Daily Archives: December 20, 2020

2020-12-20: News Headlines

South Front (2020-12-20). Video: Is Israel Searching for A Pretext to Invade Southern Syria? globalresearch.ca The Russian military and Russian-backed Syrian forces have been increasing their presence on the border with Iraq. | Less than a week ago, the Russian Military Police established a local HQ in al-Bukamal. Recently, the 5th Corps of the Syrian Army, …

Online News Editor (2020-12-20). Covid-19 cases linked to Thai market rise to 689. laprensalatina.com Bangkok, Dec 20 (efe-epa).- Thai authorities on Sunday raised the number of new Covid-19 infections linked to an outbreak at a seafood market to 689. It is the biggest single outbreak in Thailand since the pandemic started. Authorities have traced it to a market in the province of Samut Sakhon, which borders Bangkok. Many of …

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-20). Hashd al-Sha'abi launches operation on Iraqi-Saudi border. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) — Iraqi army and Popular Mobilization Units, also known as Hashd al-Sha'abi, carried out a large-scale anti-terrorist operation in Najaf province on the Iraqi border with Saudi Arabia on Sunday.

Juan Cole (2020-12-19). Pence, Who Backed Muslim Visa Ban, Gets Vaccine Invented by Muslim Immigrants. commondreams.org Pence also praised far right-wing evangelical leader John Hagee. Hagee has said that Muslim Americans are not real Americans. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pence_vaccine.jpg

Hanh Nguyen (2020-12-19). Challenging patriarchal practices makes "House of Ho" more than just a Vietnamese Kardashians clone. salon.com Judy Ho spoke to Salon about abiding by her immigrant parents' expectations until a reality show let her break free…

news.un (2020-12-18). Integral to societies, migrants must remain central to COVID-19 recovery: Guterres. news.un.org The United Nations is commemorating International Migrants Day, on Friday, highlighting their contributions to societies globally, and underlining the need to ensure that they remain central to the recovery from COVID-19.

WSWS (2020-12-18). American workers denounce police raid on COVID-19 whistleblower Rebekah Jones. wsws.org The WSWS is publishing statements of support for Jones, whose Florida home was raided last week in response to her efforts to expose the spread of the pandemic in Florida and in K-12 schools across the US.

teleSUR (2020-12-18). New Caravans of Honduran Asylum-Seekers Expected as Crisis Continues. telesurenglish.net New caravans of asylum-seekers are expected to depart from Honduras at the start of the new year and hundreds of families are reportedly willing to wait in Guatemala or bordering points until they are allowed to continue their journey north. | RELATED: | Local media outlets warned that people are being summoned to leave on January 15 from the Metropolitan Central of San Pedro Sula and dozens more will join at the bord…

Lorena Ríos (2020-12-17). Women in Mexico Reckon With the High Cost of Migration. thenation.com Women in Mexico Reckon With the High Cost of Migration…