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2022-04-06: News Headlines

_____ (2022-04-06). How the Supreme Court Could Make Your Life More Dangerous. commondreams.org If Republican appointees on the Supreme Court succeed in gutting regulatory agencies, we all lose. This agenda is anti-worker, anti-consumer, and anti-environment. The only thing it's good for is corporate profits.

Staff (2022-04-06). Russian NSA expressed strong commitment to further deepen strategic partnership with India: PMO. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev on Wednesday, in which the senior Russian offical expressed his country's strong commitment to deepen its 'Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership' with India."

Staff (2022-04-06). Jaishankar meets Russian NSA, discusses Afghan situation. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met with visiting Russian Secretary of Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, and discussed a number of international and regional problems, including the situation in Afghanistan.

Staff (2022-04-06). PM Modi meets Russian NSA, reaffirms intention to strengthen coordination on Afghanistan. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met with Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, during which they reaffirmed their intention to strengthen coordination in the field of enhancing regional stability, including on Afghanistan.

JANET (2022-04-05). NATO's global history of reaction. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders April 4, 2022 The U.S.-commanded military alliance called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — NATO, was founded April 4, 1949. Its initials describe its early geographic reach but obscure NATO's intent, and how NATO has acted, first from 1949 to 1991, and later from 1991 to the present. From its founding moment, NATO was an aggressive military apparatus to coordinate the police and military and intelligence apparatus among the ten founding West European member countries (plus U.S. and Canada) under U.S. command. NATO's past 30 years of steady expansion is tied to its original purpose…

JANET (2022-04-05). World hunger and the war in Ukraine. iacenter.org By Vijay Prashad April 5, 2022 During this war on Ukraine, No Cold War launched a new publication called Briefings, which will be factual texts on matters of global concern. Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research shared this first briefing: Billions of people around the world will suffer from this hunger crisis. The war in Ukraine, along with sanctions imposed by the United States and Western countries against Russia, have caused global food, fertilizer and fuel prices to skyrocket and endanger the world food supply. This conflict is exacerbating the existing crisis of global hunger and imperils the living…

____ (2022-04-05). Labor-Greens bury Assange's plight ahead of Australian federal election. wsws.org A particularly pernicious role is played by Greens MPs who have criticised Assange's persecution, but are working with Labor to ensure it is buried in the forthcoming election.

____ (2022-04-05). U.S., UK intelligence: Saakashvili, Ukraine accuse Georgian government of aiding Russian war effort. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The claims by Ukrainian military intelligence would be considered "premeditated misinformation" in case of no evidence being presented, the SSS [State Security Service] said, adding such act would be an "extremely unfriendly and provocative step" aimed at provoking internal unrest in Georgia. Rustavi2April 5, 2022 I do not want to believe that the information of …

_____ (2022-04-05). Pakistan In The Midst Of A Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis. popularresistance.org Pakistan is in the middle of a full-blown constitutional crisis with each day bringing a fresh series of developments that increase the uncertainty surrounding the country's future. | Monday April 4, was a day of dramatic developments. The Supreme Court began hearing arguments on the constitutionality of the events of the previous 24 hours and is likely to arrive at a decision on Tuesday. On Sunday, the country's National Assembly had met to vote on a no-trust motion against prime minister Imran Khan. However, in a surprise move, deputy speaker of the assembly Qasim Khan Suri dismissed the motion. Suri ruled that…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-04-05). Colombia could replace national registrar before presidential elections. colombiareports.com Colombia's election chief must be replaced to avoid chaos in the presidential elections, according to a coalition of election observers. The non-governmental Electoral Oversight Alliance (AVE) asked the Supreme Court,…

Staff (2022-04-05). Pakistan's Prime Minister Dissolves Parliament to Prevent His Removal From Power. truthout.org Pakistan is facing a constitutional crisis after Prime Minister Imran Khan dissolved the country's National Assembly and called for new elections in an effort to block an attempt to remove him from power. Khan was facing a no-confidence vote in Parliament that would have unseated him, but his allies blocked the vote from happening. Pakistan's Supreme Court is now hearing a pivotal case on whether it was within the authority of the speaker of the National Assembly to reject the motion for a vote of no confidence, says Pakistani journalist Munizae Jahangir. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy ma…

Staff (2022-04-05). The Supreme Court's abuses of the shadow docket must be stopped. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in They often come in the middle of the night—unsigned and without explanation. Some sentence people to death. Others adversely impact the political power of minority groups. They make up the shadow docket, a set of Supreme Court cases decided without traditional brief, oral argument, or signed opinion. | It is not hard to imagine the public outcry if a governmental body like Congress engage…

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