2024-05-16: News Headlines

Wyatt Reed, The Grayzone. (2024-05-16). Meet The Violent Zionist Agitators Los Angeles Police Haven't Arrested. popularresistance.org On April 30, thirty people were injured when a mob of Zionist hooligans savagely assaulted the pro-Palestine UCLA encampment shortly before midnight. For over three hours, local and campus police stood down as the masked thugs assaulted students, journalists, and even officers of the law with fireworks volleys, pepper spray, and metal pipes. Though multiple attackers have been identified by community members on social media, to date there have been no arrests of pro-Israel goons. | The Grayzone has obtained a dossier composed by anonymous sleuths claiming involvement with the UCLA student protests which apparentl…

Phil Pasquini (2024-05-16). Southeast Asian Financial Scams Can Begin with a "Simple" Text. indybay.org It may start out ubiquitous, but those innocent or inquiring text messages from unknown numbers that suddenly appear on your phone saying "Hello" or "Is this Stephanie's phone number?" are a disaster lurking in disguise. Not to be left out of the equation, too, are Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media platforms that offer ads promising jobs working from home and investment opportunities, along with access to online gambling that are all part of scams run by Southeast Asian transnational crime syndicates.

Poor People's Campaign National & CA PPC (2024-05-16). Saturday 6/29: #GOTV: Poor & Low Wage Workers' Mass March on Washington D.C. & to the Polls. indybay.org Washington D.C. – march and rally | Pennsylvania Ave and 3rd Street NW | Join the livestream here: www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/livestream/ | FB: www.facebook.com/anewppc/ | Mass March updates here: www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/mm2024/

albawaba (2024-05-16). German politician Martin Neumaier licks public toilets in 'disgusting video'. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – German politician Martin Neumaier has been heavily criticized after he appeared in videos licking public toilets in what people described as "disgusting".In one of the videos posted that circulated on social media platforms gaining millions of views, likes and shares, the German politician appeared to lick a public toilet in a railway station.Martin Neumaier, who is a candidate of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) in Ostlab distract, was under fire for posting such videos online. Not only licking toilets, but the German politician also posted more than one footage of himself doing "sexual acts".X has rem…

albawaba (2024-05-16). NGOs warn of shutting down Musk's Starlink in Sudan. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Starlink, the Internet constellation owned by billionaire and tech whale Elon Musk, announced ceasing services in Sudan, causing more than 100 NGOs in the war-wrecked country to raise the alarm, noting that such a move will be a form of "collective punishment" for the people of Sudan. Sudan has been battling a widespread telecommunications blackout for several months, with many aid agencies relying on Starlink to operate during the humanitarian crisis, which the UN has warned is the greatest in decades.t.co/nxIldgXrPC— Stine (@StineMencl) greenleft.org.au (2024-05-16). Tim Gooden: The ACTU can and must do more for Palestine. greenleft.org.au

Margaux Hourigat (2024-05-16). 6 months internship at the Business, Human Rights and Environment Office. fidh.org FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) is an international human rights NGO. Since 1992, we have been committed to defending all civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. You can find us online and on our social networks:
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Phoebe Zhang (2024-05-16). Why so many Chinese women feel invisible to their gynaecologist. scmp.com A viral video on Weibo has sparked discussion on painful medical tools and the lack of care women suffer during gynaecology appointments. While pain relief treatments such as epidurals during labour remain uncommon in China, hospitals can still do more to provide comfort and communicate with patients.

Maria Calvo (2024-05-16). Comenzarán viajes interregionales en el Caribe. radiohc.cu La Habana, 16 mayo (RHC) El catedrático e investigador cubano José Luís Perelló, reseñó hoy en su cuenta en Facebook, que viajes interregionales de turismo comenzarán en agosto próximo por primera vez en el Caribe.

newarab (2024-05-16). Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah travel ban overturned. newarab.com In a social media post, pro-Palestine legal rights group the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) announced that the organisation, alongside lawyer Alexander Gorski and the European Legal Support Centre, have successfully challenged the travel restriction. | The la…

newarab (2024-05-16). Ilan Pappe interrogated at US airport for 2 hours over Gaza. newarab.com The author of 'The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine', which examines the violent events during the 1948 creation of Israel, wrote on Facebook…

newarab (2024-05-16). Slovakia PM Fico shot, fighting 'life-threatening' injuries. newarab.com Fico, a populist leader accused of being Kremlin-friendly, has been prime minister since last year. | "Today, after the government meeting in Handlova, there was an assassination attempt on the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, Robert Fico", the government said in a post on social media. | "He is cu…

newarab (2024-05-16). Mark Zuckerberg's birthday shirt triggers outrage in Tunisia. newarab.com Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's newfound swag on his 40th birthday made headlines globally, but his T-shirt caused quite a stir in On Tuesday, 14 May, the tech tycoon posted a photo dump of his 40th birthday party, wh…

presstv.ir (2024-05-16). Police clash with pro-Palestine protesters at Amsterdam University. presstv.ir Video posted on social media showed police in riot gear clashing with protesters, who were shouting: "Shame on you."

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