(2024-03-22). SA marks World Water Day. sanews.gov.za SA marks World Water Day | Today South Africa joins the globe in marking World Water Day which is celebrated annually on 22 March. | South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chairperson, Professor Bongani Ncube has underscored the need to improve access to productive water across South Africa's disadvantaged communities. | "I'm talking about water for productivity, water for agriculture, [and] water that will take people out of poverty," Professor Ncube said. | The SARChI was established in 2006 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the National Research Foundation (NRF). | The main goal…
(2024-03-22). Iranian press review: Afghans claim organ theft from deceased relatives in Iran. middleeasteye.net 
Iranian press review: Afghans claim organ theft from deceased relatives in Iran | Meanwhile, unions argue proposed minimum wage increase would push workers deeper into poverty, and the closure of the pro-reformist Aftab daily highlights pressure on critical media
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(2024-03-22). Capitalism's Noose and Commoditisation of Science. orinocotribune.com By Prabhat Patnaik — Mar 16, 2024 | Scientific advance, including the use of AI, in the context of capitalism today will inevitably generate massive unemployment. | There is a paradox at the core of the efflorescence of science that has occurred over the last millennium. In essence, this efflorescence has the potential to increase human freedom immensely. It increases the capacity of man within the man-nature dialectic; scientific practice aims to go beyond the "given" not just in a once-for-all sense, but as a perpetual movement through incessant self-questioning, so that this practice is potentially a coll…
(2024-03-22). Biggest rise in 'absolute poverty' for 30 years seen in UK. presstv.ir The United Kingdom has seen the biggest rise in "absolute poverty" in 30 years.
youtube.com (2024-03-22). LIVE: Outside Moscow concert hall after shooting by several gunmenRussia's Federal Security Service said 40 people died and more than 100 were wounded in an attack Friday at a Moscow concert hall.
The attack, which Russian authorities are investigating as terrorism, is the deadliest in Russia in recent years.
Several gunmen burst into the concert hall on the edge of Moscow and sprayed visitors with automatic gunfire, killing and wounding dozens and starting a massive blaze
PositiveUniverse.com Comment (2024-03-22). The duplicitous American MSM wants the public to believe that Russia vetoed the US drafted Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.The American MSM wants the public to believe that Russia vetoed the US drafted Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
It was a trick resolution question. It did NOT call for a ceasefire and simply stated that a ceasefire is an 'imperative' (important), further enabling the march by Israel for an upcoming Rafah invasion and massive slaughter of Palestinians.