Daily Archives: 2021-10-09

2021-10-09: News Headlines

Anonymous007 (2021-10-09). Military Situation In Central African Republic On October 9, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On October 7, clashes between Central African Republic Army and the Coalition of Patriots for Change were reported near Ngakobo on the Bambari-Alindao highway | On October 6, at least 15 persons were killed in clashes between Coalition of Patriots for Change and Central African Republic Army in Matchika village | On October 5, at least seven humanitarian workers of the "Doctors of the World", were abducted by unknown gunmen in Batangafo village | On Oc…

sputniknews (2021-10-09). US Justice Dept. Declines to Charge Officer Over Shooting of Black Man in Wisconsin. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Justice Department said in a press release it will not pursue charges against a police officer that shot African American man Jacob Blake Jr. in the back seven times last year.

Anonymous103 (2021-10-09). Ethiopia Launched Offensive On All Fronts. southfront.org Illustrative Image | A dry season came in Ethiopia, together with a new round of escalation on the Tigray front lines. | The rainy season has temporarily impeded major military offensives, bringing a reduction in the scale of hostilities along most battle fronts over the last two months. Nonetheless, intense battles have persisted on the main strategic fronts, and the Tigray Defence Forces (TDF) have met much greater resistance as their rapid advances during June and July took them further from their core areas and into the terrain of the neighbouring Regional States of Amhara and Afar. Click to see full-size ima…

Andrew Green (2021-10-09). [Obituary] Abebech Gobena. thelancet.com Humanitarian and founder of an organisation to support orphaned and vulnerable children and their communities. She was born on Oct 20, 1935, in Shebel Abo, Ethiopia, and died of COVID-19 on July 4, 2021, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, aged 85 years.

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-09). Continuous innovation in warfare development: Polish general appointed head of NATO's Joint Warfare Centre. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Major General Malinowski Assumes Command of NATO's Joint Warfare Centre Polish Army Major General Piotr Malinowski assumed command of NATO's Joint Warfare Centre from German Navy Rear Admiral Jan C. Kaack during a Change of Command Ceremony held at the Centre's Harald Haarfagre Auditorium on October 8, 2021. French Air Force General Philippe Lavigne, NATO's …

Chris Piech, Ali Malik, Eric J Topol (2021-10-09). [Perspectives] Digitising the vision test. thelancet.com The Dutch ophthalmologist Herman Snellen invented his visual chart in 1862 and it has remained the basis for assessing visual acuity since then. The Snellen chart relies on assessing the ability to discriminate high contrast symbols (optotypes) by asking a person to identify rows of letters at a fixed distance, showing them increasingly smaller sizes. Yet quantifying how well an individual can distinguish visual information in a fast and reliable way is a surprisingly difficult task. Despite the ubiquity of chart-based visual acuity assessments, these tests suffer from some shortcomings.

South Front (2021-10-09). Video: Jihadist Attacks in Mali Becoming the Norm, France Withdraws. globalresearch.ca

Ralph Nader (2021-10-08). Solar Energy on the Frontlines and Old-Fashioned Clotheslines. dissidentvoice.org Solar energy comes to Earthlings in many ways. Ancient Persians used passive solar architecture. East Africans about the same time funneled cool ocean wind through tunnels to cool themselves. Now at long last, solar energy is outpacing new fossil fuel and nuclear facilities on price, environmental safety, and speed of installation. One use of solar …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-10-08). AFRICOM: An Extension of U.S.-European Colonialism and Genocide. libya360.wordpress.com Gloria Verdieu and John Parker Protesters in Accra, Ghana, demonstrated against AFRICOM expansion in 2018. In 2007, the George W. Bush administration inaugurated the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) to further the influence of the U.S. and extend its military reach directly into Africa. AFRICOM, however, wasn't officially established in Africa, with its expanded troop…

Staff (2021-10-08). Family of Henrietta Lacks Files Lawsuit over Use of Stolen Cells, Lambasts Racist Medical System. democracynow.org The family of Henrietta Lacks has filed a lawsuit against biotech company Thermo Fisher Scientific for making billions in profit from the "HeLa" cell line. Henrietta Lacks was an African American patient at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Doctors kept her tissue samples without her consent for experimental studies while treating her for cervical cancer in 1951. Benjamin Crump, one of the lawyers for the case, filed 70 years after her death, calls Henrietta Lacks a "cornerstone of modern medicine," as her cells have since played a part in cancer research, the polio vaccine and even COVID-19 vaccines. Ron Lacks,…

Staff (2021-10-08). Family of Henrietta Lacks Sues Over Racist Theft of Cells for Biotech Profit. truthout.org The family of Henrietta Lacks has filed a lawsuit against biotech company Thermo Fisher Scientific for making billions in profit from the "HeLa" cell line. Henrietta Lacks was an African American patient at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Doctors kept her tissue samples without her consent for experimental studies while treating her for cervical cancer in 1951. Benjamin Crump, one of the lawyers for the case, filed 70 years after her death, calls Henrietta Lacks a "cornerstone of modern med…

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2021-10-08). Israeli press review: Police appeal decision allowing Jewish silent prayers at al-Aqsa complex. middleeasteye.net Israeli press review: Police appeal decision allowing Jewish silent prayers at al-Aqsa complex | Meanwhile, tensions between prime minister and defence minister simmer over recent Mossad operation in Syria and Lebanon, and African asylum seekers face new restrictions | Fri, 10/08/2021 – 13: 45 | A Palestinian man prays at al-Aqsa complex in Jerusalem's Old City, 7 October 2021 (AF…

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-08). Article 5: U.S. dispatches warplanes for NATO interoperability drills in Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles arrive in Greece for Castle Forge U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft from the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, arrived at Larissa Air Base, Greece, in support of operation Castle Forge, a U.S. Air Forces Europe-Air Forces Africa-led joint, multi-national training event. Castle Forge …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-10-08). Mercenaries in Mali: From Russia Without Love. libya360.wordpress.com Mark P Fancher During the 1930s and 1940s, movies that featured the character Tarzan told far-fetched tales about an extraordinary white man who moved more easily through the African bush than the wildlife indigenous to the Congo region. In fact, elephants, lions, apes, and all other living creatures were loyal subjects of this white man,…

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-08). UN pushes NATO role in Sahel war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Studying 'Options' to Bolster Africa Anti-Jihadi Force, UN Says NATO is studying options to bolster support for the multinational G5 Sahel Joint Force in the troubled three-borders region of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, where a surge in jihadis violence has cost thousands of lives, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a letter seen …

Selma Kasmi (2021-10-08). Algeria: Devastated villages and charred farmland left in wake of Kabylie wildfires. middleeasteye.net Algeria: Devastated villages and charred farmland left in wake of Kabylie wildfires | Smouldering olive groves, decimated farms, burnt-out cars – after the deadly fires of the summer, the traumatised villages of Kabylie struggle to face the future | Fri, 10/08/2021 – 16: 30 | Many processing plants, including mills and dairies, are at a standstill due to a lack of raw materials (AFP/Ryad Kramdi) | More than a month af…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-08). Venezuela condemns U.S. veto blocking access to IMF's COVID-19 funds and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up, we take a look the IMF's restrictions on Venezuela's access to 5 billion dollars in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) funds; the upcoming parliamentary elections in Iraq scheduled for October 10th following years of protests for political and economic reforms; the occupation of a pipeline facility of Peru's state-owned PetroPeru company by Indigenous activists protesting contamination by oil spills; and the ongoing strike against unsafe working conditions and low pay by health workers in Guinea-Bissau.

MEE, agencies (2021-10-08). Libya: Guards shoot dead six migrants at detention centre. middleeasteye.net Libya: Guards shoot dead six migrants at detention centre | Libyan security forces have detained more than 5,000 migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the past week | Fri, 10/08/2021 – 20: 04 | Migrants sit after they were detained by Libyan security forces in Tripoli, Libya on 8 October 2021 (Reuters) | Guards shot and killed six migrants at a Tripoli detention centre on Friday, the he…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-10-08). Indigenous People Take Over a Pipeline Station in the Peruvian Amazon. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Since October 4, more than 200 Indigenous people from the Peruvian Amazon have taken over a pipeline station to demand social and environmental support for the region. Photo: Petroperú The Indigenous people of the Loreto region in the Peruvian Amazon are demanding environmental remediation against numerous oil spills. They also seek infrastructure guaranteeing…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-10-08). Overcoming Inequalities: A Conversation with Otro Beta. libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina Jorge "Toti" Vilalta (Venezuelanalysis) A barrio-based cultural project looks for creative ways to incorporate youth in the Bolivarian Process. Otro Beta is a self-organized project aimed at youth from Venezuela's barrios. Its initial focus was on culture and sports, and even today basketball and breakdance tournaments continue to be important for Otro…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-10-08). Sudan's Hijacked Revolution: It's Not Over! libya360.wordpress.com Hussam AbdelKareem The new wave of demonstrations in Sudan: On September 30, tens of thousands of Sudanese took to the streets in Khartoum calling for democracy and civilian state and chanting against the military leaders who control the government through the "Sovereignty Council". Sudan's revolution was remarkable. It was 111 days of persistent acts of…

Anonymous669 (2021-10-08). Turkey Continues To Deploy Syrian Militants In Libya Despite Recent Reports Of Near Pullout. southfront.org illustrative image. | Turkey is preparing to deploy around 330 Syrian militants in Libya despite recent reports of a near Turkish withdrawal from the war-torn country, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on October 8. | The London-based monitoring group said that the Syrian militants entered Turkey on two batches over the last few days. The militants will be replacing some 420 others who recently returned to Syria after completing their deployment in Libya. | According to the SOHR, which has been monitoring…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-10-08). Scientists Confirm Natural Immunity to Covid is More Effective than Vaccines. libya360.wordpress.com Rachel Marsden I've got immunity from having had the virus, so where's my permanent health pass and end to testing hell? Governments are ignoring an avalanche of clinical studies proving the Covid-recovered could simply be left alone. As someone who has recovered from Covid-19, I'm tired of spending the better part of a year now…

David Keyton, Jill Lawless, Cara Anna (2021-10-08). Tanzanian Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded Nobel literature prize. peoplesworld.org STOCKHOLM (AP) — U.K.-based Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose experience of crossing continents and cultures has nurtured his novels about the impact of migration on individuals and societies, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday. The Swedish Academy said the award was in recognition of Gurnah's "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of …

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