2022-05-07: News Headlines

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-05-07). Discover the Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar Burial Ground Project. indybay.org Our California Gold Rush Era burial grounds for people of African Descent, from both before and after the Civil War, are in a state of disrepair or inaccessibility due to overgrowth of vegetation, crumbling structures, and other racial challenges seeking to erase, distort or forever destroy the salient contributions of our ancestors must be systemically challenged.

____ (2022-05-07). World's largest heavy lift vessel debuts, carries Chinese vaccines to Africa. ecns.cn The world's largest multipurpose heavy lift vessel, the Pilecki, debuted on Thursday, transporting Chinese vaccine production equipment from Shanghai to Morocco to assist Africa in battling COVID-19.

Rami S Kantar, Joseph R Habib, Hasan Nassereldine, Jamal J Hoballah, Ali H Mokdad (2022-05-07). [Correspondence] An urgent plea for surgical care in Lebanon. thelancet.com Economic collapse, civil unrest, and an accelerating brain drain are mounting crises provoked by long-standing corruption in Lebanon. Aggravated by COVID-19 and a devastating port explosion, Lebanon, once one of the prominent health-care hubs in the Middle East and north African region, can hardly remain afloat.1 With worsening shortages of medical supplies, mass physician migration, and absent governmental support, Lebanon's health sector is reaching a new rock bottom each day.

Staff (2022-05-07). Terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso leaves 11 killed, 9 injured. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) — News sources reported that eleven people were killed and nine others were wounded during attacks by al-Qaeda and ISIL-linked militants in northern Burkina Faso.

____ (2022-05-07). Beijing to further improve nucleic acid testing. ecns.cn Beijing will improve the layout of nucleic acid testing (NAT) points to meet citizens' demands and promote the normalization of COVID-19 screening, said a local official on Friday.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-05-06). EU needs 15 years to replace Russian gas. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) — Energy experts say that European Union will need 10 to15 years to replace Russian gas with African hydrocarbons.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-05-06). Russia says next Astana meeting on Syria to be held late May. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) — Special Russian Presidential Representative for the Middle East and African Countries said that next international meeting on Syria in the Astana format is planned for the end of May in Nur-Sultan, capital of Kazakhstan.

____ (2022-05-06). U.S. deploys A-10s for war games in Eastern Europe. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stars and StripesMay 6, 2022 'Warthogs' return to Europe for large military drills Ten Maryland Air National Guard A-10C Thunderbolt II jets arrived in Iceland on Thursday, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa said in a statement Friday. Designed to destroy Soviet tanks during the Cold War, the iconic attack plane nicknamed …

____ (2022-05-06). Asia-Pacific Four: Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand may attend NATO summit. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO's Asia-Pacific Four were formerly NATO's Contact Countries until they were absorbed into Partners Across the Globe along with Afghanistan, Colombia, Iraq, Mongolia and Pakistan. Several more nations in Latin America and Africa are being groomed for that program as well. ==== HankyorehApril 28, 2022 Blinken alludes to S. Korea, Japan's attendance at June NATO …

_____ (2022-05-06). The Middle East, the US and the Ukrainian Crisis. journal-neo.org For several decades, US policy in the Middle East has been depended on the cooperation of the Gulf states, headed by Saudi Arabia, and on Israel, Egypt, and Turkey. However, since the Obama administration, relations between Washington and the main regional powers have become increasingly strained. Primarily due to the substitution by the United States …

teleSUR, SH (2022-05-06). Ataques terroristas en Burkina Faso dejan al menos 11 muertos. telesurtv.net Las Fuerzas Armadas burkinesas indicaron que en los ataques fallecieron un total de siete soldados y cuatro civiles.

_____ (2022-05-06). Biden Vacillates As Venezuela's Maduro Gains Ground. popularresistance.org Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's repeated calls for dialogue with the U.S. in order to normalize relations seem to be paying off. | His openness to rapprochement contrasts with the Biden administration's nebulousness regarding the degree to which Washington is willing to recognize Maduro as president (full diplomatic recognition is out of the question). | Biden's use of sanctions as a bargaining chip to wrest concessions from Caracas is a harder sell than former President Donald Trump's regime-change narrative on the basis of the preposterous Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle, sometimes referred to a…

____ (2022-05-06). Tricontinental energy war: world's longest offshore gas pipeline from Nigeria to supply Europe. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzertagMay 6, 2022 Morocco and Nigeria intend to build the world's longest natural gas pipeline Morocco and Nigeria intend to build the world's longest offshore gas pipeline with a length of 5,660 kilometers. Nigerian President Mohammed Buhari said the cooperation agreement between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and Morocco's National Hydrocarbons and Minerals Authority was …

Our Reporter (2022-05-06). Kabushenga to media organisations : Re-tool journalists in digital era. plusnews.ug Media organizations have been asked to work together and invest more in generating content for online audiences. Media owners, regulators, and Journalists Associations convened at Mestil Hotel in Kampala on Thursday to commemorate World Press Freedom Day. Giles Muhame, the President of the Online Media Association of Uganda says that while this feels like a …

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