Speedy variants power virus surge sweeping Europe
MILAN—The virus swept through a nursery school and an adjacent elementary school in the Milan suburb of Bollate with amazing speed. In a matter of just days, 45 children and 14 staff members had tested positive. Genetic analysis confirmed what officials already suspected: The highly contagious coronavirus variant first identified in England was racing through the community, a densely packed...
Iraq now, Cuba next?
Latin America wary of U.S. military expansion Cuba, U.S. in a battle over human rights Carter's trip to Cuba reignites embargo debate Ghana to Explore Areas of Cooperation With Cuba (Accra Mail) History, race must be factored into Cuban equation (Gramma) Castro gov’t put on notice with expulsion of Cuban diplomats from U.S.WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)--The war of words between Cuba and the...
‘20 Years of U.S. Torture and Counting’: Report Details Post-9/11 Abuse at Gitmo and Beyond
by Jessica Corbett A report released nearly 20 years after the first prisoners arrived at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, details “systematic abuses carried out by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and U.S. military” since the 2001 terrorist attacks. “Thus far, Biden administration actions raise sobering questions about its commitment to ending the so-called War on Terror.” Entitled Legacy of the...
Catalan independence leaders accuse Spain of ‘huge’ espionage by Israeli-made spyware
Catalonia’s regional leader Pere Aragones says the Spanish government is purportedly spying on dozens of Catalan pro-independence figures using an Israeli-made spyware. “It’s an unjustifiable disgrace. An extremely serious attack on fundamental rights and democracy,” Mr. Aragones tweeted in English on April 18. “The Spanish government must give immediate explanations and get to the bottom of the matter.” His comments came after...
Haiti braces for unrest as opposition demands new president
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Flying rocks. Burning tires. Acrid smoke. Haiti braced for a fresh round of widespread protests starting Jan. 15, with opposition leaders demanding that President Jovenel Moise step down in February, worried he is amassing too much power as he enters his second year of rule by decree. “The priority right now is to put in place another economic, social and...
U.S. ‘surge’ strategy fails to curb continued violence in Iraq
JIM.LOBE Iraq war anniversary: The quagmire enters its fifth year (FCN, 04-09-2007)The greatest foreign policy blunder since Vietnam (FCN, 01-26-2007)Iraq war deaths 'top 650,000' (FCN, 10-31-2006)Life in ‘liberated’ Iraq a disaster, UN report says (FCN, 06-01-2005)Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan's letters to Pres. Bush on Iraq (NOI.org, 12-01-2001) WASHINGTON, (IPS/GIN) - President George W. Bush’s “surge” strategy was supposed to enhance...
Farrakhan, Mandela and Jewish leaders
The similarities between the interactions with Jewish leaders and organizations of influence—whether in person or upon reflection, by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and Nelson Mandela—are worth looking back on. Mandela was sentenced in 1964 by prosecutor Percy Yutar, who used his increased fame in the Apartheid State of South Africa to become attorney general and later the president...
Guterres strongly condemns attack in Iran; over 100 reportedly killed
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Jan. 3 strongly condemned an attack in Iran which has reportedly killed more than 100 people taking part in a commemoration for a former top military general in the eastern city of Kerman. More than 170 people have also been wounded according to Iranian officials at the scene. News reports citing local officials said that there were two explosions as...
U.S. lifts arms embargo to Haiti as violence grows
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Amid growing violence in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, the United States announced Oct. 19 it will consider requests to sell weapons to the country's interim government on a case-by-case basis, signaling the end to a 13-year arms embargo. The decision, confirmed by the State Department, appears designed to begin supplying weapons to the 2,500-man police force that...
Africa Union chairman visits U.S., shares frustrations over preconditions for peace in Libya
Why the West Want the Fall of Muammar Gaddafi (Analysis by Jean-Paul Pougala, 04, 2011)Wikileaks Cablegate reveals unflattering U.S. view of African 'client states,' leaders (FCN, 12-09-2010) (FinalCall.com) - Dr. Jean Ping, chairperson of the African Union Commission, and his high level delegation recently paid an official visit to the United States. The AUC chairman's visit was part of the...