2020-01-29: News Headlines

RT (2020-01-29). 'I have a tiny violin somewhere': Private schools roasted online after complaining about plans to get more poor students into uni. rt.com Leading private schools in England have criticized plans to improve access to top universities for poorer students, saying it could lead to discrimination of rich kids based on "class," provoking ridicule on social media. | The Headmasters' & Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), an association that represents some of the UK's most expensive private schools, voiced concerns about proposals

RT (2020-01-29). 'Throw a pokeball at it!' Internet loses it over viral footage of otherworldly sea creature. rt.com A TikTok user has appalled and perplexed social media with footage of an unrecognizable sea creature which looks like a disfigured octopus with a huge head, monstrous mouth, three tentacles, and breathing holes in place of eyes. | Millions of users have watched the viral video, posted on January 25, with many speculating on what the mysterious creature could be. The guesses ranged from a mutated octopus or clearnose skate to a curled-up stingray. | "Don't know. Don't care. Don't like it," one person remarked, while another joked: "Hurry, throw a pokeball at it!" | Some pitched far more out-there theories, s…

RT (2020-01-29). 'I'm an old guy, vote for someone else': Biden's latest gaffes include odd sales pitch to voter & head-scratching demands for VP. rt.com Former Vice President Joe Biden's odd strategy for winning over voters continues as video of him scolding one goes viral, and recent comments about his age raises alarm. | Though Biden continues to poll at the top of the Democrats fighting for their party's presidential nomination — a Wednesday Monmouth University

RT (2020-01-29). Blaze rips through Lagos street market as traders race against time to save their goods (PHOTOS, VIDEOS). rt.com Footage of a blaze at a popular market on Lagos Island has surfaced on social media; it reportedly shows desperate traders flinging their goods off balconies as the inferno races towards them. | The fire started early Wednesday morning in the Anambra Plaza at Balogun market, a section of the market on the island. The incident comes just two months after another blaze ripped through the marketplace, destroying goods worth thousands of dollars. | The cause of Wednesday's fire has yet to be established but bewildered eyewitnesses have already taken to social media to complain about the slow response by emergency…

RT (2020-01-29). WATCH: Man escapes high-rise LA apartment inferno by climbing onto window ledge. rt.com A major blaze broke out on Wednesday morning in a high-rise building in west LA, with at least one person desperately scaling the building to escape the growing flames. Firefighters below rushed in with ladders to help him down. | The fire broke out on the sixth floor of a 25-story apartment building at the Barrington Plaza complex, before spreading quickly to other floors above and below. | Eyewitness footage shared to social media showed one particularly dramatic rescue, when one man scaled the side of the building as thick smoke poured out of the window he had escaped through. Firefighters quickly raised a…

RT (2020-01-29). Ex-president Poroshenko investigated in Ukraine over embezzlement, allegedly stealing US aid. rt.com Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau has opened a probe against former president, Petro Poroshenko, who is suspected of abuse of power, embezzlement "on a grand scale" and allegedly stealing US aid funds. | The case against the ex-president was opened following a complaint by a group of Ukrainian MPs and the nation's High Anti-Corruption Court demanding the authorities investigate embezzlement and misappropriation of the foreign financial aid at the time of Poroshenko's term in office, a Ukrainian MP Renat Kuzmin said in a Facebook post. | Kuzmin, a member of the Opposition Platform — For Live par…

RT (2020-01-29). 'We would be in World War Six by now' if Bolton were still in the WH, says Trump in scathing tweets. rt.com US President Donald Trump has hit back at John Bolton, his former national security advisor, accusing him of writing a "nasty & untrue" book and saying the warmongering Republican could have led us into "World War Six." | While Bolton has become something of a hero to Trump's critics thanks to leaks from his upcoming book 'The Room Where it Happened', which seemingly confirm accusations that the president withheld foreign aid to Ukraine in the hopes they would investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, conservatives have begun to turn on the man, chief among them the president himself. | "For a guy who could…

RT (2020-01-29). RT — THE FIRST TV NEWS NETWORK IN THE WORLD TO HIT 10 BLN VIEWS ON YOUTUBE. rt.com MOSCOW, JANUARY 29 — RT is the #1 most-watched TV news network on YouTube, with a record-setting 10 billion views as well as more than 16 million subscribers. The total number of views from across RT's channels on YouTube has put the network ahead of all the news channels of the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, Euronews, Fox News and others. | Some of the most viral RT video content over the last year has been the network's coverage of the Gilets Jaunes protests in France. RT journalists have

Staff (2020-01-29). Headlines for January 29, 2020. democracynow.org McConnell Tries to Secure Votes to Block Impeachment Witnesses, "Our Rights Are Not for Sale": Palestinians Reject Trump's Middle East Plan, Trump Praises Pompeo for Shouting and Cursing at NPR Reporter, WaPo Reinstates Reporter Suspended for Tweeting About Kobe Rape Case, Death Toll from Coronavirus Virus Hits 132, with 6,000 Infected, Over 100,000 Syrian Civilians Flee Regime Offensive in Idlib, Floods Kill 30, Displace 16,000 in Madagascar, Mississippi to Shut Down Unit of Parchman Prison After Deaths of 9 Prisoners, Maryland Cop Charged with Murder for Killing Handcuffed Man in Police Car…

DARIN (2020-01-29). Family of former People's Park, Cal Bailey request youtube removal. indybay.org Out of respect for the departed let's see if we can get the videographer to abide to the families wishes.

Horizons (2020-01-29). Video: Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis, The Iran-Contra Affair. globalresearch.ca This was posted on Youtube in 2011. | This is the full length 90 min. version of Bill Moyer's 1987 scathing critique of the criminal subterfuge carried out by the Executive Branch of the United States Government to carry out operations …

yenisafak (2020-01-29). Turkey says Trump's plan tries to legitimize Israeli occupation. yenisafak.com Turkey's communications director on Wednesday criticized the U.S.' so-called Middle East peace plan, saying it "tries to give Jerusalem to Israel.""This so-called 'peace plan' is simply a declaration attempting to legitimize the Israeli occupation and settlements," Fahrettin Altun wrote on Twitter."It is neither an implementable plan nor a fair assessment of the situation on the ground. It seeks to satisfy Israel while squashing Palestinian aspirations."On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump released his much-hyped plan to end the Israel-Palestine dispute at the White House with Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu b…

yenisafak (2020-01-29). Iran's Khamenei says Trump's Middle East peace plan is doomed to fail. yenisafak.com Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan for the Israel-Palestinian conflict was doomed to fail and all Muslim nations should oppose it."The devilish and vicious policy of America towards Palestine called the 'deal of the century' will never materialize…all Muslim nations will confront them and will not let it materialize," Khamenei said a tweet written in Farsi.Trump on Tuesday announced a U.S. peace plan which would set up a Palestinian state with strict conditions but allow Israel to take over long-contested Jewish settlements in the occupie…

sputniknews (2020-01-29). 'Death Angel' is Here? 'God is About to Purge a Lot of Sin', Pastor Claims Amid Coronavirus Outbreak. sputniknews.com Arguing that "the Death Angel may be moving right now across the planet", the pastor suggested that people should "get right with God".

sputniknews (2020-01-29). Priyanka Chopra Fans On Cloud Nine, after Reports of her Hollywood Project 'Matrix 4' Went Viral. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): Former Miss World and actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas shot to fame in Hollywood after she appeared on the American TV show Quantico in 2015. Five years later, the actress is now in final negotiations to star opposite Hollywood biggies in a major project.

Staff (2020-01-28). Murder of Mexican Artist Isabel Cabanillas Highlights Endemic Issue of Femicide in Ciudad Juárez. democracynow.org Isabel Cabanillas, a 26-year-old beloved feminist activist and artist, was recently assassinated in Ciudad Juárez, resurfacing the border city's painful legacy of femicides and violence against women. Cabanillas was reported missing on social media by her friends on Saturday, January 18, after she never returned home. On that same day, she was found shot to death on a sidewalk next to her bicycle in downtown Juárez. We speak with Nana Rebell, a feminist activist in Ciudad Juárez and a member of the Juárez feminist collective Hijas de su Maquilera Madre, about Cabanillas's life and the endemic issue of femicide in…

Staff (2020-01-28). Headlines for January 28, 2020. democracynow.org Trump Lawyers Says He Did No Wrong as Calls Mount for Bolton and Other Witnesses to Testify | , Trump to Unveil Middle East "Peace Plan" as Netanyahu Indicted over Corruption, SCOTUS Allows Trump's "Public Charge" Rule Targeting Low-Income Immigrants to Take Effect, State Dept. Bars NPR Reporter from Upcoming Pompeo Trip, Washington Post Suspends Reporter for Tweet About Kobe Bryant Rape Allegation, Mixed Accounts After U.S. Military Plane Crashes in Afghanistan, Torrential Rains and Landslides Kill At Least 46 People in Brazil, Nigerian Journalist Maxwell Nashan Killed, 2nd Accuser Testifies in Weinstein Trial a…

Staff (2020-01-28). Murder of Mexican Artist Highlights Endemic Issue of Femicide in Ciudad Juárez. truthout.org Isabel Cabanillas, a 26-year-old beloved feminist activist and artist, was recently assassinated in Ciudad Juárez, resurfacing the border city's painful legacy of femicides and violence against women. Cabanillas was reported missing on social media by her friends on Saturday, January 18, after she never returned home. On that same day, she was found shot to death on a sidewalk next to her bicycle in downtown Juárez. We speak with Nana Rebell, a feminist activist in Ciudad Juárez and a membe…

teleSUR (2020-01-28). Death Toll Tops 100 in China as New Coronavirus Cases Emerge. telesurenglish.net The Chinese authorities reported Tuesday that the death toll from the coronavirus epidemic rose to 106 and the cases of people infected with the viral disease rose to 4,515 nationwide. | RELATED: | In the most recent report, Chinese authorities said on Tuesday the death of another 25 people was reported by the coronavirus called 2019-nCoV or coronavirus from the Wuhan seafood market. | Of the total new deaths, 24…

BBC (2020-01-28). France Apology after History Textbook Links CIA to 9/11. globalresearch.ca A French publisher has apologised after a history textbook that appeared in bookshops in recent weeks suggested the 11 September 2001 attacks were probably "orchestrated by the CIA". | The debunked conspiracy theory was apparently highlighted on social media initially by …

RT (2020-01-27). Never-Trumper strategist launches #ILefttheGOP campaign just in time for Senate impeachment votes. rt.com Disaffected ex-Republicans are sharing their stories on social media as the seemingly-unbreakable two-party duopoly approaches peak unpopularity with American voters with less than a year to go before the 2020 election. | The hashtag #ILefttheGOP was trending on Monday as self-described former Republicans shared what made them exit party ranks – whether to join the Democrats, or to vote independently. It was created by former Republican strategist Cheri Jacobus, who left the party after a disastrous encounter with the president's 2016 campaign and has been a strident "never-Trumper" ever since. | Perhaps predi…

Alan Macleod (2020-01-27). Genocide Scholar Warns That the Groundwork for Genocide in the US Has Been Laid. mintpressnews.com Brynn Tannehill, a defense analyst and genocide scholar, took to Twitter to warn that the necessary conditions and many of the precursor events for genocide in the US "are in motion."

RT (2020-01-27). '35 boats on fire, people jumped into the water': At least 8 dead in Tennessee River inferno (PHOTOS, VIDEOS). rt.com A huge blaze raged across a dock on the Tennessee River in Scottsboro, Alabama early on Monday, destroying 35 vessels, mostly houseboats, and killing at least eight people, according to the local fire chief. | Several others have been hospitalized, with local officials saying it's not yet known how many more people may have been on board vessels that sank during the disaster. | www.facebook.com/mandy.Durham.11/posts/560166164854286 | The fire reportedly started close to the shoreline, making it difficult for firefighters to get close enough to fight the blaze, while gas canisters on board nearby vessel…

RT (2020-01-27). 'Poor judgement': WaPo suspends reporter for Kobe Bryant rape case link tweeted HOURS after his death. rt.com The Washington Post has suspended one of its reporters after she posted a link to a story about a 2016 rape case involving Kobe Bryant just hours after the basketball star's death in a helicopter crash. | Felicia Sonmez posted the link not long after the news of Bryant's death broke on Sunday and faced furious backlash online, with tweeters accusing her of "disgusting" insensitivity, particularly in light of the fact that the crash also took the lives of Bryant's 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people.

RT (2020-01-26). 'We command all satanic pregnancies to miscarry': White House spiritual adviser sparks intense reactions with bizarre sermon. rt.com Televangelist Paula White has brought some odd attention to the White House after a video of her sermon about "satanic pregnancies" went viral, sparking trending hashtags like '#satanicpregnancies' and '#rosemarysbaby' on Twitter. | White, who is an adviser to the Faith and Opportunity Initiative at the Office of Public Liaison, can be seen giving a fiery, if somewhat disturbing sermon in a video posted by the group Right Wing Watch on Twitter. | "We command all satanic pregnancies to miscarry right now," the Florida preacher told her congregation. "We declare that anything that's been conceived in wombs, that…

Steve Topple (2020-01-26). Forget Murdoch's 'scoop' on Corbyn's legacy. A video sums it up perfectly. thecanary.co Hopefully you don't read Rupert Murdoch's broadsheet rag the Sunday Times. But if you do, you may have Corbyn: red under the bed?: | "SCOOP" screamed Sunday Times journalist Gabriel Pogrund on Twitter. This was because he'd leaked Corbyn's "pla…

Roger D. Harris (2020-01-23). Now Three Years into the Reign of Trump, What's Left? dissidentvoice.org On January 20, Donald G. Trump completed his third year in office. My one blog that received five-digit Facebook shares predicted Trump would lose in 2016. I was spectacularly wrong but not alone. Even the Las Vegas bookies thought Clinton was a shoo-in with her unbeatable two-punch knockout of (1) I'm not Trump and (2) …

Ramzy Baroud (2019-12-02). The War on Truth: How Israel's Social Media Trolls Conquered Facebook. zcomm.org Israel may have found a way to circumvent the influence of Facebook on the discussions pertaining to Palestinian rights and the Israeli occupation…