Patrick Lawrence, Scheer Post. (2023-09-15). Unsweet Dreams: US Foreign Policy Mired In Fantasy, World Faces Reality. popularresistance.org What a time for American statecraft. Antony Blinken was in Kiev last week to discuss Ukraine's rampant corruption with President Volodymyr Zelensky, by various accounts the greediest grifter of them all. Kamala Harris attended a summit in Jakarta to show Southeast Asians that America cares about them, but when the Biden regime sends Harris abroad it seems to signal just the opposite. | With our secretary of state and vice-president in mind, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that American foreign policy comes to rest ever more on fictions, symbolic gestures to impress the folks back home, and pretensions—al…

Amitabha Roychowdhury (2023-09-15). Western arms proliferate in Afghanistan, spike violence. peoplesdispatch.org A huge cache of arms, ammunition and sophisticated military equipment was left behind by the United States and its NATO allies when they pulled out their forces in 2021. Since the Taliban takeover, a chunk of this military gear and weapons has also found way into the arms black market, from where the ruling Taliban has been making money through their sale…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-09-15). Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD) and the Turkey-Syria Earthquake: An Expert Investigation is Required. globalresearch.ca The media categorized the initial earthquake (February 6, 2023) "as the most powerful in the region in at least a century". That is an understatement. In regards to Southern Anatolia, it is the largest earthquake in more than seven centuries.

infobrics (2023-09-15). Russian-North Korea cooperation and the talks outcome. infobrics.org For Russia, engaging with North Korea is also about balancing US-Japanese-South Korean influence in Asia.

infobrics (2023-09-15). The Expansion of BRICS and Its Implications. infobrics.org The recent BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit has dominated the global news headlines for weeks because of its growing membership and bold visions. Obviously, for developing countries, the summit's discussions and outcomes were treated as a historical development, which could shape a completely new world order…

infobrics (2023-09-15). Another BRIC in the Wall: What Saudi Arabia's Joining BRICS Means for the World. infobrics.org On January 1, six countries are expected to join the alliance of emerging economies. While Iran hailed the event as a victory for its foreign policy, Saudi Arabia still aims to clarify the terms of the membership and ensure that it will not be used as a "cash cow" for the weaker members…

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-15). Labor's sleight of hand over Israel's occupation of Palestine. greenleft.org.au

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-09-15). Five Palestinians killed in Gaza blast. electronicintifada.net Israel says it intercepted explosives hidden in shipment to besieged coastal enclave.

WSWS (2023-09-15). At Washington's behest, India's military weighing how it would assist the US in waging war on China. wsws.org Among the "two options" that India's military and political leaders are publicly said to be considering is opening "a new theater of war for China" along the disputed and already highly militarized Indo-China border.

ecns.cn (2023-09-15). Efforts to ensure food security stepped up. ecns.cn In recent years, under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, China and Kazakhstan have been actively cooperating in the agricultural sector to maintain regional food security.

ecns.cn (2023-09-15). Heart-shaped Wulan Lake embedded in Tengger Desert. ecns.cn Magical view of Wulan Lake, a heart-shaped lake in the hinterland of the Tengger Desert, northwest China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The rich microorganisms in the salt lake make its water scarlet.

Anand Naidoo (2023-09-15). The Heat: UN General Assembly. america.cgtn.com As world leaders prepare to gather in New York for the 78th meeting of the UN General Assembly, we take a look at China's growing support of the world body. | On June 26th 1945, China became the first country to sign the UN Charter. Nearly 80 years later, as the world deals with major economic and geopolitical challenges, China's support for the United Nations has grown to being in the words of last year's General Assembly president, "a strong buttress" to the UN's blue flag. | Joining the discussion: |

Editor (2023-09-15). The Importance of Shining a Light on Hidden Toxic Histories. scheerpost.com By Elizabeth Kryder-Reid / The Conversation Indianapolis proudly claims Elvis' last concert, Robert Kennedy's speech in response to Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, and the Indianapolis 500. There's a 9/11 memorial, a Medal of Honor Memorial and a statue of former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning. What few locals know, let alone tourists, is that the city also houses one of …

KATIE (2023-09-15). 41 years on, we honour the victims of the Israeli-sponsored massacre at Sabra and Shatila. bdsmovement.net

MEE staff (2023-09-15). Yemen war: Saudi Arabia invites Houthi officials for talks to end conflict. middleeasteye.net

ecns.cn (2023-09-15). Sportswear-themed exhibition draws visitors ahead of 19th Asian Games. ecns.cn A series of exhibitions opened in Hangzhou to welcome the forthcoming Asian Games, drawing many visitors.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-15). Preparing for War is the Beginning: An Early Warning for Northeast Asia. libya360.wordpress.com Dae-Han Song US and ROK Marines attend ceremony in South Korea (Photo: US Indo-Pacific Command) July 27 marked the 70th anniversary of the 1953 ceasefire to the Korean War. In the three years leading up to the anniversary, South Korean peace movements organized the international Korea Peace Appeal campaign to replace the armistice agreement with a peace…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-09-15). German health workforce strategy depends on nursing drain from India. peoplesdispatch.org Germany's bid to address its nursing shortage through international recruitment spans Latin America, eastern Europe, and Asia. India, especially the State of Kerala, finds itself among the top cadre providers…

Édouard Soulier (2023-09-15). Palestine: thirty years after Oslo, accords benefit Israel. internationalviewpoint.org "Thirty years on, the hopes raised by the Oslo Accords have been dashed. They point the way to what must not be done. There can be no "peace process" under occupation and colonization." | – | / |

Yong-hui Hong (2023-09-15). The Inherited "Results" of the Imperial Japanese Army's Experiments on Human Beings. internationalviewpoint.org "The excessive reliance on human experimentation that remains in Japan""""""s medical societies today should be subjected to historical and fundamental criticism." | – | / |

ecns.cn (2023-09-15). Crystal-clear river meanders through valleys of Tianshan mountains. ecns.cn A stream is surround by Tianshan Mountains in Jinghe County, Bortala Mongolian Autonomous prefecture, northwest of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

noreply (2023-09-15). Larry, Certainly, Has A Way… smoothiex12.blogspot.com with words and analogies. This is excellent from Larry. Plus Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski (Karen and I have been on the same show on RT–great woman, officer and patriot) gives a superb description:
In reality, of course, US top brass simply doesn't know what to do–they have neither background nor experience in such matters. Again, they should have studied Katukov against Guderian and Manstein, not Patton in Loraine.

ecns.cn (2023-09-15). Students jailed for luring clients to overseas casino. ecns.cn At least two students from a vocational school in Changde, Hunan province, have been sentenced to eight months to a year in prison by a court in Henan province for luring people to gamble at a casino in the Philippines.

ecns.cn (2023-09-15). Infrastructure to make sides of Straits closer. ecns.cn The technical capabilities for the construction of a high-speed passage between Fujian province on the Chinese mainland and the Taiwan region are already in place, a senior official said on Thursday.

Marcus Gabbert (2023-09-15). Bay Area's Armenian community rallies against humanitarian crisis in Artsakh. indybay.org