2023-09-02: News Headlines

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. (2023-09-02). 1 January 2024, The World's Centre Of Gravity Will Shift. popularresistance.org On the last day of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the five founding states (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) welcomed six new members: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The BRICS partnership now encompasses 47.3 percent of the world's population, with a combined global Gross Domestic Product (by purchasing power parity, or PPP,) of 36.4 percent. In comparison, though the G7 states (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States) account for merely 10 percent of the world's population, their share of…

sputnikglobe (2023-09-02). Japan to Allocate Extra $137Mln to Fishermen Amid China's Seafood Import Ban – Reports. sputnikglobe.com TOKYO (Sputnik) – The Japanese government intends to allocate an additional 20 billion yen ($136.8 million) to support fishermen and fisheries after China imposed a ban on imports of Japanese seafood over the release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, Japanese media reported on Saturday.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-09-02). Putin congratulates Vietnam for its independence anniversary. plenglish.com "Dear Comrade Vo Van Thuong, please accept my heartfelt congratulations on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of Vietnam's independence. Russian-Vietnamese relations are based on good traditions of friendship and mutual respect," Putin said through the statement. | He emphasized that the two countries have established " productive cooperation in various spheres and constructive interaction in international affairs". | The leader also expressed confidence that through joint efforts, Russia and Vietnam will further strengthen their comprehensive strategic partnership for the benefit of their respective peoples in…

Shirin Kamangar (2023-09-02). Popular Protest and Labor Insurgency in Iran. internationalviewpoint.org "The workers very carefully considered how best to advance their struggle in the face of the restrictions imposed on them both by the present regime and by the right-wing opposition. The mass uprising has provided fertile ground for them to voice demands linked to their daily existence and lived experience. " | – | / |

Karen Yamanaka (2023-09-02). 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…

ecns.cn (2023-09-02). China's 'pole of cold' begins residential heating. ecns.cn Genhe City, known as China's "Pole of Cold" in the northernmost tip of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, has provided residential heating since Thursday."ÄÄThe heating period usually lasts up to nine months. As the locals welcome the start of autumn, the temperatures have dropped below zero degrees Celsius.

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-02). Iranian-Australians welcome NSW Upper House support for democracy struggle. greenleft.org.au

sputnikglobe (2023-09-02). India Launches Its First Solar Research Mission Aditya-L1. sputnikglobe.com The PSLV C57 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) rocket carrying the station was launched from the national spaceport on the island of Sriharikota in the Bay of Bengal.

Editor (2023-09-02). Is RFK Jr. the Judas Goat Leading Us to Slaughter? (w/ Sam Husseini). scheerpost.com By Diego Ramos and Max Jones / Original to ScheerPost The J4S boys talk to Sam Husseini about his critiques of RFK Jr., which are of the most substantive and unique in independent media. While most people criticize Kennedy almost entirely on his hawkish positions on Israel/Palestine, Husseini goes deeper — pointing out Kennedy's silence …

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-09-02). More than 30 injured in Israel after repression of Eritreans protest. plenglish.com Tel Aviv, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) At least 35 people were injured, 11 of them by gunshots, during the police repression of a protest held today in this city by asylum seekers from Eritrea.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-09-02). Resistance against Israel reaffirmed in Lebanon. plenglish.com Beirut, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Lebanon's Hizbullah, and of the Palestinian movements: Islamic Jihad, Ziad al-Nakhaleh, and Hamas Saleh Al-Arouri, reaffirmed here today their position of resistance against Israel.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-02). US Ban on Visiting North Korea Part of 'Demonization' of DPRK. sputnikglobe.com US citizens had been brainwashed by official government propaganda painting North Korea as an oppressive totalitarian state, Betsy Yoon, a member of the Nodutdol for Korean Community Development group, believes.

TASS (2023-09-02). North Korea fires several cruise missiles toward Yellow Sea. tass.com The number of missiles and their trajectory is not reported…

Chris Wright (2023-09-02). Nikole Hannah-Jones, Frederick Douglass, and the Left. dissidentvoice.org Twitter conversations with public intellectuals are rarely worthy of note, but a recent exchange I had with Nikole Hannah-Jones, famed mastermind of the New York Times' 1619 Project, was symptomatic of widespread tendencies in left-liberal culture and brought up important issues. Hannah-Jones is a spokeswoman for wokeness, the cultural phenomenon that, as I've written elsewhere, …

sputnikglobe (2023-09-02). US Police Release Footage of Ohio Cop Fatally Shooting Pregnant Woman. sputnikglobe.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Blendon Township Police Department has released officers' body-worn camera footage depicting the fatal shooting of 21-year-old pregnant woman Ta'Kiya Young in a grocery store parking lot on August 24.

Dean Henderson (2023-09-02). 9/11 Analysis: Osama bin Laden and the 911 Illusion. globalresearch.ca The alleged killing of Osama bin Laden, which fittingly occurred in his "mansion" within 1,000 yards of a Pakistani military training academy, could signal the winding down of the biggest psychological warfare operation ever prosecuted by the global oligarchy. | What …

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-09-02). Terrorist ambush kills 16 Syrian soldiers. plenglish.com Damascus, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) At least 16 uniformed members of the Syrian Arab Army were killed and five others were wounded in a terrorist attack in the northwest of the country, media reported here. The sources added that suicide radicals from the so-called Levant Liberation Board, registered on the international terrorism list, attacked the military near the site of Wadi Rabiya in the extreme northeast of Latakia province, located some 350 kilometers northwest of Damascus, the capital.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-02). Thai King Approves Composition of New Government Led by Prime Minister Thavisin – Decree. sputnikglobe.com BANGKOK (Sputnik) – King of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn has appointed and approved the composition of the new government of the country, headed by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, according to a decree published on the website of the Royal Government Gazette on Saturday.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-09-02). The Suwayda Protests: A Foreign-Backed Plot to Fragment Syria? orinocotribune.com By The Cradle's Syria Correspondent — Aug 29, 2023 | There are parallels between these Suwayda protests and the 2011 ones that morphed into a countrywide military conflict — namely, the foreign exploitation of sincere grievances strategically aimed at dividing Syria along sectarian and ethnic lines. | Thirteen years after the onset of the war on Syria, a domestic political eruption backed by foreign states has resurfaced, threatening to once again ignite conflict in the country despite years of relative calm. | Economic woes today underpin the public grievances expressed on the street. The much-heralded…

Brett Stephen Mansfield, Frederick J Raal (2023-09-02). Clinical Picture] Regression of cutaneous xanthomata in patient with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia using novel therapies. thelancet.com A 24-year-old woman attended our follow-up clinic reporting that the multiple tendinous and cutaneous xanthomas on her hands, elbows, and feet had markedly improved (figure).

teleSUR, JCM (2023-09-02). Tifón Saola se debilita pero amenaza el sur de China. telesurtv.net El peligroso ciclón derribó árboles y rompió ventanas a su paso por Hong Kong, además de provocar la evacuación de unas 880.000 personas en dos ciudades chinas.

teleSUR, SH (2023-09-02). India lanza su primera misión espacial para estudiar el Sol. telesurtv.net Con esta misión, India se une a un grupo de países como China, EE.UU. Japón y la extinta Alemania Occidental en haber lanzado sondas para estudiar el Sol.

teleSUR, SH, JGN (2023-09-02). Herencia y legado de Ho Chi Minh para el mundo. telesurtv.net Ho Chi Minh es uno de los personajes fundamentales en la lucha por la independencia y posterior formación de la República de Vietnam.

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2023-09-02). Fuerzas de Israel reprimen nueva protesta en Gaza. telesurtv.net Los soldados israelíes se desplegaron para disparar balas de plástico y munición real, así como lanzar bombas lacrimógenas contra los manifestantes.

MEE staff (2023-09-01). Israel: Ben Gvir restricts family visits for Palestinian prisoners. middleeasteye.net Israel: Ben Gvir restricts family visits for Palestinian prisoners | The prime minister's office later denied that a decision has been made to limit visits to once every two months | Fri, 09/01/2023 – 15: 01 | A police officer keeps watch from an observation tower at the Gilboa Prison in northern Israel on 6 September 2021 (AFP) |

Palestine Action. (2023-08-31). Judge Acquits Two Palestine Action Activists After They Shut Elbit Down. popularresistance.org On Wednesday 30th August, District Judge Grego found two activists not guilty of 'obstruction of the highway'. The two activists, Jasmine and Iola, had locked themselves into vehicles, each blocking the two entrances of UAV Engines Ltd. Their action took place during an ongoing camp at the site, and led to the factory being forced to close down for the day on 9th September 2022. Whilst locked in, one activist threw paint at the gates which resembled the colours of the Palestinian flag. | Three months after the action, the two were given notices of 'no further action', meaning no criminal charges would be brought…

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