2024-05-10: News Headlines

Justin A. Davis, Waging Nonviolence. (2024-05-10). Riders Alliance Has A Vision For Better, Safer Subway With Less Policing. popularresistance.org For years, New York City's famous subway system has been caught in the crosshairs of a contentious public debate over crime — but in recent months it has entered a new frontier. In March, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul deployed 750 National Guard members to conduct random bag searches at Metropolitan Transit Authority, or MTA, stations. Later that month, the NYPD announced a surge of 800 additional officers to crack down on fare evasion. | These surges follow broader increases in policing on public transit in New York City over the past decade, which accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2024-05-10). Healthcare workers must defend students against police crackdown! wsws.org The same politicians claiming peaceful protests against genocide are intolerable disruptions to "order" never batted an eyelash when hospital morgues were stuffed full of bodies during endless and continuing surges of the pandemic.

tvbrics (2024-05-10). South Africa works to protect surface and groundwater. tvbrics.com Specialists strive to preserve the ecosystem, public health, and sustainable water resources…

WSWS (2024-05-10). After strike vote Warren Stamping workers back broader fight. wsws.org Workers at Warren Stamping told WSWS reporters that the recent strike vote over health and safety at the plant reflected anger over a range of issues including job cuts.

The Independent (2024-05-10). Luwero Hospital: Two medical students lose internship over extortion. independent.co.ug Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luwero hospital has terminated the internship of two medical students and a health worker is under investigation over alleged extortion. On Wednesday, Luwero hospital administration invited local leaders and residents to assess client satisfaction, get feedback on health services and areas of improvement. The engagement was held at Luwero Sub …

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2024-05-09: News Headlines

Rachel Fink (2024-05-09). Netanyahu reportedly followed by disguised ambulance following recent health issues. haaretz.com While sources who worked in former Israeli PM's offices indicated ambulances were only part of a PM's convoy in exceptional cases, sources told Israeli news outlet Walla that Netanyahu's ambulance is present even when traveling near major hospitals…

Bar Peleg (2024-05-09). Over 5,000 Israeli civilians murdered in terror attacks since 1851, National Insurance Institute data shows. haaretz.com A total of 822 Israeli civilians have been murdered the start of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7, leaving 630 children orphaned, 177 people widowed, and 693 parents bereaved…

Staff (2024-05-09). Aid Worker in Gaza: "To Say There's Not an Incursion in Rafah Right Now Is Patently False" democracynow.org Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are fleeing Rafah as Israeli airstrikes and shelling hammer the eastern part of the city. Fuel, food, medicine and other supplies have been cut off following Israel's seizure and closure of the border crossing with Egypt. The main hospital in the area has also been shut down. Over 1.4 million people are seeking shelter in Rafah, the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip. Tent camps in some parts of Rafah have now vanished, springing up again as displaced families head back north. Over 60 Palestinians were killed across Gaza, many of them in Rafah, over the past 24 h…

Staff (2024-05-09). Headlines for May 9, 2024. democracynow.org Israel "Chokes Off Aid" to Gaza, Rains Down More Bombs on Rafah as Families Have Nowhere to Go, Biden Says U.S. Will Cut Off Some Weapons to Israel If It Goes Further into Rafah, Protesters Greet Biden During Chicago Campaign Stop; Hostage Families Clash with Police in Tel Aviv, Health Workers Uncover 49 More Bodies at Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, Israel Demolishes 47 Bedouin Homes in Negev Desert, Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush Hold Press Conference with Students Amid Police Crackdown on Gaza Protests, Professors at The New School Launch First Faculty Encampment for Gaza, Universities in Barcelona, Dubl…

Dean Baker (2024-05-09). CNN Says Wages are Skyrocketing! counterpunch.org Actually, CNN wouldn't say that, or at least not directly. What it said, in yet another major piece on how the economy is awful, is that prices are skyrocketing: "The mix of local residents visiting the Enfield Food Shelf in Connecticut has changed a lot in the last few years. "Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic,

Rhoda Wilson (2024-05-09). 3 years after serious safety issues were reported AstraZeneca withdraws its covid vaccine worldwide. expose-news.com The Oxford-AstraZeneca has withdrawn its Covid-19 vaccine worldwide. The decision to withdraw the vaccine was made on 5 March but came into effect on 7 May. It brings to an end the …

Global Health Project (2024-05-09). WHO Pandemic Treaty's Global Power Grab in May 2024. globalresearch.ca

latintimes (2024-05-09). South Gaza Hospitals Have Only Three Days' Fuel Left: WHO. latintimes.com Hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip have only three days of fuel left due to closed border crossings, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

Alexandra Jacobo (2024-05-09). New reports highlight urgency to shield Medicare and Social Security from GOP cuts. nationofchange.org Recent government trustee reports underscore the vitality of Medicare and Social Security, sparking a fierce debate over the future of these programs under potential Republican governance.

Juan M. Garcia (2024-05-09). Eliminating AIDS, a possible goal with big challenges. plenglish.com Havana, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Thinking about a world where AIDS stops being a public health threat is far from being a chimera, as it is a possible goal with the combined action of governments and communities.

WSWS (2024-05-09). Australian state Labor government austerity budget targets health, education, social services. wsws.org The austerity budget is another demonstration of the ruthlessly pro-business, anti-working class character of the Victorian state Labor government.

ecns.cn (2024-05-09). Ministry picks May as national Mental Health Education Month. ecns.cn The Ministry of Education has designated the month of May as the national Mental Health Education Month to help raise awareness about the issue, it announced on Wednesday.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-05-09). AstraZeneca retirará vacuna contra Covid-19 en todo el mundo. telesurtv.net La compañía manifestó que desde el 7 de mayo procedería a retirar la comercialización de la vacuna Vaxzevria en Europa.

newarab (2024-05-09). Israel Rafah attack may be south Gaza famine 'tipping point'. newarab.com An Israeli forces seized southern Gaza's Rafah border crossing with

newarab (2024-05-09). Gaza: 49 bodies found in 3rd mass grave at Al-Shifa hospital. newarab.com Gaza health workers uncovered on Wednesday at least 49 bodies at The Israeli military has repeatedly targeted

newarab (2024-05-09). South Gaza hospitals have only three days' fuel left: WHO. newarab.com Hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip have only three days of fuel left due to closed border crossings, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday. | Despite international objections, Israel sent tanks into the overcrowded southern city of Rafah on Tuesday and seized the nearby crossing into Egypt that is the main conduit for aid into the besieged Palestinian territory. | WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said fuel that the UN health agency had expected to be allowed in on Wednesday had been blocked. | The Israeli authorities control the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza. | "The clo…

Larry Johnson (2024-05-09). Lt. Col. Danny Davis and I Talk Ukraine and the U.S. Military. sonar21.com Had my first live chat with retired Lt. Colonel Danny Davis (U.S. Army) on Tuesday and we had what I thought was a healthy, insightful discussion on Ukraine and the non-viability of NATO military options. I will let you judge. The day before I got the invited to do the Tuesday interview, I serendipitously watched the recent debate at the Council on Foreign Relations featuring Danny and Professor John Mearsheimer facing off with two intellectual lightweights — Ambassador Paula Dobryanski and Heather Conley, who heads up the German Marshall Fund. I am posting that video below. Davis and Mearsheimer are…

teleSUR (2024-05-08). DR: Evil Intentions Against Elections says Senate President. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the president of the Senate of the Dominican Republic, Ricardo de los Santos, said that there is an "unhealthy intention" to discredit the general elections on 19 May, when the new president of the country will be elected until 2028. | Related: | De los Santos urged the majority opposition parties to be more responsible with their statements, reported Diario Libre. | The senator said that the attacks were due to the resul…

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