2023-03-10: News Headlines

infobrics (2023-03-10). South Africa to Host BRICS Summit in Late Aug. infobrics.org South Africa will host the BRICS Summit in Gauteng province on August 22-24, said Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele…

_____ (2023-03-10). France in Africa: Emmanuel Macron's farewell visit. journal-neo.org

Ann Garrison (2023-03-10). U.S. shoots itself in the foot in Africa. mronline.org The U.S. can't seem to understand that the rest of the world, including Africa, doesn't like to be pushed around. African nations' refusal to reinforce US foreign policy in the UN General Assembly is a case in point.

Labor Action Committtee For Mumia (2023-03-10). Saturday 3/11: ILWU 10 Meeting On Mumia & Report From Trip To South Africa. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room | 400 North Point St. | San Francisco…

infobrics (2023-03-09). Creation of BRICS-based Free Trade Zone Not on Agenda, Says Russian Ministry. infobrics.org It is reported that Russia has common trade space within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), South Africa participates in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), while Brazil is a member of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)…

_____ (2023-03-09). Macron's Problem Is That He's Losing Africa but Still Wants to Be a Player. strategic-culture.org Viewing Africa with double standards is part of why Africans are breaking their ties with Europe, Martin Jay writes. | The paternalism isn't uniquely France's. It's a malaise of western elites and viewing Africa with double standards is part of why Africans are breaking their ties with Europe. | The row in front of the cameras was thrilling as it was unprecedented. The president of Congo made the point in front of the journalists that France's foreign minister's comments about the president's election being some kind of compromise of democracy was unacceptable as France itself is guilty of election irregularitie…




Middle East Monitor (2023-03-09). Tunisia's wave of racist attacks: 'I'm afraid. I can just disappear'. juancole.com Amelia Smith amyinthedesert ( Middle East Monitor ) — One student in Tunis fears most for his female colleagues; a story is circulating that Tunisian men pretending to be police are approaching sub-Saharan African women, luring them away and then raping them. Another student, Modeste from Benin, says he and his friends recently …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-09). Black History Month: Dr. Michele Halyard on a lifetime commitment to health equity, inclusion and diversity. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Michele Halyard Black History Month is commemorated every February. It's a month for all people to celebrate and learn about diverse and important contributions of African Americans to American society and culture, as well as to reflect on the ongoing fight against racism, inequity and discrimination. Mayo Clinic News Network is highlighting Mayo Clinic physicians who are focused every day on achieving health equity, inclusion and diversity through their work. Meet Dr. Michele Halyard,…

WSWS (2023-03-09). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Doctors on strike since January in Community of Madrid, Spain, joined by medics in Valencia demanding improved pay and staffing levels; Palestinian teachers in West Bank into second week of pay strike while protests continue over government-backed murders of Palestinians; South African health workers walkout over pay joined by some public sector workers defying government interdict…

Ahmed Al-Bardini (2023-03-10). Amazon promised good jobs in Egypt—for many, low pay and long hours are the reality. therealnews.com The Real News Network is co-publishing this piece with the In 2021, the American retail giant Amazon officially announced it was going into business in Egypt. This move came after it acquired Souq.com in 2017 which, after launching in Dubai in 2005, had become the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world. | While Souq.com started as a small auction site, it developed into an online marketplace connecting sellers and buyers before turning into a fully integrated retail site and expanding its activ…

infobrics (2023-03-10). BRICS CCI WE Outlines Digital Inclusivity as a Key Gamechanger for Women in their Pursuit for Economic Equality. infobrics.org With the G20's focus on gender-based digital inclusivity alongwith the Hon'ble PM's vision of this decade being a Techade, BRICS CCI WE, the women's vertical of the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted its 3rd Annual Summit and Felicitations 2023 on the theme — Women Shaping the Techade…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-09). These Countries Slammed UNHRC for its Attack on Nicaragua. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Several countries have rejected the politicized use of the UN Human Rights Council and the weaponization of human rights against Nicaragua, following the release of a hostile UN expert report. A speakers list which included DPRK, Venezuela, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Russia, Eritrea, Syria, and China voiced opposition to the methods of the expert…

Middle East Monitor (2023-03-09). Tunisia's wave of racist attacks: 'I'm afraid. I can just disappear'. juancole.com Amelia Smith amyinthedesert ( Middle East Monitor ) — One student in Tunis fears most for his female colleagues; a story is circulating that Tunisian men pretending to be police are approaching sub-Saharan African women, luring them away and then raping them. Another student, Modeste from Benin, says he and his friends recently …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-09). Black History Month: Dr. Michele Halyard on a lifetime commitment to health equity, inclusion and diversity. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Michele Halyard Black History Month is commemorated every February. It's a month for all people to celebrate and learn about diverse and important contributions of African Americans to American society and culture, as well as to reflect on the ongoing fight against racism, inequity and discrimination. Mayo Clinic News Network is highlighting Mayo Clinic physicians who are focused every day on achieving health equity, inclusion and diversity through their work. Meet Dr. Michele Halyard,…

WSWS (2023-03-09). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Doctors on strike since January in Community of Madrid, Spain, joined by medics in Valencia demanding improved pay and staffing levels; Palestinian teachers in West Bank into second week of pay strike while protests continue over government-backed murders of Palestinians; South African health workers walkout over pay joined by some public sector workers defying government interdict…

Ahmed Al-Bardini (2023-03-10). Amazon promised good jobs in Egypt—for many, low pay and long hours are the reality. therealnews.com The Real News Network is co-publishing this piece with the In 2021, the American retail giant Amazon officially announced it was going into business in Egypt. This move came after it acquired Souq.com in 2017 which, after launching in Dubai in 2005, had become the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world. | While Souq.com started as a small auction site, it developed into an online marketplace connecting sellers and buyers before turning into a fully integrated retail site and expanding its activ…

infobrics (2023-03-10). BRICS CCI WE Outlines Digital Inclusivity as a Key Gamechanger for Women in their Pursuit for Economic Equality. infobrics.org With the G20's focus on gender-based digital inclusivity alongwith the Hon'ble PM's vision of this decade being a Techade, BRICS CCI WE, the women's vertical of the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted its 3rd Annual Summit and Felicitations 2023 on the theme — Women Shaping the Techade…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-09). These Countries Slammed UNHRC for its Attack on Nicaragua. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Several countries have rejected the politicized use of the UN Human Rights Council and the weaponization of human rights against Nicaragua, following the release of a hostile UN expert report. A speakers list which included DPRK, Venezuela, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Russia, Eritrea, Syria, and China voiced opposition to the methods of the expert…

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-03-10). Naufragio deja 3 muertos y 28 desaparecidos en costa de Gabón. telesurtv.net Las autoridades informaron que la investigación continúa.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-09). Georgia Protests: US Seeks to Open 2nd Front Against Russia. libya360.wordpress.com — Protests in Georgia consist of US-backed opposition groups (literally waving US and EU flags) attempting to block a bill to increase transparency behind political groups to reduce foreign interference; — The US has already once overthrown Georgia's government in 2003, according to the London Guardian; — By 2008 after flooding Georgia with weapons and…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-09). Germany Prosecutes Citizen for Condemning Aid to Ukrainian Nazis. libya360.wordpress.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Heinrich Bàºcker, founder of Berlin's COOP Antiwar Cafe, about his prosecution at the hands of the German state for publicly denouncing Germany's military aid to a Ukrainian government that reveres World War II-era Nazi collaborators and incorporates neo-Nazi battalions into its military. Bàºcker also discusses that state of the German…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-09). Lukashenko: We Do Not Want War. libya360.wordpress.com Friends of Socialist China Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko paid a state visit to China from February 28 to March 2. Just prior to the visit, he gave an exclusive interview to Li Tongtong of CGTN in his capital Minsk as part of the Chinese channel's impressive Leaders Talk series. Their extensive discussion began with the conflict between…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-09). Southern Command: The Empire on a Rampage in Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Jorge Capelán The annual report presented March 8, by General Laura J. Richardson, head of the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) before the House Armed Services Committee, provides a series of details on the Pentagon's priorities towards our region. In order to counter the influence of the People's Republic of China (PRC), Russia, Nicaragua, Cuba,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-09). The United States is Fueling World War III. libya360.wordpress.com Valery Kulikov The current events in Ukraine and around Taiwan, as well as the US's incessant pumping of new significant quantities of weapons into these regions, make it increasingly clear that the White House is on track to unleash World War III. The militarization of the national and global economies by the United States, combined…

WSWS (2023-03-09). Manchester Arena bombing inquiry delivers cover-up "in the national interest" wsws.org The 22-year-old bomber, Salman Abedi, worked with Islamist fighters who were trained, armed, and financed by the British state and NATO to topple Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and install a puppet regime.

_____ (2023-03-10). Is there a division in the ranks of Turkey's opposition? journal-neo.org It is rather obvious that uniting the opposition in the elections of the head of state usually ends in failure. This fact is due to the contradictions in the programs of the opposition candidates and, of course, the maximalist approach of each of them in their desire to get into the office. This may explain […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-09). Saudi Arabia Seeks US Security Guarantees and Nuclear Program for Israel Ties. news.antiwar.com Saudi Arabia wants the US to provide formal security guarantees and help the Kingdom develop a nuclear program as part of a potential deal to normalize relations with Israel, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Both President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been pushing for Israeli normalization with Riyadh as part of …

Staff (2023-03-09). Presidente de Estados Unidos propone un presupuesto de defensa récord para el 2024. cubadebate.cu La propuesta presupuestal para el año fiscal 2024 del presidente de EE.UU. incluye una cifra récord de 842 000 millones para la defensa. Esto supone un incremento de 3.2% respecto a 2023. En cuanto a la situación en torno de Ucrania, Joe Biden solicita 753 millones de dólares para Kiev para contrarrestar la llamada "maligna influencia rusa".

Staff (2023-03-09). Venezuela: Opposition Formalizes Talks With Electoral Authority for Primaries Technical Assistance. orinocotribune.com Caracas, January 19, 2023 ( The meeting took place at the CNE headquarters in Plaza Caracas. The president of the electoral authority, Pedro Calzadilla, and the rectors Rob…

ecns.cn (2023-03-09). Sanctions against Sudan outdated: Chinese envoy. ecns.cn Sanctions by the United Nations Security Council against Sudan have been proved outdated and should be lifted, a Chinese envoy said on Wednesday.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-09). In biggest such demonstration, Tunisians denounce political persecution and economic crisis. peoplesdispatch.org On March 4 and 5, thousands of Tunisians took to the streets against President Kais Saied's government, protesting the repression of the opposition and the economic woes faced by the people…

Staff (2023-03-10). Headlines for March 10, 2023. democracynow.org Biden's FY2024 Budget Proposes Tax Hikes to Fund Social Programs and Record Military Spending, Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin Meets Israeli PM Amid Escalating West Bank Violence, U.N. Condemns Israeli Strike on Aleppo Airport; U.S. Votes Against Ending Involvement in Syrian War, Xi Embarks on Unprecedented Third Term as Chinese President, At Least 36 Killed in DRC Near Border with Uganda, Gunman Kills 8 People, Including Self, in Mass Shooting at Jehovah's Witnesses Center in Germany, Another Norfolk Southern Train Derails as CEO Alan Shaw Appears Before Senate, New York Could Soon Charge Trump with Fina…

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