2021-10-30: News Headlines

Anonymous103 (2021-10-29). Unsubstantiated Rumors About Test Of Hypersonic Missile Leads To Escalation Of Tensions Between US And China. southfront.org Illustrative Image Washington compares alleged Chinese hypersonic missile with Sputnik satellite launch. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | While the fight against fake news becomes one of the main agendas in the Western world, the hegemonic media continues to disseminate unproven information with the aim of attacking non-aligned governments. In October, several Western media agencies published a report about an alleged launch of a Chinese hypersonic missile, whose technology would be able to evade the entire apparatus of the current Amer…

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-29). Trudeau pushes NATO "climate security" center in Canada, war against "disinformation, propaganda" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Dutch PM supports Canada's plan to establish NATO centre for climate security The new Canadian centre would become a strategic addition to the more than two dozen such NATO think-tanks… The Netherlands threw its support behind a new NATO centre of excellence to study the security threats posed by climate change during Prime Minister Justin …

_____ (2021-10-29). Billionaire Political Meddlers, Disinformation Agents Launch 'Good Information Inc.'. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, billionaires Reid Hoffman and George Soros launched Good Information Inc., a "public benefit corporation" to serve as a conduit of funds to newsrooms that "cut through the echo chambers with fact-based information." On its website, Good Information further describes itself as a "civic incubator" aimed at fostering and financially backing projects that "counter disinformation where it spreads by increasing the flow of good information online." | But more than merely providing an alternative to bad information through their own reporting, the company suggests that censorship is also on the menu: "We bel…

Sharon Zhang (2021-10-29). Democrats Will Subpoena Big Oil to Force Disclosure of Climate Denial Campaigns. truthout.org In a historic hearing on Thursday, House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-New York) announced her plan to subpoena documents from oil and gas companies to discern their role in spreading climate denial and disinformation. | Oil giants Exxon, BP, Chevron and Shell, as well as the trade association American Petroleum Institute and the lobbying group Chamber of Commerce

Noam Chomsky (2021-10-29). COP26 Pledges Will Fail Unless Pushed by Mass Organizing. zcomm.org Turning to the U.S., a mere 60 percent of voters regard global warming as an urgent problem for government. It is only the most urgent problem that humans have ever faced…

Kevin Mwanza (2021-10-29). Fact Check: 90 Percent Of Our Brains Develop Between 0 And Age 5. moguldom.com From birth to age 5, a child's brain develops more rapidly than at any other time in life, making experiences in the early years critical to development and growth. At birth, a child's brain is about a quarter of the size of the average adult brain. Astoundingly, it doubles in size in the first year …

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