditionary forces train for winter/Arctic warfare near Russian border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeMarch 28, 2023 Video: How to survive in the winter wilderness with NATO's battlegroup Estonia …UK troops that make up part of NATO's multinational battlegroup in Estonia — with the United Kingdom as framework nation — train for on the Cold Weather Operator's Course…. This NATO battlegroup also includes contributions from …
(2023-03-28). Vucic: International Law Died 24 Years Ago, but Serbian Spirit Was Not Broken. globalresearch.ca