Staff (2022-02-17). US journalist pours scorn on Russian skater's Beijing history. rt.com Christine Brennan was quick to question Alexandra Trusova's achievements in Beijing | American journalist Christine Brennan has continued her attacks on Russian figure skating by seemingly calling into question the historic performance given by Alexandra Trusova on her way to silver in Thursday's figure skating program in Beijing. | Trusova, 17, carved out a piece of history for herself by becoming the first woman in history to successfully to land five quads in a routine, as part of the 251.73 overall score she was given in the competition. | But Trusova barely had time to remove her skates before she found h…

Staff (2022-02-17). Freedom Convoy protesters threatened with losing their pets. rt.com Protesters arrested as part of "enforcement actions" could have their pets taken into care, Canadian authorities have warned | Canadians taking part in demonstrations against Covid-19 mandates were threatened with inadvertently relinquishing their pets if arrested by the police, authorities warned on Thursday. | According to an announcement on the Ottawa-By-law Twitter account, anyone arrested at demonstrations as part of "enforcement actions" by the government could have their animals placed in "protective care" for a week if they are unable to look after them. | The suspect must pay for the animal's care. Af…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-17). Internationalist 360 Salutes Those Who Report the Facts and Speak the Truth. libya360.wordpress.com From #Ottawa with love. [On the ground in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Feb 16, 2022, close to midnight.]#FreedomConvoyCanada#freedomconvoy22 #TruckersForFreedom#ClassWar pic.twitter.com/OPVha3wa7p — Cory Morningstar (@elleprovocateur) February 17, 2022 Staying w/ Canadian Frontline Nurses. We share our shower w/ truckers/workers who sleep in trucks/cars. Last night I met Mike from Manitoba. He has a family back home. 2…

teleSUR (2022-02-17). Last Native Speaker of Chile's Yaghan Indigenous Language Dies. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, 93-year-old Chilean Cristina Calderon, the last native speaker of the Yaghan Indigenous language, died to COVID-19 in a hospital in the Magallanes region. | RELATED: | "I have deep regret for not being with you when you passed away. Be sure that everything I do is in your name and in that of our people," tweeted Calderon's daughter Lidia Gonzalez, who is Vice President of the Constitutional Convention.

sputniknews (2022-02-17). 'Very Rare Baby Ghost Shark' Found Off New Zealand Goes Viral. sputniknews.com The deepwater ghost shark was found at a depth of about 1,200 metres (about 3,900 feet) under water in the Chatham Rise area off of New Zealand's South Island.

Chris Walker (2022-02-16). Far Right Truckers in "Freedom Convoy" Stopped by Ottawa Neighborhood Residents. truthout.org Fed up with far right truck drivers and other extremist supporters in their city, residents from a neighborhood in Ottawa, Ontario, confronted and disrupted several truckers who were on their way downtown to join the so-called "Freedom Convoy." | Upon learning that the route of some trucks was located nearby, Sean Burges, a senior instructor at Carleton University, posted in a neighborhood Facebook group about a plan to protest the truckers' arrival, according to a report by Ottawa Citizen.

teleSUR (2022-02-16). Ecuadorean Police Raid the Council for Citizen Participation. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday night, the Ecuadorean national police and officials of the Public Prosecutor's Office raided the headquarters of the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS), an institution in charge of appointing control authorities, such as the Controller General. | RELATED: | Using Facebook, the CPCCS President Sofia Almeida denounced the raid, which occurs at a time when her presidency has been ch…

Staff (2022-02-16). Buildings collapse as country hit by major earthquake. rt.com Guatemala has experienced a major tremor and two aftershocks | A major earthquake of 6.2 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Guatemala overnight on Wednesday. Footage shared on social media showed collapsed buildings in the Central American nation, with falling debris having damaged vehicles and landslides hitting many routes, forcing emergency workers to be deployed to clear roads. | The first tremor was felt at 1: 12 am local time (7: 12 am GMT). Two aftershocks were reported around forty minutes later, with a respective magnitude of 5 and 4.8. | The epicenter of the earthquake was reported at a depth of 96 kil…

Staff (2022-02-16). Buildings collapse as country hit by major earthquake. rt.com Guatemala has experienced a major tremor and two aftershocks | A major earthquake of 6.2 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Guatemala overnight on Wednesday. Footage shared on social media showed collapsed buildings in the Central American nation, with falling debris having damaged vehicles and landslides hitting many routes, forcing emergency workers to be deployed to clear roads. | The first tremor was felt at 1: 12 am local time (7: 12 am GMT). Two aftershocks were reported around forty minutes later, with a respective magnitude of 5 and 4.8. | The epicenter of the earthquake was reported at a depth of 96 kil…

Editor (2022-02-15). U.S. needs Ukraine crisis to harm European economy, and legitimize its military presence. mronline.org The Chinese embassy in Ukraine released a notice on its WeChat public account Friday to urge Chinese nationals in Ukraine to "pay close attention to" changes in the local situation, as the U.S. and several other Western countries asked their nationals "to evacuate immediately" amid so-called warnings of an imminent invasion by Russia.

Kevin Mwanza (2022-02-15). 7 Things To Know About The Dramatic Fall Of Meta's (Facebook) Stock. moguldom.com Facebook, recently renamed Meta, saw its market capitalization slump on Feb. 2 after the tech giant announced its first-ever decline of average daily and monthly active users in the fourth quarter, which was underscored with "very disappointing" metrics and a grim outlook. Meta shares crashed 26 percent after the company released fourth-quarter financial report showing …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-02-15). Fact Check: FBI Now Combines Latino Crime Statistics With White. moguldom.com There was a debate on Twitter about how the Justice Department reports on race and ethnicity after a user claimed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) now lumps Latino crime statistics in with white Americans when reporting them. However, the latest available data shows the FBI reports both race and ethnicity, albeit with some …

KWORINOCO (2022-02-15). Peru Fines Repsol $122,000 After Crude Oil Spill. orinocotribune.com The Peruvian government considers that the company Repsol is trying to avoid responsibility for this recent ecological disaster. | Peru has fined the transnational Repsol almost $122,000 after the company failed to identify the zones which had been affected by the spillage of thousands of barrels crude oil into the waters of the pacific ocean, which has already killed more than 200 birds. | According to the statement issued by Peru's Organization of Environmental Evaluation and Prosecution (OEFA) via Twitter, in addition to the fine Peru could also add on other measures until the energy company complies with…

Munch MW, Granholm A, Perner A. (2022-02-15). Dexamethasone and Number of Days Alive Without Life Support in Adults With COVID-19 and Severe Hypoxemia—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Drs Zhao and Ma express concern that the emergence of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 during the enrollment period of our study may have changed the effect of dexamethasone because this variant may be more resistant to interventions. To our knowledge, there are no data supporting this hypothesis. Importantly, dexamethasone has anti-inflammatory effects and is unlikely to have antiviral effects. Regarding the concern expressed by Zhao and Ma about the different treatment locations of patients enrolled, we assessed the interaction of intervention effect between patients enrolled in India and in Europe in a…