2020-02-08: Social Media Postees

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Ancient carvings of scores of animals unearthed in Spanish cave (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-02-08
In a discovery that local media have dubbed the 'Catalan Altamira', an extraordinary trove of 15,000-year-old carvings, depicting dozens of animals, has been found in a cave in northeast Spain's Tarragona region. | Around 100 carvings of animals including horses, oxen and deer, as well as mysterious abstract symbols, were found in a cave in the village of L'Espluga de Francolí. | | © Generalitat de Catalunya | The ancient artworks were revealed on Friday after being discovered in the wake of floods last October. The engravings are extremely delicate, with archaeologists warning that even the slig…
rt.com/news/480396-ancient-cave-carvings-discovered-spain/

Massive brawl involving hundreds of locals kills 8, turns southern Kazakhstan village into warzone (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-02-08
Dozens of homes were set ablaze and at least 8 people were killed as almost 400 villagers clashed with police and each other in southern Kazakhstan, prompting authorities to send in reinforcements and install roadblocks. | A massive brawl broke out on Friday in the outskirts of Masanchi, a settlement close to the Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border. The initial call to local police reported 70 people taking part in skirmishes, and several patrols were dispatched to the location. Some "provocateurs" were filming the brawl as it unfolded, spreading the videos via messaging apps, Kazakhstan's Interior Minister Yerlan Tu…
rt.com/news/480394-kazakhstan-village-brawl-killed/

The 2019 China Wuhan Coronavirus & (BSL-4) Biotech Warfare Labs with Dr. Francis Boyle
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-02-08
Dr. Frances Boyle talks about the Wuhan Coronavirus and how in his view it is a genetically engineered bioweapon that was accidentally released from the Wuhan Biosafety (BSL-4) laboratory.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/06/18830488.php

Irish election exit polls show three main parties are neck and neck
rt.com | 2020-02-08
Polls have closed in Ireland's general election and with no party securing enough seats to lead a government, confusion abounds as voters wait to see which parties will agree to do business with each other to form a coalition. | An Ipsos MRBI exit poll published by Ireland's state broadcaster RTE at 10pm shows FF, SF and FG in close tie with just around 22 per cent of the vote. | A Sinn Fein surge in the run up to election day looks to have translated into votes at the ballot box, potentially allowing party leader Mary Lou McDonald to head into post-election discussions with some serious clout

Venezuela to Defend Conviasa Airlines From US Ilegal Sanctions
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-08
Venezuela's Economy Minister Tareck El Aissami Saturday announced that his country will respond to the U.S. sanctions against Conviasa airlines, a public company that has 40 aircraft and 2,012 workers. | RELATED: | Russia and Venezuela Build up Cooperation Against US Sanctions | Besides offering commercial services, this airline carries out non-profi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-to-Defend-Conviasa-Airlines-From-US-Ilegal-Sanctions-20200208-0005.html

Iraq and Russia Prepare to Boost Military Ties as US Threatens Sanctions
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-08
Iraq and Russia are preparing for deepening military coordination.

Iraq and Russia Prepare to Boost Military Ties as US Threatens Sanctions

Thuringia, Germany: Minister president elected with votes of far-right AfD announces resignation
wsws.org | 2020-02-08
Twenty-four hours after being elected with the support of the far-right AfD, CDU and FDP as minister president of the state of Thuringia, Free Democrat politician Thomas Kemmerich announced his resignation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/08/thur-f08.html

German ruling class commemorates liberation of Auschwitz by planning new wars and new crimes
wsws.org | 2020-02-08
Just one week after official ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, federal parliament President Wolfgang Schà§uble has called for Germany to once again take up the "burden" of fighting wars abroad.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/08/pers-f08.html

Finland to significantly increase parental leave
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2020-02-08
"The model guarantees the child a place at the center of family benefits and promotes well-being and gender equality."
nationofchange.org/2020/02/08/finland-to-significantly-increase-parental-leave/

Democrats impeach Trump for Withholding Arms to Neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Max Parry | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-08
On December 18th, Donald Trump became the third U.S. president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives. The second to be indicted before completing a first term, the 45th commander-in-chief must now survive a Senate trial before seeking reelection later this year. As many nonpartisan analysts predicted, the charges appear to have …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/democrats-impeach-trump-for-withholding-arms-to-neo-nazis-in-ukraine/

Polish judiciary changes are a 'destruction': EU commissioner
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-08
Poland's overhaul of its judiciary constitutes "destruction" not reform, EU Values and Transparency Commissioner Vera Jourova said in an interview published on Saturday, amid growing concern that Poland's nationalists are seeking to muzzle judges.Since coming to power in 2015, Poland's eurosceptic, nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party has introduced a series of judicial reforms that EU officials and democracy activists say may breach the bloc's standards on the rule of law.Its most recent reforms aim to discipline judges who question court appointments under new rules, introducing measures that critics say are…
yenisafak.com/en/news/polish-judiciary-changes-are-a-destruction-eu-commissioner-3511578

Srebrenica genocide victims' belongings to be shown as lesson
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-08
Personal belongings of the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, where over 8,300 Muslims were killed by Serbian forces, are set to go on permanent display, conveying the brutality of the massacre to future generations.The items are set to be showcased at a museum within the Potocari Memorial Cemetery in the city of Srebrenica, in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, said Azir Osmanovic, the museum's curator.The museum will spotlight items found during excavations of mass graves as well as personal items donated by the victims' relatives. It aims to show the reality of genocide, so it is not forgotten, as a lesson…
yenisafak.com/en/news/srebrenica-genocide-victims-belongings-to-be-shown-as-lesson-3511569

Spain's poverty rate 'appallingly high': UN expert
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-08
Although Spain has made a steady recovery from the 2007 economic recession, poverty rates in the country are appallingly high, a UN expert said on Friday."26.1 percent of people in Spain, and 29.5 percent of children, were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2018, among the highest rates in Europe," Philip Alston, UN's special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, said in a statement after concluding a 12-day fact-finding visit to the country."The self-image of a close family-based society rooted in deeply shared values and social solidarity has been badly fractured by an economic crisis and the i…
yenisafak.com/en/world/spains-poverty-rate-appallingly-high-un-expert-3511582

Credit Suisse chairman expects to see out term after spy scandal
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-08
Credit Suisse Chairman Urs Rohner does not expect to be voted out of office before his term ends after this week's departure of Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam over a spying scandal."I am not afraid of being voted out of office," Rohner was quoted as saying by newspaper Schweiz am Wochenende on Saturday, adding that the supervisory board had acted unanimously in deciding with Thiam that he should step down.Rohner also said he had received "clear responses" from shareholders supporting the decision.Credit Suisse, which is Switzerland's second-largest bank and among the biggest in Europe's largest, hopes Thiam's exit…
yenisafak.com/en/news/credit-suisse-chairman-expects-to-see-out-term-after-spy-scandal-3511575

OneWeb launches 34 satellites from Kazakh cosmodrome in global internet push
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-08
The UK firm OneWeb launched 34 satellites from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early on Friday as part of its effort to provide global high-speed internet access using satellite communications by 2021.The Russian Soyuz rocket left Baikonur at 0242 local time (2142 GMT on Thursday), the second OneWeb launch out of 21 planned. OneWeb launched six satellites from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, in February 2019.Several companies are competing in the race to provide internet access using satellites, with Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos among the business leaders posing challenges to the British start-up.
yenisafak.com/en/technology/oneweb-launches-34-satellites-from-kazakh-cosmodrome-in-global-internet-push-3511580

France to close two schools near ski resort after coronavirus cases
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-08
Eleven Britons, including the five who tested positive for the virus, are being examined in local hospitals.The group of 11 includes a nine-year-old child who recently spent time in a school in Contamines – a mountain village of which he was a also resident – as well as in another establishment where he attended French lessons, regional health official Jean-Yves Grall told a televised news conference.There were three children in all among the group of 11, and one has contracted the virus, Grall said. It was not immediately clear whether the nine-year-old in question had tested positive.
yenisafak.com/en/world/france-to-close-two-schools-near-ski-resort-after-coronavirus-cases-3511583

Five YPG/PKK terrorists surrender to Turkish forces
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-08
Five YPG/PKK terrorists surrendered to Turkish security forces in southeastern Turkey, the country's National Defense Ministry said on Saturday.In a statement, the ministry said that the terrorists fleeing the terror group's shelters in northern Syria came to border posts in Suruc, in the frontier province of Sanliurfa, as well as Nusaybin in Mardin.In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK

Russia, Turkey Discussed Situation in Syria's Idlib – Turkish Foreign Ministry
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-08
ANKARA (Sputnik) – Russia and Turkey held talks in Ankara, discussing the situation in Syria's Idlib and steps to advance the political process in Syria, a spokesperson for the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202002081078263127-russia-turkey-discussed-situation-in-syrias-idlib/

Hunter Becomes the Hunted? NATO General Complains About Russia's 'Stalking' of US Spy Satellites
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-08
Last month, a Purdue University graduate student specializing in astrodynamics reported that Russia's Kosmos-2542 satellite had begun shadowing USA-245, an American reconnaissance satellite. Kosmos-2542's mystery mission quickly sparked hysteria among the US media, with some observers suggesting it could be preparing to "attack" its US counterpart.
sputniknews.com/military/202002081078263004-hunter-becomes-the-hunted-nato-general-complains-about-russias-stalking-of-us-spy-satellites/

A Toast to Success: Russian Politician Hails Trump Over His Impeachment 'Victory'
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-08
Despite being impeached on charges of obstruction of justice and abuse of power, US President Donald Trump was acquitted by the Senate on both counts.
sputniknews.com/world/202002081078262495-russian-politician-hails-trump-over-his-impeachment-victory/

Right-wing Nicaraguan opposition boasts of support from US and EU in campaign to oust Sandinista gov't
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-07
The US embassy and European Union are meeting with right-wing Nicaraguan opposition leaders and pressuring them to unite against elected…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/07/nicaragua-opposition-support-us-eu-coalition/

Iowa debacle fueled by anti-Bernie billionaires, Russiagate hucksters, failed DNC elites
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-07
Max Blumenthal breaks down the shadowy network of billionaires, Democratic elites, and Russiagate profiteers behind the Shadow app that ruined…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/07/iowa-debacle-fueled-by-anti-bernie-billionaires-russiagate-hucksters-failed-dnc-elites/

Thunberg: 'Indigenous Peoples Lead the Fight Against Crisis'
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-07
The Fridays For Future (FFF) movement activist Greta Thunberg praised the role of Indigenous peoples in the fight against global climate change during a demonstration in Jokkmokk, Sweden, on Friday. | RELATED: | Floods, Cyclone Temporarily Halts Australia's Bushfires | "We must give voice to Indigenous peoples around the world because we depend on them, even…
telesurenglish.net/news/Thunberg-Indigenous-Peoples-Lead-the-Fight-Against-Crisis-20200207-0001.html

Neocolonialism and Geopolitical Rivalry in Sri Lanka
Asoka Bandarage | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-07
Sri Lanka's historical narrative has been defined by geopolitical rivalry, external aggression and internal resistance to that aggression. The early historical era experienced successive waves of invasion from South Indian kingdoms. These were followed by European conquest and consecutive rule …
globalresearch.ca/neocolonialism-geopolitical-rivalry-sri-lanka/5702766

World Conquest: The United States' Global Military Crusade (1945- )
Eric Waddell | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-07
The first period was characterized by US military intervention in Europe, the second by a concern to confine the Communist bloc and to prevent the emergence of pro-communist regimes elsewhere in the world, and the third, focused on gaining control over the former Soviet republics and the oil-rich Middle East.
globalresearch.ca/the-united-states-global-military-crusade-1945/4610

Long-Bailey pledges right to switch off work phones out of hours
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-07
Labour leadership candidate Rebecca Long-Bailey will pledge to help end the 24/7 work culture by giving employees the right not to be contacted outside working hours.The shadow business secretary will commit on Friday to giving workers the freedom to switch off phones so they do not have to be anxious about receiving emails and calls during leisure time.While her campaign team gave few details, a "right to disconnect" in France obliges organisations with more than 50 workers to define employees' rights to ignore their mobiles.Long-Bailey is among the favourites to replace Corbyn (Stefan Rousseau/PA)Long-Bailey wa…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/02/07/long-bailey-pledges-right-to-switch-off-work-phones-out-of-hours/

Ireland's Sinn Fein has offered citizens a truly just and constructive Manifesto for Ireland's 8th February 2020 Election
Antonio Carty | zcomm.org | 2020-02-07
On the 14th of January last month Ireland's Taoiseach (Leader) announced a snap election for 8th February 2020. On that day I wrote this Z.Net blog on how I thought about that. Now this new blog hopes you may have first read that, instead of me repeating it to much in this one. (I'm not Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/irelands-sinn-fein-has-offered-citizens-a-truly-just-and-constructive-manifesto-for-irelands-8th-february-2020-election/

Syria and Turkey Face War as Syrian Arab Army Poised to Take Idlib
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-07
Tensions between Damascus and Ankara have never been higher over the past nine years. Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan threatened on February 5, to declare war on Syria if the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) does not withdraw from the territory liberated …
globalresearch.ca/syria-turkey-face-war-syrian-arab-army-poised-take-idlib/5702988

Break-up of Astana Partnership Was Inevitable. The Turkey-Russia Relation in Jeopardy?
Michael Jansen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-07
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered his forces to strike Syrian army positions in retaliation for targeting a Turkish military convoy bound for the Saraqeb in Syria's north-western Idlib province. His forces obeyed on Monday and allegedly struck a …
globalresearch.ca/break-up-astana-partnership-inevitable/5703037

Risk of Nuclear War Rises as U.S. Deploys a New Nuclear Weapon for the First Time Since the Cold War
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-07
The Federation of American Scientists revealed in late January that the U.S. Navy had deployed for the first time a submarine armed with a low-yield Trident nuclear warhead. The USS Tennessee deployed from Kings Bay Submarine Base in Georgia in late 2019. The W76-2 warhead, which is facing criticism at home and abroad, is estimated to have about a third of the explosive power of the atomic bomb the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) called the news "an alarming development that heightens the risk of nuclear war." We're joined by William Arkin, longtime reporter…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/7/us_new_low_yield_nuclear_weapons

Russia and Iran's Clashing Visions for Syria's future
Agha Hussain | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-07
Rivals of the West in their own right, Iran and Russia today are major power players in the Syrian imbroglio. Their convergence of interests in helping eradicate extremist terrorist proxies utilized by an array of rival states against their mutual Syrian ally has allowed them both a significant degree of say in Syrian affairs and how that country's future will pan out | However, their cooperation against the terrorist threat has often been the pivot of inaccurate portrayals of Russia-Iran ties and the extent of their shared interests versus their many highly divergent objectives in Syria, many of which are rooted…
mintpressnews.com/syria-energy-dominance-russia-aligning-with-israel-against-iran/264661/

Russia's Foreign Affairs Minister to Meet President Maduro
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-07
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Friday will meet with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro at a time when the U.S. government threatens to tighten its sanctions against the Bolivian revolution. | RELATED: | Russian Foreign Minister Bolsters Diplomatic Ties With Mexico | After visiting Cuba and Mexico, Lavrov arrived in Caracas on Thursday ni…
telesurenglish.net/news/russian-foreign-minister-sergey-lavrov-arrives-in-venezuela-as-part-of-his-latin-american-tour-20200207-0002.html

Venezuela: Sergei Lavrov Met National Dialogue Representatives
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-07
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Friday met with the "National Dialogue" representatives in Caracas where he stressed that the U.S. sanctions against Venezuela are unacceptable and illegal. | RELATED: | Russia's Foreign Affairs Minister to Meet President Maduro | "Unfortunately, the crisis Venezuela is going through comes from a campaign led by the United States to overthrow the legitimate government chaired by President Nicolas Maduro," L…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Sergei-Lavrov-Met-National-Dialogue-Representatives-20200207-0006.html

Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-07
Russia accused Israel of "making a total mockery of the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians."

Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes

Israeli Attack Endangers Civilian Aircraft in Damascus
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-07
A civilian aircraft flying from Tehran to Damascus narrowly avoided fire from Syria's air defense systems, which were activated in response to an Israeli missile attack on Friday. | RELATED: | Palestinian Killed, Two Wounded in Israel Strikes on Gaza | Due to the Israeli strike, the aircraft, an Airbus A320, was unable to land at Damascus Airport and had to divert to Russia's Khmeimim airbase, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. | The surprise attack, which was made by four Isra…
telesurenglish.net/news/misinformation-or-negligence-israeli-attack-endangered-civilian-flight-20200207-0004.html

In Thuringia, Germany, a fascist coup
Victor Grossman | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-07
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A Fascist Coup Attempt in Germany
Victor Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-07
While millions this week stared at Iowa and Washington with worried amazement, confusion or anger, Germany, too, had its own messy confusion

Far-right AfD plays role of kingmaker in German state election
wsws.org | 2020-02-07
For the first time since the end of the Third Reich, a state premier was elected on Wednesday with the votes of a far-right, fascist party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD).
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/07/thur-f07.html

Call to safeguard movement of patient records during Brexit negotiations
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-07
The movement of patient health records across the border in Ireland should be safeguarded as part of Brexit negotiations, a policy expert has said.The City of London wants the EU to urgently agree that the UK meets its requirements for data security, to preserve the ease with which people from one side of the border use health services on the other.Catherine McGuinness is policy chair at the UK's main financial district and is visiting Derry and Donegal this weekend.Catherine McGuinness (City of London/PA)She said: "One issue is particularly concerning me and is particularly acute in Northern Ireland, and that is…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/02/07/call-to-safeguard-movement-of-patient-records-during-brexit-negotiations/

Record-Breaking Temperature of Nearly 65 ∫F Logged in Antarctica as Scientists Sound Alarm Over Rapid Ice Melt
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-07
The Antarctic peninsula was warmer than the United Kingdom when the the temperature was recorded Friday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/24708106127_9d36958c4c_o_1_1.jpg
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Turkey Gives Assad Deadline to Pull Back or Face Military Action
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-06
Turkey has given the Syrian government until the end of this month to withdraw from recently seized territory in Idlib province.

Turkey Gives Assad Deadline to Pull Back or Face Military Action

A fascist coup
Victor Grossman | mronline.org | 2020-02-06
While millions this week stared at Iowa and Washington with worried amazement, confusion or anger, Germany, too, had its own messy confusion–which turned into a frightening alarm signal! | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/06/a-fascist-coup/

Historian: With Impeachment Acquittal, the GOP Has Given Trump a Blank Check to Do Anything He Wants
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-06
The U.S. Senate has acquitted President Trump of two impeachment charges in just the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history. Trump was accused of abusing power and obstructing Congress to aid his re-election campaign by pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rival Joe Biden. Every Democratic senator voted to remove President Trump from office, but they were joined by just one Republican: Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, who supported impeaching Trump on abuse of power. Romney became the first senator ever to vote against his own party's president in an impeachment trial. President Trump respond…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/6/impeachment_trial_donald_trump_acquitted

2020: the year for action, to 'rise up' and safeguard ocean life
news.un.org | 2020-02-05
With the ocean in deep crisis, members of civil society and philanthropic organisations are urging governments and corporations to take bold action to safeguard the ocean. After a two-day preparatory meeting in New York ahead of June's UN Ocean Conference in Portugal, activists handed over what they termed "A Blue Call to Action" to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1056792

US Space Force conducts first ICBM launch after Moscow warned of threat of renewed arms race (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-02-05
The newly-created US Space Force has test-fired a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time as Russia blasted it for "lowering the bar" on using nuclear weapons. | The unarmed land-based missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California shortly after midnight on Wednesday. It was the first such development test since the facility became part of the US Space Force, which was established as an independent military branch in late December. The US previously test-fired a missile of this type in October. | The Minuteman missiles are the key component of the US' land-…
rt.com/usa/480132-us-minuteman-icbm-test/

Russians did it! Democratic congresswoman finally says what Russiagaters have all been thinking about Iowa caucus fail
rt.com | 2020-02-05
A Texas congresswoman has suggested that Russians were responsible for the problems with the Democratic Party's Iowa caucus app and suggested the party call in the FBI to investigate. How did this take so long? | Rep. Sheila Jackson (D) called on Iowa Democrats to bring the FBI in to investigate Russian involvement in the malfunctioning of the vote-reporting app that threw the first vote of the 2020 election season into disarray. She made the comment during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI oversight on Wednesday, but shrewd observers of Democratic behavior had predicted it almost immediately after th…
rt.com/usa/480176-democratic-congresswoman-blames-russia-iowa/

HuffPost UK editor works with gov't censorship program while smearing anti-war scholars as tools of Russia
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-04
HuffPost UK ran yet another hit piece smearing academic critics of the dirty war on Syria as Russian stooges. The…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/03/huffpost-uk-editor-censorship-dsma-russia-jess-brammar/

About the UK's withdrawal from the European Union
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-04
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Jan. 31 statement from the Portuguese Communist Party. | The United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union is an event of great importance for the people of the United Kingdom, a fundamental change in the framework of relations between States in the European continent, and the only outcome that guarantees respect for the sovereign will of the British people, expressed in the 2016 referendum. | This important event is inseparable from, and simultaneously an expression of, the contradictions and deep crisis of the European capitalist integration, which…
fightbacknews.org/2020/2/3/about-uks-withdrawal-european-union

Ocean Conference has potential to be a 'global game-changer'
news.un.org | 2020-02-04
The second global Ocean Conference taking place in Portugal in a few months' time promises to be "a critical moment" for the health of life under water and on land, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Tuesday, as preparations got underway.
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Headlines for January 31, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-31
Senate Poised to Acquit President Trump in Impeachment Trial, World Health Organization Declares International Public Health Emergency, U.S. Special Envoy Warns of International Crisis in Idlib, Syria, Britain Formally Withdrawing from European Union Tonight, Pentagon Deploys 1st Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead-Armed Submarine, Trump Admin Poised to Loosen Restrictions on Use of Landmines, Human Rights Groups Condemn Mexico for Crackdown on Central American Migrants, Mexican Butterfly Conservationist Found Dead, Bolivia's Movement for Socialism Candidate Luis Arce Returns to Bolivia, U.S. Pushes EU to End Ban on Chemic…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/31/headlines