(2022-04-25). Mayo Clinic Minute: How a Southern diet is connected to chronic diseases. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Warmer weather brings more opportunities for picnics, barbecues and gatherings around food. But before you reach for a second helping, consider if what you're eating may be increasing your risk for chronic disease. In a traditional Southern diet — highlighted by fried foods, organ meats, processed meats, eggs and egg dishes, sugar-sweetened beverages, and bread — the prevalence of high blood pressure in the African American population is higher according to Dr. Ivan Porter II, a nephrologist at Mayo…
(2022-04-25). NATO chieftain to attend 20/40-nation meeting on Ukraine in Germany. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOApril 25, 2022 The NATO Secretary General attends US-hosted meeting on Ukraine NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will attend a meeting of the Ukraine Security Consultative Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on 26 April 2022. The meeting is hosted by the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, and will focus on the …
(2022-04-25). Constitution's pledge of NATO membership won't change: Ukrainian parliament chief. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian News AgencyApril 25, 2022 Stefanchuk Assures Constitution Will Not Be Amended Regarding Ukraine's NATO Membership Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk is confident that parliament will not amend the Constitution regarding the course towards full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). *** According to Stefanchuk, the relevant security guarantees of Ukraine should fundamentally …
(2022-04-25). Pentagon: U.S. to provide more Stingers, Javelins, other arms to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 25, 2022 USA preparing to send Stinger, Javelin, other equipment to Ukraine — US Department of Defense The United States is preparing to send Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Javelin anti-tank missile systems and other equipment to Ukraine in April, the U.S. Department of Defense has said. "Our US Air Force Airmen prepare supply crates containing …
(2022-04-25). No stranger to NATO wars: CV on new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com On Brink's work in Georgia a decade ago see this. Interfax-UkraineApril 25, 2022 Biden intends to nominate Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine — White House Biden intends to nominate Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine — White HouseU.S. President Joseph Biden intends to nominate Bridget Brink as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. *** Bridget A. …
(2022-04-25). U.S. governors ready National Guard armored vehicles for Ukraine war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The HillApril 24, 2022 State National Guards to send armored vehicles to Ukraine Multiple governors announced this week that their state National Guards would be sending armored vehicles to Ukraine in response to a request from the Pentagon. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) and West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) announced this week that their …
(2022-04-25). Ukraine: We had no intention of offending the friendly people of Japan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 25, 2022 Ukraine apologizes for juxtaposing Japan emperor to Hitler in video The Ukrainian government has apologized over a video shared on Twitter that juxtaposed a picture of the late Japanese Emperor Hirohito to those of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in describing Nazism and fascism. "We had no intention to offend the …
(2022-04-25). Iran FM congratulates S. Africa, Zimbabwe national days. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has sent separate messages to South African and Zimbabwean counterparts to congratulate them on the anniversary of the national days of their countries.
(2022-04-25). Museveni, Kagame discuss regional peace, cooperation. plusnews.ug 
President Yoweri Museveni and Rwanda's President Paul Kagame have agreed to push for joint regional peace and stability by addressing the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the East African Community Block. The two leaders on Sunday held a bilateral meeting over a range of issues at State House Entebbe. President Kagame is …
(2022-04-25). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Transplant and people of color. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My wife is African American, and we just learned that she is going to need a kidney transplant. I heard that most of the people on the waitlist are people of color, and I'm wondering whether people from diverse racial or ethnic backgrounds end up having to wait longer for a transplant? ANSWER: It is true that most people on the waitlist for a lifesaving organ are people of color. Of the more than…
(2022-04-25). Revolución de los Claveles: transformación histórica en Portugal. telesurtv.net Sin sangre ni violencia, el 25 de abril de 1974 se llevó a cabo un alzamiento militar apoyado en los sectores populares que puso fin al "Estado Novo", que mantenía una dominación colonial en la región africana.
(2022-04-25). UN roots for enhanced data collection to fix food security crises in Africa. xinhuanet.com The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will avail financial resources and technical expertise to help African countries collect data on agriculture that is key to addressing food security crises in the continent, an official said on Monday.
(2022-04-25). Egypt-U.S. joint drill Bright Star simulates real battles. xinhuanet.com Conditions similar to real battles were created in the Egyptian-U.S. joint drill "Bright Star 2017," which are being conducted at Egypt's Mohamed Naguib Military Base and will last until Sept. 20, local media reported on Monday.
(2022-04-25). President receives credentials of Armenia, Burundi new envoys. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — The Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has received the new ambassadors of Armenia and Burundi for separate meetings to receive their credentials.
(2022-04-25). Notes from Wartorn Ethiopia (Part 2). transcend.org Ann Garrison continues her reporting from Ethiopia.
(2022-04-25). World Health Organization Says Racism Is Why Ukrainians Get More Sympathy Than Ethiopia. moguldom.com The head of the World Health Organization said that racism is the reason Ukrainians are receiving more humanitarian assistance and media attention than war victims in countries such as Ethiopia or Yemen. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is an Ethiopian public health researcher and former foreign minister under the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) government. As …
(2022-04-25). Violence in Sudan's restive Darfur kills 160. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — Clashes between rival groups in Sudan's Darfur killed at least 160 people on Sunday, an aid group said, in the latest bout of deadly violence to hit the restive region.
(2022-04-25). Turkey conducts simultaneous anti-Kurdish attacks in Syria, Iraq. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ahval NewsApril 24, 2022 Turkey escalates attacks on Syria's Kurds amid Iraq operation Turkey's military has launched a new series of air strikes on Kurdish-run parts of northeast Syria over the past week amid an ongoing ground and air campaign in northern Iraq, targeting the armed rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Hasakah-based …
(2022-04-25). WSJ: Expand NATO Article 5 to Southern Hemisphere, include colonies, territories. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Wall Street JournalApril 24, 2022 Expand NATO to HawaiiBy Arshan Barzani* Americans understand that an attack on one ally in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an attack on all. If Russia bombed Warsaw, Washington would be obligated to come to its aid. But if Pearl Harbor were attacked again, this rule wouldn't compel U.S. …
(2022-04-24). Relations between Russia and African States and the Situation around Ukraine. journal-neo.org 
Russia's special military operation in Ukraine which began on February 24, 2022, has dramatically changed the global political map like no other military conflict in the 21st century has. It made all of the world powers re-define their attitude to Moscow as one of the major military, political and power poles of today's world. The …
(2022-04-24). Liberated Donbass Cities Coming Back To Life. popularresistance.org Sonja van den Ende, an independent journalist from Rotterdam, Netherlands, returned to Donbass last week to chronicle the situation on the ground. She has been to Volnovakha, Mariupol and other cities and villages of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. | "My assessment of Volnovakha is that the city has come to life again, I was there two weeks ago and everywhere in the city, I saw the results of heavy fighting, ammunition and rubble on the streets, even mines, no people on the streets, a ghost town. The hospital was hit severely," Sonja van den Ende says. "The second time I came, last week, I was really…
(2022-04-24). US Media Are Lying About Russian Atrocities in Mariupol, Says Embedded Reporter at Ground Zero. orinocotribune.com 
Sonja Van den Ende — | Where shall I begin? | Can a man endure so much suffering? Can you write about so much suffering without getting emotional? | Probably not. | Mariupol has been wiped out, buildings have collapsed mostly due to rocket attacks and, of course, there have been bombings as well. | Devastation in Mariupol. [Source: rferl.org] | The Western media, of course, blame the Russians for these bombings, but Ukraine also has planes that drop bombs, so how on earth can you say a few thousand kilometers away that it is the Russians?
(2022-04-24). Revista analiza manipulaciones de los grandes medios estadounidenses sobre la guerra en Ucrania. cubadebate.cu Los medios de comunicación de Estados Unidos mienten sobre las presuntas atrocidades cometidas por las tropas de Rusia en la ciudad de Mariúpol, Ucrania, concluyó un documentado artículo publicado este domingo en la revista Covert Action, de la periodista neerlandesa, Sonja Van den Ende.
(2022-04-24). CNN: Austin, Blinken en route to Ukraine, Biden may follow. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com CNNApril 24, 2022 Zelensky says Blinken and Austin will visit Ukraine on Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Kyiv on Sunday. "I don't think this is a secret that people from the US are coming to us tomorrow, State …
(2022-04-24). Kibaki's Death, Next Kenyan Elections bring back memories Of 2007. plusnews.ug 
The former President of Kenya, the late Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki will be remembered for the election violence that gripped Kenya in 2007/8 following an acrimonious election. Kibaki who died on Friday was announced as the winner of the hotly contested election having defeated his political nemesis Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement. On December 30, …
(2022-04-24). Uganda Airlines made UGX 7b from chartered flights in three months. plusnews.ug 
Uganda Airlines made about Ug.Sh7.6 b in the first three months of the year. The money was collected from ten chartered flights. Six flights were paid for by mainly private clients to Mogadishu, Somalia while three were hired for the First Son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba and the late former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah. Nine of the …
(2022-04-24). Over 100 killed in explosion at Nigerian illegal oil refinery. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) — More than 100 people were killed overnight in an explosion at an illegal oil refining depot on the border of Nigeria's Rivers and Imo states.
(2022-04-24). Incendio deja al menos 100 fallecidos en Imo, Nigeria. telesurtv.net En el país, primero productor de petróleo en África abundan las refinerías ilegales pese a las normativas establecidas en 2021.
(2022-04-24). Confusion as reason for Kagame's visit to Uganda causes stir. plusnews.ug 
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame is in Uganda. He arrived at Entebbe International Airport at 2pm where he was received by among others Security Minister Maj Gen Jim Muhwezi, H.E. Col Joseph Rutabana the High Commissioner of Rwanda in Uganda and Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba. But, why is he in the country? A week ago, Lt …
(2022-04-24). Photos: Kagame arrives in Uganda for Gen Muhoozi's birthday anniversary. plusnews.ug 
The President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame is already in Uganda for the 48th birthday anniversary of the UPDF Commander Land Forces, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba. Kagame landed at Entebbe International Airport around 2pm where he was received by Col Joseph Rutabana the High Commissioner of Rwanda in Uganda, Ms Anne Katusiime, the Charge d'Affaires at …
(2022-04-24). At least 12 killed as migrant boat crashes off Tunisian coast. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) — The crash of four boats with migrants off the coast of Tunisia has claimed the lives of at least 12 people.
(2022-04-24). Former foreign minister: Finnish media fueling war psychosis. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Yle NewsApril 24, 2022 Veteran MP: "Finnish media in war psychosis" Many people have taken to Finnish Twitter this weekend in reaction to MP Erkki Tuomioja's (SDP) Nato comments in a National Public Radio interview. The veteran Finnish politician told the US broadcaster that there was a "huge degree of emotions involved" in the public's …
(2022-04-24). Turkey uses murderous assault in Iraq to inaugurate new combat drone. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahApril 24, 2022 Anti-PKK op in Iraq marks first engagement for Turkish combat Akƒ±ncƒ± drone The landmark combat drone Akƒ±ncƒ± has joined its first major operation ever as Turkey launched a military offensive against [Kurdish] targets in northern Iraq, the company said. Named "Operation Claw-Lock," the counterterrorism operation was launched last week from ground …
(2022-04-24). After barring ships, Turkey bans Russian flights to Syria. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahApril 23, 2022 Turkey closes airspace to Russian military aircraft to Syria: FM àáavu≈üoƒülu Turkey has closed its airspace to Russian military and civilian flights to Syria after notifying Moscow, Foreign Minister Mevlàºt àáavu≈üoƒülu said Saturday. "We were giving permissions in three-month intervals. The latest one was until April," the minister said in an …
(2022-04-24). Germany ready to make "substantial contribution" to NATO troop buildup on Russia's northwest border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleApril 22, 2022 Germany's Baerbock calls for stronger NATO strategy in Baltics The German foreign minister has wrapped up a Baltic tour in Lithuania saying Germany is ready to send more troops to the region…. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday said Germany was open to sending more troops to NATO's eastern flank, …
(2022-04-24). Japan plans largest-ever drill with U.S. Marines, aimed at Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nikkei NewsApril 24, 2022 Japan weighs hosting largest-ever joint drills with U.S. MarinesBilateral military exercise in fall planned with eye on Russia and China Japan and the U.S. will hold joint military drills in Hokkaido this fall, with the two-week exercises expected to involve more than 4,000 personnel, Nikkei has learned. The Resolute Dragon exercises …