2021-04-25: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2021-04-25). Hungary receives new batch of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines. ecns.cn The fourth batch of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines that Hungary had purchased arrived here on Saturday and were welcomed by the Hungarian minister of foreign affairs and trade at the airport.

Doctors for COVID Ethics (2021-04-25). Members of European Parliament Served with Notices of Liability for COVID-19. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Introductory Note by Catherine Austin Fitts | The

Doctors for COVID Ethics (2021-04-25). Doctors and Scientists Write to the European Medicines Agency, Warning of COVID-19 Vaccine Dangers for a Third Time. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Ahead of European Green Certificate (vaccine passport) vote in the European …

Staff (2021-04-25). Illegal Sanctions Affect the Entire Venezuelan Population — Latest àöltimas Noticias Survey. orinocotribune.com It is well known around the world that the United States, together with the European Union, maintains a policy of "sanctions" and economic blockade against Venezuela. Since the time of former US president Donald Trump, they themselves called for a "maximum pressure strategy" in Venezuela. The government of Washington, whether Democrat or Republican, does not hide its intention of achieving "regime change" in Venezuela through this strategy, that is, to overthrow the elected government of Venezuela and make President Nicolás Maduro leave office by force. All of this is crystal clear. | Now, what is the effect of t…

Staff (2021-04-25). Turkey summons US envoy over Biden statement. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned US ambassador to Turkey in a protest to the US decision in recognizing "Armenian genocide", stating that US president Joe Biden's claims in this regard are 'baseless, worthless'.

PanARMENIAN (2021-04-25). Erdogan, Aliyev Plot Response To Biden's Armenian Genocide Message. eurasiareview.com Turkish and Azerbaijani Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ilham Aliyev, spoke over the phone on Saturday, April 24 to discuss "joint steps" a statement from U.S. President Joe Biden recognizing the Armenian Genocide was published by the White House, Izvestia In a statement published on the website of the White House, Biden made good on a campaign promise and became the first American President to use the term "Genocide" on an April 24 Remembrance Day to describe the massacre of 1.5…

US President Joe Biden (2021-04-25). Statement By President Joe Biden On Armenian Remembrance Day. eurasiareview.com Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring. Beginning on April 24, 1915, with the arrest of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople by Ottoman authorities, one and a half million Armenians were deported, massacred, or marched to their deaths in a campaign of extermination. We honor the victims of the Meds Yeghern so that the horrors of what happened are never lost to history. And we remember so that we remain ever-vigilant against the corrosive infl…

Anonymous669 (2021-04-25). 'Claw-Lightning': Turkey Launched New Ground, Air Operation Against PKK In Iraq (Videos). southfront.org Screen grab from the Turkish MoD video. | On April 24, the Turkish military launched a ground and air operation against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. | In the first hours of the new operation, commando forces landed in the Metina region from helicopters while warplanes targeted PKK positions."Heroic commandos of the heroic Turkish Armed Forces are in northern Iraq," the Turkish Ministry of National Defense said on Twitter. | President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who dubbed the operation "Claw-Li…

Anonymous007 (2021-04-25). Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On April 25, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | UAF shelled Zheleznaya Balka with 82-mm artillery and grenade launchers | UAF shelled 6/7 mine with grenade launchers | UAF shelled Alexandrovka with grenade launchers | UAF shelled Leninskoe with grenade launchers | UAF shelled Kominternovo with 120-mm artillery | DPR forces shelled UAF positions in Vodyanoe with 82-mm and 120-mm artillery | DPR forces shelled UAF positions in Pesky with 82-mm and 120-mm artillery | DPR forces targeted UAF positions in N…

Anonymous669 (2021-04-25). In Video: Turkish Combat Drone Test-Fired New Stand-Off Guided Glide Bomb. southfront.org Screen grab from the test video released by SSB. | Turkey's TAI Aksungur combat drone has successfully test-fired the indigenous KGK-SIHA-82 guided bomb, Ismail Demir, Chairman of the Defense Industries Presidency, SSB, announced on April 25. | In a statement, the drone's manufacturer, the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), said that the live test was carried out off the Black Sea province of Sinop at an altitude of 20,000 feet. | During the live-fire test, Aksungur struck a target located 30 kilometers away with the KGK-SIH…

Anonymous669 (2021-04-25). Turkish Military Established 64th Post In Syria's Greater Idlib. southfront.org A Turkish army tank stationed near the Syrian border, in Suruc, Turkey, Sept. 3, 2016. (AP Photo) | On April 24, the Turkish military established a new post in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, where several terrorist groups are present. | The new Turkish post was reportedly built near the village of al-Ziadiyah, in the outskirts of Jisr al-Shughur town in western Idlib. The region is tightly-controlled by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the Turkistan Islamic Party. | According to the Lond…

Staff (2021-04-25). Mass Vaccination Advances in Venezuela: Fifth Shipment of Sputnik-V Vaccines Arrives. orinocotribune.com On Saturday, April 24, the fifth shipment of the Russian vaccine Sputnik-V arrived in Venezuela. The shipment, containing 80,000 doses, arrived at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, La Guaira state. To date, 380 thousand doses of the vaccine have been received by Venezuela. | This strengthens the National Immunization Plan that started on February 18 with two vaccines: Sputnik-V from Russia and Vero-Cell from China. | Venezuelan Minister for Health, Carlos Alvarado, was in charge of receiving the shipment that flew directly from Moscow in a CONVIASA airbus. | New batch of Russian vaccines Sputn…

_____ (2021-04-25). Challenged on Syria Cover-Up, OPCW Chief Lies and U.S.-UK-France Evade. strategic-culture.org Facing new outcry over the Syria cover-up scandal, OPCW chief Fernando Arias has been caught lying, while the US-UK-France are desperately trying to change the subject. Aaron Maté recaps recent meetings at the EU and UN, where the growing Douma controversy was center stage.: | By Aaron MATÉ | The US-UK-France bombed Syria in April 2018 after accusing it of a chemical weapons attack in the city of Douma. Leaks later revealed that OPCW inspectors found no evidence of a Syrian government chemical weapons attack. But their findings were suppressed, their original report was censored, and the team was sideline…

Binoy Kampmark (2021-04-25). Ethnic Engineering: Denmark's Ghetto Policy. dissidentvoice.org The very word is chilling, but has become normalised political currency in Denmark. Since 2010, the Danish government has resorted to generating "ghetto lists" marking out areas as socially problematic for the state. In 2018, the country's parliament passed "ghetto" laws to further regulate the lives of individuals inhabiting various city areas focusing on their …

Binoy Kampmark (2021-04-25). Ethnic Engineering: Denmark's Ghetto Policy — OpEd. eurasiareview.com The very word is chilling, but has become normalised political currency in Denmark. Since 2010, the Danish government has resorted to

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2021-04-25). Ethnic Engineering: Denmark's Ghetto Policy. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | The very word is chilling, but has become normalised political currency …

_____ (2021-04-25). Protecting The OPCW Against Transparency. popularresistance.org On the 15th April 2021 an extraordinary event took place in the European Parliament, in Brussels. An Ireland South MEP, Mick Wallace, expressed concerns over the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) handling of an alleged chemical attack in Douma, Eastern Damascus, Syria, on the 7th April 2018, which was immediately blamed on the Syrian government prior to the OPCW investigative team securing access to the site of the reported attack. | A "chemical attack" that led to the US, UK and French bombing of Damascus and Homs on the 14th April 2018, targeting purported "chemical weapon" research ce…

sputniknews (2021-04-25). Man United Fans Burn US Flag During Protests Against Owners of Club as Fury of ESL Continues – Video. sputniknews.com On 18 April, top European clubs, including teams from the English Premier League, announced the creation of a new competition, a move that drew widespread condemnation in the world of football and beyond. Former Red Devils' defender Rio Ferdinand described the clubs' decision to join the new competition as "a war against football".

sputniknews (2021-04-25). Another Spat Over Vaccine Rollout? UK Outstrips EU as Britain Secures 100 Mln French-Made Doses. sputniknews.com London and Brussels are still at loggerheads over supplies of the AstraZeneca vaccine, with the EU accusing the UK of blocking exports of the inoculation amid the bloc's efforts to facilitate vaccination programmes.

Subject Access (2021-04-25). Video: Anti-Lockdown and Pro-Freedom Protest, Starting in Hyde Park, London. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | People in Europe have been protesting against stringent government measures pertaining …

Clean Energy Wire (2021-04-25). Greentech is 15% of German Economy, and its Market Volume will Double in 10 Years to $1 Trillion. juancole.com By Kerstine Appunn | — ( Clean Energy Wire ) — Experts from Germany's environment ministry expect the global market for environmental technologies to grow by more than seven percent annually in the next ten years. The German sector is developing even more dynamically with average annual growth of more than eight percent, the environment …

Arab News (2021-04-25). Lebanon Vows To Punish Drug Smugglers As Saudi Import Ban Bites. eurasiareview.com By Najia Houssari | Lebanon has vowed to punish drug smugglers after massive quantities of narcotics were intercepted and seized by Saudi Arabia and Greece. | Saudi authorities on Friday reported foiling an attempt to smuggle millions of amphetamine pills stashed in a pomegranate shipment from Lebanon at Dammam's King Abdulaziz Port. It said that five people involved in the case were arrested, four citizens and an expatriate. | There was another interception of a pomegranate shipment, also from Lebanon and also containing drugs, in Jeddah. | Shortly after the Saudi statement, Greek authorities announced seizin…

sputniknews (2021-04-25). Despite Claiming Russia is 'Declining Power', Head of UK's MI6 Still Puts It At Top of His Concerns. sputniknews.com Many western governments, such as the US and the UK, have been accusing Russia of engaging in "malign" activities and scaremongering about possible "Russian aggression" over the past six years. Moscow denies the accusations and underscores that these countries do not bother themselves with substantiating their allegations.

Staff (2021-04-25). Putin, Biden may meet in June. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden may meet in June.

_____ (2021-04-25). Russia, Russia, Ever Failing. strategic-culture.org No one ever asks: Mr Expert, you've been wrong for twenty years, why should anybody take you seriously now? | One of the favourite delusions of the people Scott Ritter calls the "

Tasnim News Agency (2021-04-25). Iran Foreign Ministry Dismisses Ex-Oil Minister's Comments On Helping Yemen. eurasiareview.com The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied the recent comments from Rostam Qassemi, a former oil minister, in an interview with Russia al-Youm about the Islamic Republic's military assistance to Yemen and the presence of Iranian military advisers in the Arab country. | In the statement released on Friday, the Foreign Ministry said the comments published in the Wednesday interview are contrary to the reality and policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Yemen. | The ministry emphasized that only the official authorities are eligible to declare Tehran's stances, adding, "Iran's support for Yemen is of poli…

Paul Goble (2021-04-25). Small Size Of Navalny Protests A Victory For The Kremlin — OpEd. eurasiareview.com While the Navalny protests may have attracted more attention than Vladimir Putin's address to the Federal Assembly, the reality is that those behind the protests overrated their possibilities because of their focus on the Internet, something which "gave rise to the illusion" that they were already at the head of a mass movement, Vladislav Inozemtsev says. | Statistics show why that is the case, the Russian economist and commentator says. While 130 million people viewed the film on Putin's palace, only 465,000 declared themselves Navalny supporters, and while 2.5 million said they would protest, fewer than 60,0…

World Nuclear News (2021-04-25). Politics Should Not Detract From Climate Policy, Says Blinken. eurasiareview.com US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on heads of state to put their political differences to one side and make a collective effort to tackle global warming. Blinken moderated the first session of the Leaders Summit on Climate, which included Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. | Opening the session, which was titled Raising Our Climate Ambition, Blinken underlined the USA's new pledge, announced moments earlier by President Joe Biden, to halve its CO2 emissions from 2005 levels by the end of this decade. This is up from its original goal of 26% by 2025. | Nations under the…

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2021-04-25). Russia: Putin Signs Decrees To Counter Foreign Countries' 'Unfriendly Actions' — OpEd. eurasiareview.com President Vladimir Putin has signed decrees tasking the government define and compile foreign countries, their institutions and offices that will face restrictions and possibly complete ban in operating in the Russian Federation. | Under the same decree, terms of employing and hiring of Russian citizens, especially for diplomatic missions is specified. The decree is on countermeasures to foreign states that have shown "unfriendly actions" and consistently interfere in the domestic affairs of the Russian Federation. The document is posted on the Kremlin website. | Under the document, diplomatic missions, consul…

Staff (2021-04-25). Iran-Turkey Joint Economic Coop. Commission to convene. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) —The 28th edition of meeting of Iran-Turkey Joint Economic Cooperation Commission will be held on April 28-29 to discuss enhancing and broadening bilateral ties on issues of mutual interests.

ecns.cn (2021-04-24). Hidden agenda behind UK parliamentarians' Xinjiang 'genocide' claim. ecns.cn The United Kingdom's parliament's declaration that China was committing "genocide" against its Uygur people holds no water and is just a smear of China.

WSWS (2021-04-24). Far-right Vox leader issues fascistic call to end lockdowns in Spain. wsws.org Denouncing anti-COVID-19 lockdowns, Abascal justified fascist coups, claiming the 1936 coup toppled a "criminal regime controlled by socialists and communists."

ecns.cn (2021-04-24). Italian analysts see Boao Forum as increasingly important platform. ecns.cn The 2021 annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is a strong sign that business in China is returning to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic, Italian analysts said, seeing the event "fundamental" for European entities looking to do business in China.

Nicola Magnavita, Francesco Chirico, Angelo Sacco (2021-04-24). [Correspondence] COVID-19: from hospitals to courts. thelancet.com Michele Usuelli1 raised two questions to the international scientific community. First, whether there were errors in the management of the COVID-19 health emergency in Lombardy, Italy. Second, whether having 20 regional health services across Italy is useful in controlling a pandemic.

Carsten Kràºger (2021-04-24). [Correspondence] Call for a pan-European COVID-19 response must be comprehensive. thelancet.com While agreeing with most aspects of the call for a European strategy against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic by Viola Priesemann and colleagues,1 I would like to comment on three shortcomings.

Viola Priesemann, Melanie M Brinkmann, Sandra Ciesek, Sarah Cuschieri, Thomas Czypionka, Giulia Giordano, Claudia Hanson, Niel Hens, Emil Iftekhar, Peter Klimek, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Andreas Peichl, Matja≈æ Perc, Francesco Sannino, Eva Schernhammer, Alexander Schmidt, Anthony Staines, Ewa Szczurek (2021-04-24). [Correspondence] Call for a pan-European COVID-19 response must be comprehensive — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Carsten Kràºger for the opportunity to further elaborate on the important aspects raised in his Correspondence.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-24). Ibero-American Summit in Andorra concluded with call for equitable access to anti-COVID-19 vaccines and cooperation for sustainable development. peoplesdispatch.org The 27th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government was focused on formulating common responses to the economic, social and health issues generated by the pandemic as well as solutions to global problems such as climate change…

slorinoco (2021-04-24). Datanálisis Reveals Results of Survey About Illegal US and European Sanctions. orinocotribune.com It was recently revealed, through a survey conducted by Datanálisis, a pollster linked to right wing opposition, that 90% of the Venezuelan population is of the opinion that illegal sanctions and coercive measures imposed by the United States have had a negative impact on their lives. | This was disclosed by the pollster Datanálisis through a graph shared on social media networks, last Thursday, April 22. The following data was provided: 51.8 % of those who participated in the survey said that the sanctions "have had a very negative impact," 30.8% that "they have had some negative impact," 9.4% that "they have ha…

Roger Annis (2021-04-24). NATO Raises Military Tensions against Russia over False Accusations of Russian Threats against Ukraine. dissidentvoice.org A new round of disinformation and threats against Russia is being staged by the NATO military powers and their state and corporate media outlets. The backdrop is the continued military occupation and aggression by Ukraine in sections of the Donbas region in the east of the country, combined with the Ukrainian government's ongoing refusal to …

teleSUR (2021-04-24). Biden Opens Controversy With Turkey Over "Genocide" of Armenians. telesurenglish.net Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has stated that Ankara "entirely rejects" the US declaration. He also stressed that Bien's statement undermines the mutual "trust and friendship" between Turkey and the US and that it has caused "a deep wound". Cavusoglu accused Washington of "distorting historical facts" and that this will "never be accepted by the people of Turkey." | RELATED: | According to most historians, the evidence is clear the Turks engaged in a years-long ethnic cle…

sputniknews (2021-04-24). Turkish FM Summons US Ambassador to Ankara Over Biden's Recognition of Armenian Genocide. sputniknews.com On Saturday, US President Joe Biden announced that from now on, Washington recognises the actions of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century against the Armenians as a 'genocide'.

Staff (2021-04-24). Biden to Publicly Recognize Armenian Genocide, Ending Decades of U.S. Silence. truthout.org U.S. President Joe Biden is set to crack many decades of U.S. government silence on Saturday by publicly and officially recognizing that the systematic killing of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottomans during the First World War was — as In a phone call on Friday, B…

Staff (2021-04-24). Biden to Publicly Recognize Armenian Genocide, Ending Decades of US Silence. truthout.org U.S. President Joe Biden is set to crack many decades of U.S. government silence on Saturday by publicly and officially recognizing that the systematic killing of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottomans during the First World War was — as In a phone call on Friday, B…

Anonymous103 (2021-04-24). Joe Biden Recognized Armenian Genocide. southfront.org Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Source: AP Photo | On April 24, US President Joe Biden recognized Armenian Genocide in a statement that was released by White House."Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring. Beginning on April 24, 1915, with the arrest of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople by Ottoman authorities, one and a half million Armenians wer…

Jon Queally, staff writer (2021-04-24). To 'Honor the Victims' of 20th Century Atrocity, Biden Recognizes Armenian Genocide. commondreams.org "This principled stand represents a powerful setback to Turkey's century-long obstruction of justice for this crime and its ongoing hostility and aggression against the Armenian people," says Aram Hamparian of the Armenian National Committee of America. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/armenian_genocide_biden1_0.jpg

Arab News (2021-04-24). Context Crucial If Biden Recognizes Armenian Genocide — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Dania Koleilat Khatib* | US President Joe Biden is this weekend expected to formally recognize the massacres conducted against the Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during the First World War as "genocide." He is likely to make the announcement on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, which falls on Saturday. This recognition was one of his campaign promises. | Biden already has a chilly relationship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and this move is likely to increase the tensions between the two NATO allies. However, the recognition should not be looked at from a political angle but rather a human on…

RFE RL (2021-04-24). The History Of Turkish Atrocities Against Armenians And Why Biden Is Poised To Call Them Genocide — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Ivan Gutterman* | It's April 24, 1915. Some 250 Armenian intellectuals are rounded up in Constantinople and imprisoned by Ottoman police. Known as "Red Sunday," it is today a day of remembrance for a murderous yearslong campaign that would see the majority of the Ottoman Empire's prewar Armenian population expelled or exterminated. According to estimates, between 664,000 and 1.2 million people lost their lives. | A century later, recognition of the killings as genocide is still a divisive diplomatic issue, with Turkey and Azerbaijan — who share strong ethnic and cultural ties — officially denying genocide…

Eurasianet (2021-04-24). Prisoners Of The Caucasus: Post-War Report. eurasiareview.com By Joshua Kucera* | ( This week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) held a session where the aftermath of the Armenia-Azerbaijan war was discussed. Lawmakers in Strasbourg lined up to criticize Baku for its intransigence on the issue; support […

Anonymous669 (2021-04-24). After 30 Casualties, Temporary Truce Reached In Syria's Al-Qamishli (Videos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Hawar News Agency. | Clashes in the northeastern Syrian city of al-Qamishli have finally came to a halt as a result of a temporary ceasefire agreement between the pro-government National Defense Forces (NDF) and Asayish, the security wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces. | The agreement, which was brokered by the Russian Military Police, was reached on April 23. Initially, the ceasefire was set to end at 10: 00 am local time. However, both sides…

Anonymous007 (2021-04-24). Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On April 24, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | UAF shelled the 6/7 mine with 152-mm, 120-mm and 82-mm artillery a total of at least 25 times | UAF shelled the Gagarin mine on two occasions with 120-mm and 82-mm artillery at least 30 times | UAF shelled Ozeryanovka with 120-mm artillery | UAF shelled Alexandrovka with grenade launchers | UAF shelled Staromikhailovka with 122-mm artillery | UAF targeted Veseloe with grenade launchers | DPR forces shelled UAF positions in Novoselivka with 82-mm and 120-mm artil…

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