(2020-12-22). Tigray: Hundreds of civilians reported killed in artillery strikes, warns UN rights chief. news.un.org Reports of artillery strikes on civilians and mass killings of non-combatants in Ethiopia's Tigray region, must be investigated and full access granted to independent investigators, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday.
(2020-12-22). Black Critical Care Dr. Taison Bell of UVA on Fighting COVID, Racism & Securing Fair Vaccine Access. democracynow.org 
More than 40 countries have temporarily suspended some or all travel from the United Kingdom after British health officials announced a highly infectious variant of the novel coronavirus has been spreading in the country. South Africa has detected a similar variant. The new variant is believed to be 70% more contagious, but health experts say existing vaccines will still be effective against it. "What's important to remember is that mutations will naturally happen in the course of a virus that's in the community and circulating," says Dr. Taison Bell, critical care and infectious disease physician at the Universi…
(2020-12-22). On anniversary of Sudanese Revolution, the cry for course correction rises. peoplesdispatch.org Two years after the beginning of the Sudanese Revolution, there is considerable unease over its direction. Left and progressive forces feel the mandate of the protests has been betrayed and only surface changes have been made…
(2020-12-22). What If Jesus Had Been Born in the American Police State? mintpressnews.com The Christmas story of a baby born in a manger is a familiar one. The Roman Empire, a police state in its own right, had ordered that a census be conducted. Joseph and his pregnant wife Mary traveled to the little town of Bethlehem so that they could be counted. There being no room for the couple at any of the inns, they stayed in a stable (a barn), where Mary gave birth to a baby boy, Jesus. Warned that the government planned to kill the baby, Jesus' family fled with him to Egypt until it was safe to return to their native land | Yet what if Jesus had been born 2,000 years later? | What if, instead of being born…
(2020-12-22). First direct flight between Morocco, Israel lands in Rabat. laprensalatina.com Rabat, Dec 22 (efe-epa).- The first direct commercial flight between Morocco and Israel since the two countries normalized relations landed in Rabat from Tel Aviv on Tuesday with an Israeli-American delegation led by Jared Kushner, son-in-law and advisor to outgoing US president Donald Trump. The flight follows the agreement on the restoration of bilateral ties …
(2020-12-21). "Don't Become A Pharma Guinea Pig": The FDA Gives Greenlight to Experimental Moderna Covid Vaccine. globalresearch.ca The Trump regime, its FDA, Pharma, and press agent media are playing fast and loose with human health. | On Thursday, the FDA authorized emergency use of Moderna's experimental covid vaccine after doing the same for Pfizer days earlier. | The FDA …
(2020-12-21). Arabic press review: Saudi Arabia and UAE bankrolling Arab states' Israel deals. middleeasteye.net 
Arabic press review: Saudi Arabia and UAE bankrolling Arab states' Israel deals | Meanwhile, Jordanian prisoner numbers soar and Egypt revokes citizenship of 17 people under nationality law | Mon, 12/21/2020 – 16: 12 | A Moroccan diplomat said that the UAE and Saudi Arabia were sponsoring normalisation agreements on behalf of the US (AFP) | Saudi Arabia, UAE bankrolling normalisation agreeme…
(2020-12-21). Egypt to open diplomatic mission in Western Sahara's Laayoune. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt to open diplomatic mission in Western Sahara's Laayoune | Cairo follows Bahrain, the UAE and the United States by opening consulate in disputed Morocco-controlled territory | Mon, 12/21/2020 – 15: 29 | Moroccans celebrate in Rabat after the US adopted a new official map of Morocco that includes the disputed territory of Western Sahara, 13 December 2020 (AFP) | Egypt is planning to open a general consulat…
(2020-12-21). #EndSARS: Two Months After The Lekki Massacre, Still No Accountability. popularresistance.org In a gory event widely described as Black Tuesday, Nigerians witness one of the most violent crackdown on protest since the Enugu Iva Valley Massacre in 1949. Like bloodthirsty Vamps, the army and police on October 20, descended on peaceful protesters with the kind of force and desperation only witnessed in movies and war. We lost our Brothers, Friends, Fathers, Mothers, Sons and Daughters to the uncontrollable bloodlust of a rapacious and highly vindictive ruling elites. Just like yesterday, we saw our friends lying helplessly on the floor, drowned in their own pool of blood. Armed only with flags and solidarity…
(2020-12-21). The Covid Vaccine: The Fate of "Human Guinea Pigs" from the Lab's "Mouse Point of View". globalresearch.ca How is it that a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which under normal conditions would take years to develop, was promptly launched in early November 2020? The vaccine announced by Pfizer is based on an experimental gene editing
(2020-12-21). Did the UK's Secret Libya Policy Contribute to the Manchester Terror Attack? globalresearch.ca The official inquiry into the 2017 Manchester bombing has yet to probe the links between the terrorist, Salman Abedi, and UK covert action during the 2011 war in Libya — yet there is no point in the inquiry unless it …
(2020-12-21). Commentary: Mao greets Stalin's birthday. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following article written by Chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong on the 60th birthday of Joseph Stalin | Stalin, Friend of the Chinese People | On the Twenty-first of December, Comrade Stalin will be sixty years old. We can be sure that his birthday will evoke warm and affectionate congratulations from the hearts of all revolutionary people throughout the world who know of the occasion. | Congratulating Stalin is not a formality. Congratulating Stalin means supporting him and his cause, supporting the victory of socialism, and the way forward for mankind which he points out…
(2020-12-20). Dozens of Al-Jazeera journalists allegedly hacked using Israeli firm's spyware. middleeasteye.net 
Dozens of Al-Jazeera journalists allegedly hacked using Israeli firm's spyware | Saudi Arabia and UAE thought to be behind attacks which took place weeks before UAE-Israeli normalisation deal | Sun, 12/20/2020 – 23: 11 | NSO Group spyware has been implicated in the gruesome killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi (AFP) | Dozens of journalists at Qatari-funded Al-Jazeera were targeted b…
(2020-12-20). The Zimbabwean army expands its influence. peoplesdispatch.org The Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF) has added a television station, NRTV, to what is fast becoming a growing business empire as the armed forces substantively consolidate their power outside of their military competence. | Rusununguko Media, a ZDF company that owns NRTV, is one of six that were awarded lisences to operate free-to-air commercial television stations by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe in October. Interested parties have described the process of awarding that lisence as bipartisan and lacking in diversity. | Rusununguko Media also partly owns Fairtalk Communications, one of the television licens…
(2020-12-20). Bomb blast in Ethiopia kills 3, injures 5. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) — Three people have been killed and five others injured in a bomb blast in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia.