(2024-03-05). Wednesday 3/13: Virtual Meeting: Local Peace Economy. indybay.org
(2024-03-05). Gov't Work Report lays out economic plan for 2024. ecns.cn China aims to see economic expansion at around 5 percent for 2024, unchanged from last year, as the world's second-largest economy will leverage intensified and targeted macro policies to sustain stable growth.
(2024-03-05). China's 5% GDP target in line with govt goals. ecns.cn The 5 percent growth target outlined in the annual Government Work Report is in line with China's aim to create 12 million urban jobs this year and turn itself into a mid-level developed economy by 2035, said head of the report's drafting task force on Tuesday.
(2024-03-05). China pushes for 5% GDP growth. ecns.cn China aims to see economic expansion at around 5 percent for 2024, unchanged from last year, as the world's second-largest economy will leverage intensified and targeted macro policies to sustain stable growth.
(2024-03-05). China aims to add over 12 million new urban jobs in 2024. ecns.cn China's central government aims to create over 12 million new urban jobs in 2024, with surveyed urban unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, according to the Government Work Report delivered by Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Tuesday.
(2024-03-05). China to pursue high-quality opening-up, shorten 'negative list' for foreign investment: Premier Li Qiang. ecns.cn China will ramp up efforts to attract foreign investment, including further shortening the "negative list" for foreign investment, and all market access restrictions on foreign investment in manufacturing will be abolished.
(2024-03-05). UK government colludes with Big Tech to tackle "misinformation" ahead of elections. expose-news.com The UK has a new Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy, Conservative MP Saqib Bhatti, and the politician seems very enthusiastic when talking about things like "cooperation" with …
(2024-03-05). Historical Analysis of the Global Elite: Ransacking the World Economy Until 'You'll Own Nothing.'. globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-05). 'Irresistible' opportunities in economy. ecns.cn China will continue to be one of the most dynamic economies in the world, making great contributions to the global economy and providing irresistible development opportunities to high-tech companies from developed countries.
(2024-03-05). China sets 2024 GDP growth target at around 5%. ecns.cn China on Tuesday set a growth target of around 5 percent for its economy in 2024, which exceeds expectations of some international institutions, demonstrating that the country's top policymakers remain confident in maintaining stable growth.
(2024-03-05). China's 'two sessions' 2024: as GDP gap with US widens, will the 'East wind' prevail? scmp.com Many had predicted China to surpass the US in terms of GDP by the middle of this century, but recent trends suggest such a swap may be farther off — if it even happens at all.
(2024-03-05). Several sectors in Brazil show positive dynamics under Lula's government. tvbrics.com 
Among them are the economy, education and health care…
(2024-03-05). In Numbers: China's economic, social progress in 2023. ecns.cn
(2024-03-05). BRICS+ — All Roads Now Lead to a New World Order. infobrics.org Bretton Woods economic system created after WWII, dominated by West, is no more relevant…
(2024-03-05). Rocky Road to Dedollarization: Sergei Glazyev Interview. orinocotribune.com Very few people in Russia and across the Global South are as qualified as Sergei Glazyev, member of Russian Academy of Sciences, who also serves as commissioner for integration and macroeconomics at the Eurasian Economic Union, to speak about the drive, the challenges and the pitfalls in the road towards de-dollarization. | As the Global South issues widespread calls for real financial stability; India inside the
(2024-03-05). The Economic Scramble for Africa: Global Players Exploring Opportunities Within African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-05). Deepening economic problems as China's National People's Congress meets. wsws.org Yesterday it was announced that Premier Li Qiang will not hold a press conference, the first time this has happened in 30 years.
(2024-03-05). The Nuclear Meltdown That Is The Inevitable Result Of Greater Competition For Junior Partner Status In A Possible Coalition Government In South Africa. counterpunch.org 
Last month, Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), the self-styled leftist party that is the third largest political party in the South African Parliament, announced that, if elected to power, an EFF government would re-hire controversial former public utility ESKOM CEO's Brian Molefe and Matshela Koko to end the phenomenon of rolling electricity blackouts that
(2024-03-05). The World Social Forum: The counterweight to the World Economic Forum. cadtm.org
(2024-03-05). $120m in taxes paid by China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone since foundation. eng.belta.by Alesya Abramenko said: "The total sum of taxes paid to the state budget since resident companies and the joint company have started operating exceeds $120 million. Three times more than the money the state has spent on infrastructure."
(2024-03-05). Belarusian BelAZ to upgrade one of main assembly shops. eng.belta.by This assembly shop manufactures haul trucks with the carrying capacities of 130-136 tonnes and 220-240 tonnes. These are some of the most popular carrying capacity ranges on the world market.
(2024-03-05). Days of Belarusian regions at VDNKh in Moscow praised as highly effective. eng.belta.by Ambassador Dmitry Krutoi noted that Grodno Oblast has become the third region of Belarus to present itself at VDNKh: Brest Oblast and Vitebsk Oblast have already had their displays this year.
chinausfocus.com (2024-03-05). BRICS Positions Itself for Leadership of Developing WorldCalling for "greater representation of emerging markets and developing countries" in international institutions, from the United Nations and its Security Council to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, BRICS is also emerging as the …
(2024-03-05). French probe on 'Saied dictatorship' sparks Tunisian uproar. newarab.com 
A French channel has aired an investigation on the 'dictatorship' of Kais Saied, sparking controversy in Tunisia and risking diplomatic ties between Paris and Tunis. | On Sunday at midnight, hundreds of Tunisians tuned in to watch "Exclusive investigation: Between Poverty and Dictatorship, The Grand Step Backwards," a one-hour investigation on the shrinking freedoms within the North African country, produced by the private French channel, M6. | The investigation had already ruffled Tunisian officials' feathers before its official broadcast. | On 29 February, Tunisia's Prime Minister, Ahmed Hachani, praised his…
(2024-03-05). Millionaires Stopped Contributing to Social Security on March 2, 2024. counterpunch.org 
(2024-03-05). Migrant worker exploitation escalates in New Zealand. wsws.org Migrant exploitation, with tens of thousands brought into the country often to work as virtual slave labour, is an entrenched feature of New Zealand capitalism.
(2024-03-05). Migrant worker exploitation escalates in New Zealand. wsws.org Migrant exploitation, with tens of thousands brought into the country, often to work as virtual slave labour, is an entrenched feature of New Zealand capitalism.
(2024-03-05). Galloway's win: Is Gaza causing a shift in UK politics?>. newarab.com 
George Galloway's In his victory speech, Galloway took aim at Labour leader Keir Starmer, saying "Keir Starmer – this is for Gaza," adding that "millions" are p…
(2024-03-05). A strategic cross-border labor alliance. mronline.org 
A relationship between a U.S. and a Mexican union, forged in the face of NAFTA, has borne fruit over decades of struggle. Two leaders reflect on the importance of international solidarity.
(2024-03-05). NPC HK deputy proposes increasing paid annual leave days to boost tourism and consumption. ecns.cn Considering that the implementation of working hours and paid annual leave in China is not ideal and there is insufficient protection for the young labor force, Kenneth Fok Kai-kong, a deputy from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) to the 14th National People's Congress.
(2024-03-05). At Palestine Rally Labor Speakers Demand an End To Genocide & Nurse Calls for Labor Action. indybay.org At a rally for Palestine in SF labor speakers spoke and a nurse called for labor action to stop the genocide.
(2024-03-05). Newsom's Prop 1 Press Conference Disrupted in SF: No Privatization of Mental Health. indybay.org At a press conference by Governor Gavin Newsom to support California proposition 1, which will privatize mental health services and take away rights of mentally disabled, protesters spoke out disrupting the press conference. The anti-labor ballot initiative is supported by the leadership of SEIU2015, SEIU 1021, UBC and other unions despite the fact it will destroy public jobs.
(2024-03-05). Asamblea Popular de China realizan segunda sesión de trabajos. telesurtv.net Zhao Leji, presidente ejecutivo del presidium de la sesión, presidió la reunión. El primer ministro chino, Li Qiang, presentó el informe sobre la labor del Gobierno.
(2024-03-05). Kentucky seeks to remove child labor restrictions. wsws.org The bill is part of the effort by the American ruling class to turn back the clock to the time when American capitalism was built through the use of child labor and horrendous working conditions in factories, mills and mines.
(2024-03-05). LEAP24 kicks off in Riyadh with $11.9B in investment deals. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – With over 1,800 local and foreign exhibitors, more than 1,000 technical specialists, and 600 startup firms, LEAP24, the biggest technology show in the globe, has opened its doors to visitors in Riyadh on Monday, with Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Abdulla Al-Swaha, announcing the conference will hold over its three days, $11.9 billion worth of investment agreements as reported by Arab News.LEAP24, held from Mar. 4—7, is organized by the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming, and Drones in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technolog…
(2024-03-05). Warning Out on Nonstop Online Sale of Imported Leaded Paints. pressenza.com 4 March 2024, Quezon City. Aside from mercury-containing skin-lightening products, online shopping platforms are also rife with imported paint products with undisclosed concentrations of lead in brazen violation of the country's national ban on such products. | Coinciding with the 3.3. online shopping sales yesterday, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition monitored and found dozens of product listings for spray paint brands with one or more colors containing lead above the 90 parts per million (ppm) as confirmed by laboratory tests commissioned by the group. | It will be recalled that DENR A.O. 2013-24, or…
(2024-03-05). Jewish Council of Australia urges Labor to reject racism against Palestinians fleeing Gaza. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-05). Labor must listen to 81% saying ceasefire. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-05). Labor under pressure from protests over Gaza genocide. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-05). Max Chandler-Mather: 'Labor is the political wing of the banking and property industry'. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-05). Tramway workers hold strike in Argentina. plenglish.com According to the UTA, the protest occurs after two months of hearings at the Labor Secretariat without a proposal for salary increases. | This action also includes similar procedures carried out by the education and railway sectors, in which participants denounced the Government's refusal to update payments in a context marked by adjustment and high inflation. | They also condemned eliminating funds for those sectors, especially in the provinces. | Last week, members of the Construction Workers' Union (UOCRA) in Buenos Aires gathered outside the Secretariat to denounce thousands of layoffs due to the interruptio…
(2024-03-05). The United Kingdom: Zionism's Covert Nerve Center. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg Britain's century-long commitment to Zionism and collaboration with Israel today plays a frequently overlooked role in perpetuating the oppression and genocide against Palestinians. Britain's role in sustaining the Zionist entity On 9 February, British Defense Minister James Heappey informed parliament that Israeli military operatives are "currently … posted in the UK," both within…
(2024-03-05). Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. jamanetwork.com Of course death can happen at any hour. Like this: after birth, at dawn, the sun pressing through thick hospital windows, climbing peach walls of the delivery room, ending the long labor in the operating room. Cutting the baby from where she would not come. My snug gloves, warmth and wetness of birth, every single one. Except she was to die; hole at her center, bowel peristalsing her chest. Months you knew too, carrying her, she moved inside, so different from your miscarriages. Placental separation, inarched to the heart-lung machine, floors junked with effort. Luminescent skin of lanugo, newborn hirsutism; love…
(2024-03-05). Comprehensive testing helps diagnose and manage rare genetic disorder. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Lauri's daughter, Christy, a genetic counselor at Mayo Clinic, was instrumental in getting Lauri the testing she needed for an accurate diagnosis. Multiple doctors and multiple examinations could not figure out why Lauri Sieben had spent much of her life "never feeling quite right" physically. Fortunately for Lauri, that changed after her daughter Christy began working as a genetic counselor in Mayo Clinic's Molecular Technologies Laboratory. After seeing similarities between the patient testing she was…
(2024-03-05). Covid wasn't an accident — it was a crime. expose-news.com If SARS-CoV2 was leaked from a laboratory, by accident, then why did totalitarianism spring up all around us? Why did many countries almost simultaneously impose lockdowns, masking, censorship, political crackdowns, de-platforming and …
(2024-03-05). Trabajadores denuncian precarización laboral en Uruguay. telesurtv.net El exministro ha llevado una gestión muy cuestionada por la pérdida salarial de los trabajadores.
(2024-03-04). Trabajadores denuncian precarización laboral en Uruguay. telesurtv.net El exministro ha llevado una gestión muy cuestionada por la pérdida salarial de los trabajadores.
(2024-03-04). Argentine Teachers Start National Strike. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) led a national strike to demand salary improvements and other demands. | RELATED: | Previously, the administration of far-right President Javier Milei announced the elimination of the Teacher Incentive Fund (FONID). | In response to these and other measures aimed at reducing the public sector, the unions demand that the government finance public education and approve a sala…
(2024-03-05). After 50 percent hike in his wealth, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim hails the president as "good for business" wsws.org As of March 2024, Forbes lists 14 Mexican billionaires with a combined wealth of $184 billion, a 47 percent increase in their wealth under the current administration.
(2024-03-05). After 50 percent hike in his wealth, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim hails AMLO as "good for business" wsws.org As of March 2024, Forbes lists 14 Mexican billionaires with a combined wealth of $184 billion, a 47 percent increase in their wealth under the current administration.
(2024-03-05). PM: Belarusian healthcare system has no time to waste given scale of tasks. eng.belta.by The agenda of the meeting included the changes in the structure of the central office of the Healthcare Ministry, the pharmaceutical industry, the regulation of prices for paid services in healthcare, in particular dental services, the experiment on the provision of paid services by state healthcare institutions on weekends and holidays.
(2024-03-05). Katie Holmes denies financial trouble after Tom Cruise's child support ends. albawaba.com
(2024-03-05). Wage growth outpacing inflation — good news to ease cost of living. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-03-05). How Zionism pushes liberalism into decay, with Matteo Capasso. electronicintifada.net
(2024-03-05). Who's Funding AIPAC's Political Spending Barrage? globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-05). China invested $167 bln last year in water resources management. ecns.cn China saw investment in water resources management reach a historical high in 2023, as it strove to address water resources-related problems of public concern, said Li Guoying, minister of water resources.
(2024-03-05). Morgan Stanley Securities receives approval to apply for new license. ecns.cn Morgan Stanley Securities (China) has been approved to commence securities investment in consulting business and change the proprietary operation of bonds, including government bonds and corporate bonds, into proprietary securities trading.
(2024-03-05). China increased R&D investment 8.1% to over $458 bln. ecns.cn Last year, China's annual R&D investment exceeded 3.3 trillion yuan ($458.4 billion), an increase of 8.1 percent over the previous year, said Yin Hejun, minister of science and technology.
(2024-03-05). Mayo Clinic's strong performance in 2023 ignites healthcare transformation. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Fueled by strong performance across all activities in 2023, Mayo Clinic achieved remarkable progress toward its goal of transforming healthcare for people everywhere by making critical investments in valued staff, innovative facilities and pioneering digital technologies. Key performance highlights include: Industry-leading rankings from Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. A record high of more than 2,500 active clinical trials for patients seeking new cures. Delivering high-quality, convenient care to patients through…
(2024-03-05). Brazil's top soybean city seeks to lure Chinese investments in grain-crushing industry. scmp.com Sorriso mayor Ari Lafin noted that while the Chinese were receptive to his delegation's proposals, COFCO tends to prefer processing soybeans in China…
(2024-03-05). Apache Stronghold: Ninth Circuit Ruling Does Not Advance Mine. popularresistance.org San Carlos Apache Reservation, Ariz.— While the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Friday, March 1, 2024 against the non-profit citizens group Apache Stronghold is extremely disappointing, the ruling does not clear the way for construction of the Resolution Copper Mine. | "The culturally and environmentally devastating Resolution project is no closer to construction today than it was before the appeals court ruling," San Carlos Apache Tribe Chairman Terry Rambler said. "The Tribe will continue to fight construction of the project that would have devastating impacts to the Tribe's culture, the environment a…
(2024-03-05). Primary Care Physicians Are Key to Improving Dementia Care and Access. jamanetwork.com A report from the nonprofit research organization RAND estimated that by 2028, about 1.6 million people in the US with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer disease will wait an average of more than 1.5 years to see a dementia specialist, such as a neurologist or geriatric psychiatrist. These wait times are 3 times longer in rural areas.
(2024-03-05). JetBlue, Spirit airlines terminate $3.8B merger over regulations. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Significantly, after a U.S. judge blocked the deal earlier this year, low-cost carriers JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines have opted to scrap their planned $3.8 billion merger, claiming insurmountable regulatory barriers. A Boston court voiced reservations about the merger's possible negative impacts on competition and consumer welfare, casting doubt on the plan to create the country's fifth-largest airline and maintain Spirit's operations.The Biden administration's strong opposition to corporate concentration in the aviation sector is rewarded with the decision to scrap the merger. The administratio…
(2024-03-05). Bolivarian Revolution Celebrates 25th Year Anniversary. orinocotribune.com 
By Jeremy Kuzmarov — Feb 27, 2024 | Revolution Has Survived and Flourished Despite U.S. Attempts to Destroy It | February 2 marked the 25th anniversary of the Bolivarian Revolution. On that day in 1999, Hugo Chávez, a left-wing Venezuelan army officer, assumed power and initiated a socialist revolution that had ripple effects across the region and world. | Invoking the legacy of Simón Bolívar, who had led much of Latin America's liberation from Spanish colonization in the 1820s, Chávez's government enacted measures to retake national control over Venezuela's oil resources and to use the revenues to fund soci…
(2024-03-05). South Africa adjusts its minimum wage. tvbrics.com 
This is a long-awaited increase from R25,42 to R27,58…
(2024-03-05). The good Germans are blowing smoke. mronline.org 
There is a fraction of the Germans who, when speaking or writing in public, consider themselves the good Germans. Good Germans are to Germany as propaganda is to truth—negligibly fractional; sometimes truth-telling; always irrelevant to the outcome of the wars which Germany wages.
(2024-03-05). How the Corporate University Created and Destroyed Diversity. counterpunch.org 
The Supreme Court did not kill diversity. Higher education did it to itself. It has done it slowly and methodically over the last few years, as the corporate university created and then destroyed diversity as part of its business plan to attract students and make itself more relevant to American capitalism.
(2024-03-05). Gov't to focus on modern industrial system, new quality productive forces. ecns.cn China will make further efforts to accelerate the establishment of a modern industrial system and develop new quality productive forces at a faster pace, according to this year's Government Work Report released on Tuesday.
(2024-03-05). Social workers take unprotected industrial action for Palestine. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-05). Uphold the Ban on the Sale and Use of Mercury Dental Amalgam, says Toxic Watchdog Group. pressenza.com Toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics raises the alarm over the continuous selling of mercury dental amalgam (in capsules) in the market and online despite the prohibition in the country. | In the recent market surveillance conducted, the group has purchased and documented sellers of mercury dental amalgam in dental supply stores in Manila and likewise monitored more than 35 sellers in both Lazada and Shopee platforms and in Facebook Marketplace. | Based on the description as written on the container's label, the capsules contain metallic mercury with a manufacturing date of April 2017 and an expiration date of April 2…
(2024-03-05). Saturday 3/9: Women in the Palestinian Struggle. indybay.org Register in advance on zoom…
(2024-03-05). Democratic Socialists of America commits to rescuing Biden's presidential election campaign. wsws.org In an attempt to channel mass opposition to "Genocide Joe" back behind the Democratic Party and present illusions that Biden and the Democrats can be persuaded to stop the genocide in Gaza through a protest vote, the DSA has formally endorsed the "uncommitted" campaign in the remaining primaries.
(2024-03-05). Venezuela Holds Events in Honor of Hugo Chavez. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the young people of the United Socialist Party (PSUV) will lead a solemn event at the "Mountain Barracks," where the remains of former President Hugo Chavez, the historical leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, rest. | RELATED: | "Eleven years after Commander Chavez's sowing, we ratify his legacy: a powerful revolutionary identity that brings together the forces of the emancipatory deeds in our Amerca's history. Chavez lives and…
(2024-03-05). Democratic Socialists of America commits to rescuing Biden's presidential election campaign. wsws.org In an attempt to channel mass opposition to "Genocide Joe" back behind the Democratic Party and promote illusions that Biden and the Democrats can be persuaded to stop the genocide in Gaza through a protest vote, the DSA has formally endorsed the "uncommitted" campaign in the remaining primaries.
(2024-03-05). 'Common Sense Minister' blasted out of touch after tirade against 4-day week. leftfootforward.org People have found it hard to see the common sense in Esther McVey's recent attack on the four-day week, as Britain's unofficially designation 'common sense tsar' has been taken apart for blasting support for the scheme as "socialist madness". | In an She wrote that the…