2022-09-09: News Headlines

Staff (2022-09-09). Iran continues efforts to establish ceasefire in Ukraine: FM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 09 (MNA) — Iran's top diplomat told his south African counterpart that Iran continues efforts to establish a ceasefire in Ukraine.

____ (2022-09-09). Xi exchanges congratulations with AU chair on 20th anniversary of AU's founding, diplomatic ties. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulatory messages on Friday with Chairperson of the African Union (AU) and Senegalese President Macky Sall on the 20th anniversary of AU's founding and the establishment of China-AU diplomatic relations.

Staff (2022-09-09). Díaz-Canel sostiene conversaciones oficiales con su par de Guinea Bissau. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, recibió este jueves a su par de Guinea Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, con quien sostuvo conversaciones oficiales. Los mandatarios pasaron revista a la guardia de honor en el Palacio de la Revolución y presentaron a las delegaciones que desarrollarán la agenda de trabajo prevista para la visita oficial.

TeleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-09-09). Registran 524 casos confirmados de viruela símica en àÅfrica. telesurtv.net La mayoría de los casos de la viruela del mono fueron notificados en Nigeria, la República Democrática del Congo y Ghana.

TeleSUR, lvm, SH (2022-09-09). Estiman que 700 millones de africanos se desplazarán por agua. telesurtv.net Apenas el 40 por ciento de la población africana tiene acceso a sistemas de alerta temprana para protegerse de los efectos de los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos.

____ (2022-09-08). New cyberattack evidence exposes shameful 'empire of hacking'. ecns.cn The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) was evidenced to have mounted malicious cyberattacks targeting China's Northwestern Polytechnical University, according to reports respectively released by China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and cybersecurity company 360 on Monday.

Infobrics (2022-09-08). Weighing Up Options: Will Algeria Join BRICS. infobrics.org Early in August, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune hinted that Algeria may apply to join BRICS, the economic bloc comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Mohamed Si Bachir discusses the idea and its motivations…

Dana Sanchez (2022-09-08). 6 Things To Know About The Potential For A Global Currency Crisis: Dollar, Euro, Pound And Yen. moguldom.com The U.S. dollar has strengthened to a 20-year high against a group of foreign currencies, making loan payments owed in U.S. currency more expensive and increasing the potential for a global currency crisis. Some heavily indebted smaller countries around the world have already defaulted on their international debts, including Zambia, Lebanon and Sri Lanka. The …

Ann Brown (2022-09-08). Remembering Clyde X: The Black Business Pioneer Who Helped Set Up 'Little Egypt' In St. Louis. moguldom.com Clyde X was one of the Nation of Islam's most well-known leaders, especially in St. Louis, Missouri, and Cleveland, Ohio. In each city, he left his mark. In Cleveland, he developed one of the country's first African-American mosques and helped create an area in the community known as "Little Egypt." Clyde X, who was born …

TeleSUR (2022-09-08). East and Horn of Africa Epicenter of Forced Migration – IOM. telesurenglish.net 13.2 million people were forcibly displaced in the East and Horn of Africa last year, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). | Conflict, insecurity, climate stress, poverty, unemployment and pandemic-related shocks fuel the forced migration of vulnerable populations, namely women, children and youth, according to IOM report. Sep. 8, 2022.

Ann Brown (2022-09-08). Pilot May Have Saved Lives By Taking Evasive Action To Avoid Delta Plane Above Orlando Airport. moguldom.com Two planes nearly collided in midair above Orlando airport recently. The evasive actions of a Black pilot from Jamaica helped avoid a major midair disaster. The incident involved a small craft and a Delta passenger jet. The close call was captured on video, and now the FAA is investigating the mishap. Malik Clarke was piloting a single-engine …

WSWS (2022-09-08). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Schools strikes in France, Norway and Turkey over pay and conditions as new term begins; UK court workers walk out over conditions, joining criminal barristers on indefinite strike over cuts to legal aid and pay; South African bus drivers in Johannesburg and Pretoria in wildcat strike over pay face dismissal as public sector pay strike looms; Nigerian lecturers strike over pay and education funding continues over six months…

____ (2022-09-07). Chinese taikonauts talk with Tanzanian students from space. ecns.cn Three Chinese taikonauts on Tuesday talked with Tanzanian students from space via video link to an event organized by the Chinese embassy in the commercial capital of Dar es Salaam.

TeleSUR- lvm, JL (2022-09-08). Deslizamiento de tierra deja 16 fallecidos en Kasese, Uganda. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a las autoridades, se contabilizan 18 desaparecidos.

_____ (2022-09-07). Reparations by Appeal to Conscience or by Demands from a Position of Strength? popularresistance.org After W.E.B. Du Bois and others made polite requests to convene a Pan-African Congress in Paris in 1919, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau gave no immediate response, but ultimately told the organizers: "Don't advertise it but go ahead." | Fifty-seven delegates representing nine African countries, the U.S. and the Caribbean attended in their finery, sat around long green tables, and with the objective of transferring control of Africa from colonizers to the League of Nations hammered out a series of resolutions. One that addressed the most critical of issues — land, stated in part: "[T]he land and it…

Fight Back (2022-09-07). Vigil in Los Angeles demands 'Justice for Edgar Ortiz!'. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA — On September 3, the family of Edgar Ortiz and supporters gathered for the six-month anniversary since he was shot and killed by the LA County Sheriffs of the Lakewood Station on March 3, in front of his family home during a mental health crisis. The family held a candlelight vigil displaying collages of photos, banners and signs to celebrate his life and demand justice. The large Ortiz family turned out and united to fight for justice and other Chicano and African American victims also killed by law enforcement. | Facilitated by Centro CSO, Ortiz's parents, siblings, nephews and close neig…

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