Daily Archives: 2021-10-05

2021-10-05: News Headlines

Vijay Prashad (2021-10-05). Why all eyes are on the Afghan-Tajikistan border. asiatimes.com Afghanistan and Tajikistan share a 1,400-kilometer border. Recently, a war of words erupted between Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and the Taliban government in Kabul. Rahmon censures the Taliban for the destabilization of Central Asia by the export of militant groups, while the Taliban leadership has accused Tajikistan's government of interference. This summer, Rahmon mobilized 20,000 troops to the border, …

ecns.cn (2021-10-05). UN calls for open access to scientific information on COVID-19. ecns.cn A United Nations official on Monday stressed the need for open access to scientific information, basic science research and innovation on COVID-19 to help reduce the spread of the disease in Africa.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-10-05). Sharing Mayo Clinic: Diversity in bone marrow transplantation is gift of life for their mom. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Only 20% of minorities are able to find a match when they require a transplant. But for one African American mom of five, finding that match meant the gift of life. _______________________________ Family is everything to Felicia Curtis. Family is the reason the mother of five from Gainesville, Florida, knew she had to fight when she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2017. She was 20 weeks pregnant with her youngest child. Over the next several months,…

MEE staff (2021-10-05). African Union: Drop Israel's observer status, rights groups tell AU leaders. middleeasteye.net African Union: Drop Israel's observer status, rights groups tell AU leaders | Israel's human rights violations should disqualify country from seat at African Union table, groups tell AU in legal submission | Tue, 10/05/2021 – 09: 00 | African Union commission chair Moussa Faki Mahamat granted observer status to Israel this July (Reuters) | The African Union should withdraw Israel's observer status because the…

Editor (2021-10-05). What is imperialism? An introduction. mronline.org Imperialism began when the colonizing powers had already divided the world between themselves. The only way to expand from that point on was to re-divide the colonial territories, which inevitably meant war. Such redivisions were at the roots of the First and Second World Wars.

sputniknews (2021-10-05). Israel's FM Lapid Offers to Rebuild Gaza But Egyptian Source Says His Plan Might Be 'Too Ambitious'. sputniknews.com The latest hostilities that ended in May have dealt a severe blow to the Gaza Strip, where dozens of government buildings, hospitals, police stations, roads, mosques and residential units have been fully or partially destroyed.

Anonymous007 (2021-10-05). Nigerian Government Tries To Save Face As Terrorists Ravage The Country. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari gave a speech on October 1st, attempting to rally people as terrorists are rampant in the country. | Nigeria calls them "bandits" to make the situation seem less dire."The past 18 months have been some of the most difficult periods in the history of Nigeria." | Since the civil war of 1967-1970, "I doubt whether we have seen a period of more heightened challenges than what we have witnessed in this period," the 78-year-old president said. | Vice President Yem…

Staff (2021-10-04). Headlines for October 4, 2021. democracynow.org Rallies Across U.S. Call for Reproductive Justice Amid GOP Assault on Abortion, U.S. Tops 700K COVID Deaths; CA Announces Student Vaccine Mandate as NYC Educator Mandate Starts, Major Orange County Oil Spill Blankets Beaches, Kills Wildlife, Pandora Papers Expose Secret Financial Dealings of World Leaders, Billionaires and Other Elites, Facebook Whistleblower Says Co. Repeatedly Put Profit Over Safety, Calls for Regulations, Kabul Blast Kills Five People as Afghan Humanitarian Crisis Grows, 8 Killed at Indian Farmworker Protest, 4,000 Refugees, Including Children, Arrested in Raids by Libyan Authorities, 3 Millio…

MEE staff (2021-10-04). Pandora Papers: Morocco King Mohammed VI's sister used shell company. middleeasteye.net Pandora Papers: Morocco King Mohammed VI's sister used shell company | Princess Lalla and disgraced French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn were among those with ties to Rabat named in the leaks | Mon, 10/04/2021 – 14: 48 | Princess Lalla Hasna of Morocco attends the inauguration of an exhibition at the capital Rabat's Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art on 9 April 2019 (AFP) | Newly leaked financial docume…

John Stanton (2021-10-04). Native Americans: the First and Forgotten Slaves. counterpunch.org "Modern perceptions of early modern slavery associate the institution almost solely with Africans and their descendants. Yet slavery was a ubiquitous institution in the early modern world…The story of European colonialism in the Americas and its victimization of Africans and Indians follows a central paradigm in most textbooks. The African "role" encompasses the transportation, exploitation,

Staff (2021-10-04). "Blah, Blah, Blah": Youth Climate Activists Slam Political Inaction at U.N. Summit Ahead of COP26. democracynow.org Thousands of youth climate activists marched through the streets of Milan last week demanding world leaders meet their pledges to the Paris Climate Agreement and keep global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. The protest came at the end of a three-day youth climate conference, ahead of the United Nations' COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Activists at the Youth4Climate conference slammed political inaction on the climate crisis and world leaders' vague pledges to reduce carbon emissions. "Historically, Africa is responsible for only 3% of global emissions," said Ugandan activist Vanessa Nak…

Pavan Kulkarni (2021-10-04). Charges against leaders of Shack Dwellers' movement in South Africa dropped. peoplesdispatch.org Seven months after making the first round of arrests and failing to produce any evidence, the charges against all AbM members have been dropped, similar to previous cases persecuting its militants.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-04). Algeria recalls envoy to France, closes airspace to French military planes. peoplesdispatch.org Algeria banned French military aircraft from entering Algerian airspace on Sunday, October 3. The move comes a day after the Algerian ambassador to France was recalled over comments made by French president Emmanuel Macron. The government termed the remarks "inadmissible interference" in the country's internal affairs and "an intolerable affront" to Algerians who died fighting for independence from the French colonial occupation. The French military on Sunday said that two of its planes were denied entry into the Algerian airspace. They added that it was unclear if it was a one-off denial of permission for Sunday…

teleSUR (2021-10-04). Bacteria Can Wipe Out Disease-carrying Mosquitoes: Study. telesurenglish.net In a study published on Tuesday, a team including researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) found that bacteria can successfully sterilize the disease-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito. | RELATED: | Over the course of 20 weeks in 2018, researchers released 3 million male mosquitoes that had been sterilized with the Wolbachia bacteria into three Queensland trial sites. | Female Aedes a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-10-04). Peru: "Agrarian Reform" Without Changing the Structure of Land Ownership and Tenure. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Proclamation of the second agrarian reform. Cusco. Peru. On Sunday, October 3, in the emblematic Andean city of Cusco, the President of bicentennial Peru, Pedro Castillo, proclaimed what he promised during his electoral campaign: The second agrarian reform for Peru. What does an agrarian reform consist of? Agrarian reform consists of the redistribution…

MEE staff (2021-10-04). Libya: Warring parties may be guilty of war crimes, says UN. middleeasteye.net Libya: Warring parties may be guilty of war crimes, says UN | Report to Human Rights Council was based on hundreds of documents, satellite imagery and interviews with more than 150 people | Mon, 10/04/2021 – 14: 58 | Soldiers fire rounds in the air during the funeral of a Libyan National Army commander in the eastern city of Benghazi on 1 November 2020 (AFP) | Warring parties in Libya, including Russian mercen…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-04). Foreign fighters have begun to leave Libya, says foreign minister. peoplesdispatch.org The interim government has been insisting that all foreign troops should leave the country for the UN-brokered peace deal to be successful and for elections to be held in a credible manner…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-10-04). Colombia: A Threat to Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Pueblo en Armas In Colombia, state terrorism has deepened and is open. Social leaders, indigenous people, peasants, teachers, settlers are assassinated every day. The rich in Colombia hold on to power and maintain their model of accumulation by means of discriminatory violence against activists and their organizations. According to data from Global Witness, a Human…

Brittani Banks (2021-10-04). Why the World's Eyes Are on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border. independentmediainstitute.org Afghanistan and Tajikistan share a 1,400-kilometer border. Recently, a war of words has erupted between Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon and the Taliban government in Kabul. Rahmon censures the Taliban for the destabilization of Central Asia by the export of militant groups, while the Taliban leadership has accused Tajikistan's government of interference. Earlier this summer, Rahmon …

teleSUR, JCM (2021-10-04). Revelan que ejército ocultó información sobre caso Ayotzinapa. telesurtv.net Surgen nuevas conversaciones entre los responsables de la desaparición de 43 estudiantes normalistas en 2014.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-10-04). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Treatment options for pediatric brain tumors. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Of the many different types of pediatric brain tumors some are noncancerous, or benign, and some are cancerous, or malignant. Treatment and chance of recovery, or prognosis, depend on the type of tumor, its location within the brain, whether it has spread, and your child's age and general health. Because new treatments and technologies are continually being developed, several options may be available at different points in treatment. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Angela…

JEZ (2021-10-04). Renewable Energy and Bottom-up Decentralization in Morocco. globalresearch.ca

Editor2 (2021-10-04). EU-Morocco Trade Deals That Include Western Sahara Violate International Law: Top EU Court. orinocotribune.com The European Court of Justice had issued similar verdicts in 2016 and 2018, stating that the Western Sahara region cannot be considered as part of Morocco in such trade agreements | The European Union's (EU) highest court on Wednesday, September 29, cancelled two trade deals with Morocco, involving farm and fish products originating from the Moroccan-occupied territory of Western Sahara. The Polisario Front, which is fighting for the independence and self-determination of Western Sahara from Morocco, had brought the case to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). It welcomed the court's verdict, calling it an "impor…

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