2022-09-25: News Headlines

____ (2022-09-25). Xi congratulates China News Service on 70th anniversary. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory letter to the China News Service (CNS) on its 70th founding anniversary, stressing the importance of innovating the discourse system and improving the capacity for international communication.

____ (2022-09-25). Chinese, Sri Lankan FMs meet on sidelines of UNGA session. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met here with Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Ali Sabry on Friday on the sidelines of the ongoing 77th session of the UN General Assembly.

____ (2022-09-25). CPPCC National Committee vice chairman to attend Abe's funeral. ecns.cn Wan Gang, vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, will attend former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's state funeral on behalf of the Chinese government, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Friday."ÄÄ…

News You Can Use (2022-09-25). Concord Police and Theocratic Nationalists Endorse Same Council Candidate. indybay.org Robert Ring is endorsed by the Concord Police Department for the District 1 council seat. Robert Ring also has the support of the American Council, a Christian Nationalist PAC which is supporting like-minded candidates in city council and school board races.

____ (2022-09-25). Boat sinks off Cambodia's sea, over 20 Chinese missing. ecns.cn A boat carrying Chinese nationals sunk off southwestern Cambodia's sea on Thursday evening, the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia confirmed on Friday.

____ (2022-09-25). Boat with Chinese nationals on board sinks off Cambodia's Preah Sihanouk: embassy. ecns.cn A boat with Chinese nationals on board, sank off the Preah Sihanouk province in southwestern Cambodia on Thursday evening, the Chinese embassy in Cambodia confirmed on Friday.

A Guest Author (2022-09-24). Hail Indigenous Peoples Day — Support Workers World. workers.org Boston's proclamation last year that the second Monday of October every year would be Indigenous Peoples Day, "in lieu of" Columbus Day, was a victory for Native peoples, since the creation of U.S. settler colonialism, the theft and devastation of their lands and cultures, denial of all rights, the torture . . . |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-24). Kiev's Bloody Attempts to Disrupt the Referenda. libya360.wordpress.com Great Freedom Speech for the Donbass from the South African International Referendum Observer Team. A team of journalists and observers in the Donbass during this historical moment in time! Western countries condemn the referendums in the Donbass republics and two Russian-controlled regions in Ukraine, calling them undemocratic after years of their own selective policies towards…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-24). Russian Federation on Ukraine | Press Conference | United Nations 24 Sept 2022. libya360.wordpress.com Sergey Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation briefed reporters on the statement made at the General Assembly, the situation in Ukraine and other topics. Talking to reporters in New York, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today (24 Sep) said there is an open document outlining Russia's "doctrine for nuclear security," and invited…

____ (2022-09-24). Iran FM holds meeting with Sri Lankan, Dutch FMs. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — Iran foreign minister held separate meetings with his counterparts from Sri Lanka and the Netherlands to discuss bilateral ties as well as the latest situation on nuclear negotiations.

Staff (2022-09-24). AEOI chief to visit Vienna to attend IAEA General Conference. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — The Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) will pay a visit to the Austrian capital on Sunday to attend the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference.

TeleSUR (2022-09-24). St. Vincent and the Grenadines Calls for New Global Leadership at the United Nations. telesurenglish.net The Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, assured that geopolitical conflicts can be resolved with quality global leadership, and reproached the international community for its indifference in the face of escalating aggressions. | RELATED: | During his speech at the 77th UN General Assembly, Gonsalves urged the United Nations to intervene drastically to end the wars being waged in Ukraine, Yemen a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-24). Lavrov: "The Future of the World Order is Being Decided Today" libya360.wordpress.com

____ (2022-09-24). China launches smart EMU technology platform in Germany. ecns.cn CRRC Corporation launched a smart electric multiple unit (EMU) technology platform at the InnoTrans Berlin 2022, an international leading trade fair for transport technology in Germany, on Thursday.

Xin Ni, Zhe Li, Xinping Li, Xiao Zhang, Guoliang Bai, Yingying Liu, Rongshou Zheng, Yawei Zhang, Xin Xu, Yuanhu Liu, Chenguang Jia, Huanmin Wang, Xiaoli Ma, Huyong Zheng, Yan Su, Ming Ge, Qi Zeng, Shengcai Wang, Junyang Zhao, Yueping Zeng, Guoshuang Feng, Yue Xi, Zhuo Deng, Yongli Guo, Zhuoyu Yang, Jinzhe Zhang (2022-09-24). [Articles] Socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence and access to health services among children and adolescents in China: a cross-sectional study. thelancet.com Our study showed that the burden of cancer in children and adolescents in China is much higher than previously nationally reported from 2000 to 2015. The distribution of the accessibility of health services, as a social determinant of health, might have a notable role in the socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence among Chinese children and adolescents. With regards to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, policy approaches should prioritise increasing the accessibility of health services for early diagnosis to improve outcomes and subsequently reduce disease burdens, as well as narrowing the socioe…

Editor (2022-09-24). The Israel Files: WikiLeaks Docs Show Top Hollywood Producers Working With Israel To Defend Its War Crimes. scheerpost.com

JANET (2022-09-24). Dramatic U-turn/U.S. recognizes Alex Saab as Special Envoy of Venezuela. iacenter.org By William Camacaro September 22, 2022 This article was first published by Orinoco Tribune. William Camacaro is a Venezuelan-American, National Co-Coordinator in the Alliance for Global Justice and was a co-founder of the Bolivarian Circle of New York "Alberto Lovera" and Senior Analyst for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA). After more than two years questioning Venezuelan Alex Saab's diplomatic status, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has now conceded that he is a special envoy. The dramatic U-turn was made in a filing before Judge Robert Scola on Tuesday, Sept. 13, in a hearing that was held regardi…

Maury Johnson (2022-09-24). Joe Manchin Is My Senator, But We Need Your Help to Defeat His Dirty Deal. commondreams.org Tell your members of Congress to protect the National Environmental Policy Act and put a stop to this fossil fuel industry giveaway.

____ (2022-09-24). Iran, EAEU trade value hits $5bn: official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — The Advisor to the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) for Trade Agreements and International Affairs put the current value of trade between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) at $5 billion.

Talha Burki (2022-09-24). [World Report] Uncertainty over the future of Sri Lankan health care. thelancet.com An economic crisis is hampering the provision of care for many Sri Lankans. Talha Burki reports.

JANET (2022-09-24). Pakistan: Climate catastrophe caused by Global North. iacenter.org By Tania Siddiqi September 12, 2022 Following months of intense humidity and a catastrophic heat wave — temperatures reaching upwards of 124 F — Pakistan is once again bearing the brunt of the Global North-induced climate crisis. Members of Women's Democratic Front and Progressive Students Federation set up a solidarity, donation relief camp. Credit: Awami Workers Party- Islamabad According to the United Nations Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the government of Pakistan, due to monsoon rains and melting glaciers, one-third of the country is under water; 33 million people are displac…

JANET (2022-09-24). Haiti explodes with cries of 'down with misery'. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel September 19, 2022 Since August 22, the date when the Haitian Revolution began in 1791, hundreds of thousands of Haitians have taken to the streets in every city and many towns to repeatedly say "down with misery." Marche in Hinche (Ench in Creyol), Haiti. Banner in Creyol gives the date and place of the march, organizations involved, and says, roughly, "We say no to: hunger, speculation in gas, lawlessness, kidnapping. They are staying in the streets even in the face of warnings about inundations from Hurricane Fiona, which is currently devastating Puerto Rico. The mass anger has been reflected in t…

Martha Grevatt (2022-09-24). Railroad contracts: Biden, Walsh thwart use of strike weapon. workers.org As the deadline for a national railroad strike loomed, President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh hammered out a tentative agreement between the rail freight bosses and those railroad unions which had not already agreed to a contract. For now, this maneuvering has averted a strike that . . . |

Editor (2022-09-24). Military Whistleblower Challenges Pentagon's Warrantless Purchase of Internet Data. scheerpost.com Satellite image of the By Kevin Gosztola / A United States military whistleblower filed a series of complaints alleging the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is engaged in the warrantless purchase and use of Americans' internet browsing data, which it obtained from a broker. | "Acc…

JANET (2022-09-24). Saladin Muhammad: a life dedicated to organizing Southern Black workers. iacenter.org By Dante Strobino September 22, 2022 Saladin Muhammad, a revolutionary Black union organizer and propagandist, died on Sept. 19 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, at age 76 after a long illness. The writer is the International Representative of the United Electrical Workers (UE) 1 who worked with Muhammad for many years. Saladin Muhammad and Dante Strobino at the Fruit of Labor World Cultural Center on April 6, 2013, following annual Black Workers for Justice Dr. Martin Luther King Support for Labor banquet in Raleigh, North Carolina. Saladin Muhammad's contributions to the global struggle for Black liberation and…

Misión Verdad (2022-09-24). Everything Ready for Venezuela-Colombian Border Reopening. orinocotribune.com Since President Gustavo Petro won the election in Colombia, the possibility opened for Colombia and Venezuela to resume binational relations, suspended since the presidential term of Iván Duque. | Among the main issues on Petro's agenda to restore diplomatic relations was the return of the Monómeros petrochemical company to Venezuela. The fertilizer production company was hijacked by the Guaidó clan under Duque's protection. Another of Petro's promises was the reopening of the border, which during Duque's time had become the gateway for imperialist attacks against Venezuela. | These points were sensitive for both…

Editor (2022-09-24). DOJ Admits It Has No Idea How Many People Die in Law Enforcement Custody. scheerpost.com

SP Editor (2022-09-24). The Hidden Downside for Democracy in the Patagonia Sale. scheerpost.com [ By Mitchell Beer | In making planet Earth Patagonia's "only shareholder," founder Yvon Chouinard has exchanged considerable personal fortune for substantial political power—an outcome that is goo…

Misión Verdad (2022-09-24). Everything Ready for Venezuela-Colombia Border Reopening. orinocotribune.com Since President Gustavo Petro won the election in Colombia, the possibility opened for Colombia and Venezuela to resume binational relations, suspended since the presidential term of Iván Duque. | Among the main issues on Petro's agenda to restore diplomatic relations was the return of the Monómeros petrochemical company to Venezuela. The fertilizer production company was hijacked by the Guaidó clan under Duque's protection. Another of Petro's promises was the reopening of the border, which during Duque's time had become the gateway for imperialist attacks against Venezuela. | These points were sensitive for both…

TeleSUR (2022-09-24). Venezuelan and Colombian Defense Ministers Meet at the Border. telesurenglish.net The ministers of Defense of Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino, and Colombia, Iván Velázquez, respectively, are meeting in Tachira prior to the opening of the border between both nations, in an event scheduled for Monday, September 26. | RELATED: | On his Twitter account, Padrino reported that he was at the Simón Bolívar International Bridge, in the border area, where a large border flow was registered. | The minister made a t…

Quintina Dawson (2022-09-24). [Perspectives] Peter Waiswa: building better health systems in Africa and beyond. thelancet.com Growing up in Iganga, a rural town in Uganda, Peter Waiswa was influenced by his late father, who instilled a love for education in him, and by the newborn deaths he saw in his large family. Waiswa now leads the Makerere University Centre of Excellence for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Kampala, Uganda, and the INDEPTH Network's Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Working Group. His work involves paving the way locally, nationally, and globally to develop health systems and health policy in maternal, newborn, and child health, development, and health services.

A Guest Author (2022-09-24). Pennsylvania DOC reclassifies Latinx incarcerated workers as 'white'. workers.org By Bryant Arroyo and Betsey Piette In late August, environmental justice advocate and Puerto Rican political prisoner Bryant Arroyo was notified that the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Pennsylvania Justice Network, arbitrarily and without prior notice, changed his Hispanic/Latino race classification to "white." The misnamed "Justice" Network is . . . |

Staff (2022-09-24). Iran officials present anywhere securing national interests. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — Iranian government and the foreign policy apparatus are actively present anywhere that meets the interests of the Iranian nation, the Iranian Foreign Minister says.

Staff (2022-09-24). 36 killed due to lightning, heavy rain in India's Bihar. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — Lightning and heavy rains have caused a total of 36 deaths in India's eastern state of Bihar in the past 24 hours.

JANET (2022-09-24). 'Monarchy is a survival of the tyranny'. iacenter.org September 13, 2022 Irish Freedom Fighter, Marxist and labor leader James Connolly wrote these words in 1910. Connolly, who along with James Larkin, was a leader of the Irish Transport and General Union during the 1913 Dublin Lockout. The British government executed Connolly by firing squad in 1916 for his leadership role in that year's heroic Easter Rising. James Connolly What is monarchy? From whence does it derive its sanction? What has been its gift to humanity? Monarchy is a survival of the tyranny imposed by the hand of greed and treachery upon the human race in the darkest and most ignorant days of our hist…

Staff (2022-09-24). Nano Technology Festival, Exhibition to be held in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — The 13th International Nanotechnology Festival, Iran's largest nanotech exhibition, will be held in early October, showcasing the latest achievements in various nano-technological fields.

WSWS (2022-09-24). Berlin transport workers support struggle of US rail workers. wsws.org This letter was sent by the Berlin Transport Workers Action Committee to the Railroad Workers Rank-and-File Committee in the United States which is organising workers in opposition to the White House-brokered sellout contract announced last week to block a national strike.

Editor (2022-09-24). 'Operación Estrella Solitaria': una estratagema de los supremacistas blancos. workers.org El gobernador protofascista de Texas, Greg Abbott, está recibiendo mucha publicidad estos días por enviar en autobús a los migrantes que solicitan asilo y que han entrado en Estados Unidos desde la frontera mexicana, hacia el norte, a Washington, D.C., y a la ciudad de Nueva York. Ahora se le . . . |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-23). To Be or Not to Be: One With Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Deborah L. Armstrong "REFERENDUM" sign taped to car windshield. Photo: Eva K. Bartlett The right to hold free elections is one of the fundamentals of a democratic society, but it's a freedom which has been outlawed in Nazi-controlled Ukraine where eleven opposition parties have been banned. In August, the Kiev regime warned that anyone who promotes or…

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