Daily Archives: June 21, 2023

2023-06-21: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). China stands ready to bring more like-minded partners into BRICS family: spokesperson. ecns.cn The expansion of BRICS is a political consensus reached by all five BRICS members. China is committed to advancing the BRICS expansion and stands ready to bring more like-minded partners into the big family of BRICS, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Beijing, Berlin sign action plan on development. ecns.cn China and Germany have secured a three-year joint action plan aimed at strengthening international development cooperation to effectively implement the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). China and Pakistan ink $4.8 billion deal to build 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant: report. ecns.cn China and Pakistan inked a $4.8 billion deal on Tuesday to construct a 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant, according to media reports.

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-21). Biden Says Threat of Putin Using Tactical Nukes Is 'Real'. news.antiwar.com President Biden warned Monday that the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is "real." The president made the comments to donors during a trip to California. "When I was out here about two years ago saying I worried about the Colorado River drying up, everybody looked at me like I was …


Anonymous669 (2023-06-21). Russian Airstrikes Hit HTS HQ, Ammunition Depot & Supply Base In Syria's Greater Idlib (Video). southfront.org A Russian Su-34 fighter bomber as seen over Greater Idlib on June 20. Via Twitter. | On June 20, a series of Russian airstrikes hit the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, which is controlled by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and several other terrorist groups. | Several airstrikes hit the northern outskirts of Idlib city and the vicinity of the town of al-Sheikh Bahr in the northern countryside of Idlib. The targets of the airstrikes were reportedly a hea…

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Air Force unit honored with high-level title. ecns.cn A bomber unit of the People's Liberation Army Air Force has been given the honorary title of "Role Model of the Time" by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.

Anonymous669 (2023-06-21). Bogged Down On The Front, Ukraine Launches Drone Attack On Moscow (Videos). southfront.org File image. | With its forces failing to advance on the front, Ukraine launched a new attack with drones on the Russian capital, Moscow, on June 21. | In a statement, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that three Ukrainian drones were suppressed by electronic warfare while approaching facilities in the Moscow region."Today we have foiled an attempt of the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack on facilities in the Moscow Region with three aircraft-type drones. All drones were deflected by electronic warfar…

WSWS (2023-06-21). Biden kicks off reelection bid with "America First" speech to trade union bureaucrats. wsws.org The principles of "Bidenomics" are virtually identical to Trump's pledge to "Make America Great Again," with two exceptions: Biden ties his program to support for war against Russia as well as China and enlists the support of the trade union bureaucracy to carry it out.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-06-21). Minsk to host Eurasian security conference next October. plenglish.com Minsk, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) The Belarussian capital will host on October 26-27 an international conference on ways to deal with the Eurasian security crisis, said Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik.

Anonymous834 (2023-06-21). Eric Zuesse: Reshaping American Racism, Or REPLACING American Racism? southfront.org Written by America's racism is reducing its focus against Africans in order to increase its focus against Asians. | On June 20th, an editorial in China's Global Times newspaper headlined

Larry Johnson (2023-06-21). Biden and America Have a Major China Problem. sonar21.com I hear that the Chinese are going to add the image of Antony Blinken to the dictionary definition of "Kow Tow." He went to Beijing, hat in hand, and received…

Yves Engler (2023-06-21). Promoting Israeli Apartheid in Canadian Schools Not Okay. dissidentvoice.org The Palestinian solidarity movement must seek to disrupt the 'school to apartheid promotion pipeline'. It's past time to challenge private schools indoctrinating young minds into worshiping a violent faraway state that oppresses millions. A recent visit to Canada by Israel's minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, Amichai Chikli, highlights a subject that requires far …

Editor (2023-06-21). Permanent Apartheid in Palestine: This is Why Israel Wants to Reactivate E1 Plan. scheerpost.com The price of Israel's major plans in East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank is not just humanitarian. It is essentially political, aimed at cutting off Palestinian communities from one another, isolating Jerusalem completely, and ensuring a Jewish demographic majority for generations to come.

WSWS (2023-06-21). Fire in Chinatown electric-bike shop leaves 4 dead, highlighting the immense social crisis in New York City. wsws.org So far this year, there have been over 100 fires caused by e-bike batteries and 13 deaths in New York City.

No Nukes Action (2023-06-21). Saturday 6/24: No Radioactive Water Dumping in Pacific Ocean at Fukushima. indybay.org Berkeley Main Public Library Community Room 3rd Floor | 2090 Kittredge St. Berkeley…

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2023-06-21). FBI Make-Work Entrapment Schemes: Creating Criminals in Order to Arrest Them. dissidentvoice.org Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. — Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 146 We're not dealing with a government that exists to serve its people, protect their liberties and ensure their happiness. Rather, we are the unfortunate victims of the diabolical machinations …

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). Machinery SOEs boost business riding on BRI, global infra uptrend. ecns.cn China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Corp Ltd, or CRCC Heavy Industry, is among such SOEs. The company is preparing a trip in July to deliver its latest micro tunnel boring machine, which was rolled out in May, to Thailand.

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). Prime ministers of four countries to visit China. ecns.cn At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Prime Minister Mottley of Barbados, Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene of Mongolia, Prime Minister Hipkins of New Zealand and Prime Minister Pham of Viet Nam will attend the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin and pay an official visit to China, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a press conference on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). China, Qatar sign 27-year natural gas contract. ecns.cn China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) and QatarEnergy signed 27-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract on Tuesday, Agence France-Presse reported.

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). Nepal expects more bilateral cooperation with China. ecns.cn The Nepalese government expects to strengthen cooperation with the Tibet autonomous region in the areas of trade, tourism, culture and infrastructure development, said a top Nepalese official in Lhasa on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). 2,000-year-old bronze drum discovered in South China's Guangxi. ecns.cn An ancient tomb that belongs to the Warring States Period (475BC-221BC) has recently been discovered in Pingguo, a city in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). Chinese envoy firmly opposes double standards on human rights. ecns.cn China attaches great importance to the promotion and protection of human rights, and firmly opposes double standards on human rights.

WSWS (2023-06-21). India-China border conflict enters fourth year as Modi visits Washington. wsws.org Increased military-strategic cooperation will be at the centre of Modi's talks with Biden, as will be removing what Washington and Wall Street perceive to be barriers to developing India as a rival global production-chain hub to China.

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-21). Jonno Sriranganathan: 'Aim for reforms that open up space for deeper radical change'. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2023-06-21). Media outlets claim Iran-US close to a temporary "understanding" wsws.org That the agreement would be unwritten indicates its very limited and fragile nature in a region destabilized by decades of imperialist-stoked conflicts.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-06-21). China ratifica apoyo a proceso de expansión de los Brics. telesurtv.net La vocera de la Cancillería señaló que el gigante asiático "está comprometido con el avance de la expansión Brics".

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-06-21). ONU insta a Israel a frenar decisiones sobre asentamientos judíos. telesurtv.net Los asentamientos israelíes son 'una violación flagrante del derecho internacional', dice el titular de la ONU, António Guterres.

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