(2022-01-08). CSTO in Kazakhstan Annoys US. libya360.wordpress.com M.K. Bhadrakumar Gen. Andrey Serdyukov, commander of Russian Airborne Troops, will lead the CSTO peacekeeping forces in Kazakhstan The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's Press Availability at Washington on Friday was largely devoted to Ukraine and the forthcoming strategic stability talks with Russia. But in response to a carefully planted question at the fag-end…
(2022-01-08). CSTO Operations in Kazakhstan. libya360.wordpress.com Alessandro Lattanzio Nine Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft landed at Almaty airport in the Republic of Kazakhstan, carrying BTR-82A and Tigr-M armored vehicles and soldiers of the 45th Special Airborne Forces Brigade from the CSTO peacekeeping contingent. The units of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, after clarifying the situation, began to carry out their assigned tasks….
(2022-01-08). From Summits to Boycotts — America's Waning Influence. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Berletic In recent months the US has attempted to flex its geopolitical might on the global stage in regards to China. First, the US attempted to trigger a widespread diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympic games. After announcing no US diplomats would attend the games in Beijing, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada…
(2022-01-08). Pioneering African-American actor Sidney Poitier dead at 94. wsws.org The Oscar-winning Sidney Poitier was one of the most popular leading actors in Hollywood in the 1960s at the height of the struggle for civil rights in the US.
(2022-01-08). Libya: The United States Obstructs Elections, Fearing the Victory of Dr. Saif al-Islam Qaddafi. libya360.wordpress.com Editorial Comment: Not only is the US manipulating events to place their own operatives in power, they are also laying the foundation for a protracted civil war and the balkanization of Libya to better serve imperial interests, which extend past Libya's borders, to threaten all of Africa. — A.V. The United States is following Britain's…
(2022-01-08). Russia and Egypt Strive to Ensure Food Security in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Odintsov Despite modern agro-industrial technologies, the trend towards food shortages continues. This, in particular, is evidenced by the information published by the UN that up to 820 million people are starving in the world, which is about 10% of the world population. There are more malnourished and hungry people around the world today than ever before, despite…
(2022-01-08). Guatemala: Why Do Members of the Same Indigenous Peoples Kill Each Other? libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Territory in conflict between Santa Catarina and Nahualá occupied by PNC. Internet The territorial conflict between Nahualá and Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán is an iceberg in a country with criminal internal borders that dissect the peoples, turning them into territorial enemies among themselves, families belonging to the same native peoples. In recent months, the…
(2022-01-08). Workers Struggles: Asia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Tamil Nadu sanitation workers protest outsourcing of jobs; Kerala government doctors protest pay anomalies; New Zealand casino workers strike on New Year's Eve…
(2022-01-08). Rahmon felicitates 30th anniv. of Tajikistan-Iran relations. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) — In a message to Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon congratulates the 30th anniversary of Tajikistan-Iran diplomatic ties, expressing hope that the relations will be developed in various areas.
(2022-01-08). Gunmen kill at least 140 people in NW Nigeria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) — Gunmen known locally as "bandits" killed at least 140 people in multiple raids this week in northwest Nigeria, four residents told Saturday, but there was no official confirmation.
(2022-01-08). Sudan: Protests demand end to military rule. greenleft.org.au "No negotiation, no partnership, no legitimacy" is the new slogan of the mass protests in Sudan against military rule, reports Susan Price.
(2022-01-08). [Perspectives] Simukai Chigudu: elucidating the politics of global health. thelancet.com In 2003, aged 16 years, Simukai Chigudu came to the UK as a student from Zimbabwe, a country in political upheaval as opposition to the then President Robert Mugabe grew. A year later, Chigudu began a medical degree at Newcastle University. It was, he recalls, an unsettling time: "I felt this sense of being caught between worlds, where I was really struggling to be at one with my new setting in Newcastle, and yet I could never feel disencumbered of home. The more that things in Zimbabwe had deteriorated, the more powerless I felt…It was as if my own sense of identity was being fragmented as much as the country…