Daily Archives: January 12, 2024

2024-01-12: News Headlines

John Jiggens (2024-01-12). John Pilger fought for the truth and for Assange's freedom. independentaustralia.net

Alan Macleod (2024-01-12). United Against Nuclear Iran: The Shadowy, Intelligence-Linked Group Driving the US Towards War With Iran. mintpressnews.com United Against Nuclear Iran, a secretive neoconservative organization with close links to the CIA and the Mossad, is trying to escalate the Israeli assault on Gaza into an Iraq-level U.S. Attack on Iran.

Anthony Raphael (2024-01-12). Japan Enhances Military Surveillance with Intelligence-Gathering Satellite Launch. medriva.com

ecns.cn (2024-01-12). Nation ranks among leading innovators. ecns.cn China ranked among the world's leaders in terms of the quantity and quality of technological innovations in the fields of life and health, biopharmaceuticals, new energy and low-carbon technologies, new materials, advanced manufacturing and digital intelligence technologies in 2023.

Ethan Sulliva (2024-01-12). Japan's New Intelligence Satellite: A Leap Forward in Surveillance and Disaster Response Technology. medriva.com

newarab (2024-01-12). Did Ukraine kill Egyptian journalist who 'exposed Zelensky'?>. newarab.com On 26 December 2023, news of the assassination of Mohammad al-Alawi, an Egyptian investigative journalist, at the hands of Ukrainian intelligence services started circulating on social media and multiple media outlets. | According to reports, al-Alawi was potentially targeted after he revealed in late August 2023 that Olga Kiyashko, the mother-in-law of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's, had purchased a US$4.85 million villa in the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of El Gouna. | The New Arab (TNA) Investigative Unit conducted a review of the videos testifying to the assassination of al-Alawi, and found them…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-12). Highlights of Mayo Clinic research advancements in 2023. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic researchers make new discoveries, develop first-of-its-kind tools and technologies and constantly improve upon existing ones with the goal to provide the best in healthcare. The following 10 stories are a round-up of some of the most significant medical research advances at Mayo Clinic this year from harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to detect disease sooner to advancing treatments for rare and complex diseases. Advancing ultrasound microvessel imaging and AI to improve cancer detection Tumors…

ecns.cn (2024-01-11). WEF highlights misinformation threat. ecns.cn The spread of misinformation and disinformation driven by artificial intelligence is the biggest short-term risk for the global economy this year, while environmental risks dominate the threats in the long-term, according to a new report.

WSWS (2024-01-12). Google, Amazon start off new year with job cuts, as corporations plan to use AI to slash workforces. wsws.org Over the course of 2024, major corporations are seeking to use the latest advances in artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies to eliminate vast sections of the workforce.

repostt (2024-01-12). KPFA's Management Pushing Pro-Imperialist Propaganda Says Former KPFA Supporter. indybay.org KPFA management according to a former supporter is pushing pro-war and pro-imperialist propaganda on the air with some of their programmers like Ian Masters who puts out CIA talking points. He also includes KPFA's Chris Welch who argued that supporting a ceasefire in Gaza would be supporting Hamas. | The former supporter also criticized the manager's survey for not allowing comments from the listeners and members.

UMMID (2024-01-12). 'A Fraud Act': SC cancels Gujarat govt decision to release Bilkis Bano rape convicts. ummid.com In a major setback for Prime Minister Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Supreme Court of India Monday January 08, 2024 cancelled the Gujarat government's decision to release Bilkis Bano rape convicts.

Gidi Weitz (2024-01-11). Israel's AG may not be able to avoid ruling on Netanyahu's fitness for office. haaretz.com A few months from now, if the Netanyahu government is still intact, the PM will have to spend hours every day testifying at his trial while also running the country ‚ñ The Supreme Court may have halted the judicial overhaul, but a close review of the ruling also gives cause for concern…

Orinoco Tribune. (2024-01-11). Venezuela Condemns US Supreme Court Ruling On CITGO. popularresistance.org Venezuelan Minister of Communication and Information Freddy àëáñez stated that the Venezuelan government condemns the recent decision by the United States Supreme Court to ratify the dispossession of CITGO Petroleum Corporation. | Through a social media post published Tuesday, December 9, Minister àëáñez wrote that the action violates the agreements signed in Barbados last year. According to his social media post, the measure is seen as another step in the ongoing aggression by United States institutions against Venezuela, seizing the assets rightfully belonging to the Venezuelan people.

Staff (2024-01-11). BJP's bid to break PDP and install Sajad Lone as CM culminated in J&K assembly dissolution: Satyapal Malik. muslimmirror.com Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Satyapal Malik, has shifted the blame for the dissolution of the state Assembly onto Peoples' Conference leader, Sajad Lone, accusing him of wanting to 'indulge in horse-trading'. In an interview with senior Supreme Court advocate and Rajya Sabha member, Kapil Sibal's YouTube channel "Dil Se," Malik asserted that the decision …

Mark Gruenberg (2024-01-12). Worker centers, advocates demand Biden protect whistleblowing migrants. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO —Worker centers and migrants' advocates are demanding that President Biden, and particularly his Department of Homeland Security, publicize and publicly advocate a little-known DHS waiver of deportation for undocumented people who become whistleblowers about worker exploitation and abuse on the job. With backing from the AFL-CIO-recognized National Day Labor Organizing Network (NDLON), they're undertaking …

Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. (2024-01-11). Boeing Whistleblower Warns Against Corporation's 'Safety Exemptions'. popularresistance.org Following another incident involving a Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, a known Boeing whistleblower is sounding the alarm over the multinational corporation's requests for "safety exemptions." | The Associated Press reported that "a fuselage panel blew out on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 seven minutes after takeoff from Portland, Oregon." | "The rapid loss of cabin pressure pulled the clothes off a child and caused oxygen masks to drop from the ceiling, but miraculously none of the 171 passengers and six members were injured. Pilots made a safe emergency landing," AP added.

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