(2023-01-26). Sri Lankan plantation trade union leader elevated into cabinet. wsws.org On the same day Jeevan Thondaman became a member of cabinet, the Ceylon Workers Congress announced a local electoral seat-sharing pact in the Wickremesinghe's United National Party.
(2023-01-26). Presentan equipo Cuba al V Clásico Mundial de Béisbol (+ Infografía). cubadebate.cu En una transmisión de la Televisión Cubana, autoridades de la Federación Cubana de Béisbol presentaron este miércoles el equipo Cuba al V Clásico Mundial de Béisbol, que se celebrará en cuatro ciudades de Asia y América del 8 al 21 de marzo de 2023.
(2023-01-25). Finnish arms to Turkey in NATO quid pro quo, tanks to Ukraine next. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense PostJanuary 25, 2023 Finland Approves Military Sales to Turkey Amid NATO Row Finland's defense ministry said Wednesday the country had issued the first commercial export license for military material to Turkey since 2019 a key demand for Ankara to approve Helsinki's NATO bid. Riikka Pitkanen, special adviser at the ministry, told AFP that …
(2023-01-25). Headlines for January 25, 2023. democracynow.org Germany and U.S. to Send Heavy Tanks to Ukraine, Talks on Swedish and Finnish Bid to Join NATO Delayed Amid Tensions with Turkey, U.K. Says 200 Asylum-Seeking Children Are Now Missing, New Zealand Swears In Chris Hipkins as New Prime Minister, Judge Resumes Probe into 2020 Beirut Blast, Reportedly Charges Ex-PM Hassan Diab with Homicide, U.N. Condemns Assassination of Eswatini Activist, Opposition Politician Thulani Maseko, Prominent Cameroonian Journalist Martinez Zogo Found Murdered, Florida Rejects New African American Studies Course; Manatee County Teachers Cover Books After New Ban, Classified Documents Foun…
(2023-01-25). Report: Turkey Postpones NATO Talks With Sweden, Finland After Quran Burning. news.antiwar.com Turkey has postponed planned talks with Sweden and Finland on their potential NATO bids following a Quran-burning protest in Sweden that took place in front of the Turkish embassy, the Turkish broadcaster TRT World reported Tuesday. The report cited anonymous Turkish diplomatic sources who said the meeting was set to take place in Brussels next …
(2023-01-25). Leaked Files: How Britain Trains Jordan to Spy on Its Citizens. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-25). South Korea: Intelligence Agency Raids Top Union Confederation. popularresistance.org South Korea's intelligence agency raided the offices of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the country's largest organization of independent unions, and an affiliate on January 18. | The high-profile raid, over alleged ties between four former and current union officers and North Korean agents, has raised fears that the conservative government is reverting to dictatorship-era methods of attacking labor by conflating organizing with threats to national security. | The moves come at the same time as the conservative government, led by president Yoon Suk-yeol, seeks to lift restrictions on long working hours…
(2023-01-25). ISIS, the US Army and Rasmus Paludan. uwidata.com In Sweden, a person named Rasmus Paludan burned the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm under police surveillance. The Swedish government described the incident as a manifestation of freedom of expression. The goal: Clash of civilizations In many parts of the Middle East, especially in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has set …
(2023-01-25). South Korea: Intelligence Agency Raids Top Union Confederation. popularresistance.org South Korea's intelligence agency raided the offices of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the country's largest organization of independent unions, and an affiliate on January 18. | The high-profile raid, over alleged ties between four former and current union officers and North Korean agents, has raised fears that the conservative government is reverting to dictatorship-era methods of attacking labor by conflating organizing with threats to national security. | The moves come at the same time as the conservative government, led by president Yoon Suk-yeol, seeks to lift restrictions on long working hours…
(2023-01-25). ISIS, the US Army and Rasmus Paludan. uwidata.com In Sweden, a person named Rasmus Paludan burned the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm under police surveillance. The Swedish government described the incident as a manifestation of freedom of expression. The goal: Clash of civilizations In many parts of the Middle East, especially in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has set …
(2023-01-25). Sri Lankan SEP to contest local government elections. wsws.org The SEP is the only party in Sri Lanka that fights for the unified mobilisation of the working class on an international socialist perspective and against the communal divisions whipped up by the ruling elites.
(2023-01-25). Yet another chronicle of the Taiwan situation. journal-neo.org 
The penultimate chronicle of events accompanying the development of the Taiwan problem, discussed more or less regularly in the NEO, described the state of the initial reaction of politicians, both in Taiwan itself and among leading players in the world, to the rather unexpected results of local authorities elections on the island in late November. …
(2023-01-25). Protests on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Raise Hopes For Revitalization of Antiwar Movement. covertactionmagazine.com Demonstrators in cities invoke King's legacy in denouncing U.S. war machine It has been a year of nearly unprecedented war hysteria—remarkable in a country that has been gripped in continuous war hysteria for generations. The memories of mainstream media publishing major exposures of U.S. war crimes—like the 1969 My Lai massacre in Vietnam and …
(2023-01-25). Sri Lankan SEP to run candidates in local government elections. wsws.org The SEP is the only party in Sri Lanka that fights for the unified mobilisation of the working class on an international socialist perspective and against the communal divisions whipped up by the ruling elites.
(2023-01-25). 'Scandal-Free' Obama Gave All Classified Documents To National Archives, Rep Says. newsone.com 
Source: NurPhoto / Getty | Amid continued damning revelations about presidents and vice presidents who have recently been found to be in possession of It was reported on Tuesday that a number of classified documents have been discovered at the Indiana home of former Vice President
(2023-01-25). Up to 80 pct of Cambodian people celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year: PM. ecns.cn Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said here on Monday that the Chinese Lunar New Year has gained great popularity in the kingdom, estimating that up to 80 percent of the population observe it.
(2023-01-25). The US Holds Iraq Hostage with the Dollar. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-25). Charges dropped against organizers who confronted Philippines President Marco, Jr. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Charges against the Makibeki NYC 3 have or will be dismissed, defeating legal attacks that came after the protests against the president of the Philippines this past fall. | That's when pro-democracy organizers held a week of demonstrations against Philippines President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., who was visiting the United Nations. Marcos' father, Ferdinand Marcos Sr., declared martial law in the Philippines years ago, and reigned over a 20-year dictatorship. Now his son, Marcos Jr., is presiding over a period of rampant human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrests and detention of po…
(2023-01-25). Nepal ready to welcome Chinese tourists: official. ecns.cn Nepal is ready to welcome Chinese tourists back as a popular destination, a Nepali official said.
(2023-01-25). Impact of Global Clothing Retailers' Unfair Practices on Bangladeshi Suppliers During COVID-19. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-25). To what extent will relations between Sweden and Turkey escalate? journal-neo.org 
The warnings by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan uttered during a meeting with the youth in Mugla on January 15 that relations between Turkey and Sweden could worsen if Stockholm did not take action against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are becoming prophetic. As is known, in the summer of 2022, Turkey, Sweden and Finland …
(2023-01-25). The Great Eurasian Merger. strategic-culture.org Eurasia is a sleeping giant that, once it finally wakes up, will be able to dictate its own rules to the US and its allies. | The world is not only tired, but exhausted, at the very end of its civilizational vitality, and all this is a consequence of almost eighty years of American global terror and hegemony. The US has arbitrarily and arrogantly granted itself a right that it perceives as sacred and inalienable, which is the freedom to intervene politically, economically, and militarily anywhere on the planet that it clearly considers its possession. In this American worldview, all other nations are merely a mea…
(2023-01-25). El comentario del presidente de Cuba sobre el "Dibu" Martínez y la final del Mundial. cubadebate.cu El fútbol es, sin duda, una de las pasiones que une a todos los países de América Latina. Esto hizo que en la cumbre de la Celac, que se llevó a cabo este martes en Argentina, no se pasara por alto, en algún que otro comentario informal entre mandatarios regionales, la consagración de la Selección Argentina en el Mundial de Qatar 2022.
(2023-01-24). Brazil's new president works to reverse Amazon deforestation. peoplesworld.org 
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Shaking a traditional rattle, Brazil's incoming head of Indigenous affairs recently walked through every corner of the agency's headquarters — even its coffee room — as she invoked help from ancestors during a ritual cleansing. The ritual carried extra meaning for Joenia Wapichana, Brazil's first Indigenous woman to command the …
(2023-01-24). Beyond Vietnam to Ukraine. southfront.org 
(2023-01-24). Saudi Arabia Joining BRICS: A Strategic Game Changer. infobrics.org In the book, BRICS and Global Governance, emerging markets and developing countries are increasingly playing a defining role in those trends, particularly in the growing cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries in the form of south—south cooperation…
(2023-01-24). Turkey's President Erdogan Says Swedish NATO Application out of Question after Qur'an burning in Stockholm. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Sweden can forget about membership in the 30-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Erdogan is demanding that Sweden cooperate with Turkey in repressing Kurdish activist expatriates in Sweden, all of whom he views as terrorists. He also says he is furious about the …
(2023-01-24). How Britain Trains Jordan to Spy on Its Citizens. strategic-culture.org The British government covertly trained Jordanian security services in techniques known as "digital media exploitation" which has been used to monitor, manipulate, and disrupt dissent in the kingdom. | By Kit KLARENBERG | Leaked documents reviewed by The Cradle reveal that Britain secretly trained Jordanian security services in techniques used by the notorious UK security and cyber agency GCHQ, which provides signals intelligence to the British government and its armed forces.spi | Over three intensive, week-long, Foreign Office-funded training sessions conducted between June 2019 and March 2020, members of the P…
(2023-01-24). Japan Reenlists As Washington's Spear-Carrier. popularresistance.org It is always the same when Japanese premiers travel to Washington to summit at the White House. Nothing seems to happen and nobody pays much attention even when important things happen, when we should all pay attention, and, when we do pay passing attention, we usually get it wrong. In January 1960, when Premier Nobusuke Kishi visited Washington, President Eisenhower blessed the war criminal and signed a security treaty the Japanese public vigorously opposed. That week Newsweek marked Kishi down as "that friendly, savvy Japanese salesman." | Kishi proved a salesman, all right. Three years later he used armed poli…
(2023-01-24). Military Situation In Iraq On January 24, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
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(2023-01-24). Egyptian Economic Crisis Has Hit Syrian-Owned Businesses. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-24). South Korean government lifts indoor mask mandate while COVID-19 continues to run rampant. wsws.org The removal of masks indoors will only facilitate a new wave of COVID-19 across the country as dangerous new variants spread.
(2023-01-24). Black Sea: U.S. deploys airborne, mountain troops to Romania. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stars and StripesJanuary 23, 2023 Soldiers from 101st Airborne, 10th Mountain divisions expected to deploy to Romania Army units are gearing up for a potential deployment to Europe…in the Black Sea region. Elements from the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and the 10th Mountain Division headquarters are preparing for the mission, the Army …
(2023-01-24). Study throws new light on exploitation of workers in Bangladesh by global fashion brands. peoplesdispatch.org After surveying 1,000 garment factories, the study found that popular fashion brands such as H&M, Zara, and GAP were exploiting workers by engaging in "unfair practices"
(2023-01-24). Monterey Park Shooting: How To 'Stop Asian Hate'. newsone.com 
Source: FREDERIC J. BROWN / Getty | Several Asian American communities gathered for cultural Lunar New Year celebrations over the weekend, but most people didn't expect it to be the last for their family members. A new massacre killed 10 people at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club, casting fear throughout Asian communities. The rise in racial attacks continues, and the only beacon of hope we can offer is the ongoing phrase to
(2023-01-24). Video: Malaysian socialist on the new government, climate change and ecosocialism. greenleft.org.au Malaysian socialist Soh Sook Hwa spoke to Isaac Nellist about Malaysian politics and building a political alternative.
(2023-01-24). The republic of prosecution: South Korea's national security state unleashes attacks on labor and peace activists. mronline.org 
Progressive South Korean citizens have been watching with impending dread the deepening threats of political repression since the former prosecutor Yoon Suk Yeol assumed the South Korean presidency. On Wednesday, January 18, the Yoon administration took off its gloves.
(2023-01-24). Patrick Lawrence: Investigate This, Jim Jordan. scheerpost.com 
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Somewhere between the first and second times I heard someone say "weaponize," this term and its derivatives—"weaponizing," "weaponization," and so on—began to repel me. It was the crudity of it, or the way it served as an accusatory dismissal, like "conspiracy theory." Assert that someone has weaponized a …
(2023-01-24). Texas Store Clerks Attack Elderly Black Woman Over $ Bill In A Crash Course On White Privilege. newsone.com 
White store clerks in Austin County, Texas, attacked 65-year-old Betty Smith for finding a $ bill on the floor. Protesters are calling for the store to be boycotted and the arresting officers to be held accountable.
(2023-01-24). Poetry and Medicine and New Poetry Commentaries in JAMA. jamanetwork.com "I find that I cannot exist without poetry" proclaimed John Keats, the beloved English Romantic poet who many forget was trained as a physician. Keats practiced medicine for only 7 years before abandoning the profession. The medicine of his day, in early 19th-century London, faced dire challenges we might recognize as not unlike those of our times: long work hours, inadequate resources, harmful superstition and widespread misinformation, rampant and frequently fatal infectious disease. Keats himself would eventually succumb to tuberculosis as a young man aged only 25. Surely such onerous work conditions contribut…
(2023-01-24). CCTV Spring Festival Gala captures audiences. ecns.cn The annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala offered people a unique and warm cultural feast on Saturday.For example, Japanese video platform Niconico has reported on the gala for the eighth time consecutively, attracting 124,000 people, and 93 percent of them praised the show.
(2023-01-24). As Asian Americans Reel After Mass Shootings in California, Will Congress Take Any Action on Guns? democracynow.org 
As California is reeling after three mass shootings over the past three days, we go to Oakland to speak with Connie Wun, co-founder of the AAPI Women Lead organization and a researcher on race and gender violence, and look at the state of gun control with Nick Suplina, managing director for law and policy at Everytown for Gun Safety.
(2023-01-24). Monterey Park community calls for gun control. america.cgtn.com After the Monterey Park shooting that left eleven people dead, many of the residents in the predominantly Asian community are calling for stricter gun laws to be introduced across the country.
(2023-01-24). Study throws new light on unfair practices by global fashion brands in Bangladesh. peoplesdispatch.org After surveying 1,000 garment factories, the study found that popular fashion brands such as H&M, Zara, and GAP were engaging in "unfair practices," which affected workers and their livelihoods…
(2023-01-24). Tribunal in Washington Calls on President Biden to End Prosecution of Julian Assange and to Defend Rights of Journalists and Whistleblowers. covertactionmagazine.com Nearly 13 years after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange released the video Collateral Murder exposing the brutal and intentional killing of Iraqi civilians and two Reuters journalists, over 1 people packed the same room in the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. for the Belmarsh Tribunal. January 20th's sitting was the third of the Tribunal, following …
(2023-01-24). Pakistán sufre un apagón masivo por una falla técnica. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con el ministro de Energía, Khurrum Dastagir, no se trata de una crisis grave, y que el Ministerio ya ha empezado a restablecer algunas estaciones de la red.
(2023-01-24). Díaz-Canel a tiktoker argentino: Ante la verdadera naturaleza del Imperio, seguir defendiendo los postulados martianos (+ Video). cubadebate.cu En encuentro con el tiktoker Bruno Lonatti, el presidente cubano abordó recientes declaraciones de la jefa del Comando Sur sobre América Latina. "Tenemos que aprender, discerniendo bien dónde están la verdadera naturaleza y el verdadero interés del Imperio (… ) Martí nos convocó a mantener unidas a nuestras naciones, concepto que es tan universal como Nuestra América".
(2023-01-24). Chapeando: La ausencia de Maduro y el video del Comando Sur (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu En esta Cumbre, que transcurre a puertas cerradas, después del discurso de inauguración de los anfitriones, se está dirimiendo la capacidad de Nuestra América de salvar a CELAC del boicot yanqui y levantarla sobre las cenizas de la OEA moribunda.