(2020-12-11). Podcast Panel: US Meddling In Venezuela Elections, Economic Warfare & COVID-19. mintpressnews.com Observed by 1,500 international election observers from 34 countries, elections in Venezuela handed Nicholas Maduro a clear victory, sending a message to the US that it failed to influence the same elections that Mike Pompeo called illegitimate.
(2020-12-11). Israel-Morocco normalisation deal condemned online. middleeasteye.net 
Israel-Morocco normalisation deal condemned online | Using the hashtag 'Moroccans Against Normalisation', many have blasted the deal as a loss for Sahrawis and Palestinians alike | Fri, 12/11/2020 – 15: 05 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Morocco's King Mohammed VI. The countries have shared nearly six decades of close cooperation on intelligence and military matters in secr…
(2020-12-11). 'Serious escalation': Pompeo claims Iran would be closer to nuclear WEAPONS with new uranium enrichment bill. rt.com 
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned that Iran could be a step closer to obtaining nukes if it enriches uranium at a higher purity and continues to frustrate international efforts to search its nuclear sites. | "A reduction in Iran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) or enrichment to the 20 percent level would constitute a serious escalation that moves Iran closer to the ability to obtain a nuclear weapon," he said in a statement on Friday. | Last week Iranian MPs passed a new law, requiring the country to "produce and store 120kg per year of uranium enriched to 20 percent"
(2020-12-11). Supreme Court Weighs Corporate Liability For Child Laborers On Cocoa Farms. popularresistance.org Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments about whether the world's largest cocoa corporations are liable for child slavery in their supply chains. For 15 years, six citizens of Mali who were trafficked as children to work on cocoa farms have sought legal damages from Cargill and Nestle USA under a 240-year-old anti-piracy law. | The plaintiffs' attorney told the court that the corporations "maintain a system of child slavery and forced labor in their Ivory Coast supply chain as a matter of corporate policy to gain a competitive advantage in the U.S. market."
(2020-12-11). Artificial intelligence improves control of powerful plasma accelerators. imperial.ac.uk Researchers have used AI to control beams for the next generation of smaller, cheaper accelerators for research, medical and industrial applications.
(2020-12-11). The Approaching Crunch in US Policy Towards China. globalresearch.ca The Republican and Democrat leaders of the US Senate Intelligence Committee have issued a joint statement of intense hostility towards China. This posture is a threat to Australia's national security… and the world. An attempt to tear China down will …
(2020-12-10). Royal commission into New Zealand terror attack whitewashes government agencies. wsws.org The commission's report asserts that despite many warnings of far-right violence, the massacre which killed 51 people at two Christchurch mosques could not have been prevented; it calls for more powers and resources for the intelligence agencies.
(2020-12-10). On Human Rights Day, a global call to #FreeAssange. peoplesdispatch.org Organizations and militants across the world are writing to the UK government with the demand to free Julian Assange who has been lodged in Belmarsh prison for months…
(2020-12-10). Julian Assange: Covid Risks and Campaigns for Pardon. dissidentvoice.org Before the January 4 ruling of District Judge Vanessa Baraitser in the extradition case of Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks publisher will continue to endure the ordeal of cold prison facilities while being menaced by a COVID-19 outbreak. From November 18, Assange, along with inmates in House Block 1 at Belmarsh prison in south-east London, were …
(2020-12-10). US Supreme Court rules Muslims placed on no-fly list can sue for damages. middleeasteye.net 
US Supreme Court rules Muslims placed on no-fly list can sue for damages | Ruling paves way for lawsuits against FBI officers who placed Muslims on travel blacklist for refusing to spy on their communities | Thu, 12/10/2020 – 21: 05 | In unanimous decision, court rules in favour of lead plaintiff (AFP/File photo) | The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Muslim Americans who were placed on the…
(2020-12-10). The UK Supreme Court To Decide on Dispute Over Venezuelan Gold. telesurenglish.net United Kingdom's Supreme Court (SC) will decide on the access to the Venezuelan gold withheld in the Bank of England, following the approval of an appeal filed by opposition politician Juan Guaido's lawyers on Wednesday. | RELATED: | The Plaintiffs seek to revoke a ruling approved by the Court of Appeal, which ordered a detailed investigation aimed at explaining the diplomatic relations between the governments of Venezuela and…
(2020-12-10). In 'Big Win for Religious Freedom,' US Supreme Court Rules Muslims Put on No-Fly List Can Sue FBI. commondreams.org "For decades now, government surveillance and anti-Muslim policies have been an unavoidable fact of life for American Muslims. Because of this ruling, American Muslims now know that they can speak out and fight back in court against injustice." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/scotus_no-fly.jpg …
(2020-12-10). Muslim Advocates Applauds Supreme Court Ruling in No-Fly List Case. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-12-09). US court orders CIA to explain withholding of Khashoggi report. middleeasteye.net 
US court orders CIA to explain withholding of Khashoggi report | Court ruling follows lawsuit by Open Society Justice Initiative regarding CIA report on Jamal Khashoggi and tape recording of murder | Wed, 12/09/2020 – 16: 54 | CIA reportedly concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered killing (AFP/FIle photo) | A US judge ordered the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence…
(2020-12-09). Florida state agents raid home of COVID-19 whistleblower. liberationnews.org 
This raid comes at a time when the most recent CDC data indicates that Florida surpassed 19,000 deaths due to the coronavirus, and last week, Florida became the third state in the United States to exceed 1 million cases.
(2020-12-09). Venezuelan court convicts the CITGO Six. workers.org 
Venezuela's Supreme Court sentenced six top CITGO oil executives to prison for corruption, embezzlement, money laundering and conspiracy on Nov. 26. The former executives went behind the back of the Venezuelan state and signed an agreement with two U.S. based-international financial companies — for which they were detained in Nov. . . . |
(2020-12-09). The Dogies Bawl and Bawl and Bawl. sputniknews.com On today's episode of The Backstory, host Lee Stranahan discussed current events, such as Texas filing a lawsuit to the Supreme Court against Pennsylvania, YouTube announcing removal of videos of electoral fraud in the 2020 election, and 48 states joining a lawsuit against Facebook for antitrust.
(2020-12-09). Whistleblower: FDA Failed to Address 'Biohazard Nightmare' at Merck Vaccine Plant. globalresearch.ca A former FDA employee-turned-whistleblower says the agency downgraded his report on safety violations at a Merck vaccine plant. The allegation raises questions about how the FDA will monitor safety of COVID vaccine manufacturers. | *** | A former employee of the U.S. …
(2020-12-09). Intelligence min. disbands three drug-trafficking gangs in SE. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — The intelligence forces of the Ministry of Intelligence in southern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, in three separate operations, dismantled three major drug-trafficking gangs over the past two days.
(2020-12-08). Stuck in a Lift with John Pilger: News and How to Use It by Alan Rusbridger. dissidentvoice.org 
Noticing the way journalists seemed unable to resist commenting on our work, even if it was just to slag us off, Glenn Greenwald tweeted us in 2012: 'You are really deeper in the heads of the British establishment-serving commentariat than anyone else — congrats.' ((Greenwald, Twitter, 12 September 2012.)) If that was true then, our relationship …
(2020-12-08). A Supreme Court's Pronouncement Against the Fly. jamanetwork.com (Williams v. Sweet (Me.), 110 Atl. R. 316)…