7 September 2023 Archives

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-09-07). PM Modi unveils plan to strengthen ASEAN-India cooperation. plenglish.com Jakarta, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who ended his visit to Indonesia on Thursday, presented a proposal to strengthen cooperation between his country and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-09-06). Argentina is ready to cooperate with Ethiopia in framework of BRICS. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) Argentina is ready to cooperate with Ethiopia and seize the new opportunities that the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) have opened to both countries, Argentine Ambassador Gustavo Teodoro Grippo said, quoted by local press on Wednesday.

Newsclick (2023-09-07). G20: What's in it for the Global South? peoplesdispatch.org Economist Dr Biswajit Dhar talks about what to expect from the forthcoming G20 summit being held in Delhi, India. He says the rhetoric about gains to developing countries from the G20 summits is hype…

M. K. Bhadrakumar, Consortium News. (2023-09-06). G20: Last Waltz In A World Torn Apart. popularresistance.org India's Modi government is not perplexed by the decisions of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping not to attend the G20 Summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9-10. Its intuitive cognition helps to be stoical. | India's high-calibre diplomats would have divined some time ago that an event conceived in the world of yesterday, before the new cold war came roaring in, wouldn't have the same scale and significance today. | Yet, Delhi must feel disappointed, as the compulsions of Putin or Xi Jinping have nothing to do with their countries' relations with India.

FP Explainers (2023-09-07). Revealed: Why China's Xi Jinping is skipping the G20 meeting in Delhi. firstpost.com

FP Staff (2023-09-07). Act East in action – Delhi to Dili: PM Modi announces opening of Indian embassy in Timor Leste. firstpost.com Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to establish an Indian embassy in Dili, Timor-Leste during the ASEAN-India Summit in Jakarta on Thursday. | "The decision is a reflection of the importance India attaches to ASEAN, and its relations with Timor Leste," the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement. | "This decision was warmly welcomed by Timor Leste and ASEAN members," added the statement. | Timor Leste joined ASEAN in 2022 as an observer, before becoming its full member. | "Act East in action — Delhi to Dili! At the ASEAN-India Summit in Jakarta, PM @narendramodi announces decision to open our Em…

FP Staff (2023-09-07). 'India showing global leadership at the right time': Rishi Sunak heaps praise on PM Modi. firstpost.com India's diversity and its extraordinary successes mean it is the "right country" at the "right time" to hold the G20 presidency, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday, as he hailed Narendra Modi's leadership over the last year, stressing that India's presidency of the bloc came when the world is facing innumerable challenges. | In an interview with the Press Trust of India, just days ahead of the G20 summit on September 9-10, Sunak, the first Indian-origin prime minister of Britain, said the relationship between the UK and India will define the future of the two countries, even more than it is defi…

FP Staff (2023-09-07). US wants G20 to help reshape, scale up multilateral development banks like IMF & World Bank. firstpost.com The US wants the G20 nations to collaborate in reforming and expanding multilateral development institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, a top White House official has said. | John Kirby, the White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communication, stated on Wednesday that the United States will emphasize its commitment to the G20 as a vital platform for addressing global challenges during President Joe Biden's upcoming visit to India. | President Biden is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi on Friday to take part in the G20 Summit. | "One of our main goals headi…

Mehul Reuben Das (2023-09-07). Watch: Aditya-L1 shares an epic selfie with the Earth, Moon from its journey to the Sun. firstpost.com India's Aditya-L1 spacecraft recently took some remarkable pictures of Earth and the Moon from space while it was on its way to a special place called Lagrange Point 1. In addition to these pictures, the spacecraft even shared a selfie. | This spacecraft's main purpose is to study the Sun. Right now, it's making its way to a spot known as the Sun-Earth L1 point. This location in space is quite unique because it's where the gravitational forces of the Sun and Earth balance out perfectly. | #AdityaL1 — ISRO (@isro)

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-09-07). Preventing measles outbreaks in the US through vaccination. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists India as the top country for measles outbreaks, with more than 57,500 reported cases. In the U.S., there have been 19 cases of the highly infectious virus this year. "Measles is a viral infection that is highly contagious if you're not immune to it," says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center. "It's generally characterized by fever, cough, runny nose and a pretty characteristic rash that…

infobrics (2023-09-06). Russia Eyes Collaboration with India in Quantum Tech. infobrics.org Russia will first present a detailed proposal to India for possible collaboration at the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit next year…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-06). Cuba and Africa: An Endearing Solidarity. libya360.wordpress.com Tanalís Padilla Cuban and Angolan soldiers. courtesy: Gerardo Hernandez Last month, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel visited Angola, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa. In the latter country he participated in the summit of the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in the capacity that Cuba holds as president of the grouping of G-77…

Staff (2023-09-07). G20: What's in it for the Global South? peoplesdispatch.org Dr Biswajit Dhar is former professor of economics at JNU's Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, and has worked in numerous capacities in and outside government as a trade and economic analyst. In this interview, he tells NewsClick what to expect from the forthcoming G20 summit being held in Delhi, India, over 8 and 9 …

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-09-06). India reacciona a ausencia de líderes en cumbre del G20. telesurtv.net El canciller indio señaló que la decisión de los líderes de Rusia y China no tiene que ver específicamente con la India.

TASS (2023-09-06). Lavrov to meet with his Indian, Laotian counterparts in Jakarta — Russian diplomat. tass.com Maria Zakharova also pointed out that "Indonesian President Joko Widodo's gala dinner, which will be attended by all the heads of delegations that have arrived to participate in the East Asia Summit," is scheduled for Wednesday evening…

People's Dispatch. (2023-09-06). Yemeni Government Criticizes Decision To Cut Humanitarian Aid. popularresistance.org On Monday, September 4, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, member of Yemen's Supreme Political Council, criticized the World Food Programme's (WFP) decision to scale back its aid program in the country. He termed it part of the US attempts to continue the humanitarian crisis there. Earlier, the WFP had stated that due to lack of funds, it will be forced to cut the size of its aid program in Yemen from September. | Al-Houthi met with WFP's Middle East and North Africa director, Corinne Fleischer, and claimed that the UN has failed to carry out the humanitarian program in Yemen which faces what is considered to be one of the…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-09-06). CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan opens country's first solar city Sanchi. plenglish.com On this occasion, he said that Sanchi would soon become a net zero city. Mr. Chouhan said that as per the wish of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we have inaugurated the first Solar City in Madhya Pradesh. | The Chief Minister called upon the people to plant trees and make maximum use of renewable energy. He also announced the start of an irrigation system with solar pumps for the farmers. | Roof-top solar panels have been installed in all institutions like railway stations, schools, government offices, street lights, and post offices in Sanchi. | Solar study lamps are also being used in homes in the city. | Along…

Hendrik Sybrandy (2023-09-06). G20 nations promises clash with record fossil fuel subsidies in 2022. america.cgtn.com The G20 summit is set to get underway in New Delhi on September 9. | The climate issue is expected to be front and center, and as vexing as ever. | A new report finds G20 countries poured record levels of public money into fossil fuels last year despite promises to reduce some of it. | CGTN's Hendrik Sybrandy reports.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-07). 18th G20 summit set to begin in New Delhi as faultlines among members widen. peoplesdispatch.org The West's disregard of concerns from the Global South on reforms of international financial institutions and climate change, as well as attempts to use the forum for geopolitical gains, has made consensus elusive…

Staff (2023-09-06). G20 coal emissions continue to rise despite climate pledges. thecanary.co New research has shown that G20 per capita coal emissions are continuing to rise. These coal-based emissions are increasing despite climate pledges and transition efforts from some members of the group of major economies. The group's leaders will meet in New Delhi this weekend for its main annual summit. Collectively, the countries in the forum …

sputnikglobe (2023-09-07). Pentagon Unveils New $600Mln Ukraine Package, Includes Equipment to Augment Air Defenses. sputnikglobe.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States announced a new $600 million security package for Ukraine to include munitions in addition to equipment augmenting air defenses, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said on Thursday.

Tanupriya Singh (2023-09-06). Demands for justice grow after 56 people killed in protest against foreign forces in the DRC. peoplesdispatch.org Congolese forces killed 56 people in the city of Goma during a protest against the presence of UN and EAC armed forces in the region. The eastern provinces of North Kivu and Ituri have been under a state of siege amid a resurgence of attacks by the Rwanda-backed M23…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-06). Libya's Attempt to Normalize Relations with the Zionist Entity is a Multilayered Treason. libya360.wordpress.com Essam Elkorghli There are Arab governments going along with the U.S. push to normalize relations with Israel. But people throughout the region are adamantly opposed to such treachery, as the now suspended Foreign Minister of Libya discovered. Following the destruction of Libya by NATO in 2011, the country has had consecutive governments that were parachuted…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-09-06). Ghanaians trust in future thanks to training received in Cuba. plenglish.com Accra, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The confidence in Ghana ¥s future thanks to men and women trained in Cuba was expressed by the country ¥s former first lady Nana Konadu Agyeman.

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-07). Rising Tide national speaking tour gathers new support. greenleft.org.au

Kit Klarenberg (2023-09-07). Transparency International's Covert Agenda: A Pawn in Western Intelligence's Game. mintpressnews.com Founded by World Bank apparatchiks in 1993, Transparency International has relentlessly exposed public sector corruption in the Global South while leaving government-enabled criminality in rich nations unexamined.

WSWS (2023-09-07). New Zealand senior doctors hold nationwide strike. wsws.org The first-ever national strike by thousands of senior doctors and dentists in the public hospitals, while limited by the union, is a sign of ongoing ferment among the health workers.

Anonymous (2023-09-06). Palestine in Pictures: August 2023. electronicintifada.net A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine…

Kit Klarenberg (2023-09-06). Leaked: CIA Front Preparing Color Revolution in Indonesia. mintpressnews.com Documents passed anonymously to MintPress News reveal the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a notorious CIA front, is laying the foundations for a color revolution in Indonesia. | In February 2024, citizens will elect their President, Vice President, and both legislative chambers. Current maverick leader Joko Widodo, widely beloved by Indonesians, is ineligible for a third term, and NED is preparing to seize power in the wake of his departure. This operation is conducted despite the leaks indicating Jakarta's foremost intelligence agency has expressly warned U.S. officials to stay put. | The paper trail is…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-09-06). The National Health Service is not national. expose-news.com In his passing observations, Dr. Vernon Coleman explains why the word "national" in the National Health Service is a misnomer. He also gives advice about the "germ theory controversy," why the covid …

Staff (2023-09-06). Kenyan Activist at Africa Climate Summit: Fund Green Transition on Continent & Phase Out Fossil Fuels. democracynow.org As the Africa Climate Summit wraps up in Nairobi, we get an update from Kenyan climate justice organizer Eric Njuguna. He says the focus by Western leaders and multinational companies on establishing carbon markets in Africa amounts to a "ticket to pollute" without directly addressing the need to phase out fossil fuels. Njuguna says a key demand from activists is to create access to climate financing without new debt burdens on the continent's governments. "Africa is bearing the brunt of the climate crisis and people are dying," says Njuguna.

WSWS (2023-09-06). UK: Almost 240,000 people died in past two years waiting for National Health Service care. wsws.org The homicidal policies put in place by the Conservative government under Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the pandemic resulted in over 230,000 deaths and contributed massively to the surge in waiting list deaths.

WSWS (2023-09-06). The continuing struggle against Pabloism, the centrism of the OCI and the emerging crisis within the ICFI. wsws.org The following lecture was delivered by Samuel Tissot, a member of the Parti de l'égalité socialiste (PES), the French section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI), and Peter Schwarz, a leading member of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP), the German section of the ICFI. It was delivered to the Socialist Equality Party (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023.

Dave Zirin (2023-09-07). WNBA legend Chamique Holdsclaw discusses her mental health struggles. therealnews.com Chamique Holdsclaw's legendary status was apparent from the moment she entered professional sports. After helping the US National Team win the Gold Medal in the 1998 Berlin Olympics, Holdsclaw was named Rookie of the Year in her first WNBA season. Her talent on the court and success in the WNBA projected an image of stability, but away from the cameras, Holdsclaw struggled with her mental health. On this episode of Edge of Sports, Holdsclaw speaks frankly about her struggles with depression, bipolar disorder, and fame. Elsewhere in the episode, Dave rails against the "anti-woke" Trumpist response to the US…

Editor (2023-09-07). LEAKED: CIA Front Preparing Color Revolution In Indonesia. scheerpost.com By Kit Klarenberg / MintPress News Documents passed anonymously to MintPress News reveal the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a notorious CIA front, is laying the foundations for a color revolution in Indonesia. In February 2024, citizens will elect their President, Vice President, and both legislative chambers. Current maverick leader Joko Widodo, widely beloved by Indonesians, is …

sputnikglobe (2023-09-07). 'Not Legally Possible' for US to Transfer Seized Russian Assets to Ukraine – Int'l Lawyer. sputnikglobe.com While the United States might be aiming to undermine Russian prestige by seizing its assets abroad and transferring them to Ukraine, it is in fact harming its own reputation by engaging in lawless behavior that violates the sanctity of private property underpinning the capitalist system, an international legal expert told Sputnik.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-07). Rossiya Segodnya Media Group Says Monitors Detention of Sputnik Armenia Columnist. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Rossiya Segodnya international media group ris monitoring the situation with the detention of Sputnik Armenia columnist Ashot Gevorgyan and expects that an unbiased investigation will be conducted into the matter.

TASS (2023-09-07). Russia appreciates Bangladesh pursues its own interests despite Western pressure — MFA. tass.com "We appreciate very much that despite the unprecedented pressure exerted on all countries, including Bangladesh, by the US and its allies over the so-called Ukrainian issue, our friends are pursuing exclusively their own national interests in their foreign policy," Sergey Lavrov said…

TASS (2023-09-07). DPRK supports Russia's fight for justice, wants to boost camaraderie — envoy to Moscow. tass.com "We once again express our full support to the Russian people, with whom we stand in solidarity in their just cause of defending their country's sovereign right and achieving international justice," Sin Hong Chol said…

Dayton Martindale, In These Times. (2023-09-06). Nationalization Is A Great American Tradition. popularresistance.org This country has a long history of nationalization. During World War I and II, the federal government took control of radio, railroads, coal mines and more. In 1984, the government took 80% ownership in the failing Continental Illinois bank, which remained nationalized until 1991. The Bush administration took similar action to bail out banks in 2008. Many of these nationalization efforts were temporary, and companies that tolerated government control during crisis eventually wanted the reins back. But there are (inevitably) new crises to come, and some nationalizations‚Äâ—‚Ä&acir…

Jeff Wright, Mondoweiss. (2023-09-06). United Nations Committee Releases Exhaustive Study On Israeli Occupation. popularresistance.org Last week, the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) issued a study two years in the making: The Legality of the Israeli Occupation of the Occupied Territories, Including East Jerusalem. | Committee Chair Ambassador Cheikh Niang introduced the study commissioned by the CEIRPP and prepared by the Irish Human Rights Centre of the National University of Ireland in Galway. Niang said, "The relevance and urgency of this study cannot be overstated… It is incumbent upon us, the international community, to deepen our understanding of the legal issues raised by this pr…

La Tizza (2023-09-06). The struggle for peace and true democracy in Colombia. peoplesdispatch.org The National Participation Committee (CNP) was installed in Bogotá on August 3 with the presence of Commander Pablo Beltrán, Chief Negotiator of Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN), Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia, and 81 delegates from different sectors of civil society. The installation of the CNP marked the formal start of the six-month bilateral ceasefire between the two parties that had been agreed upon on June 9 in the last round of talks held in Cuba. | "Count on us to solve causes, not consequences of the armed conflict," were the words of Pablo Beltrán, making it clear that armed violence is o…

National Lawyers Guild. (2023-09-06). NLG Condemns Georgia Indictments Of Stop Cop City Protesters. popularresistance.org The National Lawyers Guild condemns in the strongest terms the state of Georgia's indictments, announced today, Tuesday, September 5, against 61 people targeted for allegedly being part of the movement to #StopCopCity. These indictments, filed by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, aim to quell the growing, massive public movement to bring an end to the construction of a military police training facility in the Atlanta Forest, and to use RICO, domestic terrorism and money laundering charges to portray a popular movement as an unlawful conspiracy. | "The National Lawyers Guild strongly condemns the state of Georg…

Staff (2023-09-06). 7 September, Online Event: From Cop City to Palestine. samidoun.net Thursday, September 7th at 4 pm/PST, 6 pm/CST, 7 pm/EST Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3916866850878/WN_0uE1FdifRrGN9iwgy6k-8A#/registration This is the first in a series of webinars in partnership with Black Alliance for Peace and Samidoun (an international aid organization for Palestinian prisoners and their families). The webinar will examine the connections between the Black and Palestinian struggles. Panelists will explore …

Staff (2023-09-06). Audio interview: Palestinian prisoners' movement declares plans for hunger strike to resist repression. samidoun.net On Tuesday, 5 September, Charlotte Kates, international coordinator of Samidoun, spoke with Salaamedia, based in South Africa, about the current situation of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails. Specifically, the Palestinian prisoners' movement has called for a collective open hunger strike launching on Thursday, 14 September against the latest attacks on prisoners' living conditions by …

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-09-07). Ecuador is thrown into a panic for new bomb threats. plenglish.com Quito, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador ¥s National Police Department dismissed two new bomb threats in this capital while citizens got panic-striken before such increasingly frequent events in the country.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-09-07). Colombia and U.S. to review immigration progress. plenglish.com In this regard, the Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva Duran, along with a group of senior officials, held a meeting with the U.S. House National Security Advisor Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall; the head of the U.S. Southern Command Gen. Laura Richardson; and the Undersecretary of State for Management and Resources Richard Verma. | The parties discussed the challenges faced by both nations on different aspects, especially irregular migration. | The Foreign Ministry said they pledged to continue working together, in bodies such as the tripartite group (which they share with Panama), in regional and multilateral spheres and…

Andreas Sartzekis (2023-09-07). In Greece, megaracists fan the flames of megafires. internationalviewpoint.org

Becky Brown (2023-09-07). Report from the Fourth International's Revolutionary Youth Camp. internationalviewpoint.org This summer, younger comrades met to foster international solidarity across the socialist movement. | – | / |

Dan La Botz (2023-09-07). Trump Faces Four Trials, Uses Charges Against Him to Fuel Campaign. internationalviewpoint.org Former president Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign and his coming trials are driving the United States toward an unprecedented constitutional crisis. | – | / |

Dan La Botz (2023-09-07). AMLO's Mexico: Fourth Transformation? internationalviewpoint.org "AMLO is almost done and there has been no Fourth Transformation. AMLO failed to deal with Covid, to stop the drug violence, and to really lift up the poor, at the same time that he's undermined democracy and militarized society." | – | / |

ecns.cn (2023-09-07). UK highlights service-sector strength at fair. ecns.cn With the United Kingdom being the guest of honor for the China International Fair for Trade in Services, government officials and business leaders have hailed the prospects of China-UK cooperation in the services sector.

ecns.cn (2023-09-07). 2023 CIFTIS: Driving economic recovery and maintaining commitment to openness. ecns.cn The 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) has garnered considerable attention and expanded its international reach, signaling positive developments in the Chinese economy.

ecns.cn (2023-09-07). China retains its appeal for foreign firms. ecns.cn China's wide appeal for multinational corporations will continue due to its robust domestic market and its unwavering dedication to opening up its economy, despite a globally subdued investment sentiment, said analysts and heads of foreign chambers of commerce in China.

ecns.cn (2023-09-07). CIFTIS sees large number of deals, shares opportunities. ecns.cn The 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) has further highlighted its role as a vital platform for enterprises across the world, to strengthen cooperation and seek further development opportunities.

ecns.cn (2023-09-07). Compassion knows no borders: Chinese nurses awarded Florence Nightingale Medal. ecns.cn Seven Chinese nurses were presented the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest international award given to a nurse, at the 49th Florence Nightingale Award ceremony in Beijing on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-09-07). New energy vehicles attract visitors at 2023 Smart China Exp. ecns.cn The 2023 Smart China Expo (SCE 2023) at the Chongqing International Expo Center will run through Sept. 6.

Editor (2023-09-07). 'Clear as the full Moon': The revolution will not be defeated. mronline.org Who doesn't remember when Chávez announced on national television that Maduro should be the candidate to succeed him in case he died? It was December 8, 2012, and this was the first time he talked about dying, at least in public, and the first time we wondered if our revolutionary process could really continue without him.

FP Staff (2023-09-07). Boeing, Airbus likely to stop supplying spare parts to Pakistan International Airlines. firstpost.com Marred by "serious cash flow problems," Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is expected to stop receiving supply of spare parts from Boeing and Airbus. | According to a report by The News, Boeing and Airbus, which are top aircraft manufacturers, are likely to discontinue the supply of spare parts to cash-strapped Pakistan by mid-September. | PIA, in a summary sent to the Economic Coordination Committee (EEC) for an emergency bailout, expressed its inability to pay its creditors, aircraft lessor, fuel suppliers, airport operators, and the International Air Transport Association (IATA). | Pakistan's largest airli…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-09-07). PM Shtayyeh opens 13th Palestinian International Book Fair. plenglish.com Ramallah, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh opened on Thursday the 13th Palestinian International Book Fair, in which about 390 publishers and agencies from various countries will be attending.

Jessica Corbett (2023-09-07). US Continues to Finance Fossil Fuel Projects Abroad Despite COP26 Pledge. truthout.org Amid a worsening climate emergency and preparations for a pair of United Nations summits to tackle it, an analysis released Wednesday called out multiple countries including the United States for continuing to dump a collective $4.4 billion into fossil fuel projects abroad after pledging to stop such public financing by the end of last year. Oil Change International (OCI) found that the United… |

John Kendall Hawkins (2023-09-07). Chile: The Aussie Connection, An Interview with Clinton Fernandes. counterpunch.org Clinton Fernandes is Professor of International and Political Studies at the University of New South Wales. He has published on the relationship between science, diplomacy and international law, intelligence operations in foreign policy, the political and regulatory implications of new technology and Australia's external relations more generally. His research in the Future Operations Research Group

Karen Yamanaka (2023-09-07). North Korea's chronic food shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. internationalviewpoint.org The North Korean regime has faced a severely deteriorated economic situation due to international sanctions, floods, and the Covid-19 pandemic. In January 2020, the country blocked cross-border trade and expelled humanitarian workers and foreign diplomats facing the danger of the Covid-19 pandemic. The closure of the country delayed the arrival of the pandemic. However, as early as March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that a Covid-19 epidemic was developing in North Korea. Its strategy of sealing its external borders in January 2020 prevented essential supplies from entering the country, lead…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-09-07). 2023 Intenational Underground Railroad Month: 1854 Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar. indybay.org Discover the 1854 Gold Mining District of Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar as we featured this 2023 International Underground Railroad Month…

Kiran Yeh (2023-09-07). How I Fought for Trans Justice This Summer. aclu.org Holding up a pink and blue "Trans People Belong" poster, I marched alongside 150 fellow high school students in the heart of Washington D.C this summer. Angered by the direct attack on either themselves or their trans siblings, we linked our arms to protest the approximately As an intern and a participant in the ACLU National Advocacy Institute (NAI), I had spent the past week learning alongside other young activists about major ACLU issues. The NAI is an annual program th…

Kirill Medvedev (2023-09-07). Russia Policing and Repression Prisons The Persecution of Azat Miftakhov Is Designed to Silence Russia's Left. internationalviewpoint.org

Mark Gruenberg (2023-09-07). Workers turning Los Angeles into the epicenter of national strike wave. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES—The way events are rushing onwards in Los Angeles, what's been the national capital of labor activism for much of 2023 may be the national epicenter of an historic strike wave by the fall of 2023. Or, as SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher told one interviewer, "Here we go again." That's because if bosses keep …

Mehul Reuben Das (2023-09-07). Apple stocks take a mighty tumble after China authorities banned iPhones in their offices. firstpost.com Apple Inc. experienced its most significant stock decline in a month following reports that Chinese government agencies have instructed their staff not to use iPhones for work purposes. | These directives were issued in August to employees at ministries focusing on investment, trade, and international affairs, according to sources cited by The South China Morning Post. Importantly, these usage restrictions were not applied to all government ministries, and they exclusively targeted iPhones, designed in California, without affecting other smartphones from foreign brands. | Some central government agency employees…

mforinoco (2023-09-07). Erdogan Stresses Need of Switching to National Currencies in Trade With Russia. orinocotribune.com The Turkish and Russian presidents met in Sochi where they also agreed on sending free grain shipments to African nations in need. | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on 4 September told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the two nations need to move forward with using national currencies for bilateral trade. | "I believe that the fact that the heads of our central banks will meet here today is important from the point of view of a step towards the transition to national currencies in bilateral relations between us," the Turkish president stated during a meeting with Putin in the city of Sochi. | Fo…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-09-07). Mayo Clinic Minute: Debunking head lice myths. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org September is National Head Lice Prevention Month, a time to understand the signs, importance of screenings and available treatments. Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, debunks common myths associated with these wingless insects, which affect millions of children each school year. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/ctiD5nbMv7M Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 58) is in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-09-07). Hurricane Idalia prompts closure of Mayo Clinic in Florida. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Image courtesy of NOAA Hurricane Idalia continued to strengthen overnight, making landfall along the Florida gulf coast as a Category 3 storm. The National Hurricane Center estimated maximum sustained winds at 125 MPH. Damaging winds and devastating storm surge are anticipated. The storm is expected to track to the Northeast before turning back out into the Atlantic Ocean. Mayo Clinic has been closely monitoring Hurricane Idalia. Due to expected weather conditions, the clinic in Jacksonville,…

Newswire Editor (2023-09-07). Alarming Increase in Attacks on Education Worldwide. commondreams.org More than 3,000 attacks on education were identified in 2022, a 17 percent increase over the previous year, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) reported in a data release today. The data were released ahead of the fourth United Nations International Day to Protect Education from Attack, on September 9, 2023. Almost one-third of all attacks took place in just three countries: Ukraine, Myanmar, and Burkina Faso, with the war in Ukraine accounting for the majority. According to GCPEA, more than 6,700 students and educators were reportedly killed, injured, abducted, arrested, or otherwise…

Sam Friedman, Suzie Kay (2023-09-07). Marxism and the U.S. Response to the HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 Pandemics. internationalviewpoint.org Over the last fifty years, few public health professionals have considered Marxism relevant, and few Marxists have treated pandemics as an imminent concern. We offer this paper to help both public health professionals and socialists view pandemics through a Marxist lens. Although our theory is global in scope, we focus on the U.S. because of its scientific prominence, its outsized global role in the AIDS pandemic, and its poor performance in the COVID-19 pandemic. Our hope is that this piece will strengthen efforts to protect public health and, better yet, help usher capitalism off the Earth before it makes the p…

Sam Gindin (2023-09-07). A Missed Opportunity? A Closer Look at the Teamster-UPS Agreement. internationalviewpoint.org "The crisis in the labor movement is not primarily about union density but about the nature of unions today." | – | / |

teleSUR (2023-09-07). Argentina and China Foster Resources and Energy Cooperation. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Argentina and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for scientific cooperation on matters related to natural resources and energy transition. | RELATED: | This document was signed by the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Daniel Filmus during his visit to Beijing, where he met with the Minister of Natural Resources Wang Guanghua. | The MoU is focused on the creation of a virtual binational…

teleSUR (2023-09-07). Mexico: Claudia Sheinbaum to Be MORENA Presidential Candidate. telesurenglish.net After winning a selection process conducted through polls on Wednesday, Claudia Sheinbaum, the former governor of Mexico City, will be the presidential candidate for the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party for the 2024 elections. | RELATED: | Alfonso Durazo, the president of the MORENA's National Council, read the results of the five polls that defined the presidential candidacy for this leftist political group.

teleSUR (2023-09-07). Venezuelan VP Delcy Rodriguez Meets Chinese FM Wang. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi met with Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, who is in Beijing for the 17th meeting of the Mixed Venezuela-China High-Level Committee. | RELATED: | Wang said that China and Venezuela have forged an unbreakable, ironclad friendship, and China firmly supports Venezuela in safeguarding its national independence and dignity. | China is ready to work with Vene…

Tony Pecinovsky (2023-09-07). Black trade unionists challenge corporate power in America. peoplesworld.org St. LOUIS — "With union support workers are becoming aware that they are pawns in the bottom line in a corporate drive for profits," Claude Cummings, International President of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) told more than 200 St. Louis area Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) members and friends gathered at the downtown …

Volodymyr Artiukh (2023-09-07). Labour, protests, and state capitalism in Belarus, three years on. internationalviewpoint.org

Zane McNeill (2023-09-07). Mexico's Supreme Court Rules to Federally Decriminalize Abortion. truthout.org On Wednesday, Mexico's Supreme Court ruled to decriminalize abortion at the federal level, holding that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional. The ruling not only orders that abortion be removed from penal codes, but requires that federal public health institutions offer abortion procedures. "Today is a day of victory and justice for Mexican women! |

Adriaan Alsema (2023-09-06). Court orders arrest of Colombia's former Congress president. colombiareports.com Colombia's Supreme Court ordered the arrest of former Senator Arturo Char, a member of the powerful Char Clan from Barranquilla, on election fraud charges. The high court also requested international…

Ann Brown (2023-09-06). Fact Check: Warrick Dunn Is Part Owner Of The Atlanta Falcons And His Stake Is Up 500%. moguldom.com Many former professional athletes go broke after their high-money-making careers are over. But not former National Football League running back Warrick Dunn, an All-Pro player. He has managed to secure a substantial fortune through a strategic investment made after retiring from the NFL. Dunn, who was raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as the oldest of …

Atlanta Community Press Collective (2023-09-06). Georgia Attorney General Brings RICO Indictments Against 61 Activists. itsgoingdown.org Report from the Atlanta Community Press Collective (ACPC) on draconian RICO charges filed against activists by the Georgia Attorney General's office. To read a statement from the National Lawyer's Guild (NLG) on the indictments, go here. The Georgia Attorney General's Office filed RICO (racketeering-influenced and corrupt organizations) indictments against 61 individuals alleged to be part…

Binoy Kampmark (2023-09-06). Weasel Words in Aviation: Protecting the Flying Kangaroo. counterpunch.org Ambrose Bierce, whose cynicism supplies a hygienic cold wash, suggested that politics was always a matter of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. It involved conducting public affairs for private advantage. How right he was. One way of justifying such an effort is through using such words as the "national interest" or "public interest"

Chris Walker (2023-09-06). Former Proud Boys Leader Tarrio Receives 22-Year Sentence for Capitol Attack. truthout.org Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, the former chair and leader of the Proud Boys, a far right, white nationalist organization, was sentenced on Tuesday to 22 years in federal prison for his involvement in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Tarrio was convicted in May of seditious conspiracy for his role in the attack, trying to keep former President Donald Trump in power beyond his single term… |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-06). Britain Secretly Helped Chile's Military Intelligence after Pinochet Coup. libya360.wordpress.com John McEvoy General Augusto Pinochet. (Photo: Greg Smith / Corbis via Getty) As the Pinochet regime rounded up and murdered its political opponents after the 1973 coup, a UK Foreign Office propaganda unit passed material to Chile's military intelligence and MI6 connived with a key orchestrator of the coup, newly declassified files show. Foreign Office…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-06). Declasified: How US Deceived Russia Over NATO Enlargement. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg Yeltsin kept schtum on the military bloc, and enlisted in the Partnership for Peace. Despite plans for NATO expansion already being well-laid by that point, and very much in motion, he remained silent about developments. On August 18th, the official Twitter account of NATO's Allied Command Transformation published a slick animated video, seeking to…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-06). From Ukraine to the United Nations: Orlando Boronat's Operation against Cuba. libya360.wordpress.com Kato Arkonada According to State Department sources, there is an operation underway against the Cuban Revolution executed by Orlando Gutierrez Boronat, an ultra-right-winger linked to the U.S. intelligence services and who has just recently traveled to Ukraine. The objective here is to complicate the G77+China summit to be held in Havana to be held in…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-06). 'Our Major Interest is Copper': Britain Backed Pinochet's Bloody Coup in Chile. libya360.wordpress.com Mark Curtis The presidential palace in Chile was bombed by tanks and jets in October 1973. (Photo: Bettmann via Getty) When the Chilean military overthrew Salvador Allende's democratically elected government in September 1973, UK officials supported and worked with the new junta as it indulged in widespread atrocities, declassified files show. On 11 September 1973,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-06). Regionally Integrating the Horn of Africa and the Nile Basin. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison Ethiopian president Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki in 2018 (Photo: G.M.A. Visafric) BAR Contributing Editor Ann Garrison spoke with Amanuel Biedemariam, author of The History of the USA in Eritrea, about regional integration in the Horn of Africa and the Nile Basin among Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia. ANN GARRISON: In the peace agreement…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-06). Ukraine's Dystopian "State in a Smartphone" App is Taking the World by Storm — with America's Help. libya360.wordpress.com Stavroula Pabst [Photo credit: Unsplash] DIIA, Ukraine's state-in-a-smartphone app, has digitized and centralized 120 government services as part of Ukraine's wartime efforts to become the most "convenient" and "digital" country on earth. Despite the app's dystopian disposition and severe prospects for mass surveillance and function creep, similar versions, like Estonia's mRIIK and Poland's mObywatel, are being…

Jessica Corbett (2023-09-06). Greenhouse Gases, Global Sea Level and Ocean Temperature Broke Records in 2022. truthout.org Amid a summer of extreme heat across the Northern Hemisphere, an international report led by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration revealed Wednesday that greenhouse gas concentrations, global sea level, and ocean heat content hit record highs last year. "This report is a truly international effort to more fully understand climate conditions around the globe and our capacity to… |

John Bachtell (2023-09-06). Russian activist Boris Kagarlitsky among those arrested in latest wave of repression. peoplesworld.org Over 20,000 anti-war opponents have been subject to a wide range of reprisals by Russian authorities to silence all public dissent against the invasion of Ukraine. Amnesty International, which has been tracking the repression, compiled the figure in a recent report. Meanwhile, a team of experts convened by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human …

John Dinges (2023-09-06). First Person Singular: An Internationalist ‚Ä®in Chile Fifty Years Ago. progressive.org I still have the cassette recording I made of Salvador Allende's

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Murray Horton (2023-09-06). In the U.S., Investigative Journalists Are Blacklisted, Ostracized and Even Jailed; in New Zealand, They are Honored. covertactionmagazine.com Nicky Hager received major national award in New Zealand after having written a book exposing a secret spy base in New Zealand and exposing other state crimes Julian Assange has, thus far, spent years in a British prison, awaiting extradition to the U.S., where he faces charges under the Espionage Act, for which he could …

Newswire Editor (2023-09-06). Friends of the Earth Responds to Interior's Announcements for Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. commondreams.org Today, the Biden Administration

Newswire Editor (2023-09-06). White House Must Stop Dirty Drilling Everywhere. commondreams.org The Biden administration will reportedly announce that it is canceling oil and gas lease sales in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) that were conducted during the Trump administration. In response, Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter issued the following statement: "The only way to meaningfully combat the climate crisis is by stopping new fossil fuel projects. The Biden administration is right to stop these egregious drilling plans — and they must apply the same standard to all other oil drilling and fracking operations in the country. President Biden campaigned on a pledge to…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-06). Dilemmas of Humanity conference concludes in Santiago. peoplesdispatch.org Movement leaders and intellectuals from across Latin America and the Caribbean met in Santiago, Chile, from September 2-4 for the Regional Dilemmas of Humanity Conference. The conference, organized by the regional social movement platform ALBA Movimientos and the International Peoples' Assembly (IPA), sought to provoke debate and discussion about building socialism and finding solutions to address the major crises generated by capitalism. | Peoples Dispatch was on the ground to bring you everything you need to know about the Santiago Dilemma's Conference on regarding building socialism in the region and what it w…

Ray Acheson, Joshua Frank, Janene Yazzie (2023-09-06). Abolition and the Nuclear Age. counterpunch.org Speakers Ray Acheson of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, is the author of Abolishing State Violence: A World Beyond Bombs, Borders, and Cages (Haymarket Books). Joshua Frank is an editor at CounterPunch, and author of Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America (Haymarket Books). Janene Yazzie (Diné),

Staff (2023-09-06). Biden Has Been on Vacation for 40% of His Presidency. orinocotribune.com "Violent crime is on the rise. Inflation is crushing American workers… Meanwhile, Joe Biden is filmed on the beach," criticized Congresswoman Elise Stefanik. | Joe Biden is the US president who has taken the most vacations while in office in the history of the United States, the New York Post reported, citing data from the Republican National Committee. | As of August 27, Biden had spent all or part of 382 days of his presidency o…

Steve Gillis (2023-09-06). Organizing upsurge wins pro-union NLRB ruling. workers.org In a headline-grabbing move on Aug. 25, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a ruling hailed by some labor lawyers and union organizers as a potential game-changer. The "Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC and International Brotherhood of Teamsters" decision takes place in today's climate of rampant and ubiquitous corporate . . . |

teleSUR (2023-09-06). We Will Recover the Ecuadorians' Well-Being: VP Candidate Arauz. telesurenglish.net During an interview broadcast by teleSUR on Tuesday, Andres Arauz, the vice-presidential candidate of the binomial headed by Luisa Gonzalez, explained the proposal for the transformation of Ecuador championed by the Citizen Revolution party. | RELATED: | Taking stock of the results of the presidential and legislative elections, Arauz began by explaining that the Citizen Revolution has recovered its presence at the national level. | "We hav…

Staff (2023-09-07). Transparency International's Covert Agenda: A Pawn in Western Intelligence's Game. mintpressnews.com On July 24, it was revealed that Transparency International's New Zealand wing had enlisted the specialist advice of some of the country's biggest, most notorious lobbying firms on improving ethical standards in the political and corporate lobbying industry. A local businessman, who'd independently offered to assist TINZ in cleaning up the sector, blew the whistle. …

Staff (2023-09-07). French working class rallies in solidarity with trade unionist facing prosecution. peoplesdispatch.org On Wednesday, September 6, workers' unions and radical groups in France demonstrated in front of the Gendarmerie office at Montmorency in northern Paris to protest the state persecution of SeÃÅbastien Menesplier, the leader of the National Federation of Mines and Energy, which is affiliated to the General Confederation of Labor (CGT). Menesplier was summoned by …

ecns.cn (2023-09-07). New energy vehicles attract visitors at 2023 Smart China Exp. ecns.cn The 2023 Smart China Expo (SCE 2023) at the Chongqing International Expo Center will run through Sept. 6.

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-07). Rising Tide national speaking tour gathers new support. greenleft.org.au

John Kendall Hawkins (2023-09-07). Chile: The Aussie Connection: An Interview with Clinton Fernandes. counterpunch.org Clinton Fernandes is Professor of International and Political Studies at the University of New South Wales. He has published on the relationship between science, diplomacy and international law, intelligence operations in foreign policy, the political and regulatory implications of new technology and Australia's external relations more generally. His research in the Future Operations Research Group

ecns.cn (2023-09-07). Chinese president meets Red Cross president. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping met with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mirjana Spoljaric Egger in Beijing on Tuesday. Xi spoke highly of the international humanitarian work carried out by the ICRC over the past 160 years since its founding and hailed its important contributions to world peace and progress.

ecns.cn (2023-09-06). Xi: Humanitarian cause unites us. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping stressed on Tuesday the importance of humanitarianism in uniting different civilizations, saying that China is willing to work closely with the International Committee of the Red Cross to make significant contributions to promoting peace and progress for humanity.

Laura Esquivel Sobrado (2023-09-06). The Havana Reporter /No 9 SEP 5, 2023. plenglish.com The September edition of THR proposes information on Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel's recent visit to African countries and his participation, on behalf of the G77 and China, in the BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa. National topics on bankarization as a need of the economy; preparations for the holding of the G77 and China …

infobrics (2023-09-06). US hosting 'open secret' military exercises with Taiwan. infobrics.org The drills were held in Michigan, involving approximately 7000 soldiers from both sides. Although most Americans taking part in the exercise were members of the Michigan National Guard, some were unnamed units under the direct command of the Pentagon. This indicates that the troops in question must have been special forces used in various covert operations.

Uniting for Peace (2023-09-06). UfP Annual Conference — Are We Already in World War III? indybay.org UfP Annual Conference — Are We Already in World War III? | Thursday, 19 October, 2023, 18: 00 — 20: 00 (UK Time) | Are we already in World War III? | Can a Roadmap for Peace Change Culture of War to Culture of Peace | Chair — Rita Payne, President Emeritus, Commonwealth Journalists Association | Speakers: | Alfred de Zayas, Lawyer, Writer, Historian and an Expert in the Field of Human Rights and International Law (Switzerland) | Medea Benjamin, Political Activist, Co-Founder of CodePink, Author, War in Ukraine (USA) | Tony Robinson, Editor, Pressenza — An International News Agency and Author…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-09-06). Cuba will enhance ties with its emigrants, Díaz-Canel said. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will continue to strengthen ties with its nationals abroad, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said today, recalling the so-called Dialogue of '78, promoted by the historic leader, Fidel Castro.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-09-06). Egypt reaffirms support for Palestine and refugee agency. plenglish.com Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement noted that Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed the importance of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) when he received its commissioner, Philippe Lazzarini. | During the meeting, Shoukry affirmed Cairo's full support for that agency, which is facing severe funding problems due to a fall in international donations. | The head of Egyptian diplomacy stressed the need to revive the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians and preserve the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, including establishing an inde…

Press Associates (2023-09-06). Workers win: NLRB says if bosses interfere in election, workplace automatically goes union. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—If you file a card-check majority for union recognition at your workplace, and the boss turns you down and demands an election instead—and then flagrantly and often breaks labor law on the way to the vote—guess what? The National Labor Relations Board now says you win your union automatically. That's because the bosses' labor law-breaking—formally …

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-09-06). Cuban products and services attract Chinese citizens. plenglish.com Beijing, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) Several generations of Chinese citizens were interested in Cuban products and tours to Cuba, during the China International Fair on Trade in Services (CIFTIS), which ended on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-09-06). Ministry: Immunity law aligns with world practices. ecns.cn China's first law on granting immunity to foreign states fully adheres to international law and is also consistent with the general practices of various countries, Beijing said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-09-06). China to launch monthlong national defense education campaign. ecns.cn

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-06). International humanitarian law meeting ends in Argentina. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The Regional Meeting of the National Commissions for the Application of International Humanitarian Law (CONADIH) and Similar Organizations of America ends after two days of debates in Argentina.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-09-06). France and Cuba to boost parliamentary ties through visit. plenglish.com Paris, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) A delegation of the National Assembly of France will travel tomorrow to Cuba in order to strengthen parliamentary ties and promote bilateral cooperation, communist deputy André Chassaigne announced.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-09-06). Carlos Acosta inaugurates dance center in London. plenglish.com London, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuban first dancer Carlos Acosta opened the Acosta Dance Centre (ADC) in southeast London, an institution that stands as an international reference place for practitioners and creative professionals of dance.

John Dinges (2023-09-06). First Person Singular: An Internationalist ‚Ä®in Chile Fifty Years Ago. progressive.org I still have the cassette recording I made of Salvador Allende's

ecns.cn (2023-09-06). China to launch monthlong national defense education campaign. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-09-06). Chinese president meets Red Cross president. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping met with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mirjana Spoljaric Egger in Beijing on Tuesday. Xi spoke highly of the international humanitarian work carried out by the ICRC over the past 160 years since its founding and hailed its important contributions to world peace and progress.

TASS (2023-09-07). Baku concentrates troops on border with Armenia, near Nagorno-Karabakh — Armenian PM. tass.com Nikol Pashinyan urged the international community and UN Security Council member countries to take serious steps to prevent another explosion of tensions in the region…

Yige Dong (2023-09-07). Chinese Feminists Face Paradoxical State Policies. internationalviewpoint.org Struggles for women's rights, and the state's responses, have shifted over the history of the People's Republic of China. In an initial period of socialist state feminism, the Chinese Communist Party celebrated "women's liberation" and offered child-friendly services to facilitate women's entry into the workforce. During the era of post-socialist economic modernization, services were curtailed, shifting family responsibilities back to women and reinforcing patriarchal norms. Most recently, a form of made-in-China feminism has emerged, characterized by everyday resistance to prevailing gender expectations. Now, th…

Dave Kellaway (2023-09-06). Rubiales' kiss creates political storm. internationalviewpoint.org Dave Kellaway provides an in-depth analysis of the controversy surrounding Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales and his inappropriate behaviour towards women's national team player Jenni Hermoso, examining the machismo culture underlying Rubiales' actions and the strong backlash against him. | – | / |

Judith Deutsch (2023-09-06). Climate Change, Record Temperatures, and Human Fatalities. internationalviewpoint.org How many people are dying due to climate change? How does climate change cause death, and what are some of the omissions, deceptions, and confusions about fossil fuels, climate change, and mortality? | – |

sputnikglobe (2023-09-06). Venezuela's Army Evicts Over 11,000 Illegal Miners From Yapacana National Park. sputnikglobe.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – The armed forces of Venezuela, as part of the ongoing operation in the Yapacana National Park in the state of Amazonas since July 1, detected and deported over 11,000 miners engaged in illegal extraction of resources.

TASS (2023-09-06). Working groups on gas hub unlikely to produce quick results — source. tass.com It is noted that the gas hub project was aimed at international customers and, therefore, it would require "serious work with supplies and buyers," as well as legislative amendments and initiatives…

TASS (2023-09-06). ISS partners ready to continue working at space station — Roscosmos. tass.com The board emphasized "the role of the International Space Station in providing an environment to develop and test technologies and engineering solutions in support of long-term space exploration, as well as serving as a proving ground for an increase in the commercialization of low Earth orbit"

TASS (2023-09-06). Joint US-Armenia military exercise to be held in Armenia on September 11-20. tass.com According to the statement, the purpose of the exercise is "to increase the level of interoperability of the unit participating in international peacekeeping missions"

WSWS (2023-09-07). Sri Lankan government declares "security operation to wipe out underworld" wsws.org Confronting rising mass opposition to its severe austerity measures, the real target of the government's "anti-organised crime" operations are the working class and the poor.

WSWS (2023-09-06). Australian workers demand end to persecution of Sri Lankan plantation workers. wsws.org "All these workers are being punished for undertaking legitimate and justified strike action in defence of their jobs, working conditions, wages, and in opposition to the victimisation of their comrades by management."

WSWS (2023-09-06). Pakistan's IMF-dictated electricity price hikes spark mass protests. wsws.org The mass protests, which erupted outside the country's largely discredited political establishment, have caused increasing dismay and apprehension in the ruling class, which is haunted by the fear of a mass popular uprising akin to that which brought down Sri Lanka's government last year.

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