Daily Archives: October 14, 2022

2022-10-14: News Headlines

Infobrics (2022-10-14). Indo-Russian Science & Technology Cooperation Research. infobrics.org Russia and India, as strategic partners, have developed their partnership in almost all areas of bilateral relations, including politics, security, defence, trade and economy, and culture. The two countries focus on strengthening, expanding and also deepening cooperation in science and technology…

Infobrics (2022-10-14). Jaishankar Defends India's Long-Standing Ties with Russia. infobrics.org Foreign minister S Jaishankar defended India's long-standing ties with Russia and chided the West for backing military dictatorship next door for decades…

Infobrics (2022-10-14). Africa-BRICS Youth Forum 2022 Discussed Agenda for 2023. infobrics.org The topic of the opening session of South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation was "Priorities for South Africa's 2023 BRICS Presidency"

____ (2022-10-12). GOP members of Congress question aim of continued U.S. aid to Ukraine. ecns.cn Republicans on Capitol Hill have been doubtful of the administration's end goal – if there is one.

Editor (2022-10-13). Scott Ritter: Pipelines v. USA. scheerpost.com

_____ (2022-10-13). North Korea's October rocket launches: international reactions. journal-neo.org Following on from our previous article on the escalation of tensions in October 2022, we will look at the international reaction to North Korea's rocket launches. The first thing that should be noted is that the launches did not cause any particular concern in either Russia or China. There was no outbreak of heated rhetoric …

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-10-13). U.S. rejection of Moscow's offer for peace talks is utterly inexcusable. mronline.org Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow was open to talks with the the U.S. or with Turkey on ending the war in Ukraine, claiming that U.S. officials are lying when they say Russia has been refusing peace talks.

Editor (2022-10-13). Biden's broken promise to avoid war with Russia may kill us all. mronline.org It is widely acknowledged that U.S. and NATO officers are now fully involved in Ukraine's operational war planning, aided by a broad range of U.S. intelligence gathering and analysis to exploit Russia's military vulnerabilities, while Ukrainian forces are armed with U.S. and NATO weapons and trained up to the standards of other NATO countries.

Russiancouncil.ru (2022-10-13). RIAC and VIF Discussed Current International Trends. russiancouncil.ru On October 13, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a roundtable titled "Keeping track of the Ukraine crisis: new phase and progressing strategic implications"

Anonymous103 (2022-10-13). Military Situation In Syria On October 13, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On October 13, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime once in Greater Idlib; | On October 13, clashes between the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army and Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham were reported in the center of Afrin; | On October 13, an SAA bus was targeted by IED blast in the Saboura area, west of Damascus. 18 SAA servicemen were killed; | On October 12, a high-level Turkish delegation consisting of the Minister of Interior and other political…

Infobrics (2022-10-13). India to Weigh Russia's Offer on Sakhalin-1 Oil Project. infobrics.org Petroleum minister says India has "healthy dialogue" with Russia following decree to seize foreign stake in project…

SP Editor (2022-10-13). Mark Fiore: Diplomacy Dismembered. scheerpost.com By Mark Fiore / Original to ScheerPost President Joe Biden was caught off guard when Saudi Arabia and Russia joined together to lead OPEC to cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day. After Biden's fist-bump visit to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia over the summer, he thought he had a deal with Mohammed bin Salman to …

Dave DeCamp (2022-10-13). Biden's National Security Strategynewsauthor">S China as the 'Most Consequential Geopolitical Challenge'. news.antiwar.com

____ (2022-10-12). Plenum makes full preparation for 20th CPC National Congress. ecns.cn The 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded its seventh plenary session in Beijing on Wednesday with a communique issued.

____ (2022-10-13). Press center for 20th CPC National Congress opens. ecns.cn The press center for the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) officially opened on Wednesday to provide services for journalists covering the congress.

____ (2022-10-12). Survey finds readers' topics of interest for CPC gathering. ecns.cn As the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is approaching, overseas readers eagerly await coverage of the discussions of topics such as China's economy, ecological protection and science and technology at this landmark event.

____ (2022-10-13). China's national parks record initial progress in ecological protection. ecns.cn China's first five national parks have recorded initial progress in promoting ecological protection on their first anniversary.

____ (2022-10-13). CPC Central Committee holds meeting to seek opinions from non-CPC personages on major report. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Aug. 31 to seek opinions and suggestions from non-CPC personages on the draft report to the upcoming 20th CPC National Congress.

____ (2022-10-13). China urges world to recommit to UN SDGs. ecns.cn China's Global Development Initiative challenges the world to recommit to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals at a time when "traditional development cooperation is flagging".

____ (2022-10-13). Congress news center officially opens. ecns.cn The media center for the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China officially opened on Wednesday.

____ (2022-10-13). Chinese industry association opposes latest U.S. chip restrictions. ecns.cn The Chinese Semiconductor Industry Association said on Thursday that it opposed the U.S. Department of Commerce's latest restrictions on selling chips and chip-making equipment to China, which interferes with international trade.

____ (2022-10-13). Red alkaline grass colors NW China wetland. ecns.cn Camels forage at Dulan Lake National Wetland Park in Qaidam Basin, northwest China's Qinghai Province. A large field of forage grass grows on the wetland in the park, turning it scarlet.

____ (2022-10-13). Press centers for 20th CPC National Congress open to journalists. ecns.cn The press centers for the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) officially opened in Beijing Media Center and Hotel Nikko New Century Beijing on Wednesday.

____ (2022-10-12). China plans to establish world's largest national park system. ecns.cn China will establish the world's largest national park system with more national parks to be built.

____ (2022-10-13). BDS satellite navigation system bolsters Chinese online map app's positioning capability. ecns.cn The daily positioning volume of China's homegrown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) during the National Day holidays exceeded 1 billion times, an increase of more than percent compared with the pre-holiday period.

____ (2022-10-13). Delegates to CPC national congress arriving in Beijing. ecns.cn Delegates from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) arrived in Beijing on Thursday.

WSWS (2022-10-13). Two German airport workers win case in Hessian State Court and must be rehired after their illegal dismissal. wsws.org The court cases coincide with a new international upsurge of the working class to which the court is not insensitive. The tide of labor strife is rising at the airport, too. Workers are fighting back against the sacrifices demanded of them due to the coronavirus pandemic, inflation and the war.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-10-13). For Peace in the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda Must Be Brought to Justice, Says Activist. towardfreedom.org Last month, Uganda paid the first installment ($65 million) of $325 million in reparations to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following an order from the International Court of Justice. This is for crimes Uganda committed during its occupation of the Congo in the 1990s. People's Dispatch interviewed Kambale Musavuli.

WSWS (2022-10-13). Rising protests among Amazon workers throughout the United States. wsws.org Protests at Amazon warehouses have been spreading across the country and internationally during the company's Prime Week sales holiday, the second such event it has held in 2022.

Ed Rampell (2022-10-13). Biden Administration wants kidnapped Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab to "suffer like Julian Assange," according to UN Human Rights Council special rapporteur. mronline.org New documentary by Alex Smith explores travails of Saab who faces U.S. wrath because he tried to circumvent Washington's onerous illegal sanctions levied against Venezuela.

Andras Ferencz (2022-10-13). To argue with the King of Growth. mronline.org Every culture has its myth. Ours is the myth of growth, whereby we perceive the accumulation of material and financial wealth as a proxy for social progress and human well-being. The example of Washington state illustrates how modern society struggles to abandon the illusion of limitless expansion, even when it tries to do right by its citizens.

_____ (2022-10-13). Turkey-Libya gas deal exacerbates regional situation. journal-neo.org Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlàºt àáavu≈üoƒülu, who was visiting Tripoli on October 3, signed with Najla Mangoush, Foreign Minister of the Government of National Unity (GoNU), memoranda on cooperation between the two countries in the oil and gas sector, including joint exploration. The deals were also signed by the North African country's Minister of Economy and …

____ (2022-10-13). Sanjiangyuan National Park launches digital exhibition platform. ecns.cn The Sanjiangyuan National Park launched a digital exhibition platform Wednesday on its first anniversary.

Labor Video Project (2022-10-13). South Africa National Dockers Strike With RTUSA JV Dube, David Hemson & Namibia Workers. indybay.org Dock workers in South Africa have gone on a national strike against the state controlled Transnet. They are fighting for major wage increases and against privatization of the ports being pushed by the ANC government.

David Sirota (2022-10-13). Health insurers get government cash, then jack up prices. mronline.org Despite the Affordable Care Act's promises, publicly subsidized insurers are jacking up prices while Americans lose coverage.

CA Poor People's Campaign (2022-10-13). Saturday 10/15: #OurVotingRights: PPC National Day of Action March & Rally in Sacramento. indybay.org Meet at Crocker Park, Third & N Street, Sacramento 95814, | then we'll march to the CA State Capitol Building to rally…

Editor (2022-10-13). New Data Tool Details Thousands of Corporations Profiting From US Prison Industry. scheerpost.com

____ (2022-10-13). New research identifies global soil conversation hotspots to protect ecosystem. ecns.cn An international research team identified global hotspots that should be the highest priority for soil nature conservation planning, to minimize adverse impacts on the ecosystems.

SP Editor (2022-10-13). Clean Energy Production Must Double by 2030 to Stave Off Catastrophe. scheerpost.com "Time is not on our side, and our climate is changing before our eyes," said the head of the World Meteorological Organization. "We need a complete transformation of the global energy system."

Fvorinoco (2022-10-13). FANB Taking Supplies by Helicopter to Las Tejerías. orinocotribune.com The FANB distributes food to remote parts of Las Tejerías using helicopter cargo drops | The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) remains active, serving the 23 sectors of Las Tejerías, in Aragua state, distributing food and supplies to the most remote areas using helicopters. This area suffered the most severe damage from last week's landslide, in which at least 43 Venezuelans perished. | The information was released by the head of the…

_____ (2022-10-12). Haitians Protest Threat Of Foreign Military Intervention In The Country. popularresistance.org On Monday October 10, under the banner of "Down with Ariel Henry, Down with the Foreign Occupation," hundreds of thousands of Haitians took to the streets across the country against a resolution passed by de-facto Prime Minister and acting President Ariel Henry, requesting the international community to send armed help to resolve gang-related crisis in Haiti. | In the capital Port-au-Prince, thousands of citizens gathered in the Cité-Soleil commune and marched towards the Pétion-Ville commune via the Delmas commune, demanding Henry's unconditional resignation and an end to all kinds of foreign interference in the…

Eds. (2022-10-12). Stop the Ukraine War—refuse to handle military cargo. mronline.org The ILWU must call for an end to the war. Most importantly we must appeal for port actions to the International Dockworkers Council (IDC) and the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) to refuse to handle military cargo by dockworkers around the world.

WSWS (2022-10-12). French government threatens to break nationwide refinery strike. wsws.org The state's threats to smash mounting strikes against inflation are a warning to workers in France and internationally that a massive escalation of the class struggle is underway.

Elham Hoominfar (2022-10-12). The main losers of 1979, the creators of the new revolution in Iran. mronline.org Recently in Iran's largest city, Tehran, Mahsa Amini, a twenty-two-year-old Kurdish woman, was arrested by Iran's "morality police" for allegedly wearing her government-mandated hijab inappropriately. She was beaten, and three days later, she died.

Staff (2022-10-12). Iran, Bulgaria confer on bilateral, intl. issues. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abbdollahian held a telephone conversation with his Bulgarian counterpart Nikolay Milkov over a host of bilateral, regional and international issues.

JANET (2022-10-12). Commentary on hurricanes/ 'Puerto Rico is not for sale'. iacenter.org By Deborah Rodriguez September 27, 2022 On Sept. 23, 1868, el Grito de Lares erupted in the town of Lares, Puerto Rico, the island's first armed uprising for independence and against Spanish colonial rule. Farmers, enslaved Africans and workers led a revolt for Puerto Rico's independence, to abolish slavery and to end worker abuse and exploitation via the "libreta de jornalero" or day-laborer's passbook. They fought for social and economic improvements and control of the archipelago's finances. Statue of Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances, called father of the Puerto Rican nation, who said 'I don't want colonial status,…

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