(2023-01-19). Eurasia and the Emerging Western Clash. infobrics.org The creation of the EAEU led to the 'four freedoms' of freedom of movement of goods, services, capital, and labor between member states. Unlike the European Union, the EAEU has no transnational political structure and pursues economic rather than political goals…
(2023-01-18). In Afghanistan, the ladies go online. americanthinker.com Under the Taliban's nose, online education is booming for Afghan women and girls.
(2023-01-18). Las 3 del día: Claves del Presupuesto del Estado cubano para el 2023 y las noticias de este 17 de enero (+Podcast). cubadebate.cu Este martes 17 de enero, el podcast Las 3 del día dedica su emisión a las claves del Presupuesto del Estado cubano para el 2023 y el habitual resumen informativo de lo que acontece en Cuba y el resto del mundo. | Claves del Presupuesto del Estado cubano para el 2023: Equidad, justicia social y estabilización macroeconómica | Gobierno de Colombia envía donativo a Cuba para afectados por huracán Ian | Tiendas de vestidos para dama en Kabul cubren con bolsas a los maniquíes por orden del Talibán | Estas noticias se abordan aquí en "Las 3 del día", el podcast de Cubadebate que tiene de todo un poco en materia info…
(2023-01-18). Canada's Euthanasia Law is a Bridge Too Far. americanthinker.com What is happening regarding euthanasia in Canada should be a warning of what may happen in the United States.
(2023-01-18). AIIB vows efforts to tackle global challenges, expand cooperation. ecns.cn The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will deepen international cooperation to tackle global challenges and promote sustainable development, said the multilateral development bank as Monday marked its seventh anniversary.
(2023-01-18). HK, Macao, Taiwan performers to retake mainland stages starting mid-February. ecns.cn Approvals of commercial performance applications involving people from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan will resume from Feb 16, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Monday.
(2023-01-18). Sismo de magnitud 7.0 sacude el este de Indonesia. telesurtv.net La agencia meteorológica de Indonesia advirtió a los habitantes de las poblaciones cercanas al epicentro del sismo sobre posibles réplicas.
(2023-01-18). Iranians In Kurdish Sanandaj Renew Call For Regime Change At Gathering To Mark Protester's Death. juancole.com 
By Ardeshir Tayebi  ; ( RFE/RL )  ; Iranians in the western city of Sanandaj have marked the end of a 40-day mourning period for Homan Abdullahi, a protester killed by security forces in ongoing nationwide protests that have rocked the country since the death of Mahsa Amini, with renewed calls for regime change. Videos …
(2023-01-18). Irán y Tàºrkiye refrendan su compromiso de fortalecer relaciones. telesurtv.net El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Irán ha realizado en las últimas semanas visitas a Siria, Líbano y Arabia Saudita.
(2023-01-18). Pentagon Sends US Artillery Shells Stored in Israel and South Korea to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The US has dipped into stockpiles of arms it keeps in Israel and South Korea to supply Ukraine with more artillery shells, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing anonymous US and Israeli officials. The stockpile in Israel is meant to supply the US for its conflicts in the Middle East and is also used …
(2023-01-18). Selected Articles: A Third Intifada and the Last War. Palestine and the Global South. globalresearch.ca 
By Today, many Israelis believe what Golda Meir had said, including Israel's top cabinet member Itamar Ben-Gvir, a known far-right extremist …
(2023-01-18). Is Israel's Netanyahu even worse than Trump? juancole.com Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment)  ; The parallel trajectories of far-far right politicians accruing more power in the US and Israel is striking. Elements include similar motivations, policy actors, agenda and attempts to subvert democracy. But the dynamics differ with the roles of the two nations' judicial systems. Far-far right wingers in Israel feel …
(2023-01-18). San Francisco State Administration Reaffirms Support for Racism. indybay.org The San Francisco State administration has openly supported the racist Zionist line that Judaism equals Zionism and being critical of Israel is "anti-semitic"
(2023-01-18). Fuerzas israelíes asesinan a palestino en Hebrón, Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Soldados sionistas de un puesto de control en la entrada norte de la ciudad abrieron fuego contra la víctima.
(2023-01-18). PIF urges Japan to delay discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated wastewater. ecns.cn The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) on Wednesday urged Japan to delay its discharge of wastewater contaminated by the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean.
(2023-01-18). Aiding Myanmar's Military Regime. dissidentvoice.org International relations remains the sum game of vast hypocrisies, a patchwork of compromises and the compromised. Every moral condemnation of a regime's conduct is bound to be shown up as an exercise in double standards, often implicating the accusers. In the case of the military regime in Myanmar, double standards are not only modish but …
(2023-01-18). Recuperan nuevos cuerpos tras accidente de avión en Nepal. telesurtv.net El vuelo de Yeti Airlines con 68 pasajeros y cuatro tripulantes se desplomó en un desfiladero y estalló en llamas cuando se acercaba a la ciudad central de Pokhara.
(2023-01-18). Celebrating international relationships, past, present and future. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It was 100 years ago that Dr. Charles Mayo visited France and met with famed physicist Marie Curie, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize. That meeting helped to set the stage for her research collaboration with Mayo and the relationship between Mayo and France that continues today. Celebrating those past, present and future relationships was the reason for a news conference held at Mayo Clinic on Friday, Jan. 6. Ambassador of France to…
(2023-01-18). 4 terrorists killed in counter-terror operation in SW Pakistan. ecns.cn Four terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation by security forces in Hoshab area of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, the military said on Wednesday.
(2023-01-18). Police attack protest by Sri Lankan students against state repression. wsws.org In the struggle to defend their democratic and social rights, students need to turn towards the working class, the only social force that can lead that political struggle.
(2023-01-18). Is the Syria-Turkey conflict close to a peaceful resolution? journal-neo.org 
Over the past decade, Turkish foreign policy has faced serious difficulties, and the crisis unleashed by the US and its allies in Syria has been the main reason for this. The Syrian crisis has had and continues to have several consequences for Turkey at various levels: the intensification of the Kurdish question, the build-up of the …
(2023-01-18). French Jihadist Killed By Syrian Army In Greater Idlib. southfront.org 
File image. | On February 15, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) killed a French jihadist during a rare raid in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, which occupied by several terrorist groups. | The French jihadist, identified only as "Abu Hamza," was reportedly a member of Firqat al-Ghuraba. In a statement, the terrorist group said that the jihadist was killed by Syrian troops in the mountainous area of al-Zawiya in the southern countryside of Idlib. | Abu Hamza's real name is yet to be revealed. It rema…
(2023-01-18). China urges U.S. to stop plundering Syrian oil resources: FM. ecns.cn China urges the United States to give the Syrian people and the international community a full account of its oil theft, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday.
(2023-01-18). Vietnam's president resigns out of personal wish: state media. ecns.cn Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has resigned and has had his memberships at the Politburo and the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) removed, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Tuesday.
(2023-01-18). Presidente de Vietnam dimite tras los escándalos de corrupción. telesurtv.net El ahora exmandatario fue responsable de varias "irregularidades de consecuencias nefastas" por parte de funcionarios.
(2023-01-18). Is America's bottomless Corporate Welfare for Arms Industry actually Making us Less Safe? juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com )  ; Late last month, President Biden signed a bill that clears the way for $858 billion in Pentagon spending and nuclear weapons work at the Department of Energy in 2023. That's far more than Washington anted up for military purposes at the height of the Korean or Vietnam wars or even during …
(2023-01-17). Headlines for January 17, 2023. democracynow.org Ukraine Blames Russia After Strike on Dnipro Apartment Building Kills at Least 44, U.S. Expands Training for Ukrainian Soldiers at Military Base in Germany, German Defense Minister Resigns as Allies Press for More Arms to Ukraine, Former Afghan MP Mursal Nabizada Assassinated in Her Kabul Home, More Than Women Abducted by Insurgents in Burkina Faso, Death Toll from Unrelenting California Storms Rises to 20, Meteorologists Forecast Global Heating Will Accelerate in 2024, German Police Use Tear Gas to Clear Climate Activists from Site of Coal Mine, Activists Blockade Private Jet Airport Used by World Economic For…
(2023-01-17). U.S. Spy Chief Gives His Support to Libya PM As Part of a DEAL OVER LOCKERBIE? strategic-culture.org The greatest cover up since JKF — The Lockerbie bombing — might be coming apart at the seams, Martin Jay writes. | America seems to be getting skittish about its dirty work in Libya and how the greatest cover up since JKF — The Lockerbie bombing — might be coming apart at the seams. | Like Afghanistan, Libya, a country rich in oil wealth and underpopulated, is heading towards being branded another major NATO f***-up as analysts worry that delayed elections, the hilarious farce of now having two rival prime ministers in office and an economy in freefall, could all point to rival factions re…
(2023-01-17). Who Were the Afghans Harry Killed? strategic-culture.org The furore over Prince Harry's much-criticised remarks about his role as a helicopter pilot in the war in Afghanistan in 2012 reveals more about his critics than they do about him. Much of the abuse is hysterical or attention-grabbing, but it stems also from British amnesia about the failed wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
(2023-01-17). Tiendas de vestidos para dama en Kabul cubren con bolsas a los maniquíes por orden del Talibán. cubadebate.cu Tiendas de vestidos para dama en Kabul cubren con bolsas de tela o plástico negro los maniquíes, por orden del gobierno del Talibán. En un principio quería que las figuras simplemente fueran decapitadas.
(2023-01-17). RCEP highlighted for promoting global trade. ecns.cn The RCEP comprises 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
(2023-01-17). Chinese mainland to resume registration of commercial performances involving people from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. ecns.cn China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) on Monday announced it will resume accepting applications for commercial performances involving people from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region and the island of Taiwan, starting from February 16.
(2023-01-17). Beijing Daxing airport resumes international passenger flights. ecns.cn China Southern Airlines flight CZ309 from Beijing to Hong Kong took off at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, marking the official resumption of international and regional passenger flights at Beijing Daxing International Airport.
(2023-01-17). The relaunched US-India Trade Policy Forum. journal-neo.org 
During an official visit to the US from January 9-11 by an Indian delegation, headed by Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal, a scheduled meeting of the US-India Trade Policy Forum (TPF) was held in Washington DC. It is also sometimes referred to as "Strategic Dialogue" since, within the framework of this …
(2023-01-17). Russian Ship with Rooppur Power Plant Materials Docks at Indian Port. infobrics.org After initially being deterred from anchoring at Mongla due to US sanctions on the ship, the Russian ship carrying materials for Bangladesh's Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project ultimately received India's permission to dock at the Haldia port in West Bengal…
(2023-01-17). India's OVL Retakes 20% Stake in Sakhalin-1. infobrics.org OVL acquired a 20% stake in the project in July 2001…
(2023-01-17). Indonesia's new criminal code: A major assault on democratic rights. wsws.org The new code contains a broad range of sweeping attacks on the basic rights of workers and their ability to express political opposition, under conditions of growing social tensions.
(2023-01-17). How Elon Musk Is Aiding the US Empire's Regime Change Operation in Iran. mintpressnews.com 
Elon Musk is working with the US to smuggle hundreds of Starlink communications devices into Iran to aid the US-backed opposition in overthrowing their government.
(2023-01-17). Military Situation In Syria On January 17, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On January 17, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 2 times: 1  ; in Idlib province, 1  ; in Latakia province; | On January 17, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara; | On January 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed in a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the normalization of Turkish-Syrian relations and other issue…
(2023-01-17). Iraqi Prime Minister Supports Open-Ended US Troop Presence. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-17). Santo Domingo Book Fair: Don't celebrate Israeli apartheid! bdsmovement.net 
(2023-01-17). Boy killed, father executed by Israeli troops. electronicintifada.net Five Palestinians slain by occupation forces since Saturday.
(2023-01-17). Report: Major Corporations Are Complicit In Israel's Water Apartheid. popularresistance.org In December, the Palestinian human rights organization, Al-Haq, released a report accusing major corporations of maintaining Israel's water apartheid on Palestinians living in the occupied territories. | According to Al-Haq, businesses are instrumental in helping Israel restrict water access to Palestinians and destroy Palestinian water infrastructure. Additionally, foreign companies profit from Israel's system of water discrimination. | Al-Haq's paper named both Israeli and international companies as: | Complicit in the violation of the Palestinian right to self-determination and permanent sovereignty over natur…
(2023-01-17). Thousands protest latest Israeli repression. workers.org 
Since Jan. 7, thousands of Palestinian and Israeli protesters have taken to the streets in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and cities in occupied Palestine. The actions are in response to a series of repressive measures imposed since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right extremist government took office in December. People waving . . . |
(2023-01-17). 'Bring Down the Dictator', Protesters Shout in Thousands-Strong Anti-Netanyahu Rallies. orinocotribune.com Tens of thousands have rallied in three major cities across the occupied Palestinian territories against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new extremist cabinet and its proposed judicial reforms plan. | Protesters flooded the streets in Tel Aviv on Saturday, brandishing signs with slogans decrying Netanyahu's new cabinet as the "government of shame" and urging, "bring down the dictator." | Israeli media reported 80,000 people joined the rally, while the regime's security sources gave no official estimate after reporting 20,000 protesters earlier in the evening. | The monumental rally marked the biggest…
(2023-01-17). Itamar Ben Gvir Just Banned the Palestinian Flag. orinocotribune.com The new Israeli Minister of National Security banned the display of the colors of the Palestinian flag in public spaces. It is the latest Israeli attempt to erase Palestinian identity. | On Monday, January 9, the Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, banned the display of the Palestinian flag in all public spaces. | This order is one in a recent string of escalating attacks on Palestinians by the newly formed ultra-rightwing Israeli government. | The Israeli minister
(2023-01-17). Daily Round-Up | Protests continue in Peru and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of the ongoing protests in Peru, the Oxfam report on inequality, the continuing Israeli atrocities in Palestine, and protests in Tunisia…
(2023-01-17). Israel asesina a otro niño palestino, el cuarto en el año 2023. telesurtv.net Los soldados de ocupación utilizaron balas reales y bombas de sonido y gas contra los jóvenes y niños, lo que provocó que uno de ellos resultara herido de bala en la cabeza.
(2023-01-17). Una Tercera Intifada y la última guerra. globalizacion.ca Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News — En 1969, Golda Meir, la primera mujer en convertirse en Primera Ministra de Israel que supervisó un conflicto importante en la Guerra de Yum Kippur de 1973, proclamó una vez que "No existe…
(2023-01-17). Paul Krugman, China's Demographic Crisis, and the Which Way Is Up Problem in Economics. cepr.net I rarely disagree in a big way with Paul Krugman, but I think he misses the boat in an important way in his piece on China's alleged demographic crisis. Before getting to my point of disagreement, first let me emphasis a key point of agreement. Krugman points out that many countries, notably Japan, have managed …
(2023-01-17). The US is already preparing for its next war: on China. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
While the US and NATO wage a proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, military strategists and pundits in Washington have set their sights on China.
(2023-01-17). Lamb boiled in a 3.3-meter-diameter pot with ice cubes. ecns.cn At the site of a winter sports and tourism event in Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a 3.3-meter-diameter large pot with ice as the soup base stewed the local lamb. The steaming ice-boiled lamb made people mouth-watering.
(2023-01-17). Nepal suspende labores de rescate de avión siniestrado. telesurtv.net Los rescatistas luchaban contra el clima nublado y la poca visibilidad mientras buscaban pasajeros en un desfiladero de 300 metros de profundidad.
(2023-01-17). "North Korean hackers" in 2022. journal-neo.org The author constantly writes about the "crimes of hackers from the DPRK," and after talking about the problems that the cybersecurity of the Republic of Korea is facing, it's time to talk about what hackers from the North have recently been accused of. Cryptocurrency theft The claim that the Pyongyang regime is making money for …
(2023-01-17). Military Situation In Yemen On January 17, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 107 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | Forces loyal to Tareq Saleh reportedly captured Ras Arah area in the Lahij province; | Saudi drone attacked Shada district in the Saada province. One Yemeni civilian was killed; | Mehdi Al-Mashat, the head of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen met with the Royal delegation of Oman in Sanaa and discussed the issues of…
(2023-01-17). Who Is Jamea Jonae Harris? Young Mother Died In Darius Miles Shooting 'Because She Wouldn't Talk To Him'. newsone.com 
Jamea Jonae Harris, the young Black woman killed in an Alabama shooting for which college basketball player Darius Miles is charged with murder, "wouldn't talk to him," her mother said.
(2023-01-17). A Third Intifada and the Last War. Palestine and the Global South. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-17). From Infiltrating Wikipedia to Paying Trump Millions in Golf Deals, Saudis Whitewash Rights Record. democracynow.org 
The Justice Department and Congress are facing new calls to investigate Donald Trump's financial ties to Saudi Arabia. The latest controversy centers on a new golf tournament owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign Public Investment Fund, which is chaired by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. LIV has paid millions to golf resorts owned by Donald Trump, who has publicly supported the new league which is attempting to compete with the PGA. Meanwhile, an exposé has revealed that the Saudi government infiltrated Wikipedia to control information on the kingdom. Government administrators were recruited to ed…
(2023-01-17). DOJ and Congress Face New Calls to Probe Trump's Financial Ties to Saudi Arabia. truthout.org The Justice Department and Congress are facing new calls to investigate Donald Trump's financial ties to Saudi Arabia. The latest controversy centers on a new golf tournament owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign Public Investment Fund, which is chaired by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. LIV has paid millions to golf resorts owned by Donald Trump, who has publicly supported the new league… |
(2023-01-17). DOJ and Congress Face News Calls to Probe Trump's Financial Ties to Saudi Arabia. truthout.org The Justice Department and Congress are facing new calls to investigate Donald Trump's financial ties to Saudi Arabia. The latest controversy centers on a new golf tournament owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign Public Investment Fund, which is chaired by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. LIV has paid millions to golf resorts owned by Donald Trump, who has publicly supported the new league… |
(2023-01-17). Sri Lanka Trapped into Debt and IMF Sponsored Poverty. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-17). Hundreds protest against Sri Lankan president's visit to Jaffna. wsws.org About 400 university students and Tamil families of the "disappeared" defied police and other state forces to protest Wickremesinghe's visit to Jaffna last Sunday.
(2023-01-17). Syria condemns US attacks on health sector. peoplesdispatch.org On Monday, January 16, Syria condemned US attacks on its health sector "by imposing additional restrictions on allowing the sale of [medical] equipment, as well as on the provision of services and spare parts to a large number of Syrian public and private hospitals," Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) Syria's foreign and expatriate ministry said in a statement that the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security had issued fresh restrictions on the sale of medical equipment to the country's public and private sector on Monday, despite rising globa…
(2023-01-17). US, Taiwan Conclude Four Days of Trade Talks in Taipei. news.antiwar.com US and Taiwanese officials concluded four days of talks on trade on Tuesday as the two sides near a trade initiative that will likely anger Beijing. The talks were held in Taipei, and the US delegation led by Terry McCartin, the assistant US trade representative for China affairs, marking a rare visit to the island …
(2023-01-17). Why do so many Turkish people believe 'Secret Clauses' in the 1923 Great Power Lausanne Treaty will be unveiled this Year? juancole.com 
By Ozan Ozavci, Utrecht University |  ; (The Conversation)  ; Commonly regarded as the "birth certificate" of modern Turkey, the 1923 treaty of Lausanne was the last of the peace settlements signed at the end of the first world war. This year's centenary has already provoked far more public anticipation than one might expect, thanks …
(2023-01-17). US Climate Envoy Backs UAE Oil Executive as President of UN Climate Summit. truthout.org Progressives on Monday reacted with outrage and disbelief after U.S. climate envoy John Kerry backed the appointment of Sultan al-Jaber to lead the United Nations' annual conference on the climate emergency, saying the CEO of the United Arab Emirates' state-run oil company was not only qualified to preside over the summit, but that his background strengthened the case for his presidency. |
(2023-01-17). Renuncia presidente de Vietnam: Comité Central del Partido Comunista acepta su liberación. cubadebate.cu El Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Vietnam (PCV) aceptó hoy la renuncia presentada por el presidente de la nación, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, a quien liberó también de sus responsabilidades en ese órgano y en el Buró Político.
(2023-01-17). Saudi Airstrikes Killed at Least 155 Yemeni Civilians in 2022. news.antiwar.com According to numbers compiled by the Yemen Data Project, the US-backed Saudi-led coalition killed at least 155 Yemeni civilians in 2022 despite the ceasefire that took effect in April of that year. Another 316 Yemeni civilians were injured in the airstrikes, which all took place in the first three months of the year. The Saudis …