Daily Archives: August 18, 2023

2023-08-18: News Headlines

_____ (2023-08-18). Washington's Afghanistan Debacle is Prelude to NATO's Ultimate Disaster in Ukraine. strategic-culture.org The glaring fact — absurdly ignored by Western media — is that Afghanistan's struggle for recovery is a result of the 20-year destruction that the U.S. and NATO inflicted on that country. | Join us on , , and .

Fight Back (2023-08-18). Los Angeles joins National Day of Action for Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA — On August 9, Centro CSO, along with the Chicano Moratorium organizing committee, staged an action outside of the U.S. Marines recruitment office in East Los Angeles and joined a national call to action in solidarity with the Tampa 5. Joined with cities nationwide, 30 people gathered to protest the injustices faced by the Tampa 5, and to demand the U.S. stop funding wars overseas like in Ukraine and for Israel. | The Tampa 5 – Gia Davila, Lauren Pineiro, Laura Rodriguez, Jeanie Kida and Chrisley Carpio – are the five Students for a Democratic Society protesters at the University of South F…

teleSUR (2023-08-18). Presidents of Russia and Iran Discuss BRICS Membership. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, exchanged via telephone on the possible accession of the Iranian nation to the BRICS. | Related: | The Kremlin's official Telegram account detailed that, in addition, issues of regional cooperation were discussed. | "Issues of cooperation in international and regional affairs were discussed, including Iran's participation as a full mem…

Vijay Prashad (2023-08-18). The BRICS Have Changed the Balance of Forces, but They Will Not by Themselves Change the World. dissidentvoice.org Mao Xuhui (China), '92 Paternalism, 1992 In 2003, high officials from Brazil, India, and South Africa met in Mexico to discuss their mutual interests in the trade of pharmaceutical drugs. India was and is one of the world's largest producers of various drugs, including those used to treat HIV-AIDS; Brazil and South Africa were both …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-18). Over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike against increased violence by Israeli prison authorities. peoplesdispatch.org Nine Palestinian administrative detainees are on a separate indefinite hunger strike to demand their release and better treatment of fellow prisoners…

WSWS (2023-08-18). Drought-affected small farmers in Sri Lanka denounce government indifference. wsws.org While drought is a natural phenomenon, the decades of poverty afflicting Sri Lankan rural toilers and the now-worsening food shortages across the island are the result of capitalism and big-business government policies.

WSWS (2023-08-18). Drought affected small farmers in Sri Lanka denounce government indifference. wsws.org While drought is a natural phenomenon, the decades of poverty afflicting Sri Lankan rural toilers and the now-worsening food shortages across the island are the result of capitalism and big-business government policies.

No Tech for Apartheid (2023-08-18). Tuesday 8/29: No Tech for Israeli Apartheid @ Google Cloud Next. indybay.org Moscone Convention Center, 747 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103…

ecns.cn (2023-08-18). Thailand opens first Chinese curriculum international school. ecns.cn The China International School held its opening ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday afternoon (local time), as the first such school to adopt the Chinese curriculum in the country.

ecns.cn (2023-08-18). Tickets for 15 sports competitions at 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou to go on sale. ecns.cn Tickets for the 12 sports competitions of 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou will go on real-time sale from 14: 00 Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-08-18). Hangzhou Asian Games Museum draws visitors. ecns.cn As the Hangzhou Asian Games approaches, the museum attracted many visitors in Hangzhou.

teleSUR (2023-08-18). New COVID-19 Variant Eg.5 Not Yet Found in Lebanon or Iran. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported that the quickly spreading EG.5 (Eris) variant of COVID-19 has not yet appeared in Lebanon. | RELATED: | The Health Ministry's Director of Epidemiology Tracking Nada Ghosn told NNA that "the ministry is continuously conducting genetic tests to identify the COVID-19 variants present in Lebanon. So far, these tests have not revealed the presence of t…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-18). US Soldier Sought Asylum in North Korea To Flee Racism, Injustice in Army: Pyongyang. orinocotribune.com The African American soldier that crossed the border from South Korea last month to seek asylum in the North did so to escape "inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination" in the US military, Pyongyang has declared. | The statement, released Wednesday by North Korea's official KCNA news agency, are the country's first public assertions on the defection of the South Korea-based US soldier Travis King, who crossed into North Korea on July 18 while on a tourist tour of the Joint Security Area (JSA) that separates the two rival countries. | The statement further noted that King had confessed to crossing the border…

ecns.cn (2023-08-18). MOC's Taiwan tariff plan welcomed. ecns.cn A Chinese mainland spokeswoman on Friday expressed support after the Ministry of Commerce announced recently that they will study the suspension or partial suspension of tariff preferences for Taiwan products under the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement.

_____ (2023-08-18). Imran, Army, and Pakistan's Hope for a Better World. strategic-culture.org As Imran Khan's supporters continue to throng the towns and cities of Pakistan demanding his release from jail and reinstatement as prime minister, the country's key allies are keeping their distance. | Join us on , , and .

_____ (2023-08-18). Pakistani Politics Is Just Not Cricket. strategic-culture.org

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-08-18). Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister meets with UAE ambassador. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Anayansi Rodriguez met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Haz Ahmed Alkaabi, at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry on Friday.

Phil Pasquini (2023-08-18). Fukushima Radioactive Water Release is Set to Begin. indybay.org Activists demonstrated at the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco to protest their opposition for the upcoming release of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean by TEPCO.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-08-18). Correa llama complot de la derecha a asesinato de Villavicencio. telesurtv.net En total son ocho los candidatos que aspiran a suceder a Lasso y completar el periodo 2021-2025, interrumpido en mayo pasado cuando el mandatario invocó la "muerte cruzada".

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-08-18). Presidentes de Rusia e Irán dialogan sobre adhesión al Brics. telesurtv.net En la cuenta oficial del Kremlin en Telegram se detalló que se hablaron temas de cooperación regional.

Marcelo Colussi (2023-08-18). Pueblos hartos de la "clase política" protestan con su voto. globalizacion.ca Se dice machaconamente que "el pueblo votante es el soberano". Absurda mentira que se nos ha impuesto a base de interminables repeticiones. Desde hace dos siglos, con el advenimiento de las llamadas "democracias" -Estados Unidos, Francia e Inglaterra tomando la…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-08-18). Disminuyen combates tras liberación de comandante en Libia. telesurtv.net Según medios locales, Mahmoud Hamza fue liberado luego de que el jefe de las fuerzas de disuasión emitiera su aprobación.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-08-18). Al menos diez muertos tras estrellarse avioneta en Malasia. telesurtv.net A bordo de la avioneta se encontraban dos tripulantes y seis pasajeros, incluido un político del estado de Pahang.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-08-18). Pakistán detiene a 146 personas por ataques a iglesias cristianas. telesurtv.net Más de 6.000 policías y tropas paramilitares se desplegaron para controlar la violencia mientras la comunidad cristiana denuncia ser víctima de ataques constantes.

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