(2022-01-21). Headlines for January 21, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. Secretary of State Meets Russian Counterpart Amid Impasse over Buildup on Ukraine Border, Jan. 6 Committee Asks Ivanka Trump to Testify; Georgia DA Requests Grand Jury for Trump Probe, Jamaal Bowman Among 28 Arrested at Peaceful Voting Rights Protest, Sen. Mitch McConnell Suggests Black Voters Are Not "Americans", Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Proposes First-of-Its-Kind Election Police Force, FBI Searches Home of Arizona Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, U.S. Bombed Syrian Dam in 2017 Despite Warning That Tens of Thousands Could Die, Market Explosion in Lahore, Pakistan, Kills 3 People, Massive Blast and Fire Kills…
(2022-01-21). Biden Shouldn't Be Picking 'Amateur Diplomats' for Critical Diplomatic Posts, Ex-Official Warns. sputniknews.com The president vowed not to hire anyone solely for being a major donor. Still, he has so far appointed 25 donors to his campaign as ambassadors – presumably for their skills.
(2022-01-21). Uganda-Rwanda talks: Kigali gov't spokesperson Yolande's pessimism catastrophic. plusnews.ug 
This week, Ambassador Adonia Ayebare delivered President Yoweri Museveni's special message to Rwanda's President Paul Kagame in Kigali. The details of the message are a top secret but Kigali admitted receiving it. Photos of Ambassador Ayebare personally transiting the message to President Kagame have widely been shared online. The gesture by Uganda reaching out to …
(2022-01-20). Iran's Raisi Reiterates Opposition to Nukes, Predicts NATO's Collapse. sputniknews.com The Iranian president arrived in Moscow on a two-day state visit on Wednesday at the invitation of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. During their talks, the two leaders discussed bilateral ties, US sanctions, the Iran nuclear deal, joint anti-terrorism cooperation in Syria, and measures to create "synergy in cooperation" against the West.
(2022-01-20). Turkey: NATO's "impartial" mediator in Ukraine conflict. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Count on Russia to lumber right into the trap. The NATO state with the second-largest military, second-largest population and the most war trophies in recent years (Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh) will mediate between Russia and the Zelensky regime. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov can conduct the meeting in Turkish, his preferred tongue. === Ukraine, Russia seek …
(2022-01-20). Telling Lies On An International Scale. popularresistance.org The mainstream media have been replete with stories of a new Tory "red meat" initiative of right-wing policies. "Government sources" briefed the media that Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Home Secretary Priti Patel were in talks with their counterparts in Ghana and Rwanda about setting up internment camps to receive asylum seekers deported from the U.K. Apart from the fact it would be entirely illegal to deport Syrians or Afghans to Africa, I knew it to be simply impossible the story was true.
(2022-01-20). Syria: Snowstorm Adds Misery to Displaced People. telesurenglish.net Dozens of families at the Sheikh Bilal Camp for internally displaced people in Afrin, northwestern Syria, have been trapped amid a snowstorm that hit the region. They are struggling to keep their homes intact after a fierce storm dumped more than a foot of snow. | RELATED: | The 160 families who suffered the storm's effects, were trapped for at least the past two days are now making a considerable effort to prevent…
(2022-01-20). Brzezinski clan returns to Poland after 84 years to subvert Belarus, boost NATO. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The swearing-in ceremony was attended by brother Ian and insufferable sister Mika and her spouse. === Mark Brzezinski sworn in as new US ambassador to Poland Brzezinski, who was last month approved by the US Senate to serve as the country's next envoy to Warsaw, took his oath of office from Vice President Kamala Harris …
(2022-01-20). The IDF Killed a Palestinian US Citizen. Why Is the US Doing Nothing? truthout.org 
Assad Assad, the nephew of Omar Abdulmajeed Asad, describes his uncle as a very social and caring man. Omar immigrated to the U.S. in the 1970s and became a small business owner in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He and his wife had seven children and many grandchildren, nephews and nieces. Ten years ago, Omar Asad decided to retire in the village of Jaljulia, in Ramallah, Palestine, where he was originally from. | Asad loved family gatherings and regularly went around to check up on and visit relatives, accord…