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2022-01-20: News Headlines

_____ (2022-01-19). There Must Be a Response to the Risk of Biological Catastrophe Posed by US Military Laboratories. journal-neo.org In light of the civil disturbances which have swept across Kazakhstan, the risk of a biological catastrophe is growing because of secret US military laboratories in regions of Central Asia and the South Caucasus, which are potentially susceptible to sociopolitical unrest. Aside from the fact that the USA's development of delayed-action bioweapons in Kazakhstan is …

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-01-19). US must abandon plans to supply arms to Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) — The United States should reaffirm its interest in the diplomatic resolution of tensions around Ukraine by refusing to supply weapons to Kiev, the Russian Embassy in Washington said in a statement…

_____ (2022-01-19). China and the Unrest in Kazakhstan. journal-neo.org Recent developments in Kazakhstan have attracted widespread attention. For a while they have been the main discussion point of the entire global community. This is understandable, since Kazakhstan is the largest country in Central Asia, a region that has a significant impact on the developments in the larger Indo-Pacific region, that has already overtaken the …

Staff (2022-01-19). Iranian President arrives in Moscow. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) — The Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi arrived in Moscow a few minutes ago to meet with his Russian counterpart and was welcomed by senior Russian officials.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-01-19). Iran-Russia interaction to create security in region. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) — Iran-Russia relations will prevent unilateralism in the world and create security in the region, said Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi before leaving for the Russian capital of Moscow on Wednesday.

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-19). Secret senior State Department official: Russia could invade Ukraine through Belarus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Though why it would go through a third country is anybody's guess. A Senior State Department Official on the Secretary's Upcoming Travel to Ukraine and Germany Moderator: [T]his briefing today is on background with a senior State Department official who will discuss Secretary Blinken's upcoming trip to Kyiv, Berlin, and an additional stop that has …

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-19). Incoming Pentagon fury: we should have armed Ukraine for war eight years ago. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Amid Russia crisis, Pentagon nominee criticizes Obama response to Crimea A top Pentagon pick for President Joe Biden has criticized the Obama administration's response to Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine as "too slow and too incremental," at her confirmation hearing Thursday. GOP and Democratic members of the Senate Armed Services Committee grilled Celeste …

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-01-19). Explosion reported at Turkey's Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) — A massive explosion hit an oil pipeline in the city of Kahramanmaras in southeastern Turkey on the border with Syria, causing a fire to break out.

WSWS (2022-01-19). Coronavirus infection rates in Germany reach all-time high. wsws.org The coronavirus incidence rates in Germany are higher than ever. On Monday, the seven-day incidence—cases per 100,000 people—reached a new all-time high of 553.2.

David Cronin (2022-01-19). How Hungary's man in Brussels enabled lies about Palestinian school books. electronicintifada.net Olivér Várhelyi fails to correct false claims by lobbyists.

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