(2022-04-23). Tuesday 4/26: The War in Ukraine: NO U.S./NATO WAR WITH RUSSIA! NO WORLD WAR 3! indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2022-04-23). Cambodia arrests Laotian man with 5 kg of illicit drugs. xinhuanet.com Cambodian police arrested a Laotian man on Saturday for allegedly smuggling nearly 5 kilos of crystal methamphetamine from Laos into Cambodia, an anti-drug police officer said.
(2022-04-23). [Perspectives] Picturing health: the burden of leprosy in eastern Indonesia. thelancet.com Leprosy impacts impoverished communities in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), with over 200‚Äâ000 new cases recorded annually worldwide. This infectious disease is caused by Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis and primarily affects the skin and peripheral nerves. Effective multidrug therapy is available and, with early detection and treatment, leprosy is curable. Yet disease management can be complicated by immune-mediated reactions, which may cause irreversible nerve damage and lead to lifelong disabilities that are associated with stigmatisation and discrimination.
(2022-04-23). Typhoon Lan lashes central Japan, killing 2 and disrupting transport systems. xinhuanet.com Two people were killed and transportation systems and businesses severely disrupted as Typhoon Lan lashed central Japan's Pacific coast after making landfall early Monday.
(2022-04-23). [Articles] Segmentectomy versus lobectomy in small-sized peripheral non-small-cell lung cancer (JCOG0802/WJOG4607L): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial. thelancet.com To our knowledge, this study was the first phase 3 trial to show the benefits of segmentectomy versus lobectomy in overall survival of patients with small-peripheral NSCLC. The findings suggest that segmentectomy should be the standard surgical procedure for this population of patients.
(2022-04-23). Malaysia says to release body of Kim Jong Nam to DPRK. news.xinhuanet.com Malaysia will release the body of Kim Jong Nam to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and allow its nationals to leave, after the nine stranded Malaysian citizens in DPRK were freed, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a statement on Thursday.
(2022-04-23). Manila Int'l Auto Show kicks off. news.xinhuanet.com Visitors attend the Manila International Auto Show at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, the Philippines.
(2022-04-23). S.Korean court ends longest-ever hearing on warrant to arrest ex-president Park. news.xinhuanet.com A South Korean court on Thursday ended the longest-ever hearing here on a warrant to arrest former President Park Geun-hye, who was impeached earlier this month.
(2022-04-23). S. Korea's ex-president Park arrested following impeachment over corruption scandal. news.xinhuanet.com Former President Park Geun-hye of South Korea was arrested early Friday as a Seoul court approved the request from prosecutors following her impeachment earlier this month over a corruption scandal embroiling her.
(2022-04-23). Sri Lankan big business demands a "bipartisan national government" wsws.org The corporate elite fears that, unless the mass protests are brought rapidly to an end, a far broader political movement will erupt talks with the IMF are concluded and the extent of the austerity measures is revealed.
(2022-04-23). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE holds powerful demonstration advocating a socialist program for the anti-government protests. wsws.org Over 150 workers, students and youth as well as members of the SEP/IYSSE and workers' action committees held a rally outside the Fort railway station in Colombo.
(2022-04-23). Sunday 5/1: Bay Area Labor May Day Parade & Rally. indybay.org Parade will begin at Market Street and the Embarcadero in San Francisco and will march up to the Civic Center, where the rally will be held.
(2022-04-22). Turkey Says Some NATO Members Want Longer Ukraine War to Hurt Russia. news.antiwar.com In an interview on Wednesday, "There are countries within NATO who want the war to continue," Cavusoglu told CNN Turk. "They want Russia to become weaker." | According to Iran's
(2022-04-22). Macron Says France Will Supply Ukraine With CAESAR Howitzers. southfront.org 
French soldiers, assigned to Task Force Wagram, fire a French Ceasar in support of Operation Roundup, in Al Quim, Iraq, May 16, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Zakia Gray) | France will supply Ukraine with several CAESAR self-propelled howitzers, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with Ouest-France that was published on April 22. "We are delivering significant equipment, from Milan [anti-tank missiles] to CAESAR [howitzers]," President Emmanuel Macron told the reg…
(2022-04-22). Biden: U.S. prepared to supply weapons for interminable war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 22, 2022 Biden: USA can supply Ukraine with weapons for long time The United States is capable of supplying Ukraine with weapons for a long time, U.S. President Joe Biden has said on Thursday. "We have the capacity to do this for a long time," he said, answering a journalist's question about how long …
(2022-04-22). Combat-ready: NATO in talks to deploy yet more troops to eastern flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 22, 2022 NATO allies in talks to send more troops to eastern flank: Polish official A senior Polish national security official said on Friday that the NATO alliance was discussing ways to boost troop numbers on its eastern edge amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. *** "Talks are under way to expand the NATO …
(2022-04-22). Wednesday 4/20: Global Geopolitics from Ukraine to the Middle East. indybay.org Join Zoom meeting: sjeccd-edu.zoom.us/j/5088214551 | Zoom meeting ID: 508 821 4551 | International dial-in numbers available: zoom.us/u/aM3amGqtL…
(2022-04-22). Coup-threatened Georgia: ruling party exposes "NGO clan" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com On the role of "NGOs' in fomenting coups in Georgia, and the wars that inevitably follow them, see item below the news report. The United National Movement is the party founded by Mikheil Saakashvili, who returned from Ukraine late last year, where he held a major post in the government of Volodymyr Zelensky, to launch …
(2022-04-22). Japan intensifies hard-line stance on islands "illegally occupied" by Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 22, 2022 Japan shifts to hard-line stance on territorial dispute with Russia Tokyo has switched to a hard-line stance in its decades-long territorial dispute with Moscow following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, stating in its annual foreign policy report released Friday that four northern islands are "illegally occupied" by Russia. *** The report highlighted …
(2022-04-22). France to deliver howitzers, anti-tank missiles for war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformApril 22, 2022 Macron announces supply of Milan anti-tank systems, Caesar howitzers to Ukraine French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the supply of Milan anti-tank missiles and Caesar self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. *** "We are delivering significant equipment, from Milan to Caesar. I think we have to continue on this route. Always with the red …
(2022-04-22). India blocs Japanese Air Self-Defense Force flight for Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nikkei AsiaApril 22, 2022 Japan reworks Ukraine aid plan after India blocks military plane Japan is redrawing its plan for transporting humanitarian aid supplies to displaced Ukrainians after India reportedly refused to let Self-Defense Forces aircraft land in the country. The plan was for an Air Self-Defense Force plane to pick up relief items at …
(2022-04-22). Turkey makes NATO ally Greece offer it better not refuse. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey and its weapons have recently established a record in Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, Ethiopia and Ukraine that Athens would be wise to heed is the message from Greece's NATO ally and neighbor. ==== Hurriyet News AgencyApril 22, 2022 Defense minister urges Greece to respond to Turkey's call for 'friendship' Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on …
(2022-04-22). Azerbaijan: "We have proved to the whole world how to wage a war in the 21st century" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The leadership of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Japan and Finland got the message on how to "liberate occupied territories" from Russia. === Azeri Press AgencyApril 22, 2022 President Ilham Aliyev: "Although war is over, the territorial claims against us are not over yet" "We have proved to the whole world how to wage a war in …
(2022-04-22). Países centroasiáticos y Rusia evalúan situación en Afganistán. telesurtv.net La solución de las contradicciones derivadas por la situación en Afganistán resulta vital para la estabilidad regional.
(2022-04-22). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org South Korea: Webzen online game workers to strike; India: Tamil Nadu government medical technicians demand reinstatement; Seven West Media lifts lockout at Western Australia print facility; Air New Zealand suspends cabin crew over rolling strikes…
(2022-04-22). The Heat: Boao Forum for Asia. america.cgtn.com 
Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan.
(2022-04-22). Turkish-Indonesian strategic partnership: NATO's gateway to ASEAN. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1952 along with Greece after both nations had served their apprenticeship by deploying troops for the Korean War. Three years later Turkey became the main pivot in the founding of the Central Treaty Organization, modeled after NATO.A year earlier the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, also modeled after …
(2022-04-22). Does the North Atlantic Alliance Want to Become an East Asian Alliance? libya360.wordpress.com Alexandre Lemoine This is the question that some people are now asking. Nato countries are planning to expand their area of cooperation with Asian countries. This was stated at a recent meeting of the Alliance's foreign ministers in Brussels. We are used to talking about NATO's enlargement to the east, but this time we are…
(2022-04-22). Notes From Wartorn Ethiopia, Part II. popularresistance.org Even the Embassy of Bangladesh is building new floors right across the street from my alleyway hotel. Mercedes drive in and out, and I wonder how such a poor country affords them, but Mercedes seem to be the ambassadorial vehicle of choice. Governments like Bangladesh, which don't maintain embassies in many other countries, no doubt maintain them here because Addis Ababa is the seat of the African Union, and with the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam coming online, Ethiopia is emerging as a regional powerhouse, despite how much that dismays US policymakers. | The European Union embassy flies its flag behind a concr…
(2022-04-22). Turkey Admits Three Of Its Soldiers Were Killed While Taking Part In New Northern Iraq Operation. southfront.org 
On April 22, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced that three soldiers were killed while taking part in Operation…
(2022-04-22). Who are the War Criminals? The Nightmare: The Iraq Invasion's Atrocities, Unearthing the Unthinkable. globalresearch.ca They promised that the invasion of Iraq would be without a bloodbath…
(2022-04-22). One killed, three injured in ISIL attack on Iraq's Diyala. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) —Iraqi sources on Friday reported that one person was killed and three others wounded following the attack of ISIL terrorist group on outskirts of Khanaqin about 100 km from Baqubah capital of Diyala province in eastern Baghdad.
(2022-04-22). US Crimes against the People of Iraq, Vietnam, Nicaragua, … : Denial, Selective Perception and Military Atrocities. globalresearch.ca It was under the watch of his father, George Bush, Snr., that in 1991, thousands of Iraqi conscripts were buried alive in southern Iraq…
(2022-04-22). Malaysia says to release body of Kim Jong Nam to DPRK. news.xinhuanet.com Malaysia will release the body of Kim Jong Nam to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and allow its nationals to leave, after the nine stranded Malaysian citizens in DPRK were freed, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a statement on Thursday.
(2022-04-22). Stop the execution of Melissa Lucio, an innocent woman and survivor. liberationnews.org 
Texas officials have set Melissa Lucio to be executed on Wednesday, April 27, 2022.
(2022-04-22). Mi primera vida: Presentan autobiografía del Comandante Hugo Chávez Frías (+ Video). cubadebate.cu El libro Mi primera vida, texto autobiográfico del Comandante Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías escrito por el periodista español Ignacio Ramonet, fue presentado en el contexto de la 30 Feria Internacional del Libro de La Habana. Realizado entre 2008 y 2013, esta obra contó con la revisión minuciosa del propio Chávez.
(2022-04-22). Manila Int'l Auto Show kicks off. news.xinhuanet.com Visitors attend the Manila International Auto Show at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, the Philippines.
(2022-04-22). S.Korean court ends longest-ever hearing on warrant to arrest ex-president Park. news.xinhuanet.com A South Korean court on Thursday ended the longest-ever hearing here on a warrant to arrest former President Park Geun-hye, who was impeached earlier this month.
(2022-04-22). S. Korea's ex-president Park arrested following impeachment over corruption scandal. news.xinhuanet.com Former President Park Geun-hye of South Korea was arrested early Friday as a Seoul court approved the request from prosecutors following her impeachment earlier this month over a corruption scandal embroiling her.
(2022-04-22). Sri Lankan government deploys military, defends police shooting of protesters. wsws.org False government and police allegations that violent protesters are blocking transport are being used to justify the mobilisation of the Sri Lankan military.
(2022-04-22). How Obama-Biden Team Empowered Terrorists In Syria. popularresistance.org Hours after the Feb. 3 U.S. military raid in northern Syria that left the leader of ISIS and multiple family members dead, President Biden delivered a triumphant White House address. | The late-night Special Forces operation in Syria's Idlib province, Biden proclaimed, was a "testament to America's reach and capability to take out terrorist threats no matter where they hide around the world." | Unmentioned by the president, and virtually all media accounts of the assassination, was the critical role that top members of his administration played during the Obama years in creating the Al Qaeda-controlled hideout wh…
(2022-04-22). Turkey commemorates life of Chechen separatist warlord. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The piece is beyond eulogy and approaching hagiography.The Kremlin's strategic partner Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened a public park dedicated to Dzhokhar Dudayev, first president of the "Chechen Republic of Ichkeria," last December, triggering a fierce reaction from current Chechen president, Ramzan Kadyrov.Turkey is not through with Chechnya and with Dagestan, Ingushetia and the Tatars in …
(2022-04-22). German chancellor: NATO-Russia clash could trigger third world war, nuclear war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Scholz's logic at times (see below) is not only tortuous but torturous. His main message, though, seems unequivocal. Der SpiegelApril 22, 2022 "There Cannot Be a Nuclear War" Excerpts from interview. The SPD is a party of peace, but it has never been pacifist. The two great postwar Social Democratic chancellors, Willy Brandt and Helmut …
(2022-04-22). Air defense, armored vehicles: Britain trains Ukrainian troops at home, in Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 22, 2022 UK training Ukrainian troops in Poland: Johnson Ukrainian troops are being trained in Poland to use anti-aircraft defence equipment donated by the British government, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed. "I can say that we're currently training Ukrainians in Poland in the use of the anti-aircraft defences," Johnson told reporters …