Daily Archives: January 26, 2022

2022-01-26: News Headlines

Moderator (2022-01-26). U.N. Officials Warn of 'Record-Shattering Month' for Civilian Deaths in Yemen. scheerpost.com By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams As United Nations officials projected Tuesday that the civilian death toll from the Saudi-led coalition's strikes on Yemen will break records this month, Oxfam shared the group's difficulties providing aid in the war-torn country and urged action from the U.N. Security Council. "People are really struggling. Last night we had more airstrikes. …

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-01-26). Walk For "Life" Disrupted by Women's Rights Protest. indybay.org Justice R.B. Ginsberg, on leave from Heaven, joins activists…

Staff (2022-01-26). UAE should expect bigger attacks if invading Yemen continues. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) — Yemen's Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that If the aggressor countries want the Yemeni attacks to stop, they first must stop their aggression and make peace.

Staff (2022-01-26). Iranian, Qatari FMs discuss regional issues, bilateral ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) — The Iranian and Qatari foreign ministers discussed bilateral relations and regional issues and developments during a phone call.

teleSUR, DRL, JDO (2022-01-26). Facebook censura página de cadena noticiosa iraní HispanTV. telesurtv.net Esta es el más reciente episodio contra el medio persa. Antes le han eliminado las cuentas en Youtube e Instagram.

teleSUR- lvm, JL (2022-01-26). Irán reitera que retoma Acuerdo Nuclear si EE.UU. levanta sanciones. telesurtv.net "Si las partes están listas para levantar las sanciones opresivas contra la nación iraní, hay oportunidad para cualquier tipo de acuerdo", dijo el presidente.

Staff (2022-01-26). millions of under 12 Iranian to get COVID vaccine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) — Iran's Ministry of Health Official Mohammad Mehdi Gooya announced that Iranian children of the age 9-12 can receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Staff (2022-01-26). Iranian President Raeisi felicitates India on National Day. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) — In separate messages to the President and Prime Minister of India, the Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi congratulated the Indian Government and people on the National Day of the Republic of India.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-26). Briefing on Iran's daily developments. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) — The following are the Islamic Republic of Iran's latest developments in the last 24 hours.

Staff (2022-01-26). Maximum pressure campaign an abject failure. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) — US State Department Spokesman Ned Price describes the maximum pressure campaign against Iran as an abject failure.

Staff (2022-01-26). Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on January 26. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) — Mehr News Agency takes a look at the headlines of Iran's Persian-language dailies on Wednesday, January 26.

teleSUR, JGN (2022-01-26). Países reconocen avances de Venezuela en materia de DD.HH. pese a sanciones. telesurtv.net Delegados de Nicaragua, Nigeria, Irán y Arabia Saudita, entre otros, aplaudieron los esfuerzos del Gobierno venezolano por mejorar el bienestar económico de su pueblo.

Staff (2022-01-26). Ministra de Finanzas y Precios: Transformar la gestión de los presupuestos, con mayor participación popular e innovación. cubadebate.cu Las limitaciones que deberá enfrentar la economía este año, que mantiene las complejidades de la crisis mundial agravada por la pandemia, unida al recrudecimiento del bloqueo, son retos que también se reflejan en el presupuesto estatal. De los desafíos en la gestión de esos dineros en los municipios y el uso de la ciencia y la innovación en la actividad contable, habló en la Mesa Redonda la ministra de Finanzas y Precios, Meisi Bolaños Weiss.

Staff (2022-01-26). SNB 61: Arrancó la fiesta. cubadebate.cu En una jornada donde se fabricaron dos jugadas de triple matanza y se propinaron un par de fueras de combate, uno de ellos por ventaja de 15 carreras en el quinto episodio, debutaron los 14 equipos que restaban en esta Serie Nacional número 61. Los Cocodrilos de Matanzas, no hay otra forma de decirlo, "mataron a palos" a los Elefantes de Cienfuegos.

Staff (2022-01-26). NASA afirma que erupción volcánica en Tonga fue más potente que la bomba de Hiroshima. cubadebate.cu La erupción volcánica en Tonga que provocó un tsunami fue cientos de veces más poderosa que la bomba atómica que Estados Unidos lanzó sobre Hiroshima durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, afirmó la NASA. La erupción "borró" una isla volcánica al norte de la capital de Tonga, Nuku'alofa, agregó la agencia recientemente.

Staff (2022-01-26). Las 3 del día: Lo que fue noticia este 25 de enero (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Como en cada jornada estamos en el podcast "Las 3 del día" con un resumen de lo que ha sucedido en las últimas 24 horas. Conecta tus audífonos o escúchanos en altavoz. Aquí repasamos las noticias de este 25 de enero. Dale play.

Staff (2022-01-26). Ante la COVID-19, unirnos y cuidarnos entre todos. cubadebate.cu Nuestras vacunas han hecho posible que Cuba asuma de modo muy particular y en positivo los embates de la pandemia, pero el arma de mayor alcance sigue siendo la responsabilidad. Así trascendió este martes en una jornada de reflexiones sobre la lucha contra la COVID-19, la cual estuvo encabezada por presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.

Staff (2022-01-26). Aumentan los vuelos internacionales hacia Jardines del Rey. cubadebate.cu Con el arribo de más de 35 vuelos semanales, Jardines del Rey, al norte de la provincia de Ciego de àÅvila, se reafirma como destino seguro para viajeros de diferentes nacionalidades, a pesar de las complejidades epidemiológicas en el mundo.

Staff (2022-01-26). President Maduro: Federal Council's Priority Should be Public Services — Meets with Opposition Governors. orinocotribune.com On Monday, January 24, from the plenary of the Federal Council of Government, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, emphasized that the Council's priority should be the country's public services and economy. | The head of state estimated that of the investment allocated to governors and mayors, the resources should be distributed as follows: 35% to water, 25% to electricity, 20% on roads, 10% on gas, and 10% on solid waste. | "The priorities of this Federal Council of Government are already established," stated Maduro from Miraflores Palace. "The first is the economy, with great import. However, it must als…

teleSUR -HIM (2022-01-26). Venezuela y China fortalecen relaciones en áreas estratégicas. telesurtv.net Gracias al apoyo del Gobierno chino el 85% de la población venezolana fue inmunizada con el fármaco Sinopharm desarrollado por el país asiático.

_____ (2022-01-25). Prosecution Of Ola Bini In Ecuador Threatens Digital Rights Everywhere. popularresistance.org Last week, one of the most important digital rights cases took place in Quito, Ecuador. Ola Bini, a software designer who makes tools for activists to protect their privacy, was arrested at the Quito airport in April, 2019 just hours after Julian Assange was taken from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Bini has been detained in Quito for almost three years. His prosecution has been fraught with irregularities. Clearing the FOG speaks with Veridiana Alimonti, a human rights lawyer and the Associate Director for Latin American Policy for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, about the case, its connections to the Jul…

_____ (2022-01-25). Police Arrest Seven Pro-Palestine Protestors In Washington D.C. popularresistance.org West Bank – The U.S. police in Washington D.C. arrested on Monday seven pro-Palestine protestors from organizations and associations supporting the Palestinian right during a peaceful demonstration in front of the Israeli occupation's embassy in Washington rejecting Israeli ethnic cleansing in occupied Jerusalem and Anaqab "Negev". | During the demonstration, a sit-in was held at the entrance to the embassy, with the participation of dozens of activists and people in solidarity with Palestine, as well as members of the U.S. Palestinian community. | The protestors gathered peacefully outside the Israeli Embassy to…

Don Gross (2022-01-25). Activists, civil rights leaders call for federal charges against killer cop Jason Van Dyke. liberationnews.org This is a clear and direct message to every awful law enforcement officer all across the country if Jason Van Dyke is released.

Naish Gawen (2022-01-25). Climate activists target Santos' NT expansion plans. greenleft.org.au Protesters, including Traditional Owners, have begun a campaign to stop Santos expanding its operations in the Northern Territory. Naish Gawen reports.

Staff (2022-01-25). Nuclear Disarmament Urged by Catholic Archbishop in New Mexico, Birthplace of Nuclear Weapons. democracynow.org As the Biden administration reviews U.S. nuclear weapons policy, over 60 advocacy groups, including Veterans for Peace and CodePink, recently issued a joint statement calling for the elimination of hundreds of U.S. intercontinental ballistic missiles. "The notion is if you get rid of those ICBMs, you reduce the risk of accidental nuclear war, and it's a first step towards more rational nuclear policy," says William Hartung, research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. We also speak with Father John Dear, longtime peace activist and Catholic priest who led a campaign for 15 years in New Mexi…

Pip Hinman (2022-01-25). AUKMIN talks fuel anti-China war drive. greenleft.org.au Peace activists in Australia warn that the latest round of military talks between Australia and Britain are ramping up the war drive against China, reports Pip Hinman.

Hiroyuki Hamada (2022-01-25). Parasite Empire Unravelled. dissidentvoice.org So before Covid, a local school where one of my kids used to attend, had prominent race issues. Namely, teachers were being accused of being blind to obvious racist incidences against black students. The normalized notion of racism was so rampant that the school was forced to embrace some sort of deprogramming sessions by a …

Alex Salmon (2022-01-25). The British Empire's dirty secret. greenleft.org.au Alex Salmon reviews a new book by historian and author Graham Seal that documents how the British government shipped more than 376,000 men, women and children across the oceans to provide slave labour in its colonies.

Ben Norton (2022-01-25). Biden Says Latin America is US 'Front Yard', Trump Says 'Back Yard' — Pick Your Flavor of Neocolonialism. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton — Jan 22, 2022 | When we look past all of the superficial Culture War battles they wage to distract the US public, we can clearly see that the two ruling-class parties share 95% of the same policies. |

| What is the difference between Republicans and Democrats? Trump says backyard and Biden says front yard. Otherwise, they share 95% of the same warmongering, capitalist, imperialist policies. | People in Latin America often ask me, "What is the difference between Republicans and Democrats?" For those outside of the United States, the two hegemonic parties seem so similar that they're d…

WSWS (2022-01-25). Johnson government mounts warmongering campaign of lies and threats against Russia. wsws.org History has proved that anything that emanates from Britain's government and security services regarding the danger of war and who is responsible should be assumed to be a pack of lies.

_____ (2022-01-25). Yemen Conflict: Blowback Of Obama's Botched Syria Policy. popularresistance.org After Arab Spring protests erupted in the Middle East in 2011, toppling longtime dictators of the Arab World, including Ben Ali in Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, Yemenis also gathered in the capital's squares demanding removal of Ali Abdullah Saleh. | Instead of conceding to protesters' fervent demand of holding free and fair elections to ascertain democratic aspirations of demonstrators, however, the Obama administration adopted the convenient course of replacing Yemen's longtime autocrat with a Saudi stooge Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. | Having the reputation of a "wily Arabian fox" and being a Houthi himself, A…

sputniknews (2022-01-25). Top US General, UAE Counterpart Discuss Houthi's Missile Attack on Air Base – Spokesman. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley and his UAE counterpart Lt. Gen. Hamad Muhammad Thani al-Rumaythi discussed Yemen Houthi rebels' ballistic missile attack that targeted an air base near Abu Dhabi, Joint Staff spokesperson Col. Dave Butler said.

_____ (2022-01-25). Yemen: When Will the Suffering of the Yemenis End? journal-neo.org After nearly seven years of conflict, the bloody war in Yemen, waged by Saudi Arabia at the instigation of the United States, now is threatening security and stability in important areas of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. For the first time, Abu Dhabi airport and the Adnoc oil refinery were the targets of …

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-25). Iran, Russia, China coalition could be very painful for West. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — A possible coalition of Iran, Russia and China would be very painful for the West, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali told reporters during his working visit to Russia's North Caucasus region of North Ossetia.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-01-25). Iran to hold 3 fairs in Brazil to showcase products. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) — Iran will hold an exhibition in Brazil's Sà£o Paulo to showcase its petrochemical products in February while two other exhibitions are planned for later this year.

Staff (2022-01-25). Taliban seeks to expand cooperation with Iran: minster. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — Taliban's Minister of Commerce and Industry thanked Iran for facilitating the diesel fuel exports to Afghanistan and called for expanding cooperations with Iran.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-25). Closing ceremony of National Conference of Iran and Neighbors. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — The closing ceremony of National Conference of Iran and Neighbors was held at the venue of Studies Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday evening in presence of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-01-25). Gunmen kill at least 12 in attacks on DRC villages. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — Gunmen killed at least 12 civilians and burned houses and motorbikes during raids on two villages in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, media have reported.

Staff (2022-01-25). Vienna talks at risk of impasse due to US intransigence. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — Talks in Vienna between Iran and the P4+1 group of countries have come up against new challenges due to the United States' refusal to budge on one of the key issues on the table.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-25). Briefing on Iran's daily developments. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — The following are the Islamic Republic of Iran's latest developments in the last 24 hours.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-01-25). Uzbekistan finalizes joining Iran's Chabahar project. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — An Iranian official said Tuesday that a delegation from Uzbekistan visited the Iranian port city of Chabahar to finalize the joining of the Central Asian country to the Iranian mega project.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-25). Iran's exports up 38% in 10 months: IRICA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said that country's export of non-oil products registered a 38 percent hike in 10 months of the current year (March 21, 2021 -Jan. 22, 2022).

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-01-25). Iran to continue to expand all-out relations with India. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister in a message congratulated India Republic Day, saying that Iran will continue to expand relations with India at the bilateral, regional and international levels.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-25). WHO hails Iran for containing Malaria disease. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — While praising Iran's role in containing malaria disease, the Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom said that Iran has not registered any native cases of malaria for three consecutive years.

Rachel Evans (2022-01-25). Greens councillor will not be celebrating Invasion Day. greenleft.org.au Miranda Korzy, who was elected as a Greens councillor to the Northern Beaches Council, will not be celebrating Australia Day. Rachel Evans reports.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-25). Americans need to lift sanctions before call for direct talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi said Tuesday that the United States has so far called for direct talks with Tehran so many times but the Americans need to remove sanctions before talk of direct negotiatons.

Staff (2022-01-25). Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on January 25. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — Mehr News Agency takes a look at the headlines of Iran's Persian-language dailies on Tuesday, January 25.

Staff (2022-01-25). Front pages of Iran's English dailies on January 25. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — Here are the front pages of Iran's English language dailies on Tuesday, January 25.

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-01-25). U.S. government pays big money for bad news about Cuba. peoplesworld.org The cruder U.S. methods for destroying Cuba's revolutionary government—military attacks, bombings of hotels and a fully-loaded airplane, violent attacks on officials, biological warfare—did not work. Nor has economic blockade, which of course continues. A more subtle approach also exists. Like the blockade, its purpose is to cause despair and then dissent. U.S. officials pay for …

Staff (2022-01-25). Cuba presentará a la OMS expediente de vacunas contra la COVID-19. cubadebate.cu Cuba presentará en los próximos días el expediente de sus vacunas antiCovid-19 a la Organización Mundial de Salud (OMS) para la certificación de los inmunógenos. El director del Instituto Finlay de Vacunas, Vicente Vérez, explicó a la prensa extranjera acreditada en la Isla que en 2021 se sostuvieron reuniones con la organización.

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