(2022-03-17). Facebook accused of boosting far-right BJP in Indian elections. peoplesworld.org 
Facebook has been accused of boosting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu chauvinist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in elections by offering it cheaper advertising deals. The social media giant charged the BJP a lower rate in nine of 10 elections, according to analysis by transparency watchdogs and press monitoring groups. This allowed the far-right governing …
(2022-03-17). ☺️ En Zona de Arte Live: Robertico àÅguila y el talento de actuar. cubadebate.cu Robertico àÅguila está dando pasos firmes en la actuación. Su rostro está por estos días en la telenovela Tú y anteriormente disfrutamos de su talento en "Vuelve a mirar" cuando le dio vida al personaje de Machete (joven). Con este carismático actor conversaremos justo a las 10.30 am vía Facebook Live en Zona de Arte, un espacio de Cubadebate TV.
(2022-03-17). Netizens give thumbs up to anti-epidemic measures in rural China. ecns.cn A series of photos showing a medical worker collecting nucleic acid samples in a village have recently gone viral on Chinese social platforms, winning praise from netizens.
(2022-03-16). Venezuela and UN Human Rights Office Discuss Increased Technical Assistance. orinocotribune.com Monday, March 14, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro held a videoconference with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. | Through his Twitter account, President Maduro said that the two reviewed Venezuela's COVID-19 response, and discussed the possibility of increased UN technical assistance in order to guarantee justice and peace for the Venezuelan people. | En videoconferencia con la Alta Comisionada de la ONU para los DD…
(2022-03-16). Children show low levels of antibodies against COVID-19, new study suggests. peoplesdispatch.org The results of the study were astounding—while 76% of the adult group had antibodies against the coronavirus, only 37% of the children had the antibodies. Interestingly, participants from both groups had similar viral loads…
(2022-03-16). Behind the Azov-Brazil Connection: How Neo-Nazis Are Pushing to "Ukrainize" Brazil. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Mier A small group of Brazilian bolsonaristas have become social media celebrities as they crossed the border into Ukraine to fight against Russia, but as Brian Meir reports, Ukrainian Neo-Nazi groups have had influence in Brazil for years. SàÉO PAULO —During the last two weeks, a small group of Brazilian bolsonaristas became social media celebrities as…
(2022-03-16). Manchester Evening News dubs Ukrainian World War II Nazi collaborator a "hero" wsws.org From the moment the article was published on the MEN's online site on March 5, hundreds denounced it on social media for promoting someone who had clearly fought alongside Hitler's army.
(2022-03-16). Biologist Ellie Sursara Stuns Internet With a Mystery Animal. indybay.org An Australian scientist who goes by the online name 'Biologist Ellie' has stunned the internet with photos of a mystery creature that is unable to be identified by two Australian universities and thousands of social media enthusiasts.
(2022-03-16). Biden Calls Out Oil and Gas Companies as Oil Prices Drop But Gas Remains High. truthout.org 
As crude oil prices are dropping, President Joe Biden is demanding that gas prices be lowered to ease the impact on the public. | On Wednesday, Biden tweeted a chart showing the current discrepancy between oil price and gas price trends. "Oil prices are decreasing, gas prices should too,"
(2022-03-16). Growing solidarity in France and around the world confronts anti-Palestinian repression. samidoun.net 
Less than one week after French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced via Twitter that he had officially dissolved, or banned, two Palestinian liberation advocacy groups, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra and the Comite Action Palestine, international outrage at French repression and solidarity with the groups is on the rise. While the Israeli embassy in France lauds …
(2022-03-16). Cancillería de Cuba al tanto de nueve connacionales en Ucrania. cubadebate.cu La cancillería de Cuba informó hoy que los nueve connacionales detenidos en el Puesto de estancia temporal para extranjeros de Mykolayiv disponen de atención médica, alimentos y calefacción, según autoridades de Ucrania. Así lo confirmó en Twitter el titular de la Dirección General de Asuntos Consulares y Cubanos Residentes en el Exterior, Ernesto Soberón.
(2022-03-16). Russia and China demand investigation into Pentagon-funded 'biolabs' In Ukraine. iacenter.org By Richie Merino March 14, 2022 On March 9, Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova demanded transparency from the United States on its military biological weapons program carried out in Ukraine and funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. (tinyurl.com/yeys4jj9) The Russian military previously claimed to have documentary evidence that Ukrainian authorities have been hastily destroying dangerous evidence of highly pathogenic bacterial and viral agents, which they allegedly kept in laboratories funded by the Pentagon. (tinyurl.com/cj5ar4jx) Stressing that such laboratories were located near t…
(2022-03-16). Mass Grave In Mariupol. Who May Buried There And Why. southfront.org 
An official representative of the DPR said at an urgent briefing on the morning of 16 March that information had been received from various sources that another falsification had been carried out by the Ukrainian leadership in the city of Mariupol. | This time, the office of the Ukrainian President set the task for the Ukrainian armed forces' command to discredit the actions of the Russian forces by showing the Western public the mass graves of civilians allegedly killed as a result of artillery shellin…
(2022-03-16). Top 7 Ways Iran evaded US Sanctions that Putin could Follow. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The sorts of sanctions and boycotts the United States and its allies are placing on Russia resemble those applied by Washington to Iran off and on in the past decade, though so far the measures in place against Tehran are still far more severe than what has been done to …
(2022-03-16). Not all Refugees are Equal: Plight of Palestinians Displaced by Israel Worsening. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Financial support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is dwindling, despite the renewed mandates and financial contribution pledges by world leaders. "The almost unanimous political support expressed by the UN General Assembly to the Agency is not translated into matching financial resources," UNRWA's Commissioner-General, …
(2022-03-16). Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 81 Men: Rampant Abuses in Criminal Justice System, lack of Fair Trials. juancole.com Human Rights Watch — (Beirut) — Saudi authorities' execution of 81 men on March 12, 2022 was its largest mass execution in years despite recent promises to curtail its use of the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said today. Rampant and systemic abuses in Saudi Arabia's criminal justice system suggest it is highly unlikely that …