2022-01-28: News Headlines

sputniknews (2022-01-28). Rocket Fire Hits Baghdad International Airport, Damages Plane, Source Says. sputniknews.com BAGHDAD (Sputnik) – Baghdad International Airport was hit by rocket fire on Friday, at least six rockets were shot down, an Iraqi security source said.

Tom Anderson (2022-01-27). Refugees are being housed in infested hotels by the Home Office's slum landlords. thecanary.co This article is part of a joint investigation with anti-capitalist research group Refugees in London are being housed by the Home Office in run-down, insect-infested hotels. Meanwhile, private housing providers are raking it in. | Corporate Watch spoke to an Iraqi Kurdish family who arrived in the UK in November 2020. Since then, the family — who wish to remain anonymous — have been put up by the Home Office in disgusting conditions in several hotels in London with their six children. They told Corporate Watch that — aside from the insect in…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-27). Villagers in Odisha, India struggle against Jindal's steel plant. peoplesdispatch.org For the past two months, villagers in Dhinkia, Odisha, have been resisting the takeover of 4,000 acres of land for a steel project by Jindal Steel Works claiming that it will snatch the livelihood of around 40,000 villagers and degrade the environment in the region…

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