Daily Archives: May 6, 2022

2022-05-06: News Headlines

____ (2022-05-06). NATO pulls South Korea into bloc to confront Russia, China in Northeast Asia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMay 5, 2022 NATO pulling Seoul closer shadows stability in NE Asia, even Indo-Pacific South Korea's state intelligence agency, the National Intelligence Service, said on Thursday that it has joined the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence as the first Asian member…. Cyber defense has been part of the military alliance's core task …

____ (2022-05-06). South Korea: first Asian state to join NATO's cyber warfare center in Estonia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Korea HeraldMay 5, 2022 South Korea's intelligence agency joins NATO's cyber defense center as first in Asia South Korea's National Intelligence Service became a member of a cyberdefense center for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the state agency said on Thursday. According to NIS, it has been admitted as a contributing participant for NATO Cooperative …

Richie Merino (2022-05-06). SCOTUS rules to exclude Puerto Ricans from SSI. workers.org The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a federal law that denies disability benefits to U.S. citizens living in Puerto Rico. In an 8-1 ruling April 21, the court agreed with the Biden administration's argument that the federal government has the right to exclude residents of Puerto Rico from Supplemental Security . . . |

Ramona du Houx (2022-05-06). Abortion is not only about women its a human, civil, environmental rights issue says EOPA. indybay.org EOPA, an organization of thousands of elected officials, is appalled by the leaked Supreme Court abortion decision and warns of civil liberty erosion. Black and Brown communities will suffer the most. They do now, from fossil fuel production and factories that spew toxins, which have been strategically located in their communities because they were redlined decades ago. Environmental justice will become a utopian dream if we start eroding women's rights, as all American rights will become endangered. If this right to privacy is stripped, every person could face a future in which the government can potentially int…

Fight Back (2022-05-06). Minneapolis: 1500-plus march against Supreme Court attack on Roe v. Wade. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – More than 1500 students and community members took to the streets, May 4, in response to the leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court indicating their intention to overturn Roe v. Wade, effectively stripping hundreds of millions of Americans from their reproductive rights. The large crowd gathered outside the Humphrey School of Public Affairs on the University of Minnesota campus before marching to U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar's offices to demand that she take action to defend the abortion rights of her constituents. During the march, many cars passing by honked in approval and solidarity with…

_____ (2022-05-05). Former CIA Contract Pilot Tosh Plumlee: "There Are Many More American Soldiers Like Willy Joseph Cancel Already In Ukraine" popularresistance.org Willy Joseph Cancel, a native of Orange County, New York, became the first U.S. casualty of the Ukraine War last week. The U.S. Marine veteran was killed fighting alongside Ukrainian forces while working for a private U.S. military contractor. He was ambushed by Russian forces during a night-time patrol—though his body has not yet been recovered. William "Tosh" Plumlee, a CIA contract pilot who participated in arms and drug smuggling missions into Nicaragua during the 1980s, said that "there are many more American soldiers like Willy Joseph Cancel already in Ukraine."

_____ (2022-05-05). Cross Party Group Of 37 German Parliamentarians Call To Stop Extradition Of Julian Assange On World Press Freedom Day. popularresistance.org "As a cross-party group of parliamentarians of the German Bundestag, we have the honor to reach out to you, and to ask for your attention in a case that is currently of great concern to us, knowing that we share a mutual concern for the protection as well as the implementation of internationally recognized human rights. We have closely followed the fate of Julian Assange in the past; however, the current developments in his case arouse our concern all the more."

_____ (2022-05-05). German Parliamentarians Call To Stop Extradition Of Julian Assange. popularresistance.org "As a cross-party group of parliamentarians of the German Bundestag, we have the honor to reach out to you, and to ask for your attention in a case that is currently of great concern to us, knowing that we share a mutual concern for the protection as well as the implementation of internationally recognized human rights. We have closely followed the fate of Julian Assange in the past; however, the current developments in his case arouse our concern all the more."

____ (2022-05-05). National intelligence report found FBI searched the data of Americans millions of times in 2021. wsws.org The report issued by the office of Avril Haines, the US Director of National Intelligence, reveals that there was a three-fold increase in FBI searches of the electronic communications of Americans in the first year of the Biden administration.

_____ (2022-05-05). Report: FBI Searched The Data Of Americans Millions Of Times In 2021. popularresistance.org The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) reported on Friday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) searched through the electronic data of Americans 3.4 million times in 2021. | The searches were revealed in the ODNI's "Annual Statistical Transparency Report Regarding the Intelligence Community's Use of National Security Surveillance Authorities" for calendar year 2021. The data shows that there was nearly a tripling of these unconstitutional searches from 1.3 million in 2020. | In typical fashion the ODNI report waives away this intensification of the surveillance state by claiming it w…

Dave DeCamp (2022-05-05). US Officials Say US Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals. news.antiwar.com According to a report from The New York Times citing unnamed senior US officials, intelligence provided by the US on Russian military units Ukraine has claimed to have killed 12 Russian generals, but the number is not confirmed, and Kyiv has an interest in exaggerating its success on the battlefield, and the officials wouldn't specify how many Russian officers were killed as a result of the assistance. But either way, the claim by US officials that they are helping kill Russian generals is a major provocation toward…

Dave DeCamp (2022-05-05). US Officials Say US Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals. news.antiwar.com According to a report from The New York Times citing unnamed senior US officials, intelligence provided by the US on Russian military units Ukraine has claimed to have killed 12 Russian generals, but the number is not confirmed, and Kyiv has an interest in exaggerating its success on the battlefield, and the officials wouldn't specify how many Russian officers were killed as a result of the assistance. But either way, the claim by US officials that they are helping kill Russian generals is a major provocation toward…

teleSUR, mcs, JL (2022-05-05). Grupo de Puebla apela a los derechos de Julián Assange. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con la organización, el periodista es atacado diplomática y políticamente, lo cual afecta el derecho internacional en muchas esferas.

Jonathan Cook (2022-05-05). The persecution of Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org The British home secretary, Priti Patel, will decide this month whether Julian Assange is to be extradited to the United States, where he faces a sentence of up to 175 years — served most likely in strict, 24-hour isolation in a US super-max jail. He has already spent three years in similarly harsh conditions in …

Jonathan Cook (2022-05-05). The persecution of Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org The British home secretary, Priti Patel, will decide this month whether Julian Assange is to be extradited to the United States, where he faces a sentence of up to 175 years — served most likely in strict, 24-hour isolation in a US super-max jail. He has already spent three years in similarly harsh conditions in …

Niko Leka (2022-05-05). John Shipton: 'Assange is caught in plague of malice'. greenleft.org.au The Hunter Asylum Seeker Advocacy screened Ithaka, a film about Julian Assange, with his father John Shipton a keynote speaker. Niko Leka reports.

Niko Leka (2022-05-05). John Shipton: 'Assange is caught in plague of malice'. greenleft.org.au The Hunter Asylum Seeker Advocacy screened Ithaka, a film about Julian Assange, with his father John Shipton a keynote speaker. Niko Leka reports.

John Catalinotto (2022-05-05). Austin, Biden, Pelosi declare war on Russia. workers.org May 1 — After two months of war, the Biden administration, including the House of Representatives, the Pentagon and individuals connected to the intelligence establishment, have made it clear to the world that Washington plans a major war to wreck Russia. They demand that their imperialist allies join this war. . . . |

imperial.ac.uk (2022-05-05). 'Nanomagnetic' computing can provide low-energy AI, researchers show. imperial.ac.uk Researchers have shown it is possible to perform artificial intelligence using tiny nanomagnets that interact like neurons in the brain.

Anonymous669 (2022-05-05). Iran Used Fake Facebook Profile To Recruit Spies & Gather Information On Targets In Israel. southfront.org . Via Facebook. | On May 2, the Israeli Shin Bet security agency announced that it had uncover an Iranian intelligence operation meant to recruit Israeli citizens and gather information on targets in Israel. | The Shin Bet said that Iranian intelligence operators used a fake Facebook profile under the name "Sara Puppi," who was presented as a young Jewish woman with business connections in Israel. | Puppi had thousands of friends, mostly Israelis. The Iranian operators all…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-05-05). 16th Iran-Open RoboCup in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) — The 16th edition of RoboCup Iran-Open brought together 100 teams from across the country to compete in different fields of robotics and Artificial Intelligence with a focus on soccer robots.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-05-05). Right-wing Supreme Court returns us to back-alley abortions. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Thanks to a five-justice Supreme Court majority, the last three named by Republican Oval Office occupant Donald Trump—who lost the popular vote—and confirmed by Senate Republicans who represent a shrinking minority comprised almost exclusively of white right-wingers, women, especially women of color, face a return to the days of back-alley abortions, or worse. So say …

Liberation Staff (2022-05-05). Thousands hit the streets for abortion rights in response to leaked Supreme Court draft ruling. liberationnews.org Around the U.S., thousands of people came out into the streets in emergency demonstrations to say, "We won't go back! We will fight back!" in response to the leaking of a draft majority decision from the Supreme Court which indicates the majority intends to overturn the historic Roe v. Wade decision which essentially made abortion legal in this country.

Chris Walker (2022-05-05). After "Roe," Abbott May "Resurrect" Fight Against K-12 Education for Immigrants. truthout.org Following the On Wednesday, Abbott said he was setting his sights on Plyler v. Doe, in which the Supreme Court said states were obligated to provide free education to all children in thei…

Chris Walker (2022-05-05). Louisiana Republican's Bill Opens Door to Homicide Charges for Abortion Patients. truthout.org A legislative committee in the Louisiana House of Representatives has advanced a bill that would expose a person to homicide charges if they receive an abortion in the state. | The bill, sponsored by state GOP Rep. Danny McCormick, comes after a draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court Although the…

Editor (2022-05-05). Supreme Court's draft opinion on abortion sends jolt through U.S. mronline.org If the justices do not uphold the "Roe v. Wade Decision," abortion would immediately become illegal in 13 states, while Republican-led states are already moving to enact restrictive laws.

JANET (2022-05-05). Abolish SCOTUS not Roe v. Wade! iacenter.org May 3, 2022 By Joanna Straugh The Supreme Court of the United States has the votes to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case legalizing abortion in the United States. This was revealed in a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito that came to press without the Court's permission. The historically unprecedented leak was an act to alert the public of SCOTUS' planned attack. One of thousands of protesters at an emergency demonstration in Foley Square, New York City, May 3. According to the draft opinion, overturning Roe v. Wade is justified and would end federal abortion rights protections, allowing states to di…

Ramzy Baroud (2022-05-05). By Redefining UNRWA, Washington Destroys the Foundation for a Just Peace in Palestine. dissidentvoice.org Palestinians are justifiably worried that the mandate granted to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, might be coming to an end. UNRWA's mission, which has been in effect since 1949, has done more than provide urgent aid and support to millions of refugees. It was also a political platform that protected and preserved …

Ramzy Baroud (2022-05-05). By Redefining UNRWA, Washington Destroys the Foundation for a Just Peace in Palestine. dissidentvoice.org Palestinians are justifiably worried that the mandate granted to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, might be coming to an end. UNRWA's mission, which has been in effect since 1949, has done more than provide urgent aid and support to millions of refugees. It was also a political platform that protected and preserved …

Global Research News (2022-05-05). Selected Articles: Are the Neocons Setting Up the World for Nuclear War? globalresearch.ca By A false flag event is not the only avenue to nuclear war. The expansion of NATO to Finland and Sweden is …

Global Research News (2022-05-05). Selected Articles: Are the Neocons Setting Up the World for Nuclear War? globalresearch.ca By A false flag event is not the only avenue to nuclear war. The expansion of NATO to Finland and Sweden is …

____ (2022-05-05). Biden declares ongoing wildfires in New Mexico 'a major disaster'. ecns.cn U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday declared wildfires lasting for weeks in the southwestern state of New Mexico "a major disaster," unlocking millions of dollars in relief for affected individuals and local recovery efforts.

Dave DeCamp (2022-05-05). US Ramps Up Training of Ukrainian Troops. news.antiwar.com The US is stepping up its efforts The US first started training Ukrainian forces after the 2014

Dave DeCamp (2022-05-05). US Ramps Up Training of Ukrainian Troops. news.antiwar.com The US is stepping up its efforts The US first started training Ukrainian forces after the 2014

Dave DeCamp (2022-05-05). Sweden Says It Received Security Assurances From US for NATO Application Period. news.antiwar.com Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said Wednesday Both Sweden and Finland are seriously considering joining NATO and

Dave DeCamp (2022-05-05). Sweden Says It Received Security Assurances From US for NATO Application Period. news.antiwar.com Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said Wednesday Both Sweden and Finland are seriously considering joining NATO and

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