(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). "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). New COVID-19 variants under the microscope as travel bans mount over UK strain. news.un.org The UN health agency chief said on Monday that scientists have been working to understand new COVID-19 variants that have been reported in South Africa and the United Kingdom.
(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). US charges Libyan over alleged role in 1988 Lockerbie bombing. middleeasteye.net 
US charges Libyan over alleged role in 1988 Lockerbie bombing | Justice Department announced two charges against Abu Agila Mohammad Masud, after an FBI affidavit claimed he admitted to making the bomb used in the attack | Mon, 12/21/2020 – 17: 11 | The 1988 Lockerbie bombing killed 190 Americans and 43 UK citizens, including 11 residents of Lockerbie (AFP/File photo) | The US has unveiled charges against a Lib…
(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). Doctors in Kenya's public hospitals join nurses in strike. peoplesdispatch.org Health workers are demanding payment of salaries, comprehensive health insurance, quality PPEs, increase in risk allowances, and conversion of contract workers into permanent employees with access to pensions…
(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…
(2020-12-21). Oman, Kuwait close borders; Jordan, Sudan restrict flights. laprensalatina.com Cairo, Dec 21 (efe-epa).- Several Arab countries on Monday took preventive measures after a new coronavirus strain was detected in the United Kingdom, while the Gulf's major stock markets dropped in the wake of the news. Authorities in Oman decided "to prohibit entry to and exit from the Sultanate" for a week as of 22 …
(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.
(2020-12-18). The revolutionaries, when they rise, care for nothing but love. mronline.org 
A decade has now slipped by since a man named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid on 17 December 2010. Bouazizi, a street vendor, took this extreme step after policemen harassed him for trying to survive.
(2020-12-18). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org French transport workers strike in Paris against privatisation; UK Heathrow airport workers stoppage over pay and conditions; healthcare workers in six South African hospitals demand pay rise…
(2020-12-18). Explained: Sisi, Macron and the dubious history of France's Legion of Honour. middleeasteye.net 
Explained: Sisi, Macron and the dubious history of France's Legion of Honour | News that France granted the Egyptian leader an honorific medal has sparked outrage. But the grand cross has a long history of being handed out to questionable figures | Fri, 12/18/2020 – 16: 50 | French President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at Elysee Presidential Palace on 7 De…
(2020-12-18). Don't text & sail? Japanese vessel's eco disaster in Mauritius caused by crew trying to get better PHONE SIGNAL. rt.com 
Japan's Nagashiki Shipping, owner of the bulk carrier that caused an oil spill off Mauritius, announced the results of its investigation, blaming the incident on the crew, who ran the vessel aground seeking a better phone signal. | "There was a lack of awareness of the dangers of navigating close to the coast… and insufficient implementation of regulations that must be observed in order to safely execute voyages," the company said in a statement Friday. | The vessel veered off its pre-defined course as the crew tried to get mobile phone coverage and ultimately ran onto a reef, the company said, citing interv…
(2020-12-18). Libya's Central Bank Approves New Official Exchange Rate. telesurenglish.net The Central Bank of Libya (CLB) decided that the exchange rate of Libyan dinar against the U.S. dollar will be lowered from 1.4 dinars for one dollar to 4.48 dinars. | RELATED: | "This rate will enter into force on Jan. 3, 2021, and will be available for all government, commercial and personal uses," the CLB said. | Kamal al-Mansouri, a Libyan economic researcher, believes the bank's decision is a "necessary evil" to face the current economic crisis. | "T…
(2020-12-18). Saturday 12/19: Meetup: How you Can Denormalize Speciesism. indybay.org Online Zoom…