(2021-04-06). Iraq's Turn to Saudi Arabia for Economic Relief Is Sign of Its Regional Rebalancing. globalresearch.ca Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi visited Riyadh on March 31 and …
(2021-04-06). The Art Of The New Racism — OpEd. eurasiareview.com 
"Certain San Francisco artists may receive $1,000 a month under a new city program, the latest in a series of universal basic income initiatives cropping up in cities across California," writes They must be "San Francisco residents under certain income thresholds who faced economic loss during the pandemic." The recipients can be from "every artistic tradition," b…
(2021-04-06). Lokman Slim's war: The life and mysterious death of a Western collaborator in Lebanon. thegrayzone.com Memorialized by Western diplomats, Lokman Slim worked for US government cutouts, wished war and suffering on fellow Shias and informed on his community. Did these activities lead to his demise? On February 4, a Lebanese employee of foreign embassies and NGOs was murdered in the southern Lebanese village of Addousiyeh. Few Lebanese people had heard of the 58-year-old socialite who had made his living in recent years by informing on his own community. But the Western diplomatic and NGO community …
(2021-04-06). US Military Closes Camp 7, Guantánamo's 'High-Value Detainee' Prison Block, Moves Men To Camp 5 — OpEd. eurasiareview.com 
In news from Guantánamo, the US military announced that it had shut Camp 7, the secretive prison block where Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other so-called "high-value detainees" have been held since their arrival at Guantánamo from CIA "black sites" in September 2006, and had moved the prisoners to Camp 5. | Modeled on a maximum security prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, Camp 5, which cost $17.5 million, opened in 2004, and its solid-walled, isolated cells were used to hold prisoners regarded as non-compliant. As the prison's population shrank, however, it was closed — in September 2016 — and its remain…
(2021-04-06). Federal Court Authorizes Summons Seeking Identities Of US Taxpayers Who Have Used Cryptocurrency. eurasiareview.com 
A federal court in the District of Massachusetts entered an order last week authorizing the IRS to serve a John Doe summons on Circle Internet Financial Inc., or its predecessors, subsidiaries, divisions, and affiliates, including Poloniex LLC (collectively "Circle"), seeking information about US taxpayers who conducted at least the equivalent of $20,000 in transactions in cryptocurrency during the years 2016 to 2020. | The IRS is seeking the records of Americans who engaged in business with or through Circle, a digital currency exchanger headquartered in Boston. | "Those who transact with cryptocurrency must…
(2021-04-06). Was Portuguese Proselytization In Ceylon Ruthless As Portrayed? — OpEd. eurasiareview.com 
Colonial administrator James Emerson Tennent has a different view : | James Emerson Tennent was Colonial Secretary in Ceylon from 1846 to 1850 and Acting Governor in April-May 1847. Tennent was not just an administrator, a Colonial master lording over obsequious natives. His keen eye and ear caught the nuances of the communities he was administering. His scholarship got him the Presidency of the Ceylon branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. | In "Christianity in Ceylon" published in 1850, Tennent traces its encounters with, and the challenges it faced from, entrenched faiths like Buddhism, Hinduism, Isla…
(2021-04-06). The real lives of America's Chinese masseuses. mronline.org 
The recent mass shooting in Atlanta has highlighted the vulnerability of Asian women who work in American massage parlors. But they face systematic oppression as well as individual hate. | April 6, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-06). FDR Banned Gold 88 Years Ago: Will A Bitcoin Ban Be Next? — OpEd. eurasiareview.com 
By Tho Bishop* | Today is the eighty-eighth anniversary of
(2021-04-06). Myanmar: PPST Calls For End To Killing Unarmed Civilians, Welcomes CRPH Constitutional Moves. eurasiareview.com 
The Peace Process Steering Team (PPST), formed by the 10 ethnic armed organisations that signed Myanmar's Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, on Sunday called on the junta to stop killing unarmed civilians, and to immediately and unconditionally release all those unjustly detained under its rule. | The PPST made its demands in a five-point "common positions" statement released following a video conference meeting held by members on April 3-4. | "We will continue our support towards the Spring Revolution including Public Civil Disobedience Movement," the statement added, while also welcoming a recent declaration by…
(2021-04-06). Eni Announces New Light Oil Discovery In Block 15/06, Offshore Angola. eurasiareview.com 
Eni said Tuesday it has made a new light oil discovery in Block 15/06, in Angola's deep offshore. The well has been drilled on the Cuica exploration prospect located inside the Cabaàßa Development Area and close to the Armada Olombendo FPSO (East Hub) pursuing the exploration opportunities in proximity of existing infrastructures (ILX, infrastructure-led exploration). It resulted in an oil discovery with a size estimated between 200 and 250 million barrels of oil in place. | The Cuica-1 NFW has been drilled as a deviated well by the Libongos drillship in a water depth of 500 meters, and reached a total v…
(2021-04-06). Peru: Behavioral Strategies To Reduce Teacher Sorting — Analysis. eurasiareview.com 
Low-income students are more likely to attend schools with less-qualified teachers, expanding the very achievement gaps that public education should help reduce. Although the problem of teacher sorting is well-documented, policy responses have tended to focus on increasing compensation at hard-to-staff schools, which can be both expensive and ineffective. This column presents the results of a novel and low-cost strategy implemented nationwide by the government of Peru that successfully encouraged highly qualified teachers to apply for job openings in disadvantaged schools. | By Nicolas Ajzenman, Eleonora Berto…
(2021-04-06). Video: Myanmar: US-backed Opposition Is Armed. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2021-04-06). Saudi aid worker sentenced to 20 years in prison. peoplesdispatch.org It is believed that Abdulrahman al-Sadhan has been convicted in connection with operating an anonymous Twitter account that was critical of human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia and the policies of crown prince Mohammed bin Salman…
(2021-04-06). A Fresh Voice Debunking Disinformation on Syria with Real Eyewitness Testimonies and a Genuine Anti-Hegemonic Context. globalresearch.ca Carrying all of the attributes of a globalized unconventional war to …
(2021-04-06). Sunday 4/11: SF Rally At Japan Consulate: Stop The Nukes & Japan Olympics. indybay.org San Francisco Japanese Consulate | 275 Battery St/California | San Francisco…
(2021-04-06). How to Avoid the Anti-Imperialism of Fools. thenation.com How to Avoid the Anti-Imperialism of Fools…
(2021-04-06). Jordan: Read the full conversation between Prince Hamzah and army chief. middleeasteye.net 
Jordan: Read the full conversation between Prince Hamzah and army chief | Middle East Eye publishes the full transcript of the stormy meeting on Saturday where Jordan's former crown prince was told he was under veritable house arrest | Tue, 04/06/2021 – 10: 56 | Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, left, and Major General Yousef Huneiti, right (AFP) | On Saturday evening, the Jordanian military's chief of staff, Major G…
(2021-04-06). Jordan: Saudi minister flies to Amman with 'message of support' after crackdown. middleeasteye.net 
Jordan: Saudi minister flies to Amman with 'message of support' after crackdown | Reports have claimed that Riyadh has tried to obtain the release of Saudi-Jordanian citizen Bassem Awadallah, accused of 'undermining the security' of Amman | Tue, 04/06/2021 – 11: 58 | Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, right, meets with his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, centre, in the capital Amman on 6 Apri…
(2021-04-06). Sri Lankan Regime Comes Under Multiple Pressures — Analysis. eurasiareview.com 
A variety of issues, domestic and external, economic and political, are crying for attention : | The regime of the Rajapaksa brothers, comprising President Gotabaya, Prime Minister Mahinda and ruling party organizer Basil, is facing multiple problems, domestic and external, economic and political. | Divisions have arisen in the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and also with alliance partners. There is difficulty in kick-starting the economy derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, mainly due to flaws in the decision making and implementing apparatuses. The external debt repayment issue is looming in…
(2021-04-06). Pentagon Publishes Pictures of Syrian Kurds Training to Call in Airstrikes. news.antiwar.com Last month, US Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs)
(2021-04-06). Jordan Is Where Domestic And Regional Fissures Collide. southfront.org 
AMMAN, May 25, 2019 (Xinhua) — Jordan's King Abdullah II (C) reviews the Royal Guard of Honor during the ceremony of the 73rd anniversary of the Independence of Jordan in Amman, Jordan, May 25, 2019. (Xinhua/Mohammad Abu Ghosh/IANS) | Submitted by Dr. James M. Dorsey. | Former Crown Prince Hamzah bin Hussein has papered over a rare public dispute in the ruling Jordanian family in a move that is unlikely to resolve long-standing fissures in society and among the country's elite and…
(2021-04-05). How Eurasia Will be Interconnected. globalresearch.ca The extraordinary confluence between the signing of the
(2021-04-05). The Future of Australian Universities: Bogans of the Pacific. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2021-04-05). The Benefits Of Tax Planning For Companies Facing Financial Constraints. eurasiareview.com 
A recent study of more than 2,000 companies finds that corporations feeling the pinch of financial constraints can benefit significantly from taking a more aggressive stance in their tax planning strategies. One takeaway of the finding is that tax authorities should look closely at the activities of companies facing financial constraints to make sure their tax activities don't become too aggressive. | Financial constraints aren't unusual and occur when a company can't afford to fund a project that would increase its value. Sometimes the constraints are caused by an external event – like a pandemic – that leave…
(2021-04-05). US Deaths Normally Change Less Than 2% Each Year; In 2020 They Rose Nearly 23%. eurasiareview.com 
Extended surges in the South and West in the summer and early winter of 2020 resulted in regional increases in excess death rates, both from COVID-19 and from other causes, a 50-state analysis of excess death trends has found. Virginia Commonwealth University researchers' latest study notes that Black Americans had the highest excess death rates per capita of any racial or ethnic group in 2020. | The research, publishing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, offers new data from the last 10 months of 2020 on how many Americans died during 2020 as a result of the effects of the pandemic — beyond…
(2021-04-05). Bahrainis continue protests demanding release of prisoners amid COVID-19 pandemic. peoplesdispatch.org Protests took place for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday demanding the release of prisoners from overcrowded jails. Protesters also condemned the blackout of news regarding the number of COVID-19 cases in the facilities…
(2021-04-05). To Intervene Or Not To Intervene? That Is The Future Climate Question. eurasiareview.com 
Nine of the hottest years in human history have occurred in the past decade. Without a major shift in this climate trajectory, the future of life on Earth is in question, which poses a new question: Should humans, whose fossil fueled society is driving climate change, use technology to put the brakes on global warming? | Michigan State University community ecologist Phoebe Zarnetske is co-lead of the Climate Intervention Biology Working Group, a team of internationally recognized experts in climate science and ecology that is bringing science to bear on the question and consequences of geoengineering a cooler…
(2021-04-05). Paleopharmaceuticals From Baltic Amber Might Fight Drug-Resistant Infections. eurasiareview.com 
For centuries, people in Baltic nations have used ancient amber for medicinal purposes. Even today, infants are given amber necklaces that they chew to relieve teething pain, and people put pulverized amber in elixirs and ointments for its purported anti-inflammatory and anti-infective properties. Now, scientists have pinpointed compounds that help explain Baltic amber's therapeutic effects and that could lead to new medicines to combat antibiotic-resistant infections. | The researchers will present their results today at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS Spring 2021 is being held…
(2021-04-05). Humans Were Apex Predators For Two Million Years. eurasiareview.com 
Researchers at Tel Aviv University were able to reconstruct the nutrition of stone age humans. In a paper published in the Yearbook of the American Physical Anthropology Association, Dr. Miki Ben-Dor and Prof. Ran Barkai of the Jacob M. Alkov Department of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University, together with Raphael Sirtoli of Portugal, show that humans were an apex predator for about two million years. Only the extinction of larger animals (megafauna) in various parts of the world, and the decline of animal food sources toward the end of the stone age, led humans to gradually increase the vegetable element in th…
(2021-04-05). The Future Of Digital Currencies To Be Determined In Asia — OpEd. eurasiareview.com 
By ANU Editorial Board | Next time you're eating a pizza, spare a thought for Laszlo Hanyecz. Back in 2010, the Florida resident
(2021-04-05). For Some Black Students, Discrimination Outweighed Integration's Benefits. eurasiareview.com 
Integrating the American classroom has long been a goal of many who seek to eradicate racial discrimination. But a new paper from four economists, including Duke University's William A. "Sandy" Darity Jr., suggests that Black students do not always benefit from attending racially balanced schools. | Instead, Black adults who attended racially balanced high schools in the mid-20th century completed significantly less schooling than those who attended either predominantly black or predominantly white schools, the authors found. | "Standard wisdom has it that school desegregation paves the way to racial nirvana i…
(2021-04-05). New Batteries Give Jolt To Renewables, Energy Storage. eurasiareview.com 
The cost of harvesting solar energy has dropped so much in recent years that it's giving traditional energy sources a run for their money. However, the challenges of energy storage – which require the capacity to bank an intermittent and seasonally variable supply of solar energy – have kept the technology from being economically competitive. | Cornell University researchers led by Lynden Archer, Dean and Professor of Engineering, have been exploring the use of low-cost materials to create rechargeable batteries that will make energy storage more affordable. Now, they have shown that a new technique incorporat…
(2021-04-05). Rise Of Oxygen On Earth: Initial Estimates Off By 100 Million Years. eurasiareview.com 
New research shows the permanent rise of oxygen in our atmosphere, which set the stage for life as we know it, happened 100 million years later than previously thought. | A significant rise in oxygen occurred about 2.43 billion years ago, marking the start of the Great Oxidation Episode — a pivotal moment in Earth's history. | An international research team including a UC Riverside scientist analyzed rocks from South Africa formed during this event. Findings, published this week in the journal Nature, include the discovery that oxygen fluctuated dramatically after its early appearance until it became a perman…
(2021-04-05). India: Andhra Pradesh Assessment — Analysis. eurasiareview.com 
On March 5, 2021, Communist Party of India-Maoist (
(2021-04-05). Bulgaria: PM Borisov May Struggle To Form New Coalition Despite Election Victory. eurasiareview.com 
( With nearly all the ballots counted, the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party (GERB) party was ahead with 26 percent of the vote, the Central Election Commission said, putting it on track for its worst performance since Borisov form…
(2021-04-05). Modi's Claim Of His Arrest For Bangladesh Satyagraha Deconstructed — OpEd. .com 
By Gouri Sankar Nag* | Amazing as it may sound, yet this claim has allowed us to sneak once again into the glorious chapter of the liberation of Bangladesh, lest we may discover such untold stories of a saga that remains buried to date. Hence, in our quest for truth-seeking, it would be unfair to dismiss any possibility. On the contrary, we cannot buy such propagandist logic that the Congress or the Left tried to construct history after their political agenda that suited them. Rather we need to keep in mind that any tendency of generalization is biased, gross, and sort of impelled by domination to subordinate…
(2021-04-05). India: A Lingering Red — Analysis. .com 
By Ajit Kumar Singh* | On April 3, 2021, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed at least 22 Security Force (SF) personnel in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh. | Giving details, the State's Deputy Inspector General (anti-Maoist operations), O.P. Pal, disclosed, "Separate joint teams of Security Forces, over 2,000 in number, had launched a major anti-Maoist operation from Bijapur and Sukma Districts in the South Bastar forests, considered as the Maoist stronghold, on Friday [April 2] night. Around noon on Saturday [April 3], an encounter broke out between the patrolling team that was dispatched…
(2021-04-05). India: Ethnic Cauldron In Meghalaya — Analysis. .com 
By Giriraj Bhattacharjee* | On March 21, 2021, three local youth from Wahkaji in the South West Khasi Hills area were assaulted in the Golf Links area of Shillong city in East Khasi Hills District. On March 28, one of the victims succumbed to his injuries. | Since the assault, several pressure groups in the State are demanding actions against the culprits who, according to them, were non-locals. | On March 30, 2021, the Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC), general secretary, Roy Synrem, alleged that since the victims of the March 21 incident were locals and belonged to the Khasi community, the Police was not 'seri…
(2021-04-05). Jordan's Prince Hamza Signs Statement Pledging Support To King Abdullah II. .com 
Jordan's Prince Hamza bin Hussein has signed a document reiterating his support for King Abdullah II. | Prince Hamza, a former crown prince, was accused at the weekend of liaising with foreign parties over a plot to destabilize the country. | The letter released by the Jordanian Royal Court on Monday said: "The interests of the homeland must remain above every consideration, and we must all stand behind the king in his efforts to protect Jordan and its national interests." | Prince Hamza signed the document at the house of Prince Hassan — who King Abdullah delegated to resolve the matter. | Prince Hassan…
(2021-04-05). Can America finally kick the Habit? — "The Greatest Purveyor of Violence in the World" juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com ) — Fifty-four years ago, standing at the pulpit of Riverside Church in New York City, Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his now-famous "Beyond Vietnam" sermon. For the first time in public, he expressed in vehement terms his opposition to the American war in Vietnam. He saw clearly that a foreign policy defined …
(2021-04-05). Duterte's lockdowns falters even as Philippines add over 100,000 new COVID cases in 10 days. peoplesdispatch.org The series of heavily policed and extended lockdowns in place since March 2020, has failed to contain the spread of COVID-19 and given way to more human rights violations…
(2021-04-05). COVID-19 cases surge in the Philippines. wsws.org So far, Metro Manila, the national capital region (NCR) and four surrounding provinces have borne the brunt of the surge with 70 percent of active cases or 109,496.
(2021-04-05). How the Cleanup of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Got So Expensive. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2021-04-05). Vietnam: National Assembly Elects New Prime Minister. telesurenglish.net The National Assembly of Vietnam elected on Monday Pham Minh Chinh, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party (PCV), as Prime Minister replacing Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who in turn became President of the Republic. Both were congratulated for the successful fulfillment of their previous responsibilities. | RELATED: | Both elected officials will complete their predecessors' terms until May, and then could be r…
(2021-04-05). Stop Asian Hate! N. Cal Filipinos & Asians Speak-out Against Racist Violence and Murders. indybay.org Hundreds of Northern California Filipinos and Asian Americans spoke out against the racist violence and murders taking place in the Bay Are and nationally. The march and rally took place on March 26, 2021…
(2021-04-05). US-Educated Lawyer Becomes Kosovo's Second Female President — Analysis. eurasiareview.com 
Kosovo MPs voted to make 38-year-old Vjosa Osmani the country's new president on Sunday evening, ending a political deadlock that could have triggered snap elections for the second time this year. | By Prepares Isufi | Vjosa Osmani became Kosovo's fifth head of state in 13 years since the country declared its independence from Serbia on Sunday night when MPs in the Kosovo Assembly voted to appoint her as president. | Osmani, a 38-year-old lawyer, also became the second woman to hold…
(2021-04-05). EXCLUSIVE: Jordan's army chief heard warning Hamzah against talking to tribal leaders. middleeasteye.net 
EXCLUSIVE: Jordan's army chief heard warning Hamzah against talking to tribal leaders | A surreptitious recording of a conversation between Yousef Huneiti and the former crown prince on Saturday reveals no accusations of plotting a coup were made | Mon, 04/05/2021 – 16: 20 | Jordanian Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, pictured here on 17 April 2012, says he has been under de facto house arrest since Saturday…
(2021-04-05). Jordan's King Abdullah turns to family mediation to mend rift with Prince Hamzah. middleeasteye.net 
Jordan's King Abdullah turns to family mediation to mend rift with Prince Hamzah | Prince Hamzah bin Hussein releases letter vowing loyalty to the crown after King Abdullah II sends uncle to work on mediation talks | Mon, 04/05/2021 – 20: 40 | A split photo showing King Abdullah II and Prince Hamzah bin Hussein (AFP)
| Jordan's King Abdullah II and Prince Hamzah bin Hussein have agr…
(2021-04-05). Arabic press review: This is what the Arab media is saying about the Jordan 'coup plot'. middleeasteye.net 
Arabic press review: This is what the Arab media is saying about the Jordan 'coup plot' | According to the Jordanian media, Hamzah rebuffed the king's efforts for private conciliation, while the Saudis report Amman is in an 'unprecedented crisis' | Mon, 04/05/2021 – 14: 59 | An elderly Palestinian man in the occupied-West Bank town of Hebron reads the daily newspaper al-Quds, which boasts front-…
(2021-04-05). Covid-19: Saudi Arabia to allow only 'immunised' pilgrims for Umrah. middleeasteye.net 
Covid-19: Saudi Arabia to allow only 'immunised' pilgrims for Umrah | Individuals who have received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine or have previously recovered from virus will be granted permit to perform pilgrimage | Mon, 04/05/2021 – 19: 45 | Nearly two million people had performed Umrah since it had reopened last October when restrictions were eased (AFP) | Saudi Arabia said on Monday that only pilgr…