Binoy Kampmark (2024-02-25). Assange's High Court Appeal. counterpunch.org Assange's attorneys had informed the court that he simply could not attend in person, though it would hardly have mattered. His absence from the courtroom was decorous in its own way; he could avoid being displayed like a caged specimen reviled for his publishing feats. The proceedings would be conducted in the manner of appropriate panto, with dress and procedure to boot. | To read this article, log in If you are logged in but can't read CP+ articles, check the status of your acce…

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2024-02-25). Julian Assange's Grand Inquisitor. popularresistance.org London – The prosecution for the U.S., which is seeking to deny Julian Assange's appeal of an extradition order, begun by the Trump administration and embraced by the Biden administration, grounded its arguments on Wednesday in the dubious affidavits filed by a U.S. federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, Gordon Kromberg. | The charges articulated by Kromberg — often false — to make the case for extradition did not fly with the two High Court judges, Jeremy Johnson and Dame Victoria Sharp, who are overseeing Julian's final appeal in the British courts.

Kevin Gosztola (2024-02-25). Former Bush Official Doesn't See How Anyone Can Say Case Against Assange Poses Threat To Journalism. thedissenter.org Jamil Jaffer is a former official at the U.S. Justice Department under President George W. Bush, and he is a current/former member of multiple national security think tanks populated with former officials of the CIA and Pentagon. | He appeared on PBS's "Newshour" program on Tuesday, February 20, and emphatically defended the Justice Department's prosecution against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The segment aired just after the conclusion of the first day of a pivotal hearing before the British High Court of Justice.

Sara Chessa (2024-02-25). Nervous wait for Assange to forestall U.S. extradition. independentaustralia.net

greenleft.org.au (2024-02-25). Day one of Julian Assange's High Court appeal. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-02-25). Day two of Julian Assange's High Court appeal. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-02-25). The Julian Assange 'death plots'. greenleft.org.au

newarab (2024-02-25). Iraq captures 2 wanted IS members abroad, brings them home. newarab.com Iraq's authorities have captured two members of the A statement by the Iraqi National Intelligence Service didn't say where the two men were captured and released a video showing them blindfolded and handcuffed while aboard a small plane. The two men later appeared in a video in yellow uniforms spe…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-25). 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…

albawaba (2024-02-25). Iraq announces arresting 2 prominent ISIS leaders. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Iraqi security forces reported on Saturday the arrest of two "dangerous" Islamic State (ISIS) leaders accused of committing several attacks across Al-Falluja in Al Anbar.Intelligence troops apprehended "two of the most dangerous ISIS leaders" in an operation conducted outside Iraq, according to the military's Security Media Cell, which did not identify where.The two detained men were identified as Issam Abd Ali Saeedan, known as Abu Zaid, and Bashir Abd Ali Saeedan known by the alias Abu Ahmed Etisalat. They were "involved in the most heinous terrorist crimes in Iraq," according to the statement.In a p…

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2024-02-25). Phony Fani Willis, Misguided Support, And The Atlanta Plantation. popularresistance.org It is interesting that the scoundrels who happen to be Black know how to deflect from their misdeeds and get undeserved support from their people. The less any solidarity is deserved, the more blatant the effort to use Black trauma as a get out of jail free card. | Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas delivered quite a performance during his 1991 confirmation hearings. He defended himself against charges of sexual harassment by referring to his experience as a "hight tech lynching," and in doing so he immediately won the support of many Black people who should have known better than to give him any credence for…

Partido Humanista de Chile (2024-02-25). The flames of suspicion. pressenza.com The helplessness of a people in the face of the unbridled and immoral appetite of the economic and political elite. | When the powerful feel that the people are surplus to requirements, it is the people who are utterly helpless and therefore die. | It seems unbelievable that a state like the Chilean one, which spends billions of dollars on "toys" for the Armed Forces and the Public Order and Security Department, or which wants to have luxury cars for the judges of the Supreme Court, does not improve the situation in terms of infrastructure, equipment, training, prevention, information campaigns and planning with…

Editor (2024-02-24). Glenn Greenwald: Julian Assange Faces Final "Life or Death" Extradition Appeal. scheerpost.com

Joe Lauria, Consortium News. (2024-02-24). Day Two: US Reinforces Grand Assange Deception. popularresistance.org On the second and final day of Julian Assange's High Court hearing, barristers for the United States wove a delusory tale in which journalism is espionage, First Amendment rights are stripped from foreigners on U.S. soil and a government hunting a dissident journalist who revealed its secret crimes is lauded as a beacon of democracy. | However, outside the courthouse on a street called The Strand; and with human rights and press freedom organizations, presidents, prime ministers, and parliaments and with millions of ordinary citizens around the world, this false construct the United States seeks to impose on the…

Ross Domoney, Nadia Peridot, The Real News Network. (2024-02-24). Stella Assange: 'The World Is Watching' Assange Extradition Hearing. popularresistance.org The world is watching. And finally, there's a realization about what this is really about, which is an attack on the truth, an attack on the public's right to know. And a country's attempt to further their impunity and their coverups and continue to kill with impunity, without the threat of a media that will scrutinize them, of a public that will demand change. That cannot stand. | Everything turns on the outcome of this case. Whether states can criminalize journalism and put journalists in prison like they've been doing in the UK with an Australian citizen; a publisher who's won many, many awards for his journal…

Sara Chessa (2024-02-25). Nervous wait for Assange to forestall U.S. extradition. independentaustralia.net

greenleft.org.au (2024-02-24). Day one of Julian Assange's High Court appeal. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-02-24). Day two of Julian Assange's High Court appeal. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-02-24). The Julian Assange 'death plots'. greenleft.org.au

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-02-24). JOHNSTONE February Issue: Exposing The Ugly Reality Of War Crimes. caitlinjohnstone.com.au The February edition of JOHNSTONE is now available and ready to order or download, with this month's issue again focused on the destruction of Gaza and the plight of Julian Assange.

Su-In Lee, Eric J Topol (2024-02-24). Perspectives] The clinical potential of counterfactual AI models. thelancet.com Clinicians frequently use conditional reasoning for treatment decisions by envisioning potential outcomes for patients. This is counterfactual thinking, exploring "what if" scenarios. Developments in generative artificial intelligence (AI) enable us to simulate this patient-level reasoning at the data level, opening new opportunities for science and health care. We term this approach counterfactual AI.

tvbrics (2024-02-24). UAE Education Minister assures that artificial intelligence will act as an assistant for teachers. tvbrics.com

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-02-24). Russia to outfit its military with UAVs using artificial intelligence. plenglish.com The Minister, who visited the Center group of Russian forces in the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine, highlighted the role of drones and added there are plans to supply the troops with drones controlled by AI technology, which will improve the efficiency of their use, says the statement from the Ministry of Defense. | Shoigu, who also heard reports from the commander of the group, Colonel General Andrei Mordvichiov, and other headquarters officers regarding the situation on the front, stressed that unmanned aerial vehicles are becoming "a rather serious weapon."

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-24). 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…

Joseph Essertier (2024-02-24). Peace Advocates, Beware the Biodefense Industry. dissidentvoice.org All peace advocates know that the military industrial complex needs people to live in fear in order for their propaganda to work, in order to get people into a warring mood. Well, Glenn Greenwald recently described how government officials are stoking the current Sinophobia, which could get the U.S. into a very hot war with …

WSWS (2024-02-24). Impact of Alabama Supreme Court ruling against in vitro fertilization spreads across the US. wsws.org The devastating impact of the reactionary Alabama Supreme Court ruling that declared a frozen embryo to be an "unborn child," with the all the rights of a living child, is already being widely felt.

WSWS (2024-02-24). Impact of Alabama Supreme Court ruling against in vitro fertilization spreads across the US. wsws.org The devastating impact of the reactionary Alabama Supreme Court ruling that declared a frozen embryo to be an "unborn child," with all the rights of a living child, is already being widely felt.