2023-01-29: News Headlines

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-29). Consumer Health: Cervical cancer and HPV — what's the connection? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the connection between HPV and cervical cancer. Approximately 13,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed each year in the U.S., and 4,000 women die of the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hispanic women have the highest rates of developing cervical cancer, while African American women are at greatest risk of dying from this cancer. Early-stage cervical cancer generally produces…

_____ (2023-01-28). The Paris policy is becoming increasingly unpopular in Africa. journal-neo.org Following Britain's exit from the European Union, France appeared to have certain opportunities to strengthen its position on the international stage, such as shifting the balance of power in Europe and bolstering Paris's position in the Franco-German tandem. First, while Germany remained the EU's economic leader, the Fifth Republic had more options in the political …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-29). Consumer Health: Cervical cancer and HPV — what's the connection? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the connection between HPV and cervical cancer. Approximately 13,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed each year in the U.S., and 4,000 women die of the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hispanic women have the highest rates of developing cervical cancer, while African American women are at greatest risk of dying from this cancer. Early-stage cervical cancer generally produces…

_____ (2023-01-28). The Paris policy is becoming increasingly unpopular in Africa. journal-neo.org Following Britain's exit from the European Union, France appeared to have certain opportunities to strengthen its position on the international stage, such as shifting the balance of power in Europe and bolstering Paris's position in the Franco-German tandem. First, while Germany remained the EU's economic leader, the Fifth Republic had more options in the political …

_____ (2023-01-28). U.S. Africa Leaders Summit Promises More Exploitation for Africa, Record Profits for U.S. Mining Firms. strategic-culture.org US Africa Leaders Summit promises more exploitation for Africa, record profits for US mining firms | By Jeremy LOFFREDO | Recent deals between US Secretary of State Tony Blinken and African heads of state promise eye-popping profits for US mining multinationals and fewer protections for African laborers "toiling in subhuman conditions" to drive the digital revolution. | The

Jeremy Loffredo (2023-01-28). US Africa Leaders Summit Promises More Exploitation for Africa, Record Profits for US Mining Firms. orinocotribune.com Recent deals between US Secretary of State Tony Blinken and African heads of state promise eye-popping profits for US mining multinationals and fewer protections for African laborers "toiling in subhuman conditions" to drive the digital revolution. | The

Labor Video Project (2023-01-28). South Africa Power Outages, The ANC & Capitalism With Weizemann Hamilton. indybay.org The power outages in South Africa threaten the lives, jobs and future of South Africa. Weizmann Hamilton was one of the founders of the ANC and is now a leader of the Marxist Workers Party talks about the causes of this energy crisis, the role of the ANC, Imperialism and capitalism. T…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-28). Daily Round-Up | Israel strikes Gaza a day after deadly raid in West Bank, and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, France's decision to further scale down its military presence in Africa, protests in Peru, and the ICC's decision to resume investigation in the Philippines…

Rania Khalek (2023-01-28). What the US Fears Most in the Horn of Africa: A New Era of Peace. thealtworld.com On November 2, 2022, after two years of horrific war, the US-backed Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) was forced to agree to a "cessation of hostilities" with the Ethiopian government. Since the peace agreement was made, the US continues to try to sow division within the African Horn. | Elias Amare, Contributing editor and host of Horn of Africa TV, explains the aftermath of the war and why peace in the region represents a threat to the unipolar hegemony of the US.

Udani Samarasekera (2023-01-28). [Perspectives] Lynette Denny: women's cancer researcher with global impact. thelancet.com As a young child in apartheid era South Africa, Lynette Denny saw police regularly raid the quarters of her family's domestic staff to find Black people who did not have the documents they were legally required to carry to prove their identity and employment. It left Denny with "a permanent feeling of fear, anxiety, and rage at what people could and did do to others", she recalls. Witnessing the injustice, however, was seminal in defining her path. "Because I was on the White privilege side, I think my whole life I've wanted to undo that, so I stayed in public service, I have worked almost exclusively with Black…

WSWS (2023-01-28). The class issues in the police killing of Tyre Nichols. wsws.org The fatal beating of Nichols by five African-American police undercuts the racialist narrative advanced by the Democratic Party and its identity and racial politics allies. It shatters the claim that the answer to police brutality is to "diversify" police departments. Police violence, like every other social evil under capitalism, is fundamentally a class question.

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2023-01-28). Climate Disruption: It's Not Due to CO2. globalresearch.ca The UN's climate change summit (COP27) "has opened in Egypt. | More than 120 world leaders are attending the COP27 summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, amidst a stylized propaganda campaign: | "Our Planet is "Sending a Distress Signal". …

Saheli Chowdhury (2023-01-28). Polisario Front to Continue Armed Struggle for Liberation of Sahrawi People, 16th Congress. orinocotribune.com Caracas, January 27, 2023 ( The 16th Congress of the Polisario Front, named the "Congress of Martyr Muhamed Khaddad Lahbib," was held during January 13-22 in the Dakhla refugee camps in Algeria. This was the first congress of the Polisario Front since…

ecns.cn (2023-01-28). Xi congratulates Bob Dadae on re-election as governor-general of Papua New Guinea. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday congratulated Bob Dadae on his re-election as governor-general of Papua New Guinea (PNG).

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-01-28). Aumentan a 16 los fallecidos tras paso de ciclón por Madagascar. telesurtv.net Las víctimas fueron reportadas en las regiones de Analanjirofo, Atsimo, Atsinanana, Betsiboka, Sava, Sofia y Vatovavy. Se reportan además 19 desaparecidos.

Paul Adepoju (2023-01-28). [World Report] New legislation to overhaul mental health care in Nigeria. thelancet.com A new mental health law is hoped to transform care for patients in Nigeria. Paul Adepoju reports from Ibadan, Nigeria.

mforinoco (2023-01-28). China Tells US to 'Solve Its Debt Problem' Instead of Worrying About Zambia's. orinocotribune.com The People's Republic of China has fired back at US criticism of its relationship with Zambia, arguing that Washington should address its own crisis first. | A statement released by the Chinese Embassy in Lusaka on Tuesday has urged the US Treasury to focus on "solving the US' own domestic debt problem." | "The biggest contribution that the US can make to the debt issues outside the country is to act on responsible monetary policies, cope with its own debt problem and stop sabotaging other sovereign countries' active efforts to solve their debt issues," the statement blasted. | "We do hope [US Treasury Secret…

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