Monthly Archives: April 2022

2022-04-12: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-04-12). Oppose Twitter's act of censorship against George Galloway! wsws.org On April 6, Twitter updated Galloway's status with the designation "Russia state-affiliated media" directly under his name and handle. Every tweet issued by Galloway since includes the designation.

Staff (2022-04-12). Remove content terming 'Indian variant': India tells social media intermediaries. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): India took a strong objection to the use of the term so-called 'Indian variant' for the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus on social media posts.

WSWS (2022-04-12). Texas District Attorney reverses on indictment of woman arrested for "fetal homicide" wsws.org The initial indictment provoked widespread anger, with #freelizelle trending on Twitter, reflecting the mass opposition to attacks on abortion.

VINS (2022-04-11). Facebook's Blacklist of 'Dangerous Individuals and Organizations' Stifles Public Debate. projectcensored.org Facebook's policy on "Dangerous Individuals and Organizations" (DIO) has become "an unaccountable system that disproportionately punishes certain communities," Sam Biddle reported for the Intercept in October 2021. The policy, he…

Staff (2022-04-11). Photo Exhibit '20 Aprils' Opens Tuesday in Caracas, 20 Years After Coup Against Hugo Chávez. orinocotribune.com This coming Tuesday, April 12, the headquarters of Correo de Carmelitas on Urdaneta Avenue in Caracas will host the photographic exhibition 20 Aprils, which compiles historical images of the events of April 11, 12 and 13, 2002. | Photos of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, of the people in the streets, and from newspapers of the time are part of the repertoire that will be shown in the exhibit to be inaugurated on Tuesday, April 12 at 11 a.m. A preview of the montage was shown this Sunday by Venezuela's Minister for Culture, Ernesto Villegas. | On Twitter, Villegas wrote that the exhibition was organized by the M…

Editor (2022-04-11). Progressive Voices Demand Assange's Release on Third Year of His Imprisonment. scheerpost.com Projections were put up on buildings across London on the third anniversary of Julian Assange's arrest on April 11, 2022. (Photo: Wikileaks/Twitter) | By As his extradition to the United States looms large, Julian Assange completed three years of imprisonment in the United Kingdom on Monday, April 11. Held in a high security prison complex in Belmarsh in the outskirts of London, the Wikileaks founder has been in prison since 2019 when he was dragged out of the Ec…

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2022-04-11: News Headlines

Staff (2022-04-11). Remove content terming 'Indian variant': India tells social media intermediaries. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): India took a strong objection to the use of the term so-called 'Indian variant' for the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus on social media posts.

teleSUR (2022-04-10). British PM Boris Johnson Meets Zelensky in Kiev. telesurenglish.net Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky held talks today in this capital with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The visit was not previously announced, Andrei Sibiga, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said on Facebook social network. | RELATED: | The Kiev embassy in London published an image on Twitter of both leaders sitting face to face in an office, next to the flags of both countries, accompa…

_____ (2022-04-10). Move Over Weapons Makers, Facebooks Wants Its War Profits Too. commondreams.org A Big Tech and arms makers coalition is hyping the threat from Russia and China to stave off government regulation, and more.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-10). Ex-Georgian DM involved in Ukraine war, six Georgian soldiers killed in fighting. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 10, 2022 Two more Georgian volunteers die in war in Ukraine Two Georgian volunteers were killed in combat action near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Saturday. Irakli Okruashvili, Georgia's former defence minister who is currently involved in the armed action in Ukraine, on Saturday posted a social media update that said two Georgian …

Asere Constance Ichuma (2022-04-10). Ethiopians in Uganda raise Shs70m to rebuild schools destroyed by TPLF. plusnews.ug Ethiopians and people of Ethiopian origin residing in Uganda on Saturday raised money to support the country's efforts to rebuild education institutions destroyed by fighters of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). In a tweet, the Ethiopian Embassy in Kampala where they convened, said the group raised one million Ethiopian Birr (approximately Ugshs70m). TPLF, a …

Editor (2022-04-10). West Virginians Lead Blockade of Coal Plant That Made Manchin Rich. scheerpost.com Police in Grant Town, West Virginia arrested demonstrators who blockaded a coal plant that contracts with Enersystems, a company owned by Sen. Joe Manchin's family, from which the senator earns $500,000 per year. (Photo: @WV_Rising/Twitter) | By Julia Conley / Organizers of the "Coal Baron Blockade" protest which targeted right-wing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin's coal empire Saturday afternoon reported that state police almost immediately began arresting campaigners who assembled…

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). U.S. likely to see COVID-19 surge in fall: expert. ecns.cn There will be an uptick in cases of COVID-19 over the next few weeks in the United States and it is likely there could be a surge in the fall, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has said.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-04-10). Imperial expert's book uses scientific evidence to help people lose weight. imperial.ac.uk An Imperial researcher specialising in obesity has published a new book aiming to help people reach a healthy body weight.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Lack of sleep increases unhealthy abdominal fat. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — New research from Mayo Clinic shows that lack of sufficient sleep combined with free access to food increases calorie consumption and consequently fat accumulation, especially unhealthy fat inside the belly. Findings from a randomized controlled crossover study led by Naima Covassin, Ph.D., a cardiovascular medicine researcher at Mayo Clinic, show that lack of sufficient sleep led to a 9% increase in total abdominal fat area and an 11% increase in abdominal visceral…

imperial.ac.uk (2022-04-10). Imperial expert's book uses scientific evidence to help people lose weight. imperial.ac.uk An Imperial researcher specialising in obesity has published a new book aiming to help people reach a healthy body weight.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Lack of sleep increases unhealthy abdominal fat. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — New research from Mayo Clinic shows that lack of sufficient sleep combined with free access to food increases calorie consumption and consequently fat accumulation, especially unhealthy fat inside the belly. Findings from a randomized controlled crossover study led by Naima Covassin, Ph.D., a cardiovascular medicine researcher at Mayo Clinic, show that lack of sufficient sleep led to a 9% increase in total abdominal fat area and an 11% increase in abdominal visceral…

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