Month: April 2021

Categories Middle East

Schools reopening and no more mask-wearing outdoors as Israel praises its vaccination campaign

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Israel has lifted its requirement for wearing a mask in the street and has fully opened schools, as officials believe “progress” in fighting the pandemic is apparent. Less than one percent of recent Covid-19 tests showed positive. … Read More >Schools reopening and no more mask-wearing outdoors as Israel praises its vaccination campaign

Categories World

‘No hurry to open borders’: Australian PM signals ‘essential travel’ restrictions might be eased only in second half of 2021

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Australia is in “no hurry” to lift its international travel restrictions, PM Scott Morrison has said. There may be an easing of the rules on “essential travel” in the second half of the year, but that option is still under review. … Read More >‘No hurry to open borders’: Australian PM signals ‘essential travel’ restrictions might be eased only in second half of 2021

Categories Shows

Minneapolis DSA candidate: Biden won’t defend Black Lives as he won’t go against the police, corporations & capitalists

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On this episode of Going Underground we speak to the organiser of the Twin Cities Minneapolis Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America and candidate in the Minneapolis City Council elections, Robin Wonsley. She discusses the emotional trauma that the police killing of Daunte Wright has once again had on the US’ African-American community … Read More >Minneapolis DSA candidate: Biden won’t defend Black Lives as he won’t go against the police, corporations & capitalists

Categories Asia & Pacific

West must ‘penalize’ Muslim hate just like it outlawed Holocaust denial, Pakistani PM Khan says amid anti-French riots

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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged Western nations to prosecute hatred against Muslims with the “same standards” it applies to Holocaust denial, amid a wave of anti-French riots in his own country. … Read More >West must ‘penalize’ Muslim hate just like it outlawed Holocaust denial, Pakistani PM Khan says amid anti-French riots

Categories Russia

‘US-backed coup plot’ involving assassination of Belarusian president, other officials foiled by Minsk & Moscow

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Several people, including two in Russia, have been arrested for allegedly plotting an armed insurrection against the Belarusian president. He claims that the US may have sanctioned the assassination attempt. … Read More >‘US-backed coup plot’ involving assassination of Belarusian president, other officials foiled by Minsk & Moscow

Categories Asia & Pacific

3 kids or more: Chinese researchers call to ABANDON birth limits to ensure immigration-fed US can’t outperform Beijing by 2050

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China must “fully liberalize” its birth-control policy to increase its labor force in the upcoming decades and compete with such countries as the US economically, a paper published by the People’s Bank of China says. … Read More >3 kids or more: Chinese researchers call to ABANDON birth limits to ensure immigration-fed US can’t outperform Beijing by 2050