Monthly Archives: March 2022

2022-03-12: News Headlines

Our Reporter (2022-03-12). Police arrest man assaulting wife in viral video. plusnews.ug By Constance Ichuma Asere The man who is seen assaulting his wife in a video making rounds on social media has be arrested, police say. In the video clip which has since gone viral, a seemingly angered man is seen severally punching and pulling hair of a woman sitting on a veranda as she helplessly …

Staff (2022-03-12). Sostiene canciller cubano encuentro con Gabriel Boric, nuevo presidente de Chile. cubadebate.cu Rodríguez, a través de un mensaje en Twitter, aseguró que fue un placer saludar a Boric, y transmitirle una felicitación a nombre del Presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel. Añadió en su mensaje que en el encuentro reiteró los más sinceros deseos de éxito en la gestión del gobierno entrante.

Staff (2022-03-11). Citing Ukraine, Facebook declares some hate speech is OK. rt.com What happened after Meta amended its policy to allow calls for violence and death against Russians in some countries | When is "hate speech" not hate speech? When it's directed against the approved targets, of course — at least according to Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, which just altered its censorship guidelines to allow calls for violence against Russians in certain countries. | "As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine we have temporarily made allowances for forms of political expression that would normally violate our rules like violent speech such as 'death to the…

Staff (2022-03-11). UN blasts Meta for allowing hate speech against Russians. rt.com The social media giant, however, insists the measure is needed to allow Ukrainians to express their opinions on the ongoing conflict | The United Nations has condemned the move by Meta to allow hateful remarks and calls for violence against certain Russians, with Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, stating that the international body does not condone such calls coming from any side. | "We stand clearly against all hate speech, all calls for violence. That kind of language is just unacceptable from whichever quarter it comes from," Dujarric said during a news briefing…

Staff (2022-03-11). 30 March, NYC: Land Day march to #DefundRacism and #DefendPalestine. samidoun.net Wednesday, 30 March | 5 pm | 60 E 42nd St | New York, NY 10165 | Facebook: March against Zionist settler groups, in support of the Palestinian resistance, and for the liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-03-11). Facebook Executive Sandberg Blasted For Claiming 2 Women-Led Countries Would Never Go to War. moguldom.com Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook (now known as Meta), is receiving criticism for not knowing her history after she said women-led countries would never go to war. "No two countries run by women would ever go to war," Sandberg told CNBC anchor Hadley Gamble during a fireside chat on International Women's Day, …

JANET (2022-03-11). Webinar — Ukraine Crisis: Beyond the Dominant Narrative. iacenter.org Register zoom online: bit.ly/UkrainePanel facebook events: bit.ly/UkraineFacebook DOWNLOAD PDF Provided on behalf of The Hamilton Coalition to Stop The War (Le franàßais suit) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hamilton, ON Thursday, March 10, 2022 Webinar — Ukraine Crisis: Which is the cause, Russia or US/NATO? The Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War is pleased to announce that it will hold a Zoom webinar, along with several co-sponsoring peace organizations, about the crisis in Ukraine. This panel discussion, entitled, "Ukraine Crisis: Which is the cause, Russia or US/NATO?", will take place next…

Staff (2022-03-11). Meta cambia su política y permite mensajes de odio contra los soldados rusos. cubadebate.cu La corporación Meta, propietaria de Facebook e Instagram, decidió cambiar sus reglas en cuanto a lenguaje de odio si está dirigido contra las tropas rusas que participan en combates en Ucrania, según confirmó este jueves el portavoz de la compañía, Andy Stone, citado por The Washington Post.

Brittani Banks (2022-03-11). If High Gas Prices Are So Painful, Shouldn't We Move Away From Fossil Fuels? independentmediainstitute.org Long used to cheap gas at the pump, Americans are experiencing serious sticker shock these days as gas prices rise to $6 or even $7 a gallon. News headlines are linking this sharp increase to Russia's war on Ukraine. Guilt-inducing memes are cropping up on social media shaming people for complaining about the high gas …

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2022-03-11: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-03-10). Live updates: American workers and youth speak out against US imperialism and Russian militarism in Ukraine. wsws.org In the hours and days ahead, the World Socialist Web Site will be posting statements against war from workers and young people across the United States. Anti-war sentiment is censored from the corporate media. Post your statements on social media to show the world that the US population does not want war using the hashtag #SpeakOutAgainstWW3.

Patricia Ferrer (2022-03-10). Canada & El Salvador Upset About Possible Energy Deal Between Venezuela & US. orinocotribune.com The governments of Canada and El Salvador expressed their discomfort with a high-level delegation from the US meeting with the Constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, to discuss energy issues. | Nayib Bukele, controversial president of El Salvador, expressed his annoyance with the United States government, due to its constant change of positions, through a post on his Twitter account. Many of Bukele's advisors are right-wing Venezuelans, and that has created friction within his own cabinet. | The authoritarian right-wing populist Bukele has occasionally found himself at o…

_____ (2022-03-10). Russia and Japan: a Difficult Balance in a Challenging Environment. journal-neo.org On February 7, 2022, US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, in a video message posted on Twitter, expressed support for Japan on the issue of ownership of the Southern Kuril Islands, stating that "the United States supports Japan on the issue of the Northern Territories and has recognized Japanese sovereignty over the four disputed Islands …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-03-10). 50 Cent: Let's Put Mo'Nique 'Back On Top', She Deserves All Her Flowers Now. moguldom.com A post from 50 Cent recently went viral — but this time it wasn't because he was poking fun at anyone. Quite the contrary, On Friday, March 4, the "Power" creator took to Instagram to celebrate comedian and actress Mo'Nique. "I went to see @therealmoworldwide stand up show super bowl weekend . oh sh*t! it was so …

Sandipan Talukdar (2022-03-10). Large genetic study claims correlation between severe COVID-19 and genes. peoplesdispatch.org Scientists claim that there are genes in human bodies that can correlate to severity of the COVID-19 disease. One of the interesting aspects of the COVID-19 disease is the wide ranged manifestations of symptoms, starting from asymptomatic and mild symptomatic to severe respiratory disorder. Scientists have been exploring whether genes can play a role in an individual developing a particular symptom. However, it is worth mentioning here that the variation in symptoms because of COVID-19 is attributable to several other factors like viral loads (amount of virus in the body), virus variant, and others; the genetic c…

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