(2022-05-07). Expansion into Asia-Pacific: NATO military bloc is poison, not antidote. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMay 7, 2022 Japan shouldn't be a promoter for NATO's Asia-Pacific expansion The Ukraine crisis and the geopolitical tragedy it has triggered are not enough to kill the hunger of the US and some Western countries to reap political profits from the situation. Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his British counterpart Boris …
(2022-05-07). [Perspectives] Siobhan Wescott: steadfast advocate for Native American health. thelancet.com At preschool in Cambridge, MA, USA, during the early 1970s, Siobhan Wescott recalls being attacked by her fellow classmates for being a Native American. "At 4, I physically experienced racism for the first time. That really shaped my wanting to not have people feel uncomfortable in new places just because of the colour of their skin or their identity", she says. Wescott, who is Alaskan Athabascan, became the inaugural Dr Susan and Suzette LaFlesche Professor of American Indian Health and Director of the American Indian Health Program in the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UN…
(2022-05-07). Tiny space exploration robot developed for future moon landings in Japan. ecns.cn Measuring approximately 8 cm in diameter and weighing in at just 250 grams, this elliptical-shaped robot is a transformer of sorts, with a body that extends, functioning as makeshift wheels to allow it to move around on the Moon.
(2022-05-07). [Correspondence] An urgent plea for surgical care in Lebanon. thelancet.com Economic collapse, civil unrest, and an accelerating brain drain are mounting crises provoked by long-standing corruption in Lebanon. Aggravated by COVID-19 and a devastating port explosion, Lebanon, once one of the prominent health-care hubs in the Middle East and north African region, can hardly remain afloat.1 With worsening shortages of medical supplies, mass physician migration, and absent governmental support, Lebanon's health sector is reaching a new rock bottom each day.
(2022-05-07). S Korea says DPRK fires unidentified projectile into eastern waters. ecns.cn The Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired an unidentified projectile into its eastern waters, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Saturday.
(2022-05-06). Fall-out of the Ukraine conflict on India's economy. mronline.org 
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(2022-05-06). Showdown at "Credibility Gulch" in Ukraine War. covertactionmagazine.com Back in the 1960s and 1970s during the war in Vietnam, everybody knew about the "credibility gap," which morphed into …
(2022-05-06). Labor Force Participation Continues Toward Pre-Pandemic Levels. truthout.org 
The economy added 428,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate remained flat at 3.6 percent. The unemployment rates for white workers (3.2 percent), Blacks (5.9 percent), Asians (3.1 percent), and Hispanics (4.1 percent) were all virtually unchanged from the previous month. | Labor Force Participation Gains Slowed, Still Approaching Pre-Pandemic Levels: | The overall labor force participation rate (LFPR) declined 0.2 percentage points to 62.2 percent, returning to the January 2022 level. This marks the first time since May 2021 that the LFPR has experienced a month-over-month decline. For prime age…
(2022-05-06). Intifada 1987: The Story of a Rare Palestinian Album. towardfreedom.org A rare recording featuring Palestinian artist Riad Awwad and poet Mahmoud Darwish has resurfaced, found amid a collection of 12,000 old cassette tapes in the West Bank, writes Atiyyah Khan.
(2022-05-06). West Asia's Economic Savior is Called 'Multipolarity'. orinocotribune.com 
By Matthew Ehret — May 2, 2022 | The transition from a western economic order toward a multipolar one is ushering in unprecedented economic and security advancements for West Asia. | A race is now underway that will determine the shape of things to come for many generations. | While it is easy to get lost in the swarm of chaotic facts, sound bites, narrative spin, and other noise, it is vital to keep sight of the larger historical forces shaping our present crisis-ridden age. | Two weeks ago, in an important
(2022-05-06). The Gilded Glamour Met Gala Was a Fantasia of Inequality. inequality.org
(2022-05-06). Solid Month of Job Growth in April. cepr.net Labor force participation rate returns to January 2022 level. | The economy added 428,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate remained flat at 3.6 percent. The unemployment rates for white workers (3.2 percent), Blacks (5.9 percent), Asians (3.1 percent), and Hispanics (4.1 percent) were all virtually unchanged from the previous month. | Labor Force Participation Gains Slowed, Still Approaching Pre-Pandemic Levels | The overall labor force participation rate (LFPR) declined 0.2 percentage points to 62.2 percent, returning to the January 2022 level. This marks the first time since May 2021 that the LFPR has…
(2022-05-06). South Korea: first Asian state to join NATO's cyber warfare center in Estonia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Korea HeraldMay 5, 2022 South Korea's intelligence agency joins NATO's cyber defense center as first in Asia South Korea's National Intelligence Service became a member of a cyberdefense center for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the state agency said on Thursday. According to NIS, it has been admitted as a contributing participant for NATO Cooperative …
(2022-05-06). øQué es el Día de Vesak o Día del Plenilunio?>. telesurtv.nettelesurtv.net En la India y otros países del sur de Asia, comúnmente el Vesak se celebra haciendo ofrendas a Buda.
(2022-05-06). Karabakh delenda est: brutishness in the 21st century…AD. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Trend News AgencyMay 6, 2022 Photo exhibition of Azerbaijan's liberated territories opens in New York An exhibition of photographs "Aghdam Delenda est" was opened in one of the central galleries in New York, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture told Trend. The event was attended by Azerbaijan's Minister of Culture Anar Karimov, the ministry said. The …
(2022-05-06). The Radical Roots Of Community Supported Agriculture. popularresistance.org Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) is one of those rare ideas which combine transformative potential with an elegant simplicity. The CSA model of funding and sustaining locally-rooted agriculture has grown exponentially around the globe over the past four decades. Since the first formal CSA at Robyn Van En's Indian Line Farm in South Egremont, Massachusetts in the early 1980s, CSAs have become a household fixture across the US and elsewhere; the most recent estimate by the USDA (2012) counted approximately 13,000 CSA farms in the US alone. | The success of community-supported farming has coincided with rising…
(2022-05-06). Hashd al-Sha'abi forces repel ISIL attack in eastern Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) — Iraq's Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU) forces, also known as Hashd al-Sha'abi, repelled the attacks of remnants of ISIL terrorist group in Diyala province in eastern Iraq on Friday morning.
(2022-05-06). German Chancellor Scholz Attended Girls' Day in Berlin, Accidentally Flew For NATO To Japan Next. thesaker.is by Thorsten J Pattberg for the Saker Blog [Transcript] Hello, Dr. Pattberg here at the German Embassy in Tokyo. In this presentation, I would like to pertain to the brutal…
(2022-05-06). Iwakuni residents fight back against US military presence. peoplesdispatch.org Residents of Iwakuni, which hosts one of the largest US foreign bases, recently announced that they will file a lawsuit that could have wider implications for foreign military bases in Japan…
(2022-05-06). Black America Debates Whether New Haitian-American LGBTQ White House Press Secretary Is 'Progress' Or More Democrat Symbolism. moguldom.com Former political news analyst Karine Jean-Pierre, a Haitian-American immigrant, has been named the new White House press secretary, replacing Jen Psaki. A longtime adviser to President Joe Biden, Jean-Pierre was his deputy assistant and the principal deputy press secretary. With the appointment, she will become the first Black woman and the first openly gay person in the …
(2022-05-06). Sharp price rises in essentials and shortages drastically hitting Sri Lankan workers and the poor. wsws.org Workers from a range of industries spoke to WSWS reporters about the poverty they now face and voiced their anger against President Rajapakse and his big business government.
(2022-05-06). Turkey loses another soldier in ongoing Syrian war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzertagMay 4, 2022 A Turkish soldier was killed during an anti-terrorist operation in Syria A Turkish soldier was killed during the "Olive Branch" operation carried out by the Turkish Armed Forces against PKK / YPG [forces]. A soldier wounded in a rocket attack…was taken to hospital, but his life could not be saved. The statement …
(2022-05-06). U.S. boosts supply of equipment to Tajik military. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AKI NewsMay 6, 2022 U.S. Embassy provides $2.3 million in vehicles and spare parts to Tajikistan's Ministry of Defense The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe provided eight IVECO trucks, tires, and spare parts for IVECOs to Tajikistan's Ministry of Defense to help Tajikistan secure its borders. The vehicles, tires, and spare parts together are valued at …
(2022-05-06). Five workers injured in explosion at Turkish shipyard. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) — Five workers were injured after an explosion at the Tuzla shipyard in Istanbul, Turkey, on Friday.
(2022-05-06). The Poor Peoples Campaign Dishonors Martin Luther King. popularresistance.org On April 4, 1967 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave one of the most significant speeches of his career. In "Beyond Vietnam – Time to Break Silence " King declared his unequivocal opposition to the war in Vietnam. His very public break with Lyndon Johnson was greeted with derision, including from his own allies, who believed that the president was an ally who should not be attacked. The NAACP board passed a resolution calling King's statement a "serious tactical mistake" that would neither "serve the cause of civil rights nor of peace." The media joined in the condemnation, with the New York Times characterizing his…
(2022-05-06). Australia: Students and youth speak out over war, COVID and rising poverty. wsws.org "I'm anti-war because I came from a country of war, Vietnam, which was invaded even before the Americans." — Thao, a Western Sydney University student.