Monthly Archives: August 2023

2023-08-29: News Headlines

Tilda Garraway (2023-08-28). Media blackout: Facebook and Instagram block Canadians from accessing domestic news. peoplesworld.org TORONTO—With their collective grip over an astounding 70% of internet traffic, Meta (Facebook and Instagram) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai wield an unparalleled level of influence and control over communications and information. These two billionaires recently took their power to new heights by audaciously moving to shut down all access to Canadian …

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). Suman dos muertos tras explosiones en gasolinería en Rumanía. telesurtv.net El presidente rumano, Klaus Iohannis, expresó en Facebook su pesar por la "tragedia" y pidió una investigación exhaustiva.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Can ashwagandha supplements help with stress and anxiety relief? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I struggle with stress and feeling overwhelmed. I am 52 and juggle full-time work as a wife and mother to a teenage daughter. Recently I also began caring for an elderly relative. I often snap at the slightest comment, and sleep is elusive due to the many thoughts swirling in my head. I am not the biggest fan of medication, but I recently saw an ad for Ashwagandha on social media. Can…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-08-29). From NYC to Atlanta, Cop City Will Never be Built! itsgoingdown.org Report on recent action against Cop City in New York City. Originally posted to social media. Get shrimped, nerds! On Saturday morning, in an homage to a recent action taken by Atlanta activists, some rowdy caterers dropped off a very smelly gift for the Atlanta Police Department in NYC. Atlanta cops held a hiring event…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-08-28). Cancilleres de Rusia y Türkiye se reunirán en Moscú. twitter.com El 22 de julio de 2022, Rusia, Türkiye y la (ONU) firmaron un acuerdo para desbloquear la exportación de granos y fertilizantes de Ucrania a través del mar Negro.

Mick Hall, Consortium News. (2023-08-28). Unease Over New Zealand Overtures To US Military Presence In The Pacific. popularresistance.org Whangarei,New Zealand – Recent reports from New Zealand's security state have sparked protest after all but suggesting the country join the U.S.-led AUKUS military alliance, a move that would reverse years of New Zealand's independent foreign and defence policy and put it on a collision course with China. | Ex-Labour Prime Minister Helen Clark lamented the loss of what would remain of the country's military sovereignty. Clark blasted an "orchestrated campaign" by defence and security officials to join the U.S., Britain and Australia in AUKUS. | In a Twitter thread, she said the government was "abandoning its capa…

Robert Reich (2023-08-28). 'Rich Men North of Richmond' are a problem; so are those south, east, and west. peoplesworld.org Over the past couple weeks, Oliver Anthony's video of his song "Rich Men North of Richmond" has gone viral, clocking up more than 20 million views on YouTube. As it's risen to the top of the streaming charts, it's also become a theme song for reactionary conservatives. Marjorie Taylor Greene calls it "the anthem of the forgotten Americans." …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: Reducing viral infection risks when sending kids off to school. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's back to school for many kids around the nation. And once they hit the classroom, you may notice more runny noses and other symptoms associated with viral and bacterial infections. Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center, says you might not be able to stop some of these illnesses, but reducing viral infection risks is possible. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/g73RprjT7Go Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (: 59) is in the downloads…

Dave LIndorff (2023-08-28). Covid Precautions Aren't Primarily Aren't for You; They're to Protect Those You Ought to Care About. thiscantbehappening.net I've never thought of myself as someone who needed special consideration. Not even when I ended up spending a year on crutches or a walking in a stiff full-length plaster leg cast following a nasty ski accident at 19, or when ai learned in my 40s after a stubborn case of viral pneumonia that … |

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