2022-04-04: News Headlines

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-04-04). United States Colored Troops Congressional Gold Medal Act. indybay.org The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to the African Americans who served with Union forces during the Civil War, collectively, in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service during the Civil War.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-04-04). 2022 California Armed Service Day – Tribute to United States Colored Troops. indybay.org AB 1655, is on the way to an official California Juneteenth Holiday to begin sharing our authentic contribution toward saving the Union while fighting for freedom. In July of 1862, Congress passed the Militia Act of 1862. It had become an "indispensable military necessity" to call on America's African descent population to help save the Union.

F. William Engdahl (2022-04-04). "We are Human Guinea Pigs": Alarming Casualty Rates for mRNA Vaccines Warrant Urgent Action. globalresearch.ca Official US and EU data confirm alarming numbers of deaths and permanent paralysis as well as other severe side effects from the experimental mRNA vaccines. It is now clear that we are being asked to be human guinea pigs in an experiment that could alter the human gene structure and far worse.

Staff (2022-04-04). Nearly 100 die in boat tragedy in Mediterranean Sea, UN says. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) — Nearly 100 people have died in international waters after setting off from Libya in an overcrowded boat, international organizations said.

____ (2022-04-04). South Sudan: Oil Underground, Blood on the Surface. transcend.org 29 Mar 2022 — While politicians and media have been viewing the ongoing armed conflict in South Sudan as a "civil war" between ethnic groups, there are some facts that should be considered. One of them is that this country is rich in oil.

Editor2 (2022-04-03). Russia-Ukraine Conflict Highlights Racist Double Standard in the West. orinocotribune.com By Wu Chaolan — Mar 21, 2022 | The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has garnered widespread attention across the globe. The wall-to-wall coverage and outpouring of reactions to the Russia-Ukraine conflict from the West has raised eyebrows at its double standard toward other humanitarian crises, which has unsheathed flagrant racist and biased attitudes toward the value of non-white lives that also matter. | CBS News senior correspondent in Kyiv Charlie D'Agata, for instance, has faced a widespread backlash due to his discriminatory comments on the Ukraine crisis: "This isn't a place, with all due respect, like…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-03). Nazis in Ukraine: Seeing Through the Fog of the Information War. libya360.wordpress.com Gabriel Rockhill Participants of an annual event in honor of Stepan Bandera march through Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 1, 2021. (Genya Savilou/AFP) On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin undertook what he referred to as a "special military operation … to de-militarise and de-Nazify Ukraine." Western bourgeois media immediately decried these stated goals, regularly repeating that the allegations of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-03). CIA Trained the Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and Has Chosen Ukraine as the Birthplace of the New "Global White Supremacist" Terror Threat. libya360.wordpress.com Whitney Webb As the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues to escalate and dominate the world's attention, the increasing evidence that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is and has been working to create and arm an insurgency in the country has received considerably little attention considering its likely consequences. This is particularly true given…

Anonymous669 (2022-04-03). ISIS Releases Photos Of Two Recent Attacks By Its Cells In Nigeria's Borno. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | On April 3, ISIS's news agency, Amaq, released photos documenting two recent attack by the terrorist group's branch in Nigeria, the Islamic State-West Africa Province (ISWAP). | The first attack, which took place n March 30, targeted what ISWAP called an "African coalition force" near the town of Sabinain in the northeastern state of Borno. | During the attack, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) driven by a suicide bomber, Abu Ali al-Ansari, targeted the…

_____ (2022-04-03). Amid Rolling Blackouts, Energy Workers Fight For Clean Public Power. popularresistance.org The lights went out around Johannesburg on a Monday morning in November 2021, not to flicker back on until early that Friday in some areas. It marked the last rolling blackout of a year troubled by more outages than any in recent memory. The fate of Eskom, the beleaguered power utility behind the crisis, is now at the center of South Africa's struggle for a just energy transition‚Äâ—‚Äâa break from fossil fuels without leaving behind frontline communities or energy workers. | As a public company, Eskom has a constitutional mandate to guarantee electricity as a basic right.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-04-03). Gold Mining Town of Negro Bar Cemetery and 2022 Armed Forces Day Celebration. indybay.org The Negro Bar Cemetery was originally associated with the Negro Bar Gold Rush Era Mining Town, which is a California State Historical Site. Across Lake Natoma, a newly developed project area set aside within the vast Folsom Lake Recreational Area managed by California State Parks to honor early pioneers of African Descent along today's American River Parkway during the California Gold Rush Era (1840-1875) is under another round of effort to distort, destroy and/or disregard authentic California History.

Dean Baker (2022-04-03). CNN Hypes Inflation, Just Like It Hyped Ebola Before the 2014 Midterm Elections. cepr.net I'm sure everyone remembers the 2014 Ebola crisis. A grand total of 4 people were diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, 11 were treated, and a total of 2 died. Ebola was a serious crisis in West Africa, but not in the United States. Nonetheless CNN chose to make the threat to people in …

Anonymous103 (2022-04-03). Military Situation In Iraq On April 3, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org emptyOn April 3, a U.S. logistical convoy was targeted by an IED attack in the Muthanna province; | On April 2, Iraqi warplanes attacked ISIS hideouts in Hamrin mountain; | On April 2, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi held a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, discussing the development of cooperation between the countries; | Iraq exported over 100 million barrels of crude oil, the country's highest oil revenue in 50 years, according to the Iraqi governm…

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-03). 20 killed in armed attack on gold mine in Burkina Faso. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) — Twenty people were killed in a terror attack on a gold mine in Burkina Faso, media outlets reported Saturday.

Staff (2022-04-03). Ukraine retakes "whole Kyiv region": military official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) — Ukraine has regained control of the "whole Kyiv region," Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Maliar said on Facebook on Saturday, according to media.

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2022-04-03: News Headlines

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-04-03). Gold Mining Town of Negro Bar Cemetery and 2022 Armed Forces Day Celebration. indybay.org The Negro Bar Cemetery was originally associated with the Negro Bar Gold Rush Era Mining Town, which is a California State Historical Site. Across Lake Natoma, a newly developed project area set aside within the vast Folsom Lake Recreational Area managed by California State Parks to honor early pioneers of African Descent along today's American River Parkway during the California Gold Rush Era (1840-1875) is under another round of effort to distort, destroy and/or disregard authentic California History.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-04-03). 2022 California Armed Service Day – Tribute to United States Colored Troops. indybay.org AB 1655, is on the way to an official California Juneteenth Holiday to begin sharing our authentic contribution toward saving the Union while fighting for freedom. In July of 1862, Congress passed the Militia Act of 1862. It had become an "indispensable military necessity" to call on America's African descent population to help save the Union.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-04-03). United States Colored Troops Congressional Gold Medal Act. indybay.org The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to the African Americans who served with Union forces during the Civil War, collectively, in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service during the Civil War.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-03). 20 killed in armed attack on gold mine in Burkina Faso. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) — Twenty people were killed in a terror attack on a gold mine in Burkina Faso, media outlets reported Saturday.

Ben Norton (2022-04-02). New Cold War Neocolonialism: West Threatens Solomon Islands over China Alliance. orinocotribune.com By Benjamin Norton — Mar 29, 2022 | The Solomon Islands, a sovereign country in the Pacific, broke ties with Taiwan and allied with China. So the US backed a failed violent coup attempt. Australia now calls the area its "backyard," and media moguls demand an invasion to prevent the nation from signing a security pact with Beijing. | The Solomon Islands is a sovereign nation in the Pacific, near Papua New Guinea and Australia, with a population of nearly 700,000 people (making it larger than EU/NATO member Luxembourg, NATO members Iceland and Montenegro, and EU member Malta). | As Western powers heat up their…

Our Reporter (2022-04-02). Uganda Airlines inaugurates new Board of Directors. plusnews.ug The new Board of Directors of Uganda Airlines Company Limited has been inaugurated. The seven-member team was initiated after taking the oath of allegiance at Hotel Africana in Kampala on Friday. They include; Priscilla Mirembe Serukka (Chairperson), Samson Rwahwire, Herbert Kamuntu, Patrick Ocailap, Barbara Namugambe, Abdi Karim Moding, and Ebrahim Kisoro Sadrudin. Their installation ends …

Staff (2022-04-02). "Our commitment to a prosperous Africa remains unwavering" en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 02 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has visited Ghana and Sierra Leone and has twisted, "Our commitment to a prosperous Africa remains unwavering."

Aarathi Prasad (2022-04-02). [Perspectives] Angela Migowa: advocating for children with rheumatic diseases. thelancet.com Angela Migowa's clinical work is challenging. Across east and central Africa, she is one of only two paediatric rheumatologists. It is a situation that Migowa, Assistant Professor and Paediatric Rheumatologist in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at Aga Khan University Medical College, East Africa (AKUMCEA) in Nairobi, Kenya, is passionate about rectifying. "In my country…potentially between 300‚Äà000 and 500‚Äà000 children have arthritis and associated conditions…it is one of the greatest challenges that many of these children are going undiagnosed." The roots…

John Zarocostas (2022-04-02). [World Report] Mixed response to COVID-19 intellectual property waiver. thelancet.com The global health community says the draft outcome—between the EU, the USA, India, and South Africa—falls short of expectations. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.

_____ (2022-04-02). Dock Workers In Genoa Protest Transit Of Arms Through Their Port. popularresistance.org On March 31, dock workers of the Italian port of Genoa observed a 24-hour strike protesting the usage of the port for the transit of arms which are likely to be used in deadly imperialist wars going across the world. The call of the strike was given by USB Italia trade union. Activists from various left, anti-war groups including Potere al Popolo participated in the blockade held at the Ethiopia crossing at the Genoa port and an assembly of workers at Cap in via Albertazzi. | During the protest, workers raised a banner which read "Not a penny, a rifle or a soldier for war" and also stated that Italian ports and a…

Asere Constance Ichuma (2022-04-01). Oulanyah's body returns home. plusnews.ug The body of the fallen Speaker of the 11th Parliament Jacob L'Okori Oulanyah has finally returned back to Uganda. The fallen speaker died from a highly reputable hospital in Seattle ,United States of America (USA) where he was receiving from treatment since early February after a long time illness. The body of Oulanyah arrived at …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-02). Expert Alert: Mayo Clinic Healthcare cardiologist explains link between diabetes, heart disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org LONDON — The number of people worldwide with diabetes is rising and with diabetes comes a higher risk for heart disease. Gosia Wamil, M.D., Ph.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, explains the connection between these two serious, chronic diseases. People with Type 2 diabetes are up to four times more likely than the general population to die from cardiovascular causes, leading physicians to recognize the need to reduce heart disease risk in…

Dave DeCamp (2022-04-02). US to Work With Allies to Send Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com A US official told The New York Times on Friday that the Biden administration will work with allies in Europe The move marks an escalation in Western military aid to Ukraine. Until now, the US and its NATO allies have provided Ukraine with thousands of shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles but have held off on sending more advanced weapons over concerns of provoking Russia. | The US official wouldn't specify how many tanks will be sent or what countries the…

TASS (2022-04-02). Europe has no robust alternative to paying for Russian gas in rubles – expert. tass.com Leonardo Paz Neves of the Fundacao Getulio Vargas foundation believes, the new payment rules for Russian gas will cause no turmoil on the global energy market…

TASS (2022-04-02). Turkish forces shell northern Syrian city of Ayn Issa, injuires reported – TV. tass.com Artillery and mortar fire was coming from the border security zone, created by the Turkish troops in 2019, Syria's Alikhbaria TV reported…

Dave DeCamp (2022-04-02). US to Work With Allies to Send Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com A US official told The New York Times on Friday that the Biden administration will work with allies in Europe The move marks an escalation in Western military aid to Ukraine. Until now, the US and its NATO allies have provided Ukraine with thousands of shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles but have held off on sending more advanced weapons over concerns of provoking Russia. | The US official wouldn't specify how many tanks will be sent or what countries the…

TASS (2022-04-02). US blacklists 120 organizations from Russia, Belarus. tass.com A document uploaded to the US Federal Register says those organizations were determined to be "acting contrary to the national security interests or foreign policy of the United States"

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