On April 28 Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that his government will apportion $747 million ($580 million American) to upgrade four military bases in the north of the country and to increase and expand war games with the U.S.
Daily Archives: 30. April 2021
Chad army says ‚several hundred‘ rebels killed
The army has since mid-April been fighting the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), drawn mainly from the Goran ethnic group, in the Kanem desert region along the border with Niger.
NATO Nations Wage Hidden War in Mali
German naval commandos are training Niger’s special forces and the Luftwaffe has an air base in the country as part of the MINUSMA operation in Mali.
John Kiriakou Joins CN Live! as Co-Host
John Kiriakou, the former CIA agent who blew the whistle on the agency’s torture program and paid the price, is joining CN Live! as a regular co-host. John was co-host with Brian Becker of the popular radio program Loud and Clear. He will be bringing his media skills and vast knowledge of government (he also worked on Capitol Hill), intelligence matters and the criminal justice system to Consortium News‘ in depth webcasts. His first show, with co-host Elizabeth Vos, will be on May 21.
Mexiko: Zwölf Kandidaten in Wahlkampf getötet
Am 6. Juni werden unter anderem 500 Abgeordnete auf Bundesebene und 1.063 Parlamentarier auf Provinzebene, 15 Gouverneure sowie 1.900 Bürgermeister gewählt.
Revealed: The UK Government Campaign to Force Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy
A wide-ranging UK government campaign was brought to bear on Ecuador to press it to hand over WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, new information reveals.
Chagos Islanders Sue the Queen £1 Billion for Lost Fishing Rights
British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) is best known for the top secret US naval base on Diego Garcia Island and the forced deportation of the original Afro-Creole inhabitants from the Chagos Archipelago (1967-1973) and subsequent apartheid laws barring them from returning home.
Aachener Friedenspreisträgerin: Prozess wegen Widerstand gegen Vollstreckungsbeamte
Am kommenden Montag (3. Mai) beginnt um 10:25 Uhr der Prozess (9:30 Uhr Mahnwache) gegen Marion Küpker wegen Widerstand gegen Vollstreckungsbeamte im Amtsgericht Cochem/Mosel (Raum 100) in der Ravenestr. 39.
Hintergrund: AktivistInnen der Gruppe Stopp Ramstein blockierten am 28. Juni 2019 drei Tore des Atomwaffen-Stützpunktes Büchel (Rheinland Pfalz). Dort wurde Frau Küpker erstmalig Polizeigewalt angetan, während sie gleichzeitig im September für die bundesweite Kampagne Büchel ist überall! atomwaffenfrei.jetzt (und damit für ihre Arbeit gegen die Atomwaffen vor Ort in Büchel) den renommierten Aachener Friedenspreis bekam.
AG launches probe into police conduct at Meron as local chief takes blame
„The Police Department for Internal Investigations will begin reviewing the events to see if there is any criminal culpability on the part of members of the police in the disaster,“ a spokesperson for Mandelblit said, adding that the police were instructed not to interview any of their members.
.. Moments before the incident that killed 44 at Mount Meron, Israel
A project by Jeremy Scahill: Empire Politician
A Half-Century of Joe Biden’s Stances on War, Militarism, and the CIA
Eindrücke von der Kundgebung gegen die HV 2021
27.4.2021 Hier findet ihr Eindrücke von der Kundgebung zur BAYER HV 2021.
80 Groups Blast US Interference in Mexico‘s Phaseout of Glyphosate and GM Corn
„We call on Secretary Vilsack and Trade Representative Tai, as key leaders in the new administration, to respect Mexico‘s decision to protect both public health and the integrity of Mexican farming,“ Schafer said in a statement. „It is completely unacceptable for U.S. public agencies to be doing the bidding of pesticide corporations like Bayer, who are solely concerned with maintaining their bottom-line profits.“
Israel’s Netanyahu booed by bereaved protesters at stampede site
Calls are growing for a public inquiry in Israel, after the country‘s largest gathering since the start of the pandemic ended in tragedy.
At least 44 people were killed in a stampede at a religious festival at Mount Meron, where tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered on Thursday night.
The investigation will focus on one exit the police closed for some reason, just as people were trying to push out. Despite what seems like no organization, there were separate entrances/exit. And, one exit despite the panic was blocked as people tried desperately to get out.
Israel Police Reject Criticism Over Deadly Lag Ba‘Omer Stampede
The police opened a preliminary investigation into the deadly event as they face criticism for their decision to block one of the passages on the site.
„The event is under investigation, but it‘s worth noting that this year, there are fewer people on the mountain than in previous years.“
NATO-Staaten führen verdeckten Krieg in Mali
Die Pan-Sahel-Initiative der USA, später die Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Initiative, war der Deckmantel, hinter dem sich das Pentagon verbarg, um mit seinem NATO-Verbündeten und Malis ehemaligem Kolonialherrn Frankreich Aufstandsbekämpfungsoperationen in Mali durchzuführen und zu leiten. Die Tuareg streben seit über einem Jahrhundert in der einen oder anderen Form nach einem unabhängigen Staat, der derzeit als Azawad bezeichnet wird.
Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah to file complaint with UN agency
A Guantanamo Bay inmate alleges he was tortured by his American captors after the September 11 attacks and will file a complaint with the United Nations over his unending 19-year detention, his lawyer has said.
Zentralasien: Tote und Verletzte bei Grenzstreit
Auslöser der neuen Gewalt war die Installation einer Überwachungskamera durch Tadschiken am Mittwoch. Kirgisische Grenzschützer nahe dem Dorf Kök-Tasch forderten, diese Arbeiten zu stoppen.
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan look to ease tensions after deadly clashes
Clashes between communities over land and water along the pair‘s long-contested border are regular occurrences, with border guards often getting involved.
But the shooting that broke out Thursday between the two militaries was the heaviest fighting in years and raised fears that it might escalate into a wider conflict.
Bundeswehr-Uni: Sicherheitsbereich?
Der NDR berichtet, die Bundeswehr-Universität in Hamburg solle zum Sicherheitsbereich erklärt werden: „Bewaffnete Wachen, Bibliotheksbesuch nur mit Ausweis, Besuchsverbot im studentischen Wohnheim?
Generalstreik in Chile gegen Präsident Piñera
Bereits über die ganze Woche wurden die Häfen des Landes bestreikt. Vor den Containerterminals in San Antonio, Antofagasta oder Valparaíso waren schwarze Rauchsäulen von den Barrikaden zu erkennen.
Curfew was necessary but did not cut hospital admissions, IC chief says
Three months of curfew have not had any effect on the number of coronavirus-related hospital admissions in the Netherlands but the measure was needed to slow the spread of the virus, the head of the Dutch intensive care association has said. Ernst Kuipers told television talk show Beau on Wednesday evening that the curfew was an essential but ‘uncontrolled experiment’ which ‘had to be done’.
Curfew had no significant effect on hospital admissions, says acute care leader
He also said that implementing the curfew was necessary, even if measuring the effects are statistically challenging because it was enforced along with many other measures.
„When the curfew was introduced, the calculation was that it would reduce new infections by 10 percent. If you look at the course of hospital admissions over time, we saw no effect whatsoever with the introduction of the curfew,“ Kuipers explained on Wednesday evening on the talk show Beau.
Portugal beendet Ausnahmezustand
Zur Aufrechterhaltung einiger Einschränkungen zur Eindämmung der Pandemie werde man deshalb eine niedrigere Notstandsstufe in Kraft setzen.
Israel‘s COVID restrictions may end in 3 weeks, deputy health minister says
The deputy minister added that from next week, those people with a „Green Pass“ – either having received both vaccines or recovered from coronavirus – would be „more or less restriction-free.“
Israel: Dutzende Tote nach Massenpanik
Die Behörden hatten die Teilnehmerzahl der Wallfahrt auf 10.000 Pilger beschränkt, nach Angaben der Organisatoren reisten aber mindestens 30.000 Gläubige aus ganz Israel an.
At Least 44 Killed at Overcrowded Lag Ba‘Omer Event in Northern Israel
„It happened in a split second; people just fell, trampling each other. It was a disaster,“ another witnesses said. Two different witnesses told Haaretz that a police barricade prevented people from exiting and caused overcrowding.
Police evacuated the tens of thousands of people from Mount Meron via the parking lots and several stations after closing the main entrance to the site to restrict movement.