(2022-03-26). Reconocidas mundialmente vacunas cubanas anticovid-19. cubadebate.cu Un reconocimiento de relevancia constituye la decisión de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) de premiar con su "Medalla para Inventores" a los autores de cuatro vacunas cubanas contra la pandemia de la covid-19. | La Soberana 01, la Soberana 02, Abdala y Mambisa son las seleccionadas para su estimulación, informó en exclusiva a la ACN la Máster en ciencia María de los àÅngeles Sánchez Torres, Directora General de la Oficina Cubana de Propiedad Industrial (OCPI). | Explicó que la estimulación obedece a sus aportes al desarrollo nacional económico y tecnológico y que serán entregadas p…
(2022-03-25). Iran expounds on abstention vote for UNGA res. on Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 25 (MNA) — Elaborating on reasons for abstaining from voting on UN General Assembly resolution on Ukraine crisis, Iran's permanent representative to UN said that current text resolution goes beyond humanitarian situation.
(2022-03-25). Balkans buildup: NATO to open airbase in Albania. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Associated PressMarch 24, 2022 Albania: NATO to open Balkan airbase converted from communist-era facility An old communist-era airbase in Albania is set to become a tactical station of operations for NATO when it reopens in 2023. Military spending is now on the rise in much of Europe — most notably in Germany — but also …
(2022-03-25). Minneapolis educators strike at crossroads as unions prepare to accept sellout deal. wsws.org With nearly 5,000 educators in Sacramento, California, also now on strike, the teachers' unions are moving rapidly to shut down the struggle in Minneapolis and keep the walkouts from coalescing into a broader movement of the working class for higher wages and the expansion of public education.
(2022-03-25). US auto companies complain of "labor shortage" as temporary workers denied profit sharing. wsws.org Under conditions where virtually all COVID-19 mitigation measures have been eliminated, Detroit area auto and auto parts makers are finding it ever harder to recruit temporary workers at poverty wages to staff plants.
(2022-03-25). Minneapolis teachers and support professionals reach tentative agreements on 18th day of strike. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Early on Friday, March 25, the striking Minneapolis teachers and education support professionals reached tentative agreements that will be voted on by union members. They have been on strike since Tuesday, March 8. | Over the almost three-week strike, the educators made major progress on several of their key demands. A big issue of the strike was improving the conditions of education support professionals (ESPs) who are largely oppressed nationality workers and make poverty wages. Details of the final agreement have not yet been announced but in the previous "last, best and final offer" from the…
(2022-03-25). Authorities continue search for second black box after plane crash. ecns.cn Recovery workers have not yet found the second black box of the China Eastern Airlines jet that crashed on Monday in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, according to the rescue headquarters.
(2022-03-25). No Third World War! Against war in Ukraine, NATO aggression and German armament! wsws.org It is high time to build an international anti-war movement opposing NATO aggression, the Ukraine war and German militarism. Such a movement must unite Russian and Ukrainian workers and workers around the world in a joint struggle against capitalist warmongering on the basis of a socialist programme.
(2022-03-25). Mongols — October — Ukraine: Katehonic Position Of The Present War. oneworld.press By building a new Iron Curtain — the West makes a gift to Russia, almost the same as October Revolution and the Mongol invasion. After all, it was thanks to the famous Mongol Rule — this part of Ruthenia avoided Westernization, and thus delay the peripherisation processes.
(2022-03-25). The True Adventure of a 19-year-old North American Fighting in the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro (Book Review). orinocotribune.com Book Review: Wild Green Oranges, by Bob Baldock. ( By Roger D. Harris — Mar 22, 2022 | Wild Green Oranges describes how author Bob Baldock dropped out of college and was at loose ends in 1958. Then he became inspired after a chance viewing of a newsreel. It was about a band of rebels in the remote eastern mountains of Cuba fighting a guerilla war against the US-backed Batista dictatorship. He had access to news about the little-known events in Cuba at his job as a copyboy at the (now defunct) New York Herald Tribune and bec…
(2022-03-25). Von der Leyen Says Russia's Demand to Pay in Rubles Is a Bluff That Won't Work. anti-empire.com 
Source: Several leaders from European Union members have scoffed at Russia's demand that some "unfriendly" countries will be forced to pay for its natural gas and oil in rubles, saying the move is a breach of contract. | "This would be a unilateral decision and a clear breach of contract, and it would be an attempt to circumvent the sanctions," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the start of an EU summit in Brussels on March 24. | "We will not allow our sanctions to be circumvented…the time w…
(2022-03-25). India, EU strategic convergence reflects 'our positions' on Afghanistan: Jaishankar. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that the strategic convergence between India and the European Union (EU) is reflected in "our positions" on key regional and global issues, including on Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific.
(2022-03-25). Pak journalist' union raises alarm over TTP's warning to scribes. aninews.in Islamabad [Pakistan], September 8 (ANI): A union of Pakistan journalists has expressed concern over the threat issued by the banned Tehreeki-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to the media and urged the government to ensure the safety and security of journalists.
(2022-03-25). India largest troop contributor to UN peacekeeping in cumulative terms: Meenakashi Lekhi. aninews.in New York [US], September 8 (ANI): Highlighting the importance of the UN peacekeeping missions, Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi on Wednesday informed the member states that India is the largest troop contributor to the peacekeeping operations since their inception.
(2022-03-25). Cabinet approves Agreement between India, Portugal on recruitment of Indian citizens to work in the Portuguese Republic. aninews.in New Delhi, [India], September 8 (ANI): The Union Cabinet approved the signing of an agreement on the recruitment of Indian citizens to work in Portugal between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Republic of Portugal, on Wednesday.
(2022-03-25). COVID clusters grow at Australian schools as Omicron BA.2 surges. wsws.org Australian governments and teacher unions are suppressing information about infections among children as school clusters grow.
(2022-03-25). Ex-Unifor president Jerry Dias exposed as COVID profiteer in kickback scandal. wsws.org Canada's largest private-sector union has charged its recently retired president with receiving a C$50,000 kickback from a supplier of COVID -19 rapid test kits, whose products he had pressed "various" Unifor employers to buy.
(2022-03-25). Saturday 3/26: Help Mail slingshot issue #135. indybay.org Long Haul Infoshop – 3124 Shattuck Ave Berkeley – corner of Woolsey and Shattuck – 2 blocks from Ashby BART…
(2022-03-25). Palestinian Prisoners Cancel Major Hunger Strike after Reaching Agreement. palestinechronicle.com 
Thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons decided d on Thursday to cancel a scheduled hunger strike after reaching an agreement with the Israel Prison Services (IPS), the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Qadri
(2022-03-25). Defend Spanish truckers strike from PSOE-Podemos repression! wsws.org Since last Monday, 75,000 truck drivers in Spain have been on an indefinite nationwide strike against the global surge in fuel prices amid the NATO-Russian conflict.
(2022-03-25). Saturday 3/26: Fremont: #People Not Profit! Global Climate Strike. indybay.org Irvington Park, 41825 Blacow Rd, Fremont, CA 94538 | Masks recommended. Peaceful march for climate justice.
(2022-03-25). Saturday 4/9: Capitalism and The Climate Emergency with Andreas Malm. indybay.org Online meeting, see website for details…
(2022-03-25). Australia: Thousands of people devastated by Queensland floods. wsws.org The crisis has further exposed the failure of governments, both Labor and Liberal-National, to respond effectively to the destructive 2011 floods in the Brisbane area and the other disasters that have followed it.
(2022-03-25). Biden to Visit Near Ukraine Border as Solidarity Tested. themoscowtimes.com U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to a town near the Polish-Ukrainian border Friday, trying to signal Western resolve against a Russian invasion…