2021-01-28: News Headlines

MBNJSD (2021-01-28). Will Biden End America's Global War on Children? dissidentvoice.org The first day of the 2020 school year in Tiaz, Yemen (Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP) Most people regard Trump's treatment of immigrant children as among his most shocking crimes as president. Images of hundreds of children stolen from their families and imprisoned in chain-link cages are an unforgettable disgrace that President Biden must move quickly to remedy …

teleSUR (2021-01-28). Mexico To Host Phase 3 of German COVID-19 Vaccine. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Wednesday announced the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines produced by the German company CureVac to conduct phase three of clinical trials with 8,000 volunteers. | RELATED: | CureVac's clinical trials will observe 36,500 volunteers worldwide, including patients from Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Panama, and Peru. | Highlighting that the Mexican overnmen…

teleSUR (2021-01-28). Peru Deploys Army on Border With Ecuador to Block Migrants. telesurenglish.net President Francisco Sagasti's administration on Wednesday deployed hundreds of Peruvian officers throughout the border with Ecuador to prohibit immigrants from entering the country amid its second wave of COVID-19. | RELATED: | "We will keep the border blocked for as long as necessary to prevent the entry of immigrants infected with COVID-19," Peruvian Armed Forces Joint Command tweeted. | The joint decision "seeks t…

Manuel García, Jr. (2021-01-28). From Fractiousness to Sustainability, Is It Possible? counterpunch.org I think the essential story of the United States of America is a weave of five historical currents: + the struggle of native Americans against their genocide; + the struggle of African-Americans against their enslavement, and to find their own unrestrained identity; + the struggle of immigrants to establish decent lives for themselves and their

splcenter (2021-01-28). Biden-Harris Día 1 – Acción en Inmigración es un Primer Paso Crítico Hacia la Justicia para Migrantes. splcenter.org &nbsp…

sputniknews (2021-01-28). Colombia Suspends Flights to Brazil for Month Over New COVID-19 Strain. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — Colombia has suspended air traffic with Brazil for a month over the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus, Colombian President Ivan Duque announced.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-01-28). US judge blocks Biden's 100-day deportation freeze. peoplesdispatch.org A federal judge in the United States stayed the recently passed deportation freeze by the Joe Biden administration. In a decision made by district judge Drew Tipton of the Southern District of Texas on January 26, Tuesday, a temporary restriction of 14 days was placed on the 100-day moratorium on deportations that Biden brought into effect last week. The decision was made in a complaint seeking to overturn the deportation freeze by the attorney general of Texas, Ken Paxton, representing the State. | The deportation freeze applied to a wide group of people, covering almost all cases of undocumented immigration bef…

Areeb Ullah (2021-01-27). Saudi Arabia begins repatriation of detained workers to Ethiopia. middleeasteye.net Saudi Arabia begins repatriation of detained workers to Ethiopia | Ethiopian migrants said they were chained and forced to relieve themselves on the floor of their cells | Wed, 01/27/2021 – 11: 39 | Ethiopian officials hope to repatriate at least 1,000 workers every week and aim to increase that number (Screengrab) | Saudi Arabia has begun repatriating thousands of Ethiopians who have been held in detent…

Online News Editor (2021-01-27). Mexico's Covid death toll 56 pct. more than reported for Jan.-Aug. 2020. laprensalatina.com Mexico City, Jan 27 (efe-epa).- Mexico suffered 108,658 confirmed Covid-19 deaths in the first eight months of 2020, a figure 55.56 percent greater than the 69,849 deaths reported by health authorities, according to a report released on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) based on official lists of deaths and death …

Susie Day (2021-01-27). Emma and Emmanuel: a Marriage Through Prison Walls. counterpunch.org Emmanuella and Emmanuel Pierre call each other "Twin." It makes sense, since they both have practically the same first name and were both born on April 10, 1978, to different Caribbean immigrant families, one in Canada; the other in the U.S. They met when they were ten years old, on a Brooklyn playground. Emmanuella —

sputniknews (2021-01-27). Turmoil as EU Citizens Offered Money to Voluntarily Leave UK Post-Brexit. sputniknews.com Campaigners for living conditions for EU migrants in the UK have deemed the initiative as controversial, saying the financial incentives are in direct contradiction with the government's assurances that they are set to help vulnerable EU nationals on British soil.

teleSUR (2021-01-27). Mexico: Ex-Sports Commission Head Disqualified for Public Office. telesurenglish.net Due to omissions in his asset declarations, Alfredo Castillo, the former chairman of Mexico's National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports (CONADE), was disqualified from holding public office by the Public Administration Ministry (SFP). | RELATED: | Castillo is now prohibited from exercising public office for 10 years as he omitted information over six bank accounts amounting to over US$893,000. | "The omission const…

teleSUR (2021-01-26). Mexico: Femicides Rose During the First Half of 2020. telesurenglish.net Mexicos's National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported on Tuesday that femicides rose considerably during the first half of 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | According to Inegi, there were 17,123 homicides during January and June last year. At least 1,844 women were murdered during the first half of 2020, ten more cases than the previous year. Nonetheless, men represent 86 percent of the murdered…

Staff (2021-01-26). Rural US Is Seriously Short on Resources Needed to Distribute Vaccine. truthout.org One afternoon this past December, a package arrived at Mora Valley Community Health Services in northern New Mexico. The rural clinic, which serves a county of 4,521 people, is nestled beside a pasture with a flock of chickens and a few goats. A mile up the road sits the town of Mora — a regional hub just big enough for a trio of restaurants, two gas stations, and a single-building satellite office for a nearby community college. | Shortly after the package arrived, clinic staff received an email ex…

RT (2021-01-26). Russian NHL star Artemi Panarin and his wife robbed during vacation in Mexico. rt.com New York Rangers star Artemi Panarin and his wife Alisa Znarok were enjoying a vacation in Mexico before the start of NHL season when their trip was marred by a theft. | New York Rangers star Artemi Panarin and his wife Alisa Znarok were robbed during their vacation in Mexico before the start of the NHL season. | Znarok shared photos and videos from their recent holiday, and revealed that their belongings had been stolen from a hotel room. | | © Instagram / alisaznarok | "We stayed at a Mexican hotel BeTulum where we were robbed. An earring and a credit card were stolen right from our safe. | "The card…

Online News Editor (2021-01-26). Santa Rosa Xtampak, a Maya city on verge of revealing its mysteries. laprensalatina.com By Maria Alonso Berlin, Jan 26 (efe-epa)The Maya city of Santa Rosa Xtampak remains largely covered by jungle, but a team of archaeologists will try to reveal details of its origin and relationship with other contemporaneous cities on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Other world renowned archaeological sites, like Chichen Itza and Uxmal, have been the subjects …

VINS (2021-01-26). Undocumented Workers Go Unprotected During California Wildfires. projectcensored.org The rise in severity and frequency of wildfires ravaging California has magnified the failure of employers and state agencies to protect workers' health in fire zones. Alleen Brown's September 2020…

WSWS (2021-01-26). Strikes in Matamoros, Mexico spread in face of threats by union, police and National Guard. wsws.org The strike was called by the supposedly "independent" SNITIS trade union, which has worked to steer growing opposition into channels acceptable to the corporations.