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2024-09-24: News Headlines

infobrics (2024-09-24). Will Trump really change American foreign policy. infobrics.org Donald Trump is virtually always hailed as the enemy of the Deep State, even according to his own statements. He said repeatedly that he'll dismantle it and make sure there's peace. When it comes to the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict, Trump insists he'll end it in a single day. While such efforts would certainly be commendable, the question arises, how likely is it?>

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-09-24). Pegasus: The Spyware Brought by Duque. orinocotribune.com An international scandal hits Colombia after details about the acquisition of the "Pegasus" spyware were revealed during the government of former president Iván Duque. According to an investigation by Señal Investigativa, the purchase was made clandestinely, involving the transportation of large sums of cash and possible legal irregularities in both Colombia and Israel. | President Gustavo Petro revealed details about the transaction on September 4: The cash was airlifted from Bogotá, Colombia to Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 27, 2021. It was declared to the Israeli customs and deposited in the company's account on 3…

Andy Kroll (2024-09-24). Militarism Abuse Disorder. tomdispatch.com My name is Frida and my community is military dependent. (I feel, by the way, like I'm introducing myself at a very strange AA-like meeting with lousy coffee.) As with people who have substance abuse disorders, I'm part of a very large club. After all, there are weapons manufacturers and subcontractors in just about every congressional district in the country, so that members of Congress will never forget whom they are really working for: the military-industrial complex. Using the vernacular of the day, perhaps it's particularly on target to say that our whole country suffers from Militarism Abuse Disorder or (al…

Editor (2024-09-24). Machinists Strike Begins at Boeing. scheerpost.com

ecns.cn (2024-09-24). UN adopts landmark pact to tackle challenges. ecns.cn The Summit of the Future opened at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Sunday, with the adoption of a Pact for the Future, the most wide-ranging international agreement in many years.

Kit Klarenberg, Max Blumenthal, The Grayzone. (2024-09-24). Documents Reveal US Intel Cutout's Iranian Counter-Revolution Plans. popularresistance.org Leaked documents and emails obtained by The Grayzone reveal a seemingly covert effort by American regime change operatives to impose radical leadership on the remnants of Iran's protest movement against the mandatory hijab, in order to topple the government of Iran. | The initiative was spearheaded by Carl Gershman, the longtime director of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a US government-funded non-profit which advances regime change operations across the globe. Originally conceived by the Reagan administration's CIA, the NED has meddled in elections and sponsored coup leaders from Nicaragua to Venezu…

Rachel Sherrington, Hazel Healy, DeSmog. (2024-09-24). Big Ag's Road To Brazil. popularresistance.org This week, as business and government leaders, investors and campaigners gather for New York Climate Week, DeSmog is relaunching its big agriculture series, which will scrutinise the power of food and farming companies. | Agriculture used to play second fiddle to energy when it came to global warming, considered as a nice-to-have. But as global heating continues apace, emissions associated with food are rising fast. | Nitrous oxide — a planet-heating gas nearly 300 times as potent as CO2 when measured over 100 years — is accumulating in Earth's atmosphere at unprecedented levels. Levels of methane [md…

maxyyjones (2024-09-24). Israel: 'Escalate to De-escalate'. scheerpost.com By Ray McGovern and Robert Scheer / ScheerPost Staff Writers In this week's episode of "Playing President," Ray McGovern, 27-year CIA veteran and briefer of five presidents, continues to make sense of the world to "President" Scheer, who prepared for this role through his decades as a journalist, including in-depth interviews with five presidents from …

Imran Mulla (2024-09-24). UK: Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy warns government of 'criminal liability' over Israel arms sales. middleeasteye.net UK: Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy warns government of 'criminal liability' over Israel arms sales | The UK has suspended 30 arms export licences to Israel after a review by the new Labour government, but rights groups say that is not enough | | Ribeiro-Addy called on the Labour government…

Ana Perdigón (2024-09-24). Far-Right Politician Henrique Capriles Resigns from Justice First, Criticizes Julio Borges. orinocotribune.com Former governor of Venezuela's Miranda state, Henrique Capriles, officially announced his "irrevocable" resignation from the national board of directors of the far-right opposition party Justice First (PJ), condemning meanness from Julio Borges. | Henrique Capriles is one of the founders of PJ and has been part of the political party since 2000, which fugitive Leopoldo López was part of before splitting and founding the Popular Will (VP) party. | This Monday, September 23, Capriles announced his resignation from the PJ board of directors through social media in a statement in which he made public serious complain…

Ecosocial, Intercultural Pact of the South (2024-09-24). Venezuela, the Left, and Democracy. fpif.org We, the Ecosocial and Intercultural Pact of the South and all those who subscribe to the views below, want to intervene in the debate about what happened in Venezuela before and after the presidential election that took place on July 28, 2024. | A diverse set of international voices have demanded that the government of Nicolas Maduro publish the electoral results in a transparent and detailed format, as a basic minimum of democratic legitimacy that would allow the electorate to endorse the results. It should be noted that the comparison of the figures in each polling station with those that appear in the electora…

WSWS (2024-09-24). New Zealand government's Treaty of Waitangi "debate" stokes racial divisions. wsws.org The Treaty Principles Bill advanced by the far-right ACT Party, part of New Zealand's coalition government, promotes the lie that indigenous Māori have received "privileged" treatment.

ecns.cn (2024-09-24). PBOC encourages commercial banks to lower existing mortgage rates. ecns.cn The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, will encourage commercial banks to lower existing mortgage interest rates, bringing them to a level close to newly issued mortgages, said PBOC Governor Pan Gongsheng.

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch. (2024-09-24). Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant To Reopen; Microsoft To Purchase Power. popularresistance.org In March of 1979, Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear plant — which was powered by two pressurized light-water reactors — experienced a cooling malfunction that caused part of the core of the second reactor to melt, releasing radioactive material into the environment. | Constellation Energy has plans to reopen Three Mile Island, and Microsoft has agreed to buy power from it for 20 years. | Recent United States government zero-emissions energy incentives have spurred owners of closed-down nuclear plants to consider reopening them, reported Pennsylvania's WESA. | Activists are asking the government…

Staff (2024-09-24). Venezuela Welcomes Leftist Kumara as President-Elect of Sri Lanka. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan government, through its Foreign Affairs Ministry, congratulated the president-elect of Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, for his victory as the candidate of the coalition of the National People's Power Party (NPP). | In a statement, the foreign minister of Venezuela, Yván Gil, on behalf of President Maduro and the Venezuelan government, expressed his congratulations to Kumara Dissanayake, who with 5,740,179 valid votes was elected as the new president of Sri Lanka. | "From Venezuela, we send our congratulations to the president-elect and his people, reaffirming our desire to advance in relations…

Staff (2024-09-24). Venezuela Welcomes Leftist Kumara as President-Elect of Sri Lanka. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan government, through its foreign ministry, congratulated the president-elect of Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, after his victory as a candidate of the coalition of the National People's Power Party (NPP). | In a statement, the foreign minister of Venezuela, Yván Gil, on behalf of President Maduro and the Venezuelan government, expressed his congratulations to Kumara Dissanayake, who with 5,740,179 valid votes was elected as the new president of Sri Lanka. | "From Venezuela, we send our congratulations to the president-elect and his people, reaffirming our desire to advance in relations of frie…

Sasha Abramsky (2024-09-24). Why Is New UK Prime Minister Seeking Immigration Advice From Italy's Far Right? truthout.org When U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party sailed to power in snap elections earlier this year, his party's victory represented a repudiation of the hard right policies of the Conservative Party, helmed by Rishi Sunak. So why, when it comes to immigration policy, is Starmer now taking cues from Italy, and a government arguably further to the right than the one he replaced? |

Adam Johnson, In These Times. (2024-09-24). New York Times Repeats Government's Evidence-Free Claim That Gaza Protests Are Part Of Iranian Plot. popularresistance.org On September 4, the New York Times did something it has a long and sordid history of doing: laundering extremely loaded and consequential "U.S. intelligence" claims without providing an ounce of skepticism‚Äâ—‚Äâor evidence. The report, headlined "Iran Emerges as a Top Disinformation Threat in U.S. Presidential Race," begins with fairly boilerplate hand wringing about foreign influence operations, followed by authors Steven Lee Myers,Tiffany Hsu and Farnaz Fassihi casually tossing out a government claim that, by implication, has the…

Brett Murphy (2024-09-24). Blinken Rebuffed Agencies' Findings That Israel Knowingly Blocked Gaza Aid. truthout.org The U.S. government's two foremost authorities on humanitarian assistance concluded this spring that Israel had deliberately blocked deliveries of food and medicine into Gaza. The U.S. Agency for International Development delivered its assessment to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the State Department's refugees bureau made its stance known to top diplomats in late April. |

A A (2024-09-24). Leaked documents reveal U.S. intel cutout's Iranian counter-revolution plans. strategic-culture.su Leaks expose a secret effort by retired National Endowment for Democracy leader Carl Gershman to consolidate war-hungry neoconservative control over Iran's opposition, while channeling US government funds into his own pet regime change initiatives. | By Kit KLARENBERG AND Max BLUMENTHAL | ‚ùóÔ∏èJoin us on ,…

aljazeera (2024-09-24). Sweden accuses Iran of hack inciting revenge for Quran burnings. aljazeera.com Intelligence services say Iran sought to portray Sweden as 'Islamophobic' and divide society.

WSWS (2024-09-24). SAG-AFTRA has no strategy to defeat ravages of AI and other technologies. wsws.org SAG-AFTRA has fully accepted the fact that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will destroy thousands of jobs, and entire professions, and is simply looking for a face-saving way of ending the current strike.

presstv.ir (2024-09-24). Hezbollah strikes Israeli military complex in Haifa, Israelis run for cover. presstv.ir Volleys of rockets hit an Israeli military industrial complex in Haifa at the northern part of the 1948 Israeli-occupied territories.

presstv.ir (2024-09-24). Israel's deadly attack in Lebanon 'terrorism': EX-CIA chief. presstv.ir The former CIA director says Israel's deadly attack in Lebanon involving the explosion of telecommunication devices is "a form of terrorism."

Democracy Now! (2024-09-24). Democracy Now! 2024-09-24 Tuesday. democracynow.org Headlines for September 24, 2024; "Absolutely Terrifying": Israel's War Comes to Lebanon, Setting Record-Breaking Single-Day Death Toll; Climate Activists Shut Down Citibank HQ in NYC, Demand Halt to Fossil Fuel Investments; NYC Climate Week: Climate Activist Kumi Naidoo on the Need for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty; Marcellus Williams Execution in Hands of Supreme Court; Victim's Family, Prosecutor Don't Want Him to Die | Headlines for September 24, 2024; "Absolutely Terrifying": Israel's War Comes to Lebanon, Setting Record-Breaking Single-Day Death Toll; C…

Pablo Meriguet (2024-09-24). Venezuelan Supreme Court issues arrest warrant for Javier Milei. peoplesdispatch.org On September 23, the

Ana Perdigón (2024-09-24). Venezuela's Supreme Court Confirms Arrest Warrant for Argentina's Milei. orinocotribune.com The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) stated on Monday, September 23, that it would prosecute the president of Argentina, Javier Milei, for various crimes committed in Venezuela. | The proceedings against Milei began on September 18 when the Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab appointed two prosecutors to process an arrest warrant against him for the theft of an EMTRASUR aircraft and for human right violations against peaceful protests in Argentina. | According to the TSJ ruling, Javier Milei will be prosecuted for seven crimes, including money laundering, simulation of punishable…

WSWS (2024-09-24). Missouri governor and Supreme Court refuse to halt the execution of Marcellus Williams, an innocent man on death row. wsws.org The governor of Missouri and state Supreme Court refused Monday to halt the execution of death row inmate Marcellus "Khaliifah" Williams. Williams, 55, has spent almost a quarter-century on death row for a crime he did not commit.

Jenny Brown, Labor Notes. (2024-09-24). Can The Machinists Save Boeing From Its Management? popularresistance.org Boeing has increased its offer to striking Machinists, hoping to end a work stoppage that entered its eleventh day today. According to the Seattle Times, the new proposal would raise wages 30 percent over four years, as opposed to 25 percent in the offer that workers rejected by 94.6 percent. | Mediated talks with Boeing broke off September 18, the union said, with nothing more scheduled. Then on Monday morning, the company announced a new offer in the press. Twelve hours later, the union responded that Boeing "has missed the mark with this proposal." | In a scathing statement, the negotiating team noted that the…

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2024-09-24). Ajamu Baraka On Global Conflicts And Social Transformation. popularresistance.org In addition to risking a nuclear war with Russia, the United States is stoking greater conflicts in West Asia and China. Ajamu Baraka speaks with Clearing the FOG about his recent tour in Iran where he spoke to a cross-section of people about their concerns and the need for greater international solidarity. Baraka also discusses the responsibility of people, particularly in the collective West, to organize in order to change course away from militarism. He provides an analysis of the upcoming presidential election, the verdict in the case of the Uhuru 3 and why people must avoid aligning themselves with the rulin…

The Cradle. (2024-09-24). Nearly 200 Killed Within Hours As Israel Expands Attacks On Lebanon. popularresistance.org Over 180 people have been killed in a massive wave of Israeli airstrikes targeting southern and eastern Lebanon on 23 September. | "These raids have led, until the issuance of this statement, to 182 martyrs and 727 wounded, including children, women and paramedics among the martyrs and wounded," the Emergency Operations Center of the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Monday afternoon. The toll is expected to continue rising. | Israeli airstrikes are also targeting the Bekaa region in eastern Lebanon. Hundreds of strikes have taken place in the last few hours. | Several civilian homes have been targeted and destroy…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-09-24). Haifa and More: While Israel Massacres, Hezbollah Advances. orinocotribune.com By Khalil Nasrallah — Sep 24, 2024 | The occupation state's now-daily killing rampages across Lebanon have not disrupted Hezbollah's ability to retaliate. Importantly, the resistance intends to meet Israel's every crass massacre with a qualitative military thrust into the enemy's depth and vulnerabilities. | A significant shift has taken place on the southern Lebanese front in the last few days. Barely had Benjamin Netanyahu's government announced its new war goal of returning displaced settlers to their northern homes and begun the transfer of military weight to the north before Tel Aviv launched a series o…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-09-24). Hezbollah's Latest Strike on Ramat David Base Used Fadi-Type Rockets. orinocotribune.com Field sources revealed some of the details of As per the Islamic Resistance's statement, Hezbollah fighters fired dozens of Fadi-1 and Fadi-2 long-range rocket artillery shells at the strategic Israeli Air Force base, located to the east of the city of Haifa. | Located in the occupied Nassriyah district, in the Jezreel Valley, the base is home to several Israeli Air For…

tn.ai (2024-09-24). Iraqi Resistance Fighters Strike Israeli Position in Golan Heights in Retaliation for Gaza Strikes. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Fighters from Iraqi anti-terror groups launched a drone attack on a key position in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, in response to ongoing Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to a statement from the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.

Ido David Cohen (2024-09-24). Human rights groups: Israel's far-right Channel 14 has called for genocide against Palestinians in Gaza more than 50 times. haaretz.com In a letter to Israel's Attorney General, three Israeli organizations compiled a list of calls for genocide in Gaza made on the right-wing Channel 14 alongside more than 150 statements calling for war crimes against Palestinians, including indiscriminate killing, mass expulsion and starvation…

Ido David Cohen (2024-09-24). Israel's far-right Channel 14 has repeatedly called for genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. haaretz.com In a letter to Israel's AG, three Israeli organizations compiled a list of more than 50 statements made on Channel 14 calling for genocide and more than 150 statements calling for war crimes against Palestinians. Their letter calls for a criminal investigation to be opened against the channel…

IMEMC News (2024-09-24). Israeli Army Demolishes a Home Near Jenin. imemc.org On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Toura, west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank's northern part, and demolished a Palestinian home. Tareq Kabaha, the head of the Toura Village Council, stated that the soldiers, accompanied by three bulldozers and several armored military vehicles, invaded the village, before they demolished a house belonging …

newarab (2024-09-24). Hezbollah 'cannot stand alone' against Israel: Iranian president. newarab.com Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tuesday that its ally Hezbollah "cannot stand alone" against Israel which carried out its "Hezbollah cannot stand alone against a country that is being defended and supported and supplied by Western countries, by European countries and the United States," Pezeshkian said in an interview with CNN translated from Farsi to English. | He called on the international community to "not allow Lebanon to become another Gaza," in response…

infobrics (2024-09-24). What Is BRICS Pay: All You Need to Know. infobrics.org The concept of BRICS stems from a group of nations or economic bloc aiming to join forces—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—to facilitate trade and financial transactions within its member states…

Melvin Goodman (2024-09-24). No End to Israel's Killing Machine and U.S. Complicity. counterpunch.org No Democratic administration has been willing to challenge the excesses of Israeli policy, and the Biden administration is no exception. President Joe Biden's bear hug of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu several days after the Hamas attack on October 7th indicated that U.S. policy would be one-sided. Even worse, Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on October 12th, and said that he was there not only as secretary of state but "as a Jew." Accordingly, the United States has been complicit in virtually every aspect of Israel's genocidal campaign in Gaza as well as negligent in accepting Israe…

Greg Godels (2024-09-24). Economic Conditions and Hollow Victories. dissidentvoice.org Among the very few things to look forward to on Labor Day is Jack Rasmus's annual report on the state of US labor. Rasmus, an accomplished political-economist, riffs on the famous Frederick Engels book with Labor Day 2024: The Condition of the American Working Class Today. It may come as a surprise to some, but …

newarab (2024-09-24). Turkey and Saudi Arabia use heads, not hearts with Assad's Syria. newarab.com In the background of Israel's genocidal war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the normalisation process of Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime came back to the fore with two recent events. | First, the Saudi embassy was opened in Damascus in September 2024, after multiple failed announcements. Chargé d'Affaires Abdullah al-Harees stated during the open ceremony the Kingdom's embassy's commitment In the same month, Turkey participated for the first time in an Arab Le…

Linda Dayan (2024-09-24). Israel's Reform Movement petitions top court to bar rabbi from Sephardi chief post over incitement and racism allegations. haaretz.com According to the petition, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the chief rabbi of the northern city of Safed, has made numerous inciting and racist statements toward the LGBTQ community, Arabs and other minorities. In 2013, then-attorney general called on him not to run for…

Rachel Fink (2024-09-24). Israeli police under fire for brutal beating of ultra-Orthodox protesters against Haredi integration. haaretz.com According to Israeli news outlet Walla, who first reported the incident, the men were protesting outside a community center where a job fair promoting the integration of the ultra-Orthodox population into the workforce was being held. A statement by the police said the officers' actions 'contradicts the force's values'…

newarab (2024-09-24). Syrians wary as Assad issues amnesty decree for deserters. newarab.com The move appears to some to be the latest step in Assad's attempts to pave the way to normalising relations with neighbouring Arab states and

Chris Walker (2024-09-24). Warnock Derides Georgia's Hand Counting of Ballots Rule as Anti-Democratic. truthout.org The decision last week by the Georgia State Election Board to require a statewide hand count of ballots in the 2024 election has sparked criticism from both sides of the political aisle, with commentators noting that it will likely create unnecessary delays and uncertainty regarding the accuracy of several key races, including potentially the presidential election. One of Georgia's U.S. |

Zoe Alexandra (2024-09-24). Harlem welcomes Cuba. peoplesdispatch.org On the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly, activists and community members from the historic Black neighborhood in New York City welcomed the Cuban diplomatic delegation that traveled to New York City for the UN proceedings. The reception held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture was organized by the Harlem-Cuba Welcome Committee and celebrated the historic bonds between Cuba and Harlem, and the bonds between the Cuban people and Black people in the United States. | Rosemari Mealy, the co-convener of the Harlem-Cuba Welcome Committee and the author of the book Fidel and Malcolm…

noreply (2024-09-24). Some Visual Evidence… smoothiex12.blogspot.com of Pokrovsk being empty. Some 404 "patriot", for some reason not on mova but on Russian, laments the fate of the city, which, of course, will be rebuilt and much improved by Russians, while not getting a simple fact ⚪ he and his ilk didn't count on consequences. You don't need to know Russian to recognize that Pokrovsk's fate is sealed, as is that of Ugledar. Average khohol is uneducated and brainwashed and now they squeal when they experience a very measured military power applied to their failed state. They thought that they can kill women and children of Donbas with impunity. They were wrong, as were their…

aljazeera (2024-09-24). Singapore ex-Transport Minister Iswaran pleads guilty in graft trial. aljazeera.com Charges reduced from 35 to five as rare corruption trial involving a senior politician gets under way in city state.

presstv.ir (2024-09-24). 'Rohingya in pain'- Refugees on hunger strike at India detention center. presstv.ir More than 100 Rohingya refugees living at Goalpara detention center in the Indian state of Assam began hunger strike.

League of Women Voters Oakland (2024-09-24). Saturday 10/5: 2024 Election: CA State & Oakland Ballot Measures Overview w/ LWV Oakland (nonpartisan). indybay.org Oakland City Hall | 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza | Oakland, CA 94612 | Or watch online or via live televised broadcast…

repost (2024-09-24). Real Estate Industry Shells Out $102.5 Million to Kill Rent Control in California. indybay.org California voters this November will decide whether to expand rent control by passing Proposition 33, which would repeal an infamous 1995 state law, the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act. Corporate landlords are pouring millions of dollars into efforts to defeat Prop 33 and pass their own competing measure, Prop 34.

Eric A. Gordon (2024-09-24). 'Dickinson in Yiddish' gathers 50 years of writings by socialist Marvin Zuckerman. peoplesworld.org I guess by way of full disclosure I should state at the outset that I've known Marvin Zuckerman for almost 30 years, from the time I assumed the directorship of the Southern California District of Workers Circle/Arbeter Ring, of which he's been a member all his life, and he's over 90 now. When he asked …

Pressenza New York (2024-09-24). Why should China and EU find a mutually acceptable solution on EVs. pressenza.com Relations between China and the EU are now at a crossroads. The EU's ability to make right decisions and wise judgements, correct and adjust its perspective of China, and maintain a positive relationship with China will determine how the China-EU relationship develops going forward. Despite strong, justified opposition from China, as well as from within its own member states and various industries, the European Union's decision to impose a 37.6% so-called anti-dumping duty on Chinese Electric Vehicles (EVs) is extremely embarrassing for the global liberalization of free trade and the promotion of green cooperatio…

ecns.cn (2024-09-24). Quad meet slammed as attempt to curb China. ecns.cn Beijing has slammed Washington for "patching up small and exclusive circles" and urged it to let go of the "obsession with containing China", shortly after the United States hosted a Quad summit.

ecns.cn (2024-09-24). Sino-Swiss free trade agreement in upgrade negotiations. ecns.cn China and Switzerland commenced negotiations to upgrade the Sino-Swiss free trade agreement (FTA) on Monday, said the Ministry of Commerce in an online statement.

ecns.cn (2024-09-24). China, Japan agree to maintain stable relations. ecns.cn China and Japan agreed to maintain communication to prevent isolated incidents from affecting bilateral relations, as Vice-Foreign Minister Sun Weidong met on Monday in Beijing with Yoshifumi Tsuge, Japan's state minister for foreign affairs.

ecns.cn (2024-09-24). U.S. visas for Chinese students on rise, official says; concerns remain about unfair treatment. ecns.cn The United States remains the top destination for Chinese students studying abroad despite concerns among students and parents over visas and public security, said an official with the U.S. embassy in Beijing.

ecns.cn (2024-09-24). U.S. needs to end obsession with containing China: Chinese foreign ministry. ecns.cn The United States needs to end its obsession with perpetuating its supremacy and containing China, and cease using regional countries as its tools, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday. | Spokesperson Lin Jian made the remarks at a daily press briefing following U.S. President Joe Biden's claims that China continues to act aggressively and is testing the U.S. and its allies in the Indo-Pacific region, claims which he made at the Quad summit in the U.S. over the weekend.

Dominic Ruck Keene (2024-09-24). Nursing home held not to be a public authority for the purposes of an Article 2 claim. ukhumanrightsblog.com In Sammut v Next Steps Mental Healthcare Ltd and Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 2265(KB), HHJ Bird sitting as a judge of the High Court gave summary judgment in favour of the first defendant in a claim against a care home brought on behalf of the estate of a mental health patient …

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2024-09-21: News Headlines

presstv.ir (2024-09-21). Hezbollah attacks main Israel intelligence HQ, military bases after Beirut airstrikes. presstv.ir Hezbollah has fired a barrage of retaliatory rockets at a main Israeli command and intelligence headquarters and military bases as well as illegal settlements immediately after Beirut airstrikes.

MEE staff (2024-09-21). Pro-Palestine legal centre urges BBC to drop Robbie Gibb over Jewish Chronicle scandal. middleeasteye.net Pro-Palestine legal centre urges BBC to drop Robbie Gibb over Jewish Chronicle scandal | Advocacy group says Gibb's continued role as board member 'poses reputational damages' to the British broadcaster | | The headquarters of the British Broadcasting Corporation pictured in London on 11 March…

newarab (2024-09-21). US believes Gaza ceasefire deal unlikely in Biden's term: report. newarab.com U.S. officials now believe that a ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza is unlikely before President Joe Biden leaves office in January, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. | The newspaper cited top-level officials in the White House, State Department and Pentagon without naming them. Those bodies did not immediately respond to requests for comment. | "I can tell you that we do not believe that deal is falling apart," Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh told reporters on Thursday before the report was published. | U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said two weeks ago t…

hindustantimes (2024-09-21). Israel-Hezbollah War Imminent? Details Of U.S. Jets, Ships, Troops In Mid-East Ready To Aid IDF. hindustantimes.com Sabrina Singh, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary, said that the US capability in the Middle East has grown amid fear of the Israel-Hezbollah war. She added that the US can protect forces and come to the defence of Israel.

newarab (2024-09-21). Pentagon chief voices concern over Israel-Lebanon escalation. newarab.com

United World International (2024-09-21). Switzerland's historical neutrality and NATO's pressure. uwidata.com The commission created by the Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) has presented its report with more than 100 recommendations in 7 areas on how Switzerland should orient its security policy for the future. The report stated: "Cooperation with NATO and the EU should continue to deepen in order to achieve a …

WSWS (2024-09-21). Two Canadian by-election results underscore urgency of workers repudiating the union-NDP-Liberal alliance. wsws.org Canada has been swept by a wave of militant worker struggles and mass anti-Gaza genocide protests, but in the absence of the working class mounting an independent political challenge to the Trudeau government, the field has been left open for the Conservatives and other reactionary forces to exploit mounting social anger.

WSWS (2024-09-21). Australian Labor government refuses to condemn Israel's terrorist attacks in Lebanon. wsws.org At least two former Labor politicians have joined the right-wing media in openly celebrating the Mossad attacks that killed 37 people, including two children, and maimed thousands.

Victoria Torres (2024-09-21). Opposition Operative Iván Simonovis Distances Himself From 'Ya Casi Venezuela' Coup Plot. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan far-right opposition's new scam, in its untiring intention to overthrow the government by illegal and criminal means, already seems to be crumbling. The latest coup plot, Ya Casi Venezuela, appeared out of nowhere, spearheaded by the US mercenary Erik Prince, considered by the extreme-right opposition as its new superhero. Some opposition figures joined him, such as the now-repentent fugitive, Iván Simonovis, wanted by the Venezuelan judiciary. | Through his social media accounts, Simonovis clarified that he is not involved in this new scam that intends to raise money to hire an army to wipe out th…

Rania Khalek (2024-09-21). 'The Biggest Gangster in Haiti Is the US Government' w/ Dr. Jemima Pierre. thealtworld.com Has the latest UN military occupation of Haiti improved the country's security? | Dr. Jemima Pierre says the answer is a clear "no." She joins hosts Eugene and Rania to discuss the deployment of Kenyan police to Haiti under a US-backed mission to supposedly "restore security." Pierre reveals how the US is working to turn the mission into a "full occupation force," under UN auspices, aiming to further undermine Haiti's sovereignty and exploit its resources. | Dr. Jemima Pierre is the Professor of Global Race in the Institute of Race, Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ) at the University of British Columbia…

Graham Matthews (2024-09-21). RBA's solution to inflation? 'Some people will have to sell their homes'. socialist-alliance.org Capitalism has long ceased to provide for the majority, yet its institutions — government, the RBA and the corporate media — continue to try to tell us that there is no alternative. Graham Matthews argues that solidarity is key.

noemail (2024-09-21). White House Engages Sikh Activists Ahead of Modi's US Visit. devdiscourse.com In a pivotal meeting held inside the White House, officials engaged with Sikh activists to reaffirm the US government's commitment to protecting Americans from transnational aggression. This comes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares for a three-day visit to the US, where he will participate in the Quad summit and address the UN's 'Summit of the Future.'

The Independent (2024-09-21). Confronting Africa's Cost-of-Living Crisis. independent.co.ug Recent protests in Nigeria and Kenya should encourage governments to rethink constraints on public spending COMMENT | HIPPOLYTE FOFACK | The rising cost of living in Africa has triggered a wave of protests in recent months, underscoring the disproportionately higher economic and social costs of inflation on a continent with persistent widespread poverty and heightened vulnerability …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-09-21). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Lifespan vs. healthspan. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Editors Note: September is Healthy Aging Awareness Month DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've been hearing a lot lately about healthspan versus lifespan when it comes to aging. What do they each mean? And what is the difference? ANSWER: We get a lot of questions about what distinguishes between lifespan and healthspan. The simplest answer is to paraphrase a quote from President John F. Kennedy, "It is not enough for a great nation merely to have added…

scorinoco (2024-09-21). President Maduro Informs UN Secretary-General About Mercenaries Contracted to Invade Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had a telephone conversation with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, where he informed the UN chief about the aggressions and destabilization attempts against Venezuela through the hiring of mercenaries to invade the country and carry out assassinations. | President Maduro also alerted Guterres about the promotion and collection of funds on social media by mercenaries, encouraging people to donate towards attacks against Venezuela. | The UN secretary-general expressed that "the United Nations organization has expressed its opposition to the application of the po…

ecns.cn (2024-09-21). China and Japan reach agreement on ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water. ecns.cn On August 24, 2023, the Japanese government unilaterally started the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the ocean.

Rania Khalek (2024-09-21). Why is the US Government Trying to Censor African Media? thealtworld.com Days after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced sanctions against Russian state broadcaster RT and other non-western-aligned media platforms, Meta banned the accounts of African Stream, a Pan-African digital media organization. | Nigerian Investigative journalist and author David Hundeyin, explains how the attacks on Africa Stream are the latest in the US government's offensive against media that challenge US corporate media narratives. | "Millions of people across the world who follow @african_stream have had that taken away from them by an imperial dictate from Washington" explains @DavidHundeyin…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-09-21). Why is the US Government Trying to Censor African Media? libya360.wordpress.com BreakThrough News Days after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced sanctions against Russian state broadcaster RT and other non-western-aligned media platforms, Meta banned the accounts of African Stream, a Pan-African digital media organization. Nigerian Investigative journalist and author David Hundeyin, explains how the attacks on Africa Stream are the latest in the US government's…

Scott Ritter (2024-09-21). Why Israel Could Face DEVASTATING Defeat if War with Hezbollah Breaks Out! thealtworld.com Scott Ritter is a former Marine intelligence officer who served in the former Soviet Union, implementing arms control agreements, and on the staff of General Norman Schwartzkopf during the Gulf War, where he played a critical role in the hunt for Iraqi SCUD missiles. | From 1991 until 1998, Mr. Ritter served as a Chief Inspector for the United Nations in Iraq, leading the search for Iraq's proscribed weapons of mass destruction. | Mr. Ritter was a vocal critic of the American decision to go to war with Iraq. His new book, Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union, is his…

hindustantimes (2024-09-21). Putin's Iskander Missile Hits Odesa; Ukraine's Troops 'Run Away' In Kursk; Russia Down Su-27 MiG-29. hindustantimes.com Russian forces intensified their mission 'take back Kursk' from the Ukrainian military. Russian defence forces, in a statement, claimed it killed over 370 Ukrainian soldiers in the last 24 hours in Kursk. The Russian MoD also claimed that it inflicted heavy damage on the western weaponry used by the Ukrainian military. Meanwhile, reports suggest that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is planning to sack defence minister Rustem Umerov and military intelligence chief Kirill Budanov.

Zoe Johnson (2024-09-21). The big lie about misinformation. workers.org U.S. government and corporate-owned media giants have once again mounted accusations of foreign election interference, this time in the upcoming presidential election. U.S. intelligence agencies allege that Russia, Iran and China are waging "disinformation campaigns" that disrupt what they call "liberal parliamentary democracy." In 2016, the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) . . . |

Omer Benjakob (2024-09-21). Gaza war sparks new Israeli intel influence industry. haaretz.com Israel invested millions in social media intelligence systems and had at least five when the Gaza war broke out. They all failed. A new crop of firms stepped in — and they're now looking for clients…

Marianne Dhenin (2024-09-21). Harm Reduction Group in Oregon Endured Illegal Spying From Police, ACLU Says. truthout.org The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oregon filed a lawsuit in August against the City of Medford, Oregon, alleging that its police department has spied on progressive organizers in violation of state law. The case is notable not only because it alleges significant abuses of police power, but also because of its links to a pair of issues that have drawn the nation's attention to the Beaver… |

noemail (2024-09-21). Supreme Court's YouTube Channel Hacked, Services Resumed. devdiscourse.com The Supreme Court of India's YouTube channel, which experienced a security breach on Friday, is now back in operation.

WSWS (2024-09-21). Israel escalates Middle East-wide war with bombing of Beirut. wsws.org The aggressive move, which could only have been taken with the full backing of the United States and other imperialist powers, demonstrates that the Gaza genocide is developing into a region-wide war targeting Iran with catastrophic consequences for millions of people.

UMMID (2024-09-21). Mohammed bin Salman: No option but Palestine with Jerusalem as Capital. ummid.com Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammad bin Salman Wednesday (September 18, 2024) ruled out recognition of Israel or any ties with the Jewish state unless the State of Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital is established.

newarab (2024-09-21). Qatar condemns Israel's 'horrific' pager attacks on Lebanon. newarab.com Qatar's Minister of State for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lolwah Al-Khater, has described Israel's use of "everyday devices in people's hands as ticking time bombs" as a "horrific nightmare", in reference to Israel's exploding pager and walkie-talkie She also expressed alarm at the "deafening silence" from the international community regarding the atrocities. | In a post on her official X (former…

presstv.ir (2024-09-21). Top Yemeni official to US, Israel: 'Coming days are full of surprises'. presstv.ir A top Yemeni official has told the United States and Israel that the "coming days are full of surprises."

IMEMC News (2024-09-21). Day 350 Update: Israeli Missiles Kill, Injure Dozens Across Gaza. imemc.org On Friday, Day 350 of the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including children and women, in various parts of the devastated Gaza Strip. Medical sources said at least seven Palestinians were killed and many injured when the army fired missiles at two homes belonging …

Apples Against Apartheid & East Bay Activists (2024-09-21). Friday 9/20: East Bay Protests Apple ⚪ Global Call to Action for Apple's Complicity in Genocide. indybay.org 5640 Bay St, Emeryville, CA 94608, United States…

scorinoco (2024-09-21). President Maduro Criticizes Edmundo González's False Claims of Coercion. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro criticized the false statements of the former far-right presidential candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, who has recently claimed that he had been coerced by members of the Venezuelan government to sign a letter recognizing President Maduro's victory in the July 28 presidential elections. | On Friday, September 20, during the inauguration of the Council of Economic Export Chapter in La Guaira, President Maduro commented that "nobody can use his own clumsiness in self-defense… Nobody can use his own cowardice and his own betrayal of his followers in self-defense," referring t…

scorinoco (2024-09-21). Venezuela Condemns UN Fact-Finding Mission's Human Rights Report. orinocotribune.com Venezuela categorically condemned a report presented before the United Nations Human Rights Council by the UN Fact-Finding Mission linked to the Lima Group, which intends to distort the human rights situation in the country and President Nicolás Maduro's government's human rights record. | The Venezuelan government issued a statement in this regard on Thursday, September 19, stressing that the Fact-Finding Mission is trying to turn the victims of the Venezuelan far-right's fascism into victimizers while omiting the actions of the "comanditos" that murdered 27 Venezuelans and inflicted damage on public healthcare,…

Staff (2024-09-21). 18 Years Since Hugo Chávez's Iconic UN Speech: Smells of Sulfur! orinocotribune.com On September 20, 2006, during the 61st General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) held in New York City, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez showed his anti-imperialist character by saying, "Yesterday, the devil came here. Yesterday, the devil was here, in this very place. This table where I have to speak still smells of sulfur." | In this emblematic speech, Commander Chávez condemned the terrorist international policy of George W. Bush, then-president of the United States. | "Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, from this very rostrum, the President of the United States, whom I call 'the devil,' came here speaking as…

Staff (2024-09-21). CEO Pay Has Risen 1,085% Since 1978, But for Workers? Just 24%. scheerpost.com Walter Mossberg and Kara Swisher interview Steve Jobs and Bill Gates at 'D5: All Things Digital' conference in Carlsbad, California, in 2007. By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Chief executive officers at the largest companies in the United States saw their compensation surge by 1,085% from 1978 to 2023, compared with only a 24% increase for typical worker pay, according to an annual report …

Jessica Corbett (2024-09-21). Federal Trade Commission Sues Big Pharma Middlemen for Inflating Insulin Prices. truthout.org The Federal Trade Commission on Friday initiated a legal process against middlemen that collectively administer about 80% of all prescriptions in the United States, accusing them of artificially inflating the list price of insulin drugs and blocking patients from accessing cheaper products. The FTC action targets the "Big Three" pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs): CVS Health's Caremark Rx… |

Tony Schick (2024-09-21). Yakama Nation's $32 Million in Federal Solar Funds Could Expire Due to Red Tape. truthout.org The Department of Energy gave the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation what seemed like very good news earlier this year: It had won a $32 million grant for a novel solar energy project in Washington state. Built over a series of old irrigation canals, the proposed solar panels would generate electricity for tribal members without removing farm acreage from cultivation. |

A Guest Author (2024-09-21). Oslo Accords — coup against Palestinian people. workers.org The following is a lightly edited statement from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, issued on Sept. 14, 2024, titled "As it enters its 32nd year: Oslo provided cover for occupation policies and stands as an obstacle to the national program." As the Oslo Accords entered their 32nd . . . |

Bronx Anti-War Coalition (2024-09-21). NYPD mass subway shooting over $2.90 — Fare evasion or fatal excuse? workers.org This statement was issued by the Bronx Anti-War Coalition on Sept. 16, 2024, in response to the Sept. 15 shooting of four people by New York Police Department officers after a man allegedly evaded paying a subway fare. Yesterday, the NYPD shot Derell Mickles, a Black man in Brooklyn, for . . . |

Oraily Madruga Rios (2024-09-21). Parliamentarians call for Cuba's removal from terrorist US list. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) Nearly 600 parliamentarians from 73 countries called on the U.S. Government to remove Cuba from the State Department's list of alleged States Sponsoring Terrorism (SST).

aljazeera (2024-09-21). Fact check: Are 'born alive' babies really unprotected in some US states? aljazeera.com President of US anti-abortion rights group claims protections for babies born alive after abortions have been repealed.

aljazeera (2024-09-21). France's Macron appoints new government weeks after divisive election. aljazeera.com The announcement signals end to more than two months of political uncertainty in the EU member state.

aljazeera (2024-09-21). Ukraine bans officials from using Telegram on state-issued devices. aljazeera.com Decision comes after evidence was shared showing Russia's ability to access Telegram messages and personal data.

presstv.ir (2024-09-21). 'Rohingya in pain'- Refugees on hunger strike at India detention center. presstv.ir More than 100 Rohingya refugees living at Goalpara detention center in the Indian state of Assam began hunger strike.

Michael Hudson, Richard Wolff (2024-09-21). U.S. Foreign Policy and Economic Shifts: Trump vs. Harris. indybay.org We are living through a massive reorganization of the world economy. The near-monopolistic position of the United States, which lasted most of the last century, is over. There's another player now, China, which is catching up or has surpassed the U.S. in high-tech and other areas. The BRICS group is already a larger economic bloc than the G7. (Richard Wolff, Democracy at Work)…

Oakland Privacy (2024-09-21). Wednesday 10/16: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State! indybay.org Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.

Editor (2024-09-21). Ancient settlements show that commoning is 'natural' for humans, not selfishness and competition. mronline.org As the first city-states started to form in ancient Mesopotamia, fed by a patchwork of farms across the fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, grain was stored in large siloes (in case of future shortages), and a surplus was generated for the first time, that was accumulated and controlled by a warrior class drawn from Mafia-like, oligarchic families, assisted by a priesthood that kept records and legitimized their rule via a mandate from the heavens.

WSWS (2024-09-21). As voting begins, Trump and his Republican allies intensify efforts to suppress and subvert election. wsws.org Despite the fact many states have already begun to mail out ballots, in several states Republicans are seeking to purge voters and re-write rules to favor Trump.

WSWS (2024-09-21). Join us in building the Volkswagen Rank-and-File Committee! wsws.org On Wednesday, the following statement for the establishment of the rank-and-file committee at Volkswagen was discussed and approved at the online meeting on the attacks on the VW workforce in Germany.

Amir Nour (2024-09-21). The War on Gaza: Requiem for the Deeply Held Two-State Delusion. Amir Nour. globalresearch.ca [Links to Parts I to X are provided at the bottom of this article.] | "I am for peace. And I am for a negotiated peace. But this accord is not a just peace." (Edward W. Said)[1]…

noemail (2024-09-21). School Inspector Suspended Over Fake Salary Payments. devdiscourse.com A District Inspector of Schools (DIoS) has been suspended over accusations of facilitating illegal salary payments to 27 teachers and employees across four schools in the district, according to an official statement.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-09-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: Why more preventive screenings are needed in the Hispanic community. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org According to a recent study by the American Cancer Society, cancer is a leading cause of death among those of Hispanic heritage living in the U.S. Hispanic and Latino people are less likely to be diagnosed with lung, colon, breast and prostate cancers than non-Hispanic white men and women. Dr. Jesse Bracamonte, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, says preventive screenings for cancer and other diseases are effective ways to help reduce these burdens. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-09-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: What you should know about prostate cancer screening. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The prostate is a small gland in males that aids in reproduction. Prostate cancer is one the most common types of cancer, and when it's detected early, often by a simple blood test, it has the best chance for successful treatment. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/-hyeNxs4Jic Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 04) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. "Prostate cancer is incredibly common, probably…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-09-21). Mayo collaborates in ARPA-H funded research to explore environment's role in drug response. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine will play a key role in groundbreaking research funded by an award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The research will explore how environmental exposures interact with genetics to affect people's responses to medications — a field known as pharmacoexposomics. The five-year award, called IndiPHARM, aspires to develop and execute a state-of-the-art high-resolution, precision monitoring system…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-09-21). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Consider TIME when dealing with sepsis. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Editors Note: September is Sepsis Awareness Month DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 86-year-old father was recently hospitalized with a severe infection. We were told he's at an increased risk for sepsis because of his age and medical history. What are the signs of sepsis to watch for now that he's returned home? ANSWER: Nearly 270,000 people in the U.S. die annually because of sepsis — more than the number of people who die from prostate cancer,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-09-21). Mayo Clinic to expand access to state-of-the-art cancer care through transformational gift. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic will enhance and expand access to cancer care and clinical trials for patients and communities, thanks to a generous philanthropic commitment from Stephen M. and Barbara J. Slaggie of Marco Island, Florida, and Winona, Minnesota. The Slaggies' $50 million investment accelerates Mayo Clinic's Bold. Forward. strategy to Cure, Connect and Transform healthcare by supporting Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center in revolutionizing the delivery of cancer care. Mayo Clinic is leading…

UMMID (2024-09-21). Time for BJP to introspect: Cong on Iran Supreme Leader's India comments. ummid.com The Congress on Tuesday said the statement by Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei about the safety of Indian Muslims is the result of the situation which the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and its leaders have created a situation in the country.

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