(2022-02-11). Google to face fines in Russia on monopoly charges. rt.com 
The tech giant was found to have restricted competition with its video sharing platform YouTube | American tech giant Google is set to be handed a fine after Russian officials determined it was in violation of the country's anti-trust laws, in connection with its video sharing and social media website YouTube. | The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) posted the news on its website on Thursday, writing that a case brought against Google last April had concluded that the tech firm had breached antitrust law by arbitrarily deleting content on YouTube, which is the second-most visited website in the world, after G…
(2022-02-11). Starbucks unionizing drive accelerating; So is retaliation. peoplesworld.org 
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The nationwide campaign by Workers United, a Service Employees sector, is accelerating. And, at least in Memphis, Tenn., so is company retaliation. Tweets from the union around the country put the number of stores where drives are going at 72 and counting, including four more which began on February 9. That includes …
(2022-02-11). The Terrible Fate Facing the Afghan People. independentmediainstitute.org On February 8, 2022, UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund) Afghanistan sent out a bleak set of tweets. One of the tweets, which included a photograph of a child lying in a hospital bed with her mother seated beside her, said: "Having recently recovered from acute watery diarrhea, two years old Soria is back in …
(2022-02-11). Minister for Interior: Colombia Continues Attempting to Destabilize Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Minister for Internal Relations, Justice and Peace, General Remigio Ceballos, has reiterated his complaints regarding the involvement of the Colombian government in plans which seek to destabilize Venezuela. | His statement was made via Twitter in the wake of a number of operations which have been carried out in recent days by law enforcement agencies and the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) to neutralize criminal gangs, eradicate laboratories and drug crops in Venezuelan border territories, and expel what are known as the Armed Drug Trafficking Colombian Terrorist Groups (TANCOL) from Venezuela…
(2022-02-11). Public Ministry Opens Probe After Partiers Damage Famous Tepui in Canaima National Park. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, February 10, Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab instructed the 87th National Environmental Defense Office to investigate damages caused in the Canaima National Park, after a private party was held at Kusari Tepui. | The location is home to natural wonders including tepuis, the famous flat-topped or "table-top" mountains, and Angel Falls, the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world. The tepuis are considered as sacred grounds of the Pemon Indigenous people. | The information regarding the probe was released by the Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, on his Twitter ac…
(2022-02-11). Barret Brown on Greenwald and the Intelligence Oligarchy. indybay.org Barret's live Twitter statements about Glenn Greenwald and his conenctions to his work exposing the capture of the public media environment by state and private intelligence and defence industries, as well as fascist social movements.