(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). What the ONS report says about trade after Brexit. truepublica.org.uk The Office For National Statistics released its monthly report on trade — for both imports and exports into and out of the United Kingdom. It is a stark reminder of the damage to trade as a direct result of Brexit. The OBR actually concluded: "The UK appears to have become a less trade-intensive economy, with …
(2022-03-25). Madeleine Albright dead at 84: American imperialism mourns a war criminal. wsws.org The former Secretary of State was identified with some of the worst crimes of the 1990s, including the US terror bombing of Serbia and the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children because of severe economic sanctions.
(2022-03-25). Taxpayers on hook for another £500m for Bulb Energy bailout. truepublica.org.uk The taxpayer bailed out the banks when they were out of control — and now energy companies that are going to the wall. Both gambled because they were allowed to and both lost their shirts when the markets went against them. Last year 28 energy suppliers went to the wall. Another 4 went in the …
(2022-03-25). Chinese ramie cloth gains popularity in Japan, S Korea. ecns.cn Chinese ramie cloth, the material used to make Japanese and Korean traditional costumes, has gained markets in both countries, according to a ramie cloth-making master in China's Chongqing on Thursday.
(2022-03-25). Commodity markets in turmoil. wsws.org The closure of the London Metal Exchange nickel market for a week earlier this month was described as the "canary in the coal mine" for other commodity markets and that has proven to be the case.
(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). 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). 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). 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). Shanghai moves up to fourth spot among global financial centers. ecns.cn Shanghai moved up two places to the fourth spot among world financial centers, according to the 31st edition of Global Financial Centers Index jointly published by the Shenzhen-based China Development Institute and United Kingdom independent think tank Z/Yen Partners on Thursday.
(2022-03-25). Wall Street bonuses surge to record high. wsws.org A report by the comptroller of New York state estimates that 2021 bonuses paid out to Wall Street financial industry employees in the first three quarters of the year reached a record average and profits hit $45 billion, the largest ever.
(2022-03-25). Fund run by Biden's son involved in financing biolabs in Ukraine: Russian Defense Ministry. ecns.cn The investment fund Rosemont Seneca, currently managed by Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, funded the Pentagon's military biological program in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday.
(2022-03-25). BP diverts from Russia to unveil £1bn boost for UK electric car charging points. truepublica.org.uk Where there is a gaping hole in the market — money will look to profit from it. It was only three weeks ago that BP was reportedly looking to abandon its stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft in an abrupt and costly end to three decades of operating in the energy-rich country. In was the …
(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: 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). 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). Saturday 4/9: Capitalism and The Climate Emergency with Andreas Malm. indybay.org Online meeting, see website for details…
(2022-03-25). Madleine's pro-sanctions line was "(M)albright"? indybay.org It was an opportunity the "Corporate-bin-Laden" media couldn't pass up. With the passing of Madeleine Albright, mainstream media(MSM) was full of effusive praises for the ex-Sec'y of State under President Clinton, himself a bought-off NeoLiberal White House Occupier who aggressively advanced U.S. Imperial interests all over the world.
(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.