Daily Archives: March 29, 2021

2021-03-29: News Headlines

teleSUR (2021-03-29). WHO COVID-19 Origin Tracing Report Says Lab Leak Is Unlikely. telesurenglish.net World Health Organization (WHO) Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the report of the mission that investigated in China the origin of COVID will be explained in detail on Tuesday. He did, however, advance that a "laboratory leak" is considered "extremely unlikely". | RELATED: | According to news agencies that had access to a draft of the findings, the report advocates that the most likely theory of the…

Andy Merrifield (2021-03-29). Lefebvre in the Age of COVID. mronline.org COVID has upended urban life as we once knew it. But it intensified already existing pathologies, those contaminating "normal," pre-pandemic life. Our present urban reality is one of the de-encounter, a thinning down rather than thickening up, the dispersion and dilution of city life, its fear and loathing. | March 28, 2021 | Monthly Review Essays…

Andrew Korybko (2021-03-29). U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Wants to Break China-EU Relations. globalresearch.ca The continual improvement of Chinese-EU relations is irreversible since it embodies …

Simone Chun (2021-03-29). The Real Danger of the Pentagon's New Indo-Pacific Plan. counterpunch.org The Pentagon recently asked Congress for an astronomical $27 billion budget increase to support a massive military buildup in Asia as part of its new Indo-Pacific plan, which calls for a substantially more aggressive military stance against China. With the US already ranking first in military spending worldwide and holding more than 290 military bases in the Asia-Pacific region alone, this aggressive buildup is being proposed at the most financially precarious moment in US history.

Eds. (2021-03-29). Britain and China: Trading sanctions and the new cold war. mronline.org IAIN DUNCAN SMITH sees the Chinese sanctions applied to him and other politicians yesterday as a "badge of honour." | March 29, 2021 | Newswire…

TRT World (2021-03-29). Video: Who Are the Quad and Why Are They After China? globalresearch.ca The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is a group that includes the US, …

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-29). US Military Launches Task Force to Fight Information War Against China. globalresearch.ca The head of US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) told the Senate …

Staff (2021-03-29). Headlines for March 29, 2021. democracynow.org Opening Statements Begin in Trial of Ex-Cop Derek Chauvin for Killing George Floyd, Burmese Forces Kill Over 100 People in Deadliest Day of Post-Coup Crackdown, More States Open Up Vaccine Eligibility as Cases Rise in More Than Half of U.S. States, Mexico Revises COVID Death Toll by 60%, Chile and Brazil Confront Massive Surges, WHO Warns Coronavirus on the Rise in African Countries as Vaccinations Remain Lowest in World, Suicide Bombing Attacks Catholic Church Mass in Indonesia, Dozens Killed in Attacks in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Province, Iran and China Sign 25-Year, $400 Billion Strategic Deal, 9-Year-Old Gi…

Jason Ditz (2021-03-29). Blinken Sees US-China Relationship as 'Increasingly Adversarial'. news.antiwar.com Speaking on CNN, Secretary of State Tony Blinken talked of competitive areas as well as adversarial ones, which is hardly shocking since the US openly needles China on several aspects, notably on-again, off-again trade disputes and US incursions into the South China Sea to challenge maritime claims. | Despite this, it is somewhat…

Labor Video Project (2021-03-29). Thousands March and Rally In San Francisco Protesting Racist Attacks Against Asians. indybay.org Thousands of Chinese Americans and Asians marched and rallied in San Francisco on March 27, 2021 against the racist murders and attacks in the US. Some also protested the China bashing whipped up by both the Democrats and Republicans iincluding House Leader Nancy Pelosi from San Francisco.

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-29). US Reaffirms Support for Philippines as South China Sea Tensions Rise. news.antiwar.com Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed US support for the Philippines as tensions are rising between Manila and Beijing in the South China Sea. | The Philippine Air Force has been