2022-08-31: News Headlines

Infobrics (2022-08-31). Emerging Markets Rush to Join BRICS Alliance as High Energy Prices Persist. infobrics.org As emerging markets recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and face financial headwinds due to interest rate hikes in the US, the BRICS group — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — is looking to expand its membership to tackle shared challenges…

Frank Talk (2022-08-31). Free and Enslaved Negroes in Spanish, Mexican and US California. indybay.org With entire towns and authentic history unable to find utility in 2022 California State Parks venues, 2022 International Day for People of African Descent begins a new approach. Slave resistance in Mexico is more than just another chapter in the Negroes' long struggle for freedom and justice. In the context of Mexican social history it illustrates the interplay of diverse races and cultures which make that history one of the most complex and fascinating in the New World.

Labor Video Project (2022-08-31). South Africa SAFTA/COSATU General Strike For Workers & Communities. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the South African general strike called by SAFTU and COSATU on August 24,. 2022. Memetlwe Sebei, president of the General Industrial Union of South Africa. GIWUSA which is with SAFTU and Ayesha Rajah who is the chairperson of the Sotasonke Civic Organization are interviewed about the conditions that led to the strike, the organizing for the strike and the future.

Fight Back (2022-08-31). University of Minnesota Teamsters picket, march against poverty wages. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — More than 300 University of Minnesota (UMN) service workers represented by Teamsters Local 320, along with members AFSCME, students, faculty, and others, protested on the school's campus, August 30, to demand an end to poverty wages and abusive employment practices. | Local 320 represents 1500 workers at UMN who clean buildings, service dormitories, maintain grounds, prepare food, maintain HVAC systems, care for research animals, drive trucks, and perform other activities across the university's five campuses. Many of the workers are Black, including immigrants from Somalia, Ethiopia and…

Staff (2022-08-31). Cuba y Angola abordaron relaciones bilaterales en los ámbitos económico y de cooperación. cubadebate.cu Representantes de los gobiernos de Angola y Cuba abordaron este martes en La Habana las relaciones bilaterales en los ámbitos económico y de cooperación, confirmó la cancillería de la nación caribeña. Según el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la isla, el encuentro "permitió pasar revista a las relaciones económicas y de cooperación entre ambos países".

Staff (2022-08-30). George H. W. Bush carrier strike group, anti-missile warships enter Mediterranean. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U. S. European CommandAugust 25, 2022 George HW Bush Carrier Strike Group transits the Strait of Gibraltar USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), transited the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea as part of a regularly scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF) area of operations, Aug. 25, 2022. The strike …

Staff (2022-08-30). Tunisia: NATO consolidates foothold in North Africa. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Maritime CommandAugust 29, 2022 NATO Ships Visit Tunis Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2) conducted a port visit in Tunis, Aug. 22 to 24. SNMCMG2 received a warm welcome and enjoyed the hospitality of the Tunisian Navy for the duration of the visit, which included meetings with local authorities, training, and a reception. …

____ (2022-08-30). Iran defeat Egypt in 2022 FIVB World C'ship. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — Iran defeated Egypt 3-1 (25-14, 25-19, 22-25, 26-24) in the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship Monday night.

____ (2022-08-30). Geneva envoys from Asian, African developing countries visit Xinjiang. ecns.cn At the invitation of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, a delegation of diplomatic envoys of developing countries from Asia and Africa to the UN Office in Geneva visited northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from Aug. 24 to 27.

Andrew Korybko (2022-08-29). Macron Insulted Africans' Intelligence by Claiming That Multipolar Powers Manipulate Them. globalresearch.ca

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