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Myanmar: UN Expert Calls for Tolerance and Safety from Reprisals after Online Threats to Activists
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Dec 2019
10 Dec 2019 – The UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, has condemned online threats against activists campaigning for justice and accountability, urging the Government and social media firms to do more to protect campaigners. “The online threats, including those targeting prominent activists Dr. Maung Zarni and Mr. Nay Say Lwin of the Free Rohingya Coalition are deeply concerning,” Lee said.
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New Russian Nuclear Weapon Can Travel 27 Times the Speed of Sound
Vladimir Isachenkov | AP News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Dec 2019
27 Dec 2019 – A new intercontinental weapon that can fly 27 times the speed of sound became operational today, Russia’s defense minister reported, bolstering the country’s nuclear strike capability. US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that he believes “it’s probably a matter of a couple of years” before the U.S. has one.
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EU: China Must Close Its “Re-Education Camps” for Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Meps Say
News | European Parliament – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Dec 2019
19 Dec 2018 – MEPs express serious concern about China’s repression of the Uyghurs and call on the Chinese government to close the “re-education camps” in Xinjiang immediately.
• Torture, digital surveillance and arbitrary detentions without any charge
• Harassment of Uyghurs abroad
• Call on Council to adopt targeted sanctions and freeze assets
Greenland Is Nearing a Climate Tipping Point–How Long Warming Lasts Will Decide Its Fate, Study Says
Bob Berwyn | InsideClimate News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Dec 2019
23 Dec 2019 – Past meltdowns occurred with temperatures only slightly higher than today’s, suggesting the world is overestimating the ice sheet’s stability, scientists say.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Appears at ICJ as UN Rights Expert Urges Greater Protection for Myanmar Activists
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Dec 2019
10 Dec 2019 – “I call on each and every organ of the Myanmar State to ensure that absolutely no reprisals are taken against any group or individual that is advocating for justice and accountability in Myanmar,” said the independent expert in a statement issued today, adding that those targeted include members of the Free Rohingya Coalition.
→ read full articleTop Criminal Court to Conduct Official Probe into Alleged War Crimes in Palestine
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Dec 2019
20 Dec 2019 – “The preliminary examination into the Situation in Palestine has concluded with the determination that all the statutory criteria under the Rome Statute for the opening of an investigation have been met”, ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said, “I am satisfied that there is a reasonable basis to proceed with an investigation into the situation in Palestine”.
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One Third of Poorer Countries Face both Undernutrition and Obesity: WHO Report
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Dec 2019
16 Dec 2019 – With one in three low and middle-income countries facing the two extremes of malnutrition – undernutrition and obesity – the World Health Organization is calling for a new approach to deal with rapidly changing food systems.
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Congress Adopts Defense Bill That Creates Space Force
Joe Gould | Defense News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Dec 2019
18 Dec 2019 ― Congress has approved a compromise defense policy bill that creates a new Space Force in exchange for establishing paid parental leave for federal workers, as part of $738 billion for the Pentagon for 2020. The Senate overwhelmingly approved the bill Tuesday, 82-8, just days after the House passed it, 377-48. The bill now goes to the White House for President Donald Trump’s signature, and he has signaled he will sign the defense policy measure.
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Arctic Report Card 2019: Extreme Ice Loss, Dying Species as Global Warming Worsens
Sabrina Shankman | Inside Climate News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Dec 2019
10 Dec 2019 – For indigenous communities on the Bering Sea, a way of life is at risk as climate change hits fish populations and ricochets through ecosystems. When dead salmon wash ashore along the coast, the problem is much bigger than dead fish. It’s a sign of deeper trouble cascading through the Arctic’s ecosystems.
→ read full articleAung San Suu Kyi Defends Myanmar from Accusations of Genocide, at Top UN Court
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Dec 2019
11 Dec 2019 – Myanmar will have “no tolerance” for human rights abuses committed in Rakhine state and will prosecute the military, if war crimes have been committed there, Aung San Suu Kyi told the International Court of Justice, the UN’s main judicial body, today.
→ read full articleNew Citizenship Law in India ‘Fundamentally Discriminatory’: UN Human Rights Office
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Dec 2019
13 Dec 2019 – A new law in India which expedites citizenship for certain religious minorities has been criticized by the UN human rights office for being “fundamentally discriminatory in nature.” It gives priority to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians resident in India before 2014, but excludes Muslims.
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67 Pictures of Protest That Defined the Decade
Gabriel H. Sanchez | BuzzFeed News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Dec 2019
7 Dec 2019 – From #MeToo and Black Lives Matter to the Arab Spring and Hong Kong protests, here are the tremendous moments in activism that have defined this past decade.
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Iran Nuclear Deal Stays Alive after Talks, Avoids Sanctions Blow
Al Jazeera News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2019
6 Dec 2019 – Today’s three-hour meeting in Vienna came as tensions continue to rise with Tehran rolling back its commitments under the deal following Washington’s withdrawal last year and imposition of “maximum pressure” sanctions. “They try to keep Iran in the deal but then take no action against America’s bullying and pressure,” a senior Iranian official said, according to Reuters.
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UN Commemorates International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2019
27 Nov 2019 – The UN has underlined its unwavering commitment to the Palestinian people in their ongoing struggle to achieve self-determination, independence and sovereignty. Senior officials joined ambassadors and other representatives today to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, officially observed each year on 29 November.
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Smartphone ‘Addiction’: Young People ‘Panicky’ when Denied Mobiles
Sean Coughlan - BBC News,
2 Dec 2019
29 Nov 2019 – Almost a quarter of young people are so dependent on their smartphones that it becomes like an addiction, suggests research by psychiatrists. The youngsters also cannot control the amount of time they spend on the phone. Such addictions have “serious consequences” for mental health.
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Carbon Dioxide in Earth’s Atmosphere Reaches Record High, Researchers Say
Denise Chow – NBC News,
2 Dec 2019
25 Nov 2019 – The concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has reached a record high, according to a report released today by the World Meteorological Organization. Carbon dioxide traps heat from the sun and can linger in the atmosphere for centuries.
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At UN, Middle East Countries Discuss Steps towards Regional Nuclear-Free Zone
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2019
18 Nov 2019 – Representatives from across the Middle East are meeting at UN Headquarters this week in efforts to negotiate a legally binding treaty establishing a regional zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.
→ read full articleUN ‘Regrets’ New US Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2019
19 Nov 2019 – The longstanding position of the UN regarding Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territory – that they are in breach of international law – is unchanged, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said during a press briefing today in New York, reacting to the policy reversal announced by the United States.
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Canada Reverses UN Stance on Palestinians in Break with U.S. over Settlements
Evan Dyer - CBC News [Canada],
25 Nov 2019
19 Nov 2019 – Canada voted for a UN resolution today in support of Palestinians’ right to self-determination. The vote marks a major departure for Canada, which has declined to support substantially the same resolution through 14 consecutive votes since 2006.
→ read full articleUS Pardons for Accused War Criminals, Contrary to International Law: UN Rights Office
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2019
19 Nov 2019 – A presidential pardon for two United States soldiers accused of war crimes, and a sentence reduction for a third, “run against the letter and the spirit of international law which requires accountability for such violations”, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said today.
→ read full articleICC Gives Green Light for Probe into Violent Crimes against Rohingya
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Nov 2019
15 Nov 2019 – Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday authorized an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity, namely deportation, which have forced between 600,000 and one million Rohingya refugees out of Myanmar, into neighboring Bangladesh since 2016.
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Hollow Promises of a Better Life: Modern-Day Slavery
Kyodo News | Democratic World Federalists – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Nov 2019
15 Nov 2019 – Despite the fact that slavery has long been abolished it continues to blight our world, destroying the lives of tens of millions of people. The Global Slavery Index 2018 estimates there to be 40.3 million slaves in the world. Like many of the issues facing humanity, it demands a coordinated consistent approach, cooperation and commitment, not just among governments, but between nongovernmental organizations and multinational corporations.
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Revealed: Danger and Squalor for Cleaners Who Remove Human Waste by Hand
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Nov 2019
13 Nov 2019 – Highlighting the dangers for the millions of people who clean toilets, sewers and septic tanks, ahead of World Toilet Day on 19 Nov, the World Health Organization (WHO) insisted that while the workforce performs an essential public service, their own health is compromised and they are often shunned.
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UN Member States Overwhelmingly Support End of US Embargo against Cuba
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Nov 2019
For the 28th consecutive year, the UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for an end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba. During a vote held on Wednesday [6 Nov], 187 Member States underlined their support for the resolution while Brazil and Israel joined the US in voting no. Two countries—Colombia and Ukraine—abstained.
→ read full articleDecisive International Action Needed to End Israeli Occupation: UN Rights Expert
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Nov 2019
23 Oct 2019 – The international community has a responsibility and legal obligation to compel Israel to end its 52 year-long “occu-annexation” of Palestinian territory and remove barriers preventing Palestinian self-determination, a UN independent human rights expert told the General Assembly today.
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Don’t Railroad Julian Assange to Virginia
Consortium News | Editorial – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2019
22 Oct 2019 – The WikiLeaks legal team has a strong case to throw out Assange’s extradition request after the government that wants him extradited got hold of surveillance video of his privileged attorney-client conversations.
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Eminent Buddhist Leader Daisaku Ikeda Urges Halt to Nuclear Weapons and Killer Robots
Ramesh Jaura – IDN InDeptNews,
28 Oct 2019
Full text of the interview of SGI President Daisaku Ikeda where he shares his perspectives on the current state of nuclear disarmament and the development of lethal autonomous weapons systems in the days leading up to the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons held April 29—May 10, 2019, at the UN headquarters in New York.
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Rohingya Refugees Agree Move to Bangladesh Island: Official
Yahoo! News | AFP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2019
20 Oct 2019 – Thousands of Rohingya living in Bangladesh refugee camps have agreed to move to an island in the Bay of Bengal, officials said today, despite fears the site is prone to flooding. Dhaka has long wanted to move 100,000 refugees to the muddy silt islet, saying it would take pressure off the overcrowded border camps where almost a million Rohingya live.
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(Castellano) Crisis en Ecuador: Lenín Moreno vs. Rafael Correa, los antiguos aliados cuya enemistad divide al país
BBC News Mundo – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2019
10 octubre 2019 – ¿El hombre que transformará la economía ecuatoriana o el que “traicionó” el “socialismo del siglo XXI” que quería implantar su antecesor? El presidente ecuatoriano, Lenín Moreno aka neo-coño, afronta la mayor crisis de su gobierno tras acabar con más de 40 años de subsidios a los combustibles, en lo que constituye un paso más en la dirección contraria a la política de su predecesor, Rafael Correa.
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Norway Drops Missile Defense Program
News in English – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2019
10 Oct 2019 – Just weeks before meeting Russian officials to celebrate how the Soviet Union liberated Finnmark from Nazi German occupation, Norwegian government officials made a concession to their neighbours. They won’t be going along with the US- and NATO-backed missile defense program after all.
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Farewell to the World Social Forum?
Roberto Savio | Other News - Human Wrongs Watch,
14 Oct 2019
13 Oct 2019 – Looking Back – The first World Social Forum in 2001 ushered in the new century with a bold affirmation: “Another world is possible.” That gathering in Porto Alegre, Brazil, stood as an alternative and a challenge to the World Economic Forum, held at the same time in Davos, Switzerland. The WSF, by contrast, was created as an arena for the grassroots to gain a voice.
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Afghanistan Probe: ‘At Least 60 Civilians’ Killed after US Military Airstrikes on Alleged Drug Labs
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2019
9 Oct 2019 – “Multiple” airstrikes by the US military on alleged methamphetamine drug labs in a remote area of western Afghanistan earlier this year, killed or injured hundreds of civilians who should not have been treated as military targets, the UN said today.
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Inside America’s Most Toxic Nuclear Waste Dump, Where 56 Million Gallons of Buried Radioactive Sludge Are Leaking into the Earth
James Pasley | Yahoo! News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2019
• Hanford Nuclear Reservation is the most polluted area in the United States. Buried beneath the complex is 56 million gallons of radioactive waste that need to be dealt with.
• The reservation produced the plutonium for Fat Man, the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki in Japan, as well as for the United States’ atomic weapon stockpile during the Cold War. {Read on…}
At Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, a Million-Tonne Headache: Radioactive Water
Karyn Nishimura | Northglen News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2019
In the grounds of the ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant sits a million-tonne headache for the plant’s operators and Japan’s government: tank after tank of water contaminated with radioactive elements.
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The Untold Story of the Trump-Ukraine ‘Scandal’: The Routine Corruption of US Foreign Policy
Joe Lauria - Consortium News,
30 Sep 2019
26 Sep 2019 – The most crucial aspects of the Trump-Ukraine “scandal,” which has led to impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, are not being told, even by Republicans. What’s not being talked about in the mainstream is the context of this story, which shows that, politics aside, Biden should indeed be investigated in both Ukraine and in the United States.
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Japan Is Lying about the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, as It Promotes the 2020 Olympic Games
Nuclear News | CounterPunch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2019
16 Sep 2019 – Tokyo Electric Power’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which experienced three massive meltdowns in 2011, is running out of room to store radioactive water. No surprise! But now, what to do about phosphorescent water? The Japanese government is lying and should be held accountable for hoodwinking the world about the ravages of Fukushima, especially with the Olympics scheduled for next year.
→ read full articleGenocide Threat for Myanmar’s Rohingya Greater than Ever, Investigators Warn Human Rights Council
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2019
16 Sep 2019 – Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya who remain in Myanmar may face a greater threat of genocide than ever, amid Government attempts to “erase their identity and remove them from the country”, UN-appointed independent investigators said today.
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Hospitals among Seven Health Centres Attacked in Syria
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Sep 2019
2 Sep 2019 – Seven health centres in Syria have been reportedly attacked in recent days and two of them have been destroyed, the World Health Organization said today.
→ read full articleUN Experts Decry Torture of Rakhine Men and Boys Held Incommunicado by Myanmar’s Military
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Sep 2019
3 Sep 2019 – Allegations of torture and ill-treatment leading to the death of ethnic Rakhine men and boys being held in incommunicado detention by Myanmar’s military, has prompted three independent UN rights experts to call for an end to the practice and for “credible, independent” investigations.
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Leonardo Dicaprio’s Foundation Pledges $5 Million in Aid for Amazon Rainforest Fires
Christopher Brito – CBS News,
2 Sep 2019
26 Aug 2019 – Leonardo DiCaprio’s new environmental foundation, Earth Alliance, has made an initial pledge of $5 million to help fight the raging fires devastating the Amazon rainforest. The Oscar-winner’s organization, which made the announcement over the weekend, addresses urgent threats against the planet.
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Modern Martyrdom
Carlos Latuff – MintPress News,
2 Sep 2019
The truth shall set you free? Really?
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Millions in Idlib ‘Counting on Your Support to Make the Violence Stop’, UN Relief Chief Tells Security Council
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Sep 2019
29 Aug 2019 – Despite an agreement signed nearly a year ago on a halt to further escalation in Syria’s war-battered Idlib, “the bombing and fighting go on in plain sight, day in and day out”, the UN humanitarian chief told the Security Council today.
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Breaking the Media Blackout on the Imprisonment of Julian Assange
Mnar Muhawesh - MintPress News,
2 Sep 2019
26 Aug 2019 – The role of journalism in a democracy is publishing information that empowers the public to become more engaged citizens so that we can vote in representatives that work in the interest of “we the people.” The same media that has spent years dragging Assange’s name through the mud is now engaging in a blackout on his treatment. If you are waiting for corporate media pundits to defend freedom of the press, you’re going to be disappointed.
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Rohingya Repatriation to Myanmar Fails as No One Turns Up over Safety Fears
Siobhan Robbins – Sky News,
26 Aug 2019
22 Aug 2019 – An attempt to repatriate more than 3,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar appears to have failed after no one agreed to return. The Rohingya say they will not return until their rights are guaranteed after Myanmar’s brutal clearance operation in 2017.
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The Amazon Rainforests Are on Fire – Brazil’s Trump-Like President, Jair Bolsonaro, Is to Blame
Bill McKibben – NBC News,
26 Aug 2019
22 Aug 2019 – São Paulo is the largest city in the western hemisphere — and Tuesday [20 Aug] it was also the most hellish. Around two in the afternoon, the sky turned suddenly and ominously dark, almost as if the sun had been eclipsed by a pall of smoke from the burning rainforests of Brazil’s Amazon. The new Brazilian leader called himself “Captain Chainsaw” and mocked environmentalists who feared his pro-clearance policies could decimate the Amazon.
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How the Western Media Support State Terror – While Millions Die
Matthew Alford, Florian Zollman, Alan Macleod, Jeffery Klaehn and Daniel Broudy | Peace News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Aug 2019
Issue Aug/Sep 2019 – Five academics examine our media’s coverage of foreign affairs, in a piece censored (and then rejected) by a leading liberal publication.
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(Français) Comment les médias occidentaux soutiennent le terrorisme d’Etat qui fait des millions de victimes
Florian Zollman, Alan Macleod, Jeffery Klaehn, Daniel Broudy and Matthew Alford | Peace News – Le Grand Soir,
19 Aug 2019
21 juillet 2019 – Quatre universitaires examinent la couverture médiatique des affaires étrangères dans un article censuré (puis refusé) par une grande publication libérale.
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As India and Pakistan – And America and Iran – Go Toe-To-Toe, Now Is the Time to Recall the Scorched Corpses of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Robert Fisk | The Independent – Microsoft News,
12 Aug 2019
8 Aug 2019 – This week marks only the 74th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Over the past few days, I’ve had to look hard to find a headline about the two Japanese cities. But, especially in the Middle East and what we like to call south-east Asia, we should be remembering these gruesome anniversaries every month. Hiroshima was atomic-bombed 74 years ago on Tuesday; Nagasaki 74 years ago on Friday. Given the extent of the casualty figures, you’d think they’d be unforgettable.
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UN Calls for Sanctions, Arms Embargo against Myanmar Army
Joshua Carroll – Al Jazeera News,
12 Aug 2019
6 Aug 2019 – A week after his soldiers began storming villages in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, slaughtering thousands as they burned people alive in their homes and raped women and children, the country’s military chief invited local businesses to a donation ceremony to support the bloody campaign. UN panel calls for international community to sever all ties with country’s military.
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No ‘Made In Israel’ Label for Settlement Wines: Canada Court
AFP | Yahoo! News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Aug 2019
29 Jul 2019 – A Canadian court today ruled that it was “false, misleading and deceptive” to label wines made in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as a “Product of Israel.”
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Murder of Brazilian Indigenous Leader a ‘Worrying Symptom’ of Land Invasion
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Aug 2019
29 Jul 2019 – In the wake of the murder of indigenous leader Emrya Wajãpi in Brazil, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has called on the country’s authorities to “react quickly and decisively” to protect the rights of indigenous peoples on their lands. According to media reports, witnesses saw a number of gold miners enter the protected reserve of the Wajãpi community, then stab their leader to death.
→ read full articleUN Chief Laments Ending of Cold War-Era Disarmament Treaty
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Aug 2019
2 Aug 2019 – Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his “deep regret” today that the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty between the United States and Russia came to an end.
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US Blocks UN Statement to Condemn Demolition of Palestinian Homes
Quds News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jul 2019
25 Jul 2019 – The United States has blocked an attempt to get the United Nations Security Council issue a formal statement condemning Israel’s demolitions of Palestinian homes in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Sur Baher, earlier this week.
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Israel Destroys Land, Water Wells in West Bank
Quds News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jul 2019
25 Jul 2019 – The Israeli occupation forces yesterday bulldozed four water wells and destroyed trees south of Hebron in the West Bank, the coordinator of the national and popular committees, Rateb Jabour, said. Israel is trying to displace these residents in the wider scheme to annex the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces and settlers routinely attack Palestinians in the occupied territories, demolishing their homes, poisoning their livestock and vandalising properties.
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Scientists Identify Malaria’s Achilles’ Heel
James Ives, Editor | News Medical – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jul 2019
29 Jun 2019 – Scientists have finally found malaria’s Achilles’ heel, a neurotoxin that isn’t harmful to any living thing except Anopheles mosquitoes that spread malaria.
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US Duty Free Shop Owners Give Millions to Israeli Settlements
Uri Blau and Josef Federman | Associated Press – ABC News,
15 Jul 2019
1 Jul 2019 – When travelers shop at Duty Free Shops at airports worldwide, they may be paying for more than a bottle of vodka or box of chocolates. The Falic family of Florida, owners of the ubiquitous chain, funds a generous and sometimes controversial philanthropic empire in Israel that runs through the corridors of power and stretches deep into the occupied West Bank. The family supports many far right causes considered extreme even in Israel.
→ read full articleCows with ‘Portholes’ into Stomach Filmed by Animal Rights Group
Euronews – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jul 2019
20 Jun 2019 – An undercover video released by a French animal rights group showed live cows whose sides have been perforated with a “porthole” into their stomach to study their digestion.
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‘Ghost Nets’: How Lost and Abandoned Fishing Gear Is Destroying Marine Wildlife
Jon Hernandez • CBC News,
15 Jul 2019
12 Jul 2019 – Up to 800,000 tonnes of ghost fishing gear gets into oceans each year. “When a net’s lost, it continually fishes — it doesn’t stop fishing, and since the animals that are caught aren’t being harvested or removed, it baits more animals into the net. The result is an ongoing death trap.”
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Budget 2019: India’s Super-Rich Peak Tax Rate at 42.7%
Moneycontrol News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jul 2019
5 Jul 2019 – Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced today that individuals earning more than Rs 5 crore [approx. € 630,000 or US$ 740,000] a year would pay a surcharge of 37.5 percent on their tax, over above their 30 percent marginal tax.
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Russia-USA: Reality Asserts Itself (4 Parts)
Paul Jay interviews Stephen Cohen – The Real News Network,
8 Jul 2019
23 April 2019 – After the fall of the Soviet Union, a dysfunctional and pro-American Russian President Yeltsin presided over the chaos of the 1990’s; when Putin came to power, the West was very disappointed at the independent and nationalist character of the Putin-led state and the demonization began.
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Reading Reuters between the Lines: Why the US Puppet President of Venezuela Is Toast
Roger D. Harris – MintPress News,
8 Jul 2019
4 Jul 2019 – A critical reading between the lines of a Reuters article confirms that Washington has failed to cobble together a united opposition in Venezuela that is popular enough to win in the polls, likely signaling the end for Juan Guaidó.
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US Southern Border: Shock and Outrage Are Not Enough – Action Is Required
Marc Ash - Reader Supported News,
8 Jul 2019
5 July 2019 – The images and reports coming out of US immigrant facilities are every bit as bad as they seem, and likely worse. These are human rights atrocities being committed on US soil by US officials. Not only are there children in cages, they are being left in those cages with little food, water, hygiene or medical attention. Seven children are now dead and in all likelihood more will be.
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Fake Food, Fake Meat: Big Food’s Desperate Attempt to Further the Industrialisation of Food
Dr Vandana Shiva | Independent Science News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2019
18 Jun 2019 – Food is not a commodity, it is not “stuff” put together mechanically and artificially in labs and factories. Food is life. Food holds the contributions of all beings that make the food web, and it holds the potential of maintaining and regenerating the web of life. Food also holds the potential for health and disease, depending on how it was grown and processed. Food is therefore the living currency of the web of life.
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Fukushima’s Three Nuclear Meltdowns Are “Under Control” – That’s a Lie
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
24 Jun 2019
22 Jun 2019 – The bland language of the official IAEA report is itself a form of lying, offering the false appearance of reassurance that a catastrophic event will be safely managed “for several decades.” There is no way to know that: it is a hope, a prayer, a form of denial. The IAEA, as is its job in a sense, offers this optimism that is unsupported by the realities at Fukushima.
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Record Displacement Shows ‘We’re Almost Unable to Make Peace’, Warns UN Refugee Agency Chief
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2019
19 Jun 2019 – A record 70.8 million people fled war, persecution and conflict in 2018, UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi said today, appealing for greater international solidarity to counter the fact that “we have become almost unable to make peace”.
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Conflict Prevention, Mediation: Among ‘Most Important Tools’ to Reduce Human Suffering, Guterres Tells Security Council
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2019
12 Jun 2019 – Conflict prevention and mediation are two of “the most important tools at our disposal to reduce human suffering” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council today. “When we act early, and are united, we can successfully prevent crises from escalating, saving lives and reducing suffering – fulfilling the most fundamental mandate of the United Nations”, he continued.
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Nukes and Misdirected “Manhood” in Washington, D.C.
Roger Kotila, Ph.D. | DWF News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2019
12 Jun 2019 – In “Unmaking War, Remaking Men” Dr. Kathleen Barry describes how many men suffer from “core masculinity,” meaning, these men psychologically experience the possession of nuclear weapons and a large military force as increasing their (unconscious) sense of manhood! Do we really want to trust our safety and that of our children to “modernized” nuclear missiles and to more plutonium pits, the triggers for nuclear bombs?
→ read full articleUN Expert Criticizes States for ‘Ganging Up’ on WikiLeaks’ Assange; Warns against Extradition, Fearing ‘Serious’ Rights Violations
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jun 2019
On 9 May, the Special Rapporteur visited Mr. Assange with two medical experts who specialize in examining victims of ill-treatment. The team spoke to the prisoner and conducted a thorough medical assessment. “Mr. Assange’s health has been seriously affected by the extremely hostile and arbitrary environment he has been exposed to for many years,” he said. On Thursday [30 May], according to reports, Assange was too ill to appear via video-link from a British prison in a hearing over an extradition request from the US.
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Pretexts for an Attack on Iran
Ray McGovern – Consortium News,
27 May 2019
15 May 2019 – Ray McGovern probes the step-up in U.S. belligerence towards a country posing the same non-existent strategic threat as Iraq.
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Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan Author and Activist, Dies Aged 48
Al Jazeera News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 May 2019
22 May 2019 – Kenyan author and activist Binyavanga Wainaina, winner of the 2002 Caine Prize and once listed as one of Time Magazine’s ‘most influential people’ has died at the age of 48 at a Nairobi hospital following a short illness. Following the passage of a series of anti-gay laws across Africa in 2014, Wainaina publicly announced that he was gay. “I am, for anybody confused or in doubt, a homosexual. Gay, and quite happy,” he tweeted.
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The Florence Declaration: An International Front Calling for NATO-Exit (14 Languages)
Global Research News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 May 2019
The Florence Declaration is now available in 14 languages including Chinese. It was drafted by the Italian Committee No War- No NATO and the Centre for Research on Globalization. The Western mainstream media has not covered the Florence event: Disinformation through Omission. Scroll down for links to the translations.
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UN Health Agency Highlights Lifestyle Choices That Can Prevent Onset of Dementia, as Millions More Succumb Each Year
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 May 2019
14 May 2019 -Key lifestyle choices such as getting regular exercise, not smoking or drinking too much, can reduce the risk of dementia and cognitive decline, the UN health agency said today. Today, around 50 million people globally suffer from dementia and there are nearly 10 million new cases every year.
→ read full articleMyanmar: Conflict Resolution at ‘Total Standstill’, Military Commanders Must Answer for Crimes against Humanity
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 May 2019
14 May 2019 – Myanmar’s military commanders must answer charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in a credible court, a United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (FFM) said today, urging the international community to cut off all financial and other support to them.
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U.S. Special Forces School Publishes New Guide for Overthrowing Foreign Governments
Tom O'Connor – Newsweek,
20 May 2019
8 May 2019 – The 250-page study, “Support to Resistance: Strategic Purpose and Effectiveness,” was published earlier this week by the official Joint Special Operations University. Its findings present a comprehensive look at how the U.S. has supported efforts to pressure, undermine and overthrow foreign governments, hoping to provide insight on how best to approach such efforts in the present and future.
→ read full articleAt China’s Belt and Road Forum, Guterres Calls for ‘Inclusive, Sustainable and Durable’ Development
UN News – TRANSEND Media Service,
29 Apr 2019
26 Apr 2019 – China’s international trade and economic development plan – known as the Belt and Road Initiative – could contribute to a more equitable, prosperous world, and to reversing the negative impact of climate change, Secretary-General António Guterres said today, speaking in Beijing, China.
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Saudi Arabia Beheads 37 People Guilty of ‘Terrorism-Related Crimes’
SBS News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Apr 2019
24 Apr 2019 – The executions are likely to stoke further regional and sectarian tensions between rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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“Israel” Turns a Historical Palestinian Mosque into a Bar
Quds News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2019
13 Apr 2019 – The Israeli municipality in Safed has turned Al-Ahmar Mosque into a bar and events hall, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported. It has long been one of the most historical mosques in the Arab city of Safed, northern occupied Palestine, which was occupied by Jewish gangs in 1948.
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Years after She Smells Parkinson’s Disease on Her Husband, Woman Is Now Paving the Way for Early Detection Test
McKinley Corbley | Good News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2019
13 Apr 2019 – Milne did not realize that she had been smelling the disease for over a decade until she attended a support group for Parkinson’s patients and found that everyone of them had the smell.
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White House Insider: War with Iran Planned by Trump to Occur in the Fall of 2019
Israel Today News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 – President Donald Trump and his inner circle are planning an extensive invasion of Iran, according to a source working in the White House. The plan involves a ground invasion and the use of tactical nuclear weapons, in a campaign planned for the Fall of 2019. Iran will be “wiped off the map” according to the source, and the war effort is expected to cost “two and half times the Iraq War.”
→ read full articleSpecial Report: Massacres in Haiti
Margaret Prescod | Pacifica – The Real News Network,
22 Apr 2019
14/16 Apr 2019 (Parts 1 & 2) – An unknown number of Haitians were killed, raped, and burned alive in La Saline, Haiti, home of the African Diaspora liberation. Margaret Prescod talks about what she found.
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US Makes Stuff Up to Grease the Skids for War on Iran
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
22 Apr 2019
19 Apr 2019 – With absolutely zero good reasons for waging war on Iran, the Trump administration goes on making stuff up to lie the country into yet another war. The template looks like the Bush administration’s successful effort to lie the US into the Iraq War, the catastrophic effects of which keep unfolding.
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8 April: The Buddha Siddhartha Gautama Birthday (563–483 BC)
Good News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2019
8 Apr 2019 – Today is the anniversary of the Buddha’s birth—born Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, the fourth largest religion in the world.
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Researchers Have Identified How Naval Sonar Is Killing and Beaching Whales
Alex Larson | Sea Voice News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2019
We have known for a long time that naval sonar has devastating effects on marine life but just exactly how it leads to sickness and death was a mystery till now. In new research published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, they discovered that the sound emitted by sonar is so intense that marine mammals will swim hundreds of miles, dive deep into the abyss or even beach themselves to flee from the sounds that are literally unbearable to them.
→ read full articleThu, 11 April Brief: Women in Peacekeeping, the Arrests of Assange & Sudan’s Leader, Updates on Libya, Nigeria & Syria
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2019
11 Apr 2019 – Today the Security Council looked at the key role played by women in the UN’s peacekeeping operations. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be exposed to “serious human rights violations”, following his arrest in the United Kingdom, according a UN independent human rights expert. Fighting continues to escalate in Tripoli, Libya, and in Idlib, Syria, and 10,000 conflict-affected people were forcibly relocated in Nigeria and are in dire need of humanitarian aid.
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More of the Same…
Latuff – MintPress News,
15 Apr 2019
Clouts. Right!
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Determined to Save India’s Water Supply, 26-Year-old Has Revived 10 Lakes from a Polluted Mess
McKinley Corbley | Good News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2019
7 Apr 2019 – Ramveer Tanwar had just finished his final year at the university in 2013 when he became concerned about the state of Uttar Pradesh. The region had experienced 13 droughts in just 15 years, and the local communities were suffering. The 26-year-old engineer could not bear to see his country’s rivers and lakes plagued by drought and pollution – so he decided to do something about it.
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Vampire
Latuff – MintPress News,
8 Apr 2019
Thirsty…
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UN Agencies Urge Brunei to Repeal New ‘Extreme and Unjustified’ Penal Code
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2019
4 Apr 2019 – New criminal laws in Brunei that impose the death penalty for same-sex relationships, adultery and childbirth out of marriage, “breach international human rights norms”, and should be suspended or repealed said the heads of two United Nations agencies today.
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Trump Cuts All Direct Assistance to Northern Triangle Countries Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala
Conor Finnegan – ABC News,
1 Apr 2019
30 Mar 2019 – The stunning development came late Friday [29 Mar] night.
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Even for the West Bank, This Is a Shocking Story
Gideon Levy and Alex Levac | Haaretz – Reader Supported News,
1 Apr 2019
A young Palestinian’s attempt to help a stranger shot by Israeli troops costs him his life
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Bloomberg Billionaires Index
Bloomberg News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Mar 2019
As of March 25, 2019: The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people. View profiles for each of the world’s 500 richest people, see the biggest movers, and compare fortunes or track returns.
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Study Links Fukushima Disaster to Spike in Infant Heart Surgeries
Lucy Craft – CBS News,
25 Mar 2019
14 Mar 2019 — As Japan marks the eight-year anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that claimed some 22,000 lives, a new study suggests it could still be having a serious impact on the nation’s health. The disaster caused by the killer wave at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been linked by the research to a significant spike in infant heart surgeries.
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Donald Trump Says ISIS Defeated for at Least the Tenth Time
Tom O'Connor - Newsweek,
25 Mar 2019
22 Mar 2019 – President Donald Trump has repeatedly declared victory over the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) throughout his term, even as embattled jihadis continued to put up resistance to U.S.-backed forces.
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Viral Internet Challenge Is Spurring People around the World to Pick up Tons of Trash and Then Snap Photos
McKinley Corbley | Good News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Mar 2019
13 Mar 2019 – Rather than eating tide pods or spoonfuls of cinnamon, an eco-friendly new social media trend is inspiring people around the world to clean up litter.
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Trump Ally Erik Prince’s Company Expands to another Country Allegedly Committing Human Rights Violations: Myanmar
Cristina Maza - Newsweek,
25 Mar 2019
18 Mar 2019 – A company partially owned by Erik Prince, a former Navy Seal who created the controversial private military company Blackwater, is now heading to Myanmar to protect Chinese construction projects there, according to reports.
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Dozens Killed and Injured by New Airstrikes in Western Yemen, UN Coordinator Condemns ‘Outrageous’ Toll
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Mar 2019
11 Mar 2019 – Reports from Yemen’s Hajjah Governorate indicate that scores of civilians have been killed following airstrikes that hit residential areas over the past two days. Medical sources suggest that at least 22 have died, with more than 30 injured during the aerial bombardment.
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UN Rights Expert Calls for End to ‘Purgatory’ of ‘International Inaction’ Facing Myanmar’s Remaining Rohingya
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Mar 2019
11 Mar 2019 – A humanitarian crisis fuelled by the suppression of basic human rights is continuing across Myanmar’s Rakhine state, a UN Human Rights Council-appointed expert said today, in an appeal for alleged atrocities there to be referred to the International Criminal Court.
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«Humanitarian» — Really?
Latuff – MintPress News,
11 Mar 2019
Who needs enemies with friends like these?
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A Peek into the Horrific Findings of the UN Report on Israel’s Massacre of Gaza Protesters
Robert Inlakesh – MintPress News,
11 Mar 2019
8 Mar 2019 – The commission found serious human rights violations that may constitute crimes against humanity and called on Israel to “Lift the blockade on Gaza with immediate effect.”
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Meanwhile, in Syria
Latuff – MintPress News,
11 Mar 2019
More of the same
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