(2023-05-06). South African court rules in favor of NUMSA and others in load shedding case, asks state to ensure power supply to critical facilities. peoplesdispatch.org The Court has granted urgent relief sought by NUMSA and 18 other applicants to exempt public hospitals, schools, and police stations from rotational power cuts, recognizing that load shedding infringed upon constitutional rights. A decision on Part B of the application seeking final relief is awaited.
(2023-05-06). Mayo Clinic Minute: A tick to blame for the alpha-gal, meat allergy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org You may have heard about alpha-gal syndrome, also known as the meat allergy illness or tick bite meat allergy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says most diagnosed cases are in the southern, eastern and central parts of the U.S. It also has been diagnosed in Europe, Australia, Asia, South Africa, and South and Central America. It can be a serious, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. The American Gastroenterological Association recently added guidance to medical professionals to watch for…
(2023-05-05). Nigeria Forms National Media Team to Help Fight Malnutrition. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Nigerian government convened a national food and nutrition media team with the aim of fortifying the nation's efforts to combat malnutrition. | Related: | During the inauguration held in Abuja, the nation's capital, the Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, asserted that malnutrition poses a grave risk to the survival, growth, and development of children. | "We must note that Nigeria is ranked number one in Africa an…
(2023-05-05). Adapting to the Climate Crisis in East Africa. progressive.org Somalia, along with its neighbors in the Horn of Africa, are expected to up to 55 million people displaced due to climate instability by 2050.
(2023-05-05). Nigeria: U.S. Air Forces Europe/Africa, NATO Allied Air Command move into Gulf of Guinea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stars and StripesMay 4, 2023 Nigerian air base upgrade caps $500 million US sale to bolster security Millions of dollars in upgrades to Nigeria's Kainji Air Base along with new, American-built attack aircraft will boost the capabilities of Africa's most populous country in fighting extremists, according to U.S. and Nigerian officials. Last week marked the …
(2023-05-05). "We need to have patience" uwidata.com Agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia, negotiations for peace in Yemen, the return of Syria to the Arab League, normalization efforts between Türkiye on the one side and Egypt and Syria on the other: Diplomacy has become very active in the Middle East. The People's Republic of China is one of the rising actors behind …
(2023-05-05). The Pirate Stream: Dialectical Dissidents — Episode 14. thelastamericanvagabond.com Join us on today's episode of The Pirate Stream — Dialectical Dissidents. Pirate Stream Media is a new platform of dedicated content creators focused on circumventing the tightly controlled, manipulated, and outright censored media space of today (both corporate and independent media) with a commitment to objectivity, integrity, and a stark awareness of the two
(2023-05-05). The Long Shadow of BlackRock. thelastamericanvagabond.com During the last two major crises, in 2008 and 2020, the average person was worried about their retirement or the small business they had taken their life to build up into a viable enterprise. While they were in the fog of war at this time, largely unaware of the high-level moves being made, the financial
(2023-05-06). Patterns of Deception and Deviance in the Post-Truth Period. libya360.wordpress.com Daniel Broudy "Let no man deceive you by any means …" — 2 THESSALONIANS 2: 3 1. Introduction Patterns of deception are everywhere and their deeper meanings patently plain. We need only be willing to see what is present before our eyes and try to notice, too, what is absent. Such are some of the key…
(2023-05-06). Weapon of Power, Matrix of Management: NATO's Hegemonic Formula. libya360.wordpress.com Grey Anderson Mlitary alliances, by definition, are an agreement on the use of force against a rival. But this is not their only, or even primary role.1 Ensuring internal order, encouraging commerce and disseminating ideology are additional alliance activities, far from exhaustive. As well as offering a framework for collective defence, and thus for coercive…
(2023-05-05). Lu Shaye States Some Facts: The West Trembles. libya360.wordpress.com Christopher Black The Chinese ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, in a long and wide-ranging interview with a journalist on the French television news channel LCI, about world and Chinese affairs, stated, in response to a question as to whether or not Crimea was a part of Ukraine, that 'it depended on how one looks at…
(2023-05-05). Grenadian PM: We Support China's Efforts Towards Peace and Global Development. libya360.wordpress.com We are pleased to republish the speech given by Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Prime Minister of Grenada, at the CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-level Meeting, which was organized by the Communist Party of China on 15 March. It was originally carried on the website of…
(2023-05-05). Conditions Are Maturing for the Final Defeat of Neo-Colonialism. libya360.wordpress.com Friends of Socialist China co-editor Keith Bennett spoke at the Global Conference on Multipolarity, held online on Saturday April 29. The conference, which was jointly convened by organizations from China, Türkiye, Russia, Brazil and elsewhere, and coordinated from Moscow, was addressed by more than 120 speakers from over 60 countries. Addressing the theme of neo-colonialism, Keith…
(2023-05-05). Attack on the Kremlin: Acceleration in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara López The Russian presidential press service reported on Wednesday, May 3, that "the Kiev regime attempted to attack the Kremlin residence using two drones", an action carried out on the night of May 2. The Russian authorities pointed out that "the drones were deactivated" by the security systems of the special forces, and…
(2023-05-05). Will SCO Become New United Nations for Non-Western World? libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a Eurasian political, economic, and security bloc founded in 2001, has great potential to become a United Nations for the non-Western world, according to Robinder Sachdev, geopolitical and economic diplomacy analyst and founder president of the Imagindia Institute. The two-day summit of the SCO foreign ministers kicked off…
(2023-05-05). Russian Oil Floods Global Markets via Major Asian Intermediaries. libya360.wordpress.com F.M. Shakil Despite western sanctions, there is more Russian fuel being exported around the world than before the Ukraine crisis. It's just coming via Saudi Arabia, India, China, and other trading states — with steep commissions. Despite western sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine conflict, some Asian and specifically West Asian economies are importing significant…
(2023-05-06). U.S. troops in Somalia rise to 900, House votes not to withdraw. mronline.org 
The presence of U.S. troops in Somalia helps the Islamist insurgency Al Shabaab recruit, exacerbating the very violence they claim to be fighting. But the House has voted down a resolution to withdraw.
(2023-05-06). Volcán de Fuego en Guatemala regresa a parámetros normales. telesurtv.net Insivumeh precisó que aún continúan las explosiones débiles, con un ritmo de tres a cinco por hora con columnas de ceniza hasta los 4.600 metros sobre el nivel del mar.
(2023-05-06). Comment] Offline: We must engage in a war of position. thelancet.com Occasionally, someone says something so appalling, so shocking, and so disheartening that you just stop in disbelief. On April 26, 2023, UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman said this: "I think that the people coming here illegally do possess values which are at odds with our country. We are seeing heightened levels of criminality when related to the people who have come on boats related to drug dealing, exploitation, prostitution." Persistent attacks on migrants escaping war, poverty, and insecurity are now normalised in British politics.
(2023-05-05). US, Philippines Make Defense Commitment in South China Sea Official. news.antiwar.com The US and the Philippines on Wednesday agreed on new guidelines for the 1951 US-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty that formalize the US commitment to going to war if Philippine vessels come under attack in the South China Sea. For years now, US officials have pledged to the Philippines that it would intervene in the event …
(2023-05-05). Iran Consolidates All-Round Ties With Syria. telesurenglish.net Following a change in the regional atmosphere toward Syria with major Arab powers normalizing their ties with Damascus, the latest visit of Iran's president to Syria signals Iran's willingness to boost its all-around relationship with its longtime ally in Damascus as the war is almost over. | RELATED: | Since late last year, the wind of change in the region started to be felt with a flurry of diplomatic activities to bring Syrian bac…
(2023-05-05). Mr. Guaidó Goes to Washington. dissidentvoice.org 
Juan Guaidó continues to advocate punishing the Venezuelan people with US coercive economic measures. Recently shipped to Washington DC, the former "interim president" of Venezuela pleaded, "You can't use a kind or soft approach," such as easing the suffering, because it would "normalize dictatorship." Guaidó was livestreamed May 3 from the quasi-governmental Wilson Center. Located …
(2023-05-06). Vehículo del embajador turco en Sudán alcanzado por disparos. telesurtv.net No se reportaron víctimas tras los disparos contra el vehículo de Ismail Cobanoglu, dicen fuentes diplomáticas turcas.
(2023-05-06). Partes beligerantes en Sudán inician pláticas en Arabia Saudita. telesurtv.net Arabia Saudita y Estados Unidos acogieron con beneplácito el inicio de las "conversaciones previas a la negociación" este sábado en la ciudad costera saudita de Yeda.
(2023-05-06). Sudan: Turkey moving closer to military intervention? antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahMay 6, 2023 Sudan's warring sides exchange blame for attack on Turkish envoy The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary and the Sudanese army exchanged blame for the recent attack on the vehicle of the Turkish ambassador in Khartoum. *** Claiming that the area where the attack was carried out was controlled by the military, …
(2023-05-06). Correspondence] A glimpse of light for Sudan's pressured health system amid military coup violations. thelancet.com As violent oppression of peaceful protesters in Sudan persists after the military takeover of power in a coup d'état in October, 2021, health-care professionals in the country continue to endure the distressing conditions of responding to mass casualties and handling serious and lethal gunshot injuries.
(2023-05-06). Sudan Warring Parties To Start Talks In Saudi Arabia. southfront.org 
File image. | The United States and Saudi Arabia announced that direct talks between the warring Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) would start in Jeddah on May 7. | In a joint statement released on April 6, the governments of the two countries welcomed the "start of pre-negotiation talks" and urged sustained global support to quell fighting."The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States urge both parties to take in consideration the interests of the Sudanese nation and its people an…
(2023-05-05). Headlines for May 5, 2023. democracynow.org U.S. Sees Long Conflict Ahead in Sudan as Fighting Rages Between Rival Military Factions, Head of Russia's Wagner Group Says He'll Pull Mercenaries from Besieged Ukrainian City, Jury Finds Proud Boys Guilty of Sedition and Other Felonies for Jan. 6 Insurrection, Clarence Thomas Failed to Disclose Tuition Payments from Billionaire GOP Donor Harlan Crow, Conservative Judicial Activist Secretly Funneled at Least $80,000 to Ginni Thomas, Eight People, Including 6 Teachers, Killed in Pakistan Shootings, Serbia Pledges Gun Controls After Two Mass Shootings in Two Days Claim 17 Lives, Shootings in Georgia an…
(2023-05-05). Sudanese Communist Party denounces war between military factions. liberationnews.org 
"No to war, yes to peace: A civil democratic state is the choice of the people!"
(2023-05-05). Sudan: 'Our people will ultimately triumph over tyrants'. greenleft.org.au Following the outbreak of fighting in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, on April 15, between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces/Janjaweed militia, The Civilian Front to Stop the War and Restore Democracy was launched on April 27, reports Susan Price. It brings together more than 80 civil society and political groups and 130 individual signatories.
(2023-05-05). Declaración de las fuerzas democráticas de Sudán. workers.org 
Por autor invitado Escrito el 19 de abril por las fuerzas contra los golpistas y contra los militaristas en Sudán. Traducción: Enrique García para Sinpermiso. Kartum, Sudán, diciembre de 2022. Grandes manifestaciones conmemoran el cuarto aniversario de la revolución de 2018. El movimiento popular vive. Nosotros, los Comités de . . . |
(2023-05-05). Sudan: The New Geopolitical Battlefield Between East and West? globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-06). Lluvias y deslizamientos de tierra provocaron la muerte de 18 personas en Uganda. cubadebate.cu Al menos 18 personas murieron en el distrito de Kisoro, en el suroeste de Uganda, luego de que sus casas quedaran sepultadas por un deslizamiento de tierra provocado por lluvias torrenciales, confirmó la Cruz Roja este viernes.
(2023-05-06). Lluvias y deslizamientos de tierra dejan 18 muertos en Uganda. telesurtv.net Uganda y la vecina Ruanda han estado experimentando lluvias intensas y sostenidas desde finales de marzo.
(2023-05-05). China to Strengthening Green Development With Zambia. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Chinese Ambassador to Zambia, Du Xiaohui, stated that there exist multifarious aspects of collaboration in the context of green development that necessitate thorough exploration between China and Zambia. | Related: | During his visit to the Zambian Minister of Green Economy and Environment, Collins Nzovu, the Chinese ambassador expressed that both nations have the opportunity to leverage the green development…