2023-02-18: News Headlines

Ana Vraƒçar (2023-02-18). After the earthquake, Syria faces new health concerns. peoplesdispatch.org The earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey on February 6 added to the stress shouldered by health workers and services in Syria, already weakened by sanctions and conflict…

WSWS (2023-02-18). Death toll tops 45,000 in Turkish-Syrian earthquake. wsws.org Amid this preventable social catastrophe, with many thousands of people still under the rubble, the Erdogan government is seeking to cover up its responsibility and normalize life.

Protect Thacker Pass (2023-02-18). Three Tribes File New Lawsuit Challenging Thacker Pass Lithium Mine. indybay.org Late yesterday, three Native American Tribes — the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Burns Paiute Tribe, and Summit Lake Paiute Tribe — launched a major new lawsuit against the Thacker Pass lithium mine. | This new case contains major allegations that were not heard in the prior court case, and may be a significant roadblock for the mine.

Doro-Chiba International Solidarity Committee (2023-02-18). International Solidarity Action In Tokyo To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Blocked By Police. indybay.org Hoshino Defense Committee, Osaka Defense Committee and Doro-Chiba the railway workers union went to the US embassy to deliver a statement of soldiarity for the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal. US embassy officials called on the Japanese police to block the statement from being delivered and mobilized the Tokyo police.

Nihonmachi Outreach Committee (2023-02-18). Sunday 2/19: "Reparatory Justice: Together We Rise": SJ Vigil for Japanese American Imprisonment WW2. indybay.org San Jose Buddhist Church | 632 N. Fifth Street | San Jose CA 95112 US…

WSWS (2023-02-18). Malaysian workers face intensifying economic and social crisis. wsws.org At the beginning of 2022, food inflation in Malaysia was under 4 percent but rose sharply over the year to reach 7 percent in November, with some food items increasing as much as 40 percent.

Ana Vraƒçar (2023-02-18). After the earthquake, Syria faces new health concerns. peoplesdispatch.org The earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey on February 6 added to the stress shouldered by health workers and services in Syria, already weakened by sanctions and conflict…

WSWS (2023-02-18). Death toll tops 45,000 in Turkish-Syrian earthquake. wsws.org Amid this preventable social catastrophe, with many thousands of people still under the rubble, the Erdogan government is seeking to cover up its responsibility and normalize life.

Protect Thacker Pass (2023-02-18). Three Tribes File New Lawsuit Challenging Thacker Pass Lithium Mine. indybay.org Late yesterday, three Native American Tribes — the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Burns Paiute Tribe, and Summit Lake Paiute Tribe — launched a major new lawsuit against the Thacker Pass lithium mine. | This new case contains major allegations that were not heard in the prior court case, and may be a significant roadblock for the mine.

Doro-Chiba International Solidarity Committee (2023-02-18). International Solidarity Action In Tokyo To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Blocked By Police. indybay.org Hoshino Defense Committee, Osaka Defense Committee and Doro-Chiba the railway workers union went to the US embassy to deliver a statement of soldiarity for the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal. US embassy officials called on the Japanese police to block the statement from being delivered and mobilized the Tokyo police.

Nihonmachi Outreach Committee (2023-02-18). Sunday 2/19: "Reparatory Justice: Together We Rise": SJ Vigil for Japanese American Imprisonment WW2. indybay.org San Jose Buddhist Church | 632 N. Fifth Street | San Jose CA 95112 US…

WSWS (2023-02-18). Malaysian workers face intensifying economic and social crisis. wsws.org At the beginning of 2022, food inflation in Malaysia was under 4 percent but rose sharply over the year to reach 7 percent in November, with some food items increasing as much as 40 percent.

Ralph Nader (2023-02-18). Letter to Tim Cook, Other Ultra-rich CEOs and Hedge Fund Titans. dissidentvoice.org The victims of the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria need your help now. The surviving families and children and those rescued alive from the rubble are in serious danger in affected wintertime impoverished regions. Refugees in other places fleeing their war-torn homelands are also suffering. International aid agencies are grossly insufficient for these …

The Lancet (2023-02-18). [Editorial] Responding to the Türkiye—Syria earthquake: what will it take? thelancet.com "Such things have always happened. It's part of destiny's plan." The reaction of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Türkiye's President, to the devastating earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria on Feb 6, betrays a dangerous sense of fatalism, if not an active effort to deflect responsibility. As of Feb 14, the earthquakes have caused more than 35‚Äà000 deaths, and injured many more. As the chances of finding survivors under the rubble diminish, a second catastrophe is looming. The widespread destruction of buildings and infrastructure has left more than a million people homeless in T…

Jose M Valderas, Anna Stavdal, Kara Hanson, Yik Ying Teo, Yap Seng Chong, John E L Wong, Helena Legido-Quigley (2023-02-18). [Correspondence] Cautionary tales from the UK for the health reform in Singapore. thelancet.com The 2022 White Paper on Healthier Singapore1 provides an ambitious reorientation of the health system towards population health to overcome its fragmentation and respond to its rapidly ageing population.2 The plan is well aligned with the renewed vision of WHO3 regarding primary health care in that it aims for the development of long-standing productive relationships between the population and primary care professionals through individualised health plans that are supported by community partners and enabled by information technology, workforce, and financial arrangements, including a capitation-based model.

teleSUR, SH (2023-02-18). Ataque terrorista deja al menos siete muertos en Pakistán. telesurtv.net El primer ministro paquistaní condenó el ataque terrorista y agradeció a la Policía y las fuerzas de seguridad por su eficaz acción contra los terroristas.

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