Daily Archives: June 10, 2023

2023-06-10: News Headlines

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2023-06-10). Tribunal de Londres rechaza apelación de Julian Assange. telesurtv.net La esposa de Assange, Stella Assange, declaró que el martes de la próxima semana, su esposo "presentará una nueva solicitud de apelación ante el Tribunal Superior".

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-10). High Court Denies Assange Right to Appeal Putting Him Perilously Close to Extradition. consortiumnews.com

_____ (2023-06-09). In the Name of the Father: Gonzalo Lira, Julian Assange, Gerry Conlon. strategic-culture.org The fathers of Lira, Assange, an2d Conlon soldier on, armed with halos of dignity those who oppose them can never begin to comprehend | Former British MP George Galloway

Joe Lauria, Consortium News. (2023-06-09). High Court Denies Assange Right To Appeal. popularresistance.org The single judge on the court, Sir Jonathan Swift, issued the 3-page decision on Tuesday. It is not yet publicly available on the High Court's website. | In December, Assange appealed to the European Court of Human Rights. The court could issue an emergency injunction to stop Assange's extradition until it examines the case. | Assange initially won the case against extradition in the lower court based on his health and conditions of U.S. prisons. This was overturned by the High Court after the court accepted U.S. written assurances that Assange would not be mistreated in U.S. prisons.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-09). Julian Assange prepares for last-ditch legal appeal after UK High Court dismisses plea against extradition. peoplesdispatch.org As the Wikileaks founder is brought "dangerously close" to being extradited to the US, Assange and his family will attempt a last-ditch effort with a renewed appeal to the UK High Court…

WSWS (2023-06-09). British High Court rejects Assange appeal: Extradition an imminent threat. wsws.org Assange has only one option of appeal remaining within the British legal system and it could be rejected next week.


Xavier Lasso (2023-06-09). Julian Assange: Ese pedazo de libertad que nos falta. globalizacion.ca

Editor (2023-06-10). Leaks Reveal FBI Helps Ukraine Censor Twitter Users and Obtain Their Information. scheerpost.com The FBI aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to ban Twitter users and collect their data, new leaks show. Twitter declined to censor journalists targeted by Ukraine, including The Grayzone's Aaron Maté.

Saurabh Jha, Eric J Topol (2023-06-10). Perspectives] Upending the model of AI adoption. thelancet.com In 2016, Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer of deep learning artificial intelligence (AI), predicted radiologists' extinction within 5 years. 7 years later, radiologists have yet to be replaced, and radiology AI—use of AI for image interpretation—is not widely implemented in many high-income countries. Yet adoption has been rapid for certain use cases in some low-income and middle-income settings.

Aaron Maté (2023-06-09). FBI Helps Ukraine Censor Twitter Users and Obtain Their Info, Including Journalists. orinocotribune.com By Aaron Maté — Jun 7, 2023 | The FBI aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to ban Twitter users and collect their data, leaks reveal. Twitter declined to censor journalists targeted by Ukraine, including Aaron Maté. | The Federal Bureau of Investigation has aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to censor social media users and obtain their personal information, leaked emails reveal. | In March 2022, an FBI Special Agent sent Twitter a list of accounts on behalf of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Ukraine's main intelligence agency. The accounts, the FBI wrote, "are suspected by the SBU in spreading fe…

Connor Freeman (2023-06-09). White House Says Iran Is Helping Russia Build a Drone Factory. news.antiwar.com As part of a "deepening" military partnership between Iran and Russia amid the war in Ukraine, US intelligence officials believe Tehran is assisting Moscow in building a drone manufacturing plant that may be operational next year, the White House said on Friday. American officials claim hundreds of Iranian drones were transported to Russia via the …

Editor (2023-06-09). Snowden Warns Today's Surveillance Technology Makes 2013 Look Like 'Child's Play'. scheerpost.com "We trusted the government not to screw us," said Edward Snowden. "But they did. We trusted the tech companies not to take advantage of us. But they did. That is going to happen again, because that is the nature of power."




People's Dispatch. (2023-06-09). Cuban Official Condemns Wall Street Journal's Claim About Chinese Base. popularresistance.org Cuba's Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío held a press conference on the afternoon of June 8, wherein he rejected accusations leveled by US corporate media giant The Wall Street Journal that the island had reached a "secret" agreement with the Chinese government to establish a spying base. He said the information the WSJ published was "completely dishonest and unfounded". | The report authored by Warren P. Strobel and Gordon Lubold called the alleged agreement a "brash new geopolitical challenge by Beijing to the US" and claimed that the "eavesdropping facility in Cuba, roughly 100 miles from Florid…

WSWS (2023-06-10). Supreme Court strikes down Alabama congressional district map as motivated by racial discrimination. wsws.org Celebrations of the decision are ignoring the statements of Kavanaugh and Thomas attacking the Voting Rights Act and the potential for future attacks on voting rights…

Gary Fields (2023-06-09). Black Alabama voters score stunning Supreme Court victory against racist gerrymandering. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (AP)—This week's Supreme Court decision ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional districts was seen by many lawmakers of color and voting rights activists as a stunning victory with the potential to become a major stepping stone for undoing political maps that dilute the strength of communities of color. Hank Sanders, a former Alabama state lawmaker who …

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-09). Warren, Jayapal Want to Crack Down on Supreme Court Justices' Gifts and Travel. truthout.org Amid numerous scandals that have revealed the deep corruption on the Supreme Court bench, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) have reintroduced a bill seeking to reverse the relative impunity that Supreme Court justices enjoy and enact a set of binding ethical rules. The Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act would ensure that, like every other federal… |

Staff (2023-06-09). Headlines for June 9, 2023. democracynow.org Donald Trump Indicted on Federal Criminal Charges over Mishandling of Classified Documents, Smoke from Canadian Wildfires Spreads South and West Across United States, Supreme Court Orders Alabama to Redraw Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Maps, SCOTUS Upholds Ability of Medicaid Recipients to Sue States That Violate Their Rights, SCOTUS Justices Thomas and Alito Get Extensions on Financial Disclosure Filings, U.S. Halts Food Aid to Ethiopia, Accuses Military of Diverting Deliveries Away from Civilians, Israeli Forces Shoot Palestinian Journalist During Demolition of Home in Ramallah, Aid Groups Say New EU Mea…

Staff (2023-06-09). Supreme Surprise: Court Upholds Voting Rights Act, Strikes Down Alabama's Racially Gerrymandered Maps. democracynow.org In a surprise 5-4 decision Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a racially gerrymandered voting map in Alabama, upholding a key plank of the Voting Rights Act that the conservative majority has spent years whittling away at. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh sided with the court's liberal justices in finding that Alabama's Republican-drawn congressional districts unlawfully disadvantage Black voters by diluting their voting power, a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act banning voting practices that discriminate based on race and color. The court ordered Alabama&#821…

People's Dispatch. (2023-06-09). Cuban Official Condemns Wall Street Journal's Claim About Chinese Base. popularresistance.org Cuba's Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío held a press conference on the afternoon of June 8, wherein he rejected accusations leveled by US corporate media giant The Wall Street Journal that the island had reached a "secret" agreement with the Chinese government to establish a spying base. He said the information the WSJ published was "completely dishonest and unfounded". | The report authored by Warren P. Strobel and Gordon Lubold called the alleged agreement a "brash new geopolitical challenge by Beijing to the US" and claimed that the "eavesdropping facility in Cuba, roughly 100 miles from Florid…

WSWS (2023-06-10). Supreme Court strikes down Alabama congressional district map as motivated by racial discrimination. wsws.org Celebrations of the decision are ignoring the statements of Kavanaugh and Thomas attacking the Voting Rights Act and the potential for future attacks on voting rights…

Gary Fields (2023-06-09). Black Alabama voters score stunning Supreme Court victory against racist gerrymandering. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (AP)—This week's Supreme Court decision ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional districts was seen by many lawmakers of color and voting rights activists as a stunning victory with the potential to become a major stepping stone for undoing political maps that dilute the strength of communities of color. Hank Sanders, a former Alabama state lawmaker who …

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-09). Warren, Jayapal Want to Crack Down on Supreme Court Justices' Gifts and Travel. truthout.org Amid numerous scandals that have revealed the deep corruption on the Supreme Court bench, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) have reintroduced a bill seeking to reverse the relative impunity that Supreme Court justices enjoy and enact a set of binding ethical rules. The Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act would ensure that, like every other federal… |

Staff (2023-06-09). Headlines for June 9, 2023. democracynow.org Donald Trump Indicted on Federal Criminal Charges over Mishandling of Classified Documents, Smoke from Canadian Wildfires Spreads South and West Across United States, Supreme Court Orders Alabama to Redraw Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Maps, SCOTUS Upholds Ability of Medicaid Recipients to Sue States That Violate Their Rights, SCOTUS Justices Thomas and Alito Get Extensions on Financial Disclosure Filings, U.S. Halts Food Aid to Ethiopia, Accuses Military of Diverting Deliveries Away from Civilians, Israeli Forces Shoot Palestinian Journalist During Demolition of Home in Ramallah, Aid Groups Say New EU Mea…

Staff (2023-06-09). Supreme Surprise: Court Upholds Voting Rights Act, Strikes Down Alabama's Racially Gerrymandered Maps. democracynow.org In a surprise 5-4 decision Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a racially gerrymandered voting map in Alabama, upholding a key plank of the Voting Rights Act that the conservative majority has spent years whittling away at. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh sided with the court's liberal justices in finding that Alabama's Republican-drawn congressional districts unlawfully disadvantage Black voters by diluting their voting power, a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act banning voting practices that discriminate based on race and color. The court ordered Alabama&#821…

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