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Israel's protest leaders enter talks to stabilise Netanyahu government
wsws.org > en > articles...The day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was "pausing" his plans to overhaul Israel's judicial systemthe only arm of the state... ...that his far-right coalition does not control--to prevent "civil war," opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz entered talks with his government... ...Ben-Gvir, head of Jewish Power and a leader of fascist settlers in the occupied West Bank.... ...In return for a short delay, he pledged to establish and fund a new National Guard under the control of the Minister of National Security, Itamar...

The US CDC and WHO weaken guidelines on COVID booster shots ...
wsws.org > en > articles...The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidelines on Monday that only one shot of the bivalent booster against COVID-... ...This also leaves a big question mark over the promised annual COVID boosters that were in discussion as early as September 2022.... ...Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead on COVID-19, noted, "At the present time, we are still in a Public Health Emergency of International Concern at... ...A day after the CDC published its updated guidelines, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (...

3 things Los Angeles school workers need to know about the sellout ...
wsws.org > en > articles...Last Friday afternoon, Service Employees International Union Local 99 announced a tentative agreement for 30,000 school support staff in Los Angeles... ...This involved not only the SEIU bureaucracy itself, but also the Democratic Party, including LA Mayor Karen Bass, who joined the talks shortly before... ..."I want to thank SEIU Local 99 Executive Director Max Arias and Superintendent Alberto Carvalho for working together with me to put our families... ...Also chiming in were the Democratic Socialists of America, which controls both the LA school board and the United Teachers Los Angeles union, through...

Sri Lankan cinnamon farmers and workers discuss worsening social ...
wsws.org > en > articles...The most recent government reference to the cinnamon industry was in former President Gotabhaya Rajapakse's "National Policy Framework: Vistas of... ...Successive Sri Lankan governments have promised to boost the country's agricultural industries.... ...In line with International Monetary Fund austerity demands, President Ranil Wickremesinghe's government decided to end all government supplies of... ...While Mexico is the main market for Sri Lankan cinnamon, the popular spice is also exported to a range of countries, including the US, Peru, Bolivia...

IYSSE holds first meeting in Canada on the war in Ukraine and how to stop it
wsws.org > en > articles..." at Conrad Grebel University College on the campus of the University of Waterloo in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Tuesday evening.... ...WSWS Managing Editor Niles Niemuth gave a lecture that traced the origins of the war back to the Stalinist bureaucracy's dissolution of the Soviet... ...Foreign Minister Melanie Joly declared earlier this month that Canada was seeking "regime change" in Moscow.... ...These regions include Western Europe, East Asia, the territory of the former Soviet Union, and Southwest Asia. "? Finally, we must maintain the mechanisms...

New York grand jury votes to indict Trump
wsws.org > en > articles...on Capitol Hill.... ...Trump committed while he was president.... ...Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is believed to have presented felony charges against Trump, in which the misdemeanor charge of falsifying... ...That a figure such as Trump could rise to the level of president of the United States can not be explained simply on the basis of his own history...

Bank of England points to deep-going financial problems
wsws.org > en > articles...After more than two weeks of turmoil following the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the US and the forced takeover of Credit Suisse by... ...Policy Committee (FPC) on Wednesday.... ...Like his counterparts internationally, BoE governor Andrew Bailey insists the UK financial system is "resilient with robust capital and liquidity... ...positions, and well placed to support the economy" as he put in a speech delivered at the London School of Economics on Monday....

Philadelphia landlord's private police officer shoots tenant in the ...
wsws.org > en > articles...She lives with her husband Gabriel Plummer, who was unharmed during the shooting.... ...Angel Davis was placed in critical condition at a local hospital following the altercation with a privately employed eviction officer, known as a... ...The violent incident happened in the Girard Court Apartments located near Girard College.... ...The apartment complex is owned by Odin Properties, a real estate investment firm operating throughout the eastern United States....

Deadly helicopter collision along Kentucky-Tennessee border ...
wsws.org > en > articles...Wednesday night, along the Kentucky-Tennessee border, two UH-60 Black Hawk assault helicopters from the US Army's 101st Airborne Division, based... ...In a press conference Thursday at Fort Campbell, Brigadier General John Lubas said the process to notify family members could take some time.... ...outside Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. - During a "training exercise" in Fort Bragg, on April 28, 2022, Specialist Luis Herrera, 23, of Marion, North... ...Apache helicopter crashed at the National Training Center located at Fort Irwin, California. - During an early morning "training exercise" at Fort...

Mélenchon quietly proposes a general strike to the French union ...
wsws.org > en > articles...Last night, readers of the Marseille daily La Provence learned that Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of the Unsubmissive France (LFI) party, has proposed... ...Indeed, Mélenchon received just under 8 million votes in last year's presidential election, nearly reaching the run off against Emmanuel Macron.... ...CGT leader Philippe Martinez has backed French Democratic Labor Confederation (CFDT) boss Laurent Berger's attempt to orchestrate a sell out of the... ...The Parti de l"égalité socialiste (PES), the French section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI), advocates the preparation...