(2023-05-30). Reactors Destined for India and China Begin their Journey from Russia. infobrics.org Two nuclear reactors and eight steam generators for the Kudankulam NPP in India and the Tianwan NPP in China have been transported through the central streets of Volgodonsk in Russia, where they were manufactured, to a specialised berth on the Tsimlyansk reservoir…
(2023-05-30). Brazil Supports Venezuela Joining BRICS. orinocotribune.com This Monday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated that he supports Venezuela joining BRICS in response to a question asked at the press conference after a prolonged meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro at the Planalto Palace in Brasília. BRICS is currently comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. | "If you ask me what I think, I would say that I am in favor," President Lula said in response to Venezuela's proposed BRICS membership, later clarifying that this decision should be made by the five countries belonging to the alliance. | In this regard, the Brazilian presi…
(2023-05-30). Women wrestlers' protest in India: The latest crackdown on democracy. peoplesdispatch.org On May 28, India's new parliament building was inaugurated. On the same day, the country's wrestlers, who have been on a sit-in protest seeking the arrest of their federation head on charges of sexual harassment, were brutally repressed and evicted from their protest site…
(2023-05-30). Al menos diez peregrinos hindúes mueren tras caída de autobús. telesurtv.net El autobús se salió de la carretera y rodó por un profundo peñasco.
(2023-05-30). Indiana Medical Board reprimands OB-GYN physician who spoke about providing medical abortion for 10-year-old rape victim. wsws.org Last Thursday, Indiana's Medical Licensing Board fined and reprimanded Dr. Caitlin Bernard on false allegations that she violated her patient's privacy.
(2023-05-29). Narendra Modi in Australia: down under bliss for Hindutva. greenleft.org.au It is clear that the PM felt comfortable being excruciatingly accommodating to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is one of one of India's most accomplished sectarians. Binoy Kampmark reports.
(2023-05-29). The Growing Russia-India Relationship. infobrics.org While the world has been watching the "no limits" partnership between Russia and China grow into "a relationship that probably cannot be compared with anything in the world," Russia has been growing quietly closer to the second largest country in the world…
(2023-05-29). Agricultural Seasons in India. transcend.org In India there are basically two agriculture seasons — Kharif and Rabi. In the Kharif season there is a lot of rainfall especially in the southern states. On the other hand, the Rabi season does not have too much rainfall but has more of sunlight.
(2023-05-29). Wave Of Lawsuits Against US Gun Makers. popularresistance.org As America's gun crisis shows no sign of abating, there is some hope for reducing the number of mass shootings and killings. The emerging wave of lawsuits against gun makers echoes previous successes against the car industry, opioid companies and big tobacco. | In New York, California, Delaware and other states, new laws aim to provide ways around a near 20-year immunity provided to gun manufacturers and distributors. In Indiana, a lawsuit brought by victims of the 2021 mass shooting at a FedEx facility aims to hold a gun manufacturer accountable for the horror wrought by one of its weapons.
(2023-05-29). Venezuela expressed its willingness to join the Brics group. plenglish.com Brasilia, May 29 (Prensa Latina) President Nicolás Maduro expressed Venezuela's willingness to join the Brics group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), and called for the union of South America to fulfill the dream of the continent's liberators.
(2023-05-30). Report Back From 3rd Annual May Day On The Harbor. itsgoingdown.org Report back from May Day in the Greys Harbor area in Washington. Originally posted to Sabot Media. Since 1886, May Day has been an important holiday for the global working class. This history is often repressed in this country, being one of a minority that doesn't celebrate International Worker's Day on May first, despite being…
(2023-05-30). South America's economies mull dedollarization. america.cgtn.com 
Nations from South America to Southeast Asia are choosing to settle international trades with their own currencies, as several countries move away from the U.S. dollar. Among those looking to move away from the dollar are two of South America's biggest nations: Brazil and Argentina. …
(2023-05-30). Fighting for the Russian World and All Humanity. libya360.wordpress.com Gennady Zyuganov The crisis of the liberal model of running the world was inevitable. I warned of its results and alarming challenges that would fill the new century twenty years ago. My book "Globalization and the Destiny of Humankind" which was published at the time has been translated into many languages. It provided a detailed…
(2023-05-30). Ukraine: The Moment of Truth — The West Refuses Peace. libya360.wordpress.com Thiery Meyssan You don't know his face. But Li Hui is one of China's most important diplomats. It was he who came to propose peace in Ukraine to the West. He was kindly received, but nobody listened to him. On behalf of China, Li Hui came to propose that the West make peace in Ukraine…
(2023-05-30). Ukraine: The Moment of Truth. libya360.wordpress.com Theiry Meyssan President Zelensky arrives in Japan on May 20, 2023, for the G7 summit. Since February 24, 2022, the eyes of the world have been on the Ukrainian conflict. The West is supporting Kiev financially, delivering incredible quantities of arms and ammunition, but is careful not to get directly involved in the theater of…
(2023-05-30). Imperialist Hegemony and the Class Struggle in Africa and the Diaspora. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe Kwame Nkrumah And Haile Selassie Note: The following solidarity statement was prepared and delivered in part to the African Liberation Day program organized by the All-African People's Revolutionary Party, (A-APRP-GC) under the theme "Pan-Africanism: Waging Class Struggle in Africa and the Diaspora, Fighting for the One United Socialist Africa!" on Sat. May 27,…
(2023-05-30). Highlights From Nvidia CEO's Commencement Speech On How AI Will Change Industries, The World. moguldom.com Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang told recent graduates at National Taiwan University that they have good timing, starting their careers at the rebirth of the computer industry with boundless opportunities in artificial intelligence. The timing is parallel, he said, to the world he entered when he graduated 40 years ago at the dawn of …
(2023-05-30). China Rebuffs Pentagon Chief For Talks Due To Sanctions On Top General. southfront.org 
China's Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu visiting Moscow in April: Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP | Originally published by The US confirmed Monday that Beijing continues resisting all military-to-military communications and contacts with the Pentagon. | The latest specific is that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reached out to his Chinese counterpart, Minister of National Defen…
(2023-05-30). The Grayzone Debates National Endowment for Democracy on Group's CIA Ties. scheerpost.com 
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) contacted The Grayzone to dispute our characterization of their organization as a CIA cutout. Listen to our highly revealing conversation with the NED's communications director.
(2023-05-30). BDS: Resisting Israeli Settler-Colonialism. progressive.international Omar Barghouti reflects on the situation in Palestine and calls on progressives to challenge Israel's apartheid regime.
(2023-05-30). Mass demonstration in Vancouver commemorates 75 years of Nakba and resistance. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Vancouver joined with the Palestinian Youth Movement, Canada Palestine Association, Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights UBC and the International League of People's Struggle to commemorate the ongoing Nakba since 1948 on Sunday, 14 May 2023. Hundreds participated in a mass popular march from the Vancouver Art Gallery in the center of downtown to the …
(2023-05-30). Les Occidentaux refusent la paix en Ukraine. thealtworld.com Au nom de la Chine, Li Hui est venu proposer aux Occidentaux de faire la paix en Ukraine en reconnaissant leurs erreurs. Son analyse est précise et étayée. Mais les Occidentaux ne l'ont pas écouté. Ils poursuivent sans relâche le discours qu'ils ont mis au point durant la Guerre froide : ils sont démocrates, tandis que les autres, tous les autres, ne le sont pas. Ils poursuivront leur soutien à l'Ukraine, même si celle-ci n'a guère plus de soldats et a déjà perdu sur le terrain. | La semaine dernière je rappelais, qu'en droit international, vendre des armes rend responsable de leur usage [1]. Par conséquent, si l…
(2023-05-30). First Documented Case of Pegasus Spyware Used in an International War Context. Report. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-30). Did Globalization Drive Far-Right Electoral Success in European States From 1990-2020? globalresearch.ca Introduction: | Globalization is the process of political, cultural, and economic integration of national economies and societies at the regional and international levels. This phenomenon arguably threatens the primacy of the state as the main actor on the international stage, supplanted …
(2023-05-30). Big data key to high-tech development>. ecns.cn China's emphasis on building basic systems for data and putting data resources to better use will unleash the value of massive data resources and lay a solid foundation for the high-quality development of the digital economy, officials and experts said at the China International Big Data Industry Expo 2023, which ended on Sunday in Guiyang, Guizhou province.
(2023-05-30). Western media stir up anti-China hysteria. ecns.cn The Chinese and Australian national flags in Sydney, Australia.In fact, any threat to Australia would be minimal, because China would not be able to defend the 7,000-km-long supply line back to China.
(2023-05-30). UN peacekeeping missions are important means to advance int'l peace and security: Chinese FM spokesperson. ecns.cn UN peacekeeping missions are important means to advance international peace and security, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday.
(2023-05-30). Defense minister to visit Singapore. ecns.cn State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu will attend the Shangri-La Dialogue and visit Singapore from Wednesday to Sunday, the Defense Ministry announced on Monday.
(2023-05-30). New ferry line links Pazhou with HK airport. ecns.cn The frequency of ferry service between Guangzhou's Pazhou and the Hong Kong International Airport will be increased starting on June 1.
(2023-05-30). Sports products from Yiwu sell well as Asian Games approach. ecns.cn Yiwu, the world's largest wholesale market for small commodities in east China's Zhejiang Province, has seen hot sale of sports goods. At the Yiwu International Trade Market, the number of foreign businessmen who came to purchase related products has increased rapidly."ÄÄ "ÄÄ…
(2023-05-30). Cuba highlights international protocols on climate change. plenglish.com Havana, May 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said that the success of the Montreal Protocol shows what can be achieved when international instruments are implemented to fight against climate change.
(2023-05-30). Elections at Central University of Venezuela Are a Trial Run for Opposition Primaries. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — May 29, 2023 | Those of us who witnessed the elections at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV)—Tyrians and Trojans—can conclude that they were a microcosm of the hypothetical elections, projected on a national scale, which will be organized by the opposition. It is the most obvious conclusion, the one that has won over most of the pundits in Venezuela's digital media and opinion ecosystem. | The similarity between the logical disasters of, one the one hand, the electoral organization in the supposed "house that overcomes the shadows," the entrenchment of the still-in-offic…
(2023-05-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: What are the benefits, risks of sleeping with melatonin gummies? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Many people rely on melatonin gummies to help them get a good night's sleep. But a recent study finds that these over-the-counter supplements may not reliably contain the advertised amount of melatonin. According to the National Institutes of Health, about 19% of adults in the U.S. don't get enough sleep, and some of those sleep-deprived people use melatonin supplements to help them catch some z's. Dr. Erik St. Louis, a Mayo Clinic neurologist, says melatonin…
(2023-05-30). Mayo neuroscientists discover unknown brain area involved in movement. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's long been accepted that the part of the brain called the primary motor cortex controls body movements. Certain groups of cells direct specific movements — for example, of the feet, hands or tongue. The cells of the primary motor cortex are organized as a type of topographical map of corresponding body parts in the central sulcus, a fold in the brain's outermost layer called the cerebral cortex. Mayo Clinic scientists and their international collaborators…
(2023-05-30). International online webinar: Türkiye's Foreign Policy after the Elections. uwidata.com Both Türkiye and the world had their eyes on the country's presidential and parliamentary elections on past May 14 and 28. Besides of concern for the Turkish nation, the question of who will govern in Ankara concerns also plays an important role for global political balances. For that reason, these elections were a hot topic …
(2023-05-30). Ukrainian nationalists refuse to speak at New York literary festival with Russian authors. wsws.org In a display of far-right, anti-Russian chauvinism, three Ukrainian writers refused to give a presentation at the PEN America World Voices festival if the festival also sponsored a panel with three Russian writers.
(2023-05-30). Introduction to Lawrence Porter's Marcus Garvey and the Reactionary Logic of Racialist Politics. wsws.org Mehring Books is pleased to announce the publication of Marcus Garvey and the Reactionary Logic of Racialist Politics by Lawrence Porter, assistant national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (US).
(2023-05-29). The Grayzone debates National Endowment for Democracy VP on group's CIA ties. thegrayzone.com The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) contacted The Grayzone to dispute our characterization of their organization as a CIA cutout. Listen to our highly revealing conversation with the NED's communications director. On April 4, 2023, National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Vice President of Communications and Public Engagement Leslie Aun contacted me, Alex Rubinstein, to request a phone conversation about an article I published at The Grayzone a day before. My report detailed the open justification of the terrorist bombing of …
(2023-05-29). Federation University staff takes enterprise agreement protest to the CBD. greenleft.org.au National Tertiary Education Union members, students, families and community members joined a protest in the Wadawurrung/Ballarat CBD over an impasse in wages negotiations at Federation University. Jeremy Smith reports.
(2023-05-29). Venezuela: The Fight Between PSUV and PCV is Unnecessary, Untimely, and Alien. libya360.wordpress.com Clodovaldo Hernández Life turns on a dime: The Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) had never had as much public attention as it does these days. It has even become a trending topic on social media platforms despite the fact that many of their leaders do not use those platforms because they are weapons (although not…
(2023-05-29). The Human Consequences of Economic Sanctions. libya360.wordpress.com Francisco R. Rodiguez Executive Summary This paper provides a comprehensive survey and assessment of the literature on the effects of economic sanctions on living standards in target countries. We identify 32 studies that apply quantitative econometric and calibration methods to cross-country and national data in order to assess the impact of economic sanctions on indicators…
(2023-05-29). Canadian Aid for Cuba? 35 National and Regional Organizations Support it. libya360.wordpress.com Stephen Kimber and John Kirk Fidel Castro: "Luchar contra lo imposible y vencer" ("To fight against the impossible and win"). Cuba desperately needs food and medical aid now. It also deserves an end to the longest-standing embargo in modern times It is not often that the United Church of Canada, the (Anglican) Primate's World Relief and Development…
(2023-05-29). The G7, Economic Coercion and the Art of Projection. libya360.wordpress.com In this article for the Morning Star, Carlos Martinez addresses the "stunning hubris and hypocrisy of the imperialist powers" in accusing China of economic coercion. He points out that G7 states are all involved in multiple forms of economic coercion, and that the US is the world's sanctions superpower, imposing unilateral economic sanctions on nearly 40…
(2023-05-29). Erdogan's Mediatory Role on Ukraine Cannot Be Wished Away. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. Bhadrakumar Jubilant crowds outside the Presidential Complex to celebrate President Recep Erdogan's election victory, Ankara, May 28, 2023 Among the host of implications for international security stemming out of Turkish President Recep Erdogan's election victory in the runoff on Sunday — be it in the Black Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, Transcaucasus, West Asia or Eurasian integration…
(2023-05-29). African Unity and the New Cold War. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe Imperialism extends its destabilization efforts against China and Russia across the continent Note: These remarks were made by the author at the Pan-Afrikan Society Community Forum (PASCF) Afrikan Liberation Day webinar held on Sat. May 27, 2023. The event was hosted by PASCF organizers in Britain under the theme of "Acknowledging Our Shared…
(2023-05-29). Violations Mar Sudan's Ceasefire, Paramilitary RSF Occupies Communist Party's Office. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni A market in Khartoum that was destroyed in the fighting. Photo: Ayin Network "The occupation of our party office is a part of the ongoing attempts by the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces to silence the voice of the democratic forces that opposed this catastrophic war," SCP spokesperson Fathi Elfadl…
(2023-05-29). Free Julian Assange: Noam Chomsky, Dan Ellsberg & Jeremy Corbyn Lead Call at Belmarsh Tribunal. democracynow.org 
Former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and famed linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky joined others earlier this year calling on President Biden to drop charges against Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder has been languishing for over four years in the harsh Belmarsh prison in London while appealing extradition to the United States. If he is extradited, tried and convicted, Assange faces up to 175 years in jail for violating the U.S. Espionage Act for publishing documents that exposed U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Belmarsh Tribunal at the National…
(2023-05-29). Lopez Obrador criticizes violence by supporters of Mexico's SCNJ. plenglish.com Mexico City, May 29 (Prensa Latina) The president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, today criticized supporters of the National Supreme Court of Justice (SCNJ) in their Sunday's march when they attacked opposing groups.
(2023-05-29). Military Situation In Iraq On May 29, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 29, Qasim al-Aarji, Iraq's national security adviser, met and discussed with Ali Akbar Ahmadian, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council in Tehran; | On May 27, Qasim al-Aarji, Iraq's national security adviser, headed a security delegation which entered Sulaimaniyah to review measures related to the implementation of the security memorandum between Iran and Iraq regarding border security; | On May 26, the National Intelligence Service of Iraq arrested a…
(2023-05-29). One Small Union Is Stoking Much of the Militant New Graduate Worker Organizing. truthout.org The past two years have seen a fresh wave of graduate worker militancy marked by bold strikes, new organizing drives and whopping union election victories. Indeed, the six largest union filings with the National Labor Relations Board in 2022 were all for graduate worker unions. Amid this surge, one union is showing up a surprising amount: the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America… |
(2023-05-29). Iran Indicates Defense Exports to Venezuela, Other Nations With 'No Restrictions'. orinocotribune.com Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani says Iran "has no restriction" on exporting military equipment to other countries, including Venezuela | The Islamic Republic will help any country that remains committed to international peace, Ashtiani told Iran's Tasnim news agency on Sunday when asked about Iran's military and defense cooperation with Venezuela and the possibility of exporting Iranian equipment to the Latin American country. | "We have no restriction on supplying equipment to [other] countries. We are in contact with all states and keep this contact with might," he said. | "We will def…
(2023-05-29). Kissinger at 100: still a war criminal. workers.org 
Henry Kissinger reached 100 years old today, May 27, 2023, offering proof that world-class war criminals can escape punishment if they commit their crimes in the service of U.S. imperialism. Credit: Steve Brodner Kissinger was National Security Adviser to President Richard Nixon and then Secretary of State under Nixon and . . . |
(2023-05-29). $26,000 pledged at online FRSO fundraising event. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — More than $26,000 was pledged at the May 25 Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) online fundraising event. The event featured Frank Chapman of the FRSO central committee member and executive director of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, FRSO Standing Committee Member Fern Figueroa, and the FRSO Labor Commission Chair Cherrene Horazuk. | This means about $70,000 has been raised in the $130,000 fund drive that will help FRSO expand its national office and put more full-time organizers in the field. | Fern Figueroa, states, "Fundraising is an important part of o…
(2023-05-29). Nicolás Maduro makes historic trip to Brazil for South American Presidents' Summit. peoplesdispatch.org Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro participated in a joint press conference on Monday May 29 from the Planalto Palace in Brasília and highlighted the importance of the neighboring countries resuming ties. The press conference was held following a bilateral meeting between the heads of state ahead of the South American Presidents' Summit. | Lula told national and international media that, "This is a historic moment. After eight years, President Nicolás Maduro is back to visiting Brazil and we have recovered our right to have a foreign policy with the seriousness w…
(2023-05-29). WHO's Worldwide Power Grab: Beware of the New International Health Regulation and Pandemic Treaty, a Health Tyranny Never Heard of Before in Human History. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-29). U.S. Act of War against the European Union: President Biden Ordered the Terror Attack against Nord Stream. High Treason against the People of Europe. globalresearch.ca In international law, "Territorial Integrity" extends to "properties" located within the territorial waters of the Nation State. The deliberate destruction of said "properties" within a country's territorial waters by or on behalf of a foreign state actor constitutes an act of war.
(2023-05-29). Syria's invitation to the Arab League is a defeat for U.S. imperialism. workers.org 
The following is the message Sara Flounders was invited to deliver to the May 28 meeting of the International Arab Forum to Break the Siege on Syria. Greetings and warm solidarity to the International Arab Forum to Break the Siege on Syria. I'm Sara Flounders, Co-director of International Action Center . . . |
(2023-05-29). Chronicling U.S. Government's Planning WW 3 In Europe. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Eric Zuesse | The U.S. Government's plan for World War Three in Europe is going to be run through NATO, but first the EU will be subordinated to NATO; and this was revealed in Washington DC on 5 April 2023, at a forum that was held by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which, though controlled by the U.S. White House, receives its