geo.tv (2023-12-06). US says taking Indian assassination bid of Sikh leader on its soil 'very seriously'. geo.tv 
US announced filing "murder-for-hire" charge against Indian national for plotting to kill Sikh leader in New York…
Press TV, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-12-06). Iranian, Russian, Chinese Forces To Hold Joint Naval Exercise. popularresistance.org ![]()
Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani told the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN) television news channel on Friday evening that Iranian, Chinese and Russian forces will jointly practice exercises during the 2024 Marine Security Belt naval war game. | He added that delegates from Pakistan, Brazil, Oman, India, South Africa and a number of the Caspian Sea littoral states have also been invited to participate in the drills as observers. | Iranian naval forces and their Chinese and Russian counterparts have held several military drills in recent years to improve the security of inter…
Staff (2023-12-06). 31 years after Babri Mosque demolition: Perpetrators rule India. muslimmirror.com ![]()
By Shamsul Islam Criminal Hindutva perpetrators instead of being punished rule India The RSS-BJP government of India led by a seasoned RSS whole-timer, Narendra Modi has miserably failed in providing basic amenities, employment, education, security and peace to 138 crores of Indians (out of which approximately 80% are Hindus ) but on August 5, 2020, …
Staff (2023-12-06). 'Here to make it easier for Muslims in India to go to Makkah, Madinah": Saudi Minister of Hajj. muslimmirror.com ![]()
New Delhi : Saudi Minister of Haj and Umrah Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah on Wednesday said "We are here to make it easier for Muslims in India to go to Makkah and Madinah and have a great experience doing Umrah." "We are here to hear comments, and suggestions to enrich the experience and make it …
Staff (2023-12-06). Indian Army Major dismissed for 'ties with Pakistani intelligence operative'. muslimmirror.com ![]()
An Indian Army Major, who was recently dismissed from service by the President in October, is alleged to have been in contact with a Pakistani intelligence operative via Facebook. The dismissed officer, commissioned in the Regiment of Artillery in December 2012, served in various units and appointments during his 11-year tenure with the Army. His …
Staff (2023-12-06). We are Gau Mata country: Himanta on DMK MP's comment. muslimmirror.com ![]()
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said India is a "Gau Mata" country and asserted that there is no dispute about it. Sarma was responding to a query by reporters on DMK MP DNV Senthil Kumar's controversial comment in Parliament on Tuesday in which he used a pejorative to describe Hindi …
WSWS (2023-12-06). US Justice Department alleges Indian intelligence agent plotted assassinations in North America. wsws.org ![]()
The Biden administration is doing its utmost to play down and contain the fallout from the explosive DOJ indictment, so as to ensure that the anti-China Indo-US "global strategic partnership" can continue to expand at full throttle.
geo.tv (2023-12-05). 9 killed, thousands evacuated as cyclone Michaung makes landfall in India. geo.tv 
Gale intensity near cyclone Michaung's centre is gusting up to 110 km/h and reaching intensities of 90—100 km/h…
Priti Gulati Cox — Stan Cox (2023-12-05). The Israel-India-U.S. Triangle. counterpunch.org 
In 1981, India's post office issued a stamp showing the flags of India and occupied Palestine flying side by side above the phrase "Solidarity with the Palestinian people." That now seems like ancient history. Today, Hindu nationalists are flying the flags of India and Israel side by side as a demonstration of their support for that country's
Staff (2023-12-05). Modi will become PM for third time: Badruddin Ajmal. muslimmirror.com ![]()
Guwahati : All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief, Badruddin Ajmal said that the BJP's victory in the three state Assembly elections have proved that Narendra Modi will become the Prime Minister for a third time. Reacting to the results, Ajmal told reporters here on Monday that he "did not expect that the BJP will …
Lucas Estanislau, People's Dispatch. (2023-12-06). Food Sovereignty Guarantees A Future: La Via Campesina Conference. popularresistance.org ![]()
Another model of production in the countryside is possible. This was the affirmation that was present in several speeches by representatives of more than 180 peasant organizations from different regions of the world during the opening acts of the 8th International Conference of La Via Campesina, which took place this Sunday in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. | The Conference which began in the Colombian capital on December 1 will go until December 8, with the participation of more than 500 representatives of rural and peasant movements from more than 82 countries. The aim is to discuss experiences in building fo…
Tanupriya Singh, People's Dispatch. (2023-12-05). Yemen's Armed Forces Resume Attacks Against Israel. popularresistance.org ![]()
The Yemeni Armed Forces announced that it had launched two direct attacks on Israeli ships in the Bab Al-Mandab Strait off Yemen's coast on December 3. | The spokesperson for the Forces, Brigadier-General Yahya Saree confirmed the operation on Sunday, stating that it was in response to the demands of the Yemeni people and the "free people of our Arab and Islamic nation, to stand fully with the choices of the Palestinian people and their steadfast resistance". | Saree added that Yemen's naval forces had carried out a targeted attack on the Unity Explorer and Ship No.9 vessels, the first with a naval missile and th…
geo.tv (2023-12-06). UK PM Rishi Sunak asked to come clean on risks posed to Sikh activists. geo.tv 
Sikhs asking questions to PM Sunak after Avtar Singh Khanda's mysterious death in UK, three days before Nijjar's assassination…
Staff (2023-12-06). Big Oil's Takeover of U.N. Climate Summit Decried by Activists Fighting for Fossil Fuel Phaseout. democracynow.org 
Climate activist Harjeet Singh joins us for an update on the U.N. climate summit in Dubai, where fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber many countries' delegations. "It is deeply, deeply problematic to see how fossil fuel lobbyists are taking over these climate talks," he says, noting that climate activists' fears of an industry takeover of the world's foremost gathering for climate governance appear to have come true. "We can't just allow fossil fuel industry to define what is going to happen here," Singh warns, as financial interests continue to divert political energy a…
Staff (2023-12-05). Anti-terror case: NIA searches in 5 J&K districts. muslimmirror.com ![]()
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday carried out searches at several places in five districts of Kashmir valley as part of a probe into an anti-terror case, officials said here. The raids were carried out by the NIA sleuths in Baramulla, Ganderbal, Kupwara, Pulwama and Shopian districts of the valley, they said. — …
Staff (2023-12-05). Postpone probe into madrasas: UP madrasa board to Yogi govt. muslimmirror.com ![]()
Lucknow : Following the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to initiate a probe into the availability of basic facilities and competent teachers at state-funded madrasas, UP Madrasa Education Board Chairman Iftikhar Ahmad Javed called for the exercise to be postponed, saying examination preparations are going on in the madrasas. In a letter written to Minority Welfare …
Alina Ramos Martin (2023-12-06). Cuba's commitment against gender violence highlighted. plenglish.com ![]()
Havana, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's example and its social commitment against gender violence and for women's equality was highlighted here during a parliamentary workshop held at the headquarters of the national legislature.
Ana Perdigón (2023-12-06). FANB Deployed in Territory Bordering Essequibo. orinocotribune.com ![]()
The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) began development and social care activities in the border with the Essequibo territory. | The Strategic Operational Commander of the FANB, Domingo Hernández Lárez, reported via social media that the FANB began a first phase of deployment to provide comprehensive support in the area. | He explained that the support plans were carried out in the town of Punta Barima, in the Antonio Díaz municipality of…
Ana Perdigón (2023-12-06). Nicaragua Recalls Ambassador from Argentina. orinocotribune.com ![]()
Given the repeated verbal attacks against Nicaragua which the newly elected president of Argentina, Javier Milei, has indulged in, the government of Daniel Ortega announced that it was withdrawing its ambassador, Carlos Midence, immediately. The ambassador will be withdrawn prior to Milei's inauguration. | "Given the installation and inauguration of a new Government in the Argentine Republic, an inauguration that will take place on December 10, and in the face of repeated statements and comments from the new leader, the Government of Reconciliation and National Unity of Nicaragua has proceeded to withdraw its amb…
Dave DeCamp (2023-12-06). US Commerce Secretary Calls China the 'Biggest Threat We've Ever Had'. news.antiwar.com ![]()
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo called for tighter export controls on advanced technologies going to China and labeled Beijing "the biggest threat we've ever had." Raimondo made the comments at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum in California. "On matters of national security, we got to be eyes wide open about the threat. This is the …
Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-12-06). Gibara Film Festival scheduled for August 2024. plenglish.com ![]()
Havana, 6 Dec. (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Culture, the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (Icaic) and the Government of Holguín will convene the 18th Gibara International Film Festival, from August 6 to 10, 2024.
Globatium. com (2023-12-06). Food is firmly on the climate agenda. pressenza.com ![]()
The 28th Climate Summit (COP28) is being held at Expo City Dubai (Image by Unfccc) | A total of 134 countries, including Spain, on Friday endorsed a declaration at the 28th Climate Summit (COP28), being held in Dubai (United Arab Emirates), committing to adapt and transform their agriculture and food systems within the framework of their national climate plans. | The 'Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate Action' commits signatory governments to formally influence food and agriculture in their national climate commitments for the first time, and to increase funding for this pu…
Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-12-06). Cuba debates on international cooperation to fight disasters. plenglish.com ![]()
Havana, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) International cooperation to reduce disasters is the focus, this Wednesday, on the second day of the 11th International Congress on Disasters and the 7th International Conference of Firefighters.
Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-12-06). NATO/West Or Global Majority? popularresistance.org ![]()
Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the fracturing international order between the NATO/West bloc and the Global Majority, analyzing Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Russia, Argentina, and Europe.
Redacción Chile (2023-12-06). The last session of the Nonviolent Journalism workshop in Cerrillos, Santiago de Chile. pressenza.com ![]()
This Saturday we held the no-end session of the Nonviolent Journalism Workshop (PNV) in the Central Bookshop of the Cerrillos district (Santiago de Chile). This workshop was an abbreviated version of the international online workshop that concluded on November 25th. Both workshops are the first Spanish version and were based on the book Nonviolent Journalism, published by Pressenza. | A facilitating factor was good relations with Mayor Lorena Facuse and the director of the Cerrillos Public Bookshop, Patricia Herrera, dating back to the presentation of the book Muros que Hablan, focusing on the graffiti of the Chi…
Ari Tolany, Lillian Mauldin, Janet Abou-Elias, Women for Weapons Trade Transparency, In These Times. (2023-12-05). How Israel Got An Endless Supply Of US-Made 'Smart' Bombs. popularresistance.org ![]()
The United States has had the authority to quietly transfer precise-guided munitions, or PGMs, to Israel for the past three years through a little-noticed provision passed by Congress in January 2021. | Section 1275 of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) allows a limitless transfer of PGMs from U.S. reserve stocks to Israel's stockpile without normal congressional notifications, as long as U.S "combat readiness" isn't compromised.
Dean Baker (2023-12-05). How Does a Person's Lived Experience Tell them the Local Economy Is Good, but the National Economy is in the Tank? counterpunch.org ![]()
All the normal economic data tell us that people should feel pretty good about the economy right now. Unemployment has been below 4.0 percent for 21 consecutive months for the first time in more than half a century. Tens of millions of people have left jobs they didn't like to find better ones. As a
ecns.cn (2023-12-05). Efforts stepped up to cope with children's respiratory illness spike. ecns.cn ![]()
All grassroots medical institutions should be open to child patients and are barred from turning them away, the general office of the National Health Commission said in a circular released on its official website.
ecns.cn (2023-12-05). Test platform aimed at accelerating innovation in offshore wind turbines. ecns.cn ![]()
The construction of a ground transmission testing and research platform for offshore wind turbines in Shantou, Guangdong province, will support innovation in China's wind power technology, according to experts at an international wind power technology conference.
Editor (2023-12-05). Norman Solomon: 'The Madness of Militarism'. scheerpost.com 
By Norman Solomon / Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy In this year's Ellsberg Lecture, Norman Solomon reflects on what Martin Luther King Jr. called 'the madness of militarism' and offers an overview of present-day U.S. militarism, its consequences, and possibilities for overcoming its pervasive effects. The national director of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for …
geo.tv (2023-12-05). Baby Boom: North Korea's Kim Jong Un tearfully urges women for a population explosion. geo.tv 
The speech was made during North Korea's first National Mothers' Meeting in 11 years held in Pyongyang,…
jamanetwork (2023-12-05). Weekly Basal Insulin May Be Equally Effective for Type 1 Diabetes. jamanetwork.com ![]()
Treatment with icodec, a once-a-week basal insulin injection, reduced glycated hemoglobin levels by similar amounts as degludec, a daily basal insulin injection, at about 6 months, according to results from a phase 3 trial involving 582 adult participants with type 1 diabetes. All participants in the international study also received short-acting insulin with meals.
jamanetwork (2023-12-05). Mpox Might Have Circulated in Humans Longer Than Realized. jamanetwork.com ![]()
A new analysis of genomic changes suggests that the mpox virus has been circulating in humans since 2016—several years before the international mpox epidemic began in 2022. Many of the changes to the virus' genome were related to antiviral enzymes known as APOBEC3 deaminases.
jamanetwork (2023-12-05). High LDL Cholesterol Has Decreased Since 1999. jamanetwork.com ![]()
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels have declined since 1999, according to National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from about 24‚ÄØ000 US participants. The findings were published in JAMA Cardiology.
jamanetwork (2023-12-05). Primary HPV Screening vs Cotesting for Cervical Cancer—Reply. jamanetwork.com ![]()
In Reply Our comprehensive Review of cervical cancer screening describes the HPV natural history underlying cervical cancer and further describes how national guidelines use this knowledge to improve care for patients by focusing on screening, diagnostic, and treatment services in higher-risk patients while decreasing testing and invasive procedures in lower-risk patients. The purpose of the article was to educate clinicians on the basic science underlying evidence-based clinical management as well as review current guidelines. Because HPV causes nearly all cervical cancers and HPV testing is more sensitive than…
Paul Winters, Scheer Post. (2023-12-05). COP28: Seven Food And Agriculture Innovations To Protect The Climate. popularresistance.org ![]()
For the first time ever, food and agriculture took center stage at the annual United Nations climate conference in 2023. | More than 130 countries signed a declaration on Dec. 1, committing to make their food systems — everything from production to consumption — a focal point in national strategies to address climate change. | The declaration is thin on concrete actions to adapt to climate change and reduce emissions, but it draws attention to a crucial issue. | The global food supply is increasingly facing disruptions from extreme heat and storms. It is also a major contributor to climate change, res…
Peoples Dispatch (2023-12-05). Thousands march in Brussels to declare "planet and people before profit" peoplesdispatch.org ![]()
On December 3, more than 25,000 people marched in the Belgian capital of Brussels to demand comprehensive climate justice. The march was called to coincide with the opening of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in the UAE. Demonstrators in Brussels have demanded that the needs of the planet and people must come before the profits of the war machine and multinational corporations. Marchers also expressed solidarity with Palestine people who have been subjected to a genocidal war unleashed by the Zionist state of Israel. | The march was called for by the Climate Coalition, and saw participati…
Pressenza New York (2023-12-05). To Save Gaza, Invoke the Genocide Convention. pressenza.com ![]()
The ICC is a "puppet institution". What's needed is a country to invoke the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice. Here's how, with argument, phone numbers, addresses and emails. | By Sam Husseini | Some of the greatest successes in recent human history have combined protest movements with strong diplomatic moves. | In February 1998, the Clinton administration seemed poised to inflict a massive attack on Iraq, but vocal opposition from the US public, especially at a
Staff (2023-12-05). Planet for Sale? Record 2,500 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Descend on COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai. democracynow.org 
This year, there are at least 2,456 lobbyists at COP28, the U.N. climate summit in Dubai — nearly four times as many as last year — from companies like Shell, Total and ExxonMobil. The lobbyists outnumber the delegations of every country other than Brazil and the United Arab Emirates, which is hosting the summit, presided over by the CEO of the UAE's national oil company, Sultan Al Jaber. "It's definitely impossible to ignore how front and center the fossil fuel influence is at this particular COP," says Rachel Rose Jackson, director of climate research and policy at Corporate…
Staff (2023-12-05). President Maduro: Essequibo Referendum is Binding and I Will Enforce People's Decision. orinocotribune.com 
The Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, formally received from the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, the notification of the results of the consultative referendum in defense of the Essequibo territory, in which the five questions obtained more than 95% positive support. He denounced an international campaign to try to "stain the heroic victory of the Venezuelan people" in the consultation. | The Electoral Branch reported that the consultation within the framework of the consultative referendum reached 10.4 million voters granting a resounding victory to the "Yes" option. | "This…
The Independent (2023-12-05). FDC to hold National Council meeting next week. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has confirmed it is organizing a National Council on 15th December 2023. This shall be the first National Council to sit since the party split, with a break off faction setting base at Katonga and electing what they said was a parallel interim …
The Independent (2023-12-05). Odumbi cautions new state attorneys against laziness. independent.co.ug 
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Director of Public Prosecution — International Affairs — James Odumbi Owere has cautioned state attorneys against twin habits of laziness and irresponsiveness, which frustrates the effectiveness of the directorate and the delivery of justice. Speaking at the opening of a week-long induction of new state attorneys at …
Unicorn Riot (2023-12-05). International Solidarity Fostered at the First Ever 'World Congress for Climate Justice'. unicornriot.ninja ![]()
WSWS (2023-12-05). Australian government seeks to rush through new citizenship cancellation laws. wsws.org ![]()
In partnership with the Liberal-National Coalition, the Labor government rammed the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Repudiation) Bill 2023 through the House of Representatives in a single day last week and is demanding that the Senate rubberstamp it by this Thursday.
WSWS (2023-12-05). How the 2015 Quebec public sector workers' struggle was derailed—vital lessons for today. wsws.org ![]()
With the explosion of workers' struggles on an international scale, conditions are even more favorable for the development of a mass movement against austerity and war. But as in 2015, the unions are determined to prevent a working-class challenge to the capitalist elite's class-war agenda and to isolate Quebec public sector workers from their class brothers and sisters in the rest of Canada.
WSWS (2023-12-05). SEP (Sri Lanka) denounces violent assault by ruling party thugs on its members. wsws.org ![]()
The SEP calls upon workers, youth and students in Sri Lanka and internationally to defend our party's democratic right to freely engage in its political activities.
WSWS (2023-12-05). Holiday strikes of pilots, flight attendants blocked by Railway Labor Act. wsws.org ![]()
American Airlines flight attendants voted 99.5 percent in favor of a strike, but the National Mediation Board refused to release them from legally-mandated negotiations.
Ana Perdigón (2023-12-06). Venezuela: FANB Deployed in Territory Bordering Essequibo. orinocotribune.com ![]()
The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) began development and social care activities in the border with the Essequibo territory. | The Strategic Operational Commander of the FANB, Domingo Hernández Lárez, reported via social media that the FANB began a first phase of deployment to provide comprehensive support in the area. | He explained that the support plans were carried out in the town of Punta Barima, in the Antonio Díaz municipality of…
Bob Bishop (2023-12-06). The Bull Elephant in the Room: Exponential Growth. sonar21.com 
On September 18, 2023, the U.S. national debt crossed $33 trillion. It will reach $34 trillion in late December, a little over 90 days. It took the U.S. over 200 years to have national debt exceed $1 trillion. The national debt now exceeds gross domestic production by 122%. The U.S. government's 2023 expenditure ratio is 23% of GDP, creating an economy dependent on money printing. The last time the government had a surplus was in 2001, and the last time it paid down treasury debt was in 1961. The runaway high deficits are due to the U.S.'s exorbitant privilege of treasuries being the primary global reserve…
Chris Walker (2023-12-05). House Speaker's Former Client List Includes Anti-LGBTQ, Anti-Abortion Extremists. truthout.org ![]()
New reporting on Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) showcases that during his time as a constitutional lawyer, the man who is now second in line to the U.S. presidency represented clients with far right Christian nationalist and often violent viewpoints. The report from The Daily Beast highlights a number of interactions Johnson has had with anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion activists… |
ecns.cn (2023-12-05). Xi urges Shanghai to accelerate the building of a socialist, modern and international metropolis. ecns.cn ![]()
During his recent inspection tour in Shanghai, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president, and chairman of the Central Military Commission, emphasized the need for Shanghai to faithfully implement the new development philosophy on all fronts.
Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-12-05). Experts advise raising taxes on alcoholic beverages in the world. plenglish.com ![]()
Geneva, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) Taxes on alcoholic and sugary drinks should rise on an international scale trying to contain the harmful effects of their consumption, the World Health Organization (WHO) advised today.
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-12-05). A World for Cynics. libya360.wordpress.com ![]()
Randy Alonso Falcón "Truth is the first casualty of war." Aeschylus Truth remains the first victim of these conflicts. It is not counted like the dead and wounded; but, it can weigh as heavily as they do in the course of events. Genocidaires annihilate it with the same speed and viciousness as they do their…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-12-05). How Israel Uses AI Genocide Programme to Obliterate Gaza. libya360.wordpress.com ![]()
Jonathan Cook Smoke billows after an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza Strip near the Israel border, 4 December 2023 (AFP) It should already have been evident from the scale of death and destruction inflicted on Gaza over the past eight weeks that Israel was implementing a policy of ethnic cleansing and genocide against Palestinians in the besieged enclave….
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-12-05). Relative of Israeli Captives Confirms '3 Hostages Killed by Israeli Fire'. libya360.wordpress.com ![]()
Wyatt Reed and Max Blumenthal An Israeli whose family members were held by Palestinian militants tells of friendly fire deaths and complains, "We used to think the IDF knows what it's doing." Meanwhile, freed captives detail "horrifying captivity trauma" from Israeli bombings. A relative of newly-released Israeli captives has publicly accused the Israeli military of killing…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-12-05). The Two-State Solution Is a Smokescreen for Israel's Ethnic Cleansing. libya360.wordpress.com ![]()
Hamza Ali Shaw Palestinians in Gaza flee south. (Photo: Mustafa Hassona / Anadolu via Getty) "The two-state solution is no longer possible". Those were the uncharacteristically honest words of the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Tzipi Hotovely, last week. From the person who callously denied a humanitarian catastrophe existed in Gaza and had the audacity to dismiss the idea that…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-12-05). Ukraine War is Undergoing Mutation. libya360.wordpress.com ![]()
M. K. Bhadrakumar Ukrainian officials claim to have blown up railway connections linking Russia to China in a strike deep into enemy territory The Ukraine President Vladimir Zelensky's video conference with the US senators on Tuesday is expected to be a turning point in the Ukraine war for three reasons. First, the Biden Administration has not written him…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-12-05). Who Will Save the Palestinian People from Israel's Genocide? libya360.wordpress.com ![]()
Roger Annis A relative mourns by the bodies of family members at their funeral in southern Gaza © Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images Any one of the 139 states party could invoke the Genocide Convention against Israel and its co-conspirators. Those states include Iran, Russia, Libya, Malaysia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Brazil, Afghanistan, Cuba, Ireland, Iceland, Jordan, South Africa,…
Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-12-05). Court orders release former Peruvian President. plenglish.com ![]()
Lima, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) Peru's Constitutional Court (TC) ordered on Tuesday the National Penitentiary Institute to immediately release former President Alberto Fujimori in a resolution that lacked consensus and generated new controversy over the decision.
Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-12-05). Cuba's and Mexico's bolero declared as heritage by UNESCO. plenglish.com ![]()
Kasane, Botswana, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) The complex represented by the bolero and its spaces and social uses in Cuba and Mexico entered on Tuesday the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, when the binational candidacy was approved here.
Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-12-05). U.S. blockade hinders Cuba to sustain early warning system. plenglish.com ![]()
Havana, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) The head of the National General Staff of the Cuban Civil Defense (EMNDC) Ramon Pardo Guerra on Tuesday claimed that the economic, commercial and financial U.S. blockade imposed on Cuba precludes Cuba from sustaining early warning system.
The Independent (2023-12-05). Uganda unveils ambitious energy transition plan at COP28. independent.co.ug 
Dubai, UAE | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda, in collaboration with the International Energy Agency (IEA), has launched an ambitious Energy Transition Plan (ETP) at COP28. At the forefront of global climate action. The ETP, resulting from a strategic partnership between Uganda and the IEA, aims to increase Uganda's renewable energy capacity to 52 GW by 2040. …
The Independent (2023-12-05). COMMENT: Why COP28 has already failed. independent.co.ug 
International conferences generate meaningful results only if everyone is free to criticise and peacefully demonstrate COMMENT | MARTA SCHAAF AND KRISTINE BECKERLE | To avert catastrophic climate change, an active and empowered civil society is necessary. The ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai is almost certain to provide further proof that we will …
ecns.cn (2023-12-05). Proposal set to advance cause of human rights. ecns.cn ![]()
Beijing has put forward a four-point proposal for advancing global human rights, including "galvanizing common security and shaping a stabler international environment", in order to end conflicts and facilitate the return of the homeless to their homeland.
ecns.cn (2023-12-06). Drug regulators strive to tackle AI challenge. ecns.cn ![]()
Drug regulators have urged the exploration of regulatory practices targeting artificial intelligence-powered and other innovative medical devices, as well as the promotion of international cooperation in drug regulation, in order to advance global health.
ecns.cn (2023-12-06). NPC concludes review of suggestions made this year. ecns.cn ![]()
The review and handling of 8,314 suggestions submitted by lawmakers to this year's annual session of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, have been completed, according to an NPC Standing Committee commission.
Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard (2023-12-05). Excess Mortality in England Post COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Secondary Prevention. globalresearch.ca ![]()
Countercurrents (2023-12-05). Reducing road accidents to half will save 650,000 human lives a day, prevent 1750,000 injuries. pressenza.com ![]()
Road accidents kill 1.3 million people in a year in the world. While this is a shockingly big loss in itself, the overall burden for society is much higher at several levels, particularly in terms of serious injuries which apart from being very painful can also disrupt the lives of a very large number of families. | By Bharat Dogra | The number of non-fatal injuries and disabilities caused by road accidents is more than 25 times higher than fatalities. This has been estimated at between 20 to 50 million, or approximately 35 million, by the World Health Organization at the world level for one year. | In other word…