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2022-09-10: News Headlines

____ (2022-09-10). 10,000th China-Europe freight train arrives in Germany. ecns.cn The 10,000th fully loaded China-Europe freight train in 2022 arrived here from Xi'an International Port in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Friday.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-09-10). Tropas indias y chinas se retiran de zona fronteriza en disputa. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Defensa Nacional de China en un comunicado señaló este viernes que la retirada conduce a la paz y la tranquilidad en las zonas fronterizas.

WSWS (2022-09-10). Sri Lankan unions mount phony campaign against state repression. wsws.org The Trade Union and Mass Organisation held a seminar to cement a pro-capitalist front with opposition parties aimed at blocking any independent action by workers and the poor that threatens capitalist rule.

____ (2022-09-10). UN chief calls for massive int'l support for Pakistan to handle climate catastrophe. ecns.cn United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday appealed to the international community for massive support for Pakistan to respond to the ongoing climate catastrophe devastating the lives of millions.

WSWS (2022-09-10). With one week left before potential national rail strike, showdown building between US railroaders and Biden administration. wsws.org All of the institutions, which the ruling class has relied upon for so long to suppress the class struggle, are now mired in crisis, while the working class is being thrust into struggle by the deepest crisis of American and world capitalism in a century.

Lynda Carson (2022-09-10). King Charles lll, is friends with KKK David Duke campaign contributor Vaughn Miller. indybay.org Photo Of King Charles lll, Formerly Known As Prince Charles, With Five-Time Polo Player Of The Year Carlos Gracida, And Vaughn Miller, A Campaign Contributor To David Duke, An American White Nationalist, Politician, Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theorist, Holocaust Denier, Convicted Felon And Former Imperial Wizard Of The Ku Klux Klan.

____ (2022-09-09). Iran reacts to IAEA' demand to implement additional protocol. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 09 (MNA) — In reaction to IAEA's report on Iran nuclear activities, Iran permanent envoy in Vienna-based International Organizations said that safeguards issues between Iran and IAEA has been closed following BoG's Res. in 2015.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-09). Ukraine's Offensive Coincides with US $3 Billion+ Aid Package Russian Ops in Ukraine Sep. 9, 2022. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for September 9, 2022 Kherson offensive appears to have ended; The Western media admits to the massive losses suffered by Ukraine outside Kherson owed to the inferiority of Ukrainian forces versus Russian capabilities; Ukraine has launched an offensive in Kharkov toward Izium; The offensives…

Editor (2022-09-09). Zelensky Rings New York Stock Exchange Bell as Euro Dips Below Dollar. scheerpost.com By Alexander Rubinstein / Ukrainian President and part-time celebrity endorsement-provider Volodymyr Zelensky rang the bell at the opening ceremony for the New York Stock Exchange on September 6. | Zelensky's virtual arrival to Wall Street was intended as an opportunity to pitch his government's newly-launched #AdvantageUkraine campaign to investors. The appeal represents a collaboration between the Ukrainian government and

Oneworld.press (2022-09-09). The Chinese-Indian Disengagement Decision Is A Direct Result Of The Ukrainian Conflict. oneworld.press What the US hadn't incorporated into its grand strategic calculations was that the success of its structurally identical divide-and-rule scheme against Russia and Ukraine would positively influence China and India's perceptions of one another to the point of inspiring them to pragmatically manage their security dilemma.

Editor (2022-09-09). US Announces $2.8 Billion in Military Aid for Ukraine, Allies in the Region. scheerpost.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-09). Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC Meeting on Western Arms Supplies to Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Mr. President, First of all, let me express my sincere condolences to the United Kingdom and the people of this country following the passing of the monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. We thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu and Ms. Dragana Trifkoviƒá for their briefings. Unfortunately, we couldn't hear part of Ms. Dragana Trifkoviƒá's statement, but we hope that she will…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-09). Russia Makes Grain Promise to Poorest Nations. libya360.wordpress.com Moscow will also supply fertilizers to such countries free of charge, the Russian president said. Russia is set to ramp up grain exports, seeking to supply some 30 million tons of grain, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. The supplies will prioritize poor and food-insecure nations. "We believe it to be right to ramp up…

Infobrics (2022-09-09). The Hypersonic Potential of India-Russia Military-Technical Cooperation. infobrics.org Amidst Russia's deployment of the MiG-31 fighter aircraft armed with hypersonic Kinzhal missiles to its Kaliningrad region, the threat of American sanctions targeting India-Russia military-technical cooperation remains omnipresent, including in the area of co-development of hypersonic missiles…

Staff (2022-09-09). Russia, China to fight together against NATO expansion. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 09 (MNA) — Russia and China will fight together against the expansion of the NATO and the "double containment" of Moscow and Beijing, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China (NPC) Li Zhanshu said.

____ (2022-09-09). Xi Jinping Sends Congratulatory Letter to 2022 National Conference on Development of Specialized, Sophisticated SMEs. ecns.cn The 2022 national conference on the development of specialized and sophisticated small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that produce novel and unique products opened in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province on the morning of September 8.

____ (2022-09-09). China's PPI up 2.3 pct in August. ecns.cn China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, went up 2.3 percent year on year in August, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.

____ (2022-09-09). China's CPI up 2.5 pct in August. ecns.cn China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.5 percent year on year in August, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.

____ (2022-09-09). Chinese and Indian troops begin disengagement at border. ecns.cn The Chinese and Indian troops in the area of Jianan Daban have begun on Thursday to "disengage in a coordinated and planned way", China's Ministry of National Defense said on Friday.

Editor (2022-09-09). John Pilger: Silencing the Lambs. How Propaganda Works. scheerpost.com Illustration by MintPress News | By John Pilger / In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler's leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis. We happened to be staying at the same lodge in Kenya, where she was on a photography assignment, having escaped the fate of other friends of the Fuhrer. | She told me that the 'patriotic messages' of her films were dependent not on 'orders from above' but on what she called the 'submissive void' of the German public. | Did that incl…

Jonathan Cook (2022-09-09). The Queen and Her Legacy: 21st Century Britain Has Never Looked So Medieval. mintpressnews.com If the Queen's job was to rebrand the empire as Commonwealth, transmuting the Mau Mau massacre into gold medals for Kenyan long-distance runners, Charles' job will be to rebrand as a Green Renewal the death march led by transnational corporations.

Aaron Maté (2022-09-09). Chain of corruption: how the White Helmets compromised OPCW investigations in Syria. thegrayzone.com By enlisting the sectarian insurgent-allied, US-funded White Helmets for chemical weapons probes in Syria, the OPCW abandoned impartiality and broke its fundamental rules for collecting evidence. Before it mired the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in an international cover-up scandal, the April 2018 probe of an alleged gas attack in the Syrian town of Douma achieved a milestone. After numerous claims of chemical weapons use in Syria, Douma marked the first time that an OPCW fact-finding mission …

Editor (2022-09-09). An indictment of modern capitalism — a WW editorial. workers.org Just imagine if the Joe Biden administration and Congress had agreed to spend $54 billion to advance health care in the U.S. as COVID-19 variants continued to claim more lives. Instead of life expectancy dropping for the second year in a row, more lives would have been saved. That $54 . . . |

_____ (2022-09-09). Sanctions Are Destructive, Illegitimate, And Totally Bipartisan. popularresistance.org What right does the United States have to starve civilians to achieve political goals? Despite its obvious importance, this question is largely absent from mainstream discourse. Through economic sanctions, or economic warfare, the U.S. can unilaterally collapse economies and generate famine in foreign countries. The civilian death toll from sanctions is often equal to—and sometimes greater than—the toll from conventional warfare. Yet on both sides of the aisle, it is taken for granted that we have the "right" to impose destitution on civilian populations in order to advance our interests. The U.S. adm…

WSWS (2022-09-09). Sri Lankan plantation workers protest to demand reinstatement of sacked colleagues. wsws.org The protest, organised by the Socialist Equality Party and workers' action committees on the plantations, won significant support.

WSWS (2022-09-09). Unite Michigan Medicine nurses with Minnesota and California health care workers! wsws.org Nurses must be warned that the MNA-UMPNC is preparing a sellout of their fight for safe staffing. The Michigan Medicine Rank-and-File Committee is fighting to unite with health care workers and nurses across the US and internationally.

Graham Holton (2022-09-09). Nearly half-a-century after Chile coup, an eyewitness to Pinochet's brutality remembers. peoplesworld.org It has been nearly years since the infamous coup in Chile on Sept. 11, 1973. The world became aware of the heinous birth of General Augusto Pinochet's coup d'état when the international television networks showed the Chilean Air Force's Harrier jets attacking the Palacio de La Moneda, the seat of government. Truckloads of soldiers …

TeleSUR (2022-09-09). UNSG Visits Pakistan, Calls for International Support. telesurenglish.net As part of his two-day visit to the country, which began on Friday, Guterres addressed a joint press conference with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in the capital, Islamabad. | RELATED: | "Pakistan needs massive international support. It is not just a message of solidarity but an international obligation and responsibility. Pakistan is at the front line of the impact of climate change," Guterres said. | He said this is "a matt…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-09). USA: Hundreds in Congress, Law Enforcement and Military are Members of Fascist Groups. libya360.wordpress.com People's World ^Sources A man wearing an Oath Keepers shirt stands outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, Nov. 19, 2021 in Kenosha, Wis. A new report says that the names of hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials, and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of the far-right extremist group that played…

Editor (2022-09-09). Katrina vanden Heuvel: Mikhail Gorbachev's Legacy Was Squandered. Now We're All Paying the Price. scheerpost.com Katrina vanden Heuvel. [The Nation Magazine] | : Mikhail Gorbachev, who died at the age of 91 on August 30, was "perhaps the most radical thinker about security t…

Gloria Rubac (2022-09-09). No justice in this system — a WW commentary. workers.org The criminal justice system? NO! Never say this phrase again because there is no justice in this system! We must change our vocabulary and call it what it is — a criminal injustice system. Paul Storey with mother Marilyn Shankle-Grant during a visit on Texas death row Ôøº An example? . . . |

Derrick Crowe (2022-09-09). People's Action and national coalition launch Lead Together, new American Rescue Plan website and resource hub for local governments and community-based organizations. peoplesaction.org New York, N.Y.— On September 8, 2022, a diverse coalition of political advocacy and membership-based organizations released Lead Together, a new website and hub for community organizers securing American Rescue Plan funds for those who need it most. The site serves as a national clearinghouse for state, local, and tribal governments and community-based organizations seeking …

Monet Bailey (2022-09-09). Monkeypox is causing encephalitis in some patients. healtheuropa.com A new study by University College London (UCL) has found that monkeypox can sometimes cause neurological complications such as encephalitis, confusion or seizures. Monkeypox is a rare infection commonly found in west or central Africa. It is passed on from person to person through close contact with monkeypox blisters or scabs, touching clothing, bedding or …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-09). The Italian Road to Fascism. libya360.wordpress.com Luca Tavan At the end of 2021, Italy was crowned "country of the year" by the Economist magazine. The new "national unity" government of former Goldman Sachs investor and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi was lauded. For once, Italy had "acquired a competent, internationally respected prime minister", and political parties from the centre-left to the…

Rian Overy (2022-09-09). Researchers find method for improved pancreatic cancer treatment. healtheuropa.com A study from the Systems Oncology Lab at Champalimaud Research, published on September 9, has provided a potential solution to the issues surrounding pancreatic cancer treatment. The study explores the use of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in fighting cancer. Statistics surrounding pancreatic cancer are not positive. The five-year survival rate after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis is …

Editor (2022-09-09). LA Ended a Zero-bail COVID Rule, and Now the Jail Population Is Growing. scheerpost.com

Victor Grossman (2022-09-09). Guest commentary/My 70 years and the departed GDR. workers.org Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin August 2022 — It's a momentous day! Not for the world — for which it's nothing special. But for me! Just 70 years ago, in nervous panic, I took off my U.S. Army jacket, shoes and sleeve insignia, and stepped into the swift Danube River which, at Linz . . . |

WSWS (2022-09-09). Australia: Thousands of early childcare educators protest poverty-level conditions. wsws.org The poverty-level conditions faced by EC educators are the product of the privatisation of childcare services, implemented and overseen by both Labor and Liberal-National governments over decades.

Betsey Piette (2022-09-09). Housing activists crash developers' party. workers.org Philadelphia Residents of the University City Townhomes and their supporters, determined to save their homes from destruction by property developers, have taken their fight directly to the movers and shakers behind most gentrification in Philadelphia. Over 100 residents and supporters converged on the University of Pennsylvania convocation for the incoming . . . |

WSWS (2022-09-09). Cost of energy crisis piles more pressure on UK's National Health Service and social care. wsws.org Since the government's energy "cap" only applies to private households, health and care providers are exposed to the full surge in energy prices.

____ (2022-09-09). 36 killed in floods in Pakistan in 24 hours. ecns.cn At least 36 people were killed in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.

____ (2022-09-09). Xi urges efforts to boost SMEs' innovation. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to step up support for small and medium-sized enterprises to promote innovation and foster more "little giant" companies.

Betsey Piette (2022-09-09). Lack of affordable housing makes HUD vouchers useless. workers.org On Sept. 1 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued its annual Fair Market Rents (FMR) report for 2023. This estimates the amount of money needed next year to cover gross rents (rents and utility expenses) on 40% of rental housing in any given area. Protest encampment . . . |

Anonymous669 (2022-09-09). In Video: Libyan National Army Eliminates Notorious ISIS Leader In Special Operation. southfront.org Terrorist Mahdi Dinqu, aka "Abu Barakat." | On September 7, the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced that notorious ISIS leader Mahdi Dinqu was eliminated in the southwestern Libyan town of Murzuq‚Äé. | Major General Khaled Mahgoub, a spokesman for the army, said that Dinqu was hunted down by a special operations force of the Tariq ibn Ziyad Brigade. | The terrorist was moving through a local market in Murzuq in a pickup loaded with fuel when he was ambushed by LNA special operatives. Dinqu…

WSWS (2022-09-09). The death of Queen Elizabeth II: A major political crisis for British imperialism. wsws.org With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the British ruling class has lost its popular head of state on which it has relied to project the myth of national unity and suppress social conflict.

WSWS (2022-09-09). Cost of energy crisis pushes piles more pressure on UK's National Health Service and social care. wsws.org Since the government's energy "cap" only applies to private households, health and care providers are exposed to the full surge in energy prices.

WSWS (2022-09-09). Business groups demand that Congress intervene to block national railroad strike. wsws.org In reality, the trade groups are worried not about the impact of a strike on the population, but on their profits, given that they have made a killing from rising commodity prices over the past two years.

TeleSUR (2022-09-09). Chile: Monkeypox Vaccination to Kick-off. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Chile's Ministry of Health (Minsal) announced that the country would start the vaccination of priority groups amid limitations of monkeypox vaccines in the international context. | RELATED: | Through his official Twitter account, Undersecretary for Public Health Cristóbal Cuadrado said, "We expect to begin the first stage of the inoculation process during October." | The vaccine to be used for the immuni…

WSWS (2022-09-09). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Madhya Pradesh power workers strike over unpaid wages; Indonesian workers and students protest higher fuel prices; Australia: Knorr-Bremse rail carriage parts workers national walkout.

____ (2022-09-09). Zero-tariff imported aircraft cleared in Hainan with $13.78 mln in tax exemptions. ecns.cn A zero-tariff imported cargo aircraft was cleared at the customs of Haikou Meilan International Airport in Hainan Province on Thursday, with a tax exemption value of 95.89 million yuan (about $13.78 million).

WSWS (2022-09-09). Who bears political responsibility for the rise of the far-right Sweden Democrats? wsws.org Decades of disastrous pro-capitalist, nationalist policies of both the Social Democrats and the Left Party have paved the way for the far-right to play an ever-more decisive role in official political life.

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-09-09). Sunday 9/11: Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism — National Book Tour. indybay.org Peace & Justice Center | 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa…

Staff (2022-09-09). VP Rodríguez Inspects Construction of Hugo Chávez Stadium. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, September 8, the vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, inspected the progress of construction on the Hugo Chávez baseball stadium in La Rinconada, Caracas, ahead of the 2023 edition of the Caribbean Series. | The information was reported via Twitter, in a tweet posted on her account, in which she wrote that this sports complex will include several facilities. | "We inspected the construction of the Hugo Chávez baseball stadium in La Rinconada, Caracas," wrote Rodríguez. "This work will include multiple facilities with impressive installations. Venezuela is preparing to host the 2023 Caribbe…

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-08). White House: Biden Wants 'Other Options' for Iran If Nuclear Deal Talks Fail. news.antiwar.com The White House said Thursday that President Biden wants to have "other available options" against Iran if talks to revive the nuclear deal fail. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that Biden "has conveyed to the rest of the administration that he wants to make sure that we have other available options to us …

Oneworld.press (2022-09-08). India's Multipolar Vision For The Russian Far East Is Perfectly Complementary To Moscow's. oneworld.press Upon comparing the Russian and Indian leaders' speeches, there's no doubt that they share the same vision not just for the Far East, but also for the global systemic transition to multipolarity more broadly.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-09-08). 'Painful March for Freedom': The Triumphant Legacy of Palestinian Prisoners. mintpressnews.com Around one million Palestinians were imprisoned between 1967 and 2021. Currently, hundreds of Palestinian 'administrative detainees' are held in Israeli prisons, an act that violates international law on various counts.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). Italy at a Crossroads Ahead of Crucial Elections. libya360.wordpress.com The snap elections in Italy come in the context of the dissolution of the Parliament in July, eight months ahead of its term ending. All major political parties and their coalitions are competing in the elections. Leftist parties have also launched their electoral platform called the People's Union (PU) and have begun campaigning across the…

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