(2020-12-06). Egypt's Sisi arrives in France for controversial visit. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt's Sisi arrives in France for controversial visit | The Egyptian leader will discuss 'strategic partnership' with French President Emmanuel Macron during his three-day visit to Paris | Sun, 12/06/2020 – 10: 33 | Macron has faced criticism for hosting Sisi after Egypt jailed three rights activists after briefing diplomats from Europe and America on the state of human rights in Egypt (A…
(2020-12-06). Review of Hensman's 'Indefensible'. zcomm.org Defense of the Easily Defensible By Dave Markland In 2018 Haymarket Books published Rohini Hensman's Indefensible: Democracy, Counter-revolution and Anti-imperialist Rhetoric. Its focus is on left journalists and analysts like John Pilger and the late Edward S. Herman who have committed the inexcusable sin of being overly suspicious of United States foreign policy. Many readers
(2020-12-06). Democracy 'Has To Be Defended': It Is Possible and Necessary, Critics Say, To Stop Trump From Running in 2024. commondreams.org "In a society fully committed to democracy, Congress would use this lame-duck period to impeach, convict, and disqualify Donald Trump from pursuing public office in the future, as the Constitution allows." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_georgia2.jpg …
(2020-12-06). Reduced working hours as a socio-economic investment. indybay.org In this Austrian article, reduced working hours is seen as a socio-economic investment, not as a cost-trap. In a 1909 study by Sidney Chapman, shorter working hours leads to higher productivity and greater output. More time sovereignty and better health of workers would be long-term gains…
(2020-12-06). Former PM says Boris Johnson will spark 'economic war' if he fails to get Brexit deal. thecanary.co The UK will face an "economic war" with Europe and America if Boris Johnson fails to negotiate a Brexit deal, Gordon Brown has warned. | The former prime minister said Johnson's confrontational approach will make him the "most isolated prime minister in peacetime history" in the event of a no-deal Brexit. | Negotiations between British and EU negotiators are set to resume today, 6 December, in Brussels in an attempt to secure a post-Brexit trade deal. | "A path of confrontation": | Warning of "huge international implications" if no agreement is reached, Brown said: We would be in an economic war with Europ…
(2020-12-06). Protests continue in France against draconian Global Security Bill. peoplesdispatch.org The continuous protests against the Global Security Bill have forced the government on the back foot. However, the protesters have said they will continue to resist till all objectionable aspects of the bill are withdrawn…
(2020-12-06). VIDEO: Fireworks explode as fire starts in market in Russia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) — Fireworks exploded after a shop with pyrotechnics caught fire at a market in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.
(2020-12-05). 'Get on your knees' before Putin: Ex-Ukrainian leader Poroshenko says Zelensky will humiliate country to end Donbass conflict. rt.com 
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has sarcastically told his successor Volodymyr Zelensky to kneel before Russia's Vladimir Putin, believing it is the only way to achieve peace in the country's eastern Donbass region. | According to Poroshenko, who was defeated by Zelensky in a landslide vote, advisers in the presidential office believe the conflict can be ended simply by stopping the shooting. These "big experts" are mistaken, he says, as he believes an end to the fighting is impossible unless Ukraine wants to be embarrassed. | "This can be done in weeks," Poroshenko claimed, speaking to Kiev-based…
(2020-12-05). Brexit trade talks to reconvene in Brussels in last gasp effort to secure deal. rt.com 
British and EU negotiators are to meet in Brussels on Sunday in a late bid to resolve ongoing "significant differences" between the two sides as they seek to agree a trade deal before the end of the year deadline. | The reconvening of talks was confirmed by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in a joint statement following their phone call on Saturday, which was in itself a bid to overcome the continuing deadlock. | "In a phone call today on the ongoing negotiations between the European Union and the United Kingdom, we welcomed the fact that progress has been…
(2020-12-05). Frozen to death on the Road of Bones: Russian teen motorist dies in his car after a week spent stranded at MINUS 50 degrees. rt.com 
A young Russian has frozen to death in his car in the notoriously cold Yakutia region, after getting lost while driving in extreme temperatures. | Following a week-long search, the 18-year-old was found dead. Incredibly, his friend and companion survived. According to the region's investigative committee, the temperature in this area at night is around -50°C, and the car's radiator was broken. The two teenagers started driving from Yakutsk to Magadan on November 28 and were not found until December 5. The only road between these cities is the Kolyma Highway, most commonly known as the Road of Bones. The ro…
(2020-12-05). The Road to a More Just Society Runs Through Congress. commondreams.org Think about all the dreams for a better world that could come to be realized if our elected officials worked for the big majority of Americans instead of for Big Business interests. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/congress_5.jpg …
(2020-12-05). From a Hamilton Moment to Perpetual Debt Slaves: This Is the True Face of the EU. strategic-culture.org Over the summer while the U.S. was mired in the worst kind of color revolution with race riots, economic shutdowns and the worst kind of divisive politics, the European Union was celebrating its great achievement. | A seven-year budget and COVID-19 bailout package that was heralded as German Chancellor Angela Merkel's "Alexander Hamilton Moment." Because that legislation, meant to be the cornerstone of Germany six-month stint as the president of the European Council finally granted the European Commission the ability to issue debt, collect taxes and disburse funds. | That would be the way the COVID-19 relief fund…
(2020-12-05). Portugal Bans New Years Travel Between Regions, Allows Christmas Break, Prime Minister Says. sputniknews.com MADRID (Sputnik) – Portuguese citizens will be able to travel between the country's municipalities during the Christmas holidays with certain limitations, but the travel window will close for New Year's eve and its aftermath, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Saturday.
(2020-12-05). Turkey arrests Russian journalists on illegal filming charges. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — Turkey says it has detained two Russian journalists on charges of illegal filming near the country's drone production facilities.
(2020-12-05). Bielorrússia na mira do Ocidente (II): Entrevista com o pesquisador Paulo Henrique Tavares, direto da Bielorrússia. globalresearch.ca [Continuaàßà£o da conversa com o ativista político, doutorando e engenheiro de petróleo da Petrobrás, Paulo Henrique Tavares, atualmente morador da Bielorrússia] | Primeira parte da entrevista : | | …
(2020-12-05). Podemos denies mounting danger of fascist military coup in Spain. wsws.org This is a politically criminal attempt to lull workers and youth to sleep as anger mounts at officers' calls to support fascism and murder of millions of left-wing voters in Spain.
(2020-12-05). Growing protests in Germany against lethal policy of opening schools. wsws.org The decision by politicians to keep schools, day-care centres and businesses open under unsafe conditions is costing the lives of hundreds of people every day in Germany alone, who die a completely avoidable and agonizing death.
(2020-12-05). Alternative for Germany shifts further to the right. wsws.org The AfD is despised among wide layers of the population and has fallen well below 10 percent support in many opinion polls. Their influence is secured thanks above all to the established parties, and the official "left" in particular.
(2020-12-05). VIDEO: Turkey emerges as conduit for change as EU falls on its own sword. strategic-culture.org Turkey, once begging to enter the EU, is now becoming a truly independent power. Watch the video and read more in the
(2020-12-05). A Comparison of Respect for the Sanctity of Mosques in France, the US, and China. globalresearch.ca France has seen a spate of attacks carried out by radicalized Muslims. The attacks and killings must be denounced. | But more so must one denounce the terrorism and killings carried out by the French state against Muslims in its wars …
(2020-12-05). Video: Paris Police Order Protesters to Leave Place De La Republique Square as Unrest Continues. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Paris Police Prefecture warned participants of security bill protests against remaining at the Place de la Republique square after the rally's end, amid ongoing clashes and unrest.
(2020-12-05). Slovenian left intensifies campaign against military spending. peoplesdispatch.org The right-wing dominated Slovenian National Assembly last week voted down the left-supported citizens' initiative calling for a national referendum on the government's plan for carrying out massive military expenditure…
(2020-12-05). Iran-Armenia railway to change Yerevan's economy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — Armenian Prime Minister said that the implementation of the Iran-Armenia railway will fundamentally change Yerevan's economy.
(2020-12-05). 700 Down, 700 to Go: Pep Guardiola Explains Future Ambitions as Footy Manager Ahead of Fulham Game. sputniknews.com Before developing into one of the world's legendary managers, Pep Guardiola spent years with the Spanish giant, Barcelona, as a defensive midfielder where he was part of then-manager Johan Cruyff's so-called Dream Team that won the club's first European cup in 1992.
(2020-12-04). Half a million march in France against police violence, racism. workers.org 
In an explosion of anger and political rejection, 200,000 people marched in Paris Nov. 28 while another 300,000 in over 95 cities and towns across France held coordinated protest marches. Demonstrations also took place in front of French embassies in the Netherlands and Germany. In Paris, demonstrators carry a banner, . . . |
(2020-12-01). #24. Silenced in Savannah: Journalist Abby Martin Challenges Georgia's BDS "Gag Law" projectcensored.org Journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin, a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement that aims to end support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians, was scheduled to give a…
(2020-12-01). Association of Meningococcus Group B Vaccine With Group B Invasive Meningococcal Disease Among Children. jamanetwork.com This case-control study uses national hospital and immunization records in Portugal to estimates the difference in incidence of invasive group B meningococcal disease among children and adolescents who were immunized vs not immunized with 4CMenB, a 4-component meningococcus group B vaccine licensed in 2013.