2021-03-29: News Headlines

teleSUR (2021-03-29). Pope Francis Conveys a Message To Julian Assange. telesurenglish.net Pope Francis sent a personal message to Julian Assange, his partner Stella Moris revealed on Monday as the press freedom activist remains in a maximum-security prison in the U.K. trying to avoid extradition to the U.S. | RELATED: | "After a hard night, Julian woke up this morning to a kind, personal message from Pope Francis delivered to his cell door by the prison priest," Morris said via Twitter. | After a hard…

teleSUR (2021-03-29). Mexico's President Feels 'Shame' for Murder of Salvadoran Woman. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Monday expressed "shame" for the police officers who killed Salvadoran migrant Victoria Salazar in Tulum on Saturday. | RELATED: | "She was subdued by police… brutalized and killed. This fact fills us with sorrow, pain, and shame," he said. | Her murder was denounced on social media through a video showing a police officer placing his knee on the neck of the victim, who could barely…

Aaron Mackey (2021-03-29). Facebook's Pitch to Congress: Section 230 for Me, But Not for Thee. globalresearch.ca As Mark Zuckerberg tries to sell Congress on Facebook's preferred method …

Indigenous Environmental Network (2021-03-29). Thursday 4/1: DAPL & Line 3 D.C. Protest Rally: Indigenous Youth & Allies Demand Build Back Fossil Free! indybay.org Online here: www.facebook.com/ienearth/ | In-person: Army Corps of Engineers HQ, 441 G Street NW, Washington DC, DC 20314…

Nadda Osman (2021-03-29). Egypt train crash: Anger over transport minister's refusal to step down. middleeasteye.net Egypt train crash: Anger over transport minister's refusal to step down | The devastating collision claimed the lives of 19 people and is part of a long history of railway disasters | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 13: 39 | People gather around the wreckage of two trains that collided in the Tahta district of Sohag province (AFP) | Anger has erupted on social media after Egypt's transport minister, Kamel al-Wazir, sa…