Daily Archives: April 15, 2022

2022-04-15: News Headlines

Staff (2022-04-15). 16 April, Gothenburg: Rally to free all Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net Saturday, 16 April | 2 pm | Brunnsparken | Gothenburg, Sweden | Facebook: Manifestation fà∂r alla palestinska fà•ngars frihet | — Frihet à•t alla palestinska fà•ngar | — Slut pà• repressionen mot Palestina i Europa…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-04-15). Venezuelan Anti-Chavistas Ask Washington to Ease Sanctions. orinocotribune.com Expressing criticism of the pressure exerted by US political sectors against the Biden administration's rapprochement with Nicolás Maduro's government in Venezuela, a group of anti-Chavistas presented a letter in which they described the failure of illegal US sanctions. | Joshua Goodman of Associated Press shared the letter through his Twitter account, and noted that the signatories advocated the return of oil companies to Venezuelan soil. | "The economic sanctions and the policy of maximum pressure did not achieve their objectives," reads the document. "While the sanctions are not at the root of the humanitarian…

Editor (2022-04-15). Scott Ritter: Twitter Wars—My Personal Experience in Twitter's Ongoing Assault on Free Speech. scheerpost.com (Cathy Vogan/Consortium News) | By Scott Ritter / Monday, April 4, 2022: It was, from my point of view, just another day in the life of @RealScottRitter—my Twitter "handle." I had a phone call scheduled with the editor of a publication I write for where we would discuss topics for a weekly column I was responsible for. I was also under deadline for another article I was writing for a second outlet that published my work, and was preparing a pit…

Allison Fiedler (2022-04-14). New Trends May Help TikTok Collect Your Personal, Unchangeable Biometric Identifiers. aclu.org People post pictures and recordings of themselves every day online. It feels harmless, and for the most part, it is. But new technologies can add a dangerous layer to casual social media posting: the possible extraction, without our knowledge or consent, of our biometric identifiers. | Biometric identifiers are measurements of our personal, unchangeable biological characteristics that uniquely identify us — like fingerprints and faceprints. Biometric identifiers can also be captured from the patterns in our eyes or the sound of our voices. Unlike other forms of personal information, biometric identifiers…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-04-14). Actress Tichina Arnold: What Can Black Women Do 'To Stop Aiding The Emasculation Of Black Men In America?'. moguldom.com Beloved actress Tichina Arnold went viral on Twitter after asking what she said was an honest question. "Honest Question: What can we as Black Women in America do, to stop aiding in the emasculation of Black men in America?" Arnold tweeted on Wednesday, April 13. Emasculation, according to the Urban Dictionary, is being made to …

Staff (2022-04-14). Venezuela and Cuba Strengthen Cooperation in Key Sectors: Cuban President Receives Venezuelan Vice President. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, April 12, Venezuela and Cuba strengthened their relations with regards to agricultural, mining, oil and other economic ties, through high-level technical roundtables of the joint commission between both nations. | According to a note from Venezolana de Televisión, the meeting was headed by the Venezuelan vice president of the Bolivarian Republic, Delcy Rodríguez, and the Prime Minister of Cuba, Ricardo Cabrisas, as well as other authorities. | Later, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, received Vice President Delcy Rodríguez. The Cuban president posted a message on his Twitter account stating that du…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-14). Turkey to sell combat drones to another NATO nation: Slovakia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyApril 13, 2022 Slovakia holding talks with Turkey for purchase of Bayraktar Slovakia is in talks with Turkey on the purchase of Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles, Slovak Defense Minister Jaro Nad wrote on Twitter, APA reports. "Works on acquiring drones for Slovak military ArmadaSR moving forward. Good talk today with Mr. Bayraktar …

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