Daily Archives: December 8, 2021

2021-12-08: News Headlines

Giancarlo Elia Valori (2021-12-08). The crisis of international law. moderndiplomacy.eu The idea of promoting the human rights agenda in the image and likeness of the Western countries' principles — as the repositories of Absolute Truth — is counterproductive and directly harmful in the Near and Middle East and Central Asia, as it does not consider the historical experience of these geopolitical regions. Moreover, many experts …

Editor2 (2021-12-08). China-Laos Railway Roars in Full Swing, Brings Laos Into Modern Transport era amid BRI Endeavor. orinocotribune.com The 1,035-kilometer-long China-Laos Railway, a signature project under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, officially went into full operation on Friday, catapulting the landlocked Southeast Asian nation into a Chinese standard-powered modern railway era that honors China's promise of enabling inclusive growth along the BRI routes. | Chinese President Xi Jinping and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith witnessed the opening of the railway via video link. | The opening of the China-Laos Railway will make Laos' dream of becoming a land-linked hub come true. China will ensure the maintenance and security of th…

Amjed Jaaved (2021-12-08). Quaid-e-Azam: The Protector-General of minorities. moderndiplomacy.eu Lynching and setting people was a phenomenon peculiar to India under Modi. But, in a shocking incident , a Sri Lankan factory manager in Sialkot was lynched and later burnt alive. Not only the Pakistan government but also the religiously-oriented parties condemned the incident. Government announced to confer Tamgha-e-Shujaat to the lone voice who tried …

Sarah Anderson (2021-12-08). After a Year-Long Strike, Indian Farmers Score a Big Win. inequality.org

WSWS (2021-12-08). Eighteen coal miners and villagers massacred by Indian army in Nagaland. wsws.org The security forces' killing spree began late afternoon Saturday, when an Indian Army Special Forces unit ambushed a pick-up truck that was conveying coal miners to their homes after a day of hard work.

Eshalaxmi Barlingay (2021-12-08). Remains of missing Native American children continue to be identified. america.cgtn.com The remains of dozens of missing Native American children have been identified in unmarked mass graves near the old grounds of the Rapid City Indian School, closed in 1933. For decades, elders in the community spoke about terrible practices and buried truths, but only recently …

Asa Winstanley (2021-12-08). Not guilty: Palestine Action acquitted in first trial. electronicintifada.net "Elbit Three" activists defaced Israeli drone factory in UK.

Robert Hunziker (2021-12-08). Japan's Upcoming Nuclear Waste Dump. dissidentvoice.org Nuclear waste is an interminable curse that eternally haunts the future of civilization for hundreds/thousands of years. The challenge of making nuclear power safer doesn't end after the power has been generated. Nuclear fuel remains dangerously radioactive for thousands of years after it is no longer useful in a commercial reactor.1 There are 440 nuclear …

Newsroom (2021-12-08). Report Underlines Reforms to Support Fiscal Federalism, Green Growth in Nepal. moderndiplomacy.eu Nepal has made significant strides in implementing fiscal federalism while key reforms are needed to support fiscal sustainability and Nepal's transition towards green, resilient, and inclusive development states the World Bank's Public Expenditure Review (PER) Report on Fiscal Policy for Sustainable Development launched today. With the country's transition to federalism, expenditure responsibilities have been devolved …

Dr. James M. Dorsey (2021-12-08). Pakistan slips on a slippery slope of religious militancy. moderndiplomacy.eu Pakistani political and military leaders have vowed to eradicate ultra-conservative religious extremism that drove a mob to torture, brutally lynch a Sri Lankan national, and burn his body in the eastern city of Sialkot. Some 900 cases have been filed with police and 235 people arrested in connection with the killing. "Let me make this …

Joe Piette (2021-12-08). Palestine Solidarity Day officially recognized in Philadelphia. workers.org International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was officially recognized in Philadelphia for the first time on Nov. 29. Philadelphia City Hall, Nov. 29. Mayor Jim Kenney, Amy Eusebio (director of the Office of Immigrant Affairs), City Council members Kendra Brooks, Jamie Gauthier and Maria Quinoñes Sanchez, State Representative . . . |

Newsroom (2021-12-08). Philippines: Boosting Private Sector Growth Can Strengthen Recovery, Create More Jobs. moderndiplomacy.eu Rebounding from a deep contraction in 2020, the Philippine economy is forecast to grow 5.3 percent this year before accelerating to an average of 5.8 percent in 2022-23 on the road to recovery, according to the Philippines Economic Update (PEU) titled Regaining Lost Ground, Revitalizing the Filipino Workforce, released today by the World Bank. Government …

WSWS (2021-12-08). Sri Lankan educators defend Lisa Diaz. wsws.org The Teachers-Students-Parents Safety Committee (TSPSC) in Sri Lanka condemns the threatening of Lisa Diaz in Britain with prosecution and the Family Court over her daughter's school attendance. These actions must be denounced by parents, teachers and students all over the world as they are a major attack on fundamental democratic rights and the basic parental instinct to protect one's children.

scorinoco (2021-12-08). Conservative Elites Join up for Campaign to Force Canada to Violate the One-China Principle. orinocotribune.com By William Ging Wee Dere — Dec 5, 2021 | One of the pressure points now being used against China is Taiwan. | Short history of Taiwan and Canada engagement | Taiwan is a breakaway part of China.

_____ (2021-12-08). Russian-Vietnamese Relations and the Joint Fight Against the Pandemic. journal-neo.org The history of relations between Russia and Vietnam goes back to Soviet times when the USSR supported the Vietnamese communists in their war for creating their state, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV). After that, the Soviet Union became a major partner of the SRV for many years. The common ideology, joint opposition to the …

Staff (2021-12-07). Ukraine asks for weapons meant to fight Taliban — report. rt.com Ukraine has requested a supply of American military equipment that was originally intended to go to Afghanistan, before the American-backed government fell to the Taliban earlier this year. | Minister of Defense Alexey Reznikov made the request during a visit to Washington last month, according to a report published in Foreign Policy magazine on Monday. He had flown to the US to ask for assistance in a number of military matters, including support for air and naval defense, as well as electronic warfare. | An unnamed Ukrainian defense official reportedly told Foreign Policy that Reznikov's list of requests fea…

Editor (2021-12-07). The Ukraine: The USA is responsible of the escalation, and must stop it before provoking a world war. mronline.org Today, the Ukraine is not only the epicenter of a new cold war, but also one of the three most dangerous points on Earth, along with Iran and Taiwan, where a nuclear conflict could be ignited, leading to the end of mankind.

Staff (2021-12-07). Headlines for December 7, 2021. democracynow.org Justice Department Sues Texas Over Political Maps That Diminish Power of Voters of Color, New York City Announces First-in-Nation Vaccine Mandate For Private Employers, Biden Meets Putin as Russian Troops Mass on Ukraine Border, Russia and India Agree to Deepen Military Ties, Haitian Kidnappers Release 3 More Missionaries, 12 Remain Hostages, Civil Rights Office's Warnings Over Haiti Deportations Went Ignored by DHS and ICE , Biden Administration Reinstates and Expands Trump-Era "Remain in Mexico" Policy, Trump-era Oil & Gas Drilling Boom Continues Under Biden, Despite Campaign Pledge , Top Mike Pence Aide Will C…

_____ (2021-12-07). U.S.-Ukraine Plan Emerges… Make Another Afghan Quagmire for Russia. strategic-culture.org U.S. President Joe Biden and his top aides continue to assert that Russia is building up forces to attack its western neighbor. | A senior U.S. Democratic Senator revealed more than he intended when he gleefully expressed a desire to see Russia invade Ukraine and for it to become another "Afghan quagmire". | Senator Chris Murphy who sits on the policy-influencing Senate Foreign Relations Committee

New Atlas (2021-12-07). The real reason for US aggression against China (opinion). newatlas.report December 7, 2021 (Angelo Giuliano — DotDotNews) — In 1945, the world woke up to a new reality, a new world order. The US had escaped World War II unscathed while Europe and Asia were completely destroyed. Throughout the war the US developed a massive industrial base to supply the war effort and its share of …

_____ (2021-12-07). New Study Finds The US Military Is Spreading Disease Around The World. popularresistance.org A new study out of York University in Toronto, Canada finds that the US military plays a large role in the spread of diseases globally, including past and present pandemics. Clearing the FOG speaks with one of the lead authors, K J Noh, an expert analyst on the geopolitics of the Asian-Pacific region and health, about the study. Important factors in the spread of disease are Status Agreements that the US military makes with local and national governments that exempt members of the military from being required to follow public health measures and a culture of impunity within the military that leads to members defy…

teleSUR (2021-12-07). Iran Says US Seeks a New Crisis In Region After ISIS Fall. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Shamkhani accused the United States of seeking "a new crisis" in the region after the fall of the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group. | RELATED: | "The United States is very angry about the collapse of ISIS in Syria and Iraq as well as the victory of the resistance front… and is looking for a new crisis," Shamkhani said at a meeting with visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal…

Adri Nieuwhof (2021-12-07). Dutch court upholds war crimes immunity for Israel's Benny Gantz. electronicintifada.net "In Gaza we are subjected to military slaughter and in The Hague we are subjected to a legal slaughter."

_____ (2021-12-07). How Congress Loots The Treasury For The Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex. popularresistance.org Despite a disagreement over some amendments in the Senate, the United States Congress is poised to pass a $778 billion military budget bill for 2022. As they have been doing year after year, our elected officials are preparing to hand the lion's share – over 65% – of federal discretionary spending to the U.S. war machine, even as they wring their hands over spending a mere quarter of that amount on the Build Back Better Act. | The U.S. military's incredible record of systematic failure—most recently its final trouncing by the Taliban after twenty years of death, destruction and lies in Afghanistan—cri…

WSWS (2021-12-07). Honduran "leftist" president-elect bows to Washington over Taiwan. wsws.org Xiomara Castro's ditching of her campaign pledge to establish diplomatic ties to Beijing is a signal of the incoming government's subordination to US imperialism.

teleSUR (2021-12-07). Russia Calls For Agreements to Prevent Expanding NATO Eastward. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Russia's Foreign Affairs Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova pointed out that the reduction of military tensions in Europe requires credible agreements to prevent the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) towards her country's borders. | RELATED: | "Since the end of the Cold War, Russia has received repeated assurances that NATO jurisdiction and troops will not move an inch to the…

Shagul Othman (2021-12-07). Understanding the student protests in Iraqi Kurdistan. zcomm.org Countless student protesters took to the streets of Iraqi Kurdistan to demand better living conditions and denounce political corruption among the ruling elites…

Staff (2021-12-07). Whistleblower accuses UK of manipulation to save face during Afghan pull back. rt.com Thousands of emails about Afghans seeking help after the Taliban takeover were marked as read as part of a "public relations" effort to allow the UK government to claim there were no unread messages, a whistleblower has said. | The allegations are part of damning

Staff (2021-12-07). Raab 'proud' of Kabul evacuations, blames chaos on US. rt.com In response to whistleblower allegations, former British foreign secretary Dominic Raab has praised the "Herculean" evacuation from Afghanistan and said the UK was dependent on the US timetable. | Speaking to Sky News' Kay Burley on Tuesday, Raab hailed the evacuation of British nationals and allied Afghans from Kabul as "an absolutely heroic and Herculean effort." | "We did everything we could," he argued, adding that the airlift was "a record that those involved, particularly those working on the ground, should be proud of." | According to Raab, the Royal Air Force evacuated more than 15,000 people between…

_____ (2021-12-07). US Build Up in Asia Drives China and Russia Closer Together. journal-neo.org While the US-Russia relations have, for historical reasons, always remained uneasy, the US' recent 'war on China' and Washington's subsequent efforts to bolster its military build up in Asia are directly driving its two strategic competitors into a strategic partnership. In this regard, ways have been suggested — and attempts have been made — to drive a …

Kevin Mwanza (2021-12-07). Hong Kong Hedge Fund Manager: Based on Previous Bubbles, Stocks Could Fall 50-70%, Have A Ways To Go. moguldom.com Hong Kong-based hedge fund manager, Puru Saxena, believes U.S. stocks could fall as much as 70 percent based on analysis of previous bubbles. Saxena, an investment portfolio manager and popular investment commentator, that stock prices are about to "unwind", which could result in a 50-70 percent decline. "If prior bubbles are any guide, we are …

WSWS (2021-12-07). Medical authorities warn of disaster as Omicron variant found in India. wsws.org Indian national and state authorities are indicating they will take no new action to halt the spread of a more vaccine-resistant variant of the virus that has devastated the country.

Editor (2021-12-07). 'Any bystander is a coward or a traitor' — Frantz Fanon's revolutionary challenge. mronline.org From the end of May until a few days before Remembrance Day (November 11) flags at Canadian public buildings were flown at half-mast. This unusual occurrence was in recognition of the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves containing the remains of Indigenous children on the sites of former Indian Residential Schools.

Tamanna Islam (2021-12-07). Blue Economy and the opening of new horizons in Bangladesh. moderndiplomacy.eu The sea is called the lungs of the earth. The land beneath the sea is a world full of diversity and abundance of life. Professor Gunter Pauli, an Australian citizen, gave the first idea of the huge economic potential. In 2010, at the invitation of the United Nations, the idea of formulating an environmentally friendly …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-12-07). Killings during Great March of Return protests in Gaza whitewashed by Israel, report reveals. peoplesdispatch.org The report reveals "how Israel worked to whitewash the truth and protect the political and military officials responsible, instead of taking action against the individuals who devised and implemented the unlawful open-fire policy, which resulted in the killing of more than 200 Palestinians"

Shriya Singh (2021-12-07). Solidarity march shows rising strength of student movement in Pakistan. peoplesdispatch.org The annual Student Solidarity March, which was held on November 26, sought the withdrawal of the ban against student unions, as well as the reversal of fee hikes and an increase in the education budget…

Dr. Anjum Sarfraz (2021-12-07). Importance of Analysis of Major Events of Pakistan. moderndiplomacy.eu Pakistan in the past 74 years of independence has gone through events some of which have even changed its geography as well as demography but thorough, honest, unbiased and transparent analysis have either not been carried out and if done recommendations have not been implemented in letter and spirit and defaulters have not been awarded …

Fight Back (2021-12-07). Philippines: Condemn AFP terrorist aerial bombing in Miag-ao. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Dec. 6 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and all revolutionary forces condemn in the strongest terms the terrorist aerial bombing of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Miag-ao, Iloilo last December 1. | Based on reports of the New People's Army (NPA)-Panay, the AFP dropped at least four 500-lb bombs using attack aircrafts at around 5 a.m. on a mountainous area just above one kilometer away from the center of Barangay Alimodias in the said town. It ravaged an area 100 meters acr…

WSWS (2021-12-07). Stalinist Communist Party of the Philippines supports right-wing Robredo campaign. wsws.org The CPP has never in its fifty-year history mounted an independent political campaign. Election cycles are opportunities to strike an alliance with a faction of the ruling elite.

Claudia Andrade (2021-12-07). Korean workers struggle for democracy: Eyewitness report from a PSL delegate to the People's Democracy Party. liberationnews.org International solidarity can help force the United States out of Korea. The conditions that South Korean workers face are similar to the conditions that workers suffer around the world and particularly in the United States.

Staff (2021-12-07). Sudden toad invasion threatens humans and pets. rt.com Dozens of volunteers have been collecting highly toxic cane toads in the town of Chaotun in Taiwan in an attempt to contain their spread, while scientists remain puzzled by how these large amphibians found their way into the area. | "We hope to minimize the impact brought by the invasive species by collecting them to protect our own local species," a volunteer from the Taiwan Amphibian Conservation Society, Guava Tsai, told NBC News. | Originating from South and Central America, cane toads, whose poison can kill a human if it gets into the eyes or mouth, have long been an issue for Australia and the Philippine…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-12-07). Trade unions in Turkey call for demonstrations demanding revision in minimum wage. peoplesdispatch.org The Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey has said that the current national minimum wage is not sufficient for workers to meet their basic needs amid rising prices and an economic crisis intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic…

_____ (2021-12-07). The Fate of Russian Literature in the Arab World. journal-neo.org Russia recently took part in the Sharjah International Book Fair, the largest one in UAE. The exposition featured books published in the Russian Federation, which included Arabic. Russian representatives held talks with the Emiratis to launch a major joint project, translating and publishing a series of Russian classical and modern literature into Arabic. There was …

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