Daily Archives: 2021-10-29

2021-10-29: News Headlines

Susan Price (2021-10-29). Sudan: The people resist the coup. greenleft.org.au Millions of people remain on the streets of Sudan's capital Khartoum, and other cities, resisting the coup attempt by General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, reports Susan Price.

Staff (2021-10-29). Headlines for October 29, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Unveils Stripped-Down Build Back Better Act After Sens. Manchin, Sinema Demand Cuts, Big Oil Executives Grilled by House Democrats over Deception on Climate Crisis, As Climate Crisis Worsens, 10 World Heritage Forests Become Net Carbon Emitters, China Won't Commit to New Emissions Targets Ahead of COP26 Climate Summit , Protesters at Site of COP26 Climate Summit Demand Real Action to Limit Warming to 1.5 ∞C, Ahead of G20, Protesters Demand Biden Make COVID-19 Vaccines Available to Poor Countries, Sudanese Protester Deaths Mount After Monday's Military Coup, Guantánamo Bay Prisoner Describes Surviving…

sputniknews (2021-10-29). 'Childish Remarks': Iran Slams Israeli Envoy to India For Accusing It of 'Destabilising' West Asia. sputniknews.com Besides the UAE, Israel last year also normalised ties with Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco. All the diplomatic agreements were mediated by the US under former President Donald Trump. Iran has labelled the so-called Abraham Accords as "strategic idiocy" and a "stab on the back" of Palestinian people.

_____ (2021-10-29). Allegations against Blue Helmets in the CAR are on the Rise! journal-neo.org During the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, the Central African Republic once again questioned the ineffectiveness of the Blue Helmets in the country, repeated accusations of staff members of the multidisciplinary, international mission in the CAR (MINUSCA) of pandering to radicals and other crimes against the indigenous population of the state. UN peacekeepers, over …

Ann Brown (2021-10-29). Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude Jr: I Don't Know How America Will Survive. Greed, Racism And Selfishness Are Hollowing It Out. moguldom.com Respected Princeton University Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. isn't too optimistic about the current state of the U.S or its future. "I don't know how this country is going to survive. Greed, racism, and selfishness are hollowing it out," Glaude tweeted Thursday. Glaude is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at …

Global Research News (2021-10-29). Selected Articles: Scientist Whose Wife Was Injured by COVID Vaccine Tells FDA: 'Please Do Not Give this to Kids'. globalresearch.ca By The late Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was South Africa's anti-apartheid revolutionary, who served as president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, …

teleSUR, JGN (2021-10-29). Reportan paso de cientos de migrantes haitianos por Honduras. telesurtv.net El incremento de migrantes es evidente, y a los grupos de hondureños que huyen del país se suman haitianos y africanos.

Anonymous669 (2021-10-29). UK Sells Two Retired Combat Stores Ships To Egypt In Rare Deal. southfront.org The British fleet stores ship HMS Fort Grange (A385) underway. Fort Grange was renamed Fort Rosalie in May 2000 to avoid confusion with RFA Fort George (A388). U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DN-SC-87-01122 | On October 29, the UK Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA) announced it had sold the retired Royal Navy combat stores ships Fort Austin and Fort Rosalie to Egypt. | The DESA, which is a part of the Ministry of Defense's Equipment and Support procurement arm, is responsible for the disposal of the UK Armed…

Andrew Korybko (2021-10-29). Why Are Ethiopia's Wheat Imports Being Politicized? globalresearch.ca

Anonymous007 (2021-10-28). African Union, World Bank Suspend Sudan, Demand Junta Relinquishes Power. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On October 27th, the African Union said it had suspended Sudan until civilian rule in the country is restored, saying it rejected the military takeover as an "unconstitutional" seizure of power. | The continent-wide bloc said it "strongly condemns the seizure of power" and was suspending Sudan from all AU activities "until the effective restoration of the civilian-led transitional authority". | Following that, the World Bank also suspended Sudan. | Sudan's PM is ba…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-28). Vaccine maker BioNTech to build mRNA facilities in Rwanda and Senegal and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at a deal between BioNTech and Rwanda to set up an mRNA plant, continued protests against the military coup in Sudan, and more…

WSWS (2021-10-28). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Danish nurses continue 11-week-long one-hour wildcat strikes over pay and understaffing; ScotRail Sunday stoppages over equal overtime pay widen as workers to strike over pay offer during COP26 climate summit; protests across Lebanon over fuel price hikes as economy in collapse; workers in Cross River State, Nigeria, continue pay and conditions stoppage begun October 12, defying court order…

_____ (2021-10-28). Africa, Raped by a "Humanitarian Mission" journal-neo.org Recently, the activities of humanitarian and peacekeeping missions on the African continent have increasingly begun to appear in scandalous chronicles in various media outlets. These are numerous crimes of various kinds committed by the Blue Helmets in the Central African Republic (CAR). On September 30, the Ethiopian authorities declared seven members of the UN mission …

Fight Back (2021-10-28). Eyewitness report from India. fightbacknews.org Kolkata, India – The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India has had a devastating effect, claiming more than 250,000 lives in a matter of three months, between April and June of this year. | The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the ruling government in India, failed to address the concerns of the people and enacted repressive policies that are against their interests. In India the number of people living in poverty outnumber the entirety of sub-Saharan Africa, and privatized healthcare has led to the demise of countless people during this pandemic. | The callous attitude of the of BJP led to the shortage of v…

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-28). Turkey signs contract to deliver war-tested combat drones to 13th country. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From today's Daily Sabah. The deadly Bayraktar TB2 combat drone has been used for what can only be deemed cowardly aerial assassinations in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh and as of yesterday Ukraine. The article mentions the following countries as purchasers and prospective purchasers of the drones: Albania, Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Morocco, Poland, Qatar, Saudi …

_____ (2021-10-28). US Tries to Persaude Saudi Arabia to Normalize Relations with Israel. journal-neo.org While it is impossible to make at least any positive dynamics on the Israeli-Palestinian track, President Joe Biden Administration has recently been actively seeking to expand the Abraham Accords to confirm its still remaining, albeit small, influence in the Middle East. To that end, Washington has been pushing hard in recent months for Saudi Arabia …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-28). Journalists condemn Morocco's bid to persecute French media houses. peoplesdispatch.org The Kingdom of Morocco has filed a lawsuit at the Paris Criminal Court against seven French media houses alleging defamation for accusing it of using the Pegasus software, to spy on journalists, activists and politicians…

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