(2021-05-11). IDF Deploys Artillery Batteries To Gaza Border, Signalling Fighting Ramps Up. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On the morning of May 11th, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sent additional artillery batteries to the Gaza border as fighting intensifies in the Strip. | The deployment of these cannons and rocket launchers appear to indicate that the military is preparing for a potential wider conflict in the enclave. | The Israel Defense Forces said it bombed a Hamas team preparing to fire an anti-tank guided missile at Israel from the Gaza Strip. | Rocket launches continue from Gaza towards Israeli…
(2021-05-11). Abandonment of COVID protections puts farm workers in a stranglehold. peoplesworld.org 
Growers are just beginning to bring this year's wave of contracted laborers into Washington State for the coming season to pick apples, cherries, and other fruit. The laborers are arriving to just-relaxed COVID-19 health and safety requirements for farmworkers, courtesy of a Superior Court judge in Yakima County, the heart of the state's apple country. Meanwhile, …
(2021-05-11). Covid's Spread Ignores All Borders. thenation.com Covid's Spread Ignores All Borders…
(2021-05-11). No Safe Place For Turkey: Soldier Killed In Attack On Turkish Convoy In Syria's Greater Idlib. southfront.org 
ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE: Turkish troops | On May 10th, a rocket attack targeted a convoy of Turkish forces on the road between Kafr Lusin and Bab al-Hawa crossing on the Syrian-Turkish border in northern Idlib. | A column included seven military vehicles of Turkish forces. One soldier was killed and four others were injured as a result of the IED attack, according to Turkey's National Defense Ministry. The victim was identified as Lieutenant Osman Alp."In the Operation Spring Shield zone, one of our hero fellow soldiers was martyr…
(2021-05-11). Not Always About The Money (A Latino USA Podcast). latinorebels.com But, not every single medical tourist is crossing the border to save money. People like Maria Davis-Cherry are crossing the border in hopes of saving their own lives.
(2021-05-11). Diagnosis and Management of Headache. jamanetwork.com This narrative review summarizes the clinical characteristics, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and acute and preventive treatment options for primary headache disorders (migraine, tension-type headache, trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias) and secondary causes.
(2021-05-10). Brooklyn's Waterfront: A Just Transition? popularresistance.org When Aroldo Garcia learned that the operations base for a major offshore wind project was coming to his Brooklyn neighborhood, he thought about the jobs it could provide for his family members and friends who worked as handymen and contractors, and for others who didn't have work at all. | The project promised to bring more than a thousand new jobs to a waterfront site in Sunset Park, a largely immigrant, working-class community where many residents have struggled to keep up with the rising cost of living. It was, he thought, exactly the type of development people had been waiting for. | "These are not service ty…
(2021-05-10). Biden to Meet House GOP Leader This Week to Mend 'Frosty Ties', Report Says. sputniknews.com Kevin McCarthy first called for a meeting with President Joe Biden in a 5 March letter, where the House minority leader focused on the growing surge of unaccompanied migrant children emerging at the US' southern border.
(2021-05-10). Texas Sheriff Slams Biden Admin for 'Forcing' National Guard to Clean Up Trash After Immigrants. sputniknews.com As the situation with the surging numbers of immigrants on the US-Mexico border is called "a crisis" by many, neither US President Joe Biden nor his vice president, Kamala Harris, have yet to visit the region, for which both have faced criticism.
(2021-05-10). Immigrants to the Rescue. counterpunch.org 
Germany faces a major crisis. The German birth rate is considerably below what's needed to replace the population. German seniors, meanwhile, are living longer and drawing more on state resources for their pensions and health care. There are basically two ways out of this demographic crisis. First of all, Germany could boost its birth rate.
(2021-05-10). US-Made Border Crisis Persists Despite Biden's About-Face on Refugee Cap. zcomm.org This week's news of the Biden-Harris administration's about-face on U.S. refugee policy was a win for all the progressive forces that have been pressuring Biden…
(2021-05-10). U.S. Coast Guard Warship Ports In Odessa After Drills With Ukrainian Navy. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 8th, on a distance of more than 100 nautical miles from Odessa, in the exclusive maritime economic zone of Ukraine, the flagship of the Maritime Guard of the State Border Service of Ukraine met the US Coast Guard vessel "Hamilton". | This was reported by the press service of the Ukrainian border guard: "The American partners arrived in Ukraine on a friendly visit, which will include joint maneuvers at sea, trainings to exchange experience in observation and assault operat…
(2021-05-10). 3 killed, 5 injured in attack on Pakistani border guards. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) — Three soldiers were killed and five others were wounded in a terrorist attack on Pakistani border guards in Quetta and Turbat.
(2021-05-10). US troops may be deployed from Afghanistan to Russian borders. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) — The United States reportedly prefers to redeploy troops and equipment coming out of Afghanistan into countries with borders with Russia.
(2021-05-10). Is Peace Breaking Out in the Middle East? Should We Thank MBS? strategic-culture.org The Biden effect is shaking up the Middle East and forcing foes to talk to one another. But where it's all heading is even more exciting for Saudi Arabia and Iran. | Unimaginable reconciliations are taking place across the entire region, since Joe Biden was sworn into office and indicated that he wasn't going to tolerate regional leaders 'behaving badly' and the previous carte blanche from the White House which came with abhorrent human rights scandals. | The Khashoggi murder will not be swept under the carpet and forgotten. But then neither will the Trump-initiated border closure of Qatar with the rest of its GC…
(2021-05-10). Israel Helicopter Hits Syrian Border Town in Rare Daytime Attack. news.antiwar.com Last week, Israel attacked Syrian territory at least three separate times. The Israeli government declined all comment. They'll have a harder time maintaining ambiguity Monday, The Israeli helicopter crossed into the Syrian Golan Heights and bombed a house in the town in Khader, wounding one person. Opposition figures claimed the wounded man worked for Hezbollah, which likely is just another way of sa…
(2021-05-10). OPINION: The Psychological Effects of Unauthorized Immigration. latinorebels.com It seems infinitely more logical and practical to accept the reality of the situation, extend the hand of help and allow for a system that benefits all involved.
(2021-05-10). Four Persian leopards spotted in Tabas. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) — Four Persian leopards have been spotted at the ‚ÄåNaybandan Wildlife Sanctuary in Tabas, South Khorasan Province, chief of the provincial department of environment said.