(2023-01-15). At least 40 killed in Nepal's worst air crash in nearly five years. tribune.com.pk 
At least 40 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, a Nepal aviation authority official said, in the small Himalayan country's worst crash in nearly five years. | Hundreds of rescue workers continued to scour the hillside site where the plane of domestic carrier Yeti Airlines, flying from the capital Kathmandu, went down. | "Rescue operations are on," said Jagannath Niroula, spokesman for Nepal civil aviation authority. "Weather was clear." | Local television showed thick black smoke billowing from the crash site as rescue workers and crowds of people gathered around th…
(2023-01-15). Canadian 'LAV 6' Armoured Vehicles Spotted In Ukraine (Video). southfront.org 
File image. | Canadian-made LAV 6 Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (ACSVs) have been finally spotted in the Russian special military operation zone in Ukraine. | On December 31, a video showing a ACSV moving near an unspecified front in Ukraine surfaced online. The vehicle was of the unarmed Troops/Cargo Vehicle (TCV) version. | The ACSV, which was developed by the Canadian branch of General Dynamics Land Systems, is powered by a Caterpillar C9 Turbo-charged six-cylinder Diesel with 4 hp. The vehicle has a maximum op…
(2023-01-15). What are the chances for peace in Ukraine? indybay.org There must be another way to peace. But there can only be if we stop believing that only weapons or the annexation of foreign territories can bring peace; if we accept that the world does not belong only to the West, that there will be no single world power, the USA, and that the expansion of NATO does not contribute to stability in Europe.
(2023-01-14). Think Big Tech's Thousands of Layoffs Indicate a Coming Recession? Think Again. cepr.net Los Angeles Times See article on original site Amazon is laying off more than 18,000 workers. Salesforce is shedding 8,000, and Twitter has let go thousands more. While we should never minimize the difficulties of people facing an unexpected layoff, these announcements by major tech companies are not a large-scale tragedy for the American economy. …
(2023-01-14). Satellite Images Show Iranian Combat Drones At Eastern Syria Airport. southfront.org 
A Mohajer-6 combat drone. By Wikimedia user (Alireza numberone) | On January 14, the Israeli The drones were identified as two Mohajer-6s and an Ababil-3. Both types are capable of carrying out reconnaissance and combat missions. While the presence of Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
(2023-01-14). What It Means for Hunger to Burn Through the Pentagon's Ranks. scheerpost.com 
Co-creator of the Costs of War Project and military spouse Andrea Mazzarino describes in all-too-devastating detail that a staggeringly over-funded military-industrial complex is, to use Eisenhower's phrasing, indeed stealing from "those who hunger and are not fed."
(2023-01-14). Top US lawmaker objects to potential F-16 sale to Turkiye. tribune.com.pk 
The Biden administration has told Congress it is preparing the potential $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkiye, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, sparking an immediate objection from a senior US lawmaker who has long opposed the deal. | The State Department sent the informal notice to Congress on Thursday, three sources said, informing committees overseeing arms sales in the Senate and House of Representatives of its intention to proceed with the proposed deal. | NATO member Turkiye requested in October 2021 to buy 40 Lockheed Martin Corp F-16 fighters and nearly 80 modernisation kits…
(2023-01-14). DPR Spokesman Reveals Most Dangerous Weapon Supplied By U.S. To Ukraine. southfront.org 
XM982 Excalibur by US Army. | The M982 Excalibur extended range guided artillery rounds are potentially the most dangerous part of the United States military aid to Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Militia told TASS on January 14. | The Excalibur round, which was jointly developed by BAE Systems and Raytheon, is guided by a GPS-aided inertial navigation system. It has a circular error probable of less than four meters. | The round can be fired from several 155 mm how…
(2023-01-14). "The weapons help no one, it's just about economic interests"—SGP continues campaign for Berlin state election. wsws.org In its election campaign for the Berlin House of Representatives, the SGP is fighting for the construction of an international movement of workers and youth in opposition to the war policy of the ruling class.
(2023-01-14). Weapons Contractors Destroy Lives While Reading Fairy Tales To Children. scheerpost.com 
By Lee Camp / MintPress News A UN report recently revealed that at least 11,000 children have been killed or maimed in the US-backed War in Yemen. At the same time, the weapons contractors that helped create this massacre are reading fairy tales to British children! You probably already know that, as reported by Alex Kane for In These …