2024-02-29: News Headlines

Editor (2024-02-29). US Refuses to Assure UK Judges That Assange Won't Be Executed If He's Extradited. scheerpost.com

Editor (2024-02-29). Feb 29, 2024. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Giuseppe Verdi, VaÃÄ pensiero (Nabucco) The Fates of Gaza and Julian Assange Are Sealed Together, by Jonathan Cook How British Intelligence Framed Julian Assange As Russian Agent, by Kit Klarenberg Western Leaders, So Smug a Year Ago, Are Feeling Anxiety and Panic, by Eric Arnow A call to rediscovering Humanity from Ian McGilchrist, the Sage of the Isle of Skye, by Ashley Howes The Real Economy Doesn't Need Growth — Canadians for a Sustainable Society On Aaron Bushnell, Methinks The Israel Apologist Doth Protest Too Much, by Caitlin Johnstone Israel, Ukraine Fighting 'Same B…

greenleft.org.au (2024-02-29). Day two of Julian Assange's High Court appeal. greenleft.org.au

Staff (2024-02-29). US Refuses to Assure UK Judges That Assange Won't Be Executed If He's Extradited. scheerpost.com Protest to free Julian Assange at the UK Consulate in NYC on Feb. 20, 2024 (Flickr) By Marjorie Cohn / Truthout On February 20 and 21, as nearly 1,000 supporters of Julian Assange gathered outside the London courthouse, a two-judge panel of the High Court of Justice presided over a "permission hearing." Assange's lawyers asked …

Workers World Party (2024-02-29). PDF of February 29 issue. workers.org Download the PDF. China: Palestine has right to armed struggle The sacrifice of Aaron Bushnell Students walk out for Palestine Gaza: Hunger as a weapon Imperialist hypocrisy marks Assange persecution Download the PDF. More PDF back-issues here. |

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-02-29). Cohiba Atmosphere and Montecristo Deleggend, genuine Cuban coffees (+Photos). plenglish.com Havana, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuban gourmet coffees Cohiba Atmosphere and Montecristo Deleggend are participating in the 24th Habano Festival as products genuinely designed to pair with Cuba, the director of Commercial Intelligence of Cubacafé, Martha García, said.

ecns.cn (2024-02-29). Apple reportedly cancels EV project, to focus more on AI. ecns.cn After spending billions of dollars and a decade on research, Apple reportedly is dropping building an electric car and will use some of the project's staff to focus on artificial intelligence.

newarab (2024-02-29). Qatar to invest 10 billion euros in key French sectors. newarab.com The investments "to the mutual benefit of both countries" will target key sectors ranging from energy transition, semiconductor, aerospace, artificial intelligence, digital, health, hospita…

tvbrics (2024-02-29). Company in the UAE adds artificial intelligence observer to its board of directors. tvbrics.com It has no voting rights…

albawaba (2024-02-29). Several casualties in an attack on Chad intelligence services office. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – According to local reports, several casualties have been recorded killed in an attack on the Chad Intelligence Services office in N'Djamena. An attack on the office of Chad's strong ANSE internal security agency in the capital N'Djamena killed multiple individuals, according to a government statement released on Wednesday.The statement blamed the nighttime attack on activists from the opposition Socialist Party Without Borders, led by Yaya Dillo, and stated that "the situation is now completely under control" and that "the perpetrators of this act have been arrested or are being sought and will be pros…

albawaba (2024-02-29). Tucker Carlson accuses US of spying on him during Edward Snowden interview. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Controversial American TV host Tucker Carlson broke his silence on Tuesday and accused the United States of spying on him during his interview with Edward Snowden. Edward Snowden is an American-Russian citizen who was a computer intelligence consultant and whistleblower who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 when he was an employee and subcontractor. Conservative journalist Carlson said that US spies had tracked him during his visit to Russia earlier this month. He further claimed that spies had told a "friendly" outlet that he made an interview with Sn…

infobrics (2024-02-29). CIA behind Ukrainian disaster. infobrics.org US mercenaries unintentionally reveal to Russian pranksters that Western intelligence leads Ukrainian decision-making process.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-29). Spotlight on early detection of 3 heart diseases using ECG-AI. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Too often, the first sign of cardiovascular disease may be a major event like a heart attack, stroke or cardiac arrest. Now, researchers and clinicians at Mayo Clinic are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to flag heart problems earlier, boosting the abilities of a diagnostic test that has been around for over a century — the electrocardiogram (ECG). Early detection of heart disease can make a significant difference in a patient's…

Editor (2024-02-29). Patrick Lawrence: The CIA in Ukraine — The NY Times Gets a Guided Tour. scheerpost.com

Staff (2024-02-29). Patrick Lawrence: The CIA in Ukraine — The NY Times Gets a Guided Tour. scheerpost.com Wikimedia Commons. This outsider analysis from veteran journalist Patrick Lawrence is one of two stories ScheerPost has published on the New York Times' "The Spy War: How the CIA Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin." To read an ex-CIA agent's perspective on the story, read John Kiriakou's piece here. By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost …

Darreonna Davis (2024-02-29). Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Blocks Bill to Protect IVF. truthout.org Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith blocked a bill that would establish a federal right to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technology. The effort to quickly pass the Access to Family Building Act came in the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court's February 16 ruling that embryos are children under the state's Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. The ruling has resulted in some of… |

Bloomberg (2024-02-29). US Supreme Court immunity case jeopardises Donald Trump trial before 2024 election. scmp.com The US Supreme Court's decision to consider whether former president Donald Trump should be immune from prosecution in his 2020 election interference case could push a trial close to election day — or even beyond this year.

Reuters (2024-02-29). US Supreme Court to decide Donald Trump criminal immunity claim in 2020 election case. scmp.com The justices put on hold the criminal case being pursued by Special Counsel Jack Smith, and will review a lower court's rejection of the ex-US president's claim.

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