krish-rad_ind (2024-01-10). LIVE: Israeli TV Promotes Shocking Propaganda! rumble.com

latintimes (2024-01-10). Taiwan Voters Face Flood Of Pro-China Disinformation. latintimes.com From deepfakes to breathless TikTok videos, a wave of disinformation has hit Taiwan's voters ahead of Saturday's presidential election, aimed overwhelmingly at candidates China opposes.

Editor (2024-01-10). Corporate media fed COP 28 carbon capture confusion. mronline.org The conference, held in Dubai, capital of the oil-dependent United Arab Emirates, reeked of almost comedic irony.

noemail (2024-01-10). Ukraine under no pressure from allies to stop fighting – Zelenskiy. devdiscourse.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday Kyiv was under no pressure from allies to stop fighting Russia as he began a tour of Baltic states intended to shore up support for the war effort. On his trip to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, Zelenskiy hopes to stop war fatigue among Ukraine's Western allies, secure more financial and military aid, and discuss Kyiv's bids to join NATO and the European Union.

noemail (2024-01-10). Far-right party denies backing deportation of 'unassimilated' Germans. devdiscourse.com The far-right opposition party Alternative for Germany said on Wednesday it had no plans to pursue deportation of "unassimilated" immigrants with passports if it wins power, after investigative portal Correctiv said that was aired at a meeting. Correctiv said Roland Hartwig, personal assistant to AfD leader Alice Weidel, and Ulrich Siegmund, party leader in Saxony Anhalt state, met neo-Nazi influencers and wealthy businessmen late last year in a hotel near Berlin.

noemail (2024-01-10). 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' score SAG award nominations on road to Oscars. devdiscourse.com "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" landed nominations on Wednesday for the Screen Actors Guild awards, setting up a new battle between the box office blockbusters ahead of the Academy Awards.

noemail (2024-01-10). T'gana CM puts up 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' poster on his car. devdiscourse.com Expressing solidarity with the 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday put up a poster about the yatra on his own car.

noemail (2024-01-10). NBCC bags contract worth Rs 218 crore from NIFT. devdiscourse.com State-owned NBCC Ltd has bagged a contract worth Rs 218 crore from National Institute of Fashion Technology.

noemail (2024-01-10). Punjab must be made hub of producing green hydrogen, says Gadkari. devdiscourse.com Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday described hydrogen as the fuel of the future and said Punjab should be made an international hub of producing the green fuel. He also urged Punjab farmers not to burn stubble, saying the crop residue can be used in producing ethanol, hydrogen, and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for their further use as fuel. The minister for road transport and highways was addressing a gathering after inaugurating and laying foundation stones of 29 national highway projects worth Rs 4,000 crore in Punjab. Green hydrogen can be made out of crop residue like wheat straw, paddy straw, bagasse,…

noemail (2024-01-10). Brazil's Lula, Japan's Kishida discuss potential Mercosur trade deal. devdiscourse.com Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday discussed with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida a potential trade deal between Japan and South American bloc Mercosur, the Brazilian government said in a statement.

noemail (2024-01-10). Energy among people in Manipur, Nagaland and Assam for Nyay Yatra: Congress leader KC Venugopal. devdiscourse.com Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said on Wednesday that the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, set to be flagged off this week, will be historic like the previous Rahul Gandhi-led foot march, and there is enthusiasm among people in northeastern states, including Manipur, for the Yatra. "I have been travelling to Manipur, Nagaland, and Assam. We have witnessed a huge amount of energy on the ground for the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Manipur, Nagaland, and Assam are fully prepared to make it a grand success. Like Bharat Jodo Yatra, this Yatra is also going to be historic. That type of arrangement is going on everywhere," t…

noemail (2024-01-10). 8,000 hectares of Assam forest land cleared from suspected Bangladeshis: Himanta. devdiscourse.com Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the government has cleared 8,000 hectares of forest land, encroached by suspected Bangladeshi people.

noemail (2024-01-10). Mumbai cops arrest 50 for matka gambling. devdiscourse.com Mumbai Police's crime branch raided a Matka gambling den near a bar in central Mumbai and arrested 50 people, an official said on Wednesday.

UMMID (2024-01-10). Maldivian Minister terms fake reports of his suspension from cabinet. ummid.com Amid a flood of reports in the Indian media that the Maldives government has suspended some deputy ministers over social media posts derogatory to PM Modi, Hassan Zihan, Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil, termed 'fake news' reports claiming his suspension from the cabinet.

Editor (2024-01-10). Despite All Evidence, Blinken Calls Genocide Case Against Israel 'Meritless'. scheerpost.com

countercurrents.org (2024-01-10). International Court of Justice complaint demonstrates that Israel is carrying out genocide in Gaza"Most of the Palestinian people in Gaza are now starving," the complaint states, "with levels of starvation rising daily." The complaint cites evidence gathered by the World Health Organization that an "unprecedented 93 percent of the population in Gaza is facing crisis levels of hunger, with insufficient food and high levels of malnutrition." | | Approximately 70 percent of the victims of Israel's operation have been women and children: "Two mothers are estimated to be killed every hour in Gaza." The complaint also accuses Israel of deliberately imposing "measures intended to prevent Palestinian births" through a blockade on medical supplies.

Akkanut Wantanasombut, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2024-01-10). Creating A Support System For Platform Cooperatives In Thailand. popularresistance.org Since its first proposal in 2014, Platform Cooperativism has evolved into a global movement as an alternative to Platform Capitalism. The concept has been adopted in over 546 known projects across 50 countries. The establishment of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium (PCC), serving as a knowledge hub for the global community, marked a significant milestone. PCC fosters inspiration, knowledge, outcomes, and impacts—I am a testament to this, considering myself a small yet integral piece of the evidence. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I enrolled in the online course 'Platform Co-op Now!'

The Independent (2024-01-10). Katanga's daughter remanded for destroying evidence. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Martha Nkwanzi, a daughter to the late businessman Henry Katanga, has been remanded to Luzira Prison for destroying evidence in the murder of her father who was killed two months ago. Nkwanzi surrendered herself to the court on Wednesday afternoon. The court was presided over by Nakawa Chief Magistrate, Erias …

UMMID (2024-01-10). 'Got raped by his eyes': Israel finally finds 'evidence' of Hamas sexual assault. ummid.com Desperately pursuing the world to believe that the Palestinian Resistance Fighters during their Operation Al Aqsa Flood Oct 7, 2023 committed sexual assault, the Zionists have come with another bizarre interview to establish their unfounded claims.

Chris Morrison (2024-01-10). No, Arctic Sea Ice Isn't Shrinking. dailysceptic.org Further scientific evidence has emerged showing that summer sea ice in the Arctic has shown no significant decline since 2007, contradicting the alarmist claims of the Net Zero zealots.

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2024-01-10). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 96: Israel to face genocide charges at ICJ, battles rage on in northern Gaza. mondoweiss.net Hamas rejects Blinken's visit to Ramallah, saying there are "no differences between Israel and the Americans," as U.S. and UK naval forces shoot down 21 Yemeni drones over the Red Sea. Meanwhile, Corbyn is set to join South Africa's ICJ delegation.

Max Blumenthal (2024-01-10). Screams without proof: questions for NYT about shoddy 'Hamas mass rape' report. thegrayzone.com After dismantling a New York Times front page feature alleging "a broader pattern of gender-based violence on Oct. 7" by Hamas, The Grayzone is demanding answers of the paper for its journalistic malpractice. The following was submitted to New York Times editors and lead author, Jeffrey Gettleman. The Grayzone has identified serious issues with the credibility of key sources quoted in the New York Times' December 28 story, "Screams Without Words: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on October 7." Authored …

Karl Grossman (2024-01-10). New York Times Minimizes Impacts of Three Mile Island. counterpunch.org The New York Times minimized the impacts of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident in its obituary this week for Joseph Hendrie, the chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at the time of the accident. Hendrie was removed from the NRC chairmanship eight months after the accident because, as then President Jimmy

Ramona Wadi (2024-01-07). The IDF's propaganda no longer holds any weight. thealtworld.com

Yuri Rubtsov (2024-01-07). History: Adolph Hitler was Financed by Wall Street, the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Numerous U.S. conglomerates invested in Nazi Germany's arms industry. "Both GM and Ford went along with the conversion of their German plants to military production" (WP)…

Mnar Adley, MintPress News. (2024-01-07). How Corporate Media Whitewash Israeli Crimes: A Personal Narrative. popularresistance.org Like many of you, my heart is weighed down so heavily by the ongoing turmoil in Gaza. And every day, I witness in absolute horror what Israel is doing to Palestinians, as it commits war crime after war crime; it's watching dismembered children with their limbs blown off or helpless fathers carrying their decapitated babies while collecting the body parts of their wives and children in plastic bags. Or mothers carrying the dead bodies of their children, crying and screaming for them just to wake up. Or the newlywed wife who embraces her deceased husband, her lover, and gives him her last kiss and hug goodbye.

_____ (2024-01-08). (Castellano) John Pilger Obituario (9 oct 1939 — 30 dic 2023): Periodismo Comprometido y Valiente. transcend.org El reportero australiano, que cubrió las guerras de Vietnam, Camboya, Timor Oriental e Irak, falleció el 30 de diciembre 2023 a los 84 años. Chomsky le definió como "un faro de luz en tiempos a menudo oscuros". [Descanse en paz]…

Mohan J. Dutta (2024-01-07). Harvard President's Ouster Makes Visible the Rising Power of the Far Right. truthout.org The recent resignation of Harvard's first African American president, Claudine Gay, which was brought on by an orchestrated campaign mobilized by the far right, made visible the threat of organized fascism on university campuses. Claiming victory, the far right propagandist Christopher Rufo posted on social media: "SCAPLED: Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns" (and quickly clarified that he… |

Editor (2024-01-08). Genocide in Gaza. mronline.org For the record, I believed Israel was guilty of serious war crimes—but not genocide—during the first two months of the war, even though there was growing evidence of what Bartov has called "genocidal intent" on the part of Israeli leaders.

Haily Gomez (2024-01-08). 'Enormous Amount of Evidence': Jonathan Turley Says Joe Biden's Connection to His Son's 'Corruption' Is 'Impeachable'. globalresearch.ca

Rick Baum (2024-01-08). In 2023: The Ludicrous Amount of Wealth of the U.S. Wealthiest Shot Up. counterpunch.org In 2023, we learned from the government that poverty and homelessness both increased in 2022. In 2023, there is also evidence of a massive surge in the already enormous wealth held by the wealthiest among us. On the last day of the year, one can read in the Guardian an article with the headline "Smiles

WSWS (2024-01-08). Australian protests against Israeli genocide of Gaza: "The issue is Zionism and imperialism" wsws.org "At a higher level they want to get Russia and China. America's been declining for many, many years and this is their way of weakening those two powers."

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-07). The Compatible Left's Support for Genocide. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos L. Garrido A radical is no more than this: he who goes to the roots. Let him who fails to arrive at the bottom of things call himself not a radical; nor let him who fails to help other men obtain security and happiness call himself a man. — Jose Marti The self-proclaimed 'radical American magazine' Compact…

Staff (2024-01-07). Fijian boxer Nathan converts to Islam. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Web Desk Fijian boxer Nathan has recently undergone a significant personal transformation by embracing Islam, said media reports. . Born and raised in Fiji, Nathan's journey toward Islam reflects a profound change in his life and beliefs. His decision to convert signifies a spiritual shift that has likely impacted various facets of …

_____ (2024-01-08). Family of Israeli Woman in NYT Oct 7 Sexual Violence Renounces Story, Says Reporters Manipulated Them. transcend.org 4 Jan 2024 – A New York Times story claiming a pattern of Hamas' gender-based violence on Oct 7 hinged on the story of Gal Abdush, but her family says there is no proof she was raped, and that Times reporters interviewed them under false pretenses.

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-01-08). West Scrambles To Deter Israel From War On Lebanon. popularresistance.org Israeli leaders are escalating their threats to start a full-fledged war against Hezbollah in Lebanon following Israel's assassination of top Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut last week, a major terror attack in Iran, and a Hezbollah missile attack on a strategically crucial Israeli border surveillance base in response. | "We prefer the path of an agreed-upon diplomatic settlement," Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Friday, "but we are getting close to the point where the hourglass will turn over," The Washington Post reported on 7 January.

Yuri Rubtsov (2024-01-07). History: Adolph Hitler was Financed by Wall Street, the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Numerous U.S. conglomerates invested in Nazi Germany's arms industry. "Both GM and Ford went along with the conversion of their German plants to military production" (WP)…

Mnar Adley, MintPress News. (2024-01-07). How Corporate Media Whitewash Israeli Crimes: A Personal Narrative. popularresistance.org Like many of you, my heart is weighed down so heavily by the ongoing turmoil in Gaza. And every day, I witness in absolute horror what Israel is doing to Palestinians, as it commits war crime after war crime; it's watching dismembered children with their limbs blown off or helpless fathers carrying their decapitated babies while collecting the body parts of their wives and children in plastic bags. Or mothers carrying the dead bodies of their children, crying and screaming for them just to wake up. Or the newlywed wife who embraces her deceased husband, her lover, and gives him her last kiss and hug goodbye.

Mohan J. Dutta (2024-01-07). Harvard President's Ouster Makes Visible the Rising Power of the Far Right. truthout.org The recent resignation of Harvard's first African American president, Claudine Gay, which was brought on by an orchestrated campaign mobilized by the far right, made visible the threat of organized fascism on university campuses. Claiming victory, the far right propagandist Christopher Rufo posted on social media: "SCAPLED: Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns" (and quickly clarified that he… |

yenisafak.com (2024-01-07). Israel fears ruling from International Court of Justice to stop its army attacks on GazaSouth Africa is using photo evidence captured by Turkish global news agency Anadolu to show that Israel committed war crimes in its onslaught on the Gaza Strip as it brings its genocide case against Tel Aviv at the ICJ. | In the case file submitted by South Africa to the international court based in The Hague, photos by Anadolu, also featured in a report by Amnesty International, are serving as evidence to help prove Israel's use of banned white phosphorus munitions in Gaza, one of the most densely populated regions in the world.

Staff (2024-01-07). Fijian boxer Nathan converts to Islam. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Web Desk Fijian boxer Nathan has recently undergone a significant personal transformation by embracing Islam, said media reports. . Born and raised in Fiji, Nathan's journey toward Islam reflects a profound change in his life and beliefs. His decision to convert signifies a spiritual shift that has likely impacted various facets of …

Staff (2024-01-07). Fijian boxer Nathan converts to Islam. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Web Desk Fijian boxer Nathan has recently undergone a significant personal transformation by embracing Islam, said media reports. . Born and raised in Fiji, Nathan's journey toward Islam reflects a profound change in his life and beliefs. His decision to convert signifies a spiritual shift that has likely impacted various facets of …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-05). John Pilger (1939-2023) By: K.J. Noh. midwesternmarx.com A bright star in the firmament of justice has gone out. One of the greatest journalists of our era has passed away.John Pilger was always on the side of the oppressed. He denounced Imperialism and all its violent predations—war, genocide, exploitation—as well as its endless lies and propaganda. Till his death, he fought tirelessly for the freedom of Julian Assange, and his last article was a call to solidarity.John gave voice to the invisible and the …

UMMID (2024-01-05). Implication of Oct 7 Hamas attack on Zionism. ummid.com The importance of this attack and the rapid collapse of the Zionist forces was a fatal blow to the Zionist propaganda that it possesses one of the best armies in the world.

contact (2024-01-05). "A generation of child amputees is emerging" in Gaza — Day 89. israelpalestinenews.org In 89 days, Israel has dropped more than 45,000 bombs on Gaza weighing more than 71,000 tons; perspectives on South Africa's genocide accusations at the Int'l Court of Justice; widespread condemnation of Israeli ministers' "transfer" rhetoric…

Melvin Goodman (2024-01-05). The Commonality of Megalomania. counterpunch.org The geopolitical bookends of my life may include existing with the megalomania and mendacity of two dangerous individuals: Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump. Hitler was the dominant force of the geopolitical environment in my first seven years, and now that I'm in my mid-eighties it is possible that Donald Trump will dominate my later years. I cannot explain why these depraved and pathetic excuses for human beings exercised so much influence and power over seemingly normal people in their countries, but the fact that they were able to prosper politically in socially and scientifically advanced states such as Germany…

Staff (2024-01-05). How Corporate Media Whitewash Israeli Crimes: A Personal Narrative. youtube.com MintPress founder and director, Mnar Adley, was recently invited to speak at a conference in Chicago to give a keynote speech about Israel's ongoing attack against Palestinian journalists, how Western corporate media whitewash Israeli crimes along with sharing her personal journey of surviving Israeli occupation. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews MintPress News: www.mintpressnews.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/MintPressNews …

Mnar Adley (2024-01-05). How Corporate Media Whitewash Israeli Crimes: A Personal Narrative. mintpressnews.com This speech was delivered by MintPress founder Mnar Adley in Chicago at the Sirat Conference on December 25th, 2023. Adley was invited to give a keynote address to talk about corporate media's complicity in Israeli war crimes and Israel's attack on journalists.

Peter Handel (2024-01-05). These Are the Essential Stories Corporate Media Refused to Cover in 2023. truthout.org Every year for almost five decades, Project Censored — one of the most respected anti-censorship and media literacy advocacy organizations in the U.S. — has published a State of the Free Press yearbook. The annual volume collects the 25 most underreported stories of the past year and exposes how economic and political forces manipulate our media landscape to their benefit. State of the Free Press… |

noemail (2024-01-05). QUOTES-Industry experts react to China's anti-dumping probe into EU brandy. devdiscourse.com China launched on Friday an anti-dumping investigation into brandy imported from the European Union, which will focus on brandy in containers of less than 200 litres (44 British gallons). Trade disputes between China and Europe have been mounting over the past year, with both sides exchanging accusations of unfair competition and protectionism.

noemail (2024-01-05). LeT terrorist behind killing of army official, Kashmiri Pandits shot dead in Shopian encounter: Police. devdiscourse.com A Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist involved in the killing of an army officer and Kashmiri Pandits was gunned down in an anti-terror operation in the Shopian district, the police informed on Friday. The slain terrorist was identified as Bilal Bhatt.

noemail (2024-01-05). Indian warship INS Chennai intercepted hijacked merchant vessel MV Lila Norfolk at 3:15 pm: Officials. devdiscourse.com Indian warship INS Chennai intercepted hijacked merchant vessel MV Lila Norfolk at 3: 15 pm: Officials.

noemail (2024-01-05). Covid test mandatory in Karnataka for patients with respiratory and flu-like illnesses. devdiscourse.com Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday said he has directed health officials to make Covid test mandatory for those with Influenza Like Illness (ILI) or Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI).

noemail (2024-01-05). MoU signed between Indian Railways and CII to promote green initiatives. devdiscourse.com The Indian Railways (IR) has signed an MoU with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to reduce energy and water consumption, lowering GHG emissions. IR and CII have renewed their MoU for a third consecutive term. The MoU was signed and exchanged on January 4, 2024, between Railway Board Principal Executive Director/ME (EnHM & Project), Shailendra Singh, and CII Deputy Director General, Seema Arora, in the presence of Railway Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jaya Varma Sinha, Board Members, and other senior officers.

noemail (2024-01-05). Shreyas Iyer's short ball problems remain a worry. devdiscourse.com Just before the start of the second Test in Cape Town, Shreyas Iyer straightaway walked outside the Newlands Stadium for throwdowns after arriving for an optional training session.

noemail (2024-01-05). Gujarat tattooist inks 'Shri Ram' on devotees for free ahead of Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya. devdiscourse.com With religious fervour gaining momentum as the day of Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya nears, a tattooist in Gujarat's Navsari city has been offering to ink Lord Ram's name on devotees free of cost.

noemail (2024-01-05). Indian Navy deploys warship, surveillance aircraft after hijacking of merchant vessel in Arabian Sea. devdiscourse.com The Indian Navy deployed a warship and a maritime patrol aircraft in the Arabian Sea following hijacking of a Liberian-flagged merchant vessel that is understood to have over a dozen Indian crew members.

noemail (2024-01-05). India's GDP to grow by 7.3 pc in 2023-24: Govt estimates. devdiscourse.com The Indian economy is estimated to grow by 7.3 per cent in the 2023-24 fiscal against 7.2 per cent a year ago, mainly due to good show by mining and quarrying, manufacturing and certain segments of services sectors.

noemail (2024-01-05). BJP launches wall writing campaign in U'khand for Lok Sabha polls. devdiscourse.com The BJP on Friday launched its booth-level wall writing campaign for the Lok Sabha polls from Chinyalisaur in Uttarkashi district with the message of a third encore for the Narendra Modi government.

Jeff Abbott (2024-01-05). Is This The End Of The Monroe Doctrine? progressive.org Progressive Democrats are taking aim at the 200-year-old policy that justified U.S. interventionism.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-05). 'Beheaded Babies' — How UK Media Reported Israel's Fake News as Fact. libya360.wordpress.com Hamza Ali Shah Journalists watch Israel bomb Gaza. (Photo: Alexi J. Rosenfeld / Getty) Britain's national press have been indispensable allies of Israel throughout its brutal war on Gaza. The assertion that during Hamas' attack in southern Israel on 7 October babies were beheaded gained traction almost immediately. On the morning of 10 October, Israeli…

Staff (2024-01-05). Ralph Nader on Stopping Gaza War & Why Suppression of Palestine Advocacy Is the Real Problem on Campus. democracynow.org Ralph Nader, longtime consumer advocate, corporate critic and four-time former presidential candidate, joins Democracy Now! to discuss Americans pushing the government to end "this genocidal war in Gaza," large donors influencing free speech and curriculum at universities, and his new book, The Rebellious CEO: 12 Leaders Who Did It Right.

Ramzy Baroud, MintPress News. (2024-01-05). Rage Over Gaza: Washington Will Pay For Its Support Of Israel. popularresistance.org A famous quote by Franz Kafka says, "Every thing you love is very likely to be lost, but in the end, love will return in a different way." | The same principle, I believe, applies to any other powerful feeling, including resentment, hate, anger, even rage. | American officials should know this well as they continue to support Israel with billions of dollars of military and economic aid and anything and everything that would allow Israel to continue with its genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza. | The Arabs, the Muslims — in fact, the whole world — are watching, listening, reading, and are getting angr…

UMMID (2024-01-05). 'We don't rape': Hamas rejects New York Times report about sexual violence. ummid.com The Hamas rejected a report by US daily The New York Times which accused the Resistance Fighters of raping Israeli women and resorting to sexual violence on Oct 7 when they stormed the occupied Palestinian territories as part of their Operation Al Aqsa Flood on Oct 07, 2023.

WSWS (2024-01-05). New York Times backs far-right campaign to oust Harvard's President Gay. wsws.org The New York Times and the Democratic Party are complicit in the far-right take-down of Harvard University President Claudine Gay.

Paul Street (2024-01-05). Biden's Next Big Imperialist Climate Fail. counterpunch.org Who is the New York Times trying to kid with its recent news story titled "A Natural Gas Project is Biden's Next Big Climate Test"? The project in question, called "CP2," is a proposed $10 billion natural liquified gas export terminal that Venture Global wants to build on the Louisiana Gulf Coast. It cannot go forward until

Dean Baker (2024-01-05). Government-Granted Patent Monopolies are Not the Free Market. counterpunch.org It is amazing how ideology can be so thick that it prevents even highly educated people from thinking clearly. We saw this fact on display in a Washington Post piece on prescription drug prices by its columnist Bina Venkataraman. Venkataraman points out that we are seeing great advances in developing new drugs and treatments, but

Tatyana Tandanpolie (2024-01-05). "Tip of the Iceberg": Dem Lawmaker Calls for Investigation Into Trump "Bribes" truthout.org Donald Trump reaping millions from business transactions with foreign governments while serving as president warrants further investigation into his family's dealings, a Democratic lawmaker argued on Friday. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., during an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," outlined what he called Trump and his family's acceptance of "bribes" from foreign governments… |

Larry Johnson (2024-01-04). Combatting Israel's Lies About October 7. sonar21.com My brother-in-law, a good man, is one of the victims of the Israeli propaganda campaign in the aftermath of the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israeli military bases and kibbutzim located outside the wall separating Israelis from the Palestinians in Gaza. Shocked and surprised by the success of the Hamas attack, the Government of Israel launched a massive, successful propaganda campaign that claimed Hamas had murdered 40 children, beheaded some of them, baked a baby in an oven and wantonly raped the alluring Israeli women. I call it a "success" because it infuriated people in the United States and Europe and…

UMMID (2024-01-04). Implication of Oct 7 Hamas attack on Zionism. ummid.com The importance of this attack and the rapid collapse of the Zionist forces was a fatal blow to the Zionist propaganda that it possesses one of the best armies in the world.

WSWS (2024-01-04). Despite the cover-up, current coronavirus wave reaches new heights in Germany. wsws.org In contrast to official propaganda about the end of the pandemic, COVID continues to spread and cost many lives.

WSWS (2024-01-04). Comedian and musician Tom Smothers dies at 86: A victim of government and corporate censorship in the late 1960s. wsws.org Tom Smothers demonstrated an anti-establishment streak, in relation not only to the Vietnam War but other social issues, which led CBS executives, in April 1969, to cancel The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

noemail (2024-01-04). Blinken to travel to Israel, West Bank in week-long Gaza diplomacy push – State Dept. devdiscourse.com U.S. top diplomat Antony Blinken will depart on Thursday for a week of diplomacy on Israel's war in Gaza, visiting Israel and the West Bank, as well as Turkey, Greece, Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt over the next week, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters.

noemail (2024-01-04). Strike kills 12 people, mostly children, in Gaza area declared safe zone by Israel. devdiscourse.com An Israeli strike flattened a home on Thursday in an area of southern Gaza that the military had declared a safe zone as Israeli troops pressed their assault in the nearby city of Khan Younis. Palestinian hospital officials said the blast killed at least 12 people, almost all of them children.

noemail (2024-01-04). Russia says intercepts Ukrainian missile over southern region. devdiscourse.com Russian air defence units intercepted a Ukrainian missile on Thursday over southern Lipetsk region, about 400 km (250 miles) from the Ukrainian border, the Defence Ministry said.

noemail (2024-01-04). Ukraine says it hit two Russian military targets in occupied Crimea. devdiscourse.com (Adds details on the targets throughout) KYIV, Jan 4 (Reuters) -…

noemail (2024-01-04). Houthi drone boat detonates in Red Sea a day after US warning. devdiscourse.com A Houthi drone boat ladened with explosives detonated in the Red Sea on Thursday but failed to cause any damage or casualties, the U.S. Navy said, as the Yemen-based group continued its attacks in defiance of international calls to stop. The latest attack came one day after 12 countries including the United States, Britain and Japan issued a joint statement cautioning the Houthis of unspecified "consequences" unless it halts its attacks, in what one U.S. official on Wednesday suggested was a final warning.

noemail (2024-01-04). Gujarat Health Minister helps 21-year-old blood cancer patient airlift to Telangana. devdiscourse.com A 21-year-old youth battling blood cancer was airlifted from Ahmedabad to Telangana with the help of Gujarat health minister Rushikesh Patel. The youth was studying in Gujarat's Rashtriya Raksha Shakti University and sought help due to his financial inability to return to his home in Telangana.

noemail (2024-01-04). FACTBOX-Who are the candidates running in the 2024 US presidential election? devdiscourse.com Six Republican candidates are jostling to be their party's presidential nominee for the 2024 general election, while President Joe Biden is the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee, and several third-party hopefuls have joined the fray.

noemail (2024-01-04). EAM Jaishankar meets former Nepal Prime Ministers Sher Bahadur Deuba, K P Sharma Oli. devdiscourse.com External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Thursday met Former Nepal Prime Ministers Sher Bahadur Deuba, K P Sharma Oli, Madhav Kumar Nepal and held discussions of the bilateral cooperation between the two countries. "Pleased to meet former PM @SherBDeuba today. Discussed the progress in India-Nepal ties. Value his continued support of our growing engagement," the EAM wrote on 'X'.

noemail (2024-01-04). "Nothing new, govt doing probe against all opposition leaders": Akhilesh Yadav on ED summons to Delhi CM. devdiscourse.com Reacting to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal not appearing before the Enforcement Directorate, Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said that this is nothing new adding that the government is doing probe against all opposition leaders. Delhi Chief Minister skipped the third summon issued to him by the ED on Wednesday. The ED issued a third summons to CM Kejriwal on December 22 last year, in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor scam case, asking him to appear before the agency on January 3.

noemail (2024-01-04). MCD to launch modified module of Sahbhagita Scheme to provide incentive to RWAs. devdiscourse.com The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will launch a modified module of the Sahbhagita Scheme on January 6, allowing incentives to resident welfare associations and group housing societies that meet tax collection and waste management targets, according to an official statement on Thursday.

MEE staff (2024-01-04). War on Gaza: Israeli police having difficulty finding sexual assault victims from 7 October attack, says report. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Israeli police having difficulty finding sexual assault victims from 7 October attack, says report | Haaretz report says police are unable to link existing evidence with victims described in the evidence | Thu, 01/04/2024 – 17: 57 | Israeli soldiers secure area as emergency response volunteers search homes in Kibbutz Kfar Aza near frontier with Gaza, on 14 November 2023 (Gil Cohen-Magan/AFP…

Sharon Zhang (2024-01-04). House Report Reveals Trump Received $8M in Foreign Payments as President. truthout.org House Republicans have spent the last year desperately trying to impeach President Joe Biden over claims, for which they have produced zero evidence, that Biden has received payments from foreign governments while not in office. A new bombshell analysis reveals, however, that it is Donald Trump who has actually personally received payments from foreign governments — to the tune of millions of… |

WSWS (2024-01-04). Bomb scares force evacuation of multiple state capitols amid MAGA death threats in Colorado and Maine. wsws.org What remains of American democracy is collapsing, its institutions and conventions having been rotted out by staggering levels of social inequality and the turn by the entire ruling class to a state policy of genocide, as in Gaza, and global war.

ecns.cn (2024-01-04). Commissioner's office: Jimmy Lai's trial fair. ecns.cn The Commissioner's Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Wednesday refuted Western politicians' smears against the SAR's handling of Jimmy Lai's national security case, saying the trial is law-based and impartial.

ecns.cn (2024-01-04). Smears a common trick of Taiwan DPP, says Chinese mainland spokesman. ecns.cn A Chinese mainland spokesman said on Thursday that attacking and smearing the mainland is a common trick used by the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan's elections.

Editor (2024-01-04). Family of Key Case in New York Times October 7 Sexual Violence Report Renounces Story, Says Reporters Manipulated Them. scheerpost.com

UMMID (2024-01-04). 'We don't rape': Hamas rejects New York Times report about sexual violence. ummid.com The Hamas rejected a report by US daily The New York Times which accused the Resistance Fighters of raping Israeli women and resorting to sexual violence on Oct 7 when they stormed the occupied Palestinian territories as part of their Operation Al Aqsa Flood on Oct 07, 2023.

Howard Lisnoff (2024-01-04). On the Road of Flight. counterpunch.org "Where Migrant Children Are Living, and Often Working, in the U.S.," (New York Times, December 28, 2023), brought back memories of the 1980s and the protest movement to stop US military interventions, particularly in countries in Central America. The article graphically illustrates where migrant children are coming from, and it was no surprise that the

Mel Gurtov (2024-01-04). Global Debt Is Beyond Control. counterpunch.org The Washington Consensus The debt of developing countries is at "crisis" levels, the World Bank has just said. Supporting that view is a New York Times story December 16 headlined "The Debt Problem is Enormous, and the System for Fixing It is Broken." The article goes on to explain: "The foundational ideology — later known as

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2024-01-04). Saturday 1/6: The Conflict in the Middle East: NOT according to the New York Times. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Ave. | Berkeley, CA 94705…

Kiji Noh, Consortium News. (2024-01-03). Pilger's Rap Sheet On The Criminal Elite. popularresistance.org John Pilger was always on the side of the oppressed. He denounced Empire and all its violent predations — war, genocide, exploitation — as well as its endless lies and propaganda. | Till his death on Saturday, he fought tirelessly for the freedom of Julian Assange, and his last article, "We are all Spartacus," published in Consortium News, was a call to stand with the imprisoned publisher. | Pilger gave voice to the invisible and the voiceless: the hungry, the poor, the handicapped, the conscripted, the sanctioned and bombed, the dispossessed, refugees, the chemically experimented on, the structurally…

The Global Research Team (2024-01-03). New Year Donation Drive: Global Research is Committed to the "Unspoken Truth" globalresearch.ca We at Global Research extend our best wishes to everyone for 2024! | A new year has come yet our mandate is one and the same: to focus on the unspoken truth. | The burgeoning Palestinian solidarity despite of Zionist propaganda is …

Editor (2024-01-02). A Voice for the Oppressed: John Pilger, Radical Journalist and Documentarian. scheerpost.com By KJ Noh / CounterPunch A bright star in the firmament of justice has gone out. One of the greatest journalists of our era has passed away. John Pilger was always on the side of the oppressed. He denounced Empire and all its violent predations—war, genocide, exploitation—as well as its endless lies and propaganda. Till his death, …

John Pilger (2024-01-02). Silencing the Lambs. How Propaganda Works. John Pilger, His Legacy Will Live. globalresearch.ca "Today, the most profitable wars have their own brand. They are called 'forever wars': Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq, Libya, Yemen and now Ukraine. All are based on a pack of lies." John Pilger…

A a (2024-01-02). There Is a War Coming, Shrouded in Propaganda. strategic-culture.su

Kate Horgan (2024-01-02). State of the Free Press 2024: A Discussion of Ongoing Censorship. projectcensored.org Project Censored's yearly publication, State of the Free Press 2024, hit the shelves in December. The work details the many issues regarding corporate media, from the spread of news deserts…

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-02). Israeli Propagandist Makes Unhinged Claim! youtu.be

Larry Johnson (2024-01-03). Israel's Counter Productive Assassination Policy. sonar21.com Saleh al-Arouri | If you were betting on a peaceful start to the New Year time to pay up. Israel made you a loser today by assassinating Saleh al-Arouri, a top Hamas leader living in Beirut, Lebanon. This is likely to throw more gasoline on the inferno of war that is raging in Gaza and along Israel's border with Lebanon and Syria and will once again prove to be a futile act by Israel. | Assassination, apart from being an act of revenge killing, has not brought peace or tranquility to the citizens of Israel. In fact, I think the evidence based on Israel's record of assassination over the last 70 years shows tha…

WSWS (2024-01-03). Earliest known example of a human-built wood structure, dating to nearly a half-million years ago, discovered in Africa. wsws.org This discovery significantly pushes back the known evidence of wooden architecture and the investment by humans in permanent structures suggesting relatively more settled occupation at certain locations.

Larry Johnson (2024-01-02). Are Israel and the U.S. Caught In A Quagmire? sonar21.com We are closing in on the 3 month anniversary since Hamas launched the October 7 attack on Israeli military positions and kibbutzim that bordered the Gaza strip and Israel is no closer to destroying Hamas or freeing the hostages snatched by Hamas. Meanwhile, the United States has ordered the USS Gerald Ford Carrier Strike Group to head home after patrolling the Red Sea and flexing sea-muscle in an effort to intimidate Yemen. In short, both Israel and the United States are admitting that pure military power cannot change the situation in Gaza or the Red Sea. | Let's start with the evidence that Israel is star…

Dave DeCamp (2024-01-03). No Serious Discussions Within Biden Administration About Limiting Military Aid to Israel. news.antiwar.com Despite the mass slaughter Israel is committing in Gaza, there are no "serious discussions" within the Biden administration about cutting off Israel or placing any conditions on military aid, The New York Times reported on Sunday. The report detailed President Biden's commitment to supporting the Israeli campaign, saying he "has involved himself more intensely in …

A Guest Author (2024-01-03). Hamas assails rape allegations made by The New York Times. workers.org The following statement was issued by Hamas political bureau member Dr. Bassem Naim on Dec. 31, 2023, and was published on Resistance News Network: In response to the misleading report by The New York Times regarding the behavior of Palestinian fighters on October 7: We regret to say that most . . . |

James North, Mondoweiss. (2024-01-03). Israel Is Provoking The US Into A Conflict With Iran. popularresistance.org For years, this site has warned that Israel, especially Benjamin Netanyahu, have tried to instigate the U.S. into a wider war in the Mideast, particularly with Iran. We've also regularly indicted the U.S. mainstream media for ignoring this danger. | Today, the threat is greater than ever. And, true to form, the New York Times, National Public Radio, and the others continue to cover it up, instead treating Netanyahu as the embattled but honest leader of an Israel that is only trying to defend itself. | For more than a decade, Netanyahu's main aim was to destroy Iran's alleged (and unproven) program to build nuclea…

Ann Brown (2024-01-02). The New York Times Launches Legal War With Microsoft And ChatGPT Owner Over AI Training. moguldom.com The New York Times has taken legal action against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement related to the use of its articles in training artificial intelligence models. The lawsuit was filed in the Federal District Court in Manhattan. The newspaper contends that millions of its articles were employed to train AI chatbots, including OpenAI's ChatGPT, …

Wyatt Reed (2024-01-03). Washington Post erases Israeli minister's farfetched October 7 rape claim at his request. thegrayzone.com A note explaining the retraction of the claim that Hamas militants had specific orders as to "which commander should rape which soldiers" indicates the publication censored itself at the behest of the Israeli government. The Washington Post has quietly removed an outlandish claim by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant that Hamas battle plans included specific instructions on which Israeli troops should be raped during their October 7 incursion. In the original article, which was published on November 12 and promoted …

Dave DeCamp, Antiwar. (2024-01-03). Israeli Drone Strike In Beirut Kills Senior Hamas Official. popularresistance.org An Israeli drone strike hit a Hamas office in Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least six people, including a senior Hamas official, Lebanese media has reported. | A US official told The Washington Post that Israel was responsible for the strike that killed Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy chief of Hamas's political bureau. The Israeli attack on the Lebanese capital marks a huge escalation and could provoke a major war. | Hamas has confirmed that al-Arouri was killed and released a statement on his assassination. "The cowardly assassinations carried out by the Zionist occupation against the leaders and symbols of our Pale…

Dave DeCamp (2024-01-02). Israeli Drone Strike in Beirut Kills Senior Hamas Official. news.antiwar.com An Israeli drone strike hit a Hamas office in Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least six people, including a senior Hamas official, Lebanese media has reported. A US official told The Washington Post that Israel was responsible for the strike that killed Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy chief of Hamas's political bureau. The Israeli attack on …