Monthly Archives: January 2022

2022-01-25: News Headlines

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.

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…

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-01-25). Walk For "Life" Disrupted by Women's Rights Protest. indybay.org Justice R.B. Ginsberg, on leave from Heaven, joins activists…

_____ (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 …

_____ (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.

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.

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.

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).

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). 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). 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.

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.

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.

teleSUR, yart, MER (2022-01-25). Cuba presentará expedientes de vacunas anticovid ante la OMS. telesurtv.net Cuba prevé producir 100 millones de dosis de sus vacunas contra la Covid-19 para continuar la inmunización.

teleSUR, yart, DRL (2022-01-25). Llega a Cuba nuevo cargamento de ayuda humanitaria desde Rusia. telesurtv.net Previo a la llegada, los presidentes de Cuba y Rusia, Miguel Díaz-Canel y Vladímir Putin hablaron por teléfono.

Staff (2022-01-25). Granma: La tierra de los campeones. cubadebate.cu Cuando el ómnibus donde viajaba la comitiva integrada por los directivos de la Comisión Nacional de Béisbol y la prensa especializada se detuvo en un terreno de béisbol casi a la entrada de Manzanillo, los peloteritos y profesores que allí practicaban este deporte quedaron sorprendidos.

Staff (2022-01-25). Meta presenta una de las supercomputadoras más potentes de Inteligencia Artificial. cubadebate.cu El gigante tecnológico Meta, propietario de Facebook, Instagram y WhatsApp, anunció la puesta en marcha de su supercomputadora de inteligencia artificial AI Research SuperCluster (RSC), la cual se encuentra entre las supercomputadoras de inteligencia artificial más rápidas del mundo.

Staff (2022-01-25). Nuevo donativo de Rusia apoyará lucha contra la COVID-19 en Cuba. cubadebate.cu Un nuevo donativo procedente de Rusia arribó hoy a La Habana, consistente en 20 toneladas de medicamentos e insumos médicos. Se trata de la quinta y última carga que se recibe como resultado de acuerdos bilaterales para apoyar el enfrentamiento a la Covid-19 en la isla.

Staff (2022-01-25). Fiscalía General de la República informa sobre estado de los procesos penales derivados de los disturbios provocados el 11 de julio de 2021. cubadebate.cu Para la Fiscalía General de la República constituye un deber continuar informando al pueblo y a la opinión pública internacional sobre la respuesta legal dada a los graves hechos ocurridos el 11 de julio de 2021, que atentaron contra el orden constitucional y la estabilidad de nuestro Estado socialista.

teleSUR- mcs -HIM (2022-01-25). Cuba y Rusia acuerdan reforzar cooperación bilateral. telesurtv.net Los presidentes de ambas naciones sostienen que continuarán desarrollando proyectos de interés común.

Staff (2022-01-25). Las 3 del día: Inicio de la 61 SNB y opiniones de la Selectiva o Élite (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Este lunes dedicamos otro podcast Las del día al béisbol, luego de la inauguración el domingo de la 61 SNB en Granma. Desde el territorio oriental nos llegan impresiones de ese primer partido, y contaremos con la opinión de colegas sobre la Serie Selectiva o Especial, una de las novedades de la disciplina en 2022.

Ana Perdigón (2022-01-25). PSUV Congress Convenes February 4 with Focus on Political Training. orinocotribune.com This Monday, January 24, the Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, announced that the Congress of the PSUV and the party's youth wing (JPSUV) will begin on February 4, in order to continue advancing in the training of its members. | During a press conference, Cabello said that the PSUV has made the training of party members a fundamental priority for this year, particularly those members who hold positions in the government, who pass through the training school. | "We hope that the Congress of the PSUV and the JPSUV will be very inclusive, we must continue along the p…

teleSUR (2022-01-25). Venezuela To Present 3rd Human Rights Report to United Nations. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Venezuela presents its Universal Periodic Human Rights Review (UPR) at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. This presentation is a commitment that the UN countries must fulfill every five years. | RELATED: | Vice President Delcy Rodriguez is expected to present the Venezuelan universal periodic review through a videoconference that will take place amid the sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council…

teleSUR, MER (2022-01-25). Venezuela ante ONU: Debemos evitar la instrumentalización política del sistema de DD.HH. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta alertó que "algo anda mal" cuando en la misma sala están representantes de países agresores y de los afectados.

David Swanson (2022-01-24). Activists in Canada Build Construction Site on Pipeline Executives' Front Lawns. dissidentvoice.org World Beyond War Toronto, Ontario, Canada — This morning, Toronto supporters of the Wet'suwet'en land defense struggle against the Coastal Gaslink pipeline set up construction sites at the Toronto homes of TC Energy Board Chair Siim Vanaselja and Royal Bank of Canada Executive Doug Guzman. The supporters also flyered the neighborhood with photos of the …

_____ (2022-01-24). Palestine Action Raid And Dismantle An Israeli Arms Factory. popularresistance.org Palestine Action have raided Elbit System's subsidiary, UAV Engines Ltd, in Shenstone, Staffordshire at 7.15 this morning. The activists have sprayed blood-red paint and begun dismantling the weapons factory, whilst occupying the roof to prevent site operations. With windows smashed and equipment dismantled, the action draws parallels with Israel's forced demolitions of Palestinian homes, sounding the alarm on the ethnic cleansing Israel is currently enacting in Sheikh Jarrah, Palestine. | Elbit Systems are Israel's largest arms manufacturer and hold…

Editor2 (2022-01-24). Israeli-Linked Elbit Systems UK Sells off Part of Manchester Business Targeted by pro-Palestine Activists. orinocotribune.com Elbit Systems UK, an international technology company linked to Israel, has sold off part of one of its subsidiary businesses operating in Oldham, UK a move pro-Palestine groups are claiming is a 'victory'. | Elbit Systems UK, a subsidiary of the Israeli weapons maker, has sold off part of its daughter company operating at a factory in Oldham, Greater Manchester, which Elbit announced Monday it was selling the Power and Control Business of its subsidiary Fer…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-01-24). Fannie Lou Hamer Institute To Host Reparations Conference: Economist Julianne Malveaux, Kamm Howard, Ron Daniels And More Set As Speakers. moguldom.com The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute is hosting a virtual community meeting and townhall about reparations. Entitled "Reparations Beyond Equity," the town hall will be held on Saturday, Jan. 29 at 11 a.m. Some of the top economists, scholars, activists and reparations advocates are among the speakers and moderators. They include Dr. Tabatha L. Jones Jolivet, …

Aviva Levine (2022-01-24). Chicago activists denounce crisis pregnancy centers, demand abortion rights. zcomm.org Please Help ZNet Source: Liberation Photo by Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock In commemoration of the 49th anniversary of the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, activists and community members came out into the streets of Chicago to protest crisis pregnancy centers and demand the federal legalization of abortion. Organized by the

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-24). Succumbing to protests, Serbian government revokes permits for Rio Tinto mining project. peoplesdispatch.org Environmental groups and anti-mining activists have been organizing mobilizations across major cities in Serbia to protest Rio Tinto's proposed mining project in the country which was being facilitated by the government…

Spencer Sunshine (2022-01-24). Subpoenas Could Show Trump Admin's Link to Openly White Supremacist "Groypers" truthout.org The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol takeover have subpoenaed a wide variety of people, from Trump officials to grassroots activists. And on January 19, 2022, two more were called: Nick Fuentes and Patrick Casey, the leaders of the "Groyper" movement, a white supremacist outgrowth of the "alt-right." Fuentes believes that "genocide" is being committed against white people, and rails against immigration, the "LGBTQ agenda" and feminism. While relatively minor ch…

Adri Nieuwhof (2022-01-24). Munich anti-BDS policy is illegal, German federal court rules. electronicintifada.net Meanwhile, Palestine solidarity supporters face lawsuit in Austria.

Steve Lalla (2022-01-24). Blows Against the Empire‚Ää—‚Ää2021 In Memoriam. orinocotribune.com By Steve Lalla for Orinoco Tribune — Jan 22, 2022 | 2021 was marked, from start to finish, as a year dominated by the pandemic and its attendant dramas, including vaccination, variants, and lockdowns. When the prior year had come to a close, journalists and writers had described 2020 as the "plague year" or the "lost year." Although 2020 was defined by the onset of the pandemic and over two million deaths attributed to COVID-19, this was nothing compared to the all-encompassing, inescapable pall that COVID cast over the year 2021. | The pandemic has dealt a particularly heavy blow to residents of the world's…

Editor (2022-01-24). If the Russians were in Scotland… mronline.org George: "The war started because of the vile Hun and his villainous empire-building."

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-01-24). Yemenis attack targets deep inside S. Arabia, UAE (+VIDEOS). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) — According to media reports, the Yemeni army and popular committees targeted the deep inside Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and the armed forces will issue an important statement in the coming hours.

_____ (2022-01-24). UAE Can't Hide its War on Yemen behind Finehearted Conversations. journal-neo.org Ever since the opening of Dubai Expo 2020 in Dubai, the UAE appears to have become the centre of tourism in the region, adding to its overall standing as a modern, peaceful state. The UAE's image-politics also involves its legal reforms — in particular, those targeted at attracting foreign (non-Muslim) investors and residents. Abu Dhabi's …

WSWS (2022-01-24). Scores killed in Saudi-led airstrikes, highlighting US-Saudi war crimes. wsws.org On Friday, a Saudi airstrike on a detention center in Saada, northern Yemen, housing African migrant workers transiting through Yemen to Saudi Arabia, killed at least 82 people and wounded 266 more.

Staff (2022-01-24). Watch UAE forces intercept incoming missiles over Abu Dhabi. rt.com The nighttime engagement was filmed by multiple witnesses on the ground | The United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reported successfully intercepting two ballistic missiles launched by the Yemeni Houthi fighters. The projectiles were destroyed by air defense forces, with debris falling in various parts of the capital Abu Dhabi, the defense ministry reported, as The moment of the early Monday-morning incident was filmed from the ground by multiple witnesses, according to purported footage of the incid…

Peter Boyle (2022-01-24). Kurds rally against escalating attacks in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. greenleft.org.au Members of Sydney's Kurdish community rallied at Sydney Town Hall to protest escalating attacks on Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. Peter Boyle reports.

teleSUR (2022-01-24). U.S To Meet Directly With Iran for Nuclear Deal Talks. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the P4+1 representatives met Iranian diplomats in Vienna, aimed to review the guarantees and verifications for the removal of U.S. sanctions if the 2015 nuclear deal is revived. | On Monday, Vienna held an Iranian diplomats and the P4+1 representatives meeting, aimed to revive the Iranian nuclear deal. Jan. 24, 2022.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-24). Iran, Russia had successful coop. to ensure regional security. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) — Head of Iran-Russia Parliamentary Friendship Group said that the two countries of Iran and Russia have had a successful interaction to ensure security of the region.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-24). Iran roads min. due in Baku for bilateral talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development will depart for Baku on Monday to visit senior officials of the Republic of Azerbaijan to discuss transport capacities between the two countries.

Staff (2022-01-24). Washington sets precondition for returning to JCPOA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) — US Special Envoy for Iran's Affairs Robert Malley has set a precondition for Washington to return to the JCPOA despite the fact that the US violated the deal by withdrawing from it in 2018.

_____ (2022-01-24). Strengthening Ties between Iran and Russia Help Improve the Global Situation. journal-neo.org On January 20, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi completed a two-day official visit to Moscow. The Iranian leader arrived in Moscow for the first time since taking office. His visit included talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a visit and address to members of the Russian State Duma, and personal meetings …

WSWS (2022-01-24). Tamil National Alliance in Sri Lanka ramps up support for anti-China campaign. wsws.org TNA parliamentarian Sumanthiran's denunciations of the Chinese ambassador's visit to Sri Lanka's North and East are in line with Washington's political campaign against Beijing.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-24). Front pages of Iran's English dailies on January 24. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) — Here are the front pages of Iran's English language dailies on Monday, January 24.

teleSUR (2022-01-24). Iran's UN Rights Restored After Paying Off Membership Arrears. telesurenglish.net Iran's ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi announced that his country regained its right to vote at the UN General Assembly after its membership dues to the organization were paid by South Korea with frozen Iranian funds. | RELATED: | He said that as soon as Iran's arrears are received in New York, the country's voting rights should naturally be restored. South Korea confirmed on Sunday that it has paid Tehran's m…

Staff (2022-01-24). Iran, Iraq sign MoU on expansion of humanitarian affairs coop. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — The Iranian and Iraqi Red Crescent societies signed an MoU on expanding cooperation in humanitarian affairs.

2022-01-25 22:23 | 16:23 EST | jz | 52 | 0 | 24 | 26 | 0 

2022-01-24: News Headlines

Editor2 (2022-01-24). Israeli-Linked Elbit Systems UK Sells off Part of Manchester Business Targeted by pro-Palestine Activists. orinocotribune.com Elbit Systems UK, an international technology company linked to Israel, has sold off part of one of its subsidiary businesses operating in Oldham, UK a move pro-Palestine groups are claiming is a 'victory'. | Elbit Systems UK, a subsidiary of the Israeli weapons maker, has sold off part of its daughter company operating at a factory in Oldham, Greater Manchester, which Elbit announced Monday it was selling the Power and Control Business of its subsidiary Fer…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-01-24). Fannie Lou Hamer Institute To Host Reparations Conference: Economist Julianne Malveaux, Kamm Howard, Ron Daniels And More Set As Speakers. moguldom.com The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute is hosting a virtual community meeting and townhall about reparations. Entitled "Reparations Beyond Equity," the town hall will be held on Saturday, Jan. 29 at 11 a.m. Some of the top economists, scholars, activists and reparations advocates are among the speakers and moderators. They include Dr. Tabatha L. Jones Jolivet, …

David Swanson (2022-01-24). Activists in Canada Build Construction Site on Pipeline Executives' Front Lawns. dissidentvoice.org World Beyond War Toronto, Ontario, Canada — This morning, Toronto supporters of the Wet'suwet'en land defense struggle against the Coastal Gaslink pipeline set up construction sites at the Toronto homes of TC Energy Board Chair Siim Vanaselja and Royal Bank of Canada Executive Doug Guzman. The supporters also flyered the neighborhood with photos of the …

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-01-24). Walk For "Life" Disrupted by Women's Rights Protest. indybay.org Justice R.B. Ginsberg, on leave from Heaven, joins activists…

Aviva Levine (2022-01-24). Chicago activists denounce crisis pregnancy centers, demand abortion rights. zcomm.org Please Help ZNet Source: Liberation Photo by Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock In commemoration of the 49th anniversary of the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, activists and community members came out into the streets of Chicago to protest crisis pregnancy centers and demand the federal legalization of abortion. Organized by the

Adri Nieuwhof (2022-01-24). Munich anti-BDS policy is illegal, German federal court rules. electronicintifada.net Meanwhile, Palestine solidarity supporters face lawsuit in Austria.

Steve Lalla (2022-01-24). Blows Against the Empire‚Ää—‚Ää2021 In Memoriam. orinocotribune.com By Steve Lalla for Orinoco Tribune — Jan 22, 2022 | 2021 was marked, from start to finish, as a year dominated by the pandemic and its attendant dramas, including vaccination, variants, and lockdowns. When the prior year had come to a close, journalists and writers had described 2020 as the "plague year" or the "lost year." Although 2020 was defined by the onset of the pandemic and over two million deaths attributed to COVID-19, this was nothing compared to the all-encompassing, inescapable pall that COVID cast over the year 2021. | The pandemic has dealt a particularly heavy blow to residents of the world's…

Editor (2022-01-24). If the Russians were in Scotland… mronline.org George: "The war started because of the vile Hun and his villainous empire-building."

_____ (2022-01-24). UAE Can't Hide its War on Yemen behind Finehearted Conversations. journal-neo.org Ever since the opening of Dubai Expo 2020 in Dubai, the UAE appears to have become the centre of tourism in the region, adding to its overall standing as a modern, peaceful state. The UAE's image-politics also involves its legal reforms — in particular, those targeted at attracting foreign (non-Muslim) investors and residents. Abu Dhabi's …

WSWS (2022-01-24). Scores killed in Saudi-led airstrikes, highlighting US-Saudi war crimes. wsws.org On Friday, a Saudi airstrike on a detention center in Saada, northern Yemen, housing African migrant workers transiting through Yemen to Saudi Arabia, killed at least 82 people and wounded 266 more.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-01-24). Yemenis attack targets deep inside S. Arabia, UAE (+VIDEOS). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) — According to media reports, the Yemeni army and popular committees targeted the deep inside Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and the armed forces will issue an important statement in the coming hours.

Staff (2022-01-24). Watch UAE forces intercept incoming missiles over Abu Dhabi. rt.com The nighttime engagement was filmed by multiple witnesses on the ground | The United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reported successfully intercepting two ballistic missiles launched by the Yemeni Houthi fighters. The projectiles were destroyed by air defense forces, with debris falling in various parts of the capital Abu Dhabi, the defense ministry reported, as The moment of the early Monday-morning incident was filmed from the ground by multiple witnesses, according to purported footage of the incid…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-24). Iran roads min. due in Baku for bilateral talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development will depart for Baku on Monday to visit senior officials of the Republic of Azerbaijan to discuss transport capacities between the two countries.

teleSUR (2022-01-24). Iran's UN Rights Restored After Paying Off Membership Arrears. telesurenglish.net Iran's ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi announced that his country regained its right to vote at the UN General Assembly after its membership dues to the organization were paid by South Korea with frozen Iranian funds. | RELATED: | He said that as soon as Iran's arrears are received in New York, the country's voting rights should naturally be restored. South Korea confirmed on Sunday that it has paid Tehran's m…

Staff (2022-01-24). Washington sets precondition for returning to JCPOA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) — US Special Envoy for Iran's Affairs Robert Malley has set a precondition for Washington to return to the JCPOA despite the fact that the US violated the deal by withdrawing from it in 2018.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-24). Front pages of Iran's English dailies on January 24. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) — Here are the front pages of Iran's English language dailies on Monday, January 24.

Peter Boyle (2022-01-24). Kurds rally against escalating attacks in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. greenleft.org.au Members of Sydney's Kurdish community rallied at Sydney Town Hall to protest escalating attacks on Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. Peter Boyle reports.

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

_____ (2022-01-24). Strengthening Ties between Iran and Russia Help Improve the Global Situation. journal-neo.org On January 20, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi completed a two-day official visit to Moscow. The Iranian leader arrived in Moscow for the first time since taking office. His visit included talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a visit and address to members of the Russian State Duma, and personal meetings …

WSWS (2022-01-24). Tamil National Alliance in Sri Lanka ramps up support for anti-China campaign. wsws.org TNA parliamentarian Sumanthiran's denunciations of the Chinese ambassador's visit to Sri Lanka's North and East are in line with Washington's political campaign against Beijing.

Staff (2022-01-24). Cubadebate y Cadeca desmienten noticia falsa sobre la venta de divisas. cubadebate.cu Empleando la plantilla de nuestro sitio web, circula una nueva fake news en las redes sociales sobre la venta de divisas en Cuba. No comparta informaciones dudosas o falsas. A la vez, Cadeca alertó en su cuenta de twitter que circula en las redes una noticia sobre próxima venta de Moneda Libremente Convertible (MLC) a quienes viajen al exterior.

Curt Wechsler (2022-01-24). "Forced motherhood is female enslavement. When women are not free, no one is free" indybay.org "We're really in a state of emergency as to whether women are going to be treated as both human beings or incubators," Sunsara Taylor, an initiator with a new movement called Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights, told Newsweek.

Staff (2022-01-24). Transporte en la capital: Como la marea. cubadebate.cu La historia del transporte en La Habana, la mayor urbe y de más grande población en Cuba, podría resumirse en dos palabras: una marea. Y es que, en los últimos 15 años, la disponibilidad de medios ha subido y bajado, ha tenido picos rebosantes cual olas cristalinas, y como en un tsunami, el mar, o, mejor dicho, las guaguas, se han retirado (para siempre) y no precisamente para volver con mayor ímpetu.

Staff (2022-01-24). Jueces deciden hoy si Assange puede apelar ante Corte Suprema británica. cubadebate.cu El fundador de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, sabrá hoy lunes si podrá apelar ante la Corte Suprema del Reino Unido un veredicto anterior que lo tiene a las puertas de ser extraditado a Estados Unidos. | La decisión será anunciada por los mismos jueces que en diciembre pasado aceptaron un recurso presentado por los fiscales estadounidenses contra la negativa de una magistrada de primera instancia a extraditar al periodista australiano.

Editor2 (2022-01-24). Ready for Another Game of Russian Roulette? orinocotribune.com By H. Bruce Franklin — Jan 19, 2022 | As the U.S. moves nuclear forces closer and closer to the border of Russia, and as our corporate media bang their war drums louder and louder, does anyone remember the Cuban missile crisis? | In June of 1961, just three months after the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba was defeated, the United States began the deployment of fifteen Jupiter nuclear missiles to Turkey, which shared a border with the Soviet Union. Each missile, armed with a W49 1.4 megaton thermonuclear warhead, was equivalent to 175 Hiroshima bombs. With their fifteen-hundred-mile range, the missiles were capa…

Staff (2022-01-24). La mentira infantil de Washington y su embajada. cubadebate.cu El imperio siempre se mira al espejo para buscar faltas que atribuir a otros. Desde hace meses, funcionarios del gobierno de Washington y su Embajada en La Habana se han desgañitado acusando a Cuba de procesar a menores de edad tras los hechos violentos del 11 y 12 de julio de 2020.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-24). Tancol in Arauca-Apure: NATO's Projection into Latin America? libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad The border between Venezuela and Colombia at the Arauca River has been heating up again since the beginning of 2022 (Photo: Archive). The violence that has recently occurred on the border between Venezuela and Colombia, specifically in the municipality of Paez in the state of Apure, should be regarded as a symptom of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-24). Three Years Later, Guaidó Represents No One, Says Russian Ambassador to Caracas. libya360.wordpress.com Three years after proclaiming himself interim president of Venezuela, opposition figure Juan Guaidó does not represent anyone, Russian Ambassador to Caracas Sergey Melik-Bagdasárov told Sputnik News. "Today, he is a nobody and does not represent anyone. This figure exists only in virtual space and in the feverish minds of his American supporters," Melik-Bagdasarov said. In…

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2022-01-23). After a Year of Biden, Why Do We Still Have Trump's Foreign Policy? dissidentvoice.org Getty Images President Biden and the Democrats were highly critical of President Trump's foreign policy, so it was reasonable to expect that Biden would quickly remedy its worst impacts. As a senior member of the Obama administration, Biden surely needed no schooling on Obama's diplomatic agreements with Cuba and Iran, both of which began to …

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2022-01-23). After a Year of Biden, Why Do We Still Have Trump's Foreign Policy? dissidentvoice.org Getty Images President Biden and the Democrats were highly critical of President Trump's foreign policy, so it was reasonable to expect that Biden would quickly remedy its worst impacts. As a senior member of the Obama administration, Biden surely needed no schooling on Obama's diplomatic agreements with Cuba and Iran, both of which began to …

_____ (2022-01-23). What Students Walking Out Over Covid Can Learn From Student Movements. popularresistance.org Fed up with mandatory in-person school attendance policies that fail to keep them safe, students are marching out of classrooms and into the streets. | Last week, hundreds of students from over 30 public high schools in New York City walked out of class to protest the unsafe conditions in city schools. Despite the latest Covid-19 wave, during which over 38,000 students and teachers tested positive COVID, school officials have insisted on in-person classes. That same week, students from a group called the Chicago Public Schools Radical Youth Alliance (Chi-Rads), formed days prior, led a walkout followed by a prote…

Staff (2022-01-23). Vancouver rally calls for freedom for Ahmad Sa'adat, liberation for Palestine. samidoun.net Crowds of activists gathered outside the Commercial-Broadway Skytrain station in Vancouver on a sunny Saturday afternoon to call for freedom for Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian prisoners. The rally expressed support for Palestinians struggling for return and liberation in al-Naqab, Jerusalem, and throughout occupied Palestine as well as in exile and diaspora. The protest was …

Staff (2022-01-23). With action in Belgium for Ahmad Sa'adat, Samidoun welcomes the Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine to the network. samidoun.net On Saturday, 22 January, Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine in Charleroi, Belgium, visited the Chatelineau open-air market as part of the campaign to free Ahmad Sa'adat, a leader of the Palestinian prisoners' movement and the national liberation movement as a whole. A team of activists carried a large sign and distributed materials and information as part of the …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-23). Blows Against the Empire — 2021 In Memoriam. libya360.wordpress.com Steve Lalla 2021 was marked, from start to finish, as a year dominated by the pandemic and its attendant dramas, including vaccination, variants, and lockdowns. When the prior year had come to a close, journalists and writers had described 2020 as the "plague year" or the "lost year." Although 2020 was defined by the onset…

_____ (2022-01-23). Another Saudi Coalition Massacre In Yemen. popularresistance.org A Saudi coalition airstrike on a prison killed at least 60 people and wounded at least 100 more in northern Yemen as part of the coalition's reprisal attacks after the Houthis claimed drone and missile attacks that hit targets in Abu Dhabi earlier this week: | At least three children are among the dozens of people killed Friday, the humanitarian organization Save the Children said in a statement on Twitter. It noted that "the true number is feared to be higher." | This follows coalition airstrikes in Sanaa that killed at least 20 civilians. The coalition response to the Abu Dhabi attacks has been consistent with…

Staff (2022-01-23). Palestinians hold rally in support of Yemen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Palestinian people on Saturday evening staged a rally in support of the Yemeni people and the Ansarullah movement.

sputniknews (2022-01-23). Death Toll From Airstrike in Yemen's Saada Rises to 82 – Doctors Without Borders. sputniknews.com UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – The death toll from the airstrike that hit a prison in Yemen's Saada province has surpassed 80, the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF, or Doctors Without Borders) aid group said.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-23). Saudi-led coalition launches extensive attack on Yemen Sanaa. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Media sources on Sunday announced that an explosion took place in Yemeni capital Sanaa following the widespread attacks launched by Saudi-led coalition's fighter jets.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-01-23). Magnitude 4.4 earthquake jolts near Tabriz in NW Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — A 4.4 magnitude earthquake at a depth of 15 km struck East Azarbaijan province in northwest Iran on Sunday morning with no immediate reports of casualties.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-23). This Socialist Island Has Saved the Lives of 97% of Covid-19 Patients. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Minister of Public Health José Angel Portal Miranda and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz visit the Celia Sánchez Manduley Provincial Hospital in Granma where they held a meeting with health workers. January 13, 2022. Photo: MINSAP 97.4% of Cubans confirmed with Covid-19 have been saved over the last two years despite the extreme…

Staff (2022-01-23). US navy claims stopped ship from Iran carrying fertilizer. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — The US navy claimed on Sunday it had stopped a ship carrying 40 tons of fertilizer that had traveled from Iran in the Sea of Oman.

_____ (2022-01-23). Iran-Russia Hit Maximum Strategy. strategic-culture.org Three ain't a crowd: The Iran-Russia summit this week, concurrent with RIC military drills in the Sea of Oman, in advance of a Xi-Putin meeting in two weeks, suggests a rapidly-advancing strategic vision for the three Eurasian powers. | By Pepe ESCOBAR | The official visit to Russia by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, at the invitation of Vladimir Putin, generated one of the most stunning geopolitical pics of the 21st century: Raisi performing his afternoon prayers at the Kremlin. | Arguably, more than the hours of solid discussions on geopolitical, geoeconomic, energy, trade, agriculture, transportation and aero…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-01-23). Iranian women awarded in Japan Paralym Art World Cup 2021. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Two Iranian mentally or physically handicapped women have received awards at the 2021 World Paralymart Festival of Japan.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-01-23). National Women's Day celebration. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — A ceremony was held to celebrate the national women's day, which marks the birth anniversary of Hazrat Zahra (SA) at Tehran's Islamic Summit Conference Hall with the participation of President Ebrahim Raeisi on Sunday.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-01-23). Kashmir marks birthday anniv. of Hazrat Fatima (SA). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — The Kashmiris despite celebrate Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra's birthday anniversary despite the cold weather.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-01-23). Front pages of Iran's English dailies on January 23. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Here are the front pages of Iran's English language dailies on Sunday, January 23.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-01-23). Iran marks birth anniversary of Hazrat Fatima, Mother's Day. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Every year, Iranians commemorate Mother's Day on the 20th day of the lunar Islamic month of Jamadi al-Thani, which marks the birthday anniversary of Hazrat Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet of Islam (PBUH).

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-01-23). Iran moves up one place in world futsal ranking. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Futsal World Ranking has released its latest rankings of the national futsal teams in the world, according to which the national men's futsal team of Iran has improved its position.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-23). Envoy announces return of Iran's voting right at UN. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Iran's Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi announced the return of Iran's voting right at this international organization.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-01-23). Iran's exchanges with neighboring countries tripled: MP. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) —The spokesman for the Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini said Sun. that the country's transactions with neighboring countries have tripled under the new adminstration.

1643-10-24 20:20 | 22:20 EST | jz | 52 | 1 | 22 | 28 | 0